Monthly Archives: November 2008

I’m writing this through a tryptophan coma

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I hope everybody had a good Thanksgiving. We ended up having a very informal dinner, as nobody was really in the mood for Thanksgiving, so I had one brother here at my house and that was it. The food was good. The little weiner dog is still with us, and had a lovely time with the turkey carcass in the yard, though her whines of discomfort tell me she stuffed herself too full. Me, too, Brown Bootie, me too.

Anyways, I just thought y’all might like to know I put up chapter 3 over at the BVA blog. I won’t be announcing the updates on this blog anymore, as they’ll slow down after this one. I will, however, post announcements on the fiction blog, if you have it on your reader you can access it through that.

Now, I think I can fit in one more piece of pie before bed. Pepto Bismol is for tonight. Guilt is for tomorrow.

Thoughts from the treadmill

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My laptop was out of commission yet again, only for a couple of days this time. I dropped it and snapped off the plug inside the power jack. Ordered a new cord, from one of those powerselling eBay guys. The cord cost less than the shipping, altogether about $18.

Just a couple of weeks ago I spent all day tearing down the laptop to replace the power jack, first time soldering a piece to a motherboard, and I think I might have loosened my terrible soldering job, because now the connection, even with this new cord, is a little iffy. I’d list all the other challenges I’ve had with the power cord, but I don’ wanna. Let’s just say it started with Cody the Questionable Coyote chewing the cord, and went from there.

Speaking of dogs, we’ve had a dachshund visitor for a week. She somehow ended up outside our door (looking at you, neighbor) on the first rainy night in weeks. I’m a sucker, all right? I know the dog could have found a dry place to sleep, but I didn’t want to chance it. She’s so much better behaved than Cody ever was, so the only problem is the family’s allergies.

During a naming brainstorm session, Jonah hollered out, “Brown Bootie!” Um, why that name, sweetie? “Because she’s mostly black except for her brown bootie.” (Think doberman markings.) So of COURSE I had to start calling her that. How could I not? We shortened it to B.B. for outdoor calling. Don’t want my neighbors to think I’m weird.

We made up a song for her and everything, sung to the tune of “My Buddy.” That old doll commercial, remember? Do a Youtube search. I don’t link while on the treadmill. Everything’s the same except the name and a couple of lines. We don’t work that hard.

So then the kids decided that B.B. wouldn’t do, so they decided upon Bendy, cuz she’s, like, a long-ass bendy weiner dog. Now, you might know there once was a crocodile hunter, and he had a daughter named Bindy, who had a show called “Bindy the Jungle Girl”. So (again, look it up) the song is now: Bendy the weiner dog. WeinER.

After doing a reasonable search for her real parents, I put her on Freecycle, and I have a lady coming to meet her tonight. So Brown Bootie might soon have a permanent home and, hopefully, a real dog’s name. We’ll miss her.

SSS, as we used to sign our notes in middle school. Sorry So Sloppy. That’s just how I roll in THOUGHTS FROM THE TREADMILL!!!  Mwahahaha!

I’ll shut up now.

What your taste in art says about you

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Here’s a nice art quiz I saw over at DarcKnyt’s.

Note my score of –21 in Cubism. I really hate Cubism. Always have. However, I used to really love Impressionism in art and music, but I found myself turning away from those choices. The second-highest score I got was for Renaissance art. I like those paintings because they look weird to me, and there are usually lots of details to study.

Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test…

Simple, Progressive, and Sensual

11 Ukiyo-e, 1 Islamic, 2 Impressionist, –21 Cubist, –12 Abstract and 8 Renaissance!

Ukiyo-e (浮世絵, Ukiyo-e), “pictures of the floating world”, is a genre of Japaneseand paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries. it mostly featured landscapes, historic tales, theatre, and pleasure. Ukiyo is a rather impetuous urban culture that has bloomed in popularity. Although the Japanese were more strict and had many prohibitions it did not affect the rising merchant class and therefore became a floating art form that did not bind itself to the normal ideals of society.

People that chose Ukiyo-e art tend to be more simplistic yet elegant. They don’t care much about new style but are comfortable in creating their own. They like the idea of living for the moment and enjoy giving and receiving pleasure. They may be more agreeable than other people and do not like to argue. They do not mind following traditions but are not afraid to move forward to experience other ideas in life. They tend to enjoy nature and the outdoors. They do not mind being more adventurous in their sexual experiences. They enjoy being popular and like being noticed. They have their own unique style of dress and of presenting themselves. They may also tend to be more business oriented or at the very least interested in money making adventures. They might make good entrepreneurs. They are progressive and adaptable.


Take What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test at HelloQuizzy

Buy a Book!

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Another insightful post from Moonrat today. Rather than rehash the whole topic, I’ll just post the main message I wanted to pass along, and hope that you’ll go read the whole post at EdAss. I strongly feel that if you’re working toward a career in writing of any sort, Editorial Ass is your place.

So here’s a way to help us get over the October publishing financial crisis:

For anyone who cares about the book publishing industry and wants to do their part, there’s one simple action step:

Buy a book this weekend.

Just buy one.

Now go read the whole post to find out details.