[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-dear-diary-nov-12-1989":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dear_diary8-015d2c774a.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nSuch a bratty thing to say, when so many people in the world can't even get enough to eat, etc. But at the same time, I can remember watching \u003Ci>American Beauty\u003C/i> and realising I could put at least one name from my childhood to every single character in the film. Growing up in an American suburb is very weird, with lots of packaging. \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/tag/dear%20diary\">(Read earlier entries here.)\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI'm really looking forward to heading up to \u003Cb>Inverness\u003C/b>, not this weekend, but next weekend for \u003Cb>Hi-Ex\u003C/b>, the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.hi-ex.co.uk/\">Highlands International Comics Expo\u003C/a>. If you're down south, you'll probably be at the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.ukwebcomixthing.co.uk/\">UK Web & Mini Comix Thing\u003C/a>, but a bunch of us are heading up north: \u003Cb>Gary Northfield, Dave Shelton, Jim Medway, Cliodhna Lyons, Asia Alfasi\u003C/b> \u003Ca href=\"http://www.hi-ex.co.uk/guests.htm\">and loads more!\u003C/a> \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.hi-ex.co.uk\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/hiexinverness-5645b7d160.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI'll be selling and signing copies of the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=40284358\">\u003Cb>\u003Ci>Birdsong\u003C/i>\u003C/b>\u003C/a> anthology \u003Ca href=\"http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2010/birdsongsongbird-yet-another-fantastic-anthology/\">(review here)\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/new/princess.html\">\u003Ci>You Can't Eat a Princess!\u003C/i>\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/new/morris2.html\">\u003Ci>Morris the Mankiest Monster\u003C/i>\u003C/a>. We'll have a special corner just for people who've worked for the DFC (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=DFC+Library&x=0&y=0\">DFC Library books on their way!\u003C/a>) And don't miss my workshop with Gary, \u003Ci>\u003Cb>Comics from Outer Space: stupidmonsters and aliens\u003C/i>\u003C/b>. The whole weekend's going to be brilliant.","2010-03-19T10:46:00.000Z","dear-diary-nov-12-1989",[],"dear diary, nov 12, 1989",1776628717816]