Dec
21

Separated at Birth? or How I *Really* Got My Agent

Posted in agents, cats, christmas, colleen lindsay | 7 Comments
So, of course I get a lot of questions these days as to how I got my agent. Was it the contest wins? My Hello Kitty mouse? The sheer and utter brilliance of my query? Probably some random combination of all of the above, but more to the point, Colleen and I apparently own the same cats. Case Study #1) Stinkyboy and Buddycat belong to Colleen: This is Stinkyboy (nicely lifted from Colleen’s Flickr account). And this is Buddycat (also taken from Colleen’s Flickr account). Case Study # 2) Killian and Jake belong to me. Killian from this morning. He has food on his nose and doesn’t look very happy about being photographed. He’s a grumpy old thing. And here is Jake. Who tends to preen a little more for the lens. He is less grumpy in general, although a bit more shy around people. Coincidence? I think not. Clearly… Read more
Dec
17

Holiday Agitation

Posted in christmas, random | 1 Comment
Finally made it Target today at lunch for what will hopefully be the last run of the week. This time it was mostly to get wrapping paper and a few small odds and ends. I had planned on doing this last bit over the upcoming weekend as mr myn has off, but with MIL still in the hospital, I’m not sure what the weekend will bring. In the meantime we’re suppose to be getting some actual snow accumulation come Saturday, so in either case I think I’ll just be hanging around the house and baking (between wrapping presents). I believe I have a chocolate poundcake that needs making, as well as the chocolate chip meringues. (Diet? What diet? *thhhpth*) I tend to get a little wound up around this time of year anyways, for a various number of reasons. Right now it’s a little more compounded since I don’t know… Read more