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Tucson Festival of Books was this weekend and it was awesome. We may have ended up spending pretty much all weekend there, going to workshops (which eventually we realized were mostly so shallow they were tedious - the only reason to go would be for the author herself), walking around, dodging crowds, looking at books, talking about books, buying books, finding books, delighting in everything books. I love books. XP

Speaking of books, I had dinner with both agents on Thursday and it well enough that they are letting me be their intern for at least a month. It's sort of a trial period, which I completely understand, since in such a small and competitive business you need someone who not only jives with your personality, but who can be competent and figure out what you are looking for. Because basically - as I suspected - I will be acting as the initial slushpile filter. Apparently they have grown so large that they don't have as much time as they'd like to devote to the slushpile anymore, hence needing an intern, maybe eventually an actual employee, to come on and filter it for them. So I'll be weeding out the most obvious rejections, and then kind of summarizing the rest. And by most obvious, I mean the ones were they can't hardly string a sentence together, or the idea is way too simplistic, or both, or they're arrogant/rude/et cetera. So yeah: fun.


I've been off the daily thing because things got busy around here, I got really excited about the internship, and also because it's a hard one.

( Day 23: Talk about the two most interesting people you know personally or about. )

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The thing about this week in March is that everything ever is being celebrated. We got your pi day, we got your Ides, we got your St. Patrick's and even my bro's birthday. But poor March 16th, left all celebratory-less. Although I am certain this day is someone's birthday - whose, I don't know - it feels kind of sad and empty here all alone. So if you can rid me of my ignorance and let me know what March 16th is or should be celebrating, let me know. We should make it a thing. Maybe we could celebrate the Bacchanalia, which supposedly took place March 16-17. Or maybe there's some obscure science that happened this day. Let me know! We can propagate this shit.

Speaking of propagating, you should really send a few bucks this ways to sponsor Penny in the NAMI walk. Although I'll can't say I'm not trying to help out a friend, this is actually quite a personal request on my part. Mental illness is a part of a large number of people's lives. Hell, I bet I could even say it affects all of us somehow. Mental illness can be lived with and it can be crippling, sometimes simultaneously. And having all that stigma out there, having those people out there that think that depression/anxiety/paranoia/et cetera is something you can just "get over," is not helping. Partially that's their own arrogance/stupidity, for which we can't do anything but shun them. And partially that's ignorance, for which we can do something.

Like speak out. Anyone who's read this LJ for a bit knows that I've had my own issues. Perhaps you even know my mother is a therapist. I have met a lot of people and I have had and have quite a handful of friends, and a high percentage of those friends and people I've known have had or have mental health problems. And they've gotten shit for it.

And on that note, I love you. <3