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Recent events in my life are rapidly coming to a head: some good (the rights to DH's last book have finally been straightened out and a second edition is forthcoming; I'm starting one with a friend in Sydney; Kenny will receive the internship at the Aviary in September -- he will be the youngest person ever to do so, as it is usually given to college students) and some bad (my biological family and I have reached the boiling point, and I intend to clear things up or legally cut them off by the end of this month; DH's father's Alzheimer's has made alliance by rapidly worsening health, and his death will unleash a shitstorm amongst the remaining family) . . . .
Anyway. The upshot is that even the enormously reduced time I've been spending here is too much, and I will be going dark for the foreseeable future. It's been fun.
I've agreed to take a position offered here in Pittsburgh, which means that I won't be returing to Canada anytime soon. Thanks again to all the Haligonians for their lovely hospitality during my job-hunting visit there for a few weeks ago. You guys rock. ::smooches::
This afternoon I handed over a deposit cheque to a real estate agency for AU$30,000 -- looks like we're really buying our own apartment! Wow. I really am a grown up now, huh?
I just wanted to share this with everyone who sent letters and expressed support on the board while we were losing Alex. It'll be gone soon, but I'm saving a copy. Column about Alex.
I'm going to the CAB conference this weekend. Be back Sunday afternoon.
I sold my short story "The Yeti's Birthday Party" to Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, the magazine edited by Kelly Link and her husband Gavin Grant. Woo-hoo!
I'm going to a convention in Las Vegas this upcoming Tuesday through Thursday, March 18-20th. Anyone interested for some chatting just drop me a line at my profile email...
I'll be going dark this week, as I'll be travelling to Chicago on a business trip. It sounds like we're going to have post-work meals and activities planned for us to the point that I won't have any free time for visiting area Buffistas, but maybe next time.
I'm going to skip the Buffistas until my mood improves-right now all I can think about is the utter criminal folly of the war we are embarking on (regardless of the military outcome) and that doesn't make me a very amusing cyber companion. I'll see you all again at some point.
