Thank you, whoever gave me virtual snowflake cookie! It looks delicious. I should make cookies. I never manage to make them look that pretty, though.

Mmmmm, cookies.

I have 7 invites, for them as wants 'em.

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You are entitled to a free copy of Belle Armoire!

We’re using your submitted artwork(s) in the Janurary/February 2010 issue.

You’re entitled to a free copy of the above issue and a 50% discount off four (4) or more issues to share your published artwork with friends and family complements of Stampington & Company!

I made a blouse, and it's going to be published! I am an artiste!!

*twirls, gets dizzy, falls over*

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

I think I can get to Arisia this year. That'll be the first time since... um, I think since rednikki moved west. Wow.

If I came in at midnight Thursday/Friday, would someone be able to pick me up from the airport? Or is the T still running at that hour? Also, does anyone need/want a roommate? (No floors, please. I am getting old.) Warning: I snore. Not stentoriously, but audibly.

Oh man, it would be so great to come to Boston. I miss you guys!

• 14:02 Best. Job. Ever. www.pnla.org/jobs/j76.htm Grateful Dead Archivist. #

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So, we all remember the Mahna Mahna song, right? Be-bopping Muppet scats while his backup singers look on in disapproval.

I didn't know until today that the song was originally written for a <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mahna_mahna">fake documentary on wild sex in Sweden.</a> (Warning: boobies)

Dates have been nailed down. I fly into San Jose late on Wednesday, Oct. 21. I am free on that Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, except for some hours in the late afternoon when I am hosting SL events. Of the people I would like to visit, one has just had a baby, and may not be up for visits two weeks after the fact.

Four of you are on my flist. I don't want to be pushy, and I promise not to ask any of you if I can stay with you. :) But if we can meet up for a meal or something, I'd like that.

If I don't hear from anyone, I guess I get to wander around SF and do touristy things. Not a bad notion. :)

• 19:34 At dinner w sis + dad + sis's inlawz. All are right wing and one just told a racist joke. Get. Me. Out. #

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• 18:57 #AlanGrayson is right! bit.ly/JhU5o #

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THIS GUY!!

I just got approval to go to the Internet in Libraries conference in Monterey at the end of the month. Yay for work-sponsored travel!

The days are not set yet. I'm strongly considering coming out the 21st and spending a couple days before the conference on the 26th. I'll be flying into San Jose, but will not be renting a car, so anywhere I go will need to be accessible by transit or have someone who can come get me.

What's the weather like then? Who can I come see?

• 16:29 @sglassmeyer: Want to talk more about doing a cost effective LR class? (is LAnderson) #
• 16:33 @sglassmeyer: Aw, sorry you're sick. I want a nap too! Alas, I'm teaching LR in an hour and a half. #

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Inspired by onceupon, I want to decorate my new netbook. I ordered a silicone skin for it, so I don't mess up the actual plastic, and now I'm stuck. The computer is black. The skin is black. What should I do?

I'm not one for inordinately fussy things, so any trim with fluffy or dangly bits is right out. I'm thinking maybe something Goreyesque, but what? Or should I go with rhinestones? I have a bunch of green and amber rhinestones lying around doing nothing. How should I decorate the area around the keyboard? Should I put stuff on the keys? HELP ME INTERNETS.

Anyone who's read the Twilight books-- I know Bella's blood is supposed to smell like freesia and lavender, but does Edward ever say what it tastes like? Or what he imagines it would taste like?

Believe it or not, this is for work. :)

Man jailed 14 years on contempt of court freed. Holy cats.

Michigan is eliminating its State Library. Again, holy cats. Michigan, are you bankrupt? What's going on up there? I know Detroit is falling apart, but jeez.

Me: I am longing to go to Oregon. LONGING I TELL YOU.

Grandmother: I have a jillion frequent flyer miles, if you want 'em.

Me: ... !!!!!!!

So I flew to Portland on June 21. ( Here was my trip. )

• 13:56 OMG GUESS WHERE I AM! #

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• 20:45 @sglassmeyer: Do you like Stephen King? Dark tower series will last you an age. #

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• 14:42 @spermoda: I forget, are you a law librarian? #

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• 15:39 Noooo!! I would totally be attending @sglassmeyer's webinar next month if I wasn't getting my guts carved out ON THAT VERY DAY. #

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• 18:26 The smell of sprinklers on spring grass in the evening shade is peace. #

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