The very first entry in the most recent spnnewsletter is a link to 'Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed' inventor dies at 92.

Oh, fandom! Never change!

(Made even funnier by the fact that when av_lad and I saw a clip on tv last weekend focusing on the controls for a hospital bed, we turned to each other and said, "The guy who invented "Magic Fingers" just died!"

Oh, brain cells! Never change!)

Rode the Blue and Orange lines yesterday. Got out of our Crystal City office just around 5 and only vaguely heard a system announcement of a problem on the Red line when I got out at Ballston. It wasn't until I rendezvous'd with av_lad and we turned the radio on that I found out about the horrific incident. Decided to work in the Chantilly office today but I'll probably be back in CC Thursday, if not Wednesday and Thursday both.

Morgana and Nimueh have totally become bffs and are taking Eurovision by storm!

ETA: Morgana's totally the happy wasted one on the right. Nimueh's the pissed one (American and Brit definitions) on the left. Oh, those eyelashes!

As always, the Fug Girls have a whole write-up.

People, people, people!

I am pleased to announce that this year, the great kingdom of Camelot has sent a contender to the Eurovision Song Contest!

Fug Girls write up here

I keep forgetting to take a picture of this myself (fortunately, someone else was equally boggled and had a camera) but everytime I go into Giant Food I am struck anew by the epic cross-promotional fail that is the Little Debbie NASCAR team signage:

Oooo, oooo!

And I also managed to be totally undercover-geeky at lunch yesterday. After shaming the two people who ordered their filets medium-well into at least trying medium (seriously, folks, it's a filet in a good steakhouse), the talk turned to the usual silly, "it's still mooing!" jokes.

I piped up, "Cows don't go moo. Cows go sizzle."

Cue laughter. Such a great line. People get it even if they don't get it.

Ah, I'm good.

For Administrative Professionals Day/Week (not that I technically am one, it's just that my boss needs an Emergency Back-Up Brain as much as she needs a Financial Analyst, so....), I was given a Starbucks gift card, a bag of very nice chocolates, calla lilies in a pot, and taken out to lunch.

A two hour lunch. At Ruth's Chris. I had the mixed grill: stuffed chicken breast, small filet mignon, crab cake. Seriously awesome, people.

And creme brulee. Creme brulee of the gods.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

A number of people are calling for my death.

....I'm not sure I can disagree with them.

Possibly the best pimpage post in the history of fandom.

froodle explains The 4400.

Don't know/care about the show? Piffle. That is in no way a reason to miss this extravaganza of awesomeness.

I... I feel like Michael Bay. </ awesome, dude!>

x-posted to dw

In a stunning move of breathtaking originality, I'm ladyvyola on dreamwidth.

The lovely Fay pandarus has recorded a splendiforous podfic of my 2006 Yuletide Addams Family story, The Bridal Path. It's the heartwarming tale of Joel and Wednesday. And when I say heartwarming, please consider the source material.

Fay's reading is utterly charming, complete with Addams appropriate organ music before and after, and is available as m4a and as mp3. Go forth and download! The Bridal Path

x-posted to dw

Damn! So caught up in RL (yay job! yay 401K! yay health insurance!) that I almost missed Fug Madness 2009. Fortunately, I'm just in time to vote in the Sweet Sixteen.

Oh, brackets! How I've missed thee!

Cher Bracket
(1) Aubrey O'Day vs (12) Lisa Rinna
Gotta go with that leopard-print lovin', sheer fabric devotee, Our Lady of the Lips and Nips, Lisa Rinna.

(6) Juliette Lewis vs (7) Courtney Love
So. Hard. I'm thinking Courtney. The classics, you know?

Bjork Bracket
(2) Lada Gaga vs (14) Katie "Jordan" Price
The hair bow made of hair pushed it over for me. Gaga all the way.

(1) Mischa Barton vs (4) Madonna
I'm encouraging young, fresh blood. And not the kind that Madge is so clearly bathing in.

Charo Bracket
(1) SWINTON vs (5) Beyonce
SWINTON is from another dimension. We cannot hold her to the same standards as mere mortals. She is beyond our ken. Thus, regretfully, Beyonce takes it.

(2) Katy Perry vs (3) Agyness Deyn
Katy. You damn poseur.

Madonna Bracket
(3) Bai Ling vs (7) Christina Aguilera
Bai. Oh, never forsake us!

(1) Solange vs (4) Joaquin Phoenix
One's clearly a cry for help. The other is clearly... a cry for help. Oh, what the hell. There's hope for Solange. (Assuming mama and sis fall off a cliff and a stage, respectively.) See Simpson, Ashlee for a case study. But the sheer fugging determination Joaquin has shown this year should totally be rewarded.

Started a new job on Tuesday after 8 months unemployed.

I'm back with the same company, doing much the same job, but for a slightly different group -- a couple of folks here knew me and when the position opened up and they saw my name on the "alumni list", told my new boss to not interview the person she had in mind and go after me instead. Yay, me!

Totally exhausted between a bad cold and the new commute but very, very happy. And it's fascinating how now that I've got no spare time, I'm totally jonesing to do some elaborate costuming/crafting for Costume Con. Ah, depression! You looked so normal when I was in the midst of you. Now that you're gone, I have motivation again.

Sorry, hohoho'er. Je suis moron. And dear lord, I'm bad at this. Okay, here goes.

( a list )

Title: What I Did on My Christmas Vacation by Dean Winchester, age 29
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Notes: Yeah... I got nothin'. For undermistletoe.



( What's a holiday without pictures? )

So my mom, av_lad and I were wandering through Wal-Mart when what to our wondering eyes should appear than a rack of novelty ties. You know, the usual: Penguin, snowman, Redskins, sports, sports, World's Best Dad, Jesus on the cross.

Me: Oh. My. God.
AV Lad: Mmmm?
Me: No! Literally! Oh. My. God. ::pulls out tie::
AV Lad: Oh. My. God.
Mom: Take a picture!

And so, without further ado, the novelty necktie rack at the Manassas, VA Wal-Mart (be sure to click for larger images; trust me, you need the full effect):

Nothing spices up a business lunch like Crucifiction neckware!

( But wait - there's more! )

Dear Yuletide writer,
( My Yuletide philosophy )

I was lucky enough to get to illustrate "Full Tilt Boogie" by hansbekhart and essenceofmeanin. It's a tale of brothers, secrets and the death of disco. There's Sam, Dean, Michael (yay, Mikey!), and a cursed motel. Shag carpeting, polyester pants, porn 'staches, ahoy!

My images are not terribly spoilery but you still might want to read the story first.



( Full Tilt Boogie art )

Why didn't we have these at con-txt? Why?

::wails and shakes tiny hands at sky::

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy????????????????