[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-friends-of-the-nib":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"\u003Cimg alt=\"\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2131/1620453060_0a359d2f2b_o.jpg\" /> \\r\nHi, I've been away for awhile; still in Seattle and my mum's doing much better. She had to go in for a second operation and was in hospital for three weeks, but she's back home now and we're trying to keep her quiet. She's normally a very sociable person, and the doctors had her on some drugs that made her even more hyperactive than usual. So we practically had to sit on her to keep her from planning the first of many dinner parties the day she got home. We've been on some nice walks, particularly to the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.kubota.org\">Kubota Garden\u003C/a> in south Seattle. I'd never seen it before, but it's a gorgeous bit of Japan, tucked away near Boeing Field. I also visited the Fantagraphics Shop for the first time, and went to a Friends of the Nib gathering at the Cafe Racer in the University District. Here are some pictures, including a sketch of \u003Ca href=\"http://dlasky.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">dlasky\u003C/a> and photos with him and \u003Ca href=\"http://inkboy.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">inkboy\u003C/a> and a bunch of other lovely comics people. \\r\n\u003Cimg alt=\"\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2226/1619565917_9c6d475725_o.gif\" /> \u003Cimg alt=\"\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2166/1620453306_83cd81927a_o.jpg\" /> \\r\n\u003Ci>edit\u003C/i>: Hey, cool. \u003Ca href=\"http://dlasky.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">dlasky\u003C/a> just put up a picture of \u003Ca href=\"http://dlasky.livejournal.com/89849.html\">his sketch\u003C/a> of me!","2007-10-18T10:47:00.000Z","friends-of-the-nib",[],"friends of the nib",1776628721328]