Yes, you read that correctly. Last night, we went to the 21 & over night performance of "Night of the Living Dead" at the Seattle Children's Theatre. Here's the link: http://www.sct.org/browse/Production.aspx?prod=4497 . I'm not a fan of zombies and steadfastly refuse to watch any zombie movies with Russ, but this production was great! I laughed so hard my cheeks hurt at the end. Zombies or not, it reminded me of how much I love watching live productions on stage.

Yesterday, I dyed a long, lace & cotton dress of mine from cream to green. My hope is that dyeing it dark green will make it less transparent than it was. If it looks okay when it's dry (and still fits me), I'll probably wear it to the NaNoWriMo kick-off at Denny's tomorrow night. If not, or if I chicken out, I shall wear something more modest. Should be an interesting, entertaining party, even if I don't get much writing done.

I also received my contributer's copies of Lilliput Review #165. I've got a poem in there on the same page as Ed Baker and M. Kei, and across from a R.H. Blyth translation of an Issa haiku. I know the arrangement is chance, but still, it's pretty cool! Visit Lillie's website at http://lilliputreview.googlepages.com/home .

Continuing backward in time, Tuesday night was Portuguese class. All I can do is heave a sigh. She's a nice person, Ana, but she doesn't know how to teach. She even asked us (all 6 of us...down from 17 people who showed up the first night) what we'd like to learn and how. We told her, and I had hoped that maybe we'd actually learn something in class, but no. I won't complain any more, but if she's teaching Portuguese 2 next term, I certainly won't be taking it.

Monday night I went to Hugo House for the Charles de Lint reading. Actually, I showed up a few hours early so I could hang out in the Cabaret and write. After having a good chat with Fay at the desk, I got a bit of editing done on my novel (Nullum Desiderium) before folks started showing up for the reading. It was excellent! De Lint read his entire chapbook "Yellow Dog" aloud, and he has such a storyteller's voice that I was utterly mesmerized the whole time. I think the whole room was. Then he played some songs on his guitar and sang. Some were ones he'd written, and others were covers. At the end, I bought a copy of "Dingo" and "Little (Grrl) Lost," the latter of which I'm about halfway through reading. It's even better than I thought it would be. (I'd read part of it in "Firebirds Rising" months and months ago.) Here's a link to the book: http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/littlegrrl-desc01.htm

So that about sums up this week so far. I did finally fill out my ballot and pop it in the mail, so I can feel like a good citizen now. Next on the agenda: pumpkin carving!