I am very sick of these advertisements on the computer which purport to tell the story of someone "from Waleska, GA." The first time I was suckered into reading it, wondering if it was someone I knew. Then I caught on.

Dude. That stuff might play in NYC, but don't pull it in a town of fewer than 700 people.

Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, it's been a pretty good day. :) I think I'm about finished spending the college's money for a while.

I'm starting to sock away money with this next paycheck, I hope. I don't know if I can afford it, but I just started looking at the guest list. Catherine Bach, Dirk Benedict, DR. FORRESTER? and a slew of other MST3K folks, Barry Bostwick, Bruce Boxleitner, Peter David (always good of course), Paul Dini, hee hee Draco Malfoy, !!!RON GLASS!!!, Erin Gray, Charlaine Harris, Space Ghost of course, Peter Mayhew, Kate Mulgrew, Leonard Nimoy (and at this point I decided I needed to make a list and post this), David Prowse, Alan Ruck, John Schneider (along with Benedict, that means my #1 and #2 childhood crushes are going to be in the same place at the same time), Dwight Schultz (yes!), Awww Garrett Wang.. and many others (including some folks I may or may not know personally) are going to be there. I've seen some of these folks at past D*Cons, but this is a great lineup for me personally. Some years the guests don't thrill me as much. This one rocks my socks off.

Why do I torture myself? I'm not going to be able to go.

On how to assemble a good cohesive ensemble of characters. I have a couple of ideas, one being modeling off of a typical adventuring party assemblage.
I was inspired while watching Firefly last night.

"What if your supply chain saw what you needed before you did?"

Me reading: "What if your supply chainsaw what you needed before..wait.. that didn't make sense.. what if your supply chainsaw.. uhhh...what if your... OH! What if your supply chain saw what you.. well, that's just not as interesting."

A number of things to be gathered from this:

I need coffee.
My reading comprehension is suffering.
I have no inclination toward business.
I like chainsaws.

Ugh.

BTW, does anybody ever have the hide-the-bodies dream? Anybody? Just me? Forget I said anything.

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Man oh man, I love Firefly. Considering all the people who told me I would, I should have known. It is right up there with Lost. (And speaking tangentially to those matters, if JJ Abrams does make the Dark Tower series into movies, and he does not immediately offer the part of Susannah Dean to Gina Torres, well, he needs to be shaken until he comes to his senses). I can't stand knowing it only lasted one season. I'm not surprised I wasn't aware of it when it was on, considering I had a full-time job and a newborn. Captain Reynolds is one of my favorite characters EVER.
I was really happy I got to game last weekend. The supers game is going to end soon (boo), and the Vampire game was never supposed to last very long. I am itching to play a Southern boy. I don't think I've ever really played one. Gabriel would technically count, although I didn't play him very Southern and didn't play him for very long. My last four characters were/are: Asian boy (in an all-Asian game), Bostonian werewolf woman, Brooklyn light-angel chick and British vampire girl. Touching on Dark Tower again, it helped Blacklight's Brooklyn accent thanks to all my recent hours listening to Eddie Dean.
I have got to get to the library before they send my holds back. Probably should do that tonight.
Big planning session today for BIG work projects..yay..I love being "the girl that can write." Actually..that's not even meant ironically.
So long as it doesn't cut into my Farm Town time.

Does anyone have any recommendations for snake-resistant boots?

Got to game for the first time in months.. maybe the 2nd time this whole year. Dogfather's Champions game. Good to see McClown and Beyorn again.
Father's Day was good for all the dads in my life I hope. Dog got a homemade card from Laser Girl and a storebought card from both kids, a plush raccoon (he wanted it) from Cracker Barrel, a homemade comic book (written by Danger Dude, Laser Girl and me) and a pound of assorted candy from LG (selected by her from the bulk candy at Target and paid for with her own allowance) and a very sweet picture on the refrigerator from LG. (LG went all-out for her daddy this year). We got Baba a Snuggie (as seen on TV) and one of those grabber things. It was wonderful to spend time with my parents and the Saxon Granites. It was a major challenge to the diet as several of my favorite things were available: fried chicken, bbq. My mom made my favorite dessert: a chocolate brownie strawberry torte that used to be a mainstay of family birthdays (Saxon found the recipe in a magazine when he was a kid and begged Mom to make it). I had to go hide in another room when it came out. If there had been shellfish, I would have either crumbled or shot myself.
Today is the last day of the cabbage soup diet, and I am trying to choke down another bowl of it. It wasn't bad soup, but the every day thing is bad. Or maybe just the week-old soup isn't as good as it was when it was fresh. I had planned to freeze what was left and thaw it out for the next time I'm on the diet, but on second thought, I think it would be worth it to make a fresh pot.
Mom's saving me some torte for tomorrow. :)

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One book found.
Dark Tower finished.
Craving sugar like crazy.

Worrying, scared.. worried that worrying and being scared indicates a lack of faith. Headache not yet approaching epic proportions, hoping it means rain and not just a side effect of diet. I don't like these grapes. Coworker turns on fan and leaves the room, and just pleasantly chilled enough to be able to snuggle into warm blanket. Can't find the books requested of me on Paperbackswap. Have to go get Father's Day presents. Gotta go to the library; they are holding two books for me (Tommyknockers and The Long Walk-- this is my summer of Stephen King). Finished From a Buick 8 finally the other night. May have to give Insomnia another crack. Nearly finished with the Dark Tower. On the penultimate cd. Long, strange trip it's been, yes, and totally worth it once I got past the first book. Finished Ella Minnow Pea last night. It was a recommendation from NoveList for fans of Jasper Fforde. Amusing. Must write that epistolary novel with Nort. Other writing projects on horizon, some work-related. Found out that Alexander Street is reading my work blogs about their databases and now have anxiety about it. Going to write up one today. Taking a break from research now. Still worrying... Trying to acquire a taste for unsweetened tea. Starting Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Dunno about Bunko this weekend, dunno about gaming either. Dog may have to work as usual. Rain, please. Day 3 of Cabbage Soup diet, and I do not like these grapes. I already said that. Hope Dog is getting sleep. So much work to do at home. Better get back to workblog research. Too nervous to settle down properly.

edited: My mind is somewhat eased now. Maybe I can get some work done after all.

Today is my brother's birthday. He's also one of my very best friends. Neat how that worked out, huh?

I hope my kids will have the same relationship with each other when they grow up. They fight a lot, but they're getting to where they play together too. The games they play together remind me of things Saxon and I did. They're spies, or superheroes, and they make clubhouses behind the chairs.

when a character died in the book I was reading. I knew it was coming, because I'd had it spoiled for me, and I still cried. Kind of glad I was in bed, and no one saw me. ;) I had been with the character for six books, and in fact I play him in an online rpg, so he was kind of close to my heart.

Yeah, I know he's not real. Although he kind of was. I hope I can write characters that well someday.

Laser Girl went to VBS last night, but Dude didn't want to. People tried to talk him into it.

"We play games."
"Yeah, but I don't win games."
"We sing songs and have a lot of fun."
"Yeah, but that's not my fun."

He ended up playing Star Trek on the playground the whole time. He told everyone he saw that the playground was the Enterprise, and his stick was a phaser (and you can put it on stun and just make the aliens go to sleep), and he was Captain Kirk and Mommy was Bones, who was a doctor.

LG was very happy with VBS, said it was much better than previous years. "They didn't have a puppet who asked us what we learned about God today."

The Braves released Tom Glavine, just when he was ready to come back. After my Smoltzie was shown the door last year, now there are no Braves left from the '91 season.

And David Carradine is dead, probable suicide in Bangkok.

I've been joking about how I'm kicking the month of May to the curb this year, about what a horrible month it was and good riddance. I realize that's not the correct reaction.

The correct reaction is gratitude. I could have lost either or both of the most important people in my life, and I didn't. And, to boot, my mom is still with me and celebrated 70 years on the planet.

I am grateful to have all of you. Thank GOD.

It's a Fuzzguzz original. I am truly styled by my kids today. Ah, summer and relaxed dress codes...

I let Danger Dude cut my hair today. Danger! (I have to channel the Zucchini Brothers to say that).

He did almost one whole side of it. MIL finished the job. They used a Flowbee. I'm starting to want one. Not that I would often want MY hair styled by Flowbee, but it would be useful for Dog and the kids, and it would probably be better than the way I usually hack at my bangs with rusty scissors when I get tired of their being in my eyes.

Vanity pah.