mostly movies

$350? Surely starring in an urban fantasy series is worth more than that! Saw a bunch of movies this weekend. “Thor” was far more entertaining than I expected it to be. Chris Hemsworth can run around shirtless aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaany tiiiiiiiiiiime he likes, AFAIC. Holy Mama. OTOH, “Fast Five” did not have *nearly* enough (or, indeed, any) half-naked manflesh, which is too damn bad, because Vin Diesel continues to short-circuit my brain and Dwayne Johnson was looking less like a man than a slab of wall that thought it would depart its…

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Brenda Novak Auction!

Some of you may recall that a couple years ago I offered a Tuckerization in the Brenda Novak Annual Auction for the Cure of Diabetes (henceforth referred to as the Brenda Novak Diabetes Auction, although that’s really quite inaccurate). I didn’t do one last year, what with having a newborn and just being too wrung out to think at all. But this year I’m offering another Tuckerization, and this one’s better by far: you, yes, you could be a star in my next urban fantasy series! The pitch: Author CE…

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Ooh.

Oooh. Purple lipstick makes me look completely psycho. I do believe I’ve successfully created a “Chance” makeup look. I should probably go back to work now. :) eta: yeah yeah yeah, i shoulda known somebody’d say “pictures or it didn’t happen”. this one actually looks sort of psycho (and also like i’ve been tanning o.O). the other two are really just sort of more nice pictures, though one i look like a grumpy butt in. :)