Today I skipped my usual knit night. *GASP!* I’m kinda bummed that I had to, because I think my friend Clara was there tonight and I haven’t seen her since she had her baby a couple months ago.
BABIES RUIN EVERYTHING!
Anyway, I skipped because INSTEAD, I drove to Buckhead to see Jim Butcher and get him to sign his newest Dresden Files book, Ghost Story. I haven’t actually GOTTEN all the way up to the latest book in the series yet, but I’m working on it.
At any rate…it was awesome.
For those who care about these things, he has short hair now. Apparently, it’s a shock to some people.
I went with my friend Kat and her friend Daniele. They both arrived early, made sure they bought an extra book for me, and saved me a seat. FRIENDS ARE AWESOME! We sat for over an hour and people-watched. It was your typical geek fan-girl and fan-boy crowd. There were the pimply teenage boys, the girls with crazy dyed hair, guys wearing wide-brimmed hats, the ubiquitous guy in a kilt, the inexplicably sexy-dressed chick (really? a corset? you’re in a Barnes & Noble, sweetie…), ALL WERE THERE! Except no one showed up in costume, which was kind of disappointing.
Jim Butcher came out at 7 and went straight to the Q&A, and there were A LOT of questions. Seriously. From the incredibly detailed, nitpicky questions about the books, to trying to tease out information about future books. He answered them all (well, except for giving away future book bits) and was pretty funny and entertaining in the process. I didn’t ask any questions because I was COMPLETELY out-geeked by the crowd. Seriously. Those people were HARDCORE. Man, I just like to READ. I do not have the energy to apply myself to the level that some of those people had.
More power to ‘em. Everyone needs hobbies!
I did end up hearing a few spoilers. Inevitable, since I’m only on book 9. There were no spoilers for the new book, though. Although one guy did end up trying to ask a specific question about a scene in Ghost Story, and a riot almost erupted. SERIOUS BUSINESS, PEOPLE!!!!
After that was the book signing, and even that went smoothly – no riots or complaints.
Ta-daaaaaah!
Tomorrow after work I head to ALABAMA for the weekend, to visit LittleMissDramaPants, where we will drink too much coffee, get mani/pedi’s, spin, knit, and generally just lie around being sloths. PERFECT!
One of the ways I make it through my long work days, aside from delicious cold-brewed iced coffee and interesting co-workers, are the often hilarious conversations I have with my fellow office worker drones over the internets.
ESC: Your trip sounds like it’s going to be history geek-tastic. Take plenty of pictures, and try to refrain from having hot monkey sex on Franklin’s grave. I hear he hates that.
MDP: don’t be so insensitive! She can’t have hot monkey secks on his grave. SHARK WEEK!
SV: OMG, that is SO the beginning of a horror movie. EJ has teh secks on Ben Franklin’s grave during shark week and the blood goes into the coffin and AWAKENS BEN FRANKLIN who is RAISED FROM THE DEAD and wreaks all kind of havoc like solving the famine in Somalia and fixing our broke ass government.
MDP: ZOMBIE BEN FRANKLIN SAVES AMERICA!!
ESC: ZOMBIE BEN FRANKLIN FOR PRESIDENT! HE GETS SHIT DONE!!!
EJ: I would pay money to see that film
MDP: Then the romantic comedy: ZOMBIE BEN FRANKLIN LOVES EJ
EJ: “After he was done saving the world, he fell in love with the girl who resurrected him from the dead. In a way that only zombie Ben Franklin could: he flirted harmlessly with her, then ate her brains.”
ESC: The final battle scene between Ben and EJ’s boyfriend will be EPIC!!!!
MDP: OMG. I am paying money to watch this movie. It will be BEYOND EPIC!
SV: And then Michael Bay will direct the movie
ESC: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Soooooooo yeah…what’s going ON?
Yeah, I have nothing to post about now that the tour is over. I am not going to start talking about current events, because frankly, whenever I start even THINKING about current events, I just get the urge to march up to washington dc and grab every single politician, democrat and republican and just SHAKE THEM AND SHAKE THEM AND SHAKE THEM AND SCREAM WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE CAN YOU JUST PULL YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR ASSES FOR ONE MINUTE AND TRY TO SAVE THIS COUNTRY YOU PATHETIC WASTES OF HUMAN EXISTENCE????
But I am ALREADY on blood pressure medicine and really, aren’t there enough websites doing the “yell pointlessly at politicians” thing already?
Instead I just keep spinning, just keep spinning, just keep spinning, spinning, spinning…
Sorry, Finding Nemo was just on the other day…
I was on a roll until I couldn’t keep the yarn from breaking to save my life. After the millionth time, I decided it was time to step away.
Well how is work going?
I have made PROGRESS on projects at work, which is GOOD, finally. It’s frustrating to be working on Big Projects where your PROGRESS is reliant on other people to do a good part of it, and…well…they don’t. Or they do it very….slowly….and you just want to MARCH OVER THERE AND SHAKE…
I mean…send politely worded emails reminding them of their duties.
*snicker*
duties…
MOSTLY I work with very awesome people, and really, can you ask for better than that? Nothing sucks all the fun out of life quicker than working with irritating joy-vampires. Ask me how I know.
But if you could please aim any job-finding mojo you have towards my husband, that would be great. Kev’s job ended abruptly and unexpectedly not long after I started my current job. Because the universe won’t tolerate us both being employed for any reasonable length of time. Hopefully he’ll find something soon.
I mean, COME ON…who WOULDN’T want to hire him??
He’s here to reset your network login.
I leave you with a picture of my very sleepy dog. It’s a rough life for a dog out there.
The tour is over! I made it! I spun nearly every day and I busted through a good bit of stash. Let’s review, shall we?
Look at all that!
And what do I have to show for it, besides all that nice yarn?
Well, I’d like to think I’ve improved my technique. I’m really liking long draw, and I think I’m getting better results with it than I did with my previous method. I’d like to do more spinning from the fold, so maybe after I finish up with the merino tencel, I’ll pick something fluffy to spin next.
What else? Well, some battle scars:
 
A groove and scorch on my flyer, and a blister and callus on my big toe.
And the spinning continues. Not as much as I wanted to today, because I was feeling a bit…*cough* delicate today…
Why was I feeling so poorly?
Parrrrr-tay:
Ohhhhhh yeaaaaaaahhhhhh…
Today we had a full day planned. Lunch out, followed by a quick trip to the international farmer’s market, and ending with the last Harry Potter movie.
Well, 2 out of 3 ain’t bad, as they say. By the time we got to the theater, the movie was sold out. Dammit! Spent too long at the market. The farmer’s market is a little…busy on Saturdays. Which I knew, of course. I knew. I should have gone after work on Friday, but I didn’t. I figured I just needed a few things, so it wouldn’t be that bad.
Ugh.
Don’t go on a Saturday. Ever. If you can help it. They’re like animals there. ANIMALS! And I become one of them. OUT OF MY WAY, KIDS! I NEED RED PEPPERS!!!!
I needed to go, though, to pick up ingredients to make some mango slaw for a party we’re going to tomorrow. A PARTY! Kev and I will be socializing! With PEOPLE! People I work with!
Uhh…risky!
I tend towards not mixing work and not-work time. Of course, that’s because I’m always a contractor. I don’t want to get too attached to people, because it’s not a permanent situation. Like I’m a foster puppy!
THEORETICALLY this job will become permanent. Eventually. At some point.
This is me. Holding my breath.
*sigh*
ANYWAY…
Actually, my biggest anxiety about this party is that I will have to introduce people to Kevin, and I’m probably supposed to know their names, and I AM TERRIBLE WITH NAMES, especially names of people I should DAMN WELL KNOW because I work with them, but only actually SEE once in a while. This is when I wish work email was like facebook and had PICTURES in people’s profiles.
My only hope is impressing them with my MAD SLAW SKILLZ. Thus, the mango slaw.
With spicy dressing!
It’s pretty good, especially after it sits overnight and all the flavors meld together. It’s spicy and sweet and delicious. Tomorrow before we leave I’ll grab some mint from the pot outside, and this will be ready to go.
ALSO I bought drinks. DRINKS! Alcohol smooths over much social awkwardness.
I did manage to find some time to spin today.
That’s 1 bobbin done. Unfortunately Sunday is the last day of the tour, and we’re going to that party. So I don’t think I’m going to be able to do the entire second bobbin and also ply. SO this is going to be a Tour straggler.
SHE’S GOING THE DISTANCE! SHE’S GOING FOR SPEED! SHE’S ALL ALONE (ALL ALONE!) IN HER TIME OF NEED!
Now get THAT out of your head!
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