Short story v Novel
Nov. 11th, 2009 | 10:19 pm
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e_bourne
Tonight I read some early Daphne Du Maurier. I've always liked her. This collection, picked up at Fred's, are stories she wrote in her twenties. What makes them particularly interesting to me is what is, and isn't good in them.
They are all about plot. No characters to mention, no beautiful prose. The plots are pretty killer. Which isn't to say they're all perfect. Still way better than average.
Which is probably why writing short stories is so darn hard for me. Plot is a real weak point.
Novels you can kind of spread out into and explore. Short stories you have know what you're doing. I don't really like knowing what I'm doing. I like the adventure. So I'm not much of short story writer. Maybe two or three a year.
I admire the short story. So beautiful and concise. So elegant.
I guess I'm more of a cake than a petit four.
They are all about plot. No characters to mention, no beautiful prose. The plots are pretty killer. Which isn't to say they're all perfect. Still way better than average.
Which is probably why writing short stories is so darn hard for me. Plot is a real weak point.
Novels you can kind of spread out into and explore. Short stories you have know what you're doing. I don't really like knowing what I'm doing. I like the adventure. So I'm not much of short story writer. Maybe two or three a year.
I admire the short story. So beautiful and concise. So elegant.
I guess I'm more of a cake than a petit four.
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Nov. 12th, 2009 | 12:09 pm
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Sometimes, this is the answer to a cranky day.
Nov. 11th, 2009 | 07:49 pm
posted by: cupcake_goth
My mood did not improve today, not one bit. The Stroppy One has gone to his D&D game, which is probably for the best, as I am not good company at the moment. So I am going to spend the evening trying to write, and indulging in glittery silver nail polish, a cocktail made with elderflower liqueur and fizzy pink vodka, and ridiculously overwrought Gawthick Rawk videos playing in the background.
Please note, Trinian, Queen of Fuzzwumpia, approves of this plan.
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Veterans Day
Nov. 11th, 2009 | 04:52 pm
posted by: athenais
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Climbing with Peter, Part 2.
Nov. 11th, 2009 | 12:14 pm
posted by: kijjohnson
I have a strained tendon in my right-hand ring finger, and I am trying to give it a chance to recover, "a chance" being to my mind a week or ten days, though I suspect a doctor would suggest more. Peter had this injury back in the spring and it took about three months to heal, but he's like me.
( A failed 5.11, falling, and fear. )
( A failed 5.11, falling, and fear. )
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Bleh. Woogle.
Nov. 11th, 2009 | 12:19 pm
location: cubeville
music: I Don't Care Very Much - Emilie Autumn
posted by: cupcake_goth
Probably no Shallow Fashion Details photo today, sorry. I know I should like this outfit (as it is one I have worn in the past and been perfectly happy with), but thanks to the hormonal joys of being a girl, I am filled with free-floating cranky (and cramps). Therefore I have an irrational dislike of what I am wearing, and don't want to take a picture of it. Again, sorry. Yes, I know I'm being ridiculous. Have I mentioned lately that I loathe hormonal mood-swings?
Anyway. Last night involved sushi, cupcakes, and getting to see ouranophobe, who I have not seen in FOREVER. (And poetry_lady, who I should try to see more often, what with her living in the same state and everything.) It was a wonderful evening of socializing and catching up with an old friend.
In news of ridiculous things I vaguely want to look for: someone explain to me why I have a strong urge to find very cute Alice In Wonderland fabric and make a skirt incorporating it? Other than the fact that I'm a big fan of Alice In Wonderland, and also other than the fact that finding elegantly whimsical gothy fabric prints is nigh-impossible, I mean. (And not that I should be thinking about sewing anything right now, as I OH MY GOD NEED TO BE CONCENTRATING ON WRITING. Not any other projects. Yes, really, I know that. I DO.)
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Sometimes It's Not Just What You Say
Nov. 11th, 2009 | 08:06 am
posted by: madrobins
Sometimes it's what you're willing to let High School students print about you:
And sometimes it's less what you say (albeit clumsily) and more the fact that your handwriting sucks. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been taken to task for a condolence letter he wrote to the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan. He's not the world's most socially adept human (and apparently he's penmanship is appalling, largely because he's highly visually impaired). By the end of the article I felt a bit sorry for him--and for the grieving mother, who seems to have taken every flaw in Brown's delivery of his messages (a: condolence on the loss of your son; b: horribly sorry to have hurt you at a time when you're mourning) as callousness and lack of concern. None of this would be so bad, except that the British press (read: Murdoch press) has jumped on the Bash Brown bandwagon and inflamed something that should have been a private correspondence into a to-do.
The school newspaper at Dalton, a private school in Manhattan, contained a cryptic note from its editors last Friday.Cause there's nothing worse than getting quoted out of context in a High School newspaper.
“We are not able to cover the recent visit by a Supreme Court justice due to numerous publication constraints,” the note said. It promised “an explanation of the regrettable delay” in the next issue.
It turns out that Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, widely regarded as one of the court’s most vigilant defenders of First Amendment values, had provided the newspaper, The Daltonian, with a lesson about journalistic independence. Justice Kennedy’s office had insisted on approving any article about a talk he gave to an assembly of Dalton high school students on Oct. 28.
Frank D. LoMonte, the executive director of the Student Press Law Center, questioned the school’s approach. “Obviously, in the professional world, it would be a nonstarter if a source demanded prior approval of coverage of a speech,” he said. Even at a high school publication, Mr. LoMonte said, the request for prepublication review sent the wrong message and failed to appreciate the sophistication of high school seniors.And to realize they're being managed.
“These are people who are old enough to vote,” he said. “If you’re old enough to drive a tank, you’re old enough to write a headline.”
And sometimes it's less what you say (albeit clumsily) and more the fact that your handwriting sucks. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been taken to task for a condolence letter he wrote to the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan. He's not the world's most socially adept human (and apparently he's penmanship is appalling, largely because he's highly visually impaired). By the end of the article I felt a bit sorry for him--and for the grieving mother, who seems to have taken every flaw in Brown's delivery of his messages (a: condolence on the loss of your son; b: horribly sorry to have hurt you at a time when you're mourning) as callousness and lack of concern. None of this would be so bad, except that the British press (read: Murdoch press) has jumped on the Bash Brown bandwagon and inflamed something that should have been a private correspondence into a to-do.
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Nov. 11th, 2009 | 11:31 am
posted by: molly_brown in cat_macros
Hi all, I probably should have introduced myself before my first couple of postings yesterday, so forgive me if I do it now, a day too late. I joined this community (and also "all macros" and "dog macros") yesterday. I finally figured out how to use the lolbuilder on the cheezburger.com site a little under two months ago, and since then I have found adding silly captions to pictures more than a little addictive. ;) And it's great to have found somewhere other than my own journal to post some of the pictures I've captioned.
I'm editing this a couple of hours later, because I noticed on my friends page that this post apparently has a lot of empty space at the end. I don't know where that came from, and when I tried to get rid of it, the bottom came off of the picture I'd embedded. So rather than lose the caption, I left the empty space.
This problem of losing the bottom off of pictures I embed on livejournal is something that only started happening to me a couple of weeks ago. Prior to that, I'd had no problems with embedding.
Does anyone here have any ideas as to why this is happening? And what - if anything - I can do about it? (On the off-chance it's relevant, I have a basic account and - being a generally un-techy type with no real knowledge of html - I've been using the "rich text" option when posting.)
I'd be very grateful for any help or suggestions. Many thanks, and please accept my apologies for all of the empty extra space underneath the pic I embedded here today.
Does anyone here have any ideas as to why this is happening? And what - if anything - I can do about it? (On the off-chance it's relevant, I have a basic account and - being a generally un-techy type with no real knowledge of html - I've been using the "rich text" option when posting.)
I'd be very grateful for any help or suggestions. Many thanks, and please accept my apologies for all of the empty extra space underneath the pic I embedded here today.
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Mayhem in Sparks (it's the city beside Reno)
Nov. 10th, 2009 | 10:52 pm
posted by: paulgenesse
Raarrrr! Red Robin brings out the animal in me, and my Uncle Rene Genesse.
Reno and Sparks, Nevada, November 5-8, 2009
It’s true. Some people were actually born in the Biggest Little City in the World—Reno, Nevada. I was born there, at St. Mary’s Hospital on May 29, 1973 at 7:38 AM. The weird thing is that I'm totally not a morning person.
Seriously, at the end of my book tour, I got to go to the place where I lived for five years, and then visited every holiday and summer for most of my youth.
Seeing my cousins, and old friends, was such a cool experience. I have the pictures to prove it (link below). When I was in Reno/Sparks, I also visited two schools, Marvin Moss Elementary, which went really well, and Swope Middle School—a truly amazing experience for me. At Marvin Moss, the writing workshop was really good, and the kids were so smart. They came up with a brilliant story about a blind girl with seeing-eye dog with supernatural powers. The story had it all. The kids get an A+.
My next stop was Swope Middle School. Several war veterans had just spoken about their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan to the whole school (right before I came). For the first time ever at a school visit, I told the students a true story about how a Dragonlance book saved a soldier’s life. Tracy Hickman (the co-author of the book) told the story at a conference I attended, and I won’t repeat it here; but suffice it to say, books have a power that can truly save lives, which is why Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weiss were given the soldier’s medal, earned by him for bravery in combat. My visit to Swope was an amazing cap to my book tour. I gave one of the best speeches of the tour and I’m so happy I pulled it all together for the students.
The next day I had lunch with family and friends, then a book signing at the Reno Barnes and Noble, where I was the guest of Swope Middle School’s book fair. It went so well. Lots of kids came from Swope and Marvin Moss. I signed the last of my posters and had a big line. It was so great, and the dinner with family afterward was excellent. There was mayhem and fun at the dinner, and I got to hang with a cousin I hadn’t seen in many years. It was a wonderful night.
The very best thing about writing books, and going on tour has been seeing friends, family, and meeting the fans. Those connections matter a lot to me, and I met some amazing people. What I really hope is that I inspired the people I met along the way, because they inspired me.
Here’s the link to the pics:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1
Paul Genesse
Author of The Dragon Hunters
www.paulgenesse.com
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Nov. 11th, 2009 | 01:05 pm
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Attack of the Wild Turkeys
Nov. 10th, 2009 | 09:42 pm
posted by: paulgenesse
Sacramento, California, November 4-5, 2009
We were attacked by wild turkeys on our way to Sutterville Elementary School. Who knew that this could even happen in a subdivision of Sacramento?! We were driving from my cousin Colleen’s house to the school and a whole flock of them entered the road, and gobbled a dire warning. Had they come for revenge? It’s no secret what my favorite Thanksgiving food item is. The attack was brief and Tammy scared them off with our camera. Check out the pictures for proof on the Facebook public link, at the end of this post.
The visit at Sutterville was one of my best of the tour. I loved my speech to the kids, and the writing workshop was fantastic. We came up with an awesome story about a purple and black haired goth girl who is murdered by her father. It was very well done and I’m so thankful for the kids’ incredible ideas. The signing afterward was awesome, and a visit like this one made me feel so good about the tour.
The day before was also quite special, as I visited my cousin Emily at her school, California Middle School. I was very happy with my speech and the writing workshop was really fun. The kids came up with a story about a ginger haired girl, who liked to kill her cougar mom’s boyfriends. The story was the most twisted of the entire book tour and the students did a great job with it. Bravo to them!
Getting to visit my cousin Emily, and her friend, Jenna at the school and later at dinner, was a real highlight. We all had dinner over at cousin Joanna’s later, and it was wonderful to get to hang with my peeps. Check out the photos on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1
Best wishes,
Paul Genesse
Author of The Dragon Hunters
www.paulgensse.com
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Nov. 10th, 2009 | 08:36 pm
posted by: jeanineers
Feed the Kitty
Fixed the link for Feed the Kitty which is my second favorite Looney Tunes cartoon ever! I giggle each time I watch Marc Anthony put the little kitty cookie on his back.
Kiss Me Cat
Feline Frame Up
Cat Feud
Can you guess my favorite Looney Tunes cartoon? It's not one of these.
Fixed the link for Feed the Kitty which is my second favorite Looney Tunes cartoon ever! I giggle each time I watch Marc Anthony put the little kitty cookie on his back.
Kiss Me Cat
Feline Frame Up
Cat Feud
Can you guess my favorite Looney Tunes cartoon? It's not one of these.
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The day's miscellany and books
Nov. 10th, 2009 | 08:03 pm
posted by: e_bourne
Making progress on sequel. Slow but steady. Slow.
Recently finished (re)watching Howl's Moving Castle and reading Howl's Moving Castle for the first time. That was extremely fun. I enjoyed the movie very much. Still do. Charming and beautiful. It delighted me. The book by Diana Wynne Jones (who I like quite a bit) is wonderful, and very different from the movie. Enough so, it's difficult to see the contours of the book in the movie once it's been read.
This doesn't bother me. Movies and books are different mediums with different requirements. The story of the books would've been much to complicated for the movie. While the movie kept a few of what I call "tentposts" from the book, it went off on its own way and told a different story using the same characters. And it's excellent. The book is more complex, layered, and while as much of a fairy tale, ultimately less of a moral story than the movie. They are equally wonderful, very different. I'm glad I have them both.
If I could write like anyone in the world, it would be TC Boyle. While he isn't always perfect (The Women being a case in point), line-by-line, paragraph-by-paragraph, it's hard to fault him. I bought The Women even though I didn't mean to because I foolishly picked it up in a bookstore and read a page. The truth of that one page bit me like a pitbull and I had to drag the book out with me. Boyle does that to me.
Reading some of his short fiction last night nearly made my heart stop it was so perfect.
We are working on our budgeting process at work and so now I want things. In April, Adobe releases Creative Studio 5. We didn't get CS4 because I thought it was kind of hohum. I lust after CS5. We're getting a Netbook for my dear friend, who needs a lighter laptop for travel because of his back problems, and now I want a Mac Air. Just because they're beautiful. I'm also back to wanting an iPhone. Stupid ATT. (we're on Verizon, long boring reasons why we won't switch).
So much want. So little need.
Recently finished (re)watching Howl's Moving Castle and reading Howl's Moving Castle for the first time. That was extremely fun. I enjoyed the movie very much. Still do. Charming and beautiful. It delighted me. The book by Diana Wynne Jones (who I like quite a bit) is wonderful, and very different from the movie. Enough so, it's difficult to see the contours of the book in the movie once it's been read.
This doesn't bother me. Movies and books are different mediums with different requirements. The story of the books would've been much to complicated for the movie. While the movie kept a few of what I call "tentposts" from the book, it went off on its own way and told a different story using the same characters. And it's excellent. The book is more complex, layered, and while as much of a fairy tale, ultimately less of a moral story than the movie. They are equally wonderful, very different. I'm glad I have them both.
If I could write like anyone in the world, it would be TC Boyle. While he isn't always perfect (The Women being a case in point), line-by-line, paragraph-by-paragraph, it's hard to fault him. I bought The Women even though I didn't mean to because I foolishly picked it up in a bookstore and read a page. The truth of that one page bit me like a pitbull and I had to drag the book out with me. Boyle does that to me.
Reading some of his short fiction last night nearly made my heart stop it was so perfect.
We are working on our budgeting process at work and so now I want things. In April, Adobe releases Creative Studio 5. We didn't get CS4 because I thought it was kind of hohum. I lust after CS5. We're getting a Netbook for my dear friend, who needs a lighter laptop for travel because of his back problems, and now I want a Mac Air. Just because they're beautiful. I'm also back to wanting an iPhone. Stupid ATT. (we're on Verizon, long boring reasons why we won't switch).
So much want. So little need.
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Deer Valley High School, Antioch, CA
Nov. 10th, 2009 | 08:52 pm
posted by: paulgenesse
Shantelle, "Telly" strikes a pose. Okay, she's my cousin, but you can't fake this kind of coolness!
Antioch, California November 3, 2009
My mother fit into a shoebox after she was born. The delivery occurred in a little house in Antioch, California, and her dad (my grandfather) delivered her. Somehow, she survived and I’ve been back with mom to visit her hometown several times. I’ve got a bunch of family there and love to visit.
I visited Aunt Darlene, then Deer Valley High School, then spoke in the Deer Vally High library. The speech went very well and the librarians were awesome. My biggest fan, Katrina Miller, was there. She’s read my books seven times each. She understands them like no one else does, and I’m grateful to have such cool fans. The school newspaper interviewed me as well. I also read a few pages from the beginning of book three (The Secret Empire), just for Katrina. She loved it. But I caused her to miss her bus. No worries. I gave her a ride home. Only the best for my biggest fan.
After the speech at the school library, I went over to Aunt Betty’s and had such scrumptious food (Grandma Ridolfi’s ravioli recipe is TOP SECRET by the way). Tam got to meet the family, and we had a wonderful time. Having my mom there was so special, and seeing my cousins was the best, especially Lacey Rose and Shantelle, “Telly.” Check out the pictures on the Facebook public link.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1
There’s no place like home, or Aunt Betty’s cooking.
Paul Genesse
Author of The Dragon Hunters
www.paulgenesse.com
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San Francisco & Miller Creek Middle School
Nov. 10th, 2009 | 08:16 pm
posted by: paulgenesse
San Francisco and San Rafael, November 1-2, 2009
There we were, surrounded by flesh-eating plants and poisonous flowers, when Tam reminded me we were not lost in the jungles of Venezuela. We were in the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. I met my wife, Tam, her sister Deanie, and our friends Lily, Cary, Glenn, and Jackie on Sunday morning at Lily and Cary’s apartment, which is right off the park. Deanie and Tammy (and our friends) had been touring San Francisco for the past couple of days, and finally I met up with them.
I hadn’t seen Tam in two weeks, so it was great seeing her again. Then we had an adventure in Golden Gate Park and fun was had by all. Check out the photos on Facebook with this link.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1
The next day I visited Miller Creek Middle School in San Rafael, just north of San Francisco. Tammy, my friends (Glenn, Jackie, and Lorrie), were able to come along and I’m glad they were there. The speech went fairly well, not my favorite, then I did two writing workshops. They went all right, but I must have been off my game, as I had a little trouble getting the kids to focus on creating the story with me. The signing went well, and lunch afterward was great. I have such awesome friends who support me no matter what.
Paul Genesse
Author of The Dragon Hunters
www.paulgenesse.com
There we were, surrounded by flesh-eating plants and poisonous flowers, when Tam reminded me we were not lost in the jungles of Venezuela. We were in the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. I met my wife, Tam, her sister Deanie, and our friends Lily, Cary, Glenn, and Jackie on Sunday morning at Lily and Cary’s apartment, which is right off the park. Deanie and Tammy (and our friends) had been touring San Francisco for the past couple of days, and finally I met up with them.
I hadn’t seen Tam in two weeks, so it was great seeing her again. Then we had an adventure in Golden Gate Park and fun was had by all. Check out the photos on Facebook with this link.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1
The next day I visited Miller Creek Middle School in San Rafael, just north of San Francisco. Tammy, my friends (Glenn, Jackie, and Lorrie), were able to come along and I’m glad they were there. The speech went fairly well, not my favorite, then I did two writing workshops. They went all right, but I must have been off my game, as I had a little trouble getting the kids to focus on creating the story with me. The signing went well, and lunch afterward was great. I have such awesome friends who support me no matter what.
Paul Genesse
Author of The Dragon Hunters
www.paulgenesse.com
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A story from my workplace, and a clicky-link of coveting.
Nov. 10th, 2009 | 01:27 pm
location: cubeville
posted by: cupcake_goth
Wandering through the cafeteria, I just saw a woman dressed in black "wet-look" leggings (so, high-gloss spandex), a cream/khaki thigh-length sweater (which I think had sequin details), and a pair of those open-toe high-heeled "boots". She looked like she had lost a fight with an American Apparel store. And of course, she stared at me like I'm the crazy person.
Clicky-link of coveting! I want this Baby Vamp ring set (You knew that was a clicky-link, right? Okay.) A tiny set of vampire fangs to wear as a ring! How ridiculously cute is that? I may occasionally (well, frequently) roll my eyes and fling my hands about in despair at what is being perpetrated under the cloak of my favorite genre, but I've got to admit, the upswing in popularity for all things vampire-related sometimes means finding pretty things.
Clicky-link of coveting! I want this Baby Vamp ring set (You knew that was a clicky-link, right? Okay.) A tiny set of vampire fangs to wear as a ring! How ridiculously cute is that? I may occasionally (well, frequently) roll my eyes and fling my hands about in despair at what is being perpetrated under the cloak of my favorite genre, but I've got to admit, the upswing in popularity for all things vampire-related sometimes means finding pretty things.
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Nostalgia
Nov. 10th, 2009 | 11:58 am
posted by: athenais
Photo © Ron Salomon.
In my room in the Mission District, shared with Terry Floyd, Sharee Carton and a revolving cast of characters. I sure miss that sign. My brother and I stole it from a small town in Eastern Washington. January, 1984.
Twenty-five looks so young to me now.
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Birthday Art...Girl Power
Nov. 10th, 2009 | 02:05 pm
mood: 
calm
posted by: merimask
Perhaps you've noticed; I have a new default icon. It's based on a lovely piece of birthday art that moko_mokomade for me. Since she said it is mine to use as I please, then it pleases me to show it to you. ^_^
I freaking love it. That'smoko_moko's version of Human Amaterasu from my (our!) favorite video game, Okami. Ammy has her Celestial Brush and is painting herself with Shiranui's markings (Shiranui is Ammy's ancient warrior wolf form & she kicks ass). A symbol of powerful womanhood if there ever was one. It pleases me mightily to think of myself as Ammy, painting herself with a warrior's mask & getting ready to set things right in the world. Somehow, it makes me feel strong & happy. ^_^
So YAY formoko_moko, who has a very powerful Celestial Brush of her own. Thank you hon.
EDIT: Okay...LJ is being perverse again with LJ cut. I notice that feature is mighty touchy sometimes...if you edit your entry or remove a link or do ANYthing to it while you're writing, you mess up the code & end up with a wreck. *shrug* Oh well. I'll show off my new bronze oak masks tomorrow. One pretty piece of artwork per entry is enough.
moko_mokomade for me. Since she said it is mine to use as I please, then it pleases me to show it to you. ^_^I freaking love it. That's
moko_moko's version of Human Amaterasu from my (our!) favorite video game, Okami. Ammy has her Celestial Brush and is painting herself with Shiranui's markings (Shiranui is Ammy's ancient warrior wolf form & she kicks ass). A symbol of powerful womanhood if there ever was one. It pleases me mightily to think of myself as Ammy, painting herself with a warrior's mask & getting ready to set things right in the world. Somehow, it makes me feel strong & happy. ^_^ So YAY for
moko_moko, who has a very powerful Celestial Brush of her own. Thank you hon.EDIT: Okay...LJ is being perverse again with LJ cut. I notice that feature is mighty touchy sometimes...if you edit your entry or remove a link or do ANYthing to it while you're writing, you mess up the code & end up with a wreck. *shrug* Oh well. I'll show off my new bronze oak masks tomorrow. One pretty piece of artwork per entry is enough.
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Tuesdays are full of gronk
Nov. 10th, 2009 | 10:40 am
location: Cubeville
posted by: cupcake_goth
So it seems that Tuesdays are going to be the days where I feel very very tired. Send tea, cupcakes, and pretty boys in eyeliner.
I did not get any writing done last night. No, instead I went to the release for the sepiachord companion CD at the Seattle Steamvent meet-up. (I don't really consider myself steampunk, but I have friends who are, and a lot of "steampunk" clothing works for my wardrobe once you change the color scheme. Brown, ugh.)
Anyhoodle, yes, Sepiachord companion CD! The Sepiachord crew are all people I am terribly fond of (and don't get to spend nearly enough time with), and I am very excited about the first compilation CD they've put together.
Writing after going out didn't happen because the Infamous BlueJay came over for a bit of socializing. She handed me a stripy blazer (yay!) and a buttonhole machine for my vintage Elna sewing machine. Which she taught me how to use. Now the mysteries of well-made buttonholes are mine, mine! Muah-ha-hah-ha! The Infamous BlueJay also has stated that she is going to teach me how to make waistcoats and jacket-y things, because my fear of sewing princess seams is just silly. I raise a dubious eyebrow at this, but am willing to give it a try.
I am particularly amused by my outfit today. From the waist up, it is very similar to what my avatar in Rock Band is wearing; she's wearing a black blouse with pink tie, but otherwise the same. However, she wears much shorter skirts than me. I have not worn a mid-thigh length mini skirt since I was about 22, and rather Deathrock-ish.
In conclusion, again: send tea, cupcakes, and pretty boys in eyeliner. I need to wake up.
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