it's like the eye of a duck

Violet Blue enthuses over Isabella Rossellini's Green Porn short films, which are about insectoid sex (no, really). Photos and video at the link. I too want to be Isabella Rossellini when I grow up, and after that I want to be Judi Dench....

Found over in fireflyfans: Ask Inara in the Arisia con newsletter - click on any of the "Clear Ether" links to read "Inara"'s advice to characters of many fandoms.

From shemhazai, more real boobage from Uncovered: Busting Out in the Big Apple (link safe for work; photos from it perhaps not so much).

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Woke up this morning with the vague intention to attend a local SCA event, only to find that it was very much not as local as expected. Which worked out, because there's no shortage of things to do around here - laundry, sewing, reading, exercise.

Of the latter I did an upper body workout that taxed as much as it exhilirated. I'm gonna feel stiff as a board tomorrow but it will have been worth it :)

dotheranon and I went to see "National Treasure 2", which was fun in an action packed, butchered history Indiana Jones kind of way. And, it had Helen Mirren! We followed it up with chickennnnnn and hot sauce, which was good because I was ready to eat a horse!

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I have been dabbling on and off surface treatments for Zoey vest for ~2 weeks and none of the ratios of gloss to leather dye has produced a finish that really improves the look IMHO, so, rather startlingly, I'm finished! Photos forthcoming. Also finished a quickie Henrican coif but am still trying to figure out just where it's supposed to sit on my head so it looks less like a 19th century bonnet.

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I've been listening to a lot more music lately, even at work - which is unusual because music is so emotionally intense for me that it's hard to ignore the urge to dance (or, at least, bob my head vigorously). In addition to random YouTubery I've discovered 808 State reissues and am reminded how long it's been since I bothered to keep up, even with bands I already know I like! To that end I'm indulging in my backlog of SolipsisticNation podcasts, in the hopes that I might be an old crustie, but at least one who has an idea of what year it is :P

Yesterday I took a "use or lose" day off and hit some local museums with skill_grl.

( blinded by art )

All in all, a very Grand Day Out :)