Month: January 2009

  • Ever watch Sailor Moon and wish you could look like those “hot anime babes that make me think the wrong thing”? (Barenaked Ladies’ words, not mine!) Or maybe just wonder what you’d look like as a Japanese cartoon? Then check out Face Your Manga! This is me and Andy, manga-style: I also made a version…

  • I feel very mentally checked out today. Probably from lack of sleep. (My own fault. The Amazon deadline looms ever nearer.) At home in Houston (where these pictures were taken in ’06) whenever I felt this way I would climb onto my roof and just listen to music or look out over the neighborhood. Can’t…

  • Not related to the rest of today’s post: Lisa See, who I met back in September and is absolutely lovely, has a new book coming out in May. Click here to read an excerpt of Shanghai Girls, or to enter for the chance to win an advance copy. # # # You know how some…

  • I had a lovely long weekend, including painting and piano with Suzie and Margot, and then lunch with Nini and dinner with Andy and some friends, so I have to admit, I decided to let Twenty-Somewhere slip for a day. I’ll post the next episode later this afternoon/evening. I can’t promise this won’t ever happen…

  • This is a little game I like to call, Where’s Riley? However, the Winter Games 2008-2009 have been put on hold until Mother Nature decides to stop being such a frigid b*tch. I’m sorry, but I just can’t drum up any enthusiasm for throwing sticks in the backyard when it’s less than 10 degrees outside.