blue_lotus13 | Celebrity sightings- Author edition

While waiting for the 99 bus today, I happened to notice a very familiar looking and stunning Native woman. I thought, "That looks a lot like Eden Robinson . I stood behind her and noticed that a small tag on her bag was actually labelled with her name. She is gorgeous. She has lush black hair, nice skin and wonderfully huge eyes. She had two big red bags and was wearing a flowered skirt. I stood near her on the bus, but couldn't think of anything to say as it was very early in the morning. What was stranger, was that I had her newest book "Blood sports" in my bag. I thought about telling her this, but decided that it sounded too much like, "My cat's breath smells like cat food." So instead, I said nothing to her, even though she got off at the same stop. I wanted to say something, but couldn't think of anything good and then had to run and catch my connecting bus.

(I started the book when I got to work. The second chapter is set in Grandview Park on Commercial Drive. The characters go to Turks and then to the park. She describes it perfectly. It's a different experience for me to read something set so close to where I live.)

This week, I felt like the luckiest girl in the world because I e-mailed Thomas King , and Lawrence Hill for research purposes and they both wrote back to me. I love Thomas King and was so excited about his e-mail that I bounced on B*'s bed with excitement and jostled him while he was still waking up.
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The Colouring Book launch was a great success. We packed the joint, and had to turn people away. There was a huge line in front of the club of people waiting to get in, which was awesome. I read some of my own poems and a poem by Marie Annharte Baker called "raced out to write this up". I was quite nervous about reading that one because I've never read a piece by someone else and I wanted to do it justice. It was a long and fast piece, and I managed to rock the mike. Everyone gave performances from the heart, which was cool. If I had one complaint, I would say that we should have cut our show down a little length wise. However, the books look amazing, and Gabe and the book designer gave us prints of the cover as thank you presents. I think I might get mine framed.

We're planning a launch in Victoria in March. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to go yet.

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Still feeling a bit tired from the weird sinus thing. I burnt myself out after the launch and ended up spending Sunday on my couch. Fortunately, some wise soul had decided to program a "What not to wear marathon" for all the non-Superbowl watchers. Bliss.