I am going insane
Sep. 3rd, 2004 10:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rayvyn2kThat fucking hurricane is going to drive me straight to the loony bin. It slowed down AGAIN. So, now they aren't even trying to guess as to when it might hit.
My son and his fiance are in the hospital (her baby is due next week, they make all the preggos who are less than a month away go to the hospital since the storm can cause labor to come on). Everyone else has battened down their collective hatches and gotten the supplies in.
Now it's just a waiting game.
On a completely different note, I read on Neil Gaiman's blog (http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/journal.asp) that Dave Sim, the twisted genius behind the Cerebus comic epic (http://www.night-flight.com/sim/cerebus.html) would send a free, signed issue of his Sandman/Cerebus issue to anyone who wrote him a letter and mailed it to him asking for one.
Well, my husband is a fan of both Neil Gaiman and Cerebus, so I wrote a letter and sent it off to the address listed in Neil's blog. (Which can be found here: http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2004/08/lewis-and-clarke-not-to-mention-snuff.asp
read the last question on the page)
So, I wrote a letter asking Mr. Sim to please send a signed comic to my husband. It came in the mail today, and my husband got the mail and stood looking at this envelope with a puzzled expression on his face for several moments before it dawned on him what I had done (he reads Neil's journal too). He couldn't believe it. Inside the envelope was the book and a very cool letter, both hand-signed. A nice little surprise for my sweetie.
Back to hurricane watching...which at this point is like watching grass grow. *sigh*
My son and his fiance are in the hospital (her baby is due next week, they make all the preggos who are less than a month away go to the hospital since the storm can cause labor to come on). Everyone else has battened down their collective hatches and gotten the supplies in.
Now it's just a waiting game.
On a completely different note, I read on Neil Gaiman's blog (http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/journal.asp) that Dave Sim, the twisted genius behind the Cerebus comic epic (http://www.night-flight.com/sim/cerebus.html) would send a free, signed issue of his Sandman/Cerebus issue to anyone who wrote him a letter and mailed it to him asking for one.
Well, my husband is a fan of both Neil Gaiman and Cerebus, so I wrote a letter and sent it off to the address listed in Neil's blog. (Which can be found here: http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2004/08/lewis-and-clarke-not-to-mention-snuff.asp
read the last question on the page)
So, I wrote a letter asking Mr. Sim to please send a signed comic to my husband. It came in the mail today, and my husband got the mail and stood looking at this envelope with a puzzled expression on his face for several moments before it dawned on him what I had done (he reads Neil's journal too). He couldn't believe it. Inside the envelope was the book and a very cool letter, both hand-signed. A nice little surprise for my sweetie.
Back to hurricane watching...which at this point is like watching grass grow. *sigh*
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Date: 9/4/04 09:58 am (UTC)Eep on the whole hurricane thing, though! I keep hearing from people who live in the path of the storm or have relatives there - very scary stuff. I'll keep my fingers crossed that your loved ones are safe, dear.
See you online soon, I hope!
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Date: 9/4/04 10:20 am (UTC)The hurricane is finally coming ashore--I've been glued to the weather channel and streaming video from the local stations online.
I'll try to get into chat again soon...promise. I miss you guys too.