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Because my last post was uncharacteristically serious, and because it's a rainy Thursday and I'm bogged down in rush Bradford web updates and etc., I thought I would take a few minutes to post about some things that literally made me LOL this week. Who doesn't like to LOL now and then?
The top five, in no particular order:

1)http://www.4tnz.com:
It's a sort of "funny-or-die" for the tweener set, run by the fine folks who bring you such top tabloid fare as "Us Weekly" (love me some "Weekly"), and specifically by the fantastic Gabe Guarente. I know Gabe is interested in cross-promoting his site with teen and tween authors so have a look when you have a chance!

2)This book:
FANCY WHITE TRASH was recommended to me by a Penguin editor last week and I tore into it right away. It's got all the right elements: a so-crazy-you-just-have-to-go-with-it premise, a sympathetic, smart, and sarcastic protagonist, and, perhaps most pragmatic, a One True Love Plan. Okay, so I already found my One True Love. But still. Ya never know. Read it!

3)This cat, which N and I discovered in a window of a West Village house on Sunday:

WHO would do that to a cat? And more to the point, how? Perplexing, disturbing, curious.

4)My newfound method of procrastination, AKA: Photobooth:


5)And last but not least, zombie chickens!
Zombie chickens, people!
Alas, the movie won't be out on DVD until October, so if anyone else knows of where I can get my hands on a copy, seriously, let me know.

Thanks to everyone who was nice enough to send good vibes my way. We are all hanging in. Multiple viewings of "Buffy" reruns have been helpful. Also, now that I've reformatted by blog I have learned that two of my top entry tags are, apparently, "anxiety" and "hot chocolate," respectively.

Now *that's* funny.

I was cleaning out my tiny studio/room last week and came across this old watercolour paint box perched high on a shelf. I'd saved it from my grandmother's house about 15 years ago, and forgotten all about it. (Guess I'm not the greatest housekeeper!) I've never actually used it and don't know who did last-- it had been in her basement for who knows how many years. (I wonder if the paint is still good?) But I had always loved the retro picture on the tin. It's stamped on the back- "Page" and "London." So, because all items of even passing curiosity in our house get plugged into Google- I came up with this.

Eureka, we're in the money!