After talking to my doctor yesterday, I decided to get an H1N1 vaccination as well as a regular flu shot. So far I’ve only experienced one side effect: soreness and swelling at the injection site of the H1N1 shot. This morning, it feels as if someone punched me in the upper arm, leaving a bruise. Didn’t sleep well last night as a result because I tend to toss and turn a lot, and the soreness woke me up each time.
Hopefully this shouldn’t last more than another day or two. Totally exhausted today, so am going to crash after I finish my Market Watch column. To those of you who haven’t yet gotten your vaccinations but still plan to, I’d suggest getting it on a day when you have the option of sleeping in the next day if at all possible.
Reached my 50,000 word mark in NaNoWriMo yesterday, woohoo! Will post more about that in Inkygirl.com later today.
I created the image at the top of this post years ago as part of an Illustration Friday project. A music group called The Stowaways used it as their CD cover.
Mirrored from Debbie's Blatherings.
Above: Brian McLachlan and Eric Orchard.
I’ve been going to the National Cartoonist Society (Cdn Chapter) holiday parties for several years now, and they’re always a lot of fun. Friday’s gathering was no different, with lots of chat about comics, books, publishing, illustration….and drawing comics, of course!
Mirrored from Debbie's Blatherings.
Had a fantastic time at the NCS holiday party last night but a report will have to wait until after I’ve finished NaNoWriMo. I still have 6,000 words to write before the end of the month!
Meanwhile, enjoy this mesmerizing performance by the Aomori University men’s team at the 2009 All Japan Championships. Not surprisingly, they took the gold.
Mirrored from Debbie's Blatherings.
Playing Arkham Horror for the first time. Photo by Quinn Munnerlyn (Lothartvni). In photo: Eddie (bendy52) and Dave (daw65). Far left, partly obscured: Brian (bcooperok).
Contrary to what some people might think, boardgaming goes far beyond Monopoly and Risk. I admit -I- used to think boardgames were just games like Monopoly and Risk.
When Jeff started playing boardgames with friends on Friday nights, however, I discovered that the boardgames they played tended to be much more complicated. The idea of learning complex rules late at night didn’t appeal to me; my brain starts melting around 10 pm. I am so not a night person!
This past weekend, I went to BoardGameGeek.con. I attended my first BGG.con last year and loved it, and this second convention has gotten me thoroughly hooked.
Mirrored from Debbie's Blatherings.
One of my favourite people on Twitter is Greg Pincus. Through his Twitter feed, I found a post he made on his blog reminding people that updating your status on Twitter or Facebook or posting something on your blog is not the same as a personal message.
I especially love this paragraph:
It’s not that I think we shouldn’t use social media to spread the word about news (personal or professional) it’s a fast, often efficient way of doing so. Still, I don’t think there should be an assumption that your news will be seen by everyone who is your friend/follower/reader/subscriber.
I never assume that all my Twitter followers or friends or work associates read every one of my posts (or any recently). As Greg says, if you want to make sure someone knows your news, you should always contact them directly.
Whichever method it is, it’s well worth the effort. If you don’t take that step, I don’t think you can get upset when folks don’t know your news whether it’s that you’ve gotten married, need a job, gotten hired… or anything in between.
Mirrored from Debbie's Blatherings.
Yay! My sister’s book CHICKEN, PIG, COW has been named in the Canadian Toy Testing Council’s “Top 10 Great Books For Children 2010” list!
Mirrored from Debbie's Blatherings.
Just a reminder that Carla Ulbrich’s newest CD, Live From Outer Space, is available for purchase. I’m giving this CD a plug not just because Carla’s a very funny and talented songwriter/musician, but also because I did the cover. :-)
You can find out more about Carla and her CD at Carlau.com.
Mirrored from Debbie's Blatherings.
For those interested, I’m posting daily NaNoWriMo comics over at Inkygirl.com. You can see an index of all of them so far at http://www.inkygirl.com/tag/nanotoon/.
Mirrored from Debbie's Blatherings.
For those interested, I’ve posted a comic strip review of THE UNFINISHED ANGEL by Sharon Creech.
Mirrored from Debbie's Blatherings.
Inkygirl post: Tweetup with the Toronto MG/YA Writer’s Group at The Spotted Dick (yes, I said The Spotted Dick).
Mirrored from Debbie's Blatherings.
Above: Performing at Confluence. Photo by John Hall.
Allison’s already mentioned this in her blog but in case anyone hasn’t yet heard, I’m delighted to announce that Urban Tapestry has been invited to be the Guest of Honor at the Ohio Valley Filk Fest in Columbus next October.
Mirrored from Debbie's Blatherings.
Above: our front walk a few days ago.
Still haven’t quite caught up with e-mail and posts after recovering from the bug I caught on Thanksgiving weekend BUT I’m getting there. I’ve signed up for NaNoWriMo, which begins TOMORROW, and will also be posting a NaNoWriMo comic every day over in Inkygirl. I post most of my cartoons over there now, by the way, instead of Blatherings.
Mirrored from Debbie's Blatherings.
Received this in the mail yesterday, from my 6-year-old nephew. :-)
Mirrored from Debbie's Blatherings.
Yay, my stupid cold is finally going away. Which means I can go back to embracing autumn, my favourite season of the year. Love the chill in the air, especially on sunny days. I’m using the space heater in my basement office to keep my Cave cozy. It’s been wonderful going into long, uninterrupted hours of hermit mode where I can just focus on my writing.
Jeff has managed to escape my cold bug so far (fingers crossed). He’s been good to me while I’ve been sick; I’m so crazy about that guy.
Life is good.
Mirrored from Debbie's Blatherings.
Ok, here’s another attempt at finding a cross-posting plugin that will enable me to post in Blatherings and have it automatically cross-post to my Livejournal account. This is a test of the JournalPress Plugin.
Mirrored from Debbie's Blatherings.
Haven't been making as many personal posts (e.g. Blatherings) because I'm trying to take some of the time I used to Blather and put it into my fiction writing instead. I've signed up for NaNoWriMo; you can follow my progress on the site starting November 1st, but I'll mainly be posting in Inkygirl and Twitter.
Meanwhile, I'm going to keep looking for a new cross-posting plug-in.
See my report on this FIRST face-to-face meeting of writers who met on Twitter.
Thanks so much to Andrew Fraser Tolson for letting me use his photos (taken on his phone) for the post.
A very happy birthday to my friend and music partner,
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allisona!Feel free to drop by the virtual birthday party, which ends at midnight tonight. :-)
Apologies for the delay in getting the party started, but a power outage this morning got in the way. Power's back and I've had a chance to spruce up my virtual party room, so feel free to drop by over the next couple days! Jodi's birthday is TODAY and Allison's is on Saturday. This virtual party ends at midnight on Saturday. The three of us are getting together at a sushi restaurant this evening to celebrate both birthdays.
Meanwhile, though, please do post below! Refreshments welcome; I had baked some cookies but the squirrels ate them (same squirrels that were responsible for the power outage, incidentally).
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALLISON & JODI!
I’m not really a cat person, but I still loved this video. Thank to my friend Ray for the link!
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