From Twitter 08-17-2009

  • 08:19:54: *sporfle* Opening verse of @JennyOwenYoungs’ “Here is a Heart” is inadvertently hilarious in the wake of last week’s “True Blood.”
  • 14:29:03: Oh, wow. I’d forgotten how amazing Good Health Burger’s black bean vegan bacon burger is. Yuuuuuuuuuum.
  • 14:30:24: Hurrah, @buzzymultimedia is on Twitter! Great products and top-notch customer service. Welcome!
  • 16:35:11: Eee! Tim Gunn is going to be on the Daily Show Wednesday night! Two great tastes that taste great together.
  • 17:07:47: @ingridmusic It’s all in the NYC tap water. They did a blind taste test on some foodie network. That’s why we have the best pizza, too. :D
  • 17:11:13: @ShannonKButcher Wow, that was your page count *with* teenage distractions? The force is strong with this one.
  • 17:35:08: Good lord, my work computer is a hunk of junk today. It’s taking ten times as long as it should to do basic tasks. Aaaaaaaargh.
  • 18:32:38: “We should have a meeting about not wasting time.” –Eric
  • 18:44:45: @ShipLizard Pictures, pictures!
  • 18:44:57: @Esperacchius *cheers wildly*
  • 18:50:18: @fourteenacross *gets lost deliberately*
  • 20:34:04: Ah, split pea soup! It looks like vomit, but it tastes like deliciousness!
  • 20:39:19: http://twitpic.com/eatqj – I didn’t hallucinate this, right? I haven’t gone map-crazy?
  • 20:40:19: @neilhimself Hmm. Something about how love is like telephone-flavored ice cream?
  • 20:46:21: Come on, let’s get #datemyavatar trending! Felicia Day releases another gem: http://bit.ly/datemyavatar

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From Twitter 08-16-2009

  • 10:49:17: I have LotR on in the background as I work on the map. Still cracks me up to see Bret of “Flight of the Conchords” in the Council of Elrond.
  • 11:36:10: You know what else is fun to draw? Fjords. Also fun to say. I pine to draw the fjords of Molvar!
  • 12:53:59: They’re taking the hobbits to Isengard!
  • 12:57:25: @NeilMSchwartz He’s one of the silent Council elves in FotR. In RotK, he’s the elf that confronts Arwen after her vision of Aragorn and son.
  • 13:19:21: The swamps of Kalare look much prettier on a map than they would in person.
  • 17:06:27: AUGH. Just realized I totally messed up Kalare’s geography. One of the two regions I thought I’d *finished.*
  • 17:49:41: @ShannonKButcher You don’t happen to have any chloroform on hand, do you? A general anesthetic? That husband of yours needs to SLEEP.
  • 19:06:41: “Go now and die in what way seems best to you.” ilu, crazy Denethor. I wish “Fringe” was better, so I could watch it for John Noble.
  • 20:04:04: @Uilos Yup. I’m marathonning the extended edition as I work on the map.
  • 20:21:07: Musing on Aleran techtonics. On a scale of one to ten, how lame am I?
  • 21:20:11: Oh, thank goodness! I misread before. The Rillwater doesn’t violate the laws of physics after all! *makes a note to fix*
  • 21:43:00: WOOHOO! The Middleman Project Teddybear auction closed at $148.50! Thanks again to @okbjgm, @nataliemorales, @jakesmollett, and cast!
  • 22:40:13: Feh. If there’s one thing that spoils the look of a fantasy map, it’s the equivalent of a series of interstates.

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From Twitter 08-15-2009

  • 00:17:08: Hey, kids! It’s time for a game of “Pin the Steadholt on the Valley”!
  • 00:18:46: @jbkuma Um. Dungaree(s)?
  • 00:22:44: @alyankovic The public thanks you for your grammatical heroism! http://twitvid.com/BF9B7
  • 00:26:27: @NathanFillion We look forward to catching them! When are you working in a BSTL?
  • 07:55:02: Today’s M-W.com WOTD is “chorography”: the art of describing or mapping a region or district. Heh. *is smug*
  • 08:28:23: Hey, Self, you know how the Wax Forest is one of the most significant settings in the series? You might wanna, y’know, put it on the map.
  • 13:20:03: Potential Roommate #1 of 3 seems very fun and was obviously impressed with the apartment. Good vibes!
  • 17:13:15: @Dark_Puck Aww! I’m touched! I want to find out who it is and bend over backwards to get him/her involved somehow.
  • 17:25:53: (Written earlier today, but not posted, because Twitter + Mac + Firefox = epic fail again)
  • 17:25:56: *boggles* Could I really have gone an hour and a half without saving? Good lord! Of all the times for my Mac to crash…
  • 17:26:50: @Dark_Puck They should! However long it takes them to finish their fic, the fandom would be happy to receive it!
  • 17:27:57: @Dark_Puck I has a Granny Patsye and a Granny Mildred. Neither is edible.
  • 17:30:51: @ShannonKButcher *offers tissues and Ben & Jerry’s*
  • 17:36:00: @ShannonKButcher He posted a chapter at 9! Is he on one of those weird time-shift circadian rhythms people pick up living in sunless caves?
  • 20:03:56: Getting a bit stir-crazy.
  • 22:32:22: Wussing out and going to bed at 10:30. Fair, as I’ve been waking up at 6:15 all week.

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From Twitter 08-14-2009

  • 10:29:23: The latest response to my Craigslist roommate ad had 11 exclamation points, compared to 5 commas, 2 colons, and 1 period. Oh. My. Gosh.
  • 10:31:54: Note how that tally included no apostrophes (there should have been seven), and she only capitalized “I” when it began a sentence.
  • 10:34:28: *beats internet with a copy of Strunk & White until it is reduced to a greasy spot on the pavement*
  • 11:03:31: @SheckyX “The Queen’s own English, base knave, dost thou speak it?” http://bit.ly/337DOa
  • 13:00:23: @AnnLarimer I would read that in a HEARTBEAT. Maybe less.
  • 16:20:52: I smell pancakes. I want to eat them.
  • 16:28:50: @SheckyX Wow. I always pronounced it ky-MARE-uh, the one permutation not on your list. :D
  • 19:52:25: Asfjhdfs!!!!!! Stayed a little late to finish work project, but forgot potential roomie at 8:15! Get me home NOW, cabbie!
  • 20:21:44: Got home at 8:12, despite atrocious traffic. I am a ROCK STAR. Now waiting for Potential Roomie to arrive. *eyes clock*
  • 20:22:57: @fredhicks YEE-HAW, congrats! RT @ENnies: Best Writing – Silver: Don’t Lose Your Mind, Evil Hat Productions.
  • 20:25:10: @Uilos Yes. Seeing the line for the Twilight panel at Comic Con.
  • 20:41:06: 8:38 and nary a peep from the Potential Roommate. You know, phones exist for a reason.
  • 21:03:15: @SheckyX Would that be what would happen if the Phantom of the Opera and Mark Vorkosigan had a lovechild? Because I think my soul just died.
  • 21:15:48: 9:15 and still no sign. I cleared off my map table for you, devil woman!
  • 21:19:09: @ShannonKButcher *laughs* Has Jim seen that site? It sounds right up his alley. “He’s a wizard P.I. with a looming death sentence …
  • 21:19:32: @ShannonKButcher … and overdue rent. She’s a twice-divorced cop and borderline midget. They fight crime!”
  • 21:28:27: @Jess_Wade That sounds unsanitary.
  • 22:00:56: Yay, Psych time!
  • 23:15:51: @AnneSowards !!!! *jazzhands*

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From Twitter 08-13-2009

  • 00:59:53: Alera has no pants! Alera needs no pants!
  • 01:35:33: Do YOU remember Sargasso Planet? http://www.sargassoplanetfan.com #JavierGrilloMarxuachIsMyMasterNow
  • 01:59:50: Okay, time for sleep! Gotta be well rested for my return to the Not-Mapping portion of my life.
  • 14:11:19: @OKBJGM Fret not! Despite your slovenly demeanor, bestial lack of decorum, and mental inacuity, you command a sort of boorish charm. *sniff*
  • 15:31:11: RT @AnnLarimer & @thebratqueen: RETWEET PLEASE: Stamford Marriott blames victim for her own rape http://tinyurl.com/q5pfe8 #marriottfail
  • 15:33:01: @Uilos *weeps and weeps and weeps*
  • 15:33:41: @Dark_Puck Copy the text of the person’s tweet and type “RT [the person’s username]” at the beginning.
  • 15:39:40: @travelingheidi Ooh, I’ll have to stop by after work and check out their selection! I lost my favourite sunglasses at Comic Con.
  • 16:42:15: Coworkers & I trying not to kill ourselves learning how to ride a snake board in the Mocap room. Does our insurance cover injuries at work?
  • 17:01:24: @ShipLizard I’m so sorry.
  • 17:38:09: @beyondabsurdity Yikes! Hope it’s nothing so dire!
  • 17:39:39: @kanthara It’s a two-wheeled skateboard with a joint in the middle.
  • 17:40:00: @kanthara Not sure how a bunch of college-educated young adults can’t manage what every kid in Brooklyn can do as naturally as breathing!
  • 17:55:45: @NathanFillion Wordy McWord, sir. “The Incredibles,” FTW!
  • 17:59:32: RT @AceRocBooks Any questions for Charlaine Harris? Let us know by 10am EST, tomrw. We’ll include some questions in an interview with her!
  • 18:03:41: @AnneSowards Me too. We could look up the pronunciation in a dictionary, but that would be cheating.
  • 18:47:57: Linda just ordered us a bunch of moschi. I happened to be in the kitchen at the time, so I snagged a green tea one. Good close to the day!
  • 18:48:27: @fredhicks Tuppence a bag!
  • 19:51:35: @fourteenacross Come on. Robo-chick versus pterodactyl? This is quality television, my friend!
  • 20:20:46: Oy vey. Wrench thrown in my hybrid digital/pen and ink plan for map. Scanner is crashing my computer. Guess I’ll be illustrating in PS.
  • 20:22:13: @fourteenacross Every episode of Torchwood season 1 is pretty much the worst episode of TV ever. :D
  • 21:12:45: Mountains are fun to draw! Thank you, Aquitaine, for making my life easier. Too bad the same can’t be said for Our Heroes. :D

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I usually make it a policy not to open spam emails, but after reading the preview text Gmail allowed me, I had to make an exception. The full email read:

Ent amiss. Not until the rifle magazines were empty did they cease, and then only to reload. Again and once again they repeated the onslaught, until it would seem no object the size of a human being upon the place where they aimed could by any possibility remain alive. Then, and not until then, did silence return, did the dummy upon Stetson’s rifle again raise its head. But this time there was no response. They waited a minute, two minutes–tried the ruse again, and it was as before. Had they really hit the man out there, as they hoped, or was he, conscious of a trick, merely lying low? Who could tell? The uncertainty, the inaction, goaded all that was reckless in cowboy Buck’s nature,

So… what are they trying to sell me, again?

Oh, spam. I don’t think I will ever understand you.

From Twitter 08-12-2009

  • 09:53:48: Slept in until 9. DECADENCE!
  • 09:56:43: @Uilos Ooh, I saw it last night at B&N, while trolling Fantasy section for last-minute ideas! It’s awesome! Don’t need to borrow it, though.
  • 13:33:19: Yay, Jim approved my new notion of how Attica, the Gaul, the floodplain, and Parcia interact. That’d been bugging me for ages.
  • 13:34:15: He also confirmed that Demos is played by a middle-aged Harrison Ford.
  • 13:40:43: @ShannonKButcher *laughs* Shecky is a brother, even wearing the Molly Carpenter wig. Then he’s a *pretty* brother! http://bit.ly/3MW18A
  • 16:50:06: Huh. Mount Kalus is looking like the Folgers logo. The best part of waking up is molten lava in your cup!
  • 22:07:09: Listening to “Furies of Calderon” audio book while working on map. Oh, Aquitaines, you so crazy!
  • 22:09:49: D’oh! Why do I keep thinking “Leverage” is on at 10? Missed it the second week in a row!
  • 22:46:39: @AnnLarimer D: D: D: People who make fury/furry typos in this fandom make baby Jesus cry.

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From Twitter 08-11-2009

  • 01:06:16: @AnnLarimer NO, THE BLANKET FELL BEHIND THE COUCH. YOU SHOULD HAVE LOOKED HARDER.
  • 01:39:27: 1:36am, and I’m going home! Woohoo!
  • 08:30:14: Gah. Air, water, fire, wood… easy enough to depict symbolically. Earth, a little less so. But how the heck do you represent metal?
  • 10:00:32: @mkcho73 Cybermen in Alera? To the fanfictionmobile!
  • 15:25:02: Crashing. I should have slept in a little this morning. I would have been well within company policy to do so, after staying so late.
  • 16:20:03: @SheckyX Does Gaius’ impression of Piotr Rasputin count? :D
  • 17:46:16: @ee1013 You look great! Well done.
  • 17:47:12: Is it 7:00 yet? *snores*
  • 19:14:41: It’s 7:15. Do you know where Priscilla is? Going HOME, booyeah! It’s mappin’ time!
  • 20:50:57: hmm, do I work on the map with the LotR:EE in the background or the BBC’s “Planet Earth”?
  • 20:52:34: I’ve seen LotR many times and only seen snippets of PE, so distraction = novelty vs. drama and sexy boys. Both contain scenery porn.
  • 21:25:09: @Esperacchius “Extended Edition.” The only proper way of watching/marathonning the LotR movies!
  • 21:26:00: Decided on Planet Earth. Eeeee, baby polar bears!

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From Twitter 08-10-2009

  • 08:32:20: Gave myself a haircut in the shower. Still long, but now fuller and lovelier, without those split ends.
  • 09:55:39: @travelingheidi Congratulations! What an achievement.
  • 10:14:25: Coworker’s yappy dog sounds a bit like a tropical bird. Perhaps I can pretend I am in a soothing rainforest instead of at my job.
  • 10:51:26: @MickeydotFinn As opposed to dog Latin? Alerans to their enemies: “Fabricati diem, pvnc.”
  • 13:07:41: Signed up for the @vampirecowboys’ Sept/Oct Rabid Vamps Fight Studio! Can’t wait!
  • 15:01:08: @SheckyX They couldn’t handle the awesomeness of your birthday. They’re back now, though!
  • 15:49:07: @AnneSowards We did an ad with him! I’ll let you know when it hits the tube.
  • 15:54:47: @ShannonKButcher Faboo! Publish early, publish often! :D
  • 16:06:52: @Jess_Wade Google Maps allows you to create “My Maps,” where you can pinpoint locations and add notes. Not very graphic, but functional.
  • 16:58:29: @DerekRuiz The phrase has become cliche, but it really *is* an honor to be nominated! And if we had to lose, I’m glad it was to Girl Genius.
  • 17:34:23: Chris: “I like that the two guys spooning are the two guys with ‘fros.” Me: “They’re fromosexuals.”
  • 18:09:05: @xiehicks But mommies make the best napping places!
  • 20:05:30: @Esperacchius WTF! Sheer and utter lunacy.
  • 21:09:47: @Uilos Welcome back! The city missed you!
  • 21:17:14: @smuu Option 3: You are awesome!
  • 22:05:53: You know what I love? Cleaning up other people’s messes. After tonight, no overtime until the map is finished. Or while I’m PMSing.
  • 22:08:12: @ShannonKButcher Did you bring enough sparklies for the rest of the class? (Wow, well done!)
  • 22:23:11: @Dichenlachman Zoetrope. (http://tfd.com/zoetrope)
  • 22:32:45: Yay! I just got to tell a coworker to redo 8 hours of work! Moral of the story: Don’t be a moron, or bad stuff will happen to you.

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From Twitter 08-09-2009

  • 00:01:36: Whee, leaving work! Tomorrow, I have my first full day of map glee! So stoked to finally get to give this baby my undivided attention.
  • 00:13:58: @spodalicious It’s Tuesday, actually. There was a spinning wheel needle involved.
  • 00:19:58: @SheckyX I do! *sneezes money*
  • 07:17:08: Really, body? My first opportunity to sleep in in weeks, and you wake me up at 6:30? Is map work really that exciting? Oh, yeah, it is. :D
  • 09:52:34: Someone please stop me before I label everything in Latin.
  • 11:48:32: @fredhicks Hicksoween! Fredsgiving!
  • 11:49:17: …Why is Safari posting to Twitter without any problem, but Firefox is timing out?
  • 11:52:47: @boymonster Neat! If Jim likes the idea, I may have to borrow her expertise. :D
  • 12:33:08: @skbbooks A daddy!
  • 12:36:39: Oh, math. You’re adorable.
  • 14:55:10: Is Twitter working with Firefox again yet?
  • 14:55:23: …SWEET!
  • 15:47:27: Looking at Great Wall of China, Hoover Dam, and art books for LotR and Narnia, sketching design concepts for the Shieldwall. I love my life.
  • 16:30:20: @beachkid I think the bigger question is how some people *don’t* accumulate so many books.
  • 17:08:36: @ShipLizard Bzuh? Turn Coat made me like Luccio even more. People confuse me. #DresdenFilesBabes
  • 21:13:07: It’s Hugo time! Crossing my fingers for the Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle in the “Best Graphic Story” category! @theHugoAwards
  • 21:14:01: Won’t be too bummed if we lose, though. I’ve read and adored most of our competition! :D @theHugoAwards
  • 21:32:16: Woohoo, a well-deserved win for Kaja and Phil Foglio of Girl Genius! @theHugoAwards
  • 22:34:36: News: George Sodini kills random women at gym because he can’t get a girlfriend. Blogs about it beforehand. http://bit.ly/Bbq4j I feel ill.

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