Serene of the Oakland Serenes

1) Plugging subscriber info into my database in preparation for making labels for Monday's mailing. Very exciting. Also, they're gonna let me sell copies at the women's open mic. I'm also going to go around and put copies into the local bookstores that'll let me, now that I'll have an actual magazine to show them. And I'm working on not-for-profit status. And getting ISSN/barcodes for next issue. And so on. I really like this project a lot, in case you couldn't tell.

2) Haagen-Dazs has a new line called "five" -- five ingredients and that's all. This one, brown sugar flavor, has milk, cream, sugar, egg yolks, and brown sugar. It's odd but very good. I'm going to try the other flavors.

3) Feeling so good, physically and mentally. I mean, so good.

4) inflectionpoint and worthyadvisor are moving in. Yay, friendly neighbors!

5) wtfpotatoes cooked bacon today. I made someotherguy a grilled bacon and cheddar sandwich and some homemade tomato soup for lunch. My house smells good.

6) Speaking of the magazine (I was, wasn't I? aren't I always?), I've got some really good content for fall's multimedia CD so far. A flash "zen garden" game; a music video; some music; a cartoon. If you have art that doesn't suit a black-and-white-printed medium, but would do well in electronic format, PLEASE submit some! (I'm looking at you, video artists, animators, musicians, game writers, crafters, color photographers, etc. Also, if you've already got written work in the magazine and would be willing to either read it or let me read it to add to the CD, please let me know (I'll probably also ask you this individually in email).