| Drunk Fruit Flies |
[Oct. 12th, 2008|09:40 pm] |
I'm contributing to the delinquency of a minor- two minors- actually. They're fruit flies, and they've decided that wine is good. I put a little into a teaspoon and two of the tiny critters are having a Bacchanalia.
Fruit flies are exquisite little things- annoying, but kind of neat. They are instrumental in the study of genetics since they breed readily and have a relatively short life-span- about two weeks.
I did not know they'd enjoy wine, but these two are hanging out at the spoon, and they're flying a little oddly. Hey, they'll die happy! |
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| Day in the Life |
[Oct. 12th, 2008|09:02 pm] |
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| You know what? I like Diane Lane. |
[Oct. 12th, 2008|08:10 pm] |
Today was a cool day!
This morning we went to brunch at The Cheesecake Factory and I had an amaaazing breakfast quesadilla. Then we walked around the mall a bit. Rick got me a lovely winter coat for my anniversary present, but he got it slightly too small so we went to swap it for a larger size.
We watched t.v. at home for a while, and then went back to Jordan Creek to see Nights in Rodanthe. I liked it! Rick, not so much. So then we were going to see Eagle Eye for him at 7:30, after sushi dinner at Appare. (Sushi was good! But not as good as Miyabi 9.) However, when we arrived at the theater, we saw we had the time wrong and the movie started at 7:10. :o/ So, that's why we're not seeing Eagle Eye right now.
Currently I am finishing up the laundry for this week and watching a Top Model clip show while Rick is grocery shopping.
Yay for a weekend day! |
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| Can We Say: Disorganization? |
[Oct. 12th, 2008|03:32 pm] |
So, I'm at the symphony. The one I reserved four (4) tickets for weeks ago, with the intent of bringing my father and other family members as a birthday present to him (today being his birthday). It's probably a good thing he is deer hunting instead, and that the cousin/niece person is at Girls' Camp this weekend, however. No one in the office seemed to know where our tickets were, though a few said they thought they were in the safe. It was eventually decided they must be at Will Call. My personal suspicion, at this point, is that one of the relief staff spotted the envelope and assumed the tickets were free for the taking, because when I got to Will Call there were no tickets waiting.
On top of this, while I was waiting in the Will Call line there were several people with extra tickets who, rather than turning them in at the window, decided to just give them to random people in line. Not even, mind, to the people at the front of the line, but people in the middle, and in at least one case, the back of the line. At a sold out symphony performance. Symphony.
NOTE: This was not typed or posted during any portion of the performance in question. It was begun while awaiting the start of the performance, and finished/posted after returning home. |
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| Tweets for Today |
[Oct. 12th, 2008|07:31 pm] |
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| The Decimania continues! |
[Oct. 12th, 2008|07:57 pm] |
The Decimators won Round 1 by one point, after trailing by 1 point the first two rounds. Our reward was a massive bucket of candy.
( The verbal sparring continues. ) |
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[Oct. 12th, 2008|07:15 pm] |
Its a long weekend with obscenely beautiful weather, so Nate and I are taking advantage of work outside days. Hopefully the poison ivy has been eradicated, I'll let you know in a few days! There was a lot of it back there. Unfortunately Nate got it pretty badly a few weeks ago. All our neighbors decided to tell us this AFTER he had been hacking away back there with a machete for a day and a half.
"You weren't back there were you? There's a lot of poison ivy back there!"
"Oh yeah, our yard was FULL of poison ivy before we cleared it out!"
This being said as Nate is all blistered.
I have been mainly raking and hauling off tree branches while Nate has been cutting down small trees, weedwacking, digging up big rocks, etc. Here are some before and after photos. Obviously there is still so much to do be, but at least we can get it dried out a little before winter comes, and start digging up small tree roots, etc. It also is very obvious that we need a fence next year, as its very open to the neighbor. Next year!
Before we bought the house
 
Getting shit done!
My mom visited today with her husband Neil which was awesome. It was really fun to feed them dinner and show them our new home, where I work, around town a little, etc.
They also brought us a very unexpected gift of a lawn mower! How exciting! This was the day after we bought ourselves a weedwacker and a cool brush cutter attachment, so its been man tool heaven for Nate.
I realized that I have not spun or dyed ANYTHING since we moved. I guess that's ok, though I don't like it. My shop is looking slim, I have lots to do before Bazaar Bizarre and I have some other things I need to be doing misshawklet-wise as well. I guess though, that will happen when we are forced to do more things indoors with the weather changing.
Next week is the last farmer's market, which is quite sad. Then its hunker down time. I am just getting over a fall cold so hopefully all this yard work has helped me sweat it all out.
I hope all of you who have tomorrow off have a great one.
Cheers!
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[Oct. 12th, 2008|04:27 pm] |
Geoff and I picked out a bunch of furniture for our new place yesterday (by which I mean I picked it out and Geoff went along with it because he is a very, very good boyfriend). We ordered a bed and a new computer desk for him. I'm also getting a new desk, but we're going to wait until my move is a little closer before ordering it, and once we're settled we're getting a rug for the living room, a coffee table and end tables, and some more bedroom furniture.
Our expensive yet irresistably adorable apartment shall be stylish indeed.
The only thing that I've yet to conquer is finding bedding. I was originally going to embrace tackiness and make the bedroom leopard print, but it would look really bad with the furniture I picked so now I am in search of pretty green things. Most of the sets I've thus far found have been out of stock or way overpriced. THE HORROR. |
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| First day out of work |
[Oct. 13th, 2008|10:18 am] |
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Feeling confused, lost and sad. Not sleeping well. Dreading going in and clearing my desk on Wednesday. I hope for heaven's sake, there is no embarrassing "sorry to see you go" stuff as it will be false. I'm also scared in the current economic condition of eventually getting some work. I have the pension and I can live on that, I'm sure thats safe. Almost sure. Going to keep busy today... |
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| this showed up in my email today... |
[Oct. 12th, 2008|07:16 pm] |
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>>>Hi mouse_from_marz,
![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) cortland_yandel has added you to their Friends list. They will now be able to read your public entries on their Friends page.
I tried going to their journal just to find out who the heck, even tho it was already crossed out, and the page says "Error - this journal has been suspended" So this jerk added me to their friends list right before getting suspended. Since this is yet another out of a long list of complete strangers who have been friending me, this makes me smile.
Meanwhile - my warlock Ratspawn on Rexxar just hit 60 yesterday!!!! |
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| yeah, baby, yeah! |
[Oct. 12th, 2008|03:15 pm] |
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We need to remember we are all in God's classroom. And we need to stop throwing spitballs.
-Kathy Anne Lewis, at "church" this morning. Center for Spiritual Living. Seattle, Wa. 'merica. north 'merica. Ocean sandwich. earth. universe. galaxy. Sarah <----extraterrestrial. Mars, born and raised. enjoys long walks in the shiny dark (after it's rained.) attracts unusual number of pisces, scorpio, and gemini into her life. recently met another Sarah leo at wine and cheese party. will someday have A &E biography, stay tuned...
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| Arena 37°C, #127 (January 1993) |
[Oct. 12th, 2008|05:51 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | 1993, arena 37°c, blankey jet city, buck-tick, c.d.n. ken-chan, die in cries, extasy summit 1992, hide, inoran, j, kyo, ladies room, luna sea, m.a.s.s., screaming mad george, tokyo yankees, toshi, x japan, yoshiki, zi:kill, すかんち | ] |
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Bands: Yoshiki, hide (X) and Ami (Tokyo Yankees), Extasy Summit 1992, M.A.S.S. (hide, J, Inoran), Screaming Mad George, Scanch, Ladies Room, C.D.N. Ken-chan, Luna Sea, Toshi (X), Blankey Jet City, Zi:Kill, Buck-Tick, Kyo (Die in Cries)
( I'd wanted this B-T article for quite some time ) |
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| Why Zines Matter, by Alison Piepmeier |
[Oct. 12th, 2008|04:29 pm] |
I recommend this article:
Alison Piepmeier, who did some of her research here at the Barnard Library Zine Collection does a great job--best I've seen--on the zines vs. blogs argument, really getting at the value of a physical interaction with an object. She analyzes four zines ( The East Village Inky by Ayun Halliday {Zines H25e}, Fragments of Friendship by Vikki Law {Zines L38c}, I'm So Fucking Beautiful by Nomy Lamm {Zines L366i}, and No Better Voice by Jami Thompson {Zines J235n}, commenting in particular about how the text and the visual presentation either match or are in opposition to one another. What's more, issue 2 1/2 is quite small--not quite 3 by 4 inches, just slightly larger than a business card. It is a zine about fat acceptance, a zine that demands that the world make room for large bodies, and yet it is tiny, smaller not only than most mainstream publications, but also than all other issue of her zine. Not only the imagery but the form--the scale of the zine--is in tension with the content, and this tension adds another layer of meaning to the zine. Clearly the materiality of Lamm's zine contributes to its meaning; not merely the means of transmission of information, the physical imagery and interface of the zine help to shape a reader's experience and understanding. p. 216 Being more of a text person than an art person, I hadn't given much more thought to the visual presentation of zines than whether or not I liked it. My experience of "reading" zines may be forever changed. I hope this will influence the zines I publish, as well. Full disclosure: I am quoted in the article, and my zine is mentioned, but I swear on a stack of Zine Worlds, that has nothing to do with how much I loved this article and want people who care about zines to read it. If you don't have access to American Periodicals, let me know, and I'll send you a pdf.
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[Oct. 12th, 2008|09:47 pm] |
Goths of Oxford, a call to arms:
This Tuesday, it's Intrusion. There are live bands (boo!) so we're planning to get all gothed up and sit in the Three Goats' Heads on St Michael's Street from 9pm 'til around 11pm before moving on to some dancing. Join us! |
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| Be jealous now: |
[Oct. 12th, 2008|09:34 pm] |
I met Alan Moore!
(Long version of the weekend later.) |
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| I can't top what Aja wrote |
[Oct. 12th, 2008|04:20 pm] |
so I'm just going to make this post fairly plain and simple.
I love Aja Rennie. I loved her when she was Aja Brown. I've loved her for ten years (nearly) and I'll love her forever more.
Everything she does is wonderful to me. I'd rather be with her than anything else.
She's changed my life, she's made me a better person.
And I love her for it. And for everything else. |
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| HULK LEARN VALUABLE LESSON ABOUT TRUST! |
[Oct. 12th, 2008|04:06 pm] |
yeah yeah, comics blah, but I know the person who wrote this (Al Ewing) so I'm posting it. I do what I want!
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[Oct. 12th, 2008|08:53 pm] |
Peggle is £2.50 this weekend only. If you like puzzle games, you owe it to yourself to get it.
Get the steam platform and follow the instructions :) |
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| Well...this ought to spark some discussion... |
[Oct. 12th, 2008|02:34 pm] |
Do you honestly still think that the election has nothing to do with race?
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