awake9. A lot of folks are doing their holiday shopping right now, which is swell! I posted the holiday book buying reminder yesterday. You can also contact Mysterious Galaxy, in San Diego, for signed copies of Out of Tune, and for copies of Dead But Not Forgotten signed by Charlaine Harris, Toni Kelner, and a bunch of the authors (myself included). Support independent bookstores this holiday season.
8. Or maybe you're buying stuff from me, posters and T-shirts and the like. If you are, please use the PayPal option for sending money to friends and family. There are a few reasons for this. First off, I am still not a store: I am literally pricing things to cover cost of item + cost of postage. Having huge whacks of money vanish into PayPal fees makes this a loss, and means I have to start charging more to be able to afford to ship things. Secondly, you know how I always say "please send me your shipping info via this other channel"? I have found that people who chose "goods and services" are more likely to ignore that request, because they've already provided a shipping address, and if I were a store, I'd be able to access that data. Not a store. Cannot access easily. Please don't.
7. The new Pokemon game is not making me as happy as I wanted it to. I am sure I will enjoy the post-game, where it's apparently LEGENDARYPALOOZA, but I am not enjoying my Pokemon journey, and that makes me sad.
6. Thomas, who has always been an asshole, has taken his assholing to new heights in his glee that I am home. Lots of purring, lots of cuddling, lots of knocking things off shelves to demonstrate that he is still the boss of all he surveys. Thomas is going to be mittens if he doesn't cut this shit out.
5. I will be doing the Thirteen Days of Hogswatch again this year, beginning on December 12th and continuing until December 24th. The introductory post will go up on December 11th. The prizes, drawing times, response times, and requirements for each day are not negotiable; if I say "I must hear from you by X time for you to win," and you think you might not be able to check your email on, say, Christmas, I am very sorry, but I do mean it. I can't have people claiming prizes weeks after the drawing. I'm just not set up for that. But hey, I am giving away so much stuff.
4. I missed the October tip jar, which means we're running out of prioritized free fiction. I don't want to open a tip jar in December (holidays), but I may go ahead and do it in January. (Or we may have to pay for all the bodywork on Mom's car, in which case, I will not only open the tip jar, I will dance on freeways if that's what it takes.)
3. Oh, yeah: some asshole hit Mom's car on Thanksgiving night. The damage isn't massive, but she was parked at the time, and we didn't see it happen. Now we need to get the bodywork done to fix the dent on the side of her car, before rust sets in and everything gets buckets more expensive. Whee. (Yes, she has insurance, but the deductible is huge, especially if we can't produce another driver.)
2. I'm going to see The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County on Friday! I'm so excited!
1. Jean Grey is not dead right now and it's making me cranky.
That's my list. What's new with you?
A responsive list
December 2 2014, 03:09:47 UTC 2 years ago
1. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday ever. Very little pressure, other than to make a pie. Or buy a pie. And make cranberry/apple sauce, with Cointreau for the win. And then show up with our SUV packed so tightly with 3 adults, two kids, and our assorted belongings for a single night's stay that jokes about needing a can opener to get us all out on arrival are only ... sort of ... jokes ... That said, it was lovely, low-key, exactly how it should have been.
2. News flash: Teenagers are nothing like when I was a teen (yes, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and the world was actually black and white [just like the TV shows ...]). Mine is 13, and both taller and faster than I am. Luckily, I'm older and meaner. Heh. Honey, do you remember where I put the machete?
3. Oh good gravy, teenagers are nothing like when I was a teen, help!
4. Have become enough of an addict to Walking Dead that when I ran out of back episodes on Netflix last week, and AMC somehow, amazingly, doesn't have all the episodes from the beginning of Season 5, up for free ... for me ... Right Now, this became a matter causing some distress. Boo.
5. In other interesting news of the day, Delphina the Cat has begun to lick Puck the Dog's face. Sadly, my Google habit has become enough of an addiction that I immediately typed in "what does it mean when the cat licks to dog," only to have Google respond, "Duh, stupid, the cat likes the dog. Or she's taste testing him." Thank you Google. And Abby, who helped with that last bit of research.
6. Abby is the bees knees. As much as I love our teen, it really is lovely to have a kid who still running tackle hugs on sight, and cuddles with me on the couch.
7. Wow. Nothing like a Major Spousal Fight to inspire us to get the holiday decorations out. Really. No, really. I swear. (In fact, as an apology, my poor beleaguered husband went out as the skies threatened rain, and put all the holiday lights up. The same ones, I note, that went up 2 days before Christmas last year. Poor guy... )
8. Tis the season for casseroles! Ooooh, green bean casserole, chicken and rice casserole, tuna noodle casserole, yummo!!!! That said, Abby is moaning and weeping at the prospect of same. Poor husband diplomatically silent on subject. Anyone else out there love casseroles, want to share one with me? I'll supply the cream of mushroom soup, Corningware ...
9. Ok, running out of things to list. (Right, how sad is that?!) Abby suggests more pets talk. Ok, so we have four pets: Maui and Puck the dogs, Delphina the cat, and Shelby the guinea pig. Oops, Abby reminds me we also have King, the creepy sea snail she found at the beach last summer, that liiiiiiives oooooon foreeeeveeerrrrrrrrr. Anyone want a sea snail? It's "almost" old enough to vote, and occasionally makes a break for it up the side of the tank.
10. And finally ... ! Am loving re-reading Parasite in advance of taking in Symbiont. Tapeworms, yum! Hey great idea here: next one: sea snails! Veeeeerrrrry sloooooow ... but damn DETERMINED!
xoxo !
Denisen
RE: A responsive list
November 12 2015, 13:16:43 UTC 1 year ago