My newest blog post at Little but Fierce is up: PEEP SHOW! It's not what you think.
It's better.
(This may also clarify why I know I have found my One True School.)
Mal: So we run. Nandi: I understand, Captain Reynolds. You have your people to think of, same as me. And this ain't your fight. Mal: Don't believe you do understand, Nandi. I said 'we run'. We.
'Heart Of Gold'
If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me
Birth, death, illness, new job, vacation...if it's happening to you and you want us to know about it, post it here. These threads are intended for announcements only. Want to offer sympathy or congratulations, or talk about anything? Take it to Natter. Any natter here will be deleted.
Pix - Apr 25, 2009 7:34:03 pm PDT #3579 of 5671
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Pix - Apr 27, 2009 9:27:33 am PDT #3580 of 5671
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
So we launched ND's business website finally this weekend: Diablo Sound. In order to slowly move it up google's search list, we would love it if anyone who feels comfortable could post a link to it from your blog, website, etc. No worries if you can't or don't feel it would be appropriate.
It's still a work in progress, and I'm a very newbie webdesigner using Dreamweaver, so please be kind. Thanks!
DavidS - Apr 27, 2009 9:43:19 am PDT #3581 of 5671
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Kier-La Janisse of Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas made a documentary movie based on my book (with Kim) Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth.
It's screening in San Francisco this Thursday night (4/30 @8pm).
edit: It's on this Thursday. Not Friday.
I'll be present to do a Q&A afterwords.
Please come! There will be beer and The Banana Splits. Lots of clips of classic Bubblegum in all it's bizarre glory.
Cass - Apr 28, 2009 2:15:10 pm PDT #3582 of 5671
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
My dad had very serious back surgery today and it got a little touch and go. A little ~ma, prayer or thoughts his way as he recovers would be appreciated.
billytea - Apr 29, 2009 9:40:24 am PDT #3583 of 5671
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Haddabaybe eetsaboi.
More after sleep.
brenda m - Apr 29, 2009 2:04:26 pm PDT #3584 of 5671
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Chicagoistas! Anyone available to meet up for a drink or some food with me and smonster tomorrow?
Kathy A - Apr 29, 2009 2:13:44 pm PDT #3585 of 5671
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
What time and where? I can probably get out of here a bit early to beat rush hour.
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2009 2:25:43 pm PDT #3586 of 5671
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Move it to F2F, peeps.
billytea - Apr 29, 2009 6:06:41 pm PDT #3587 of 5671
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Ok, more details. Please join me and Wallybee in welcoming Ryan Daniel Higgins into the world. (Chinese name is 方有仁, for those with Chinese characters, or Fāng Yŏu Rén, for those without.) He is adorable, very patient, and has a powerful suck, which makes him well qualified for the position of baby within this organisation. Mother and baby range from doing very well to being simply awesome.
He was born after 1:00 am on April 30, so for most of you it hasn't happened yet. Wallybee first experienced mild contractions just after midnight on April 28. They began in earnest around 11:00 pm that night, and we checked into hospital at 5:00 am on April 29, two hours before the deadline the doctors had set for starting induction.
By around midnight, Wallybee was showing some warning signs of possible distress (and was certainly exhausted), and Ryan was delivered by Caesarean section roughly 49 hours after he'd started indicating that his living arrangements were getting too cramped, and could we either deliver him or put in a theatre room. He was 50 cm long and 3.78 kg in weight at birth. They're now both resting comfortably. I'll be heading over there shortly to introduce him to his grandparents. ("Wŏ xiăng jièshào nĭde sūnzi." I've been practising.)
He still has a soft and squishy head, because his mother is a biped, in accordance with the laws of the State of Victoria. In the final analysis, though, I think the important thing is that it was the birth of a mammal, and I was there.
Cashmere - May 01, 2009 5:57:14 am PDT #3588 of 5671
Now tagless for your comfort.
Owen's gone in for oral surgery. A little -ma would be welcomed.