Category: Random

The Nicest Scariest Place on the Internet

I am the first to admit that I don’t understand Reddit.  It confuses me.  It frightens me.  My Meow once linked me to a NSFW My Little Pony subreddit, and subsequently my Xanax dosage doubled.

That being said, in order to get news about the book out into the internets, people said I needed to promote on Reddit.  With a lot of help, I posted, and, oh my goodness, people were nice.  I didn’t know nice people existed on the internet.

So thank you, people of Reddit, for all your nice comments and support of Librarian!

The Doctor Dies

I have not had an empty weekend in a couple months, which makes my level of personal cray-cray shoot through the roof.  My ears get hot.  I itch.  My leg twitches.

Tomorrow is another busy Saturday: I am putting out to pasture my beloved car, Doctor David Fritz Shirley Baker.  He’s served me well for eleven years (sort of; I was out of the country for a lot of his life).  Lately, though, keeping him in tip-top shape is proving to be more costly than he’s worth (sorry, dear).

And so, tomorrow, Doctor David will be left alone and cold in the driveway as I head out to pick up my new car.  This will be my fourth, and probably the least startling of the lot (does this mean I’m becoming an adult?).  But he/she will need a name.

Any suggestions?

No Longer Hobbit I

I chopped off my hair!  I know in all the pictures I’ve self-indulgently posted on this site, the hair has been short, but in honor of The Hobbit‘s release this past December I had been growing out my hair.  It was the melancholy what made me to do it.

Brian Gets His Hair Cut
Squeeeee!

After the trim, I popped by a pub and wanted to write something — but what?  Continue book two?  Instead, I realized I wanted to take up poetry again, so I wrote an Elizabethan sonnet.  Originally, I had intended to wax romantic on the rainy afternoon, but the poem had other intentions.  I’m not even sure I can post it online.

Does anyone else ever start a piece of writing, or a picture, or even a dinner, with one thing in mind, and just ever let it go in the direction ‘it’ wants?  I didn’t know I had it in me.  If I get the courage, one day, I’ll post it.

Feeling Pineapple

I went to bed late last night and awoke this morning rather melancholy.  Is it the winter blues?  Is it missing England?  Do I long for the touch of a loved one?

I’m not sure I really know, and I decided I didn’t need to.  A healthy lunch (sauteed bok choy and garlic, sesame carrots, tofu, miso soup, rice), a win from England (scrum!) in the rugby, and a really hot shower fixed me up but right.  Why be sad today?  The sun is shining, my curls are defined, and I’m ready to write.

And, most important of all, I’m wearing pineapple socks.

Pineapple Socks

Winter Wrap-Up

…I wish!  It’s damned cold here!  Over the course of three days, the temp has dropped several bajillion degrees.  Brrrrrrr.  I like the snow, but this biting cold is grating on my nerves.

Not really any editing done today, BUT! some headway on the website, and I started the new PS3 game, Ni no Kuni, which is delightful.  It’s like playing a Ghibli game, which is exactly how it -should- feel.

I shall continue to endeavor with the copyediting and web-mastering.  And yes, I see spooge-like droplets in the header logo, BUT I LIKE IT ANYWAY.

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Snifflesauce.

I’ve been flirting with some flu-like being for almost two weeks now, and it’s really starting to make me want to go FLUTTERSHY on my immune system’s behind.  By the time I get over this, allergies will kick in (damn you, springtime in the forest!) and I will turn into Brian-mush.

Good news, though!  The snowy evening has forced me to update a little, with some coding help, and there are now some pony pics up in the ‘stuff‘ section of the website.  Official content?  No, not tonight.

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I’M DOING MY BEST!