Had an interesting day today
So, I had an interesting day.
This morning, I went with my grandmother to go pay some bills, since her health is declining and she doesn't like to walk a lot, due to having broken both hips (on separate occasions) several years ago. Unfortunately, with it being the weekend, most of the places were closed. Not too discouraged, after we were done, we went to breakfast - or, rather, brunch - at a local waffle place.
It was while we were finishing up eating that a guy came up to me, a slightly older gentleman. It turned out that his name was Oliver Bonewits (probably a pseudonym) and he was a published author, and I had inspired a character he was writing, which, if I'm not mistaken, was a witch...but apparently not an evil one. Then he had his daughter take a picture of me...a picture that, I can only assume was not a very flattering one, considering how I looked - all frizzy-haired, with glasses and acne all over my face.
He gave me his card, which I showed to my grandmother as I told her what he'd said. Of course, her being the old-fashioned Christian woman she is, declared vampires to be 'of the devil.' Ugh, when is she going to understand that when she says stuff like this to me, I don't care! It's like the time she tried to tell me I was dressed like a slut just because I was wearing a v-neck shirt! So aggravating!
Oh, she also gave me a bit of money to get something for Christmas with, since she's on Social Security, so I picked up City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare, the fourth book in the Mortal Instruments series. I would've picked up Clockwork Angel - the first book in the prequel series, The Infernal Devices - but it was only in hardcover and I like all my books in a series to be the same, so I'll have to wait on that one. Plus, I have it on my hard-drive in PDF format, and I've been meaning to read it, so I guess this is as good a time as any.
This morning, I went with my grandmother to go pay some bills, since her health is declining and she doesn't like to walk a lot, due to having broken both hips (on separate occasions) several years ago. Unfortunately, with it being the weekend, most of the places were closed. Not too discouraged, after we were done, we went to breakfast - or, rather, brunch - at a local waffle place.
It was while we were finishing up eating that a guy came up to me, a slightly older gentleman. It turned out that his name was Oliver Bonewits (probably a pseudonym) and he was a published author, and I had inspired a character he was writing, which, if I'm not mistaken, was a witch...but apparently not an evil one. Then he had his daughter take a picture of me...a picture that, I can only assume was not a very flattering one, considering how I looked - all frizzy-haired, with glasses and acne all over my face.
He gave me his card, which I showed to my grandmother as I told her what he'd said. Of course, her being the old-fashioned Christian woman she is, declared vampires to be 'of the devil.' Ugh, when is she going to understand that when she says stuff like this to me, I don't care! It's like the time she tried to tell me I was dressed like a slut just because I was wearing a v-neck shirt! So aggravating!
Oh, she also gave me a bit of money to get something for Christmas with, since she's on Social Security, so I picked up City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare, the fourth book in the Mortal Instruments series. I would've picked up Clockwork Angel - the first book in the prequel series, The Infernal Devices - but it was only in hardcover and I like all my books in a series to be the same, so I'll have to wait on that one. Plus, I have it on my hard-drive in PDF format, and I've been meaning to read it, so I guess this is as good a time as any.