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So, I got in to work and did some breaking up of wax from giant slabs into pieces people are more likely to need (we do sell wax in giant slabs too, but we don't need to keep it all that way) and sat down to check Twitter and enter some mail orders. And wouldn't you know it but my Twitter feed is full of Franzen. This is like being full of shit, where the shit has arranged itself into geometrically and visually aesthetically pleasing piles and is insisting it possesses neither odor not unpleasant texture. It is still shit, it still stinks, and no one wants to touch it. It turns out Franzen was considering adopting an Iraqi orphan to figure out young people. I have no idea where to even begin listing all the things wrong with that statement, let alone the odds of that turning out very well for the poor orphan. Thanfully, his editor suggested he go talk to a nice group of university graduates instead, who would not be dependent upon him not only for food and shelter but also guidance, stability, approval and support, and emotional availability, none of which I suspect Franzen is capable of providing.

Actually, this entire article is fairly cringeworthy. If I have to suffer, so do you. Or you could not click on it, but there it is. He continues to miss many points and think he is a gift to women and feminism without actually understanding that feminism and allyship (co-conspirator-ship?) is something you do, not a quality you can take upon yourself by saying so.

Pretentious little shit. The sad thing is I will expound on him for at least a couple paragraphs and if I were ever to meet him I'd probably smile, nod, and find someone else to talk to because he just doesn't seem that interesting to interact with or read or anything else.

Anyway. I finally got a start on my Blasted Lands timeline this morning! And I think I managed to figure out some other stuff, albeit not where I can start printing off this stuff where I'm not chewing through huge amounts of black printer ink and/or ending up with big toner streaks all over it. This is aggravating. Kind of tempted just to get a toner printer for black and white shit later, at least if I'm going to keep doing this. Not sure where though, or how to get toner refills. Things to ask people about.

Oof. I had expected from the amount of work at the start of the day that the day would be quiet, and yet no. So I guess it's power up and be as efficient as possible time. I mean, on the one hand at least I got a decent amount of sleep and had a fair sized lunch. On the other hand oh dear god I hate being uber-efficient and squeezing every bit of time out of the day that I can. And I have writing shit to do, I have Dragon*Con shit to think about doing and organize so when I get home I can do it, and I have other other other shit to do like cleaning, work stuff, whatever. Aaaugh.

(Maybe it won't be as bad as I think. Maybe. I can hope.)


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The Flash:

Anyone want Dragon*Con BPAL?

So, apparently this is a thing. I am going to DragonCon! I intend to hit up the dealers' room shortly after lunch on Friday, I will go bearing at least two orders for friends to the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab.

I also work in shipping, so if you tell me what you want I can tell you exactly what it will cost me to ship it. I can ship US Priority Mail or UPS, Priority Mail insures the first $50 automatically and UPS insures up to $100 automatically, after that it's $2.70 up to $300, though if you're buying 300$ worth of BPAL all I can say is holy crap. Everything will be shipped out the following... maybe Tuesday more likely Wednesday after DragonCon, depending on how long it takes me to recover. (If I catch the Crud it might actually take me a week, but rest assured, everyone will hear about it if I catch the crud, I can be very whiny when sick.)

Does anyone else wish me to pick them up something from the Dragon*Con BPAL booth? (Do you have another vendor you know will be there that you want me to pick something up from?) I prefer PayPal for simplicity but this is early enough that chances are cheques will arrive in good time before the con if you want to do that instead.

COMMENTS ARE SCREENED for the purposes of sharing financial or locational information, or my email if you want to email me directly. Depending on how this goes I may also ask for a phone number, twitter account, or somewhere else I can reach you relatively immediately if they're out of, I don't know, Jiggery Pokery and recommend The Candy Butcher instead.

Questions? Something I missed or forgot? This is open for Network, flist, anyone who wants to get in on this BPAL goodness. Or merch goodness.