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• Laura Hudson calls my Blog@Newsarama piece “can’t miss.” Nice.
• The Uncanny Matt Fraction - CBR talks X-Men with Fraction
• Fraction and I went to the Kemper last night for Jane Almirall’s slide presentation. I was already a huge fan of Jane’s and coveted one of those hummingbirds-with-red-string paintings, but now? More so.
• We were also treated to presentations by Peregrine Honig and Mike Hill. I was familiar with Peregrine’s work but Mike’s was new to me and OH MY GOD. DUDE. So. Much. Fun. Witness: here and here.
• After a bit of email correspondence, I met Kate Murr in person! (And her lovely family.) She’s considering joining me in the Iron Cupcake Challenge. Neither of us are swimming in free time, but it was fun to talk about it anyway.
• I don’t want to jinx anything, but it seems I am back on the workout wagon. So yay! And also… ow.
• A site overhaul is immanent. I’m doing the work myself (ahem… mostly) with the guidance of Danielle Henderson and the fine people at Squarespace. The goal is to construct it such that I can manage updates and tweaks myself without constantly having to bug my friends for help. [Read: Harold, Merry, Droob, Ariana, Han, Ryan… ] I haaaate that. I always feel like such a leech. Anyway, I didn’t work on it yesterday, but previous to that I was putting in a little time every morning. I ought to have it up and running before too long, I think. More news as I have it.
• Now, I’m going to go scoop the dog poop out of the back yard so that Fraction can mow today. Then, I’m stealing away to a cafe to get a little writing done. I am glamour incarnate.