Winners!

Oh my goodness! I am so late in finishing up my giveaways. Sorry I've been gone. I was sooo sick last week. But I'm feeling human again so I need to announce some winners and get back to blogging life.





"Stars and Gods" by Larry Niven



The winner is--- Jelena Terzic; Serbia





The "Pick Your Title" giveaway:



The winners are--



Carrie Beduhn; Grand Rapids,MI (book choice "The Bards of Bone Plain" by Patricia McKillip)



and



Zaynab Russell; Sacramento, Ca (book choice "Surrender to the Will of the Night" by Glenn Cook)







The "Short Story" giveaway, featuring "Boondocks Fantasy" and "Love and Rockets:"



The winner is--



Patricia Hilke; Helendale, Ca





Congrats everyone. Expect these in the mail real soon!

31 December 10

I tend to think that NYE is a total b.s. excuse for a holiday, and people are always trying to do the MOST FUN THING EVER and it ends up being a huge letdown, so the past couple years I've kept it pretty quiet and it has been enjoyable. Jeff and I just had some Cava and sat talking, and then other people came home and we talked to them too.

30 December 10

You can tell when I have a boring day, because I photograph the cat. He's more photogenic than I am.

520-570 nm, and #reverb10, December 19 - 21

I know this isn't related to anything, but I really want to watch The Secret of Kells, okay?

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Leave me alone. Here's something green you can buy so I can pretend any kind of justification exists for how random that was:

Above, vintage locket, $84.50 by MStevensonDesigns on etsy

Some more #reverb10 prompts after the jump.

I write stuff after the jump.

29 December 10

I stayed home from work because of my wrist. In the evening Jeff and I braved the sub-zero temperatures and went to the Capilano Suspension Bridge to see it all lit up (my mom gave us free passes). We lasted less than an hour before I thought my feet might actually freeze and break off in little shards, so we left and warmed up with dinner at a pub.
A couple photos of the bridge can be viewed here.

28 December 10

I came home early from work after realising my sore wrist had rendered me basically useless. I ate pizza by myself and watched a whole bunch of Boardwalk Empire.

life soundtrack

In total disregard for the Gregorian calendar, I'm just going to go ahead and keep posting as if it's still 2010. I'll let you know when I'm ready to start anew. (Hi, 2011. I'll get to you in a minute.)

Like those old xanga surveys that used to float around so that emo teenagers could express their feelings through mainstream ballads and define their unique suffering by picking and choosing which parts of pop culture they consumed, here’s my life soundtrack, which was way more interesting for me to come up with than it will be for you to read, in copy emulation copulation of Luinae’s post:

Opening Credits: Lion King – "The Circle of Life"
Waking Up: A Very Potter Musical – "Get Back To Hogwarts"
First Kiss: Spring Awakening – "Touch Me"
Falling in Love: Dashboard Confessional – "Hands Down"
Heartbreak: Regina Spektor – "Hero"
Driving Fast: Joan Jett – "Bad Reputation"
Getting ready to go out: Ke$ha – "TiK ToK"
Partying with friends: Katy Perry (feat. Snoop Dogg) – "California Gurls"
Dancing at a club: Akon (feat. Snoop Dogg) – "I Wanna Fuck You"
Flirting: Jesse McCartney – "Leavin'"
Feeling good: Jason Mraz – "I'm Yours"
Walking alone in the rain: Yael Naim – "New Soul"
Missing someone: Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson – "Winter Song"
Playing in the ocean: Lilo and Stitch – "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride"
Summertime: Fountains of Wayne – "Stacy's Mom"
Fighting with someone: Sara Bareilles – "Love Song"
Introspection: Johann Pachelbel - "Canon in D Major"
Feeling Depressed: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – "O Children"
Feeling Betrayed: The All-American Rejects – "Gives You Hell"
Falling asleep: Jonathan Elias for Nike – "Move"
Love of your life: RENT – "I'll Cover You"
Quiet moments: Jeff Buckley – "Hallelujah"
Nostalgia: Lord of the Rings – "The Shire"
Closing song: City and Colour – "Body In A Box"

To make up for how boring that was (and for anyone who just scrolls for pictures), here's a quietly spectacular marriage of moor and metal in a ring:

Above, Haunted, by Sarah J. Christenson, at Wexford Jewelers