My life is an emotional roller coaster.

[bironic]

Things have been pretty up and down lately. Not really a roller coaster, since nothing traumatic has happened; more like bobbing up and down at sea. Last week, for instance, went something like:

Remixes up! synn, the best friend I've ever had, is moving halfway across the country unwillingly. Great House episode! Favorite co-worker left. Hung out

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[bironic]

He does seem very comfortable in his own skin. This was the second time I got to see him (attended a reading/signing once when American Gods came out) and he was just as charming. The ubiquitous all-black ensemble with leather jacket, his hands in his pockets.

Course, his writing is like that, which is one of the reasons I like him.

Yes -- listening to him talk is like listening to him read, and vice versa. It's one of the reasons I really became a fan after that first reading/signing -- there was a voice and a personality irreversibly infusing his written words after that.

[nightdog_barks]

*smiles*

I'm pretty good, especially after all the wonderful notes and fics from yesterday.

I saw that you recced Letters of Transit and The Annals over at the Crack!Van -- thank you! Got a small reply this very afternoon for the former -- apparently I've made another person cry! I really have to start using my powers for Good and not Evil. Heh heh heh.

Meant to compliment an LJ acquaintance but she took offense.

Oh dear. LJ is just so frustrating sometimes. I'm sorry to hear that.

The Thursday Author thing sounds just amazing; Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite writers also.

Here's hoping the rest of your Tuesday is better!

[bironic]

Yes, you seemed to have quite a fandom birthday there, you lucky dog! And you're quite welcome for the "Letters of Transit" rec. It was one of the first stories that came to mind when I settled on the month's theme.

Yesterday was horrible in a want-to-throttle-all-clients-and-how-about-everyone-else-while-we're-at-it sort of way (even though it's not their fault, it's the workload), but today was better -- thanks for the well-wishing.

[kabal42]

Not keepy-up-y doesn't make me sad. I sometimes can't keep up either, so fair must be fair. It does sound like you've had a very mixed time there! I hope there gets to be more of the good stuff soon.

Suddenly, after more than a year of feeling like life's relatively crappy - and a month of just weirdness - good stuff has suddenly fallen my way. If it might cheer you up to read, my last post is about that. If it wont, then just skip reading it :-)

[bironic]

Yes, I did see that and am happy for you! Yay tickets and new flat and things!

[kabal42]

Whee! Thanks! :-D Now the world "just" needs to feed my friends nice experiences too.

[catilinarian]

That sounds like a fantastic event. I love hearing good authors just talk - some can't do it at all, unfortunately, and I'm afraid I might fall into that category if I was asked, but some do it brilliantly. I think of those as the natural storytellers, for whom writing their stories down is almost incidental - just a way to reach more people. (For me, the writing itself is the crucial element, and sometimes I have to remind myself not to let the writing crowd out the story

[bironic]

some can't do it at all, unfortunately, and I'm afraid I might fall into that category if I was asked

Me too. That's part of the reason I'm so respectful (and/or envious) of people who can not only get up and talk seamlessly but are good at both talking and writing.

Plus I owe you an email from ages ago... I suck

I thought I was the one who owed you an email, and that's been weighing on me. I haven't been able to sit down on a weekend and clear my mind enough to write the long letters to people I want to. Not always busy, just hardly ever in the right frame of mind. For months.

It's wretched that Synn is moving away. I'm really sorry.

God, it's awful. Awful. I don't know what to do. I don't think she knows what to do. Bleh.