Stuff and things and stuff and also more stuff and where's the floor?

[seanan_mcguire]

Item the first: remember that I currently have a random-number giveaway for Deadline and some swag gathering entries. I'll be picking my three winners tomorrow. For details on how to enter and what you can potentially win, please see the post I've linked above. Go ahead. I can wait.

Item the second: this has literally been sitting in my link soup for a year, waiting for me to find something that makes it topical. As I have failed, I am now providing the link in isolation, because it amuses me. Moshez comments on zombies and weapons, and why my Horror Survival FAQ is sometimes sub-optimal. Join me in giggling.

Item the third: while I'm linking to random crap that makes me smile, here. Have the Animal Review review of the deep sea anglerfish. They give the anglerfish an overall F for being horrifying and upsetting and not really very friendly at all. Amusingly enough, these are all the reasons I give the anglerfish an overall A. For AWESOME.

Item the fourth: I can't remember if I ever actually linked to these, despite their being, you know, mad awesome, so here. Have a link to some absolutely gorgeous icons that were made using lyrics from my latest album, Wicked Girls. The icons, which are by snowishness, cannot help but make me happy, and so I am sharing them with you.

Item the fifth: Megan Lara's art is pure hammered awesome.

Item the sixth: I managed to find the Dead Tired Frankie Stein doll last night, which means a) I now have all the individual Dead Tired dolls except for Cleo De Nile, who I'm hoping to find this weekend, b) everyone at my local Toys R Us knows me on sight, and c) I am a total nerd. I am, thus far, a total nerd who has managed to resist the lure of the ball-jointed Soom doll, however, so I'm calling this a win for me, even as I call it a loss for my shelf space.

Item the seventh: I am so tired it physically hurts. I have to sleep tonight, or I'm just going to dissolve off my own bones like an overcooked chicken or one of those airline passengers in the first episode of Fringe. I didn't sleep at all on Tuesday night, and last night was our first really hot night of the summer, so the cats kept waking me up to freak out. Please play nicely today, as I may start to tremble and cry otherwise.

What's news with you?

Comments

[taldragon.livejournal.com]

i sent the anglerfish review to my avid-diver partner, who will probably giggle :)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Anglerfish are awesome.

[taldragon.livejournal.com]

but also icky. in an eat-your-face-off kindof way.

[lazyknight.livejournal.com]

Heh! My response to taldragon was "anglerfish are cool". I'm amused at the similarity of response.

(Am still rather glad I'm not a male anglerfish though)

[jennygriffee.livejournal.com]

Now I want to go watch the Finding Nemo commentary again. There's some pretty great comments in there about a kid's reaction to the anglerfish....

Hope you sleep better tonight!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Me, too!

[beccastareyes]

Wow, Anglerfish are cool.

Also, I'm a bit jealous of your dolls. I can't bring myself to buy more than one of each character of the Monster Highs, but I really want their outfits. (Maybe I'll get more when I go through my custom doll backlog -- I already need a Lagoona that's not the original, since I bought the original for customization, so still have her clothing.)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I wasn't going to, and then I realized that, in addition to having different makeup, they have different hair AND hands.

[jenjen4280.livejournal.com]

I started reading Deadline and it is all kinds of awesome. I managed to pick up a copy during my work-and-personal travelling (12 states, 10 days).

So if you're wondering about your books and airports, here's the rundown:

Baton Rouge, LA - none
Charlotte, NC - none
Atlanta, GA - none
Baltimore-Washington International - Feed and Late Eclipses faced out in Science Fiction, but no Deadline.
Hartford, CT - Deadline faced out in Fiction, but no other Seanan or Mira books.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Woo!

[languishedemise.livejournal.com]

There's a video by a guy named FPSRussia on youtube who actually shows how accurate shot-guns are from a distance. His shots are amazing.

http://youtu.be/srd-QZXBfZI Here is the video if you're interested. :)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool. Thank you!

[vulpine137.livejournal.com]

I blame you for my current reading material, "The Invisible Enemy: A Natural History of Viruses" by Dorothy Crawford.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I gladly take this blame.

[vulpine137.livejournal.com]

"I'm Seanan Mcguire, and I support this viral outbreak" ;)

[aliciaaudrey.livejournal.com]

I am totally getting my husband Megan Lara's Deadpool shirt for his birthday.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Good call!

[avahgdu.livejournal.com]

I am getting stuffed into my wheelchair and being dragged to a mall. Against my will, no less! and it is a mall with no proper bookstore or toystore.

Once more, zombie attacks are being hoped for.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

...ew.

I am sorry.

[keristor.livejournal.com]

ZOMG that angler fish review is totally awesome! And hilarious, people at work are now looking at me strangely, and they'd be even more scared if I told them what I was reading...

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Probably true!

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Please make sure you sleep, and eat, and breathe...

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I'm trying!

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

both my local Fred Meyer and Target carry the Monster High dolls..

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Woo!

I understand the tireds

[biomekanic.livejournal.com]

At 3:45AM this Monday someone in the parking lot of suburban/ruralish apartment complex very, very loudly informed the cops that "You ain't got nuthin'!" You ain't got no fuckin' evidence! You ain't got no fuckin' witnesses! Fuck you! Fuck you all!"... repeatedly, till they proved that apparently not having 'no fuckin' witnesses' or 'no fuckin' evidence' does not mean you won't get your ass hauled off.

Every day since I've been waking up at about 3:40AM (instead of 5:10 when my alarm is set for) and I wish it would stop.

I'm eye aching tired.

I so undersand the tireds.

So far the only good thing about this, is that my cat Shiro will come over when I wake up and pat me on the face to reassure me. He's a very sweet kitty.

Re: I understand the tireds

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

...wow.

I am so very sorry. I share your tired. And Shiro is awesome.

[alicetheowl.livejournal.com]

It's firework season here in upstate NY. Yes, fireworks ARE illegal in NY, in fact, why do you ask?

Our neighbors set off loud fireworks and firecrackers in the street from about 8 PM every night to 10 PM, unless it's raining. The cats then slink off to find somewhere The Big Boom can't get them.

Meanwhile, my results for 2 weeks into my CPAP machine ownership are "beautiful," according to the nice medical professional I spoke with earlier today who looked over my results. She said she wished everyone used mine as diligently as I did. I can't imagine going through all those tests and waiting and getting a $1500 piece of equipment just to not use it.

[droewyn.livejournal.com]

As someone who went through all those tests and waiting and getting a $1500 piece of equipment just to not use it...

I am so jealous of you.

I'm claustrophobic. Not in the crowds-of-people way, but in the Do Not. Cover. My FACE. way. It doesn't matter that the thing covering my face was, in fact, blowing filtered air up my nose; I was having panic attacks and nightmares, and not sleeping. The nose-only one didn't cover enough of my face to trigger panic attacks, but my chronic sinus congestion pretty much ensured that I would wake up after an hour or so gasping for breath. So I wasn't sleeping then, either. I found myself making bargains that I would only use it on the weekends, because then I could afford to sleep in later to make up for the lack of sleep using the machine gave me... and promptly realized that I was being stupid, and that the correct response to a machine that was making me sleep less than I already was was to quit using it.

And that is how I wound up with a very expensive doorstop.

[alicetheowl.livejournal.com]

Ah, jeez. Yeah, I remember thinking, "Are you claustrophobic?" was a really ominous question to ask at the second sleep study, where they tested what my CPAP level should be.

My mask is the "nasal pillows," because my nose ridge pretty much guarantees that the kind that cover my face would lead to my having a friction sore on my nose all the time. So instead, I have friction burns on my nostrils, and I need to pick up some water-based lubricant for non-fun purposes so they can heal.

My sleep center is really supportive and good with the follow-up, though. If the machine wasn't working out, for whatever reason, I could've handed it back today, and they gave me a number to call if I ever realize I won't use it, or if there's anything wrong with it. Granted, my insurance company would be grumpy if I did that, but at least then I wouldn't have an expensive piece of medical equipment gathering dust in my closet.

[jenrose]

Aw man, I hate nasal pillows with a hot hot hate. I'm so finicky with my mask... they gave me a new version of one I liked and the damn thing hissed so much that I wrapped a fuzzy sock around it to muffle the noise.

[alicetheowl.livejournal.com]

With the nasal lubricant (they actually sell it - it's called Ayr), I hate the nasal pillows a lot less. But yes, there is the hissing noise. It amuses me, though. Without the hiss, my cat wouldn't perch on my chest to bat at whatever's blowing air at her.

It's less cute when she grabs the rubber attachment part of the hose and tries to run off with it.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it's working for you!

[alicetheowl.livejournal.com]

Well, sort of. I'm still adjusting. But, if it doesn't work, according to the nice medical professional, it won't be due to lack of trying.

[herefox.livejournal.com]

I'll be seeing Assassins in the city this weekend which should be creepy Sondheim-y fun. And I have a shiny signature in my copy of Deadline despite not be able to make the signing.

This is an awesome thing.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Sleep well. Sleep deeply. Sleep long and wake refreshed.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I slept like a corpse.

[jenrose]

Pregnancy is turning me into the honey badger. And they poked my placenta to take a sample for SCIENCE today. Thus I am missing Faerieworlds.

Most of my family has read Deadline now. The last likely victim is my teenager, who graduated last weekend and is taking Deadline as her read-on-the-plane book to go visit her Other Family.

Does people telling you to "write faster" make you as crazy as it makes me? I swear to god I need that machete for people who leave reviews at fanfiction.net that only say "Update soon". On days I've posted two chapters. What are people thinking?

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Oh my god it makes me want to kill people. I PUT OUT THREE BOOKS A YEAR. How about you pay me faster so I can quit my day job and go up to four? Hmm? No? Then SHUT UP.

Grr.

Honey badger doesn't give a fuck.

[jenrose]

Whenever people tell me to "update soon" I think about the number of books you put out, and the fact that your pseudonym advertises sleeping with a machete, and wondered how many people dared to say that to you... ;)

I finally started telling people to just stop saying it because it actually makes me write slower. Most understood, but a couple people got snippy, because "any review is a good review and I should be grateful." Maybe if you're TWELVE.

And yeah, Honey Badger doesn't care. Honey badger is a sleepy fuck.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I'm very similar. I have to fight not to slow down when people start in with that. Stupid human nature making me stubborn.

[jenrose]

There are times in my life when I'm grown up enough to resist the urge. Pregnancy isn't one of them.

[mutantenemy.livejournal.com]

Re: Item of the 5th: I've had my eye on Megan's "So Say We All" at redbubble.com for a while now. One of these days, that Starbuck tee shirt will be mine.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

As it should be.

[vincentursus.livejournal.com]

I had been under the impression the shotgun was the traditional anti-zombie weapon because of its availability, rather than its utility.

I'd rather have the pack of velociraptors on my side though. In fact, I liked the idea so much I wrote a series of drabbles about it (http://vincentursus.livejournal.com/tag/zombies%20vs.%20velociraptors).

Sleep well.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I would definitely take the raptors.