Vandalism!
It's official. For the first time, there have been intentional penmarks made in a book I bought, a book I read, with my consent and intent.
Admittedly, said penmarks were put there by the author of the book. Still, baby steps.
Here you see me laughing like a fool while Pat did his job in his long-suffering fashion, photo courtesy of RagnvaeigPatrick Rothfuss, for those of you who don't read his blog, or ragnvaeig's, was doing a talk and signing at a Barnes & Noble just a bit over an hour and a half away in Maryland, and we decided to truck it on out there with our well-loved copy to get it signed.
Pat's as much fun in person as on his blog. He answered questions from the crowd, read one of his advice column articles, the first page of the upcoming sequel to The Name of the Wind (which, if I haven't recommended it here before, consider it most highly recommended), and a couple of poems he had written that will likely never see publication. There was a humorous poem about a day in the life of "Mrs. Roxanne de Bergerac", and a nice little love poem he'd written for his wife, which kinda reminded me of Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 with its practicality. "You annoy me less than anyone on Earth" is an honest statement of endearment between herself and I, so I'm drawn to those sort of expressions of love.
He also had along his wife and their baby (also, his editor, which I didn't find out about until later). The little one knows just how to mug for a crowd, and is cute in that way babies can be cute - when they're at a safe distance and someone else is responsible for them.
And on a whim, and ragnvaeig's suggestion, I gave him a Cthulhu fingerpuppet. Luckily, I had just made one that didn't contain choking hazards. Now, of course, I must replace it. C'est la guerre, he thought it was cool, and hopefully it'll entertain little Oot.
All in all, it was a great deal of fun, and worth the drive. A good time had by all.
Admittedly, said penmarks were put there by the author of the book. Still, baby steps.
Here you see me laughing like a fool while Pat did his job in his long-suffering fashion, photo courtesy of RagnvaeigPatrick Rothfuss, for those of you who don't read his blog, or ragnvaeig's, was doing a talk and signing at a Barnes & Noble just a bit over an hour and a half away in Maryland, and we decided to truck it on out there with our well-loved copy to get it signed.
Pat's as much fun in person as on his blog. He answered questions from the crowd, read one of his advice column articles, the first page of the upcoming sequel to The Name of the Wind (which, if I haven't recommended it here before, consider it most highly recommended), and a couple of poems he had written that will likely never see publication. There was a humorous poem about a day in the life of "Mrs. Roxanne de Bergerac", and a nice little love poem he'd written for his wife, which kinda reminded me of Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 with its practicality. "You annoy me less than anyone on Earth" is an honest statement of endearment between herself and I, so I'm drawn to those sort of expressions of love.
He also had along his wife and their baby (also, his editor, which I didn't find out about until later). The little one knows just how to mug for a crowd, and is cute in that way babies can be cute - when they're at a safe distance and someone else is responsible for them.
And on a whim, and ragnvaeig's suggestion, I gave him a Cthulhu fingerpuppet. Luckily, I had just made one that didn't contain choking hazards. Now, of course, I must replace it. C'est la guerre, he thought it was cool, and hopefully it'll entertain little Oot.
All in all, it was a great deal of fun, and worth the drive. A good time had by all.