Music

So, I've been following amanda fucking palmer on twitter and I find I rather like her, as a person and not just as a musician. She has amazing strength of will and force of personality (and amazing eyebrows.) Here just on the 11th, she married Neil Gaiman in NOLA with Jason Webley presiding and there's a gorgeous photo on her twitter feed. Not officially, but for really anyway.

I think it is an awesome thing. I think she is extraordinarily lucky to have found someone who gets her so completely. And she's gone back on tour with Brian Viglione, the other half of The Dresden Dolls. (They are the best punk cabaret group in existence.) Support them, go to concerts, buy merch from their website (not anywhere else so they get the profits.)

And one other thing. She makes me want to be real. Really real. Speak my mind and live my life the way I want to live it. Be creative, be loyal, be free, be crazy or sane. Make my decisions without being afraid all the time of what the world might think.

Be my own fucking self.

Thanks, Amanda.

Reading...

Ghosts of Manhattan by George Mann. Think Batman. Think steampunk. Think prohibition era. Got it all in your head? Add a dash of fantasy and mash it all together. Sprinkle in a bit of The Spirit. TADA! You've got this book.

I know that sounds horrible but really, it's a good book. The author blends all these together in a seamless noir/punk story that keeps you hooked.

6/10

I just finished another book - Ash by Malinda Lo. It's a Cinderella story, but not like any Cinderella story you've read before. Ash is entranced by fairies, she reads the stories and she roams the Woods looking for them after her mother dies and her stepmother moves in. She also meets the King's Huntress, who shows her how to live again. But the fairies have found Ash and they may never let her go.

7/10

Disclaimer: I bought these books and I'm not being compensated in any way for mentioning them here on my blog.

Traveling

The husband is traveling. It has been especially nice when he's been home. And when he's gone, I'm packing and working and lounging around watching t.v. It will be soon. Soon I will be out of this little city that I hate with a passion of a thousand suns. I'll be closer to family and I know they are looking forward to it. So am I, as a matter of fact. I miss being able to go and do with family members. As hard as I've tried, friends never really happened here. There was just too much of a difference. People around here are very closed off. Maybe because it's a college town. Too much distrust.

By the end of December, I'll be somewhere else. I cannot wait.

Interesting

I went out at the crack of dawn to work and came home an hour later and went back to bed. I've got several merchandising jobs and this particular company is horrible. They don't support their people on the jobs, they don't train worth a darn, they don't have the right documentation for the jobs they send people out on, and so-on and so-forth. I don't think I'll keep this one, especially since they merged with another company. And? 1990 is calling and they want their website back people. Seriously, of the merchandising jobs I have, this is the worst website I've seen. It looks like an escapee of geocities. All it needs is a flashing banner. Oy.

Also, watching Criminal Minds tonight and after that Storm Chasers. I'm also finishing Jim Butcher's Side Jobs. It has a story/novella in it set after Changes. I'm not going to say more except buy it, it is worth it.

Note: I buy, borrow and beg books. Side Jobs = bought. I don't get paid for this stuff.

Turkey

So, I've not been decorating since moving here. But now, I've started putting little stuffed animals around on my desk that relate to the current season. Now, I have a turkey. Last month it was a little bat and two Hello Kitty plushes. I like it, it makes me feel more connected to whats going on. And the plus is it doesn't interfere with the husband's stuff.

Oh, and they're cute.

Om nom nom...

Food. Yum. Simple cheese and tortillas with salsa. Husband is still at work, which is a bit of a bummer since his day off will be the two days I'm working.

Still reading the Sookie Stackhouse books and I've got one more before I'm pretty much caught up on all the paperbacks. I'll have to track down the short stories next and that shouldn't be too hard. Harris seems to write in anthologys with Jim Butcher so there will be at least two good stories in there.

Work continues to be a pain in my posterior since it seems management can't help but not just stick with the rules. The company has a dress code. You do not get to alter that to your satisfaction. Get over yourself.

Teh Winner of teh Intertubes

Been watching drama unfold on a copyright issue all day. Fascinating.

Work sucks.

Husband has new job, partner/so-called-trainer is epic fail.

That is all.

And Reading...

More Charlaine Harris. I am vastly amused. As soon as I finish the series, I'm going to read Side Jobs by Jim Butcher. It is calling me.

Surprise!

The Husband is home for the evening. We Rockbanded and have been working on laundry (his) so he's ready to go tomorrow bright and early. It is nice to have him around every now and again.

The cat wants to be fed so I'm off.

Happy Day of the Dead!

So Much Going On...And Not

So, the husband got a new job. And we will be moving ... to another part of the state which is totally fine with me. But now he's gone all the time, which is a bummer. But we have money, which is great. But I'm going to have to try and transfer, which sucks. But I don't necessarily need this job, which suits me just fine. But now I need to pack up stuff, which totally blows.

Highs and lows, as you can see.

Also, I'm reading the Sookie Stackhouse books. And I can't put them down. Totally recommend for entertainment purposes only.


Disclaimer: I bought the damn books, lay off. I don't get paid to mention this shit and either I buy, borrow or get from the library.