May
29

Manicorn

Posted in random, wtf | 3 Comments
I actually saw a version of this on KTBabs‘ blog a few weeks ago…but then I found this one. Awesome? Freakish? Freakishly Awesome? But really, I guess my only question is Why? Hell, here’s the other one. Think it’s the same model…but with pink latex assless pants. I feel like we need a blog award made with this image.… Read more
May
26

Grumpy Ass Wombat Award

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Done for Adri aka @SmoulderingSea. AKA The Grumpy Wombat. I am awarding it to him for never losing his awesome sense of cuteness and win, even when you poke him with a pointy stick. So pass it along to anyone when a lack of sleep devolves their basic communication skills into animalistic grunting. (In the hopes of cheering them up, of course.) Tiny version below.… Read more
May
25

Solitary Walking

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The four of us went for a walk in the rain  on Sunday. Specifically Burke Lake Park – which has a nice playground and a mini train and a carousel. Good stuff, all the way around…but it had been pissing rain since the night before and there wasn’t anyone really in the park. The playground itself was too wet to do anything with and the train wasn’t running so we just went for a walk. We didn’t manage the whole thing – the entire lake is like 218 acres but we did maybe a third there and back. Not because I wasn’t willing, but Lucy wasn’t going to be able to do all of it without some sort of stroller. We stopped at an overpass and watched the swallows darting in and out beneath the bridge at one point, as well as some turtles and a great blue heron. We also… Read more
May
24

The Sweetness of Surprise

Posted in Connor, pocky, random | 14 Comments
Connor decided to be creative last week. During class, he was supposed to have been working in one of his notebooks, writing about any particular subject. (I think he was allowed to choose his own.) In his case, he wrote all about what the next Star Wars movie would be, since he’s apparently going to write and direct it when he grows up. Which is all very well and good, except that he then proceeded to fill up the remaining pages with drawings of epic Jedi battles. The teacher was not pleased. We were asked to replace the notebook – a task that completely managed to slip my mind over the weekend. So today, I ran out to the local Safeway to see if they had anything in their overpriced office supply aisle. Only the Safeway wasn’t there anymore. Didn’t even realize it until I walked in and discovered that… Read more
May
23

The Irony of Success

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You know, this week has been a bit of a blur. I’m ass-deep in edits again, which is fine, and then I had the added bonus of finding out my book is on Amazon. Which is brilliant. And terribly scary. My dad bought 10 copies. His girlfriend bought 5. My mother-in-law bought 6. Many of my co-workers pre-ordered, as did some my lovely P&T members, and some of my fellow David Garrett fangirl friends.  And this is pretty damn awesome. But I can’t help but worry now if people will like it or not. And it’s not that I’ll mind if they don’t – after all, you can’t please everyone, and I doubt everyone’s taste is similiar. It’s more a sense of expectation, I think. Getting published is like this golden bell hanging in the sky. People think it’s hard to get published (and it is), so when you do manage… Read more