Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

[annathepiper]

Okay, I'm charmed. It's official.

(Actually, I first wrote 'It's charmed. I'm official', and I didn't catch this until spazzkat pointed it out. Oops. solarbird giggled and liked that, which is why I mention this now.)

ANYWAY, from stowaway to fat cat class, Emily the cat is heading home, in style. I am especially charmed because this cat looks a lot like Polly!

In honor of it being winter and today's first snow of the season here in the greater Seattle area, I have switched out my default icon to a winter version of my Yahoo avatar. It also looks better with my winter seasonal journal colors. Snow on the first day of December! I approve. Even if we don't get any accumulation to speak of, I still love watching snow fall, and it makes it look like actual winter around here. Dara and I may go out in it in a bit just for the sake of a walk in the snow, and because we also need to make a pilgrimage out anyway, for lo, we are sadly lacking in soda in this house.

It is beginning to look like I'm about to take a jaunt down to California possibly on or around the 19th for job interview purposes. Not quite as soon as I expected, but still pretty soon. More details as I have them. But now I need to think about interview clothes and maybe getting my hair trimmed up and YEEP.

To all of you folks who have been winging comments at me about beta reading, thanks in advance, and I hope that you'll enjoy my work. :)

Comments

[firni.livejournal.com]

Speaking of cute animal stories:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4489792.stm

[annathepiper]

*chortle* <Grand Moff Tarkin>Charming to the last.</Grand Moff Tarkin> ;)

[firni.livejournal.com]

I grow tired of asking, so this will be the last time...


WHERE is the rrrrrrebel base?

[annathepiper]

Have you tried looking in the couch cushions?

[firni.livejournal.com]

I just saw the trilogy documentary, where David Proust wasn't given the "I am your father lines" when they filmed... only Mark Hamill knew and was reacting to those lines, not the ones David Proust was saying.

w00t

[annathepiper]

Hah! I never did see that. :) Did it confuse Proust?

[firni.livejournal.com]

Probably not too much, because the lines would have elicited about the same reaction... instead of:

Vader: "Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father, did he?"
Luke: "He told me enough... he told me YOU killed him."
Vader: "No, *I* am your father."

he said:

Vader: "No, OBI-WAN killed your father!"


Matter of fact, I seem to remember hearing rumors to that effect before the movie came out... that Obi-Wan killed Anakin.

[annathepiper]

Huh! In a figurative sense he kind of did, but I'm glad they made the change. This way had a bigger bang for the buck.

[firni.livejournal.com]

I still think Lucas needs to be strangled with his own belt, but... *shrug*

[annathepiper]

Heh. I'll settle for "not making any more crappy movies". ;)

[firni.livejournal.com]

"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Viagra".

[annathepiper]

*snork!* Tell me about it. And I say that as someone who spent many a year harboring a great love of Mr. Ford.

Harry, my darling, YOU ARE TOO OLD NOW FOR INDY. ACCEPT IT.

[firni.livejournal.com]

"An original idea? Are you mad? I think you overestimate the audience's chances!"

[annathepiper]

And there's another thing wrong with the new Star Wars movies--no Grand Moff Tarkin!

[firni.livejournal.com]

He's in some of the books... that'll have to do for you!

[annathepiper]

Books schmooks. For Tarkin goodness, there is only the One True Original Movie! ;)

[firni.livejournal.com]

And he was in Revenge of the Sith. YOU CAN SEE THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.

[annathepiper]

But WAS he saying to Palpatine about what a mistake hiring on that whiny young git Anakin was? No!

[firni.livejournal.com]

Here, this is lollertastic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Star_Wars_Skywalker_family

[annathepiper]

Gee thanks, just what I needed, another excuse to get distracted wandering through Wikipedia. ;)

[firni.livejournal.com]

Just sharing the misery.

[annathepiper]

You're too good to me. ;)

[ii2none59.livejournal.com]

Okay...that was just friggin' scary! *gulp*

[firni.livejournal.com]

I'm wondering if I can train the squirrels around here to do that.

[kieri.livejournal.com]

Aww. What a cute story. See, that's the kind of news I like to read first thing after waking up.

I wonder if there's an RSS feed of just 'cute and happy news' out there. I can pretend Dubya doesn't exist. Hmm.

[annathepiper]

I just loved that story, and I loved that such efforts were taken to get Emily safely home to her owners. :) Just goes to show you that if you've got an outdoor kitty, you should damn well have it wearing ID tags!

If there isn't an LJ feed for cuteandhappynews, there damn well should be!

[ii2none59.livejournal.com]

First off...love the icon with the snow outfit! LOL

You know, I was listening to the radio news and I thought I heard them say that there was snow in Seattle. I kept repeating over and over Did they say snow in Seattle? LOL I mean I know you all get snow, but I guess I was expecting it so soon. Plus that my sister is in the Portland/Vancouver, WA area and I guess they didn't get any or she would have said something. It's just COLD here! 38F/32F tonight/slight chance of light rain turning to sleet. I'd only hope for that if it means the bad guys will stay quiet! LOL

So glad to hear about the job interview. I've been reading the updates but just hadn't had a chance to comment. *fingers crossed*

[annathepiper]

*beam* Why thank you. Jack in winter gear is pretty keen for wintry icon goodness too, I must say. ;)

And yeah, we're boggled about the snow too! As I type this, it just in fact STARTED SNOWING AGAIN. We woke up to snow on the ground, about half an inch... and we think we actually got an inch or so overnight but that a lot of it melted.

But now it's snowing AGAIN.

Thanks for the crossed fingers! All good luck wishes are welcome! :) :)

[ii2none59.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten I had a pic of Jack in his winter uniform. Yes it's very appropriate!

More snow? You all ARE getting into the spirit of the "almost here" winter season, aren't you? LOL

[annathepiper]

Ah, but it was regretfully fleeting! And we didn't get all that much to begin with. Sniff. We're back to wet and erratically cloudy today.

[ii2none59.livejournal.com]

Well we lucked out and missed the bullet again. Louisville only got about an inch or less but lots of sleet, which then froze. Blegh. As usual, most people around here don't seem to know how to drive on it -- you'd think we never got snow or sleet or ice...EVER! LOL

Right now it's 21 with a wind chill of 13 (and due to get colder this evening); not much sun today either, but I'm just thankful the 3-7 inches they predicted didn't hit here. Besides, we have plenty of winter weather to go and I'm sure we'll "make up for lost time." *g*

[annathepiper]

One word: brrr. And yeah, I expect you guys will see more winter action than we will, especially given how much of that side of the country is getting hammered with stormy weather and stuff. Weather like that would just cripple this city completely. :)