I have the keys! Woo-hoo! :)

Sep 292009
 

I just picked up the keys for my new place. No pics yet. No idea where the camera is. :/ Now that I have the place to myself and don’t have the super and her husband in there with me, I can look around more easily. It’s bigger than I remember which is awesome, of course. The bedroom is a little smaller than the one I have now, but the living room and full-sized kitchen more than make up for that. I actually have a grown up sized stove that’s brand new! Yay!

Moving day is Oct 7. I can’t wait!

Even though I am behind with packing, I planned on taking tonight off. Joints are a’ aching. I figured I’d do laundry and grocery shopping. I tried to go to the market but was denied. All my routes there were blocked. Accident? No idea. So I came home and packed up my laundry only to discover someone else using the washers. Typical, eh?

I think all signs are pointing to having some fries, a cup of yogurt, and a pudding cup (I have nothing else.) for dinner and watching NCIS. Maybe I can do some light packing as I veg…or you know…maybe not too. Tired over here. :P

But man oh my, I can’t wait to move! Gone will be seeing Crazy Pete ass up in the dumpster foraging for treasure (and scouring for recyclables—whoa be the person who misses one in their trash—I’m told it gets ugly). Gone will be the drug dealer/abuser neighbors and their raging fights, the cops breaking down their door at o’ dark thirty in the morning, and the husband (I believe) stealing my mail order prescriptions. Gone will be the doll-sized fridge that makes such loud alien noises, even Ruki is frightened.

I can go on and on. But I think my fries are done and you know, priorities and all. :P

That’s that for this ramble.

Have a great night!

The Black Hole (short film)

Sep 292009
 

Amusing. :P

A sleep deprived office worker finds a Black Hole whilst photocopying late one night Suddenly the possibilities seem endless. Will greed get the better of him?

(via TheTorchOnline.com)

Super cute owl cookies!

Sep 292009
 

I ♥ these cookies oh so very much!

Oh so cute owl cookies!

They are from Sweetopia’s post: How to Decorate Cookies with Royal Icing – Top 10 Tips

I really want to learn to decorate like that. Don’t think I’d be able to actually eat them though. Wouldn’t want to ruin the cuteness. :P

(via EpiCute. The Cute Food Blog.)

The Guild Season 3: Episode 5: “Application’d” is now live

Sep 292009
 

New episode has been posted. This season may well be the best yet. :)

Episode 5: “Application’d”
The Guild struggles to fill Tink’s spot.

Looks like they’ve used videos submitted through their contest: Worst Guild Candidate… Ever! Hah. Awesome.

If you’ve missed any episodes, catch them here:

Trailer for Riese, a steampunk inspired webseries

Sep 242009
 

Riese the Series has a teaser trailer posted:

The webseries will air this Fall. Here’s a bit about the plot:

Christine Chatelain as "Riese", Tundra as "Fenrir" Photo by Adam Blasberg

Christine Chatelain as "Riese", Tundra as "Fenrir" Photo by Adam Blasberg

In a dystopian reality, Riese, a seemingly random wanderer, is being hunted by a terrifying religious group, The Sect. Traveling from nation to nation for years, she is accompanied only by a wolf, Fenrir. Together they must evade the assassins sent by the Sect – who’ll stop at nothing to complete the task they failed to achieve.

Her past is shrouded in mystery, as even Riese can’t recall the events of the tragic night when her entire family was slaughtered and she was forced to flee. On her journey, she’ll piece together her past, and her destiny, in a conflict that will hold the fate of the world in the balance – and the once peaceful kingdom of Eleysia will be the battlefield.

“Riese”, a completely unique and original web production, stars Christine Chatelain (Sanctuary), Sharon Taylor (Stargate: Atlantis), Ben Cotton (Harper’s Island) and Patrick Gilmore (Stargate Universe). Riese is shot on the innovative RED One camera and premieres this fall.

(via SciFi Wire)

Down memory lane with Troll newsletters

Sep 232009
 

I’m in the middle of packing. Well, sorting really more so than packing I should say.  I’m dividing up the contents of my file cabinet into keep and shred piles. Ruki is having a hayday with this part of it. She runs across the room and lands on top of the pile of paper, then slides. Total paper surfing! I could swear she’s even smiling. Crazy cat. :P

While sorting, I came across a few samples from my days back at Troll Communications. Wow, that’s going back more than a decade. The company no longer exists. It was eaten by Scholastic. I started working there in an entry level position along part of the downward spiral timeline. I can’t even remember who owned it at the time. It changed hands repeatedly before Scholastic finally picked at it. By the time I left, I was covering the jobs of no less than four people and reporting to three bosses (all in different departments of course). Crazy times. I didn’t last ’till the end. My sanity wouldn’t let me.

It wasn’t all bad though. Through Troll I was reminded of how much I love kids books and how important getting kids to read is to me too. Not to mention that it started the seed for wanting to write kids stories myself. :)

Anyway, on to the samples. Since the editors were short handed, I was asked to write the newsletters that were included in monthly home club kits. These were themed packages of books, tchotchkes, posters, and activities that were mailed to the kid’s home every month. Looking back on them now I can’t help wanting to get out a red pen and edit away. Haha. Aah, well, that’s how it goes.

Girl Connection

Girl Connection page 1Girl Connection pages 2 & 3Girl Connection page 4

This one was the bane of my existence. Really. I mean look at it. It’s purple and pink and has a purple/pink rainbow like swoosh. I almost expect to see butterflies and unicorns too. The word search was fun to make though. I created it by hand. We didn’t have easy websites back then to whip them up with just a click of a button.

Weird World

Weird World

This one, of course, intrigued me. Very X-Files feel to it. Only when I started this, it had been running for a long time. Case# 1072 you see? I kept having to come up with more and more obscure ones. Oy!

Wacky World

Wacky World

This one is a younger version of Weird Word. Each one is a stack o’ themed facts. Funny, I look at it now and it’s not like I changed my vocabulary to match the age or anything. I don’t think I ever even thought about that. Duh.

Mystery Adventures

Mystery Adventures page 1Mystery Adventures pages 2 & 3Mystery Adventures page 4

This one I got to write from the beginning of its run. Detective tips and puzzles. Mysteries inside with hints that are cracked via a decoder the kids would get in the first package too. Makes me think of “Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.” Can’t be helped! :P

I know, they’re old. Some of them have worn out ink so you can’t read the text well any more. S’ok. You get an idea enough. That’s that for this memory lane trip though. Maybe next time I’ll share some of the campaigns I worked on. Who knows?

Off to return to packing…er…sorting. You know what I mean. :P

Have a happy day! :)

Steampunk Jewelry Giveaway & Video

Sep 232009
 

Daniel Proulx is running a giveaway for a $100 shopping spree in his Etsy shop: catherinetterings.etsy.com. I love those rings!

He also has a video posted of the story behind his creations:

Kinda creepy, isn’t it? :)

Visit his blog to post your entry into the giveaway. Enjoy!

The Guild: Episode 4, Gag Reel, and Over the Hedge

Sep 222009
 

Season 3, Episode 4: Get it back! was posted today:

Codex enters enemy territory to get her Guildie back.

Plus, they’ve posted a gag reel too:

Season 3 – Gag Reel: Episodes 1-4
Watch behind-the-scenes as Felicia Day and the cast from The Guild have fun on set.

And, the comic Over the Hedge mentioned the show:

Over the Hedge

If you’ve missed any episodes, catch them here:

That’s that! :)

A Gentlemen’s Duel–with steampunk battlesuits, of course

Sep 222009
 

Hah! Amusing.

(via SciFiCuy.ca)

Video created by Blur Studio: ITunes link

I can haz fethur

Sep 072009
 

A feather came free from one of Ruki’s toys—she’s such a savage. :P Now the toy is of course ignored since what could be more exciting than one feather?

Here she is tossing around for it… “Must get fethur. Iz evil.”

Must get fethur. Iz evil.

…which seemed like effort so she stopped and pretended like nothing happened, naturally.

Iz tired. Too much effort.

And lastly, I’ll add this pic just because she looked silly. I reckon that she was thinkin’ about bathing but wasn’t yet sure. :P Her eyes look a little droopy. All that thinkin’ is tough. :D

can’t decide, bath or no?

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