From "Ansaral Zindiqi," one of my stalkers, about your humble narrator:

"Watch this one. She think she is terrorist-friendly, thinks she is an anarcho-syndicalist yet plays around with Maoist imagery. She's a liar and a committed smear artist with a mild dose of twisted psychopathy that she glorifies in. All in all a phony and a fake who deludes herself into thinking that those jihadis in Toronto are just kids playing games."

You guys, I think he has a crush on me.

I think everyone at the 06/06/06 reading was a bit disappointed about that. I, however, had a very good evening.

nihilistic_kid and lokilokust: Brian Keene says hi back. He is fantastically nice and gave me a book because I knew you guys.

I got to meet nom_de_grr, king_felix, and some other people, but only briefly, as the back of the Cameron did not even have standing room.

I'm now a card-holding member of the Royal Sarcophagus Society. It seems like a good cult to be in, as they like blowing bubbles, zombies, and making fun of Bush. The readings last night ranged from proper short stories to OMGoff poetry to a very adorable sewer-of-demented-stuffed-animals talking about how Doom was better than Lord of the Rings. Following the readings was a panel on apocalyptic theories, wherein I learned that the Number of the Beast is actually 665. The panellists also debated whether the apocalypse would come in the form of global warming or sentient giant squids from the Antarctic, or both.

Nalo Hopkinson also posited that we have always been living in an apocalyptic culture, and the problem is that we're getting better at adapting to it.

Exchange of the evening:
Someone: "Why always zombies?"
Brian Keene: "Zombies sell."
Nalo Hopkinson: "Also, zombies ROCK."

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Toronto Terrorist Update.

Apparently, the plan was: STORM Parliament Hill; SEIZE the politicians; BEHEAD the Prime Minister.

Um.

Remind me which side I'm supposed to be rooting for again?