Busy schedule this weekend, what with a vet appointment for Spanky, an appointment with my personal researcher (a.k.a. oldmangrumpus), a scotch tasting and a play, plus much reading to be done for the workshop.

The weekend started with dinner at bhagwanx's place with a small group of people. We watched (and pointed and laughed at) "Sky Captain and the World of ( Read more... )

I am grossly behind on my flist reading. I don't know what's going on with any of you (except, oddly, the status of my friends' beards; is it something in the water?). Je ne regret rien!I have 33 short stories to read and make notes on before next Thursday (the first day of the Oregon Coast workshop). See, when I finished up with my pinky swear ( Read more... )

A quick review of the weekend: Saw "Sweeney Todd," about which I hope to write more within the next couple of days (short version: enjoyed it). Saw "Charlie Wilson's War," which was excellent and I highly recommend it. Poked about at Far Fetched Imports and David Smith & Co. for interesting bookcases and cabinets. The only thing I saw that I truly ( Read more... )

( Long, bitchy post about things I want to bitch about including writing, SFWA, voting and other matters of consequence...to me, anyway. )

So productive this weekend: got the first coat of paint on the small room, wrote 1100+ words on the novel, finished my first full editorial pass on the freelance job, and saw an absolutely terrific production of "Hair" at ArtsWest with markbourne, his E and a friend of theirs ( Read more... )

The weekend started Friday afternoon in the company of EB, whom I met at the Pyramid Alehouse, Brewery and Restaurant across the street from Safeco Field. We shared Wyder's Cider and stories about family, then headed out to Big John's PFI for exotic food shopping and cheese tasting in preparation for that evening's party. Apologies to the ( Read more... )

Feeling much better this morning, and thank god. I didn't want to lose another day to the nastiness. I'm fairly sure that the turn in the weather has something to do with it, and for once I'm actually happy to see gray skies and feel the cool breezes. The kitties seem pleased as well.

On the docket for today:
* Washing dishes
* Balancing checkbook ( Read more... )

Lunch with miss_swamp who's always fine company.

New computer (MacBook Pro 15") with extra RAM.

External hard drive for back-ups.

Snazzy printer/copier/scanner.

Office. Widgets. (Widgets!) Stuffit Expander.

Tomorrow? Doctor. Writing. Haircut. Chorus business.

I will be busy.

Beautiful day: sunny with a crisp blue sky, mild and pleasant ( Read more... )

I brought a new vacuum yesterday. It's blue and it looks like a starship. Or a space probe. Or some other science fictiony thingie. The carpet is no longer crunchy. Spanky has no more love for this machine than he did for my old Eureka World-Vac. Merlin, apparently, remains unmoved by technology ( Read more... )