My Weekend

I thought I'd share just how awesome my weekend was. Since, you know, I have nothing else to talk about.



The picture you see is Danielle Corsetto's Twitter page, where she tweeted to me, "OH GOD I POPPED YOUR HANGOVER CHERRY I'M SORRY".

...you don't know who Danielle Corsetto is? Do you live under a ROCK?

http://www.daniellecorsetto.com/gws.html

That is the webcomic she is well-known for. It is fucking epicness full of booze, sex (though a tasteful amount. Never over-done), friendship, real-life situations, and a talking "Scirish" cactus who makes me squeal like a five year old on crack.

...erm ... on a sugar rush, I mean. Not crack. Nope; never crack. -whistles-

ANYWAY DANIELLE CAME TO TORONTO ON SATURDAY AND WAS SELLING/SIGNING BOOKS AND STUFF AND SHE IS AWESOME!

She was here last year, in January, and I have to say ... I was not cool about it at ALL. I think she was actually going to have me thrown out at any sudden movement.

"OMG I think you're awesome and I read all of the strips in three hours and I think your comic is awesome and and and you're just really really awesome :D :D :D"

...yeah. Go me! I had promised myself that I'd be really cool and calm about it, because she's a human being who simply was blessed with the ability to be hilarious, draw, and even combine the two and morph it into a webcomic.

But I sort of lost it the closer I got to the signing table and about halfway through the line, the three people who had come with me had taken off because they couldn't stand how stuffy it was in the store. So they weren't even there to hit me in the back of the head to stop me from coming off like a creepy stalker person. Oh well.

THIS YEAR WAS DIFFERENT!

Very much so, actually. I didn't get there until about four thirty, and there was pretty much no line. Plus, the people in front of me were joking around and stuff and I actually threw in a couple lines before it was my turn to get books.

There was also a little note on her website saying that people should join her at Gabby's afterwards, so I did. Which was probably one of the best ideas I have ever had because it allowed me to spend approximately seven hours with the JK Rowling of webcomics (to me, anyway) and actually make her laugh and stuff. It was pretty fucking epic and I had a blast. The first few hours, I felt really nervous because I had been invited to sit beside her (after about two hours of being there and eating and stuff, which was awesome) and I was like, "Must ... bury ... inner ... urge ... to fan-girl ... Sitting ... beside ... Danielle ... AH!"

After a bit, it passed, though, and soon we were all yelling, "BOOBIES!" and some other inappropriate phrases that made us all crumble with laughter after saying it. It was just a really fun night out with people who share the same love I do; Girls With Slingshots and its creator: Danielle Corsetto.