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December?!? But Halloween was like, 15 minutes ago!?!
It's like, four weeks until Christmas or something. My shopping is done, just waiting for a few more things to be delivered. I did really well this year. H and I set price limits of $40, $40, and $40 (that's birthday, "Christmas," and the stocking). I like for the stocking to be a free-for-all but H said we needed to keep a leash on it. I'm feeling pretty gifted up anyway, after my kickass birthday party and all. When H's mom asked us what we wanted for the second time, we told her to get us a gift cert to the Apple store so H can buy his Applecare before his warranty runs out in February.
Decided not to spend on making granola this year. It's expensive to do well and it's kind of a pain in the ass. I'm doing three types of cookies (butter/jam, chocolate with toffee, and dark chocolate orange), cranberry bread, and locals will get my yummy peanut-butter "fudge" candy. I might get some beeswax sheets and roll up some candles for the family.
Durham County is easily the best new show I've seen this year. Apparently it's being shown on one of the movie channels I don't get. It's a Canadian show about a cop and a serial killer. Or maybe TWO killers? Or maybe more. It's well written and intensely performed. The dudes are hot, the ladies are very genuine--and Michelle Forbes shows up in season two. This is one I'll be sure to buy when it comes out on DVD with extras.
My Zoom H2 recorder came in the mail yesterday. Sadly, we're out of batteries. I've been such a slack about my plan to podcast, and I really need to get on it. I worry that it will suck because I don't do voices. But the material is pretty strong (I'd be podcasting chapters of A Stabbing for Sadie) so maybe it would work out. I dunno, I'm just really nervous about it. Each new step I take with book marketing feels like it's leaving me open for someone to discover that I'm not very good at any of this. Plus my seasonal and situational depression is just under full swing. It's coming. I know it is. And it freaks me the hell out.
So here's this delightful thing that my friend Sara has on her Facebook.
On Halloween I bought one of those airline bottles of Godiva chocolate booze. It's been in my frudge forever so tonight I decided to drink it with some milk. It was yummy, but not as yummy as a truffle. Truffles are good.
Decided not to spend on making granola this year. It's expensive to do well and it's kind of a pain in the ass. I'm doing three types of cookies (butter/jam, chocolate with toffee, and dark chocolate orange), cranberry bread, and locals will get my yummy peanut-butter "fudge" candy. I might get some beeswax sheets and roll up some candles for the family.
Durham County is easily the best new show I've seen this year. Apparently it's being shown on one of the movie channels I don't get. It's a Canadian show about a cop and a serial killer. Or maybe TWO killers? Or maybe more. It's well written and intensely performed. The dudes are hot, the ladies are very genuine--and Michelle Forbes shows up in season two. This is one I'll be sure to buy when it comes out on DVD with extras.
My Zoom H2 recorder came in the mail yesterday. Sadly, we're out of batteries. I've been such a slack about my plan to podcast, and I really need to get on it. I worry that it will suck because I don't do voices. But the material is pretty strong (I'd be podcasting chapters of A Stabbing for Sadie) so maybe it would work out. I dunno, I'm just really nervous about it. Each new step I take with book marketing feels like it's leaving me open for someone to discover that I'm not very good at any of this. Plus my seasonal and situational depression is just under full swing. It's coming. I know it is. And it freaks me the hell out.
So here's this delightful thing that my friend Sara has on her Facebook.
On Halloween I bought one of those airline bottles of Godiva chocolate booze. It's been in my frudge forever so tonight I decided to drink it with some milk. It was yummy, but not as yummy as a truffle. Truffles are good.
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(that's what I say when I know you are right)
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It wasn't until I went on LJ that I saw those 'Happy Zombie Day' posted on Easter Sunday that I first heard of people refer to the resurrected Jesus as a zombie. I wondered why I didn't make that connection on my own. The Gospels probably left out any references to brain eating.
In terms of a similarity to Dracula, there's also the whole 'this is my body and my blood' concept. Both Stoker and King had their vampires make others drink their blood as a sort of communion.
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But yeah, it's a good'un.
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