Yesterday we all went to Grillhusið to celebrate one cast member’s birthday a week late. Tonight we went bowling for someone else’s birthday. It was fun and frustrating. Fun, because I like all of these people. Frustrating because it’s been well over a year since the last time I bowled and I really stank tonight. […]
Wow! This is someone I don’t know, who is saying nice things about Shimmer. The Feathered Serpent’s Nest – Pleasant Surprises in the mailbox Its cover is nice and slick (laminated!) with some of the coolest artwork I’ve seen on a mag (I’d seen the cover art online, but the quality and clarity of it
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The Spring 2006 issue of Shimmer: Available now! Our cover story is A Warrior’s Death, Aliette de Bodard’s tale of sacrifice and honor in an Aztec-inspired world. John Joseph Adams returns with a review of Larry Niven’s “The Draco Tavern.” Then there’s the charming Dog Thinks Ahead, by Cliff Royal Johns, the sorrowful Litany by
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Wayne headed back to Portland today. He rivals Rob in his ability to defer to others, so when I told him I could take him to the Blue Lagoon today, he said, “Oh, that’s okay. I don’t really want to go.” I couldn’t shake him from this. So, Rob ran him out to the airport
Wayne came to work with us today. He got to see a couple of stunts, which are always fun and he got to see some puppetry, so that was a pretty good mix. The puppetry today was fun, but unfortunately the details are really plot specific so I’m not going to go into them this
I’ll start this by telling you that it has a happy ending and there’s nothing to worry about. Suspense is great in novels, but not in real life. Last week, I found a lump in my breast. (remember, happy ending) Daddi at work, made an appointment for me at Leitarstöð Krabbameinsfélagsins (center for cancer search).
Today Rob and Wayne headed out to do the Golden Circle while I remained at home to do more prosaic things like laundry and writing. When they came back, we joined the gang and went to the ReykjavÃk Arts Festival’s presentation of the Bulgarian Women’s Choir. They are totally amazing in ways that are difficult
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A nice relaxing day. I got up and went to have my haircut, then went grocery shopping with Rob and Wayne. Boy, are we showing him the highlights of ReykjavÃk or what? Oh! And I’m now going to write a sentence that I never thought I’d write. Rob bought wine in a box. That’s right.
We got a care package from Hawaii this week. Yay, Pat and Glenn! Besides yummy treats like macademia nuts, this box included a Norwegian hand-knitted sweater that a cousin from Norway made for Glenn in 1962. Rob is wearing it to work today. He should be the envy of our colleagues.
This afternoon our friend, Wayne, arrived from the U.S. The puppeteers had wrapped early so I was able to pick him up and bring him to work. He got to see a little bit of Stefán working in the lair. Rob had to work until seven tonight, so after showing Wayne around the building, he
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Yay! All-Star Stories just released the cover art for the Twenty Epics anthology. This is the first time that one of my stories has appeared in a book, so I’m fairly excited. I’ve been trying to figure out which character on the cover is related to my story, “Bound Man”
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Not much excitement today, initially. I helped Julie roll into a shot because her rollie cart kept getting stuck on the dugar. Speaking of dugur…The ground at work is called dugar. It’s this vinyl stuff that they roll out onto the floor to create the look of the ground. I’ve been working on this show
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Tonight we all went to see A Prairie Home Companion: Iceland from American Public Media at the National Theater. I so love this show. While it is definitely a radio show–there are no “extras” for the live audience–seeing it with a live audience brings an extra joy to the show. Listen to the show this
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Today was fairly low-key. We had a couple of shots this morning and were finished with puppet stuff by two o’clock. Emily and I left the building and headed out to do errands. While I love living in ReykjavÃk the fact that everything closes at five or six is very challenging when trying to deal