Seriously, try not to notice how long it's been since I posted

[thedeadlyhook]

A Belated Very Happy Birthdays to coyote_william, shapinglight, beanbeans, and cindergal!!

And a huge belated Thank You for all the lovely birthday wishes for me, riccadonna's awesome artwork and tesla321's utterly charming Spike/Buffy birthday fic And Then Begin Again. You guys are the definition of wondefulness.

I'm still hoping to get around to writing up some thoughts on Iron Man and Prince Caspian, which Toys and I saw the other day - wow, really excellent, and worth seeing on the big screen - but unfortunately they'll have to wait until my brain feels somewhat less fuzzy. Damn summer cold. Sniff.

In the meantime, links!

Shameless Boosterism
The Finish-A-Chapter Ficathon. Join us in our quest to finish all those unfinished WIPs.

Japanese Culture
An interview between Shigeru Mizuki and Go Nagai. Probably only of interest to me, but this is two of the most influential artists on Japan's pop culture scene from the last 30 years or so quizzing each other on their work. Dude.

Cartoons
Cute Overload posted that old Chuck Jones cartoon that always makes me cry like a faucet because its story content - a big bulldog befriending a teensy, supercute kitten - is a perfect example of what they like to call inter-species snorgling. Watch and weep. And on Adult Swim, Venture Bros is back, as well as new Metalocalypse. These things make me happy.

And now I must watch American Gladiators. And Dirty Jobs. Although SciFi IS running a Star Trek: The Next Generation viewer's choice marathon, and god, I miss that show. The earnestness of it, the serious commitment to visualizing a positive future. Oh, idealism, where have you gone?

[ETA: Argh! No American Gladiators tonight because it's been preempted for a Red Wings hockey game! Dammit dammit dammit!]

[ETA2: Okay, so now I'm switching back and forth between ST:TNG and Dirty Jobs, which is a good compromise. First holodeck malfunction. Those were the days.]

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Sorry to have been so late! I don't know where the time goes.

I'm hoping to be around more, too. Even though the work schedule is loosening up, finally, social commitments have rushed in to take up the slack, but I'm determined to get more writing done this year, and not to let myself fall further out of touch.