If anybody asks what I was doing during the Oughts, this is mostly the answer:
unicorn chaser
And a unicorn chaser for that last post:
the BP oil spill
Cherie Priest says it all about the BP oil spill, a disaster of such magnitude I couldn’t hear anything about it for two weeks after Young Indiana was born because just knowing it had happened/was happening was enough to break my fragile-from-exhaustion mental state. I can still barely stand to hear about it, which is why I’m grateful for Cherie’s beautiful, poignant response: I couldn’t have written it myself.
Happy Birthday & Five Years
Well, it’s still June 1 in Alaska and Hawaii (if barely), so I guess I’ll go ahead and post this: Happy birthday to *takes a deep breath* Michelle, Lynette, Fahri, Superman, Marilyn Monroe, Morgan Freeman and ME! Also, today is the official release date for DEMON HUNTS. This means the Five Year Plan is well and truly done: URBAN SHAMAN came out five years ago today. And I was going to post a picture of the Five Year Shelf, except my copy of DRAGON’S LURE hasn’t gotten here yet, so…
BatB (most of) s1
This is a Beauty and the Beast post of no consequence at all. When Ted put the first DVD in for me (I had an armful of baby) I said, “Once upon a time, in the city of New York…” and a moment or three later the first episode came up with that title. Ted looked at me with an expression of bemused horror, pity and affection, and said, “Those are brain cells you’re never going to get back.” In my defense, I said, I had looked at the DVD…