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I'll stop slacking off sometime this week. ::hides::

Ok, ok, after seeing two friends post this recently, I decided I'll hop on the bandwagon. And slack off doing that newsletter yet again. I'll try to write it before I leave for vacation this week!

The Big Read, an initiative by the National Endowment for the Arts, has estimated that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. How do you do?

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Strike out the books you have no intention of ever reading, or were forced to read and hated.
5) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them ;-)

( The Books! )

Looks like my count's 22.

::bounce:: I beat Omega! I beat Omega IbeatOmegaIbeatOmegaIbeatOmega!




I...'ll post a newsletter soonish. ::slinks sheepishly away::

...Because if it was, I would've been able to successfully resurrect my computer sooner than this.

Well, we finally got my computer working again. ::flops to the floor:: As for the past several weeks...if you want the Digest version, just read the cut titles.

( First and foremost, my computer died. )

( Wiggles and I went to Playgroup more frequently. )

( We went to the Ward Chili & Chocolate Night. )

( Sunday barbecues started up again. )

( Leach qualified, and we had a movie night date to celebrate. )

( I got a Wii! )

( We went to a party Leach's lab held for him and the other qualifying student. )

( I went to a gardening-themed Enrichment night. )

( Leach and I went on a movie date to a theater. )

( We had two barbecues to go to this past Saturday. )

( Wiggles is growing well. )

( I got some reading and gaming done. )

And that's about it for now. Computer tale will follow sometime later this week, as will baby photos. I just don't have the time right now.

You know, if you had to ask me who my favorite-ever voice actor (in English) was, at first blush I might say Mark Hamill for his portrayal of the Joker. Or perhaps Robin Williams for the Genie. But when I actually stop and think about it, I'd have to say Jim Cummings.

Why? (  Let me list why. )

I think he's madly talented and has a great "bad guy" voice. And seriously, it's just funny to think that Winnie the Pooh = Dr. Robotnik.

All right, here are the fan pictures and the commission from the convention that I promised. The three fans that I still have are at the top of the list.

Also, as a note, I still have the Iroh and Aang keyrings leftover. No one bought those.

Warning: this entry is pretty image-intensive under the cuts.

( First, the commission. )

( And now the fans. )

So here's the convention report. To read the newspost I just put up, go here. This is rather disjointed, since it's been two weeks or so since we got back, and I realized that spending all day in the Alley leaves me with little to say.

( Leading Up to the Convention )

( Thursday: New Hampshire or Bust! )

( Friday: LineCon 2008 )

( Saturday: I'm in the Mo~ney! )

( Sunday: A Day of Rest )

( Convention Aftermath - A.K.A. The House is a Mess )

Overall, it was a good convention, especially since we weren't stuck in the Line of Doom. I hope next year goes even better.

And now for the photos, because I think they'll share better than my scattered commentary.

( Leach called this his Rogues Gallery - Warning: LOTS OF PHOTOS )

Well, someone took the Epic Laziness feat. ::shifty eyes::

( At least the newsletter's only a day later than I promised from last week.... )

Anyway. I've got three fans leftover from the convention. I'll post their photos in a separate entry. For now, here's baby photos. ^__^

( Photos, yo. )

My con report and art post should be up soon.

Twice now I've talked to Belkin via their online help form to try to get assistance with my wireless card. Twice now, they've ignored me and given me canned answers.

( Background and ranting )

In other forehead-slappy news, a user on Neopets seems to think that anyone who has a Neoboards setup with a gray header, gray text body, and gray signature (not always the same shades of gray, so long as the middle is a medium gray) is "stealing her font." Despite that the vague similarities in color and the header-body-signature setup are the only things related (and the header-body-siganture setup is so very common on the boards it doesn't count). Double-forehead-slappy. Just for that, I doodled a picture of my blue Shoyru slapping his forehead. Maybe I'll upload it at some point.


Newsletter Sunday. Promise. Srsly.

::facepalm:: Well, this one's half a week sooner (ish) than the previous one. ::hides::

( Read on, wherein some stuff happens and I am sick as a dog. )

Anyway, now for pictures.

( Here's the fans, first. )

( And baby photos. )

So let's see if I can cut this down to four weeks even next time. ::sheepish yet unrepentant grin::