Get a zine grabbag for you and automatically get one donated to your favorite zine library!

I'm moving and need to get rid of the 30+ grabbags I have leftover from my old distro days and from my personal collection. You should help me! For every grabbag you purchase, I will donate another one to the zine library of your choice.

How it's going down: Click the appropriate paypal button below. Type the name and mailing address of the zine library of your choice in the "Notes" section. Make sure your own address is selected. Pay. You're done.

$5.00 - 1 grabbag to you in the U.S. + 1 grabbag to a zine library in the U.S.

$6.00 - 1 grabbag to you/zine library in the U.S. + 1 grabbag to you/zine library outside of the U.S.

$7.00 - 1 grabbag to you outside of the U.S. + 1 grabbag to a zine library outside of the U.S.

Please make sure you include both your address & the address of the zine library you'd like to donate to! I will edit the post when they are all gone.

Cross-posted all over the place.

01. I have a SHITTON (also known as about 35) zine/comic grabbags. Some are from the ol' distro, some are from my personal collection. Please help me get rid of them before I move!

02. Speaking of getting rid of stuff - I'm gonna have a sales post on Wednesday. Your stuff will ship the day after you pay so I don't have to move extra clothes and/or shipping supplies.

03. Speaking of moving - I have my mail set up to forward at my parents' house but in case the postal service fails me, if you'd like to send me mail before I have a new address, I can give you my parents' address (some of you might already have it).

04.

Who are you and how do I know you?

Seriously, this may sound terrible, but sometimes I read my friends' list and I have no idea who you are or why you are on my list. Let's talk about this. The obvious ones need not disclose.

I've pretty much been reading all of your entries - I just haven't had much time to comment. Briefly - coco73 & teanut & stitchtowhere - I'm jealous of your brunch! Also, Coco, I'm glad you had such a good weekend. falsefiction - Chai is beautiful. I hope you figure out something that will work out for all of you. superblue - I hope things are better. I hope your move goes smoothly. starmiranda - You are too cute & silly. :) In a good way of course. ohmydearheart - Where are you? suburbangoth & thinkbettersick & miss_may13 - Happy belated. Sorry I momentarily spazzed.

I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting. Sorry for sounding like a roll-call.

I'm nursing a sore throat right now. It fucking sucks. My immune system = not in a great place right now. My dad went into emergency today for a swollen infected wrist. He's home but it could end up being pretty serious. Cross your fingers & toes for me please.

On happier notes - I'm going to the San Diego Zoo tomorrow with paulflorez. Gay marriage is legal in California. Vanilla rose tea is yummy. My cats.

I have five invites for a free month of Netflix. If you're interested, leave your email address so I can forward the invite to you.
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Artist: Shiori Matsumoto

I've been having a shit week so I'm gonna make a list of the positives.

+ It's almost over.

+ The Office is tonight.

+ Much overdue mail is now ready for many of you.

+ Watching many good movies via Netflix lately, including Zombi 2, Death at a Funeral, Trauma, & the previously mentioned À l'intérieur. Why yes, I do watch a lot of horror.

+ Festival of Books on Saturday with redtanktop

+ Checking out the Antelope Valley poppy reserves on Sunday, hopefully with miss_may13.

+ Getting excited about moving/re-decorating a new apartment, with some help from this awesomeness.

+ I'm alive.

Today is so fucking stupid.

the bleeding knees club by Caitlin Shearer.

I semi-recently acquired the print above and I'm in love with it. If you've seen the scars on my knees, you will understand my affinity for it. Both knees are scarred but my left knee actually has a blue scar. When I was a kid, I played outside in our cul-de-sac and frequently either tripped over my own feet or fell off my bike and scraped up my knees on the asphalt. My left knee got particularly scraped & scabbed up only for me to clumsily walk into various knee-high things like askew TV antennae and scrape the scabs off. The scar tissue healed oddly so you can actually see my blood through it and it looks blue. My knees = rad.

♦ Whenever I see the word "London," I always hear Nick Frost's pronunciation in Hot Fuzz when he's whining to Simon Pegg's character - "lon-don" (as opposed to my CA-accented "lun-dun"). This association makes me happy.

♦ The Fattitude Fest this weekend was a lot of fun. I got to hang out with the ever-so-sweet & awesome tengogozo & I briefly met the amazing thesugarmonster. Sorry I had to run off so soon, Heidi! I unfortunately missed Marilynn Wann's performance but I think sleeping in with igottapie was a semi-reasonable trade-off. ;)

♦ Speaking of igottapie, we had a much-needed snuggly weekend before I dropped him off at the Greyhound station on Sunday afternoon. I think I'm going up to Berkeley in three weeks and holding him again cannot come soon enough. Soon after, he'll be home for the summer.

♦ I've been watching a lot of movies lately - taking advantage of my Netflix account. I recently read a recommendation for a French horror film called À l'intérieur (or Inside) & watched it last night. It was nothing too original but the suspense was so wonderfully done & the gore was so over the top. I cried twice & yelled out numerous times while watching it, making it one of the most intense movies I've seen in awhile. I'm really hoping someone over at ax_wound will critique it because it has such fascinating themes that I don't see too often in horror.

♦ I really don't know how I feel about the Pam & Jim stuff on The Office. I think I'm too much of a cynic to be able to suspend my belief when it comes to their relationship. It just seems unrealistic and rushed. Last week's episode had some hilarious moments though. I ♥ Kevin. And Andy's tie was amazing.

I've been totally weepy for the past 24 hours. I just ate a fortune cookie with the following fortune:

Your sensitivity is an asset.

Heh.

( And I guess, now that I'm feeling a little bit less vulnerable.. )

Isis last night on my bed.

% I'm trying, in general, to give Isis more love as she generally gives me more than Ashes, heh. She's much more cuddlesome & friendly than Ashes (which for me, means that when Ashes does actually cuddle, it's like worth 10x more) and I think I take that for granted.

% I think I am officially sold on Saturday's Coachella line-up. Portishead & Prince? Yes please. Unfortunately, paying for a ticket is another matter.

% Also unfortunate - paying for a Radiohead (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) ticket this weekend is also a no-go. Hello ebay. Goodbye tax refund.

% I fucking hate twitter posts on lj. Just sayin' - I don't hate you if you do it.

% I've been missing igottapie like crazy lately. He comes home in a week and a half for two days but that seems like too far away and for not long enough. Seeing couples/coupley-things usually makes me happy (even when single) but lately they've just been like crazy reminders that he is not near me. ( But he makes things better because we have conversations like this. )

% love_adhesive & I watched the original Shutter (2004) the other night and it was fucking great. Aside from the very typical Japanese-horror scare scenes (which creep me out every time anyway so I'm not complaining too much), the plot & ghost story had some substance and actual real connections between characters instead of random ones. Also, despite the title, there was no "technology will kill us!" barrages undermining the story. It totally kicks the ass of the American remake (surprise surprise) also.

% A sort-of friend asked me how I was doing and I replied, "Pretty happy & inspired lately." I kind of surprised myself with my answer and the more I think about it, the less true it seems so I'm going to stop and just let it reign.

% ETA: It totally sucks that it's almost too warm to bake comfortably, btw!

What's inspiring you lately?
Also please bestow motivation upon me to apply for the jobs I have saved in my email. Tips/encouragement/etc. needed.

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