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Yesterday, I did 1,027 words on "The Jetsam of Disremembered Mechanics." Precisely the same word count as on Sunday, which is odd, but there you go. It's beginning to seem unlikely that I'll have the story finished by tomorrow evening as I'd originally hoped. It's turning out longer than I'd "planned," which is, of course, its prerogative.

I suspect that thing has happened again, that thing that happens almost every December. So far as publishing is concerned, all NYC is on holiday, and I'm left waiting for three checks I'll likely not see until early January, though I needed them in late November.

Really not much else to say about yesterday. I got the page proofs for Black Wings, the anthology of Lovecraftian fiction edited by S.T. Joshi that's reprinting "Pickman's Other Model" (Sirenia Digest #28, March 2008). The anthology is due out from PS Publishing in March 2010, I think.

Last night, we almost went to the Avon on Thayer Street to see Werner Herzog's The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call — New Orleans. We got dressed and were about to leave the house, when I pointed out that it was a film that we'd likely enjoy just as much on DVD, and we've got three films coming up that we have to see in the theatre (Avatar, Sherlock Holmes, and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus). The last few years, we've mostly reserved the theatre for films that need to be seen on a big screen, which is a somewhat shitty thing to have to do, but given the steep price of tickets it's also become necessary. See a film at the Avon for almost $20, or wait a few months and see it just shy of free via Netflix. So...we didn't go to the movie, but we did leave the apartment, which I'd not done since Tuesday of last week, though we only went to the market and to check the p.o. box.

Back home, we watched two fairly awful and all but incoherent episodes of Dollhouse. But at least Summer Glau was hot in sling and black glove. And then there was more WoW, mostly doing errands for the Taunka camp in the Grizzly Hills. We did get to see female Vrykul, and it's good to know they're out there (and just as hot as I thought they'd be). We fought Vrykul shield maidens at Skorn. I think Shaharrazad, weary from all her years away from Silvermoon City, is growing tired of the fight. I can imagine her never going back to the Eastern Kingdoms, deciding instead to remain at Vengeance Landing to continue her occult studies in seclusion and obscurity. Anyway, later still, I read more of Greer Gilman's superb Cloud and Ashes to Spooky, just before bed.

And there are two photos of Hubero on my desk, from yesterday:





Sunshine and squirrels, two of Hubero's greatest weaknesses.



At least until the nap attack hits.

Photographs Copyright © 2009 by Caitlín R. Kiernan.

Date: 2009-12-15 05:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mizliz13.livejournal.com
Cool cat, groovy screen saver. And I roll the same way regarding seeing films in theatres -- thank the powers that be for Netflix.
Edited Date: 2009-12-15 05:18 pm (UTC)

Date: 2009-12-15 06:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amethyst-clan.livejournal.com
Aw. Hubero reminds me of my favorite cat ever, Simone. I'll always have a soft spot for cats that look like she did, I think.

Re. Publishing in December...

Date: 2009-12-15 06:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kaz-mahoney.livejournal.com
and I'm left waiting for three checks I'll likely not see until early January, though I needed them in late November.

Me and you both. *sigh* (I'm waiting for two.)

Date: 2009-12-15 06:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] opalblack.livejournal.com
The cover I did earlier turned into two and a dust jacket. The two for The Red Tree I did out of self interest because I really am not fond of the cover it has. The Low Red Moon cover is not to be taken seriously by anyone ever, it was inspired by your remark about the art direction for the original Twatlight covers.

Since I don't normally do fanart, I attribute this to sheer brutal insomnia.

The Red Tree cover (http://kalimayablack.deviantart.com/art/The-Red-Tree-cover-146835390)
Low Red Moon cover (http://kalimayablack.deviantart.com/art/Low-Red-Moon-cover-146845792)
The Red Tree dustjacket (http://kalimayablack.deviantart.com/art/The-Red-Tree-dustjacket-146857053)

Merry Cephalopodmas to all and to all a good... er... late morning.

Date: 2009-12-15 07:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nykolus.livejournal.com
those are gorgeous!!! good on ya!!!

Date: 2009-12-17 07:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] opalblack.livejournal.com
Thanks! :)

Date: 2009-12-17 07:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] opalblack.livejournal.com
I suppose it is. Or the Red Tree covers are, the Low Red Moon cover is mainly sarcasm and bitterness.

Date: 2009-12-15 07:14 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] mithriltabby
Squirrels are one of the best shows on kitty TV, particularly when it’s mating season and they’re doing acrobatics.

Date: 2009-12-15 08:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ardiril.livejournal.com
Heck, I'd rather watch some frisky squirrels than 99% of TV. Those critters can make some awesome leaps.

Date: 2009-12-15 07:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alvyarin.livejournal.com
KITTY! i hope you will scratch his ears for me. IF that won't get you bitten.

Date: 2009-12-15 09:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] martianmooncrab.livejournal.com
cats listen to music with their butts...

Date: 2009-12-15 09:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thimbleofrain.livejournal.com
I miss my kitty. Yes.

Date: 2009-12-16 03:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] robyn-ma.livejournal.com
'So...we didn't go to the movie'

I'm going to have to go over there and re-enact the movie for you with your cats, aren't I?

Date: 2009-12-17 12:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsarina.livejournal.com
Hubero is such a gorgeous cat.

When you do get a chance, Herzog's movie and Nicolas Cage's performance are really something. I was mind boggled by the crazy and by this weird glimmer that Cage harbors a depp well of madness inside. It was truly, truly weird and magnificent to watch.

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