I’ve been enjoying the comments on my last post about why I hate dresses. So many kindred spirits! Plus a lot of great suggestions about different ways to enjoy skirts and dresses. But really, I love the affirmation of being true to one’s personal style. It’s taken me a long time to even admit that [...]
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Jul 24, 2009
|Life Stuff
Do you know how often I wear a dress? Exactly once a year, at Wiscon. This year I didn’t go to Wiscon, and I won’t wear any dresses at all. (And when I say dresses, that includes skirts too. For serious.) What’s wrong with me? Why do I hate dresses? A big part of it [...]
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Jul 23, 2009
|Life Stuff, Los Angeles
I was driving home at 11pm, exhausted and feeling a wee bit self-pitying after a long day, when I passed a series of white trucks. White trucks in LA mean a location shoot. The back of the last truck was open and inside, a woman was rifling frantically through rows and rows of costumes. Now [...]
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Jul 22, 2009
|Above World, Writing
Above World, my work-in-progress, is the first project I’ve written using Scrivener. I absolutely loved it for keeping all my files together — all the web pages, photos, snippets, quotes, etc. Being able to keep a photo of a shark next to the chapter with a shark fight was invaluable! World-building in general was a [...]
Read More ...Some exciting news on the feline front! First, the kitten has a name, and that name is “Oslo.” We like the city motif (see “Cairo”), and he’s all grey and white indicating someplace cold and snowy. (What, you were hoping for Stuttgart?) From Oslo
Read More ...Make sure you have your sound turned up for full zen experience. And no, he still doesn’t have a name, though we are narrowing it down. :)
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Jul 12, 2009
|Cats
Well, the new kitten is here… and Cairo is absolutely terrified. He has been hiding ever since. I brought the kitten’s carrier over to Cairo so he could smell it, and he was terrified of that, too. I’m beginning to think that Cairo wants to be an only cat. I’m beginning to think we’ll have [...]
Read More ...After speaking to several people via email, we decided to visit the Kitten Rescue adoption event in Canoga Park today. Okay, I’d decided that several days ago and had been sleepless and counting the seconds until today’s event. I finally understand “baby fever,” as I have had a terrible case of “new kitty fever” all [...]
Read More ...Tomorrow, July 7th, will be three years since my amazing cat Balthazar (“Zar”) died. Here’s something I wrote in my journal a few days before I lost him: So, I’m crying, and talking to Zar about how much he’s meant to me and how much I love him, and I’m petting him and kissing his [...]
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Jul 5, 2009
|Food-n-Drink
The lifestyle reboot continues! On my way home from work today, I bought a blender at Target (no, I didn’t already have one) and then hit Trader Joe’s for some staples for my all-new way of life. I have never before filled my cart with such healthy “real” foods, and I have never before enjoyed [...]
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