Monthly Archives: October 2008

NaNo NaNo

October 31, 2008 – 11:03 pm

Happy NaNoWriMo, everyone! Yes, I’m doing it again this year. This is because I am a crazy person.
I’m ridiculously excited. I’ve got all my notes bookmarked, copied into Scrivener, or saved. I’ve got a reference book lurking just to the right of my bed (it’s a psychological thriller, this year’s novel, which is an [...]

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circus freaks are fun

October 26, 2008 – 2:09 pm

Just got Who Put the B in Ballyhoo from Amazon. I was making an order and thought I’d get something for the kid, and this has been on his wishlist ever since I saw it recced on (the sadly now defunct) Lucky Oliver.
Oh my god, this book rocks. It’s got circus freaks! Sideshows! The [...]

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another show to obsess over

October 25, 2008 – 3:37 pm

I’m late to the House…party? Boat? Anything I say here will be punny. Whatev, I started watching House because it was on Hulu and I require constant entertainment from my interwebs. And it’s crazy good, so now I’m all crack-addict about it. I downloaded the pilot from iTunes and watched it last night, in between [...]

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i feel pretty

October 24, 2008 – 11:02 am

Oh hey, look at that: the site, she has been prettified. I finally got the new template looking the way I want (which isn’t the way I thought I wanted it to look, but isn’t that just the way?).
This is the comp I did when I was messing around with ideas (and was testing out [...]

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one toddler. price: cheap.

October 7, 2008 – 2:59 pm

So I suddenly and unexpectedly found myself with the afternoon off. Hooray, I said (I’m pretty sure all-caps were employed as well), I totally needed an afternoon off, if by “off” you mean “doing laundry, replying to work emails, cleaning the house and dealing with a two and a half year old who refuses to [...]

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