Saturday, September 14, 2002
8:58 a.m. I've been up since just before eight. We went to Atlanta yesterday evening, because I desperately needed a break, had dinner at Huey's and then went back to a friend's house where I drank Cuervo, played with nice dogs, and watched 80s videos (including a Shriekback vid I'd never seen). All in the vain hope of finding some much needed enthusiasm and energy for the coming days. No such luck. Back home at 3:30 a.m. It did rain though. Really rain (and still is, for that matter). Atlanta needed it more than us. The trees are dying there. And I fear Atlanta's vying with New Orleans now for the title of stinkiest American city. Passing over any creek or river (and there are many) almost always means enduring the stench of raw sewege. I know that the city has suffered unprecedented immigration since the mid-90s and that the sewer system has been severely stressed, but I'm pretty sure they must have started pumping the overflow directly into the Chattahoochee River.
Ted Naifeh sent me samples of the final art for "Waycross" this morning (or maybe he sent them last night while I was out, I'm not sure). Truly gorgeous stuff. More gorgeous than his work on Gloomcookie and that's saying something. He absolutely caught the essence of Dancy Flammarion. I doubt I'll ever be able to see her any other way than how Ted has drawn her. Anyway, that chapbook should be along from Subterranean Press before too much longer.
As for Farscape, my inboxes are flooded with updates I haven't gotten to yet. I'll filter through it and get a general update onto Nebari.Net ASAP. For folks in Atlanta, though, there will be a rally today at Centennial Olympic Park, at the fountain, at noon, which will proceed as a march to CNN Center, to show gratitude for CNN's support of the campaign and our support for the show. If you can be there, please do. No hot sun to bake your brains, even. You can try e-mailing lisawebster1@yahoo.com for details but, as there are only a couple of hours remaining until the rally, you're probably better off just showing up.
Time to work. Start filtering through the "news" to see what's really news and what's just wishful dren. And to everyone who's been busting their asses on this campaign, you guys rock.
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