In my last post, I promised pics from Caitlin Kittredge's and Lisa Mantchev's respective signings this week. Unfortunately, I have none. I took them, but here's a fact: pictures of authors reading are generally not flattering. Our mouths make weird shapes, and I decided not to post what I have. Suffice to say: both ladies did an awesome job ( Read more... )

Last night, lolcatz and I went to his holiday work party. Microsoft employs tens of thousands out here, so they have lots of these parties in December for the assorted groups and teams. The parties are always swanky and elaborate, in interesting venues with interesting entertainment. Last year's was at the Museum of Flight. This year, his group (by which ( Read more... )

Okay, after eating two Thanksgiving dinners in one day, I feel sufficiently recovered to continue recapping my last day in New York this week. As mentioned before, I discovered I had Tuesday morning free, and since I'd squeezed in Nanette Lepore the day before (didn't have my color and size - sigh), I was able to go straight to the Metropolitan ( Read more... )

This morning, after a starstruck cab ride through Times Square, I found myself at Penn Station, ready to take on the second leg of my East Coast trip. No joke: Penn Station is harder to navigate than an airport. It's easy to find everything, but everyone waits with palpable tension for your train's track to pop up on a screen. Then, you and ( Read more... )

Emboldened by the awesomeness of Microsoft's holiday spirit, lolcatz and I decided to host our own Halloween party. I don't have much time for captions, but this should give you the general feel. Follow along!

lolcatz and I went as Snidely Whiplash and Nell Fenwick from Dudley Do-Right.


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Whew. I think I did more in the last 24 hours than I've done all week! This was the weekend I flew down to the Bay Area for assorted good times, and man, was it busy. I knew things were off to a good start when I saw one of Alaska Airlines' Salmon-Thirty-Salmon planes out on the runway at SeaTac airport. This was the plane that broke my no-flying ( Read more... )

For the last few weeks, I've kept forgetting that the only CD in my car was Garbage's greatest hits. That's a good CD, but when you listen to it over and over for that long, it starts to get to you. I keep leaving my iPod in my gym bag, so I finally smacked myself around one day and grabbed a bunch of old mix CDs for the car. I was desperate for ( Read more... )

Last night, Kat Richardson and I signed at University Bookstore in Seattle. Now, going to a signing might seem easy for an author, but it's not. My night in particular started off difficult because first one and then the other strap on my tank top broke just before I was about to leave the house. I attempted last-minute repairs, but due to the ( Read more... )

If you guys are like me, you're always looking for something fun to do on a Friday night. But what to do? See a movie? Go to your friend's? Hang out at that same old bar?

Hey, I know! How about this?


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I didn't really report on the workshop this weekend. Long story short: it was awesome. Everyone who attended it had a great time, and I think they got a lot out of it. Along with my legendary Aztec lesson (in which I made 9th graders draw posters of Aztecs farming and sacrificing each other), this will be recorded in the scrolls of favorite ( Read more... )