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September 11, 2007
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by gl. at 12:27 am
what's wrong with this picture?
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someone stole all trixie's magnets on her right side while sven was out shopping the other day!
one of the questions people invariably ask when introduced to trixie & her poetry magnets is "do people steal them?" usually, no. this is only the third time something like this has happened since 2003 (once in colorado). i expect a few of them to be lost to "attrition," but it's rare for someone to swipe a whole bunch. but when it does happen, it makes me sad.
(ooo, AND they yanked the cthulhu fish off the back, too. ergh.)
we used up the last of our magnets to fill the space, so now it's time to order more magnets! but i'm a little worried because their big kit looks like it's only available in san serif; they used to have an additional kit which was a serif font. it would be weird to mix them, and i lovelovelove serifs!
posted by gl. | September 11, 2007 12:27 AM | comments (7) | categories: trixie
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Oh no! I'm sorry to see that Trixie has encountered some of the more lowly elements around town. Should I put a curse on them?
Posted by: shuju at September 11, 2007 9:28 AM
aw, thanks, shu-ju! no cursing, though (except muttering under my breath). i just want the new ones to come through okay!
Posted by: gl. at September 12, 2007 5:23 PM
(but just out of curiosity, what does one curse poetry thieves with?)
Posted by: gl. at September 12, 2007 5:24 PM
First, you write a Very Bad Poem while visualizing the said Thieves in their Heinous Act.
Then you take the Very Bad Poem to The Site of The Crime and burn it, while chanting May You Never Write a Good Poem Again, three times, all the while visualizing the said Thieves' Spirits being absorbed by the burning Very Bad Poem, thus cleansing The Site of The Crime of their Odious Presence.
And then this is the good part -- you take the ashes of the Very Bad Poem, now infused with the Thieve's Spirits, and you go out and find a Dog Business that has been left on the sidewalk, and you pour the ashes over the Dog Business, and say, just once, not thrice, "now return to where you sprang forth!"
Posted by: shuju at September 12, 2007 11:26 PM
Eek!
Note to self: Don't cross Shu-Ju!
Posted by: sven at September 13, 2007 12:06 AM
Aww, what a bummer. That's the nakedest looking car I've ever seen. Poor Trixie needs her magnets!
I was unaware of Shu-Ju's prowess in the Dark Arts. That's the gocco mojo talkin'.
Posted by: michael5000 at September 13, 2007 12:50 PM
thanks, michael5000! and if i ever start a band or a printing company, "gocco mojo" is what i'll call it. i checked google: nobody else has claimed it. ;)
Posted by: gl. at September 13, 2007 1:39 PM