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 Awesomeness...

1st IAA Planetary Defense Conference

I was disappointed to find that the subtitle was Protecting Earth from Asteroids

Labels: astronomy, conferences, planetary defence, science

 So, life, eh?...

When do you say that enough's enough?

Labels: cheer up emo Cat, stuff, wasting my life

  Dear Authors...

I present first this comic.

Then I point out that the fantasy novel I'm currently reading has 300 pages of young-adult prose, and 100 pages of glossary/encyclopaedia/appendices. Not even the vaguely dickensian setting is enough to fully redeem it.

ALSO: if your monsters are 'bogles', do not have your protagonist 'boggle' while talking about them.

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In other news, I somehow got my story for x2009 done in the nick of time.

And the CLAMP in 3-D land series 7 figures arrived. Will photograph them at some point.

Labels: books, damn you CLAMP, fantasy, monster blood tattoo, steampunk, toys, writing

The story of my life...

Yesterday: "Catherine, Dr. D is totally impressed with your marking, you're leaving really helpful feedback for the students and we're impressed by your turnaround rate. Yay you!"

Today: "Umm, Catherine, one of the students is complaining that you didn't add the marks up right. Can you come fix it?" (Sure enough, I'd written 36/50 when I meant 46/50. I suck.)

Labels: I am Joe the Plumber, marking, physics, uni

From my notepad...

She was all leg, save for the leather jacket, and blonde, and when she walked her hips moved in aggressive jerks as if to say, "look how more feminine than you I am."

Labels: losing sleep, writing