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Saturday, May 25th, 2013
mskittywhore	9:30a	Songs in front of the Lusty Lady 5/25/13 - FRIDAY I went to see 838 talked about family and man drama and then went the office.... then off to the CSC for the Sex Workers Film Festival ... dealt more relationship drama a friend is having... the show was great ... a sweet hot mess... but so warm and fuzzy and cool... we did Popcorn Anti - theater ... and had a songs done in front of the Lusty Lady and a poem in front of a massage pallor and it was very much fun...and great to see everyone... Current Mood: happy (Comment on this)
lurkerwithout	7:52a	SaturDAAAW: Fennecs Current Mood: good (Comment on this)
sunbeam_bears	2:09a	Other Worldly Landscape Where am I? Altair 4? No that blew up in the final scene of "Forbidden Planet". But it does look like the alluvial plain they aimed there blasters into in defense of the monster from the Id attack. Priplanus from "Lost In Space"?. No that one blew up too in the first episode of the second season where the Jupiter II got a bum blast of fire on takeoff. Today we planned on doing a historical tour of Palm Springs. The tourist stuff if you will. The main target was the 4 historic buildings on Palm Canyon Dr. The Agua Caliente place was an eye opener. One should never, ever call a native American woman a Squaw. As a hint, one does not go to Broadway to see a reading of "The Squaw Monologues." Another of the buildings is a replica, and the repository of one man's collection of a general store, and pharmacy of the 1930's. The third building was the center of the Palm Springs Historical Society, and my question to a docent brought out both the curator, and her assistant curator. John and I chatted with them for a while, and we remained inside chatting long after they had closed shop. We bought a few prints too. They also invited us to come visit during off season if we had any research, or questions. We wanted a copy of a new documentary on the company that built our house, so we went to the Tramway Visitors Center. That's where John took the picture of me. It's literally 5 minutes from our house. That alluvial plain extends far into our neighborhood, each house is just inches below the next. Ours is at the lowest point, so we actually live at the bottom of a hill. One would never know, unless it was pointed out. If you are a fan of classic sci fi, play this vid, and look back at the picture of me in the parking lot of the Visitors Center. (Comment on this)
Friday, May 24th, 2013
gwalla	10:07p	LiveJournal friendspage broken? WTF? Why can't I go back more than 20 entries anymore? Anybody else seeing this? Current Mood: confused (1 Comment |Comment on this)
lurkerwithout	7:12p	Mens Rights Advocacy summed up in 1 image Current Mood: okay (Comment on this)
evandorkin	7:50p	Skull Royalty (Comment on this)
sunbeam_bears	1:56a	Foodwishes I make a lot of potluck dishes from this guy's blog, Foodwishes.com. If you love to cook, and love great tasting food, you should look around his site. I subscribe to his You Tube, and got the cabbage rolls recipe from that. They were fantastic, and shared the leftovers with my next door neighbors. We are grilling and eating poolside almost every evening, so I think I will try this new recipe he posted for sausage. We're reducing, so no bun. I will add some grilled peppers and onions, and we are addicted to grilled corn on the cob. (Comment on this)
yaytime	3:16a	School visit drawing jam My favorite part of author visits is encouraging kids to draw. Here’s some photos from my recent trip to Toronto. Mirrored from it's yaytime!.
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
lurkerwithout	9:59p	Look! A distraction! Current Mood: tired (1 Comment |Comment on this)
mskittywhore	9:31p	Nothing like the past nipping at your butt... 5/22- 23/13 WEDNESDAY: I went to see 1228 and then went to the office to work on some stuff ... then off home for bit and on route to home and at home I had some intense calls with N about exs ... which made me think a little too much about bad exs from my past ... and I started to get wigged out a bit (and really a few other things had been weirding me out of late).... so I went to the Erotic Reading Circle to hear stories and be with the sweet people at CSC... THURSDAY: I went to see 765 and then stopped by the 415 and Boxing studio (it is sort of weird that I get along with big burl men with possible criminal & fee comfortable around who pick on me and if most regular duded tell me I'm pretty - I want to flee) and then I went to the office and ate grasshopper and did some work and goofed off some... chatted with Bill, who I wanted to be open with and dump out everything that I have been feeling (the bad memory stuff) but instead got all whinny and weird ... though I think I know what I want to do to make me feel better in general... Current Mood: crazy (Comment on this)
dvandom	4:09p	Review: Fall of Cybertron Voyager Grimlock Him, Grimlock, kinda bricky in dino mode. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
man_size	4:39p	THE RECEPTION: The Funeral of Hearts http://welcometotripcity.com/2013/05/the-reception-the-funeral-of-hearts/ (Comment on this)
yaytime	11:01a	Kids Read Comics, Ann Arbor, MI June 22nd-23rd I’ll be at the Kids Read Comics celebration in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Guests include Ben Hatke (Zita the Space Girl), Rafael Rosado (Giants Beware!), Raina Telgemeier (Smile), John Green (Teen Boat!), John Martin (Vordak), Jim Ottaviani (Feynman) and more! This totally free event will workshops, games, live podcasts, readings, exhibitors, & free comics and tons of fun. We’ll also be holding a special ceremony for the KCR! Comics Awards on Sunday June 23rd. So you won’t want to miss it! Here’s a short video from last year’s KRC. Mirrored from it's yaytime!.
zia_narratora	10:46a	Selection The books she reads are small And do not hold much stock in Realism or continuity. This makes them feel, When she holds them, As of she is holding on to A curiosity Or bit of ephemera from a bygone age. They should not exist, and yet they do: Hardbound collections of words strung together in an order so peculiar that they simultaneously make perfect sense and no sense at all. Like fish with wings. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
sunbeam_bears	1:17a	We've Got Some Really Good Dirt Thank goodness I made dinner, stuffed cabbage rolls for tonight last night, as I was playing in my sandbox today and got tuckered out. I spent hours working on the compost bin. I shoveled out, and sifted 30 gallons of fresh compost. That's almost a full trash can. Did I mention it was over 90 degrees outside? We are having high winds, and the compost bin is in a shaded part of the garden, so I barely broke a sweat. The job would have gone faster if it wasn't for the roots of the nearby Ficus tree growing up into my compost bin. That sucked. I'm rethinking the bin, and possibly getting rid of it for another model. Mine sits on the bare ground, I think I want an elevated barrel type instead. It would be easier to actually turn the compost too. More dirt. After a month of not hearing back from my paternal half brother, I wrote to him, and he wrote back. This involves the DNA test he wants us to do to prove we are siblings. He has had my phone number for ages, and he just now asked if we should set up a date to chat on the phone about arranging the test. Um, ok... I asked if he had seen the most recent picture I posted of me on Facebook to see if I look anything like his/our dad. The answer? " I don't have Facebook, but you could e-mail me a few of you." I e-mailed him a couple of pics, all this time (months) I thought he knew what I looked like. Through my sleuthing I have lots of pictures of him. And he's the one with Ivy college league degree... Even more dirt My other half brother, on the maternal side that doesn't know about me, just had a terrible motorcycle accident that caused some major injuries, and destroyed his bike. According to my birthmother, he called her in the last few days. She hears from me more than she hears from him ( She gave me up for adoption over 50 years ago). Well, he must have had an epiphany after his near death experience, and called to say he misses her, and wants to go over and see her. (He lives 10 minutes away.) I know where I get my bitchiness, I mean sass. My birthmom who hates my brother's wife, and vice versa asked my bro if his wife knew he wanted to visit....( at 83 she can bitch slap with the best of them) hehe, pow zing. "Yep, she's standing right here while I'm on the phone with you." Good for him, he is growing a set. Rumor had it that the dinner I pre-made for tonight tastes best when reheated the next day. The rumor is true. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
lurkerwithout	11:07p	Star Trek: Into Darkness Well Benedict Cumberbund was pretty good.  Not so stellar that they couldn't have used someone actually Indian to play Khan, but just moving past that pretty good.  And the action stuff was good.  Sure the capabilities of Trek magic tech varied wildly at the need of the plot.  And I kind of wondered in the 3rd act where the fuck the rest of Star FLEET was hanging out.  But the shout-outs to older Trek were cute.  And the background crew who got lines are interesting.  Say a strong C+ or even a B- if you ignore the whole white boy Khan thing... Current Mood: tired (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
zia_narratora	12:37a	In which Tea Buys Herself a Doll I went to Toys R Us on Monday to buy a stuffed animal as a gift for a friend, and on my way to the register, I passed the Strawberry Shortcake dolls. Now, when I was little, Strawberry Shortcake was my life. My mother made me a costume. I probably talked Berry Talk a bunch. I must have had a dozen dolls. We couldn't afford the fancy accessories, so my mother sewed little sleeping bags for all of them and gave me an old makeup case for them to live in. I still remember that there was one doll I wanted desperately: Orange Blossom. Orange Blossom was probably my first introduction to the idea of tokenism: the sole black character on the TV show and among the dolls. She also had hair like mine. In the early 80s, before the advent of Barbie and the Rockers, it was not particularly common to find a doll with curly hair-- especially any kind of curls that looked like natural curls, as opposed to neatly-coiffed ringlets that looked like they'd been made with curlers. There were other Strawberry Shortcakes dolls with curly hair-- quite a lot of them, in fact-- but Orange Blossom had the same short curls I had when I was four years old. My father brought her back for me from a trip to Georgia. I still remember that I was riding on his shoulders when he gave her to me, and I called him a softie. Anyway, in the current SSC reboot, the Orange Blossom doll, along with all the other dolls, has long, straight, silky hair. (Her skin is a lighter shade of brown, too). I've never really had any interest in buying one of the new Strawberry Shortcake dolls, but then I saw this special edition Orange Blossom: And now I have a doll. (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
annechen_melo	6:18p	So, that story about the incubus and the mage... There's a few more stories growing in that universe. (Comment on this)
erika_moen_feed	10:06p	VanCaf! http://www.erikamoen.com/event/vancaf/ http://www.erikamoen.com/?p=3686 This weekend, May 25 – 26, #TeamAmErika is reunited at VanCaf! Yes! I’m so excited! Amy T. Falcone and I haven’t seen each other since Strip Search filming wrapped in December 2012, but all that’s changing as we ROAD TRIP TO CANADA TOGETHER AND THEN SHARE TABLE B6 AT VANCAF. VanCaf May 25 – 26 Table B6 181 Roundhouse Mews Vancouver, BC Canada Aaaaand I got a coupl’a panels that weekend too! The Real Me: Autobiography & Artistic License Saturday, May 25th 12:00-12:45 Hosted by Trevor Waurechen Featuring Jeff Ellis, Miriam Libicki, Angela Melick, Erika Moen It’s the story of an artist–or maybe several. Join this roundtable discussion of cartoonists as they talk about the art of autobiographical comics. Topics will include getting your life onto the page, the poetic interpretation of said life, and the reality of self-censorship in order to maintain real-life relationships and sanity. Flying Solo: The Art of Freelancing Sunday, May 26th 13:00-13:45 Hosted by Erika Moen Featuring Matt Bors, Steve Lieber, Dylan Meconis Do you fantasize about being self-employed, but fear abandoning your stable job for the abyss of the unknown? Come talk to five freelancers about the ins and outs of what it means to conduct business on your own; they want to share their over-40 years worth of collective knowledge on the subject. Learn from their mistakes, thrill in their successes, laugh at their haircuts. (Comment on this)
sunbeam_bears	1:54a	Cooking, The In And Out Of It We've been cooking outdoors a lot more lately. Along with that we've been eating outdoors as well. John is experimenting and gaining skill grilling vegetables. Tonight John made grilled eggplant brushed with olive oil, and Herbs de Provence. He also made fresh guacamole to go with the 5 pepper spice mix I used on the grilled chicken. Store bought Pico de Gallo rounded out the plates of delish dinner. Meanwhile indoors I was oven braising Italian Cabbage Rolls for tomorrow night's dinner. I've never made them before, so we'll see how they taste. I hear they are better the next day, the reason I made them ahead of time, plus the fact that prep and cooking takes a total of 3 hours. We watched recorded episodes of Warehouse 13, and Restaurant Impossible while they cooked. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
lurkerwithout	11:58p	Pathfinder: Frazier Session 3 The Man and his laws are looking to come down hard on Scruffy the Druid.  Charges of grave-robbing and assault.  With even his allies only able to offer a defense that he's just a poor simple-minded savage.  A former slave, unable to understand the ways of civilization.  Well fuck them.  And fuck the (hu)Man!  Unbowed and unbroken Scruffy defies them!  Defies the (hu)Man's laws and tyrannies! Current Mood: good (Comment on this)
mskittywhore	11:25p	I want a home feel 5/21/13 - TUESDAY I went to the office to help/ observe a CNA do some on-line trainings - she showed up on time (a bit before me even) but she seemed doodling in a why that all but said I plan to be late to meet my afternoon client and I rather her on time for clients then to meet me in the office... And she seemed a bit slow and forgetful (calling people by the wrong name)... I went to a building meeting and put down my opinion on a homelike, cheaper, simpler, and local artist design lobby.... Current Mood: tried (Comment on this)
evandorkin	8:17p	Been Drawing Stuff, Some of it's For Sale Working on commissions, getting ready for Heroes Con, trying to catch up while working on pitches. Some new drawings and sketch cards have been listed on eBay, others will be available at Heroes Con. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
dragonluk	4:02p	Fanime & Clockwork Alchemy 2013 My table is #348 at Fanime's Artist Alley from May 24th to May 27th, just to the right of the South Hall entrance on Market Street. I'm in the Past & Future Comic Tools panel on Friday, May 24th at 3 pm. Also, I have artwork exhibiting at the Clockwork Alchemy's Artist Gallery. Come on by! (I know I've been remiss in posting here. For example, I still have my April London trip to write up. Things have been very busy between finishing up the Steampunk ABC Kickstarter rewards and cons within a month of each other. So soon, I'll return with more entries.) (Comment on this)
bentgaidin	11:51a	Books Book 42: Promise of Blood, by Brian McClellan. This was fun; a new epic fantasy set in what would be analogous to the French Revolution (although the world itself feels more like 'generic Age of Reason' than anything specifically French) -- the king and his sorcerers have just been killed by a cabal lead by the new gunpowder-using mages, who have to try to keep the populous under control as they rebuild a new social order. Unfortunately, it turns out there might have been something to the whole 'divine right of kings' thing, and there's an even larger threat looming than the occasional Royalist rebellion and the threat of invasion from opportunistic neighbors. I enjoyed reading this, and I'll be happily looking forward to the next book in the series. Book 43: Spellbent, by Lucy Snyder. Urban fantasy that I'd picked up a while ago, and finally gotten around to reading. (She's since finished two more books in this series, so I'm a bit behind...) Good, pretty standard urban fantasy fare, but I really enjoyed how the character actually got an entire emotional plot arc finished in one book. I'm not sure when I'll get to the sequels, but I have to give kudos for actually having the book wrap itself up, while still leaving enough interesting things to look forward to a continuation. If you're currently looking for a series, I'd give this high marks. Book 44: The Rithmatist, by Brandon Sanderson. New Sanderson YA; if you're reading this post, you're probably already familiar with a bunch of Sanderson's works, and have a good idea if you'd enjoy this or not. It was a pretty usual Sanderson story -- interesting new magic, pretty standard plotting... Unfortunately, it was problematic gender-wise, and since I'd noticed that early on in my reading, it kept me kind of distracted considering that throughout. Essentially, the problem is that there's only one major female character, a young girl of similar age to the male protagonist. She is extremely emotional (to the point of flounces of hysteria), talented artistically but unskilled/disdainful of the mathematical and theoretical underpinnings of her magic, and nosy but chastised for wanting to get involved in this dangerous adventure. Her chalklings are unicorns (specifically derided as girly by the protagonist) and at one point she solves a problem by threatening to throw a tantrum in church. This wouldn't be so much a problem if there were any other females in this world, but the only others are the Mother (who appears in the story about exactly as much as you would expect in a YA adventure), and the girl in the prologue attacked by chalklings to demonstrate the threat. (I think one of the university's secretaries is female too, but I'd have to look it up to be sure.) Everyone else is male professors, male policemen - the head of the school is male, the priest in male, all the soldiers are male (despite it being specific that both men and women become Rithmatists, and all serve a mandatory 10-year stint in the army), the students are male and female in groups, but only the boys get speaking roles, and the final confrontation takes place in the girl's floor of the dormitory where several sleeping students are are attacked and overcome when the forces of good aren't fast enough. It adds up to a fun adventure that boys could get into, but leaves only supporting roles open for girls. Current Mood: awake (Comment on this)

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