You know what? You know what? Yeah.

My niece, Brooklyn. It feels odd calling her that, though, so I...

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:59:57 -0600

My niece, Brooklyn. It feels odd calling her that, though, so I have dubbed her Pookie Woo-Woo.

Happy Holidays, everyone. :)

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:59:54 -0600

Happy Holidays, everyone. :)

wordishness: Time to play! Process: 1. The person on the top of...

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:28:27 -0600

wordishness:

Time to play!

Process:

1. The person on the top of each pairing must challenge the person on the bottom to a new game.

The text accompanying each player in the brackets is each person’s username.

Challenges should take place by 0900 EST (1400 GMT), December 26.

2. In the interest of time, each pairing has 72 hours to complete a game.

At the end of the game, report final scores to Steve (whitaker @ virginia . edu)

If games are not finished within 72 hours, both players will be eliminated.

If you should already be in the middle of a game with the person with whom you’re paired, resign and start a new one.

3. I’ll update brackets least once per day.

4. An overall winner will be declared at the end of the tournament.

Rules:

1. No cheating.

No using external references

2. No knives. Looking at you, Bacongreasers.

Click image to embiggen.

COMMENCE!

(In this one case, I might ask you to reblog so that folks playing can see it. I apologize in advance for the dashboard spam)

IT’S ON!

My division assignment is uncanny. I met my husband on IRC while debating the merits of Red Dwarf.

nerdboyfriend: via You Might Find Yourself Oh my holy. I...

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:42:18 -0600

nerdboyfriend:

via You Might Find Yourself

Oh my holy. I may faint.

Howie Woo made my morning.

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:44:19 -0600

Howie Woo made my morning.

:)

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:25:00 -0600

Got a care package from the UK today. It’s filled with...

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:25:00 -0600

Got a care package from the UK today. It’s filled with things like Curly Wurlys, yummy sweets with names like Army and Navy and Sherbert Lemon, lots of fun odds and ends - and this.

loveandasandwich: Little Fox made as a Christmas commission! I...

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:47:40 -0600

loveandasandwich:

Little Fox made as a Christmas commission! I love how it turned out.
Click photo to see more.

Eeeeeeeeeeee!

wordishness: How did I miss this? What if “When Harry Met...

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:28:06 -0600

wordishness:

How did I miss this?

What if “When Harry Met Sally” had been a horror movie?

I’ll see your “When Harry Met Sally” as a horror movie and raise you a “The Shining” as a feel-good family film.

sblaufuss: Closed circuit television cameras captured one of...

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:49:43 -0600

sblaufuss:

Closed circuit television cameras captured one of our podcast listeners enjoying an episode in an office building.

Emergency-pants.net

I see what you did there!

This is actually pretty similar to what happened to me when I walked into the bathroom at work and just started laughing when I saw the Shameless Shitter standing there. How do you explain looking someone in the face and laughing right at them for no apparent reason?

You don’t.

jasonpermenter: My very favorite part of the Snuggie™...

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:13:00 -0600

jasonpermenter:

My very favorite part of the Snuggie™ commercial is this guy.

Aw. Maybe he’d feel better if he was wearing a Necky.

This comment was in response to this relatively tame NSFW post...

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 06:58:45 -0600

This comment was in response to this relatively tame NSFW post at MrXStitch.

Wow. I have no idea what “hamster talk” is. Even if I did, I would never DREAM of doing it in your box, Janet.

I’m sorry you feel that way. I’m sorry you used a fake email address so I couldn’t tell you so myself. Most of all, I’m sorry that I am not, as you imply, getting paid to post about these things. Because that would be awesome.

I'm not having fun anymore.

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:51:21 -0600

misseffieb:

Here is a gratuitous paragraph about myself.

I realize with a quiet horror that I am pretty sad today. I swirl it around like the last bit of cocoa in a mug, hoping that the separated constituents will come back together to become something I like. I remember all the times it’s been enough to say, “you know what? Fuck this. I am going to put on my favorite dress and be happy today.” I’m unbelievably fortunate that that method works for me as often as it does, but not today. Today it took me two hours to assemble my sorry brain enough to make some lunch. I walked from the kitchen table to my bedroom mirror about a dozen times, each time I still looked disheveled, distracted, and a little alien. There’s something else in my brain besides brain, in the places that used to know how to put one foot in front of the other, right now there’s only radio static and slowly swirling wisps of things I used to be able to focus on. I need to write so many emails. I need to apply for so many jobs. I need to call my mom, or anyone at all, for that matter. I need to go grocery shopping, or leave the house at all, for that matter. Okay. Starting. Now. Go take a shower. Take off your sweatshirt. Take off your slippers. What was I doing again?

It’s got to be sick and wrong that I’m taking comfort in the fact that I’m not the only one who is having days like this more and more often lately, but I am. So I’ll offer a simultaneous thanks & apology, Effie. :)

THOUSANDS of stitches, over a year of work (maybe two years?)...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:13:00 -0600

THOUSANDS of stitches, over a year of work (maybe two years?) and Jamie, aka Mr X Stitch, has completed his first graffiti cross stitch. Simply amazing.

What I did over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:30:05 -0600

What I did over the Thanksgiving holiday.

sniffyjenkins: Look, I’m bored, OK? I could totally stitch...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:08:14 -0600

sniffyjenkins:

Look, I’m bored, OK?

I could totally stitch this up for you.

My swap piece from Mama Sass arrived today. MST3K. Robots. My...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:51:26 -0600

My swap piece from Mama Sass arrived today.

MST3K. Robots. My heart is full.

Just received this photo of a Pukka advertisement in the wild...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:51:23 -0600

Just received this photo of a Pukka advertisement in the wild from Jamie. So. This is really a thing over there?

I don’t really know what comment to make. I was made aware...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:16:00 -0600

I don’t really know what comment to make. I was made aware of this today and felt obligated to share it.

sniffyjenkins: So this happened yesterday evening. I found a...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:20:31 -0600

sniffyjenkins:

So this happened yesterday evening.

I found a package from my publisher yesterday when I got home after work. Remember I was still high on presciption opiates (seriously, they were strong), but even without I would have been overwhelmed.

What I did next:

Gasped.

Squeed.

Almost threw up.

Stroked them.

Burst into tears.

Laughed like a hyena.

Cried some more.

Smelled them.

Opened one.

Sobbed.

Flicked through a few pages.

Put it down.

Fell off the sofa, on which I was kneeling, still in my coat and boots.

Squealed.

Whooped.

Repeat.

These are just proof copies for reviewers and overseas publishers and the final novel will look like the central bit of the illustration you can see on the cover, but holy effing hell I’m unable to describe what it feels like to see my odd little book almost all growed up and printed and bound and my words inside and a photo of me on the back and my name, my fucking name, on the cover.

So there you have it. Another evening of lunacy with Justine.

Also, I do hope whoever reads it likes it. I’m getting a tad nervous.

And by ‘nervous’ I mean ‘fucking terrified’.

(via sniffyjenkins)

Exciting! I want to read it. Like right now!