Get Off My Lawn.gif. Oh, and Party!

New Twitter. New GMail. New Google+ and Analytics and… Holy he’ll. I mean, really. These are not new designs. These are old designs, very flat. Very retro. Very Internet 1.0.

Wow. It’s so incredibly

Have we really come to a point where design, like fashion, will repeat itself? I swear to you, if Comic Sans becomes popular again I’m going to save up my pennies and order a:
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And now, I reflect on how *old* I feel…

Animated gifs. 2D buttons. Blank spaces. Rainbow text. What’s next? Sparkly fairy dust mouse trails? RAINBOW TEXT?

Oy. I do not like to feel old Sam I am. I’d rather eat a green egg with ham.

In other news (now that that’s out of my system)…

I went to yet another fine holiday party last night. Sadly, I was the only female with the exception of our waitress. (Who was easily embarrassed, by the way.) There was Guiness. There was Spotted Cow. There were stories and escapades and heated discussions.

Joined by Matt Forbeck, Kenneth Hite, Lester Smith, Steven Sullivan, Bill Bodden, Will Hindmarch, Matt McElroy, and Don Perrin. All very talented and fine folks. One of these days, we may actually get a game in, too.

Ah, well. I really can’t complain. It’s been a fun year and I have a *few* more holiday parties to attend. I’ll be working like mad this weekend but, like anything else I do, I love what I’m working on to pieces. Communication was very strange this week, but that happens sometimes. Live. Laugh. Love. Maybe even all at the same time!

    Mood: Cloudy with a Chance of Beer
    Caffeinated Beverages Consumed: Two, and not happy about it either.
    Work-Out Minutes Logged Yesterday: Don’t want to talk about it.
    Word Count Logged Yesterday (not including day job): 200. I suck. But look! New website! With pages promoting some of my books!
    In My Ears: The Killers (Red) Christmas CD
    Game Last Played: Picross 3D for the Nintendo DS
    Movie Last Viewed: Harry Potter on Blu-Ray
    Book Last Read: Dark Faith anthology
    Latest Artistic Project: Byzantium chainmail bracelet with pink/iris green/black rings
    Upcoming Release: Strange, Dead Love for Vampire: the Requiem
December 9, 2011
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Monica Valentinelli is an author, artist, and narrative designer who writes about magic, mystery, and mayhem. Her portfolio includes stories, games, comics, essays, and pop culture books.

In addition to her own worlds, she has worked on a number of different properties including Vampire: the Masquerade, Shadowrun, Hunter: the Vigil, Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn, and Robert E. Howard’s Conan.

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