So tired. Last night Shelby started throwing up and then couldn't stop, and we were all running around in terror ("OH MY GOD SHE HAS THE PARVO!!" ) and my mother stayed up all night with her. We got her to the vet when they first opened and found out that... it wasn't parvo. It was just some random little stomach bug, and the vet gave her some ( Read more... )

So I'm going through my inbox a couple of days ago and there's an email from a Fox/M80 DVD rep who found the entry I wrote on The Illusionist and saw how much I loved the movie. I mean, I'm sure Fox is contacting a number of bloggers, but you can do worse than someone who started reading up on stage magic because of this and The Prestige. (And no, ( Read more... )

Been reading, mostly, in between bouts of cleaning. Have I nattered on about what books I'm reading at the moment yet? ( The orange tree and the disappearing birdcage )

Lamictal, Day Three: Feeling pretty good. It makes me feel very "awake," but not caffeinated, and I have no trouble sleeping at all. Rather the reverse, actually--I'm not sleepy at all during the day (which is quite a feat, given how slugabed I've been recently), and I sleep really soundly at night. Of course, I'm only on 25 mg for the next two ( Read more... )

3500 4600 5200 words yesterday. I'm telling you, I go through such long dry spells and crippling bouts of deadline-induced block, only to turn around and binge now and then. I won't be keeping this pace up very long, so don't envy me too much--I have to make hay while the sun shines. I can feel myself running out of steam, too--coming to the end of ( Read more... )