Hi!
Check out http://www.geekingoutabout.com/
My bff's extremely knowledgeable boyfriend is now a writer there!

Gintah Tran, a creator from Siren, discusses the book at APE. Also, a glowing review!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_02G4abTXk

Siren totally sold out both days! I'll have to write a longer post about how awesome it was, but now I'm cleaning so that will just have to wait. But people seemed to like it, and I definitely had an awesome time exhibiting, wandering, and chilling out with some fabulous people.

Also, I love Kseniya. Everyone should know that! She came along, and was fun and supportive and I'm lucky to have her as my friend!

I'm going to APE (Alternative Press Expo) comic convention in San Francisco with Ms. Kseniya next weekend!  I'm super excited, my short story is finally in print form!  I kind of want to give all my friends a copy (is that vanity?), but at this point I'd have to buy them myself and they're $30 each... if anyone wants to buy one, you can right here: www.sirencomic.com It is worth it if you're into comic books, I think.  It's 200 pages of gorgeous art in a very beautiful, large edition.  Definitely a coffee table kind of book! 

It is the very first time I wrote some fiction and it got published, so I'm really excited!  I feel like when Pinocchio got turned into a real boy.  I am real now!  A piece of me exists in the world, somehow part of me and independent of me at the same time!

Paper: done.

Thesis status:  Umm, I know what a thesis is?

I did start writing La Disputa again.  Though once I'm in the belly of the thesis-beast, that might be pretty on and off again...

School is cool.  Work is alright.

Saw 500 Days of Summer, which was ok.  My favorite hipster love story is still Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.  Joseph Gordon-Levitt is adorable but I personally would not date a guy in a cardigan.  How can I ever take him seriously?  Ikea dates and Smiths and dreams about flying are a little old in 2009.  This movie should have come out 3 and a half years ago.

Peace-fingers,
V

By the way!

Ksen wrote this awesome article about Comic-Con's unveiling of Dollhouse!  Everyone should check it out!
Btw, I'm Riley's Only Fan.  True story.

Apparently I wrote this in my planner in 11th grade:
"Got a 780 on my Verbal SAT.  Guess that means I can read.  What a relief."


Been cleaning my room for the past era.  Or two days.  But feels like forever, and it's not much cleaner.  I did get a cute little table though, so that is happy. 

Tim did get me A Song of Ice and Fire for Hanukkah!!  4 books plus two prequel comic books, all by George R. R. Martin.  I'm in the middle of A Clash of Kings at this exact moment!  Now I have to go, because we're going shopping for my favorite piece of furniture- bookcases!  And boy, do I need them.

It is SO GOOD to finally have a President that we can feel proud of.


I really really really hope this continues.

Today at work, I suddenly noticed how tan the other girls are.... meanwhile, I look like the inside of a radish.  Half the summer is over, and I haven't even been to the beach or the pool.  I've been working (somehow between my 2 hour commute each way, my workday ends up being 12 hours), plus I've been trying to get ready for school (I learned how to take a loan out this past weekend) and been attempting to keep up with my blog.  I'm also trying to keep up with the indie music scene for Tim's radio station, and trying to write more.  This is the first time in my life that I didn't notice the summer come.  I graduated college and it seems that the seasons change, but the days stay the same...


In other news Death Cab for Cutie never sounded so emo...

There are awfully many July 5ths in my life. 

Anyways, I hope everyone had a great 4th!  I got caught in the rain, not on purpose this time!  There was beer during the rainstorm, a very fuel-full fire afterwards and the messiest looking s'mores I've ever seen made by my boyfriend. 

Today is a good day to read all day.