geeky2. You know it's summer when the Maine Coons felt their bellies by sleeping in their water dish, and you have to take them back to the groomer to be shaved. Again. In other news, guess who gets to take forty pounds of cranky kitty to the groomer? Good guess.
3. I've been scarce recently because a) I've been trying to catch up on some things, and b) I have 600+ comments to answer and it scares me. I will endeavor to post more, if y'all will be understanding about it taking me a while to answer you. S'good? S'good.
4. Disneyland was awesome, except for the part where I twisted my ankle and spent Sunday in a wheelchair. It turns out that I'm still surprisingly good at navigating myself when I need to, and Vixy pushed me when we weren't in spaces that required fine cornering and control. Neither of us died, but wow, was that not an experience that I am in a hurry to repeat.
5. I will, however, say this: if you see a girl pushing a manual wheelchair down a hill, maybe stepping right in front of that wheelchair is not the world's best plan. Especially if that wheelchair contains a person larger than the girl doing the pushing. Because you know what neither of us was able to do in that situation? Stop. In other news, I ran over some idiot-ankles, and I am not sorry.
6. The Hugo Voter Packet has been updated, and now contains the files for Best Related Work. That means that, for the first time ever, a full length filk CD is included in the Hugo packet. So. Cool. It's not too late to register and get your voting rights into the bag! Check out https://chicon.org/membership.php for details.
7. The new season of So You Think You Can Dance has started, and that means that my urge to write InCryptid is returning to normal. This show is totally restorative, in the best, weirdest way possible. I am a happy bunny.
8. Other things that make me happy: the San Diego Comic-Con exclusives have been announced for this year, and they include a new Monster High doll (Scarah Screams) and a new My Little Pony (Derpy Hooves/Bubblecup). I am a sucker for toys.
9. Other things I am a sucker for: Australia. My Mira Grant Q&A on Saturday was the most marsupial-centric Q&A I've ever been a part of. It was sort of impressive, in a "why are we talking about this again?" sort of a way. It may have had something to do with the fact that I had a plush Perry the Platypus on the podium...
10. Jean Gray is still dead.
June 4 2012, 16:35:09 UTC 5 years ago
#3 - Speaking purely for myself, I'd much rather see more posts from you than receive a quick response to my comments. I appreciate your responding to them, but I also know that you have more important priorities in your life, which is as it should be.
#9 - Sounds like a fun discussion. We were sad to miss Saturday, but Josh was busy charming people at Valhalla Renn Faire in Tahoe, with his parents along to supervise. :). He got his first wooden dagger - I shall have to carve "Sting" in runes on the blade for him. Here's a photo of Josh & I (Sarah's behind the camera).
We'll have to say hi at the next event. Which reminds me, I know the Avid Reader's Events Coordinator sent you a note via your website. They're interested in inviting you up to Davis for a signing, and he asked me to check and make sure you got it, since the Internet is only mostly reliable as a communications medium. He'd started to worry about the lack of response, then remembered that you're also Mira, and thus have been busy with the release of Blackout. I mention it here for redundancy in case his email got devoured by gremlins since I know you'll look at this eventually, and we'd love to see you locally someday. I'll presume you get it unless I get a blank look if I ask in person whenever we next see you. :)
June 4 2012, 18:54:16 UTC 5 years ago