Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: geeky
  • Music: Glee, "Taking Chances."

Things and stuff (and things).

1. So I have been forced, by the technical limitations inherent to LJ, to change my Friending policy. Specifically, I am now at MAXIMUM FRIENDOCITY, and adding any more Friends will cause me to be instantly sucked into a horrifying shadow dimension where demons will feast on my delicious bones. Read also, "LJ won't let me Friend any more people." So while I am still a Friend/Unfriend amnesty zone, I will no longer be automatically Friending back. Also, I have now typed the word "Friend" so many times that it has lost all meeting. I shall have to Foe some people.

2. 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.
Tags: awards and stuff, cats, comic books, con prep, in the wild, making lists, medical fu, technology, ten things, too much tv, toys are nice, vixy
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seanan_mcguire

June 7 2012, 05:07:02 UTC 5 years ago

Do you need Derpy? Amy and I are already planning to stand in the line.

muddlewait

June 8 2012, 00:57:03 UTC 5 years ago

Are you serious? You'd pick one up?

Full disclosure: I'm not a collector, but my daughter and I watch it together and it is awesome, and we love Derpy. I would hate to deny one to a collector, but I'd love to get an extra special one for my daughter, and I know she'd love to have it.

How would we do this? Paypal? There's at least one con you're usually at that I attend. Apologies for the cluelessness; haven't done this kinda thing before.

seanan_mcguire

June 8 2012, 01:15:52 UTC 5 years ago

I'm serious. We're already planning to go through the line (me and Amy), and I am always happy to help. I hate toy scalpers, but there's a long, long road between "will grab one for a friend" and "will buy twenty to put on eBay at a 300% mark-up."

Let me get her, and then we'll work out delivery. I don't want to have you pay for her until she's in my hands and thus totally secured. (And if you couldn't pay for some reason, I can generally find another home for things.)

muddlewait

June 8 2012, 22:22:54 UTC 5 years ago

Well... okay, then! Thank you!

I'll admit to being a little stunned, though based on what I've seen here before I know I shouldn't be. This is just so... NICE. In such a genuine way. This IS still the Internet, right? Is that allowed here?

I'll comment somewhere after comic-con to restart the conversation. I know it's a while yet, but have fun! And tell us a good story when you get back. Like you always do. :)