In which Canada gets me, and Dog Jesus does what he can

Odd weekend, but not bad overall. Dad was in town, and we went to The Huntington Gardens and Library, which is just as gorgeous as they say. I want to go back in spring, to see the wisteria in bloom, but it was still lovely and culture-fying. I especially enjoyed the brief stop in the library, which contains a Guttenberg Bible and several other rareities; I love looking at the handwriting of famous authors, the actual words they put on pages. Charlotte Bronte had a delicate thin line. Jack London had a big loopy scrawl, like he wrote with magic marker. The things you learn.

Nice thing that happened this weekend: On Spec - The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic has expressed interest in buying the short story I wrote last summer about time travel and soccer. They want to buy it with real Canadian dollars! Now I can write off all those 6 AM World Cup bar-tabs! It really is true what all those writers say: one acceptance is totally worth the hundred rejections that come beforehand.

The comic book auction was an interesting time, especially the actual auction, which proved to be vaguely exciting. It made me want to attend actual auctions, just for the thrill of spectatorship. It's like sports! But with money!

Speaking of sports and money, the Super Bowl was fun, though I forgot how beer in the afternoon just makes me a napface. Though it didn't help that after a first great quarter, that game slowed down for serious. I did decide that if I were ever to get a dog, I'd name him Jesus D. Christ -- Dog Jesus for short. Dog Jesus will be a basset hound mix of some sort, because Dog Jesus should look sad all the time.

But you can do something to make Dog Jesus happy! Go and sign this petition protesting "drive-thru mastectomies". After all, if Jewel and my cousin Julie say you should do something, then you should probably do it.

And thus concludes our weekend round-up. Don't worry, I won't make a habit of it. Four times a month, max.

Labels: in which our heroine, projects:writing, sports

posted by Liz  # 11:09 AM

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Congratulations!!! :D
# posted by  Tara : February 5, 2007 12:10:00 PM PST 

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