Dark Poetry and Fiction

mseuphrates @ 11:35pm: And just because I can...
( What happens when you get ICP and Dr. Tran together - mass hysteria!... )

mseuphrates @ 11:18pm: Dr. Tran...in your pants!!
For Scott Woods (and anyone who's ever caught the three of us yelling "Toystore!" whenever we're excited about something). *grin* I have a feeling "in your pants!" is gonna join the repertoire... ( I just can't stop hitting <on> little boys!... )

mseuphrates @ 10:53pm: What WE are doing Sunday
( The broadcast from Channel 5 NBC from last year, and yes, they simulcast on the radio... ) For those who'd like to play along at home (and trust me, it's *totally* worth it), you *should* be able to watch this year's WEBN fireworks extravaganze live (while WE are down there on the river watching it, who knows you may just see Kitminx's grin) because they'll simulcast it in streaming vidio on the WEBN website (I've never tried it, so I can't totally vouch, but I know I've heard they do it):
http://www.webn.com/main.html

mseuphrates @ 8:19pm: Scott Woods in your pants!
Okay, ya kinda had to be there. LOL
(Got your attention though, didn't I?)
But oh my.
What a blast!
Here...let me show you!

( Wish I had more video to share, because the photos don't really do it justice... )

mseuphrates @ 8:12pm: Bastard Love Poem, as performed last night at Wet Ink
I need to edit (or, more accurately, figure out how to edit) the video I got of the bellydancing last night.
But THIS needs no editing (though I need a tripod. Srsly). He *totally* nailed it.
Of all the times I've heard him do this poem, I'm glad last night's performance is the one I got on tape.

Enjoy!

mseuphrates @ 8:00pm: Proof that Kitminx's kids are real
After an epic adventure involving an overbooked Greyhound bus that required a second busload, a bus-change in Indianapolis that was total fail (since the bus driver didn't wait for said second busload to arrive before he took off), a kindly bus driver who took pity on our beleagured travelers and got them all the way to Dayton, and our intrepid moms dodging McCain supporters and traffic snarls to bring said travelers from Dayton home to Cincinnati...)

Yeah, they're currently crashed out.
But there here!! *does happy dance*

( These are the moments I *really* keep the camera handy for... )

mseuphrates @ 7:47pm: Just to get this out of the way first...
( 'Yote PR0N just because I can - and yes, it's totally work safe unless you can't handle nummy man-chest... )

xforeverjinxedx @ 9:44pm: what could be better than vanilla? [one-shot]

Title – What could be better than vanila?
Author - xforeverjinxedx 
Pairing – Ryan/Brendon
Rating – PG13
Summary – Brendon just can't understand why Ryan has only ever eaten vanilla ice-cream
Disclaimer – This is about as real as the pink and black unicorn in my back garden, even though THEY DO EXIST, I just don't have one yet...
AN - All fixed now!! special thanks to cutupangel082  for being my beta =]

mseuphrates @ 2:46am: Oh THAT was a blast! Wet Ink RAWKED!
And BOTH my loves rawked the mic, too! :D
Expect pictures and VIDEO (yes kids, there's video...I SO love my camera!) after sleep.

mseuphrates @ 2:38am: Let me be the first...
To wish elvensunhamea happy birthday!

(Now to check the F-list and see if I win!)
LOL

duskpeterson @ 11:19pm: Tropical Storm Gustav and New Orleans
As some of you may have heard, Tropical Storm Gustav may soon return to hurricane status. According to the National Hurricane Center, one of its possible goals is New Orleans, a major location for leather and BDSM clubs. A report posted on the Leather Titleholders list from a local leatherman indicates that the city is busy in preparations for a possible landfall by Gustav.

The latest news is that, since Gustav isn't scheduled to reach the U.S. this weekend, the New Orleans gay festival Southern Decadence is still scheduled. If New Orleans is badly affected by the storm, truetales will do its best to keep people informed, as it did three years ago through its Hurricane Katrina Report.

Two good sources of New Orleans news: NOLA.com and WWLTV.com.

mseuphrates @ 6:34am: And to end my work week on an upbeat note

I sent this to my boss in e-mail today. 

From:  Manor, Lisa 
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 3:18 AM
To: Schultz, Paul
Subject: Anniversary Date

Don't know if you realize (and I don't know how I remember after all this time), but today marks 14 years for me at 5/3.
Wow. Freaky.
I know you've been here a LOT longer. I just thought it was pretty cool.
Never expected it to be more than a couple of years, honestly.
Amazing. 

Check out his response. 

From:  Schultz, Paul 
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 6:21 AM
To: Manor, Lisa
Subject: RE: Anniversary Date

I should be more accountable for anniversary dates, however, I have a hard time remembering my own with my wife.
Ask her. :)

Seriously this is certainly a milestone and congratulations. I'm very pleased to have you on my team and hopes of keeping you for years to come.  

Every now and then, no matter how much you want out...it's still nice to be appreciated.

mseuphrates @ 6:20am: More on "Birth" (The play being put on this weekend, for Labor Day natch)
The more I read about it, the more I want to go see it. 
(Check the sidebar for information on the "Red Tent" too, cool)

http://cinweekly.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/A1/20080826/ENT07/808270309/

mseuphrates @ 5:57am: Where the River Bends

Sounds like a line from an Over The Rhine song, doesn't it?
Yeah, that's what *immediately* came to my mind when I saw the poster for this at the Boon County Library when we saw Ellery play there last year. 

Somehow, though, I'm betting they didn't get Karin to write the score (though they should have). :D Parciularly since it's about Kentucky, not Ohio.
Still cool, though.

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080827/NEWS0103/308250072/1175/ENT

mseuphrates @ 2:32am: Life is full of win!

So yeah. Life is totally FULL of win!

mseuphrates @ 1:21am: OZ Colon Cancer Surgery Scheduled
 

mseuphrates @ 12:58am: "How well do you know your..." Meme
Snagged from lcsdove  

This should be interesting...
I know 'Yote better since we share living space, but I'll try both and we'll see how close I come. :D (Why do I suddenly feel like I've fallen into some surreal "Newlywed Game" dream?) Specifying by font color - If it refers to both of them, I'll just leave it black.  

mseuphrates @ 12:44am: *IMPORTANT* Please spread the word
Reposting (in it's entirety, 'cause it was well worded just the way it was) from _falnfenix_ 

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so, the HHS (that's Heath and Human Services) released a proposed regulation that could hurt women's access to birth control and emergency contraceptives.

The public has 30 days to respond and let the Bush administration know we think this is a bunch of crap.

Please go here and submit your comments:
https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=999&page=UserAction


For those of you not in the know, the HHS wants to define contraceptives as abortions, in order to protect the doctors who don't want to give out birth control. The HHS does not care about the possibilities of BC being used to benefit a women's cycle...they only see it as prevention of a pregnancy.

If you want to read the full HHS document, it's here:
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/emailphotos/pdf/HHS-45-CFR.pdf

Here's a blog post that explains parts of the proposal:
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/07/15/hhs-moves-define-contraception-abortion

You also can sign a petition headed by Hillary Clinton here: http://www.hillpac.com/action/hhspetition/

and read about her opinions here:
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/07/21/an-outrageous-attempt-bush-adminstration-undermine-womens-rights

Please pass these links around! Get the word out that we need to let the HHS know what they are doing sucks! How many of us originally went on birth control pills because we were having problems with our cycle and only consider the fact that it prevents pregnancy a secondary benefit? I know I do! If I wasn't on BC, I would never be able to predict when my period was happening, and I'd be bed ridden for at least two days because I wouldn't be able to move my legs from the pain. I know a lot of you had been in similar situations. And men? Sign your name on behalf of your girlfriend, wife, sister, or friend. We NEED access to birth control.


this is stolen with permission from </a></font></b></a>annaonthemoon. spread this around, copy and paste it if you like. get this information out!

mseuphrates @ 10:24pm: Hero...Heroez....Hiro...Oh what the heck!

Hey athenawindsong  , you can thank scarletwildfire  for this.
*grin* 

Bandgeekhero!

mseuphrates @ 10:01am: OMG - there's MORE! *teehee*
And as the official Dayton Slam "Forced Poet"...yeah, I feel ya...
(Thanks again to kajirajess !)

 

mseuphrates @ 3:40am: Spreading the word - Catch this THIS WEEKEND

I don't know that we'll make any of the showings, but I wanted to spread the word to everyone on my FList who has any heart for woman-centered birth and pregnancy care - this show is supposed to be phenomenal. Please try to make it if you can - proceeds support Birth and Beyond (which is what Midwives Care Birth Center became after they had to shut down due to rising insurance costs), an organization that promotes women's advocacy and childbirth rights in Ohio and around the world.

mseuphrates @ 3:09am: And in further poetry news: Reminder - THIS THURSDAY NIGHT!
And yes, we plan to be there (assuming our sleep schedules cooperate)!

 

mseuphrates @ 1:49am: Biker Poetry? Oh how cool!!! (Special Heads Up to my Cape Cod peeps)
Re-posting from one of the (many) poetry lists I'm on:

Don't miss it!  This Thursday, 8pm at The Black Spot Cafe, 10 Ocean St., Hyannis, open mic and book release party for RUBBER SIDE DOWN, The Biker Poet Anthology
 
8pm is the Open Mic for all poets, so come on out and read your own work or that of a favorite poet.
 
After the Open Mic is over, we will celebrate the official release of RUBBER SIDE DOWN, The Biker Poet Anthology, Archer Books, 2008, Edited by Cape Poet Joe Gouveia.  RSD is better than LSD!  Featuring poetry by Allen Ginsberg, Thom Gunn, Diane Wakoski, Martin Jack Rosenblum and poetry by members of the Highway Poets Motor Cycle Club Colorado T. Sky, K. Peddlar Bridges, Joe Gouveia, Susan Buck, Betsy "GypsyPashn" Lister, Blaze Elliott, Beth Groundwater, Wild Bill Rogers and more!  A total of 44 poets skid across these pages!
 
With essays on the Biker Poetry Movement by Sky, Peddlar, Martin Jack and Joe Gouveia.  Photo sections, with pictures by Michael Lichter of Easyriders magazine fame! 
 
Readers will include J. Barrett Wolf, aka "Bear", Joe Gouveia and K. Peddlar Bridges, with special guest readers, retired HPMCC member Jeff "Harley Davidson," Cape Cod Bikers Rich Soares and Kevin Johnston!
 
Copies of RSD will be on sale at this event.  Get there early and don't tip over the bikes on the way in!
 
See you there.  And remember, Keep the Rubber Side...Down!
 
Jose'  "JoeGo"  Gouveia, Editor
RUBBER SIDE DOWN
The Biker Poet Anthology
Archer Books, LA  2008
 

mseuphrates @ 9:32am: Because I can...
And as radclyff so astutely pointed out, posting pictures of this man sleeping on the internetz is something of an obsession...heh...

mseuphrates @ 7:58am: Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!
THANK YOU kajirajess ! You *totally* made my morning!! 

From http://www.mycomicspage.com/mythtickle/