Friday
This has been an interesting day. And a damn good one, too.

I woke up this morning at 9:07. In and of itself, that’s not too bad. The “odd” thing about it is that 9:07 seems to be my built-in, during-the-week failsafe time. I’ve turned off the alarm before (like this morning), and ::: bing ::: I wake up at 9:07. No idea why.

Work wasn’t bad. It was another fairly slow day, so I got some more admin things taken care of. And, I’m taking tomorrow off (more on this below). We also moved some fixtures around in the warehouse; we’re “thinking ahead” for a couple of months down the road – it’s easier to move things while we have the time and space rather than wait for it to become a critical issue.

After work, Jess and I went to the new Main Library (1, 2) to see Neil Gaiman. That building is amazing, the picture doesn’t do it justice – I’ll try to remember to take some decent ones tomorrow. We met and there; we even ran into and a few others there. We didn’t get a seat in the auditorium (too full), so we sat out in the gallery/atrium. We got front row seats at the projector.

Neil Gaiman is not only a gifted writer, but his talents extend to oratory, as well. His overall talk, including the Q&A session, was just shy of two (2) hours. And there was not a wasted moment in that time. He talked of wanting to be a werewolf (childhood aspiration), gardening, myths, his thoughts on fan fiction (he likes it, but he doesn’t like being told that he “should read and like” a given fanfic), Delirium’s daughter¹, superheroes, why he writes about the things that he does, American Gods (as a title and a concept) and many other things. It was great. Fantastic. It made me want to write again, so, I guess that “inspirational” would be a good word to use, as well.

He’s doing a book signing tomorrow morning (which is why I’m taking the day off). I still have no idea where my Preludes and Nocturnes has decided to hibernate, so I bought a new copy. And a copy of The Wake. And a copy of American Gods (to get signed for my friend who introduced me to Mr. Gaiman’s work). Those items, along with Smoke and Mirrors and an issue of The Sandman for , shall go under the pen. And maybe… just maybe, the Sandman figures that I got last week.

Song of the Day
Dolphin’s Lullaby by Firefall from their self-titled CD

Quotes of the Day

  • Bill Gates couldn’t guarantee Windows, how are you going to guarantee my safety?!
    – John Crichton, Farscape

  • [23:27] : So… I have “saving” rights, just not “bitching” rights?
    [23:27] : i don’t make these rules o.O
    [23:27] : Who does?
    [23:27] : …and are they written in crayon?
    [23:28] : I have no idea. the rules just happen around me 😛

I should probably make an effort to sleep since I intend to be downtown before the lines get too outrageous. Yes, it was a good day, indeed. And, I suspect that the weekend shall follow suit.

Namaste.

¹: Delirium, of the Endless, was based to some extent on Tori Amos. Neil read a poem that he wrote for Tori’s daughter before she was born. Before he read it, he asked that people not record it and/or if they did, not to post it online. He said that he liked the fact that it could not be found on the web via a search. I liked the fact that he wanted it to stay personal.