Half an hour til Debbie comes to take me to the airport. What is it about the last day before a vacation? Why must ALL the shit hit the fan on that one day? On a brighter note, the author I'd been nastily referring to as Evil Author had dinner with my manager last night and emailed me today to tell me what a "beautiful" job I'd done managing the ( Read more... )

Poor Minou. She had a rough start to the day. I woke up at 6, a full hour earlier than expected, because it was so freaking hot in my room. Looked over to find Minou stretched out by my head, adoringly watching me sleep. She saw me wake up, meowed good morning, and stretched. And rolled right off the side of the bed. Loud crash, and then her little ( Read more... )

Huzzah! I have survived the week and will soonishly be on a train ("Tick tock, Scully!") to Fangirl Central, where the baylorsr sisters, liptonrm, and I shall run in circles until we bring The Vortex into its full, glowy, Apocalypsy glory. My backpack is just brimming over with happy treats for all, as I will be retrospectively honoring all three birthdays ( Read more... )

Am quite confused now about which locality the word "home" refers, but anyway, I'm about to head out to the airport on my way back to Chicago. Here's hoping the cats remember me when I get there.

Back from LA. Knackered but well pleased with my weekend. timfromcali conjured up very summery weather and took me to all the prettiest places. We had a fun brunch date with writerj in Beverly Hills on Friday, during which several secrets of the RHAR were exposed (fear not, ladies, most of them were embarrassing only to me). Then Tim and I went to the Getty, which ( Read more... )

In the preparation of this manuscript, I have thus far used nine rolls of Removable Magic Tape (3/4 inch). Each roll is 1,296 inches, or 36 yards. That's 324 yards so far. For those who have the standard American inability to judge distances, that's more than the length of three football fields ( Read more... )

Back from San Diego and most unpleased with the return to frozen stuff. Very good to be back with my kitties, though, as I missed them ( Read more... )

Here I am, safe and sound and hooked into my beloved LJ again ( Read more... )

Ah, the Midwest, how I missed you. But you welcomed me back last night with your 25 degree weather (and I, showing off my mental capacities and packing skills, left my winter coat in my mother's hall closet ( Read more... )

Ah... California! It is gorgeous here. Sunny, warm, green ( Read more... )