Thanks for all the good wishes. You all are the BEST!!

It was really not a pleasant experience. And by that I mean: OMGWTFOUCH!!!

Dr. A is a lovely lovely man and really didn’t want to have to do the test, but after drawing blood again, my blood count was still wonky.

The test, in a nutshell:

I’m heading out at 2:00 p.m. for a bone marrow biopsy.

I’m stressed about the actual test, not necessarily about results, as I don’t think there’s anything really wrong. My friend B is heading my way from MD to take me to the doc. I’ll be home afterwards. Actual biopsy is scheduled for 2:45 EST.

Got this email from iTunes today.

Dear [chickwriter],

We want you to be completely satisfied with your Season Pass purchase, so please accept this free video code, good for any five $1.99 TV show episodes or music videos on the US iTunes Store.

Any of you all heard anything about number of episodes?

Signed,
Curious Me

I just had to share. First, I opened my Gmail spam folder to review/delete.

The first message subject caught my eye, then, I saw the next 2 subject lines.

Picture behind the cut

I did finally get to watch this weeks episode of Heroes.

My reaction: !!!!!!!!!

This show is my new crack.

Just was reading this Wired article about Masi Oka (the actor who plays Hiro). Evidently, he’s been a programmer for ILM – you know, that little company founded by George Lucas.

“…they’ve seen his programming magic on the big screen in films like The Perfect Storm, Star Wars: Episode II, Terminator 3 and the first two Pirates of the Caribbean movies.”

Be still my heart. First I find out that David Hewlett codes, now this.

Geeks so rule!

ETA: Oh, and those of you that thought my staying home to watch Torchwood wasn’t a bad idea…I *did* go to work, but devoured TW as soon as I got home.

All I can say is: CAPTAIN JACK!!!!!
Love the way they’ve started off.

…missing work to watch Torchwood would be a bad idea, right?

Damn.

I thought so.

Why yes, I *am* feeling better.

Darn colds and lingering coughs.

I actually got some sleep last night. Crashed early, so didn’t watch BSG. I’ll have to wait until iTunes posts the new episode.

My bestest fangrrl and enabler SihayaB posted a FAB new DS story for me. She so utterly knows me.

I got my copy of Wings to the Kingdom by wicked_wish, a.k.a. Cherie Priest. I’d fallen in love with her first novel, Four & Twenty Blackbirds. I first heard about her via scalzi, when he told her story about how Blackbirds was first published by an unscrupulous small press, then later, she was picked up by Tor.

I was intrigued, first by the situation, because as many of you know, I was in the same situation – the unscrupulous small press part, not the Tor part. ::g:: Her being picked up gave me hope. I immediately bought a copy of the book and was instantly hooked. She is a brilliant writer and creates fabulous characters.

Very very happy to have discovered her.

On another note: David Hewlett how are you so freakin’ awesome? I was reading this interview and was blown away by his utter geekiness. Dudes, he codes in Python and uses an open source CMS to manage his site. As a Web geek myself, I’m totally impressed. (yes, yes, I’m easily impressed!)

In conclusion: Happy Birthday, Viggo. ::g::

Wow and by that I mean: Damn, how could it be Monday?

I was so looking forward to this weekend, since the last one was spent working. In Boston, but working.

“What happened?” you ask.

Seems the doses of EmergenC and daily vitamins didn’t do their thing and I’ve come down with what started as the cold from hell and has morphed into a viral throat infection. Yippee kay ay wtf?

In any case, spent the weekend in bed, with little to no energy. Spent today at work, trying to catch up on the gazilliontyone things that were waiting for me, since I was out of town last week.

Still WAY behind on LJ, trying madly to catch up.

Went to the doc at 4:00 p.m. to be given some nice cough syrup and told to take Vitamin C megadoses and garlic. Hee!

Of the good:
The building management finally sent the plasterers and painters, so my leprous walls are no longer leprous.

My cleaners are coming tomorrow, so yay for clean apartment and clean clothes.

I remembered to pick up the dry cleaning. More yay for more clean clothes.

On the TV front:
Finally watched last week’s TV – Heroes, Veronica Mars, Lost, SV, Supernatural and BSG.

Still loving BSG, Heroes and Supernatural. Enjoying VM, but not so fond of SV anymore. I’m watching because I wanted to see the Green Arrow arc. Lost was pretty decent, but I’m really getting tired of the show. Although, did you catch the Buffy reference in the dialogue? (Sawyer to Kate at the very end – Drew Goddard was co-producer. I’m sure he had something to do with the line.)

I’m hoping this week will go well, on all fronts and that I’ll have time this weekend to rest. Next weekend, I’ll be in DC on Saturday, at the Dying to Write workshop. Working the entire day, but it should be a blast.

Back from the biz trip to Boston.

Never did get a chance to hook up with any of my Boston peeps – too many work-related obligations.

Skipped the Pops last night, but my buddy B and I went to Turner Fisheries – one of the hotel restaurants and indulged. Cocktails, lobster, dessert and a cognac.

Got back to my room by 8:30. By 9:30 I was packed and snoozing.

Plane arrived at DCA at noon. Got home to find my clean, yet wet laundry folded in the basket and on my bed. Seems the laundry card didn’t have enough $$ to dry the clothes.

Also came home to the heat on in the apartment (WTF!) and a blast of hot air. Opened the one window and am now cooling off.

Checked work email, yay – nothing major. My team is fantastic!

Am about to pass out from the jet lag. Who’d'a’thunk that a puddlejumper trip could wear a person out?

Plan to catch up on shows sometime later. Still haven’t seen the latest Eureka, Heroes, Studio 60, nor the 2 Veronica Mars. Thank goodness for iTunes and the EyeTV Tuner that recorded what I needed.

Arrived about 4:00 p.m. after an uneventful flight.

Got to the Westin, checked in and located my clients at the Hynes convention center. They’d already pretty much packed up for the day, so JP and I cruised some of the mall shops. Stopped in at Teavana and got a lovely tall cup of lapsang souchong.

Ogled the big gorgeous Bravias at the SonyStyle store.

I was pooped, so never made it to Pandemonium and Chris G’s signing. Instead, I went to dinner at Ginza (great sushi!) with JP and KD (her Boston-based friend). Then saw K’s new townhouse. K drove us around a bit – went through Brookline – waved in the general direction of the town in honor of BLG. Crossed the Charles twice, b/c K forgot we were having dinner first instead of going to his place. Can’t remember where he said his place was. In any case, it’s about 15-20 mins from the Westin.

Back at the hotel now and trying to figure out just where they figure people should plug in their laptops.

There’s one outlet at the little desk – but both those are take – one by the coffeepot, one by the oh-so-necessary lamp. I unplugged the lamp and plugged in my Airport, so I can sit on the luxurious king bed whilst surfing. (no WIFI here – WTF?)

Blanche is at 56% power, so I’m going to have to juice her up during the day tomorrow while I’m on the trade show floor.

Tomorrow is the first day of the trade show – goes until 5, then we’re invited to a special dinner. Not sure where it’s being held, but I bet it’s somewhere fancy.

I bought more clothes the other day. The Avenue was having a massive sale. Got a lovely dark green/gray suit (maybe moss?); a long black blazer and a dark brick red blazer. Also, a pair of black slacks, 4 Henleys and a handful of other things. I ended up saving nearly $100 after all the discounts were taken. I now have a very nice set of grown-up business clothes that are also comfy. (they are pants, not skirts).

I wish that this event wasn’t this weekend, b/c I could be at the fangrrl weekend with the rest of the gang. Alas, ’twas not to be.

Watched BSG last night – no brain left to comment, but enjoyed seeing CKR’s Leoben. He’s just the right mix of creepy and teh hawt.

Shay, Regina – hope your b’day bash is going well! Been thinking of you all today.

ETA: oh SQUEEE – my publisher’s updated the Web site. Scroll down to March 2007 – my book is listed.