Tag Archives: recreation and hobbies

WonderCon 2012 Experience

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Joyce

I spent the weekend at WonderCon and, like everything else, my con-going experience consisted of equal parts self-improvement and self-indulgence. Continue reading →

Posted in Fan and Geek Life | Tagged book addiction, recreation and hobbies, self-education, toys and goodies, weekends | 1 Comment

Left Hand Complement

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Joyce

Learning: that uncomfortable moment when you realize the depth of your ignorance. Continue reading →

Posted in Life Learning | Tagged being better than yesterday, recreation and hobbies | 1 Comment

Invisible Results and Synthesis Overdrive

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Joyce

As a natural dabbler, the concept of expertise is problematic for me and, fortunately, rapidly becoming irrelevant. Continue reading →

Posted in Life Learning | Tagged being better than yesterday, dabbling, recreation and hobbies, self-education | 1 Comment

(So, I’m just going to pretend that I haven’t been absent from here for six months and plan on talking about what I’ve been doing later.) Anime Expo 2011 starts tomorrow and I am once again an attendee. I hadn’t … Continue reading →

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Comic-Con => Zombie!Joyce

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Joyce

Five days, way too many lines, and one lost bracelet (dammit!) later and I’m home from San Diego Comic-Con 2010. Even after twelve hours of sleep last night, I’m still reeling, unsure if I had a good time and why. … Continue reading →

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Squidly – Large Plush

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Joyce

Squidly: It has not escaped me that he has too few arms. I know, okay, I know. Just, uh, pretend. I could, in theory, untie each arm, split it into two, and braid them up again. But I like the … Continue reading →

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Must stop shaking…

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Joyce

…long enough to type. So, after getting very upset about the Comic-Con professional registration, for which I was certain I would never qualify with my one little anthology submission, I went crying to my good friend (who is constantly saving … Continue reading →

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Divine Revelation

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Joyce

I was in the bookstore today, browsing the writing reference section, from which I have been rightly banned by my loved ones who keep having to lend me money for books, when I came across Illustrating Children’s Picture Books. The … Continue reading →

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Dried up, burned down, sank into the swamp

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Joyce

On the plus side, I made a very cute stuffed octopus toy over the past two days. It has a little beak and button eyes and many legs. It is bright red. On the negative side, I have failed to … Continue reading →

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I do have a personal life

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Joyce

But not so you could tell by looking. Between more frantic bouts of writing, I celebrated my dad’s birthday. Which primarily consisted of spending the afternoon making a truly epic pineapple chiffon cake. I wish I had pictures. It is … Continue reading →

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