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[11 Nov 2009|08:02pm] |
@petzilla you are my sunshine. my only sunshine. you make me happppppppppy. when skies are graaaaaaay!
He does. He's my shining goofy knight in gothy armor, and I love him :)
Srsly, if you bring a 4 part meal for lunch that takes 15+ minutes to heat up in the microwave at work ? DIAF
One of the most irritating things at work is the clusterfuck of people who try to use 2 microwaves at lunch. And if you bring 3 different bowls of things that need to be heated up in different ways is a little bit ...unthoughtful? Of course, I was battling sniffles and all I wanted was hot soup. So I was probably grumpy when I tweeted this.
@bikingbettie Hugh Laurie is my official first Older Man Crush #SpiderSecrets
Another Spider Secret. I think every girl has a point when she stops making 20 years olds the obvious lust objects. Hugh Laurie as Dr. House gives me a girl-woody hardcore. At which point I realize that I'm suddenly a grown-up. Feh.
Why Hugh Laurie never played the Scarlet Pimpernel is beyond me! He would have been BRILLIANT!
Think about it -- his work on House is a great example of his dramatic skill, and his work in Black Adder as the Prince Regent gives him the foppy goof side. A sadly overlooked role!
RT @CLT_RollerGirls Join our league tonight! http://bit.ly/1mxDBX (seriously, kick-ass gals!)
I love my Roller Girls :) Last bout of the year is December 6th!
Quite possible I have a slight "cowd id by dose", brought on by the flu shot Thursday & the weather change *sniff* I leak therefore I am.
Oh yeah. I've got a cold.
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| Party Time! |
[11 Nov 2009|08:01pm] |
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All right people, it's been a while, but I think I'm gonna have a partylite party! www.partylite.com It's AWESOME candles, holders, and various scent related things. Apparently, people can now order online, so I will be counting on my online friends for help! More details to follow!!!! http://www.partylite.com/en-us/products/Default.aspx
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| ExpandoTweet for Nov 9 |
[11 Nov 2009|07:46pm] |
#SpiderSecrets I love Antiques Roadshow, both the British and American versions
It's not ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) petzilla 's thing, but if it's on and he's not home, it's ON (well, that or HGTV. Or Boomerang. What? I have layers!) I love seeing people's trash become treasures,and hearing all of their family stories. Growing up the Caribbean, there was a strong sense of history,especially when, as a tourist destination, they capitalize on as much of it as they can. When I was in 6th grade, I was determined to become an underwater archaeologist, probably a latent desire to look for pirate treasure. Our house actually sat across an old slave road for an area plantation, and after big rains, my sister and I would turn up pieces of pottery and arrowheads.
Holy cow, made this Pumpkin Sausage Soup tonight http://bit.ly/qntAD SO GOOD!
This was really very very good! I used a spicy sausage to pep it up, but other than that, very little in terms of changes. It was easy and a great way to use some of that pumpkin I pureed last month. This will definitely be added to my regular repertoire!
I count myself incredibly lucky that I know so many fuckin' talented musicians. Thank you guys and gals for letting me be a part of it!
Seriously, I don't say this enough. Being a DJ has allowed me to meet some of the most amazing and talented people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. It seems goofy, but the whole social networking thing makes me feel part of a silly little online family (even if I'm only the barely remembered 2nd cousin twice removed), and there are times I feel ridiculously lucky to know any of you. So thank you for letting me into your amazing, creative, passionate lives.
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| ExpandoTweet for Nov 8 |
[11 Nov 2009|07:13pm] |
Warmest Renn Faire we've done ! yay beer!
Think we're planning on Renn Faire today -- weather is gorgeous, and I need to eat things on sticks! Ye Olde Margarita!
We try to do the Carolina Renaissance Festival at least once a year when it's on season, but we missed last year due to crazy schedules. The big pulls for me are a couple of the vendors (mmm, Garlic Festival Booth!), the food (always try to get at least 3 things on sticks, usually one of them being a very phallic sausage) a couple of the shows (Don Juan and Miguel, and the Ded Bob Show), and seeing friends randomly.
Our Renn Faire runs in October and November, so the village is usually gorgeous will fall colors, and cool. This year our weekend was actually the 1st nice weekend the Faire had seen all season, gorgeous skies and warm weather, so we actually had a 45 minute wait to get to the entrance (the day before had reports of 2-4 hours!). We had a lovely time, ran into a number of favorite people, and got stuffed on keilbasa, meatballs and sweet potato fries, and had a really good brown ale. Also grabbed a huge jar of pickled sweet & spicy garlic, which may be one of my fave snack foods and headed back home to sack out early.
I'm always fascinated by the people that come to Faire. I see everything from the fully garbed members of the court to leftover Rubies Halloween costumes, punkers and goths, bikers, families, singles, couples, even Klingons :)
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| ExpandoTweet for Nov 7 |
[11 Nov 2009|06:48pm] |
Finally a chance to breath (metaphorically speaking, what with the cold) so here we go
Watching "Music & Lyrics" for the first time -- they nailed the 80s pop sound :)
I don't do a lot of RomComs, but I DVR'd this for the next time I had some downtime to kill. It wasn't much more than I expected plotwise, but they really did nail the 80' s pop sound of Wham-esque bands:)
Updated MySpace calendar, made 2 flyers (for ROTB and TBC)...would like to rest, now :(
In case people think that being a DJ is all fun and games, guess again. There's a lot of other stuff that goes on that has nothing to do with the actual act of pushing play. And I'm not even a promoter!
Just hit up Tremont to find out if they wanted me to spin twixt bands at the Skinny Puppy show -- what the hell, right?
Haven't heard anything yet, but as it's a Friday night show at $25/head, I figured the added value of a DJ would be nice. I'm even willing to do it for free, just to help the scene have more shows like this come through.
Porch swept, lawn mowed, 2 loads of laundry done, bread baking in oven...miss @petzilla
Sausage/mushroom sauce on the stove for Tues, compost jar emptied, fridge cleaned out of leftovers, now to sweep the porch
My days on the weekends are rarely quiet -- I always have things to do, usually catching up on chores, and I have the time to cook something big and good for freezing. But I miss the weekends when I can just sit and read for a couple of hours.
I don't know if there's anything cuter than a kitty sighing :)
Cats curled up on either side of you on the couch makes it hard to get motivated
Nuff said :)
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| In which I poke fun at well-intentioned placards |
[11 Nov 2009|05:32pm] |
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The hospital cafeteria put out placards on the tables for Blood Management Awareness. It has tips for avoiding a blood transfusion, such as: ask your doctor to consolidate your blood tests, treat anemia early, and so forth.
Those are sensible and will probably work, but I have a method that's much more fun. When they have the blood bag and the nurse is ready to stick you with the needle, jump up and shout "YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME ALIVE!!" and run away while maniacally laughing.
I also recommend avoiding large open wounds and brain hemorrhages.
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| Salvatore(s) Interview |
[11 Nov 2009|05:33pm] |
 FlamesRising.com is pleased to present an exclusive interview with Bob Salvatore and his son, Geno. R.A. Salvatore has written dozens of best-selling books such as The Ghost King, Road of the Patriarch and Highwayman. The Stowaway, the first in the Stone of Tymora series, is Geno Salvatore’s debut novel.
In this interview, we discuss the young adult series entitled Stone of Tymora which is co-written by Geno and R.A. Salvatore.
Interview with Geno and Bob Salvatore
Stay tuned to Flames Rising for more interviews, reviews and previews of your favorite horror and dark fantasy titles.
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| Moldy Oldies |
[11 Nov 2009|04:28pm] |
Today, I was going to go to the Anti-Cruelty Society for some good old-fashioned volunteerism. I mean, if you can't afford to donate money, why not donate time? I've got plenty of it. I had a time set up to be there and everything.
Then the volunteer coordinator called and said my volunteer trainer was sick today and couldn't be there. I'm still going on Sunday, but still. Sad timez.
So instead, I decided to go to Target. Target is fun, especially alone (darknes is a great guy, but is Not Good to Shop at Large Stores With), and I'd been meaning to go for a month or so. Before going, I ruminated briefly on what I should wear. I decided to wear my leather-front sweater, since it is comfortable, warm, and just a wee bit edgy. Thinking it hadn't been taken out of the closet for the season, I headed downstairs to pluck it out.
After some weeding around in said closet, I realized it was not there, but another jacket I had forgotten about was (DKNY, black denim with worn sections and red trim, got for like $8 at Crossroads). As I pulled it out, something caught my eye on the floor of the closet. More accurately, it was the toe of a boot.
And it was covered in mold.
Brief backstory: our tub used to drip into the storage area that abuts my closet, and that was getting way moldy a while ago. I called out the management co, they fixed the leak, cleaned the mold, and painted the wall to prevent the mold from coming back. I found mold in that closet once in the past, in December of 2008, and at that time it claimed a purse and a bag, but no other clothing. About a month ago, I found a pair of New Rocks had gone moldy. I cleaned them, and they appear not to be relapsing.
So after seeing one boot covered in mold, I started digging. Its partner was, too. The boots I wore for the entire tour (and haven't worn since, largely because they require a trip to the cobbler) were pretty moldy, too, as were my Demonia trainers. The Doc Martens I wore while studying abroad were entirely gone, too mold-covered to be salvageable, as were my scary tall Demonia sandals and the original pair of boots I'd discovered.
I antibacterial sprayed the entire area, hoping that "antibacterial" and "antifungal" are close enough for government work in this instance. I also fully cleaned the save-worthy shoes and pulled everything away from the wall what had caused the moldering to happen. Sucks, though.
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| Concert, house filk with Ookla in Pittsburgh this Saturday; also, looking forward to GAFilk |
[11 Nov 2009|05:24pm] |
If anyone out there has managed not to have anything scheduled for this Saturday, I'll be performing a (very quiet!) concert that afternoon at the November PARSEC SF-club meeting (held at the Squirrel Hill branch of the Carnegie Library at Murray and Forbes Avenues in Pittsburgh), probably starting between 2:30 and 3 p.m. and ending between 4 and 4:30 p.m. Following that, Rand Bellavia and Adam English of Ookla the Mok will be joining us for a house filk at Martha Underwood's and Robert Stockton's house in the Churchill suburb of Pittsburgh from 5:30 until who knows when; this might be the last out-of-state appearance by "the full Ookla" for a year or more. Please email me or comment here ASAP if you're planning on coming.
In other news, I finally bought my plane tickets for GAFilk; anyone need a roomie? (Sorry, I won't be able to make Van der Filk or this year's Conflikt; try your best to have fun without me. ;-) )
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| Veterans' Armistice Remembrance |
[11 Nov 2009|05:03pm] |
Whatever you call the day, it's dedicated to the appreciation of those who have defended our land, our people, and our freedom.
To all of you, past, present, and future: Thank you. Thank you for giving of yourselves -- of your talents, your passion, your blood, your lives. And please do not take it as a slight when I say: Someday I hope your jobs become unnecessary.
Peace.
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| Re-Flop Of The Meatloaf? |
[11 Nov 2009|04:09pm] |
Ray Harryhausen's last film, Clash of the Titans, was... kinda sad, really. Cast from hell, script from there too, and SFX which looked unbelievably dated next to Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and even the original Battlestar Galactica. Harry Hamlin's first big role, as a gay lawyer who turned out to be a Greco-Roman hero. Or something. Sir Laurence Olivier, gumming the scenery. An interesting and tragic character, Caliban, utterly undermined by the obvious swap-outs of the real actor and the stop-motion figure. A flying R2D2 named after a swollen lymph gland.
My gaming buddy Peter Christian referred to it at the time as Flop of the Meatloaf, and that's stuck with me ever since. It's not that I dislike it; it's just... there.
Thus the news that it was being remade was met, on my part, with a confused shrug. I have learned, however, never to underestimate the lack of brains, taste, or originality in greenlighting Hollywood filmage. The new version is all CGI and breathtaking landscapes with lens flare and dirty armor and yelling and slo-mo (instead of "bullet time", maybe we should call it "arrow time" or "slingstone time", except that leads to "swing time", "swing parade", and "swing choir" and we're back to Harry Hamlin as a gay lawyer). Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, a lot of guys who look as if they're about to tell me This... Is... Spartaaaaaaaa.
Anyway. This mythic adventure opens March 26, 2010, and it goes a little something like this.
Thoughts?
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| I would totally read this |
[11 Nov 2009|02:40pm] |
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Your challenge is to write crossover fanfiction combining Jesse Jackson and Bill Nye the Science Guy. The story should use unplanned pregnancies as a plot device!
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[11 Nov 2009|08:20pm] |
04 Star Trek cast icons (stills, movies and appearances)
27 Star Trek (XI) icons
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More here @ ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) icondothat
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