Gonzai Gallery

OK, so there's always a hangover from attending a con. I expect the exhaustion and con crud. If I've worked the con as a dealer and/or the art show, there's often pain involved from more heavy lifting and standing than I'm used to. In the case of EMC, there's a lengthy drive in the van, which requires a lot of strength from my neck and shoulders that I don't really have. And the usual pileup of e-mails, newspapers, blogs, tv shows, etc that accumulated while I was gone.

But I have a few extra hangovers this time. Wachovia is the office's largest client by volume, and we have no idea who owns them now. Neither do they. We have no idea whether the new ownership will keep or dump the departments we work for, or keep us for that matter. So there's that to worry about.

And the biggie - although the weekend went well dog-wise (CJ wore out Scott but no damage or serious injury occurred and Roxie was apparently quite the jolly little dog with CJ gone) it wasn't enough for my mother. Probably didn't help that virtually the first thing CJ did upon arriving home was to attack Roxie again. In any event, CJ is to be gone from our home, permanently, by Friday at the latest. :(  I never stopped looking for someone to take her, but hadn't had any luck and now I'll have to turn her in to a shelter. CJ is my best friend. This is ripping me apart.

Re the check forging: We finally got new checks this morning, after raising a full ruckus with the bank over the matter. So today, we finally got paid (with a little extra for the lateness). No word yet from the FBI on whether they'll take the case.

The good ol' federal government, they'll bail out anybody - except Lehman Bros. I'll bet those folks are wondering what they did wrong. Meanwhile we the taxpayers get to foot the bill for money managers mismanaging. Sigh.

Got Pushing Daisies and Torchwood yesterday. Love the PD packaging scheme, and I got it at Target so I got the pie recipe book as well as the set. The boss has already borrowed the DVDs, hopefully I'll get to watch next week. Torchwood looks like the 1st season set, except lighter on the extras. Probably start watching it tonight.

Didn't watch The Fringe a second time after all - we had one ep of Heroes S2 left, and I decided I'd rather watch that. So there. Very impressed with Sarah Connor Chronicles so far - they're pouring serious money into that budget and keeping the storyline up at the same time. I'll keep my fingers crossed for them.

The good news is I haven't been roped into moderating an orphan panel at easternmediacon . But I have, for reasons I can't explain, volunteered to rescue an orphaned workshop. Looks like the Beginner's Art Workshop will now be a tag team effort by 4 artists, myself being one of them. This should be interesting. I may also be 'pimping' some shows, particularly Life, Pushing Daisies & Spooks. Waiting for a confirm on that.

 Is that if you don't turn on the light, you may miss one. I've been living in this house over 23 years, I regularly go downstairs in the middle of the night (the bathroom is on the lower floor) without turning on the lights and I can't recall ever having a problem. So naturally, at 3:30 in the am, I managed to miss one of the steps and fall down the rest. Spiffy. Mostly I'm the sore and achy all over you get from near-disasters, but I also slammed my arm into the end of the bannister and jammed my already bum shoulder so that's REALLY bugging me. 

Other things bugging me...I still enjoy 'In Plain Sight', but is it just me or has Marshall almost completely disappeared from the show? And he's what really makes it IMHO. On 'The Closer', I hope this was an anomaly and they don't make Commander Taylor a 'nice guy'. I like him better slightly antagonistic to Brenda. I finally got around to working on crafts and such for EMC and Christmas, but couldn't find all the stencils I was using just a couple weeks ago. (Two hours of frantic searching later: they fell behind the desk.) 'Eureka' starts tonight, but I'm having trouble caring. It's enjoyable enough the first time through, but it doesn't hold my attention or interest once it's over. For the third night in a row, I forgot to do the laundry. Better do it tonight or clean clothes might be a challenge.