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Neko the cabbit has finished and is posted up at:
http://neko-usagi.com/comic/ntc/ntc1.html
take a look, it's 40 pages and let me know what you think ^_^

also next month [jan] next posted comic is "if you give a cabbit a waffle" hopefuly that turns out fun

So well over a month ago my mom bought me a wooden birdhouse from our local Joannes and asked me to do something with it. Originally, I tried to painting sunflowers and grass and ohmygodsunshine on it. Well, sorry mother, I am not here to please your crafty whims.

I call it the 'Magneto Birdhouse'

( THE MOST POWERFUL CRAFT OF THEM ALL! )

Okay, it’s been cold out the last week, dang cold, cold enough that it’s bothering me, so I’m taking measures to work with the cold. First off I picked up an electric blanket which makes the bed so much warmer, more so since I can now preheat it!

Second off, I’m making myself a new scarf. It’s been at least a year since I did any knitting, and I’m looking forward to doing some more of it. I might even take it to work just to keep my hands busy when reading code.

It’s supposed to be getting a little bit warmer at the end of the week, but I’m still expecting the winter to be cold over all. I wonder how much snow we’re going to get, if any, this year.

AB is getting a Tasty Award for Lifetime Achievement and he is also in the running for Viewers Choice "Best Male Host in a Series"

Head over to the Tasty Award website to vote for AB!

Tasty Awards Viewers Choice

AB is getting a Tasty Award for Lifetime Achievement and he is also in the running for Viewers Choice "Best Male Host in a Series"

Head over to the Tasty Award website to vote for AB!

Tasty Awards Viewers Choice

The TV Show...

A few minutes ago, there was a big crash, as though a car had hit the house. I did a quick check inside and outside and didn't find any downed trees or anything else that looked like it fell on us, and the cat was simply sitting on the bed. (Being a nervous feline, had he knocked anything over, he would have been hiding.)

I figured then that it had been an earthquake and called the fire department. (The guy I talked to said he "might've felt something".) The local police never answered the phone (how secure that makes me feel), and the state police didn't know anything. So I Googled University of Washington's Seismology Department and found that, yes, indeed a magnitude 2.4 had just occurred near here.

Just how near I found out when I clicked on the link to a map centered on the quake. Hey! There's my house!

A rant, in letter form, from a casual lurker:

Dear B,

I understand you are from a culture that stresses the importance of marriage and procreation, but I do not subscribe to your beliefs.

I know you like my boyfriend, and you think he is a good guy. Hey, I do too! He's got a great job, his own house, and he loves me. However, we are not in a rush to have children. Why? Let's consider the following:

- Even though I am thirty, I do not feel my biological clock ticking down to zero. I haven't firmly decided against children, but I'm leaning toward 'no'.
- He is only twenty-three. He hasn't decided whether or not he wants to have children, for various reasons. He has plenty of time to figure that out. We have actually discussed this.
- We have only been dating for three months. It's a bit early to be decorating the nursery, don't you think?

Despite the fact that you have known my family for years, and are considered more of a friend than a superior, it really isn't your concern if or when I decide to settle down. No, I really don't think my life is incomplete unless I have children. I like my life the way it is now: I answer to no one but myself. Besides, I have three nephews and a niece whom I love very much and spoil when I can.

Love,
Me

(I should say that my boss really is a nice guy. He's not a creeper or anything, he just gets overly concerned about my supposed well-being.)

*flails* The fall finale was awesome! And at the end...Mr. Schue! He did it! And about damn time, too. XD And the reactions of the rest of the club to Brittney/Santana! Rachel is such a bitch, but she can never hope to match Sue! And Quinn...My respect for her went through the roof in this episode.

Why must I wait four months for more?

Recalling how "It's a Wonderful Life" gets played every year around Xmas, I was struck by the inspiration for a pro-CF adaptation. Dunno if it's ever been done before, but here's the outline:

Some annoying anti-choice type person (could be anything from a meddling relative to an anti-abortion activist) gets his panties so in a wad over what they see as people "not honoring life" and choosing not to reproduce that he goes to jump off the bridge, only when the angel-in-training shows up, he (or she?) takes him on a tour of how his life would look if everyone he knew who had chosen NOT to have kids did have them. And predictably, it would be stuff like his high school sweetheart died in childbirth rather than abort, or his best friend couldn't hang out with him anymore because he was broke from child support payments, and he had to work overtime constantly because half of his coworkers were always taking time off to do stuff with/for their kids--there are surely more extreme cases, but that's just the start. And he decides that maybe he should mind his own business about other people's life choices.

Maybe it's a bit nonsensical, but I just thought it'd be funny, especially if done as a webcomic.

Anyone else going to the NYC Freelancer's Guild Christmas networking party?

So, if Finland makes it a crime to plan a crime, what does that bode for writers of fiction?

I found this article from Feminists for Choice, one of a few pro-choice sites I browse around. Usually I find articles about the Stupak amendment or articles just on abortion. This was the first I've found one on sterilization and the difficulty women, some of whom are mothers, face when trying to obtain this and even other forms of birth control.

Same thing a lot of us CF folk already experience, but goes to show even parents are getting it now.

Article here

And for the "no links plz" folks:

( Article text here )

I thought it was really something how even though this author stated she had two children already, her doctor said other doctors might have refused to do the procedure because of her age. First the CFers get it, now the parents?

Had a couple Qs about the DeviantArt side of the group and figured the first one would be a good one for the whole LJ group to think about. On the "Recommend a Fave" option, would it be a good idea to put character ref pics in there?
On the other, since we're going to be dealing with a beta ver. group on DA, if any "oddities" crop up, do we leve notes there or email the admin, Holliso directly?

I'm normally not into the high fashion stuff, but I was reading the "Dear E. Jean" advice column and I ran across this:

Q: My husband and I have happily chosen to be child-free; however, when I meet new people, they invariably ask, "Are you considering adoption?" or "Are your pipes broken?" Please help me formulate a response.

A: Tell the half-wits: "I adore children!" And when they reply, "Then why you don't you have a kid?" say, "I also adore a penis, it doesn't mean I want one."

I didn't really realize this until talking with a friend, but odd years and I don't seem to get along. To date, my "OMG, that was a bad year" years are 1997, 2003, 2007, and somewhat 2009. Hopefully this just means that next year will pan out quite well for me.