| http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/019823.html Middle aged Latina to Latino boy, eating: Happy birthday! Look at you, surrounded by all these women on your birthday. You are going to be so nice when you grow up. You have five sisters. All the men in your family are grown up, and you got stuck with all the girls. So you're going to be so nice to girls when you get older. Right?
(boy is silent)
Middle aged Latina: Right?
(boy is silent)
Middle aged Latina: You're going to be nice girls when when you grow up, right?
Latino boy: Yeah, sure! Whatever!
--McDonald's
Overheard by: Didn't quite turn out that way
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| This was a really, really good Readercon. There will be a post tomorrow. First I am going to sleep.
But the wind blew and the sun shone too and the corn grew tall. - Music:Bill Laswell, "Above the Earth"
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| If you fight with your creepy boyfriend and walk home, you will get gored by a minotaur, and then he'll be sorry. (she got better.)
also, and more impotantly, hoyt was adorable. oh, and eric in a track suit. and Lafayette.
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| I am storing the cat toys in the cat carrier--I just decide that would be a good place to keep them this weekend, since there needs to be a central location for them. But I forgot to tell the cat this when I was putting them all away today, so I just had to get up and show the cat where the hair bands were. since he was sad, and sitting on my bed meeping forelornly. (well, it's really "I have lost all my toys, so give me the one I know you have in your hair" | |
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| hey everyone. I made some icons. They feature Rob Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Twilight Pics, Ashley Greene, and Rachel Bilson. I also made a few banners. Please make sure to follow the rules. This post remains open until July 14th. Add me to view all icons and fanart. Preview:    click here to view post // click here to add me | |
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| Made San Shoku Donburi -- or Tri-Colored Donburi -- today for dinner. Nom. (The three 'colors' are yellow from the corn, green from the peas, and brown from the gingered ground chicken, plus I added black shredded nori and red cherry tomatoes and shredded ginger. Or possibly it's not brown that's one of the colors but white from the rice. Must verify.) I'll do a full writeup tomorrow (am a bit tired right now), but I will say it was an unqualified success. Yum yum yum. (Also made salad with a miso-yuzu dressing, which was also successful although a bit too strong/salty -- I should have listened to the recipe and got some white miso to use for it rather than just using the red miso I had on hand. But still, it was very good.) | |
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| 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 to give the kitten back.
I know, I know, it hasn’t been very long. It’s just that Cairo shows no curiosity or interest… nothing but terror. It’s breaking my heart to see him so afraid and to know that I caused it. I thought he would be happier with a playmate and cuddlemate, but I always knew there was a chance that this might happen too.
Any advice? Any tried-and-true methods of initiating cat friendship? I’m all ears right now. I can’t bear the thought of Cairo being so afraid, and I can’t bear the thought of having to give the kitten back.
Originally published at jennreese.com. You can comment here or there. | |
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| I’m home from Readercon, which was fantastic as always. I managed to get my daily wordcount in somehow and wrapped up Chapter 4 on the train.
At the moment, I’m heading to bed and husband. Talk to you all tomorrow.
Comments? -- Link. | |
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- Mood:sore
 - Music:Matt Nathanson - Come On Get Higher
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| Today's entry comes from a cover blurb.
"When [Author] is on fire, nobody can touch him."
That's right. Nobody. Not even ninjas. | |
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|  Just got back from Readercon in Burlington Mass. a little while ago. I'm beat. There's quite a bit to report on tomorrow, but wanted to get this news posted tonight. The Shadow Year has won The Shirley Jackson Award. I'm thrilled to have won as I have great respect for Jackson's fiction and the fiction of my fellow nominees in the category.
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| Went to the Ax-Man on Friday, took a few pics. They have some great signs and some wacky shit. Like, an iron lung, and doll pieces, and well just look at the pictures. | |
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| Originally published at John Joseph Adams. You can comment here or there. So sorry about that Twitter weekly roundup (which has been since deleted). That’s not what I wanted it to do. | |
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| I love this game. I am addicted. Hinterland.
Tomorrow I have to make up a huge writing debt, but tonight, I Hinterland.
Mirrored from One Crazy Dame. Comment here or there. | |
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| Oof. Home from Readercon about an hour ago. It was awesome. Airports are not awesome. I will never fly American Airlines again if I can at all help it. I will do a con report sometime this week, but right now I need to get some food into me (confidential to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) barbarienne: the giant breakfast plan worked) and start dredging through the several hundred e-mails in my inbox. 0.0 | |
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| http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2009/07/13/t-minus-18-days/ http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/?p=1736 Dang. The whole ‘burnt out’ thing is bringing things down here a bit, yes? Meh! That’s what I say to being burnt out. I spit in its eye. We shall find the fun, and get ready for Sydney, San Francisco, Montreal and Melbourne with a glint in our eye and smile on our faces.
The weekend was mega-meh. Spent time with the most beautiful girls in the world, which was good: serious, important time where we threw a ball around the garden, sat outside in the sun and read stories, and stuff like that (see how I omit several truly impressive tantrums etc to, instead, focus on the family building stuff?).
Did I get work done? Honey, I go work done. Eclipse Three introduction – done! Not very interesting, but done! Story notes for same – done! Story note format for Conquering Swords – done! Budget review for Eclipse Three – done! Subterranean special issue stuff – done! I’m waiting on a few details to come together, but I should be finished with Eclipse Three and have it delivered by 24 July (a week before it *has* to be in). When it’s done and sent it I’ll post the groovy Richard Powers cover and the table of contents here.
Did I get to relax? Well, not so much. Watched a little cricket, grabbed dim sum on Saturday with the family, and that was about it. Of course, for me, that’s doing pretty well these days. I intend to split next weekend between family and project completion, and the following between trip prep. and family. Get some time in before the plane. | |
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| --We almost got to track through the middle of a cricket match today, which is something you don't get to say too often. --FINALLY, wrote something. Yeesh! I think this is the first time in a very long time where I wanted to write, thought I should be writing and got nothing written. Usually I just don't write and don't feel bad about it. --In related news, the South Dakota novel--at least temporarily--has a name: Wide Open. It is, as ever, subject to change. --In still more related news, thanks (for certain definitions of 'thanks') to sandramcdonald the deadline for finishing this novel and having it (mostly) ready to submit is the end of the year. --Finished Catching Fire. I'm not going to say much about it until closer to the release date except YAY for the book. BOO for the ending (though the more I think about it, the more I think it pretty much ends where it needs to/can). Also, PEETA!! Because I am a sucker for Smart Steadfast Boys. | |
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