Rhiannon Held / R. Z. Held

Category: humor around me

  • Holidays and avocados

    Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy most holiday decorations, though as an occupational (or perhaps serious hobby..ial?) hazard, I have a little more trouble with the music. This weekend has held some doozies, however.

  • Fated

    When I visited the parental house recently, a new laptop case was waiting for me. (My mother loves to thrift-shop as much as I do, or possibly more, and she’ll pick up things and stick them in my old room. It’s a surprise every time I come home!) My old one was slowly losing the…

  • Whiny Soup

    I had a great time at Orycon! I’m a little worn out, since my job has me working off-site at the moment, rehousing a collection, so there’s more travel time and learning about resources at the new location. But I thought I’d share with you the latest in what is apparently becoming a continuing series…

  • Metaphor for bears

    First off! I’ll be quiet next weekend, as I am off to World Fantasy in San Diego! At this very moment, I am completely failing to get up and start choosing clothes to pack. I hope to see some of you there! I have a panel on Saturday: 5:00 PM Pacific 2/3: Who Wants to…

  • Conversation of the night

    Me: You know what English needs? a singular gender-neutral pronoun. Friend: Yeah, that is annoying. Me: *finesses around it through great work* Friend: Finesse like a pro, baby Me: *eyebrow waggle* Friend: Handle those words. Make them like it.

  • Metaphors for cheese

    Had a busy weekend. Not, sadly, on the revisions front, but I went down to the Puyallup Fair with friends. Class it under research: should I ever have need of a strange fair event for my characters to attend, I have now witnessed Mutton Busting for the first time. For those, like me, who have…

  • Fertilizer?

    No serious thinky thoughts this week: I’m home in the bosom of my family, and they often want to go out and do things. (In my father’s case, very self-improving things like polishing the inside of my car headlights. I can’t really complain, since I brought several items home to take advantage of his lifetime…

  • Awesome advice

    Writing advice of the night, courtesy of my (non-writer) sister: Me: Dammit, I need my characters to walk into a trap, but it can’t be too obvious to the reader that’s what it is. Sister: Cover it with leaves and sticks.

  • Face-eating

    I’ve always wondered why faces are so tasty. As a little explanation, I saw Cowboys and Aliens yesterday. I had fun, but it wasn’t all that great as a movie, for a number of different reasons. The protagonist appeared to have had his personality surgically removed along with his memories at first, though perhaps I’m…

  • Tortoise ramps

    A quick archaeology humor update to hold y’all while I’m away without internet on a familial vacation. You’ll notice that I’ve tightened comment security for a while. For if I did not, yea, my inbox would suffer beneath a prodigious weight of spam, ere I return. But fear not! You can always register or comment…