They should bring the Santa Ana Winds back for another episode of #CrazyExGirlfriend. But then have Becca become a warlock & capture him as her minion, so he’s in every episode.
Category: Blog
Forceful Santa
The four-year-old’s interpretation of Santa Claus: “These are your presents!”
Shoves random toys at the ten-year-old.
Ten-year-old, dryly: “I don’t want them.”
Four, forcefully: “You HAVE to take them!!!”
Email Haunting
So, ghosts are real. I never would’ve predicted 20 years ago that I’d be haunted after my grandmother’s death by emails from her. I don’t believe in hell, and yet I think I do believe there’s a special level in hell for spammers.
Weirdest Nutcracker
I saw the trippiest version of The Nutcracker today. It featured such surprising musical choices as “Paint It Black,” “White & Nerdy,” and mice doing the Thriller dance to “Bad” in a weird Michael Jackson mash-up.
The Snake’s Song Accepted by ShadowSpinners Press!
Today started with REALLY good news. I think I’ll just quietly bounce off the walls with happiness until I can announce the details, probably later today...
Okay… here we go…
Continue reading “The Snake’s Song Accepted by ShadowSpinners Press!”
Successful Writing and Fearful Dogs
My novel-in-progress is now the second longest thing I’ve ever written!
I just broke 70k on my space opera novel-in-progress!!!!!!!!!! Continue reading “Successful Writing and Fearful Dogs”
Summer Every Year
4-yr-old: “We should go to the fair again.”
Me: “The fair happens in the summer.”
4: “Will there be any more summers?”
Me: “Yes, there’s one every year.”
4: “Oh!”
Learning About Government
We’ve started watching Parks & Rec from the beginning with the kids, and at the end of every episode, the four-year-old is aghast that they haven’t gotten the new park built yet.
Authors & Artists Fair 2017
Crunching the numbers when I got home, my array of furry books sold as well at the Eugene Author & Artist Fair today — a non-furry event — as on the Saturday of Furlandia last year. That’s pretty amazing — we are taking this tiny sub-genre mainstream!
Obvious Effects and Less Than Obvious Predictions
Okay, listening to the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend soundtracks lifts my spirits IMMENSELY.
The four-year-old says that he thinks Santa will give me a tyrannosaurus and a Halloween calendar for Christmas Eve.