Oh dear. Is it that time of month already? Yup. Apparently this month it’s going to be weepy PMS, because I’m choking up repeatedly while reading The World Without Us, a book on exactly what would become of the world if humans vanished tomorrow, which is fascinating and oddly hopeful–the rather astonishing speed which with […]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
There’s a tiger swallowtail butterfly hanging out on my birdfeeder. While butterflies are rather more complex than I expected–I had no idea that the rather battered mourning cloak who does a patrol around the yard every morning was a male defending his territory, much as a bird would–I don’t think they’ve yet gotten to the point […]
As of Friday afternoon, I am officially debt-free! Mind you, I’m a trifle surprised my car did not spontaneously combust the minute I handed over the money–there’s nearly 180K miles on the thing, and while it’s a rock-solid Nissan Altima and should see me to 200K without much complaint*, there’s something about paying off one’s credit cards […]
In the final haul of Ninjabreath…120+ illustrations done, a dozen or so left to go. I’m on schedule, but It’s starting to hit the death march stage. You’d think, doing all this art, that I’d be immune to art guilt, but it doesn’t work that way. Instead I get art guilt because I’m not doing the […]
Ah…hmm. So I went out to lunch with a friend passing through, and since I was out anyway, and had just gotten paid, I had this notion to drop by "Beggars & Choosers" which is a sort of vintage clothes/antique/random stuff store that is only open at really weird hours, and despite living here for about six months, I hadn’t yet […]
My ricordea opened up today! It’s completely misplaced on the rock, and if it doesn’t flatten itself out over the course of the day, I may have to go in and move it so that it can attach properly, but it appears to have survived its encounter with the Great Turkey Baster of Mercy unscathed.
Well, I just had an exciting learning experience. The ricordea is a soft, squashy little nubbly disk that is supposed to be rooted to something. Only this one wasn’t. This isn’t the fault of the store, sometimes they just kick loose when they don’t want to be where they are. I took it home, with the […]
I feel good about life today. Most of this is the joy of finally getting paid some of my advance on the third book, which allows me to get through the next couple of months without getting a job at the local A&W. Part of it is having sushi for lunch. (Not amazing sushi, but for […]