Today it's 96 degrees (supposed to be 99 tomorrow) and for some reason, I feel like doing housework. Probably because, after seeing my apartment, my mother gave me the money to buy a new vacuum cleaner. :D (Got the Shark Navigator Deluxe Swivel and love it!) So, the place is vacuumed and dusted, and all those blankets the dog has been lying on are ( Read more... )

My father died last week, suddenly, of a cardiac arrest during the night. Dad always insisted he did not want a funeral, he wanted a party where we had bluegrass music, and his ashes would be there in a coffee can. So we did, and it went beautifully ( Read more... )

The first proof of my book, my cover needed fixing, and a few things inside ( Read more... )

Yesterday I got the proof copy of my book! It still needs lots of little fixes, but actually holding my REAL book was mind-blowing. WOOHOO! The cover price is going to be $12.99, which is more than I originally planned, but then, it doesn't seem out of line for a book that size compared to others ( Read more... )

Today I paid for my OCLC number application (wondered why it was taking so long! Heh, heh) and ordered my first proof copy, since my last cover submission wasn't too badly mutilated by the automatic proofer. They resized it again, instead of trimming the bleed space where it should have, but this time it left the spine where I put it ( Read more... )

My sister came over for the weekend with her niece for the anime event. We had Quisp cereal. :D Every now and then I find it in the store, that blast from the past ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is my big bi-annual anime event at the library! I have spent all week peeling carrots and potatoes and onions and garlic and making curry sauce, and now I'm stiff as a board from standing at the stove making taiyaki for three hours ( Read more... )

When I was a kid, I read a library book about a boy so ugly that his brothers made him wear a bag over his head. In the illustrations, it was an onion sack, with the 'O's in Onions cut out for eyeholes. Nobody I asked could ever tell me what book it was ( Read more... )

My apartment id full of things that I like to own but don't really use ( Read more... )

I'll print this one out at work tomorrow and see how I like it. :D

Commects/opinions/suggestions still welcome.


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