Ya' know, I never did report in about my birthday trip to New Orleans. I had a solid good time but not a great time. I didn't take a single photo - but my friend took lots so I suppose some photos will appear eventually - and had some great and awful N'awlins food. I got sick, perhaps due to eating a bit of meat, and found an awesome couple of bars ( Read more... )

I got to see officialgaiman at a reading last night which made me ponder the first time I met Neil Gaiman: 2003 at San Diego ComicCon when he was sharing a booth with Frank Miller. I was, of course, dressed up as Death. This was a completely different experience. Then it was in a huuuge crowded area with a long snaking line and no reading of books and such. It ( Read more... )

My big happy of the day: I just got a hotel room for a friend of mine and myself. In New Orleans!

I've decided that I've had enough bad birthdays (I start dreading them now) and this year is the big 3-0 for me so I wanted to go out of my way and DO something nice, especially as my birthday rolls on a Saturday this year. So chatting with my friend ( Read more... )