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Just thought I’d share that my dog seems to enjoy sleeping in contortionist positions. Very odd, but he seems comfortable. Somehow.
No, these weren’t “waking up stretches,” either. He stayed in these positions for quite awhile. That second one–it looks painful! Apparently not, but then again, he’s a dog; he enjoys licking his butt, too. 😉
That’s all. Happy weekend.
Habit RPG “is a website that treats your life like a video game!” You create an avatar (and can change it constantly–such fun!) and choose a character class. Then, you enter tasks, to-do’s and habits, and you gain experience points for completing those things. Partnering with others, you can go “adventuring” to stop/kill bosses for extra items, including eggs that you can hatch into pets, and raise into mounts. Yes, it’s somewhat addictive, but in a good way, since it really pushes some of us to get our sh*t done. To not procrastinate.
What has this got to do with Halloween? Well, they’re running a “dress as your avatar” contest. Above is my avatar. With her pet octothulu. And here is me dressed like my avatar:
I learned that crowns are hard to make, and harder to wear! That trying to make my head look big and my body tiny is really, really hard. That purple without really good lighting is tough to see as anything other than black. And that feeling like an utter idiot is lots of fun, especially with an octothulu by your side.
Happy Halloween!
We were gone overnight last week. When we got back, I discovered my fish had had babies. Gee, who would have thought?? /headdesk/ It’s only, what, the fourth (or is it now the fifth?) time.
…about leaving the NYC area. I just found out about this. (Caution: these videos will seriously eat time that you should spend on your writing. But they are too much fun to miss–check out Gandalf in Central Park, and the 1860’s bar). How awesome is that?
I thought everyone should know that today is National Baking Soda Day. So go buy some baking soda and bake something, already!
OK, so here it is: a selfie of me wearing my VP 17 pin, on the 17th. In front of my computer, at my writing desk, so you can see I’m attempting to work on writing.
My classmates came up with this brilliant idea, so if you want to see us, go looking for us on Twitter (#VP17PinDay), FB or our blogs–we’ll all be wearing our pins. Photos will be posted today, tomorrow (as the 18th, which was our 2-month Pin-Day anniversary) or the 19th (which is Thursday, don’t ya know).
What can I say? We may be odd, but these signs tickled our funny bones.
From Thailand:
From Japan:
And to finish up, more restroom humor. This is older, from friends who visited Cape May with us this summer:
This past Saturday afternoon, Asbury Park, NJ, which is close to where I live, hosted a Zombie Walk on the boardwalk in an attempt to win back the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of zombies. (That record stood at just over 8,000.)
My neighbor told me about this on Friday, so I decided to go and see how it was going to turn out. After all, what could be more fun than zombies at the beach? That record stood at just over 8,000. I’d liked to have participated, but we already had dinner plans, and somehow I think if we’d shown up covered in fake blood and/or gore, and with whitened faces, they just might have turned us away.
It was quite a hoot, as various photos show. These below are some of the oddball things that caught my fancy, and show some of the fun being had by all and sundry. Best of all, the official count came in at 9592 zombies! New World’s Record!
Everyday Magic | M. E. Garber 