Hooray, I finally meet Evany and Jill last night and have a picture to prove it. But I’m not going to post it here. Sorry! It was kind of a misbegotten night for me. I got lost in a vortex of wrong addresses and terrifying freeways (in other words, just another evening in LA) and was painfully late to the event. Evany apparently kicked ass during her reading (as I imagined she would — buy her book!). By the time we all had a bit of food and drink at the reception it seemed like everyone was kind of done for for the night. It was as nice and as weird as I thought it would be to meet those guys. My comfort factor was uber-low (sometimes I think I want a husband just so that I don’t have to ever go to these things alone) and I found myself continually self-editing so I didn’t sound boring/weird/assholic/overly friendly… oy. At any rate, it was nice to meet you, E & J (and M to boot.. and P!) to finally link, in my head, the humans with the words.

Also: a shoutout to my cousins-of-varying degrees, Laurie, Kelly, Olaf and Brady for showing me hospitality and love in LA. Brady, by the way, is 10 weeks old and is Cute Overload, times, like, a kajillion.