Quick birthday greeting to

the_shoshanna

– an extremely cool person who I got to meet face-to-face at Con.txt.

Hope your day is fabulous!!

So, been dying to know where Keira Kelly and the gang live?

Check out this Flickr Stream

I have a Google Alert set up for “Lago Vista”, the actual small town that my own fictional small town of Rio Seco is named after. It’s the town I spent the majority of my high school years in. I was valedictorian of the first graduation class of Lago Vista HS. (We’d been bused to another school until then).

Via the Google Alerts, I discovered Jana and her lovely photos of the area. I’ve now subscribed to her RSS feed.

If you look at the ones captioned as “1431″ – that’s the main state highway (!) that runs through there. The primary intersection at Lago Vista, which I base the one in my books on is at 1431 and Lohmann’s Crossing. When I lived there, it was a 4 way stop. For all I know, there’s a traffic signal now.

Ah, nostalgia!

ETA: oh yeah, and if you look at her photos tagged: Hutto, Texas – our basketball team (the Vikings) used to play their basketball team (the Hippos). go figure.

I can haz BROWNIES from the most wonderful awesome

qe2

 ! Got home from a rather frakked day (just stupid stuff) and there was a BOX for ME!! Whee!!! Inside, gooey rich brownies with pecans. NOM!

Other things of lovely:

David Hewlett & Jane Loughman get married. (link ganked from several folks) – Srsly, how are they both so awesome? Baz looks like he’s having a great time with mum and dad.

My car will go to the car doctor in the a.m. and get fresh oil, a state inspection and then the Lima will go to the hairdresser in the p.m. and get the shaggy mane cut into a semblance of normalcy.

I can haz drugs! My RX for a particular med ran out last week, the night before my check up appointment. Thing is, they called to reschedule. I’d asked the receptionist to have someone call it in (Thursday a.m.) – but lo, no call. Friday a.m. I woke up with pinkeye, so I totally spaced it, then it was the weekend. But now, I have drugs. This is a good thing.

My paperbacks of Harry Potter (UK) are on their way. I ordered the mass market paperbacks as I’ve donated the hardcovers (no room to store!). I really, really wish JKR would agree to ebook editions. Damn, woman, I’ve already bought 2-3 copies EACH of the books (various editions, mostly hardcover). I’d really love a way to take them all with me when I travel on my Kindle. ETA: Take them on my Kindle, when I travel. ::facepalm:: SHEESH, you’d'a thunk I could do this English thing…

TWO MONTHS and 4 days until my Vancouver Voyage! I’m so looking forward to vacation! < 2 months until Great Big Sea!!!! And next weekend, I take the train to visit

starrcat

 . Whee!!

On NPR.

50mm heard this on the way to work yesterday. Laura talks about it in her blog.

Srsly, I know the coolest people!

What I’m reading now: So Say We All: An Unauthorized Collection of Thoughts and Opinions on Battlestar Galactica, one of BenBella Books SmartPop series. Fannish meta in published form. So cool. I have a pretty extensive library of this series, and enjoy going back to read them.

I know I’m not the first, but I’m sure I’m not the last to express my sadness at George Carlin’s passing.

RIP, George – you were the first comedian I wholeheartedly loved. The first one whose routines I knew by heart. I *got* your humor.
You totally rocked. We’ll all miss you.

Pinkeye is mostly gone (yay!).

I’ve spent the majority of today finishing my edits on the essay for BenBella books. The topic: The role of the Trickster in Supernatural. I sent the revision to the editor about thirty minutes ago. The book will be out in March 2009. Thanks to

beledibabe

  ,

sanj

  ,

birki_lib

  ,

allaboutm_e

  and others who beta’d for me.

I did the Wordle thing with the essay – view the result after this cut.

Happy on-time birthday to

the_star_fish

– one of the coolest, most fun people I know. Loads of great birthday wishes to you!!!

A belated birthday wish to

thisisbone

and

scribblinlenore

, who celebrated yesterday. A very happy birthday to the both of you.

Hope you all have/had/continue to have a wonderful celebration of your natal days.

Woke up this a.m. with a painful left eye. When I looked in the mirror: red, inflamed, sensitive to light.

After a visit to the urgent care center: yep, pinkeye. Evidently a particularly virulent form to have come up so quickly and so intensely. I have meds and have been instructed to disinfect everything, as it’s highly contagious. Plus, hey, bonus sinus infection!

Sigh.

At home when I really need to be at work. I’m not supposed to be on the computer much (!!!) because my eye is so inflamed, so I’ll be off to rest in a bit.

Hope everyone is having a better Friday than I am.

I was going to post a long yippee type post about the marriages in California.

John Scalzi did it better.

Here’s a clip of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, married now after 55 years of partnership.

Let’s hope this continues across all the states!

(Yes, yes, I’m an optimist).

Had a blast at Con.txt, getting to hang out with fangrrls and making new friends.

I’ve been adding a bunch of you all to my f’list.

Rooming with the_star_fish, bethbethbeth and qe2 was a total blast, despite the evil Beth’s earworms. ::g::

I’d list everyone I got to meet/see/hug, but the brain, she is very tired. It was wonderful, though.

The con comm did a fabulous job of organizing. Kudos to them all!

Looking forward to seeing you all in 2010, or perhaps next year at MJ.

::off to catch up on RL::