16:38 Peter and I are waiting in line at TKTS. More theater! Guys and Dolls or Chicago… choices, choices. # 17:14 Dang. The tickts sold out while we were in line. The only other musical had obstructed view. # 18:25 Got Peter hooked on egg creams and we are now basing our dinner choices on […]
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I’ll be honest, Rob does our taxes. Why? Because he’s more likely to follow Rule #2 from my suggestions on how to survive tax season. What, you don’t think fantasy films can offer insight into taxes?
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Today was hands down the most fun I’ve had with Peter so far. We stopped to get bagels and he walked me up to the theater. It was a short day for me as I just needed to finish the angel wings and get them primed. After that, we headed down to the theater to
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Today was long, but very good. I got the ARCs for Scenting the Dark in the mail, which was pretty darn exciting. I wasn’t looking for them to arrive, so I hauled them up to my production meeting although I did not actually give in and show them off. Here they are, next to the
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Rob was supposed to go with my nephew and me, but can’t so we have an extra ticket. The show is at 2:00. Email or call me if you want to go. I’ll update when the ticket is gone. Edited to add: The ticket is gone.
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I had to work this morning, doing the usual stuff. Making stone angel wings from cardboard, ordering 1000 toothbrushes, macheing crows and the like. So Peter was on his own for a couple of hours. I picked him up in the evening and we went to dinner at Henry’s then downtown to see Avenue Q.
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He got the stitches out today and the doctor said that everything looks good. Rob had a physical therapy appointment to get some exercises to help keep the area limber. One of the instructions is to massage the area with lotion three times a day to keep any scar tissue from stiffening. He’ll have a
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My nephew, Peter, has arrived to spend spring break with us. Poor guy has inherited some nasty travel karma as evidenced by the fact that he was due to arrive at noon and got here at 10:07 p.m. We’ve comforted him with pizza and the internet. Tomorrow: Avenue Q, plus a backstage tour by one
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Gord Sellar was born in Malawi, raised in Canada, and now is living in South Korea, where he works as a professor and is researching the status and development of Korean SF. His writing has appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Interzone, and Apex Magazine, among other places, and his story “Lester Young and the Jupiter’s
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Today is Rob’s birthday. I’ll be spending the rest of the day off-line with him. And no, we will not be dining with ninjas. See you guys tomorrow.
When a friend calls and says, “My birthday is coming up. Do you want to have dinner with ninjas or dimsum?” The choice is clear. So, tonight, I had dinner at Ninja New York. Not surprisingly, I had trouble finding the restaurant. Once there, a ninja led us into the bowels of the building where
Campbell nominee Aliette de Bodard has a fascinating extended blog post on what it’s like to write in a foreign language I could go on for a bit about the reasons I write in English (the main one being that SF and fantasy remain very much anglo-centred), but that’s not really the point of this
So this week in at AMC I take a look at the evil queens of Fantasy. One of the biggest draws to fantasy is the nobility — the Kings and Queens who exert dominion over magical lands. But there’s an interesting trend with Queens: They have a striking tendency to be evil. Forget “Who’s the
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While I’m off building crows today, here’s a poignant short film. I’ll be back later with process shots. Forever’s Not So Long from garrettmurray on Vimeo.
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In the world of “my life is completely bizarre” yesterday’s antics have led me to pick up a new gig. A new, totally rocking, gig. It goes something like this. Rob had carpal tunnel surgery on Monday and came home with a Giant Block of Foam strapped to his arm. I found this amusing. So
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