[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-nervous-cat-drawings":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Last week I had an evening when I was feeling fragile, and I inked four little pictures of a rather upset cat. (I'm okay now, I hasten to add. I was just feeling a bit overwhelmed with by a very long list of things I need to do in a rather short amount of time.) Here's one of them:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/cat_night_worry-de9922b81d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd another:\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/cat_night_window-f176024f68.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThis morbid video by \u003Ca href=\"http://mccann.com/project/dumb-ways-to-die/\\r\n\">McCann\u003C/a> made me laugh. It's part of a safety campaign from Melbourne Metro Trains. The song's performed by Tangerine Kitty. I love their little dance moves.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2338\"/>\\r\n\\r\nA big congratulations to \u003Ca href=\"http://daveshelton.com/\">Dave Shelton\u003C/a>, whose illustrated book \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidficklingbooks.com/davidficklingbooks.asp?ean=9780385618960&ref=search\">A Boy and a Bear in a Boat\u003C/a>\u003C/i>, published by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidficklingbooks.com/davidficklingbooks.asp?ean=9780385618960&ref=search\">David Fickling Books\u003C/a>, has just been \u003Ca href=\"http://blog.waterstones.com/2012/11/costa-book-awards-shortlists-announced-2/#more-1912\">shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards\u003C/a>! (You can read my earlier blog post about the book \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/453707.html\">here\u003C/a>. The awards also shortlisted two graphic novels,  \u003Cb>Bryan & Mary Talbot\u003C/b>'s \u003Ca href=\"http://www.mary-talbot.co.uk/dotter.php\">\u003Ci>Dotter of Her Father's Eyes\u003C/i>\u003C/a> and \u003Cb>Joff Winterhart\u003C/b>'s \u003Ca href=\"http://www.vintage-books.co.uk/books/0224090844/joff-winterhart/days-of-the-bagnold-summer/\">\u003Ci>Days of Bagnold Summer\u003C/i>\u003C/a>. I hadn't even heard of the second one, I ought to look out for that. (Here's a \u003Ca href=\"http://justwilliamsluck.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/days-of-bagnold-summer-joff-winterhart.html\">review by Just William's Luck\u003C/a>.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://blog.waterstones.com/2012/11/costa-book-awards-shortlists-announced-2/#more-1912\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dave_shelton_boyboat-646f30b6cb.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI'm going to try to go along to this \u003Cb>Japanese Comics & Cosplay\u003C/b> party in London on Saturday, especially because the excellent \u003Ca href=\"http://www.emmavieceli.com/\">Emma Vieceli\u003C/a> will be there. It should be good fun, do come along! And you don't have to, but feel free to dress up as your favourite comics or animé character! \u003Ca href=\"http://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/lon/kue/en10001156v.htm\">Details on the Goethe Institut website.\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/lon/kue/en10001156v.htm\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/manga_party-1c880a05c5.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd today while I work, I'm going to listen to \u003Cb>Alex Fitch\u003C/b>'s latest \u003Cb>Booklist\u003C/b> radio show podcast, which includes \u003Cb>Axel Scheffler\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Oliver Jeffers\u003C/b>. Visit the \u003Ca href=\"http://panelborders.wordpress.com/category/broadcast-info/\">Booklist website\u003C/a>, or go straight to the \u003Ca href=\"http://archive.org/details/BookListGraphicAlbumsAndPictureBooks\">Resonance FM podcast link here\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://archive.org/details/BookListGraphicAlbumsAndPictureBooks\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/fitch_booklist_podcast-744f4ffe32.jpg\">","2012-11-21T07:32:00.000Z","nervous-cat-drawings",[],"nervous cat drawings",1776628724453]