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  <title>Rose-Owls and Pumpkin Girls</title>
  <subtitle>The Journal of Seanan McGuire</subtitle>
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    <name>Seanan McGuire</name>
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  <updated>2009-09-24T14:59:49Z</updated>
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    <title>seanan_mcguire @ 2009-06-19T15:29:00</title>
    <published>2009-06-19T22:29:50Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-24T14:59:49Z</updated>
    <lj:music>Seanan McGuire, "The Evernight Alma Mater."</lj:music>
    <content type="html">You may or may not remember &lt;a href="http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/90886.html"&gt;my delighted review&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;i&gt;Evernight&lt;/i&gt; [&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Evernight-Novels-Claudia-Gray/dp/0061284440/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1236273109&amp;amp;sr=8-1&amp;amp;tag=seanacom-20&amp;amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0441015786"&gt;Amazon&lt;/a&gt;]|[&lt;a href="http://mysteriousgalaxy.booksense.com/NASApp/store/Product?s=showproduct&amp;amp;affiliateId=SMG&amp;amp;isbn=978-0061284441"&gt;Mysterious Galaxies&lt;/a&gt;] by &lt;a href="http://www.claudiagray.com/"&gt;Claudia Gray&lt;/a&gt;.  What's more, you may not remember my enthusiastic recommendation of the sequel, &lt;i&gt;Stargazer&lt;/i&gt; [&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stargazer-Evernight-Book-Claudia-Gray/dp/0061284408/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b&amp;amp;tag=seanacom-20&amp;amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0441015786"&gt;Amazon&lt;/a&gt;]|[&lt;a href="http://mysteriousgalaxy.booksense.com/NASApp/store/Product?s=showproduct&amp;amp;affiliateId=SMG&amp;amp;isbn=978-0061284403"&gt;Mysterious Galaxies&lt;/a&gt;].  That's okay, because I remember these things, and I'm always more than happy to remind you.  I try to be generous that way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/seanan_mcguire/pic/0004c63k"&gt;&lt;img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/seanan_mcguire/pic/0004c63k" height="400" align="right"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I got bored and was left unsupervised with art supplies.  This is never safe for the people around me.  What's more, I was left with art supplies, the desire to make a book advertisement, and the capacity to compose cheesy lyrics.  Be afraid!  And so I give you...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Evernight Alma Mater.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dear Evernight, so tall and proud&lt;br /&gt;And spookily you stand&lt;br /&gt;Like something from a horror film&lt;br /&gt;That lays waste to the land.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your looming windows watch the night&lt;br /&gt;Like blind and angry eyes,&lt;br /&gt;Your judgment falls on each of us&lt;br /&gt;As from your steps we rise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Evernight, with pride we come&lt;br /&gt;To learn what you impart,&lt;br /&gt;We pray that you will let us live,&lt;br /&gt;Though you don't have a heart&amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your uniforms are well-designed&lt;br /&gt;To make the bloodstains blend,&lt;br /&gt;And what we learn to shatter here&lt;br /&gt;We also learn to mend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Evernight, your hallowed halls&lt;br /&gt;Will teach us how to thrive,&lt;br /&gt;And those of us who graduate&lt;br /&gt;Are lucky to survive!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...it sort of scares the cats when I sing it in the shower.</content>
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