Cell phones
Sprint requires a two-year service contract to turn my phone on for the two months I’ll be home. No. No, thank you. I’m looking for a new service. Who do you use? Do you like your cell service or do you hate it?
Ég fer heim.
Jæja, I’m sitting in the airport waiting for my flight to leave to the U.S. People keep asking me if I’m excited to be going home and I keep saying, “No.” Don’t get me wrong. There are people that I’m very much looking forward to seeing and things that I’ve missed about Portland, but sometime
Finished the bear
Well, mostly finished. I’m dropping him off at the seamstress’s tomorrow. She’ll make the doctor’s jacket for him as well as doing some finish work that I am much happier to delegate. Meanwhile, I will be getting on a plane and flying back to the States. I stopped by Gummi Þor’s to show him the
A wee bairn and the bear
One of my co-workers was in today with his kid. She’s just started walking and is pre-verbal…not sure how old that makes her. Anyway, I fast-forwarded the latest video to the point where the bear dances. She sat there and made us play that section over and over by pointing at the screen and grunting
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Reading Aloud 13: Sam A. Mowry
As noted last week, I’m not going to post this week. Now, I asked you to record a story yourself. If you did and would like comments on it, paste a link into the comments of this post. Meanwhile, I’d like to offer you The Time Traveler Show #9 Halloween Special, which has an interview
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In shock
I’m posting while I try to gather my wits. I’d opened the mouth as I planned to insert the scrim. While I had the head open, I peeled back the black fabric on the roof of his mouth to drillout some more holes for the actor to breath more easily. On the second hole, as
How evil am I?
I saw this on Patrick Swenson’s blog. He’s a mere 14% evil. You Are 22% Evil A bit of evil lurks in your heart, but you hide it well. In some ways, you are the most dangerous kind of evil. How Evil Are You?
A movement test
I met with the seamstress today and she’s confident that making the jacket will be easy. We talked about the need for the pockets to be gigantic to allow the bear’s paws inside. I’ll drop the bear’s body off with her on Saturday so she can make the pattern for the jacket. Here’s a video
My Orycon Schedule
I just received my schedule for Orycon. Holy cow. At least I won’t have to make decisions about which panels to attend. Panel Start Panel End Panel Title Panel Location Panel Description Moderator in Bold Sun Nov 19 3:00:pm Sun Nov 19 4:00:pm How to Write About Something You Know Nothing About Salon A The
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Lazytown gets BAFTA nomination
We just learned that Lazytown has been nominated for a BAFTA (British Academy Children’s Film and Television Award) The winners will be announced at the ceremony on Sunday 26 November 2006 at the London Hilton. INTERNATIONAL FAIRLY ODD PARENTS – Butch Hartman, Gary Conrad (Frederator Studios/Nickelodeon UK) HARRY AND HIS BUCKET FULL OF DINOSAURS –
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Day in a nutshell
I went to work and worked on the bear. From 10:30-12:00, I went to my last Icelandic class. I have a certificate now to prove that I’ve taken the course, because you can’t tell by talking to me. Went back to work. Bought new glue gun and finished skinning the head–er, that means that I
Strange Horizons Fall 2006 Fund Drive
Strange Horzions was my first pro-sale. It’s time for the Strange Horizons Fall 2006 Fund Drive so, what are you waiting for? Go donate. Since its founding in September 2000, Strange Horizons has brought you some of the most exciting and vibrant voices in the genre of speculative fiction. We believe speculative fiction is an
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Oops
I keep saying that I’m going home on Friday, and that’s true but what I should have been saying is that I arrive at home on Friday. I’m supposed to leave Iceland on Thursday. Oops. I need those 24 hours, a lot. So, I’ve changed my plane tickets. I’m leaving Iceland on Monday and will
Short
It turns out that the reason I lost power yesterday was because the glue gun spontaneously developed a short. I blew power again today when I started installing the jaw. I’m off to buy a new one now. Grr. Edited to add: Hurrah! The company runner is going to pick up a new glue gun