Eseme's Den

Cause I made out like one.

Mom sent a very cool new blue tye-dye crinkle skirt, and a dress in my favorite batik pattern - purple with turquoise stars and moons. She also hid a little something in the card.

benabik and btoblake have a box of pre-bought stuff which would make good gifts for various friends. Thus I got a sculpture of a red dragon hatching.

I was able to get that gift due to deciding at the last minute to drive up to Rochester this weekend. The inspiration for this was Colleen, who was very fortuitously in the area. Visiting a friend just in time for my birthday was great.

I also got LARP for my birthday. I don't really get to game much anymore, so this was exceedingly cool. Even better was being handed an NPC character sheet with elder Protean, and Potence, and Fortitude, and Celerity, and Valeran. Sadly, the character didn't get to kill anything, but not for lack of trying. It was very vulnerable to Dread Gaze, and spent a bunch of time up a tree in Mist Form, hiding.

I then arrived back home in time for a party at work today - the annual staff reception. So I got cake, and there was a harpist.

And getting to my apartment after the party, I checked my mail. It's here! pelelandra sent me a copy of Terry Pratchett's new book "Nation" from England. And it arrived just in time. The British Edition not only has a better cover, but this one is signed: "To Robin, Happy Birthday!"

W00t!

Note To Self: I must find an occasion to give the local animal shelter money.

Their spot in the paper this week features a cat they describe as "very nice." It seems this cat is so nice and average that she has been passed over in favor of cats with bigger personalities or more stunning coat colors... many times.

Because of this, the cat has the dubious distinction of having been at the shelter longer than any other animal...

for THREE YEARS.

Right then. I've definitely got proof that this is a no-kill shelter. I think I'll stop by their little barn of used stuff this weekend.

No really....

haikujaguar did in fact draw what happens when one gets a pet displacer-beast.

It is all kinds of cute.

http://www.stardancer.org/frame.phtml/pics/archive/displacerhug.jpg

Great Aunt Mary passed away last night.

I learned this afternoon by email. Email - the new era.

Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer the telephone.

George Carlin died yesterday.

I was recently introduced to his excellent routine, George Carlin Defrags the Ten Commandments. It's brilliant, but not for those who take their religion seriously.

Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCz0-HY1TLU

Once again, I am in Maine.

Arrived Friday evening. I'll be leaving Tuesday night, and staying with a friend on the way back to New York.

Vacation is good. I've already read one book. For reference, I have not had the opportunity to read a single novel since getting my new job and moving. I've been that busy.

Small Favor is a great novel, very well written. Then ending is a real downer- I can see that Jim is setting up for the more depressing middle bits of the long war.

I have another two books with me, as well as a crochet and a knitting project. Life is good.

The beach at Fort Popham is still lovely, and Spinny's still makes great onion rings and amazing blueberry shortcake. Got in to L.L. Bean today, and we had dinner at the Mediterranean Grill (Pastito! Red Lentil Soup! Turkish Tea! Baklava!)

Life is good indeed. Tomorrow, random adventures with M. We never know where we'll end up.

I'll be back home with regular internet access on Wednesday.

The things you learn wandering through other people's LiveJournals.

How a discussion of strange patron saints got to this, I don't know.

But apparently the reason sprem smells the way it does is a chemical also associated with putrifying animal flesh.

That's... utterly disgusting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaverine

It's Interview Meme time again. This goes around like a virus every couple of years.

Best virus out there.


1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions.
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.


On to Lissa's questions! ( answers, long as usual )

So Simcon was fun, and I think I'll do a con report after I get back from my second gaming con of the season, UBCon. See http://www.ubsarpa.com for details.

And one of the guests is Jess Hartley again! She'll read from the new Hunter, which is pretty neat: http://jesshartley.livejournal.com/348673.html

Yay!

I have returned home safely, although my glasses did not.

Much fun was had by all.

Sooooooooooo, tiiiiiiiiiiiired.