The Good Place begins with a woman named Eleanor Shellstrop being introduced to The Good Place, the heavenly afterlife that is her eternal reward after a lifetime of good deeds. There is frozen yogurt everywhere, her house is designed specifically to her tastes, and everything is wonderful ( Read more... )

The age of epic posts is over, but the Age of Ultron is here! (I didn't even go to that panel. I went to a lot of others, though.)

I totally almost missed my flight to San Diego. I totally got Pris to sign her map in The Throne of the Crescent Moon. Carrie and I totally geeked out about Journey into Mystery. I totally told John Layman that I liked ( Read more... )

My unpreparedness last year can hardly compare to my unpreparedness this year, when I don't even have signing schedules for a lot of things! But, you know, that's how Comic-Con rolls.

( Wednesday )

A few days ago, I discovered that Javier Grillo-Marxuach, creator of TV's The Middleman, was coming up here for Writers with Drinks, a monthly literary spoken-word variety show. Javi and I met three years ago at an 826michigan event, and he seemed to like me. He sent me a nice message when I found him on Facebook last year, and he was excited to ( Read more... )

It was once again time to escape up north, this time under the pretext of seeing Amber Benson at the Roseville Borders signing (even though she was doing two signings in the City as well). But actoplasm didn't work at those bookstores, so this would be cooler! Plus, this time, there would be a bonus sainfoin_fields (Tris)!

( Games and games )

Some of you may remember Fanboys, a movie that has changed release dates more often than Henry VIII changed wives. Finally, after two years, it has a limited release in select cities. April (apriljoiex) does not live in one of those cities, but, Kristen Bell fangirl that she is, she drove over three hours to see it with Anita (rowanceleste) and me. The two of them did ( Read more... )

Hey, Monday night gang! If you weren't here over the weekend, you missed my post about Hey Ocean!, a Canadian band you should totally check out. If you're into jazzy, funky indie pop. (Which...apparently I am?) I posted songs! Come on, they're insanityjones's new favorite band. We're Facebook friends with them and everything ( Read more... )

I have a sickness. I can't leave whole swaths of my life undocumented! Herein find important descriptions of the food I ate in Phoenix while on the company dime and a short narrative about visiting home to see my mom after her hip replacement.

( Phabulous Phood in Phoenix )

I'm sticking this at the beginning for all you Princess Tutu aficionados: I finished the series for the second time last night, and I love it even more. The first time, I loved it mostly for the plot. But this time, I fell in love with the characters. And I still loved the music and the message and the themes and everything else that is awesome ( Read more... )

Although I had been to WonderCon before, this is the first year I'm really going, taking advantage of all three days of programming and exhibiting. And I'm totally not sorry!

( Bill Willingham: Plei may think he's a douche, but I think he's pretty cool! )