before i go to work

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Article from The Guardian on Neil Gaiman and the Newbery.

And because I promised ickaimp - the transcript of his Twitter posts as he found out the news. Note - all the dates are on the 25th, as i pulled this yesterday.


woken up by assistant at 5.30 in the morning. Not quite sure why. All rather bleary, to do with someone trying to call. argh. 5:47 AM yesterday from web
oh. forget about it. 5:50 AM yesterday from web
@mo_ali what a sensible suggestion. Tea. Yes. Tea. (There is a kettle in hotel room, and teabags.) 6:09 AM yesterday from web in reply to mo_ali
Every little pot of honey in this hotel room turns out to be orange marmalade. This is an I-need-honey-in-my-tea moment. They happen rarely. 6:45 AM yesterday from web
Mr Gaiman briefly ponders putting marmalade in tea, then realises he has lost his mind. 6:46 AM yesterday from web
@quinnlogan I'd already put room service through hoops, trying to get a small pot of milk. Can't do it again. Would hate to bother them. 7:05 AM yesterday from web in reply to quinnlogan
About to drink second cup of tea without Marmalade this morning. Also, I just won the Newbury Medal for THE GRAVEYARD BOOK. 7:45 AM yesterday from web
Newbery, not Newbury. Also FUCK!!!! I won the FUCKING NEWBERY THIS IS SO FUCKING AWESOME. I thank you. 7:46 AM yesterday from web
Blog entry up: (Insert amazed and delighted swearing here): posted by Neil The great thing about h.. http://bit.ly/cNks 7:51 AM yesterday from twitterfeed
My blog post about this morning will be autoposted soon, but here's a link anyway. http://bit.ly/OK5w 7:52 AM yesterday from TweetDeck
@fox_sake it's open to Americans or residents. I'm a resident (have been for 16 years). Pulitzers and NBAs are closed to me, but not this. 8:16 AM yesterday from web in reply to fox_sake
Thank you all for the congratulations. (Beams joyfully.) You can listen to the whole book for free at http://bit.ly/y8gk, by the way. 8:22 AM yesterday from TweetDeck

I think, at moments like this, lots of wish we would be as awesome as Mr. Gaiman.

I know I do.

Comments

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LOL - that was great. I wonder how marmalade would taste in tea...it could be good. I guess i would depend on the type of tea. Although the little chunks of rind floating around could be unpleasant.

[ickaimp.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna hafta try marmalade in tea now. That sounds awesome. Don't mind the little bits floating around either.

... So does the Newbury. But you can't drink that.

Thanks for posting! ((Hugs!))

[ysabet.livejournal.com]

Hey, in Russia they put cherry preserves in tea, which has always sounded rather tasty to me. Why not?

[ickaimp.livejournal.com]

PS, I'm 'impfics' on AIM, if you're wondering who the strange person who friended you is. I lost the password to my 'Ickaimp' handle years ago. #^^#