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So I brought my coffee out into the dining room, and there was Max, on the table, staring at the fishbowl.

Which is not unusual by itself -- he's fascinated by the fish.

But then I took a closer look. There was paper floating on top of the bowl, and when I went over there, two of the coupons that were still sitting on the table from when we clipped them this weekend were now in the bowl!

Our cat had put two coupons in a fishbowl. Which is really impressive, given his lack of opposable thumbs.

I'm still not sure of the how or the why. But our cat is seriously fucked in the head, I think.

The comic that Bendis, Valentino, and Jemas need to read!

http://www.celshader.com/lore/p_editor/

ebay update

So, of all the items we put up last week, all the Apple swag sold (the crappy jigsaw puzzle went for $12!), some of the adult shirts sold, and only one piece of children's clothing sold. Feh.

So we've relisted everything that didn't sell, and dropped the opening price a buck on each.

And one shirt already sold at the Buy it Now price, and two other items have bids. So maybe we'll get rid of a few more things. For all the mosquito bites I got while taking the pictures, I want some sales, dammit!

Anyone who's interested can find the stuff at http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=yendi8&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=25

rambling

As shadesong posted last night, we both got to sleep late. She spent an hour or so writing (yay!), and I spent a while reading and then surfing the web. Am currently reading Stephen Dedman's Shadows Bite, which is damned good. And I'm fucking exhausted, so don't expect much in the way of intelligent posts today (especially since I've got a busy morning). As opposed to the normally intelligent discourse people have come to expect from this LJ.

Patrick Warburton interview

Chud's got a good piece over at
http://www.chud.com/news/july02/july3war.php3 that talks about the demise of the Tick. Suffice to say, the Fox executives need a large and rabid weasel shoved up their collective rear ends.

Is anyone surprised?

The quiz


For those who are wondering, Jhereg was #2, and Athyra was #3 (these are the three Draegera-based aliases that I've used at times).

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As some of y'all may know, tomorrow is shadesong's and my anniversary. So in honor of that, I figured I'd start a meme. :-)

List three things about your partner that make you jealous

1. Her dedication to writing. Last night, when both of us couldn't sleep, she worked for an hour on writing and outlining. I let free time slip away whenever I get it.

2. Her strength. I'd never want to go through what she's gone through, but the thing is, I also don't think I could handle even a tenth of it. Hell, I barely have the strength for the "crap" I go through.

3. Her copious amount of Livejournal comments and friends. :-)

List three tastes your partner has that you'll never share:

1. Mercedes Lackey. I call her Mercedes Lacking for a reason. Hell, I call her Mercedes Suckass for a reason.

2. Linkin Park. I've tried. I even liked one of their songs. But I can't get into them.

3. Black Olives. The official pizza topping of Satan.

LIst three tastes your partner will never share with you

1. Food in general -- I like ethnic, spicy, and exotic food, shadesong doesn't.

2. Garth Ennis. No explanation needed.

3. Garbage. 'song hates them with a vengeance.

List one taste you've acquired from your partner:

Gloomcookie. Never would have read it without 'song.

List one taste your partner has acquired from you:

Wolff and Byrd (aka Supernatural Law). I still have an email saved in which 'song told me that her boyfriend at the time (now her ex-husband) didn't like me, becuase she found out about these comics she had to read from my website. :-)

Um, hell. I had all these great ideas, but I'm so fucking tired, my brain is about to stop functioning. So I'll post what I have now.

Marvel does something right!

Hey, it happens!

Joe Q announced that all Marvel books will have a synopsis page. Frankly, any comic should, in my opinion. And a real one, giving the backstory. Not the bullshit synopsis that Jeff Smith has been using for years (hi -- here's the synopsis for what happened before issue one, in issue 48!). I like it.

And yes, Crossgen did it first. And I'd bet money that Jemas was against it.

Marvel does something dumb

Sigh. Bill Jemas, asshole-in-chief at Marvel, posted the following on the Newsarama message boards:

Just left a brainstorming session at Marvel. We were coming up with new titles for fan sites. The winners: SnoozeArama, Fuss Factory, Idiot Savant Magazine, Silver Bullet Pamphlets, Comic Book Fallacy, Zero Realm.
Sequential Tart was a hot debate among (1) Sequential Whores (kinda course), (2) Sequential Sluts (even more course, but kinda catchy) and my favorite, (3) Sequential Girls (because Bill know best how to push people’s buttons). Those are the choices.


Aside from the fact that he attacked the sites that are considered the biggest news sites, he also made horrendously sexist and offensive comments. And the worst part? He's not a writer or editor. He's the fucking president of the company. What a fucking moron.

The folks at Sequential Tart responded with grace and dignity on their web page, refusing to sink to his level.

But really, Quesada so needs to bitch slap Jemas, it's not even funny.

Tooth alert!

Elayna just called, and she finally lost her first tooth! We're so happy! She's ecstatic, and looking forward to the visit from the Tooth Fairy. :-)