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• 18:14 Sniffly, now with scratchy throat :( Will be eating echinacea like candy. #
• 18:16 @briandgregory IIRC there's a rumored private club in the FL theme park that does serve. Check book "Big Secrets". #
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Yinka Shonibare MBE

dustdaughter pointed out Shonibare's work to me over a month ago. I liked his aesthetic right away - it reminds me of Vivienne Westwood's in the sense that he takes historic European clothing and turns it on its ear - in his case, 18th century frock coats and the like made out of African fabrics.

Which aren't African, as it happens - they're Dutch batiks purchased in London. Steampunker Ay-Leen the Peacemaker has a thoughtful writeup on the cross-cultural inspirations and implications of his work over at her blog. I'd actually recommend her entire Beyond Victoriana series on non-Eurocentric steampunk (go for the pretty clothes, stay for the political/cultural deconstruction).

As it turns out, his exhibit at the NMAfA goes through March 7. Anyone interested in going in the new year?

a modest vent

And I'll try to make this the last bitching on this subject for this winter -

I'm tired of being cold, dried out, and sleepy. Temperature falls below 30F and I'm having to fight the urge to hibernate. Getting up and out to work/exercise feels like I'm dragging around 20 lbs of bricks, and I really need the exercise because it's getting harder to resist eating snack machine junk.

On top of this I'm resisting a cold - successfully so far, but while my throat is no worse it's no better either.

And a snowpocalypse is coming this weekend. Which sounds serene and pretty until I remind myself that I have to make it to the post office and grocery before it hits sometime tomorrow night.

So during a time when I really oughta be staying home with a hot drink I'm going to have to button up and get out in it. And I don't even get to fence :(

Shutting up now.