Shortly after leaving for Oklahoma City and the Nightwish concert with more than an hour to spare, we discovered that the turnpike was backed up for six miles, with no way to get off the goddamn thing. And when I say backed up, I mean that we were creeping along at about three miles an hour for most of it. It briefly opened up halfway through, ( Read more... )

Underworld came out in September, 2003.

Note the spike in popularity of Lucian as a baby name around 2004.

Coincidence? I would like to think not.

That reminds me. I need to go sniff my jacket. Yeah. I haven't done that in a while ( Read more... )

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In which I fangirl ridiculously about getting my Lucian jacket.

Feel free to transcribe. I'll be busy. Naked and busy. With leather!

MINE!

Well, I am a confirmed uber-dork. Looky what I won on ebay! Lucian's leather jacket from the first Underworld movie. At this moment, no happier fangirl exists on earth. Seriously. I have so much love for him. Naughty puppy love.

Thank you, speakerwiggin, for pointing the auction out to me.

Please, greenjeanz, don't hate me. I promise to let you sniff it or roll ( Read more... )

Yesterday I got my letter from the editor of The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica 5, complete with check. Actually, I guess that'd be "cheque," since it was for pounds. The girl at the bank goggled at me when I brought it in, and had to call three people for help. At least she knew what pounds were, as opposed to a brainless fast-food cashier I ( Read more... )

Word count as of this morning: 31,018 ( Read more... )

I know a few of you are in the area. If anyone's out and feels like stopping by to hang or chat, I'll be doing a book signing for Writers of the Future, along with Sargon and mtreiten. The signing's at Steve's Sundries, from 5pm to 7pm ( Read more... )

Okay. Okay. You all remember this little obsessive episode involving a certain Welsh actor, which almost killed me.

It's not getting better, and now that I find out Ioan's been passed over for the role of Bond, I find myself wanting to soothe him with wanton sex a nice fan letter ( Read more... )

Sounds like the name of an anime villain. General Crap ( Read more... )