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Jun. 14th, 2010 12:01 am- 17:02 Put collar on gray cat today to acclimate. Went about as well as expected. Removed bell for pending 2nd try. #
- 23:19 RT @i_clavdivs attn: @daudi_g: #Leverage fans: my day has been made twitpic.com/1wl7ss #
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Jun. 3rd, 2010 12:01 am- 09:19 RT @MargoEve: One does not simply walk into Mordor, there's an app for that. appft.com/350 #appft #
- 11:44 RT @FashionHistoria: The Fashion Culturist: Brief Course of Events CSA National Symposium 2010 #csa10 @costumesociety bit.ly/cCrEsJ #
- 19:34 Coupling UK's "Scary Jeff" + Terry Pratchett = very, very promising: bit.ly/c4rRSn #
- 23:00 @daudi_g - He DOES play Moist! #
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May. 26th, 2010 12:02 am- 10:44 @briandgregory - might be doing a day trip - haven't decided yet. #
- 10:46 RT @stephenfry: In memory of a dear friend and very great man. Today is Towel Day towelday.org/ #towelday #
- 10:47 RT @FashionHistoria: Learn to take patterns from historical garments at this #CSAWestern program near #Seattle bit.ly/NgAUU #
- 10:54 RT @librarianbyday: Did you know it is Geek Pride Day today? bit.ly/aLfNuc #
- 10:54 RT @librarianbyday: What is Privacy? a rant about Facebook & the open source movement bit.ly/aZ4XW9 #
- 12:50 Oh my, @SamuelPepys is on Twitter. #
- 18:54 @sofaemployed - No problem :) #
- 18:55 Musing over whether it's daring or freakish to attempt wearing white skirt with black boots. #
- 19:38 RT @i_clavdivs: #Guild fans: WATCH: Wil Wheaton (and Tinkerballa) In NASA Star Trek Parody “Bots of Both Worlds” tinyurl.com/2w867d4 #
- 22:40 @racheline_m - Don't know how long you will be there, but if it's more than a week or so you might look at a short term apartment. #
- 22:44 Coy cat is coy. No way am I getting to pick her up. #
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May. 25th, 2010 12:07 am- 10:43 @quasigeo - did he seem more bumbling Walter or evil Walternate? Any Observers around? #
- 12:37 RT @WornThrough: Yes, we will be tweeting! RT @momvmonster @costumesociety (follow #csa10). #fashion #costume #
- 12:56 RT @PetaPixel: Cool - Museum of London releases augmented reality app for historical photos: j.mp/cbxGsJ <- this is very, very cool! #
- 14:32 @MargoEve - you've definitely go to pack that hat for the con! #
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May. 21st, 2010 12:09 am- 13:01 RT @sofaemployed: Updated Android #Fencing ScoreKeeper! Lower price! $1.99 Inc. French translation & improvements to the design! #Android #
- 15:40 RT @quasigeo: Richard Curtis, Steven Moffat, and Neil Gaiman in the same place @ the same time. Fear. twitpic.com/1pef8c #
- 16:52 RT @GlitterFemme: RT @kmegaphoned RT @flavorpill: R-rated films become Golden Books su.pr/1QjBi5 <- special hell worthy awesomeness #
- 21:57 Evil kudzu, now with ozone: bit.ly/bJzij7 #
- 22:01 @dustdaughter - no spoilers, no spoilers! I only just finished "Northwest Passage"; I'm saving the last few for summer repeats. #
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May. 20th, 2010 12:03 am- 09:46 #Fandom, #ParticipatoryCulture and #Web20 - A Syllabus: tinyurl.com/ybhb6w8 . Hope this will eventually be on MIT OpenCourseware. #
- 10:30 @racheline_m - the plot of "Once More With Feeling" is kinda thin at the end. But it moved characters fwd plus singing! #
- 18:55 Finally finishing out my #lexx DVD collection. Silly and awe-inspiringly bad as it can be it's terrific fun #guiltypleasures #
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May. 13th, 2010 12:04 am- 08:27 RT @Kevin_Church: In honor of DARIA's long awaited DVD release, Ms. Morgendorffer and Ms. Lane. twitpic.com/1n2h5y #
- 08:29 @WornThrough - My pleasure! #
- 14:03 RT @SBoSM RT @TDefren: Four Nerds and a Cry to Arms Against Facebook - nyti.ms/d01noz <-will watch with much interest #
- 16:35 RT @i_clavdivs RT @sparklystuff: 7 Real Reasons to Date Geeks: bit.ly/bsffgH <- and marry one #
- 22:07 Looks like the first Costume Con 28 pix are coming in: bit.ly/cPROvz [le sigh] #
what I'm watching
May. 8th, 2010 11:21 amRecent discoveries, usually via D. who manages to find all the weird:
Glee - having little familiarity with musicals or singing, I'm surprised that this pulled me in as much as it has. Because the story revolves around a high school glee club, the spontaneous "breaking into song" doesn't seem contrived.
Admittedly I had to look at Wikipedia's episode guide to understand a lot of the references (I didn't recognize the songs and actors from "Wicked", for one), but there's enough other music for me to keep up. Not a huge fan of Beyonce ("if you want it you shoulda put a ring on it", really?) but as danced by football players it's catchy as hell (really, it makes sense in context):
Another is Community. It's premise is a group of reluctant community college students, and I think the selling point was supposed to be Chevy Chase. However the funniest characters have turned out to be Abed, the film student and Senor Chang, the outrageously cruel Spanish teacher. Lots of pop cultural shout outs, and the one where they all play painball to win priority registration invokes Terminator, The Warriors, and The Killer:
Truly crap video, regrettably.
Yeah, I know I should watch less TV...
Glee - having little familiarity with musicals or singing, I'm surprised that this pulled me in as much as it has. Because the story revolves around a high school glee club, the spontaneous "breaking into song" doesn't seem contrived.
Admittedly I had to look at Wikipedia's episode guide to understand a lot of the references (I didn't recognize the songs and actors from "Wicked", for one), but there's enough other music for me to keep up. Not a huge fan of Beyonce ("if you want it you shoulda put a ring on it", really?) but as danced by football players it's catchy as hell (really, it makes sense in context):
Another is Community. It's premise is a group of reluctant community college students, and I think the selling point was supposed to be Chevy Chase. However the funniest characters have turned out to be Abed, the film student and Senor Chang, the outrageously cruel Spanish teacher. Lots of pop cultural shout outs, and the one where they all play painball to win priority registration invokes Terminator, The Warriors, and The Killer:
Truly crap video, regrettably.
Yeah, I know I should watch less TV...
a fistful of linkage
May. 6th, 2010 09:28 pmAttn. Naughty knitters and other yarn sorts: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
vree has an icon for you.
ladyaelfwynn discusses fanfic as an expected and even transformative act after an overwrought author compared fanfic to someone stealing her husband(?!) Further linkage here, complete with long list of published works that could arguably qualify as fanfic. (Full disclaimer: I read part of one of the overwrought author's books. It was ok, I guess - I wasn't interested enough to finish and actually found the botany more interesting than the characters).
Off LJ:
Can You Update Pulp Science Fiction Without Being F-ed Up? - I certainly hope so because while the cheese is grand some of the stereotyping is jawdroppingly awful.
Tor Books blog is rereading Cherryh's Atevi series: Foreginer; Invader. Reading these to refresh my mind as I left off at #4 2 years ago and #11 (!) is just out.
They're also rewatching Firefly....
vree has an icon for you.ladyaelfwynn discusses fanfic as an expected and even transformative act after an overwrought author compared fanfic to someone stealing her husband(?!) Further linkage here, complete with long list of published works that could arguably qualify as fanfic. (Full disclaimer: I read part of one of the overwrought author's books. It was ok, I guess - I wasn't interested enough to finish and actually found the botany more interesting than the characters).Off LJ:
Can You Update Pulp Science Fiction Without Being F-ed Up? - I certainly hope so because while the cheese is grand some of the stereotyping is jawdroppingly awful.
Tor Books blog is rereading Cherryh's Atevi series: Foreginer; Invader. Reading these to refresh my mind as I left off at #4 2 years ago and #11 (!) is just out.
They're also rewatching Firefly....
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May. 1st, 2010 12:01 am- 12:53 @quasigeo - Feel better soon! #
- 12:56 mashable Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Captured by NASA Satellite [PICS] - bit.ly/aAPpp6 <- Wow. WOW :( #
- 12:57 @danphilpott - of course not. It is *secure*, after all... #
- 13:01 RT @TimMorehouse: LOVE Coffee and Massages? You can have BOTH! THE COFFEE MASSAGE!: wp.me/pfSw1-16e <- not combind the way I imagined #
- 23:11 Just watched 1st ep w/ new #drwho Matt Smith - No-nonsense new companion, starts w/ bang! Also, preview 4 season looks good. Like :) #
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Apr. 13th, 2010 12:06 am- 20:41 @quasigeo - An epeeist you... heathen :P Welcome to the wonderful world of #fencing! Keep at it, you'll be able to kick through walls! #
- 20:43 Jack Sparrow inspired by Adam Ant, not Keith Richards: bit.ly/a7WNJK . This is screamingly obvious to anyone with eyes :P #
- 20:46 @quasigeo - Pistol grips are helpful & def. de rigeur for competitors. Lots of diff. pistol grip styles tho; experiment before settling. #
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Apr. 6th, 2010 12:02 am- 12:47 @daudi_g - Awesome, thanks! #
- 20:07 It's a flat cat day - first warm day of spring/summer and the A/C doesn't appear to be working :/ #
- 20:45 I think I'm the only person watching #smallville to comment on the hot Zod/Tess foe yay action. More of this and Chloe plz? #
- 21:19 @SnarlingBadger - UniqueThrift really does have everything. #
kitchen arts/abuse - indeed
Apr. 4th, 2010 10:12 pmMuch of today was spent in the kitchen.
First off, big Sunday breakfast because I fancied biscuits and gravy - the latter meaning bacon, and why not throw some eggs in there as well :P All turned out well, though the eggs would have been improved by applesauce.
Most of the afternoon was spent dyeing 36 yards of cotton twill tape purple to use as doublet trim - this counts as kitchen time as I did it stovetop with cheap/used pots/pans from my new favorite thrift store.
It turned out well - maybe too well, as it looks almost black - maybe lighter when it dries? At any rate it will provide enough contrast with the green linen of the doublet to have the desired effect.
Lastly I prepped for this slow cooker Moroccan lamb tagine. The spices smelled good; I'll find out tomorrow if it tastes to match.
Eating/waiting time was spent watching Laurie and Fry's Jeeves and Wooster with D. Jeeves is clearly an early member of The Company/Gentleman's Speculative Society (jlsjlsjls - Jeeves even has the broken nose! Incarnation of Alton Bell-Fairfax? :P). And Bertie Wooster is Batman, or should have been.
Still stuff to do...
First off, big Sunday breakfast because I fancied biscuits and gravy - the latter meaning bacon, and why not throw some eggs in there as well :P All turned out well, though the eggs would have been improved by applesauce.
Most of the afternoon was spent dyeing 36 yards of cotton twill tape purple to use as doublet trim - this counts as kitchen time as I did it stovetop with cheap/used pots/pans from my new favorite thrift store.
It turned out well - maybe too well, as it looks almost black - maybe lighter when it dries? At any rate it will provide enough contrast with the green linen of the doublet to have the desired effect.
Lastly I prepped for this slow cooker Moroccan lamb tagine. The spices smelled good; I'll find out tomorrow if it tastes to match.
Eating/waiting time was spent watching Laurie and Fry's Jeeves and Wooster with D. Jeeves is clearly an early member of The Company/Gentleman's Speculative Society (
jlsjlsjls - Jeeves even has the broken nose! Incarnation of Alton Bell-Fairfax? :P). And Bertie Wooster is Batman, or should have been.Still stuff to do...
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Mar. 30th, 2010 12:00 am- 09:38 @mactavish - Same here. Active women + heels make *no sense*! Olivia Dunham on #fringe has much more sensible/realistic footwear. #
- 09:46 Oh dear, the whole back archive of the Weekly World News is on Google books. #
- 09:46 Including the Best Headline EVER: Fat Cat Owns 23 Old Ladies: tinyurl.com/yhz6gol #
- 20:55 Started reading a book online only to realize I bought a copy several years ago. Out of control bookshelves much? #
- 21:25 @quasigeo - I've probably done that a few times. Or, I have it and I'll still get a copy out of the library :P #
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Mar. 17th, 2010 12:04 am- 16:37 RT @Tekneek: Leverage fans! @Electric44 (aka Dean Devlin) sez: Ask your #Leverage questions here! bit.ly/9okAi8 #
- 18:29 @MargoEve - I might be interested depending on schedules. Do I qualify? Feel free to DM as I can't DM you! #
- 22:24 Somehow (well, I can guess) water got in the trunk of my car. Soaked up one towel full, I predict another one tomorrow :/ #
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Mar. 16th, 2010 12:05 am- 13:56 RT @quasigeo: "The path of my life is strewn with cowpats from the devil's own satanic herd!" -- E. Blackadder. <-1 of my fave TV quotes #
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Mar. 2nd, 2010 12:02 am- 12:40 RT @jonrog1: Yeah, he's back #leverage twitpic.com/161xh4 <- via @BeaucoupKevin; esp. for @dustdaughter #
- 14:13 Google Books quality control & other problems: tinyurl.com/37qr3q #
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Mar. 1st, 2010 12:02 am- 20:45 Max headroom finally coming to DVD: tinyurl.com/ybl9r9v #
Wars vs. Trek
Feb. 28th, 2010 10:17 pmMy time being sick this week was not wasted. Between coughing and Nyquil naps, I watched the first 6 Star Trek movies (i.e., the ones with the tv show's original cast).
Disclaimer: while I was raised on Star Wars, I only have dim memories of the pre-TNG movies. I think I'd seen all of them before this week as I remembered bits from most, but they weren't ubiquitous in my childhood home the way the Star Wars trilogy was. As such I'm not super-aware of the context in which they were released, though I'm sure for fans of the TV show the first one was a huge, huge deal. Having said this:
( this got rather long - only for the nerdy )
I still like Star Wars best. Yes, even after the prequels: the story seems tighter and has more of a definite trajectory, and I think they also had more budget/effects magic to realize Lucas' vision (even before all of the recent remastering/meddling). Yes, I do realize that Trek was coming out of episodic tv. That, and I grew up with the characters - for me there was never a time that there WASN'T Star Wars.
Still, Trek does have a lot of fun in it's little'verse galaxy quadrant :)
Disclaimer: while I was raised on Star Wars, I only have dim memories of the pre-TNG movies. I think I'd seen all of them before this week as I remembered bits from most, but they weren't ubiquitous in my childhood home the way the Star Wars trilogy was. As such I'm not super-aware of the context in which they were released, though I'm sure for fans of the TV show the first one was a huge, huge deal. Having said this:
( this got rather long - only for the nerdy )
I still like Star Wars best. Yes, even after the prequels: the story seems tighter and has more of a definite trajectory, and I think they also had more budget/effects magic to realize Lucas' vision (even before all of the recent remastering/meddling). Yes, I do realize that Trek was coming out of episodic tv. That, and I grew up with the characters - for me there was never a time that there WASN'T Star Wars.
Still, Trek does have a lot of fun in it's little
