Things I know about (so you don't need to tell me).

[seanan_mcguire]

We here on the internet are a lot like intersecting flocks of crows: constantly chasing the shiny things, and then bringing them back to the nest to be pecked at, admired, and envied. These are some things I've been brought recently.

1. Singing mice. Yes! Mice can sing. I know this, and am delighted by it.

2. Mark Reads is doing Feed. Actually, Mark Reads is doing the whole series. I drew him a nun. We have a close friend in common, so I'm pretty well-informed.

3. Many people are making many types of horrifyingly flavored candy corn, including caramel, sour apple, and worse. None of these are The One True Corn. Only candy corn, flavored like candy corn, is The One True Corn. Chocolate candy corn is acceptable in Autumn Mix, and no other time.

4. Community is awesome and I should be watching it. Well, I listened, and I'm now most of the way through season two. Y'all were right. I salute you.

5. Amy Mebberson drew Disney Princesses as the various Doctors. I have dispatched people to try and get me a print at NYCC, since I'm not attending the convention this year.

6. The Bay features tongue-eating isopods eating an entire small community. I am so excited for this movie!

7. Steampunk Disney pins, coming this November.

8. That video of a bulldog puppy whining for five minutes. Adorable.

9. There is no new Glee until November. I hate the mid-season hiatus with a burning passion, but I did notice that it was happening.

10. The Monster High dance class dolls have been released. Yes! But they're not showing up in California yet. Boo.

And those are the things I know, because I have been told about them multiple times in the last week. I hope the world is as relevant to your interests as it is to mine!

Comments

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I would love to come sometime in the future.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

That'll do, pig.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Swoon.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I am glad to know that this is your jam!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Hee.

[k-crow.livejournal.com]

From his website: The next big and murderous human pandemic, the one that kills us in millions, will be caused by a new disease-new to humans, anyway. The bug that's responsible will be strange, unfamiliar, but it won't come from outer space. Odds are that the killer pathogen-most likely a virus-will spill over into humans from a nonhuman animal.

David Quammen's Spillover is a work of science reporting, history, and adventuresome travel, tracking this subject around the world. For five years, Quammen shadowed scientists into the field-a rooftop in Bangladesh, a forest in the Congo, a Chinese rat farm, a suburban woodland in Duchess County, New York-and through their high-biosecurity laboratories. He interviewed survivors and gathered stories of the dead. He found surprises in the latest research, alarm among public health officials, and deep concern in the eyes of researchers. Spillover delivers the science, the history, the mystery, and the human anguish as page-turning drama.

I haven't read it yet, but my partner Dustin heard Quammen on NPR, and said this sounded like something you would enjoy. :)

[charles ellis (from livejournal.com)]

Well, ZombieCon wasn't too bad for a first effort. None of the planned panel discussions ever happened, though there was a fairly interesting and informative presentation on Haitian voodoo-type zombies. There were some technical difficulties in the movie room. A little more than half of the dealer tables were occupied, but there were still more dealers than I've seen at somewhat larger and better established cons. A good proportion of the attendees were in costume, and most of them were appropriate to the theme. I hope they can manage it again next year.

And luring you back to Texas may be even easier than I thought. I'd forgotten San Antonio had gotten WorldCon for next year, so we just need to work to get you nominated for some more Hugo awards.

[gothrockrulz.livejournal.com]

Oh, good point. I'd forgotten. *smacks forehead* Perhaps I should rephrase that as the next Disney movie should feature an all-out steampunk heroine, complete with heels, wheels, and epic corsets?

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

PUPPY.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

That's pretty awesome.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Squeak squeak squeeeeeeeeeeeak.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

As well he should be.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Awesome.