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Money's tight lately for everyone in the house, but no emergencies have popped up, and I'm hoping things will get better in time. I'm sure we'll be fine. I might get a teeny raise in the near future. Maybe. But I think I lost Keffy's rent check, which makes me feel supremely stupid.

Nevertheless, I went to Mark Henry and Caitlin Kittredge's reading last night in Seattle. csinman had to go to Sakuracon, and so decided to attend the reading, and kaerfel and I were like, "well, why don't we go?" So San got a ride, I got someone else to pay the gas, and we all had a great time. cmpriest has photos here.

Everything went really smoothly. I was a little annoyed at having to leave work early, but it turned out to be for the best. We also gave oolong a ride to the convention center. Traffic was smooth; when we got lost, we quickly found our way. Life was sweet and relaxing and full of wonderful pizza. (I'm sure San will post pictures of the bird-poop pizza eventually.

I've never been to a reading before that wasn't at a con. I've also never gone up to an author to have a book signed. mdhenry and blackaire were of course, magnificent. I don't know if Mark read something a little different because we'd already heard him at Norwescon or what, but it was all fun.
Afterwards we ate alcoholic jello brains. Poor Chelsea didn't realize the alcohol bit until it was already in her mouth. :-( Then it was on to dinner at some sports bar where we could only hear half the table, but I didn't mind. I realize that I like moderately loud places, so I can yell without feeling guilty. Everyone there was awesome, and I'm grateful for the chance to hang out with them. I'm especially happy that I got to spend more time with shadawyn. Oh, crap it's snowing and I've missed the bus already. Agh! Gotta go.
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More pictures

mdhenry posted pictures on his blog, featuring the brain jello. There's also a shot of me, kaerfel and csinman holding our we-asked-questions prizes.

Jesus donates for oil spill!

Awkward sentence of the day.

"Braving rain, worshippers commemorated the day when Christians believe Jesus Christ was resurrected and donated to a fund for victims of December's oil spill, according to the Age newspaper. " (From National Geographic)