-t recommended Girl Genius too, Anne. I haven't checked it out yet, but all I needed to see was Phil Foglio art. Scola may not like the art much, but I've been a HUGE Foglio fan since the What's New strips in the back of Dragon magazine.

We actually live only a mile or so from the comic's creators; they are fun people and their son, at age 4 was prone to announcing "One day I will rule you all! Bwahahahahaaaa!" which really just sets the tone for the craziness there really.

WaitwaitwaitwaitwaitWAIT!

When I come up to visit, you guys can introduce me to Phil and Kajya?

t knocks over liquor store to buy ticket to Seattle

Hey Sean. Yeah, you have a LOT of reading to do with GG then. There's got to be 700, maybe a 1,000 pages online. Put it this way, in their collections, which run approximately 150 pages each, they're just about to release volume 7.

GG is actually the first site I hit as soon as it updates -9pm PST Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday.

When I come up to visit, you guys can introduce me to Phil and Kaja?

Actually, maybe. They occasionally have a Friday poker night and the invite does say that people are welcome to bring guests.

The biggest problem would be they tend to announce these things with 2 days notice.

We actually live only a mile or so from the comic's creators; they are fun people and their son, at age 4 was prone to announcing "One day I will rule you all! Bwahahahahaaaa!" which really just sets the tone for the craziness there really.

I have to read 700 pages of Phil! Darn.

I mean, YAY! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!

And it's the best work they've done. Emphasis on THEY actually. Kaja is as involved as Phil, just not in the art.

I am running a load of laundry in my new apartment! This really makes me happier than it should. It's great to be able to do laundry without having to ask anyone for help.

sj, it sounds like it's making you exactly as happy as it should. Yay!!

waves

Still Not Dead! Went to the hospital, and am doing a course of shots. Lucky lucky me. Fingers and toes crossed, all should be well. Please God.

Also, am sort of incredulous at the egregious amount of adorability being displayed by the bloke I have a crush on. I mean, come the fuck on, Universe! You're just SCREWING with me here! Enough!

sighs

I would like to state for the record that I was not referring to Vortex as "spermies."

heh. wrong gender! But, still funny.

Because much as I am BITTER and super JEALOUS, I also really like the new one she is seeing. (GRRRRRRRRRRRR)

you should totally steal her from GILF

I am running a load of laundry in my new apartment! This really makes me happier than it should. It's great to be able to do laundry without having to ask anyone for help.

sj, it's been 6 months since I've had the washer/dryer and it STILL makes me happy.

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes! I had a super busy day yesterday. I started the birthday celebration on Friday at 5 with happy hour which went until after midnight. Went home, got a solid night's sleep, then got up to go to a charity walk. (BFF's son has CF, so I really wanted to be there) Ran from there (changing in the parking lot) to my brother's graduation. Went surprisingly quickly, but left there, ran home and changed for dinner. We went to a great 4 star restaurant for the tasting room. Five course meal -- butter poached lobster, pork belly, salmon terrine with crab salad, goat cheese tart, black forest roulade with black pepper ice cream. Plus, a special birthday cake. I was STUFFED, and we weren't done until after midnight. Came home, and I slept and slept and slept some more. now, i am clearing the tivo, and basking in the love.