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“It has to be them for the interviews.” The agent said to Mel.
“No grainy video to easily dismiss?” Mel nodded. Of course there weren’t. Smartphones and small tablets with high quality cameras than ever before were making their jobs far more difficult than they once had been.
“Conspiracy theory junkies will be all over this unless we give them what they want without them even realizing it.” The agent smiled. This was a game he enjoyed. Working the best ways to convince a public more eager to believe an elaborate ploy than the truth that was right in front of them. Movie studios ran publicity stunts just like this, in reverse. Making a fake movie was not a problem.
Mel glanced over her shoulder at the two serious looking aliens. “They’re trouble.” She sighed turning back. She was smiling as she said it, but neither Korbaen or Kane could see it.
11/13 - Details In short, decided MAYBE it was a better idea to trade in the beat up old car for a nice new one. I hadn't considered it... because I tend to want to keep using things until they fall apart and going against that is VERY HARD for me. We got a trade-in and a payment that's not bad. We have a more expensive vehicle, for less than what we were originally paying on the old one. (It's more than what we had refinanced for, but it's not bad.) We were looking at over $1,200 of repairs and maintenance that needed to be done in a short period of time... and now I can concentrate on regular bills and Kim's medical bills. This helps more than I imagined. So, we now have a nice 2013 Kia Soul. Oh, and the Soul as a CHAIN, not a dang timing belt. Updates will by the way, be sporadic until after Thanksgiving. I will be posting art and other things in the meantime while I recover my schedule and finish up all the commission work and take on new ones over Thanksgiving week as originally planned.
No updates next week - had to dump all my workload to do commissions to fix a broken car window. :( Well, working on it.
- Tiff
More details: We have a broken car window, brakes going out, bald tires and a timing belt that needs replacing! Guess which one gets priority? Yes. The stupid window. I streamed commissions for 24 hours over two days to get the funds and will be getting it fixed on Monday. Needless to say, a bunch of regular work went undone. :(
- Tiff
12 thoughts on “Day 29 Part 2 Page 3”
Me
It’s not like there’s any threat of fans taking DNA samples (wich is really creapy btw). They’d just find human DNA and either be disapointed or upset. It’s the ultimate troll! 😀
Evilbob
Define “human”… They’ll definitely find something off with the genes encoding for melanin and/or skin.
Aquila audax
Love her hair!
Chakat Firepaw
“Of course they’re doing the interview in character, it’s part of the publicity campaign.”
hariman
It worked for Armin Shimerman while he was playing Quark of Deep Space 9.
We’re still not sure if he’s an alien in disguise or not, even after his work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Stuart Gathman
Come on people – let yourselves bond with your guests. You don’t have to fight them – and they’re human!
Alechsa
Cops who see your car passing by care more about a broken window than anything they can’t see that’s broken on your car. It’s a real shame because honestly, half the time that crack _doesn’t_ obstruct your view as much as you’d think.
Tiff
Uh, it does when the glass is inside the door and you must cover the window with plastic.
jaqiefox
We are in a somewhat similar situation with our car, but have no credit or anything that would let us get a new or even newer car. One of us is on disability (me) and the other has a 20 hour a month job taking care of me. under $1000 a month isn’t much to live on, but we scrape by. (rent alone eats most of it) Its especially ‘fun’ when something big goes wrong with the car… right now we are looking at about the same in repair bills as you, and until then rain gets into the car (bad, we towel it up while driving), the clutch shudders us, the wipers don’t go down all the way, et cetra. I’m glad we have a car though, life was so much harder before we got it.
admin
Thank you for putting things in perspective. I’m currently dealing with a little buyer’s remorse, because they sold us a car that was more than what we needed for a good price, but it was MORE THAN WHAT WE NEEDED and better than what we had. I should swallow it and keep in mind that maybe we do deserve a little extra instead of the cheapest option every time. This is what happens when you don’t have time to do all the research and only get halfway through it. 😛 I don’t blame the salesman, he was a nice guy. I just should have had a clearer head.
Mark Linimon
Hard to have a clear head when buying cars, houses, and other Must Make Change decisions. They know that, that’s how they take us. OTOH a new car should last many years. And, at least a bit south of you, it’s suddenly gotten chillier, so having windows is a must. (At least for the next 2 days — it is Texas, after all.)
Refugnic
Phew…FINALLY caught up. Thank you very much for so many hours of joyful reading. I am already curious what else you cooked up.
Good luck with those issues of yours, we’ll be here 🙂
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