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lydamorehouse) wrote2011-03-17 10:07 am
lydamorehouse) wrote2011-03-17 10:07 am
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Settling Down... A Little
First off, I would be remiss if I didn't say sláinte to all of y'all celebrating St. Patrick's day today. I plan to have cornbeef left overs for lunch, but otherwise, despite living in St. Paul, I won't be doing too much this year. Perhaps I'll put on some Irish music later to write by, but in the past I've found going to the parade kind of sad on my own. As the famous Irishman Piglet has said, "It's friendlier with two." So, if there's someone out there who either traditionally takes the day off or who might do it to hang out with me next year, let's make a date. (Looks like next year it will be on a Saturday. Maybe I can coax my family into doing a few events.)
Last night, I tossed in turned FREAKING OUT about my upcoming "Whatever" gig (March 22). I think, though, to be fair, part of my trouble sleeping last night had to do with the fact that my muscles are *wicked* sore after going to the adult KSW class on Tuesday night. (I knew I should have fled when I saw I was the only white belt.) The funny story goes like this: we had to do several stations around the room of various excercises including kettle ball swinging and chin-ups and other such torturous affairs. One of them required me to "plank" with my knees on an excercise ball (like the kind Shawn sat on when she was pregnant) and my hands on a balance beam. I mostly just wobbled there, but as everyone else had completed these tasks the head instructor came over to try to help. He kept saying, "bend your hips." That made no sense to me, so he attempted to show me by lifting me by the belt. I freaked out and let go of the balance beam, which resulted in me hanging in the air suspended by SBN's powerful kung fu grip. A good excercise for him, perhaps. :-)
Anyway, in order to calm my nerves I contacted Scalzi to ask him if he needed anything extra, and he responded within an hour or so that we were all set. To which I must also assume this means he has read it and doesn't think it completely sucks. Now whether or not he thinks I'm going to get crucified by his audience he didn't mention....
Eep.
My swelling popularity continues. I was contacted last night by KFAI radio to do another in-studio gig with the folks at "Write on Radio" on Tuesday, April 5 from 7:00 - 8:00 pm. I really love doing radio shows. It's all the rush of being on stage without any of the pressures to have to look cool/remember blocking. Anyway, I'll get together all the details including the link to the archive/streaming bits so all of you folks who are in other cities/countries/galaxies can tune in (or listen at your lesuire afterwards.)
Then I just got contacted by the Gaylaxicon folks about the possiblity of being a special guest/one of the guests of honor for their convention in 2012. That's not officially official yet, though, so I'll keep y'all posted. But don't forget! I will be one of the special guests at Diversicon this year! Diversicon will be held at the Best Western Bandana Square (in St. Paul) from July 29 - 31st. My family is probably going to stay at the hotel, even though it's less than a mile from our house. Mason is super-psyched about getting to play in a swimming pool. So there may be a chance for a VERY RARE Shawn sighting.
Shawn, btw, continues to have weird numbness that floats around her body. She's talked to her doctor about moving up her scheduled appointment with the nuerologist, because, even though we now know it's likely not something life threatening, it's still really disconcerting.
Oh, and in other news, thanks to Facebook I finally got a replacement cord for my Dell. Yay! Battery is charging again!! Whoot. This is especially cool since the universal worked OK, but the plug into the laptop didn't quite fit so it would sometimes slip out when I didn't realize it and drain the battery. It got to the point that if I twitched it might pop out and the screen would go black. I changed my setting so I was constantly making back-ups, but it was still a pain in the butt. A friend from Romance Writer's of America saw my FB status where I complained about this and her husband is an IT guy whose department recently got rid of a bunch of Dells. They had the ubiquitious box of spare cords and he found a PERFECT replacement that my laptop accepts enough to charge the battery again (and it doesn't slid out either.) Super awesome.
Today is my busy day, so I should get to fish changing and other errands. Happy St. Patrick's!
Last night, I tossed in turned FREAKING OUT about my upcoming "Whatever" gig (March 22). I think, though, to be fair, part of my trouble sleeping last night had to do with the fact that my muscles are *wicked* sore after going to the adult KSW class on Tuesday night. (I knew I should have fled when I saw I was the only white belt.) The funny story goes like this: we had to do several stations around the room of various excercises including kettle ball swinging and chin-ups and other such torturous affairs. One of them required me to "plank" with my knees on an excercise ball (like the kind Shawn sat on when she was pregnant) and my hands on a balance beam. I mostly just wobbled there, but as everyone else had completed these tasks the head instructor came over to try to help. He kept saying, "bend your hips." That made no sense to me, so he attempted to show me by lifting me by the belt. I freaked out and let go of the balance beam, which resulted in me hanging in the air suspended by SBN's powerful kung fu grip. A good excercise for him, perhaps. :-)
Anyway, in order to calm my nerves I contacted Scalzi to ask him if he needed anything extra, and he responded within an hour or so that we were all set. To which I must also assume this means he has read it and doesn't think it completely sucks. Now whether or not he thinks I'm going to get crucified by his audience he didn't mention....
Eep.
My swelling popularity continues. I was contacted last night by KFAI radio to do another in-studio gig with the folks at "Write on Radio" on Tuesday, April 5 from 7:00 - 8:00 pm. I really love doing radio shows. It's all the rush of being on stage without any of the pressures to have to look cool/remember blocking. Anyway, I'll get together all the details including the link to the archive/streaming bits so all of you folks who are in other cities/countries/galaxies can tune in (or listen at your lesuire afterwards.)
Then I just got contacted by the Gaylaxicon folks about the possiblity of being a special guest/one of the guests of honor for their convention in 2012. That's not officially official yet, though, so I'll keep y'all posted. But don't forget! I will be one of the special guests at Diversicon this year! Diversicon will be held at the Best Western Bandana Square (in St. Paul) from July 29 - 31st. My family is probably going to stay at the hotel, even though it's less than a mile from our house. Mason is super-psyched about getting to play in a swimming pool. So there may be a chance for a VERY RARE Shawn sighting.
Shawn, btw, continues to have weird numbness that floats around her body. She's talked to her doctor about moving up her scheduled appointment with the nuerologist, because, even though we now know it's likely not something life threatening, it's still really disconcerting.
Oh, and in other news, thanks to Facebook I finally got a replacement cord for my Dell. Yay! Battery is charging again!! Whoot. This is especially cool since the universal worked OK, but the plug into the laptop didn't quite fit so it would sometimes slip out when I didn't realize it and drain the battery. It got to the point that if I twitched it might pop out and the screen would go black. I changed my setting so I was constantly making back-ups, but it was still a pain in the butt. A friend from Romance Writer's of America saw my FB status where I complained about this and her husband is an IT guy whose department recently got rid of a bunch of Dells. They had the ubiquitious box of spare cords and he found a PERFECT replacement that my laptop accepts enough to charge the battery again (and it doesn't slid out either.) Super awesome.
Today is my busy day, so I should get to fish changing and other errands. Happy St. Patrick's!