tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488maggie touches grease with her handsgiant skilletmiss maggie2012-12-13T18:02:48Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:523170then i was slain by an elf2012-12-13T18:02:48Z2012-12-13T18:02:48Zpublic5Getting back into the swing of things re: Dreamwidth posting takes some effort, yo! Although I'm reading and enjoying my circle again, which is lovely -- I've missed the buffet of links that my circle serves up as a matter of course. :)<br /><br />- If anybody's looking for free online holiday (or any) music, I highly recommend <a href="http://icebergradio.com/">Iceberg Radio</a>! You can even mix a bunch of different stations together for your own personalized channel!<br /><br />- If you're looking for a tumblr-based DCU roleplay, won't you check out the <a href="http://justicelounge.tumblr.com/">Justice Lounge</a>? We've been going since February and are quite active, and my co-mod and sister <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://glockgal.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://glockgal.dreamwidth.org/'><b>glockgal</b></a></span> and I try to keep things running smoothly. It helps that most prospective players who would engage in shenanigans are scared off by our rules, heh.<br /><br />- I am about to dive into this <a href="http://jenniferarmintrout.blogspot.ca/2012/04/50-shades-of-grey-chapter-one-or-why.html">review of the notorious 50 Shades of Grey</a>, because her review of the "Abe Lincoln, Historical Stud" novel was hilarious!<br /><br />- Also on the plan: getting my free birthday drink from Starbucks. This is the time of year I drink the most Starbucks due to Pumpkin Spice and Gingerbread Lattes, so yay!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=523170" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:517064cupcakes to learn2011-05-17T17:02:11Z2011-05-17T17:02:11Zpublic2So since my sister <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://glockgal.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://glockgal.dreamwidth.org/'><b>glockgal</b></a></span> and I are so close in age, we know each other's BFFs-from-high-school quite well, which means it was a delight to get this link about Lori's friend Hyedie this morning:<br /><br />. <a href="http://dandyhorsemagazine.com/feature-article-3" target="xx">Heels on Wheels</a>: from "Dandyhorse", a magazine about cycling in Toronto<br /><br />Last time Hyedie was out here in Lotusland she brought Duke with her, and man I love beagles but after hearing the kind of volume Duke achieved while we took him for a walk on the dyke, I am in no hurry to own one. *g*<br /><br />If you live in the T-Dot, ride a bike, like pastry, and are a woman, check out the link!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=517064" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:516596your school chums are going to be so jealous of your little outfit2011-05-13T14:50:31Z2011-05-13T14:56:51Zpublic29A couple of fun links this morning:<br /><br />. <small>via <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://newredshoes.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://newredshoes.dreamwidth.org/'><b>newredshoes</b></a></span></small>: <a href="http://newredshoes.dreamwidth.org/1718694.html" target="xx">MEN. Are you cool?</a> - I seriously wish clothes like in the Eleganza catalogue would come back into fashion. I REALLY HONESTLY DO. People like Andre 3000 could pull that shit off without batting an eyelash.<br /><br />. <small>via <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?user=sillysally'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?user=sillysally'><b>sillysally</b></a></span></small>: The PS22 Chorus (from Staten Island NY, I think?) sings The Smith's "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" with all the passion of their little fifth-grade hearts. Seriously adorbs.<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nnUvDfIh8dc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><br /><br /><br />This Brian and Justin icon has nothing to do with this post, I've just been re-watching s3 of QaF and felt nostalgic. Also I wasn't quick enough with the FF button and accidentally watched some scene with Debbie in it that I have managed to successfully avoid for like four years or some shit, and it was even worse than I could have imagined because she said some astonishingly racist thing and proved that I was right to FF all her scenes all these years.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bossymarmalade.dreamwidth.org/516596.html#cutid1">Oh one more thing:</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=516596" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:515425your ideas are intriguing to me2011-04-03T15:08:41Z2011-04-03T15:08:41Zpublic3So, I'm at <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/users/maggie"><img alt="favicon" border="0" src="http://archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico" /></a><a href="http://archiveofourown.org/users/maggie"><strong>maggie</strong></a> and fandoms in the immediate queue are ... heavens, who knows these days. Whatever multifandom thing I decide to write next.<br /><br />Speaking of which, <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://remix-goes-wild.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://remix-goes-wild.dreamwidth.org/'><b>remix_goes_wild</b></a></span> is open for business! I've loved Remix challenges ever since my beloved <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://cathybites.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://cathybites.livejournal.com/'><b>cathybites</b></a></span> came up with the whole shebang in popslash lo so many years ago, and this one is all laid-back and doesn't require matching participants up or having x many stories of a certain length in a certain fandom, a requirement that has become less attainable for me now that I'm not in any fixed fandom. So yay!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=515425" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:515277maybe the problem will just fix itself2011-03-29T21:11:32Z2011-03-29T21:36:52Zpublic32Having now 'fessed up about my Warblers hate, I can move on to more interesting things:<br /><br />A while ago <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://delux-vivens.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://delux-vivens.dreamwidth.org/'><b>delux_vivens</b></a></span> posted about <a href="http://delux-vivens.dreamwidth.org/35784.html" target="xx">a white male poet being asked about his work by a black female poet</a>, which went down just about as well as you could imagine. (Click on *AWP at <a href="http://claudiarankine.com/" target="xx">Claudia Rankine's website</a> to read Tony Hoagland's poem, Rankine's letter to him, and his reply to her wherein he calls her "naive when it comes to the subject of American racism" [!!!]).<br /><br />Anyhow, a number of other writers/poets/etc. wrote open letters that are not so much about the exchange in particular but more to do with race representations in the States. The letters are archived at Rankine's site, but if you don't feel like wading through them here's some of the ones I found particularly interesting:<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bossymarmalade.dreamwidth.org/515277.html#cutid1">now with added pull-quotes!</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=515277" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:513295a dervish of declension and conjurer of conjugation2011-03-03T20:13:58Z2011-03-03T20:14:26Zpublic10I am at this point right now in French where I resent everything -- I resent UBC for making me take a stupid 2-year language requirement to graduate, I resent my stupid class being at 7 pm on a Tuesday out on the other side of god's country, I resent having to drag myself back and forth between there and home and work with gas and parking being so expensive. <br /><br />I am, dear friendslist, at the point where the other night while biting my nails and counting down to when I had to leave for class, I thought, <em>maybe i don't even *care* if i fail this class</em> and I was filled with such utter whole-body relief that I honestly think I'm just going to ... not go for the rest of the semester. Fortunately it's one of those pass/fail dealies that doesn't affect your GPA, so, y'know, just fuck it. I'll try over the summer to get this language requirement waived or some shit, goddammit I'm a "mature student", they should be able to fuckin' grandfather me in or some jazz like that.<br /><br />... whew. That felt really good to get off my chest. *g*<br /><br />I have meanwhile been watching a lot of fun garbage tv like Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars and Justified and Young Justice and Glee and Kanye West videos, eating incredible food ever since I discovered Groupon, trying to wear mascara for the first time in my life, and punking around on the <a href="http://www.mediaed.org" target="xx">Media Education Foundation</a> website. Their videos are SUPER-expensive, but I discovered that you can read transcripts of them! Which is really excellent. Right now I'm in the middle of <a href="http://www.mediaed.org/assets/products/227/transcript_227.pdf" target="xx">I Am A Man: Black Masculinity in America</a> and learning stuff that I'm a lot more interested in than fucking French (no offence, Francophones).<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=513295" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:512779bossymarmalade @ 2011-02-21T15:36:002011-02-21T23:37:32Z2011-02-21T23:37:32Zpublic1I thought I'd drop this link from the NFB for anybody interested:<br /><br />. <a target="xx" href="http://www.nfb.ca/playlist/nfb_celebrates_black_history_month/?ec=en20110216">The National Film Board Celebrates Black History Month</a><br /><br />I haven't watched all of these, but "Speakers For the Dead" and "Remember Africville" are both heartwrenching and important.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=512779" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:511246that's gooooood labneh2010-12-01T23:40:06Z2010-12-01T23:47:13Zpublic11Happy Hanukkah! Links go here!<br /><br />Three foodway-related posts:<br />. <a href="http://deepad.dreamwidth.org/60518.html" target="xx">doodh se dhuli</a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://deepad.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://deepad.dreamwidth.org/'><b>deepad</b></a></span><br />. <a href="http://troisroyaumes.dreamwidth.org/32149.html" target="xx">seven things</a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://troisroyaumes.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://troisroyaumes.dreamwidth.org/'><b>troisroyaumes</b></a></span><br />. <a href="http://vi.dreamwidth.org/199222.html" target="xx">gross, weird, inedible</a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://vi.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://vi.dreamwidth.org/'><b>vi</b></a></span><br /><br />I found all of these very thought- and hunger-provoking. I won't go into my own food traditions here, because to be honest I'm still detangling them and figuring out how to explain them. I will say that I love living in Vancouver, because I can warm up curried corned beef and rice at the office for lunch and nobody comes in screaming "what IS that?" but more like they all waft in going, "what <em>smells so good</em>?" So I'm very aware of how nice and non-stressful it is for me to luxuriate in my own foodways *and* enjoy many others here. (SERIOUSLY THOUGH WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LIKE <a href="http://dearxraymachine.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/hungry-for-some-chee-cheong-fun/" target="XX">CHEE CHEONG FUN</a>?!?!? WHY ARE THEY ALIVE)<br /><br /><br />Non-food related:<br />. <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/glockart/76525.html" target="xx">tutorial on drawing characters of colour</a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://glockgal.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://glockgal.dreamwidth.org/'><b>glockgal</b></a></span><br /><br />This is useful for artists and non-artists alike, chromatic and non-chromatic alike, in that Lori talks about the internalized racism that most of us suffer from and how that manifests in our artistic endeavours.<br /><br />. <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://fandom-stocking.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/></a><a href='http://fandom-stocking.livejournal.com/'><b>fandom_stocking</b></a></span>!!! Go <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/fandom_stocking/92085.html" target="xx">leave a wishlist</a>, and then check the posted ones to see what you can fulfill!<br />. also, <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://insmallpackages.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/></a><a href='http://insmallpackages.livejournal.com/'><b>insmallpackages</b></a></span>!!! Same sort of deal, different timelines and setup -- the wishing part is done, but you can grant even if you didn't wish!<br /><br />I really like these "small gift" type thingies, for people who don't have a lot of time to commit, people who want to give something outside of the usual realms of fic/art, people who don't necessarily want to wish for anything themselves, and people who don't do well with deadlines. Check them out!<br /><br />ETA: <a href="http://www.tvfanatic.com/2010/11/jenny-gago-joins-cast-of-southland/" target="xx">Southland casting spoiler OH GOD YESSSSS</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=511246" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:509575bossymarmalade @ 2010-11-10T11:14:002010-11-10T19:38:20Z2010-11-10T19:44:07Zpublic85This whole <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/yuletide/849477.html" target="xx">thing with Yuletide</a> is really bumming me out. Which is incidentally a marker of my own privilege (b/c I wasn't personally affected by it being tied to Christmas in the first place), but at any rate, son I am disappoint. Should anybody who knows how/has the inclination to start up an alternate to Yuletide -- which is the hint I'm getting from the "love it or leave it" wording of that post and the follow-ups from BNF pals in the comments -- I would totally be on board to help out.<br /><br />Anyhow, I realized I never linked to this, and have to make up for that oversight because homg, a while ago <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://gloss.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://gloss.dreamwidth.org/'><b>gloss</b></a></span> wrote me the Marge/Manjula of my DREAMS for the femslash challenge:<br /><br />. <a href="http://gloss.dreamwidth.org/82774.html" target="xx">very deliberately waiting</a> by gloss | <em>the simpsons</em> -- "our children are conspiring against us, did you know that?" {<span style="color: gray; background-color: gray;">no warnings</span>}<br /><br />It is awesome not just because it's Manjula and Marge, pitch-perfect and rounded and warm and womanly, but because they're <em>older</em> and there's such a delicate smoke-and-blush feel to all the hard-earned realizations they've come to, the ways they've let themselves settle. I love it so much. I wish all Simpsons fic was like this, EVER. ♥<br /><br />Also, I posted something I wrote for the horror meme that was going around that was inexplicably 98% Supernatural prompts, but anyway the one I filled was this:<br /><br />. <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/127909" target="xx">see you real soon</a> | <em>classic disney</em> -- donald leaves smudges of white and orange wherever he goes. pluto melted long ago, and mickey only has half an ear. they try to redraw themselves with what they can, but is it worth it anymore? {<span style="color: gray; background-color: gray;">gore, madness, cannibalism</span>}<br /><br />Er<br /><br />Sometimes I don't know what's wrong with me, ahahahah<br /><br />At any rate, <a href="http://inception-kink.dreamwidth.org/445.html" target="xx">DW Inception Kinkmeme</a>! Already 60% more Yusuf and Saito prompts than on the lj version, whoo-hoo! It's good to be a <a href="http://thingswithwings.dreamwidth.org/112145.html" target="xx">DW academic elitist ivory tower PC-policing offense-taking squee-harshing art-hating overly-demanding censorship bitch</a>.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=509575" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:508615i don't like the idea of milhouse having two spaghetti meals in one day2010-10-19T07:21:00Z2010-10-19T09:19:19Zpublic13Back from Wincon, which, y'know -- if you want to avoid <a href="http://nojojojo.livejournal.com/223115.html" target="xx">Wiscon-type shenanigans</a>, is definitely the place to be. Chill and as low-key or frenetic as you like, and multifandom for all of us who aren't so much in love with Supernatural anymore.<br /><br />Speaking of which: there's apparently this <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/sharp_teeth/2807.html" target="xx">Multifandom (Gen) Horror Comment Meme</a>? It welcomes art and various other means of filling prompts, which is awesome. But about three-quarters of the prompts so far are Supernatural, which confuses me because, like, isn't the whole POINT of the show <em>already</em> "horror"? Where's the fun in SPN prompts on a horror meme? I want, like, Arrested Development or Singin' in the Rain prompts or some shit! Anyhow, I went and left some, but I dunno if the largely-SPN crowd would be interested in them one bit. Help a girl out, y'all. Go leave some prompts or fill mine. *g*<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=508615" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:507544toss me the speech centre of the brain!2010-09-23T20:35:35Z2010-09-23T20:40:53Zpublic16HI THERE PEOPLES HI<br /><br />I spent a fabulous whirlwind weekend in the T-Dot attending my cousin Derek's wedding, which was also an informal and wholly lovable reunion for the Sammy side of the fam (as opposed to the unholy and demoralizing Ragnarök that was the Ramkhelawan reunion in Texas). Also my brother took us to <a href="http://ontarioalive.com/drupatis-doubles-and-roti-shop-toronto-ontario/" target="xx">Drupati's</a> and in addition to doubles and kurma and Peardrax, I had a motherfucking shark-and-bake. Oh god yes.<br /><br />Other things that make life good (and apologies for not recalling who linked them originally):<br /><br />. <a href="http://www.chinese-firstnations-relations.ca/index.html" target="xx">Cedar & Bamboo</a>, the link between Chinese Canadians and First Nations peoples in Coast Salish Territories/BC. I am so excited about this film I can hardly contain myself.<br /><br />!!!!!!!<br /><br />. <a href="http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/reverse-racebending-mysterious-skin/" target="xx">East West Players' performance of Mysterious Skin</a>: I love JGL in this movie like nobody's business (and am SERIOUSLY glad that Gregg Araki didn't get his usual muse James Duvall to play Neil, *shudder*), but y'all I am just gonna go ahead here and say that right now Asians make everything better to me. GodDAMN I would love to see this production, but will just content myself with being happy that it exists.<br /><br />. <a href="http://i.imgur.com/qkDqh.gif" target="xx">this cat</a><br /><br />. <a href="http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/91/midweekreminder.png" target="xx">this cat</a><br /><br />. going to <a href="http://21freckles.blogspot.com/2010/09/hells-gate.html" target="xx">Hell's Gate</a> with the bffs and getting two pounds of free fudge, then going to see <a href="http://anonym.to/?http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/peacearchnews/entertainment/102089058.html" target="xx">Celtic Fantasy</a> (or as we called it, Celtic TUNDERRR) and ditching the church halfway through because there's only so much you can take of hearing somebody's "silver tones" before you start to wish she'd fallen into a cave in the Hebrides a-comin' thro' the rye.<br /><br />. aang/toph, tim/bart, rizzoli/isles<br /><br /><br />In conclusion, I love you all.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=507544" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:506578don't forget, you're here forever2010-08-10T21:45:58Z2010-08-10T21:45:58Zpublic12I have reached that point in my workday where despite the not inconsiderable amount of work that's accumulating in apocalyptically-teetering piles all around me, I am just staring blankly into space wishing that the power would go out or that mysterious varnish smell would reappear, so I could leave and go home and eat oatmeal for dinner and drink a Strongbow and watch my blurry download of Inception.<br /><br />So here, have <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y71QI_AnP_8" target="xx">Zoe Saldana and Mila Kunis being post-coital college roommates</a>. I know it makes *me* feel better.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=506578" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:503983this has been a bartoon presentation2010-07-02T16:40:48Z2010-07-02T17:01:51Zpublic13TODAY EVERYBODY IS ENVIOUS OF ME BECAUSE MY SISTER IS SO AWESOME<br /><br /><a href="http://glockgal.dreamwidth.org/379836.html" target="xx">Part 2 of Lori's desi!Supernatural comic</a>!!<br /><br />(if you missed it, Part 1 is <a href="http://glockgal.dreamwidth.org/377764.html" target="xx">here</a>.<br /><br />eeeeeeeeeeee!!<br /><br />ETA: she's not just pretty and handy with a pencil, she has <a href="http://glockgal.dreamwidth.org/380056.html" target="xx">very smart things to say</a>. ♥!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=503983" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:502282*i* was saying "boo-urns"2010-06-16T21:30:51Z2010-06-17T04:26:03Zpublic49The trolls have come out to play on my pull-quote post for the J2 Haiti story; please let them severely alone, and I will deal with them! I don't care to give trolls the attention they so desperately desire.<br /><br />In happier fictional SPN world, Lori has drawn <a href="http://glockgal.dreamwidth.org/377764.html" target="xx">desi Sam & Dean</a> on their adventures. It is truly a thing of awesome, although I don't find them hot because she drew them looking like half our cousins, ahahahah!<br /><br />Also, I have written a fic about Chel from Road to El Dorado. I dunno who would be interested in this thing other than Lori and me, but if you are, <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/95140" target="xx">here it is on AO3</a> and here it is behind the jump:<br /><br /><strong>to serve the gods</strong><br />- road to el dorado, chel/tulio, tulio/miguel<br />- warnings for colonialist violence, confinement, human sacrifice<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bossymarmalade.dreamwidth.org/502282.html#cutid1">Getting out of El Dorado means going somewhere -- but that's the tricky part.</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=502282" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:501145the answer to all three is "fried green tomatoes"2010-06-03T20:57:34Z2010-06-03T21:00:41Zpublic29. "Dear Ms. Miller: On June 1, you posted a most excellent and helpful piece in The Huffington Post's Living section called "How to Date an Indian (Advice for the Non-Indian)." As someone whose bio states that she has "lived in Mumbai for three years," and who is in a relationship with a man of Indian descent, you are especially well-qualified to advise the rest of the world on the best means to bag a brown man/woman."<br />- <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/006197.html" target="xx">Sepia Mutiny</a><br /><br />Sepia Mutiny sometimes pisses me off with the amount of model minority shenanigans that go on in the posts and comments, but goddamn, other times they're right on the money. I still can't bring myself to actually read Miller's HuffPo article for fear of RAGE ANEURYSM.<br /><br />. in other desis-being-awesome news, <a href="http://www.mamohanraj.com/wiscon34.html" target="xx">Mary Anne Mohanraj's Guest of Honour Speech</a> from Wiscon 34. She's another one I haven't always agreed with, but hot damn, this speech is tremendous.<br /><br />. <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/91796" target="xx">Sun Blast Your Shadow</a>, by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://pearl-o.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://pearl-o.livejournal.com/'><b>pearl_o</b></a></span>: Zuko, gen, the years after the war. I started reading this not sure if I'd really care -- I love Zuko but have Only Very Specific Versions that I want to read -- and ended up sniffling at my desk all wound up. So yes, good stuff.<br /><br />. also, if you like Band of Brothers, check out this <a href="http://alestar.livejournal.com/157822.html" target="xx">Winters-Nixon ficlet</a> that <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://alestar.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://alestar.livejournal.com/'><b>alestar</b></a></span> wrote. Like the A:tLA fic above, it's terse and tense; but this one has a stoic grime to it that's altogether different.<br /><br />Apart from that, can anybody tell me anything about those <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sunbeam-SWF2000-2-Speed-Twin-Window/dp/B001V5J7ZM" target="xx">window dual fan things</a>? I'm thinking of getting one for my sliding windows, but I really don't want to have to pop the screen off. Thank you!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=501145" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:500961bossymarmalade @ 2010-06-02T10:17:002010-06-02T17:31:01Z2010-06-02T17:31:01Zpublic35. go vote in the <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/femslash10/698.html" target="xx">Official Fandom Poll</a> for Femslash 2010! And make sure you vote for The Simpsons, please!<br /><br />. <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627624.800-maya-man-no-future-for-archaeology-without-ethics.html" target="xx">Article on ethical archaeology</a> (thanks for the heads-up, <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://tammylee.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://tammylee.dreamwidth.org/'><b>tammylee</b></a></span>); I really wish more disciplines thought this way, especially ones that deal in history and have that hidebound "everything's in the past! we don't need to worry about how this affects people today!" kind of attitude. <br /><br />. and I'm only gonna mention this once because I like to keep my fannish stuff and real-name stuff more or less separate, but I've started putting my X-Men, book, and movie reviews in one place: <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://reddresspress.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://reddresspress.dreamwidth.org/'><b>reddresspress</b></a></span>. Have a gander if you're interested (suggestions are also welcome, although I may lack the CSS capabilities to pull them off, heh) and thank you!<br /><br />. in case you missed it, apparently <a href="http://www.dlisted.com/node/37493" target="xx">Lance Bass went and got himself glammed</a>. Incidentally, has anybody written something where Lance Bass and Chuck Bass are related or married or some shit?<br /><br />I am kind of rewatching Buffy right now, which is why I used this icon with these keywords: "you're buffy summers, for fucksake". Because nobody continually saves their community and then gets dumped on by everybody the way Brian Kinney and Buffy Summers do.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=500961" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:500679praise be to oliver2010-05-27T17:13:50Z2010-05-27T17:13:50Zpublic0<a href="http://glockgal.dreamwidth.org/372962.html" target="xx">BEST DECONSTRUCTION OF A DISNEY SONG EVER</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=500679" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:499500what kind of pizza goes in you? silt? asbestos?2010-05-04T19:20:48Z2010-05-04T20:44:38Zpublic12. I often forget to link things I've written for Sequential Tart! But this month I did an interview with <a href="http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=1717" target="xx">Swati Avasthi for her book "Split"</a>, and to add to the awesome, <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://devilc.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://devilc.dreamwidth.org/'><b>devilc</b></a></span>'s interview with Jennifer Stuller for her book <a href="http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=1714" target="xx">Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors</a>. Which looks incredible, and I am going to get me a copy.<br /><br />. In less fab book news, I've been slowly munching my way through <a href="http://www.vedamsbooks.com/no49137.htm" target="xx">Table is Laid : The Oxford Anthology of South Asian Food Writing</a> and have to say it's a real disappointment. Every SINGLE story is one of awful misery and food is more likely to show up as a pain or punishment than a joy. What the hell were these editors thinking when they compiled this dreary sludge?<br /><br />. <a href="http://www.spark-project.blogspot.com/" target="xx">spark</a>, a photoblog project from Vancouver-based artist Janice Wong (the author of <a href="http://c-h-o-w.blogspot.com/" target="xx">Chow</a>, which I quite enjoyed). The photos have a sense of breathlessness, a poised quivering, that I find at once soothing and stimulating.<br /><br />Also, I wish I could keep the sakura skin/theme/whatever that LJ has right now, because it's so pretty my heart thrums whenever I see it. I'll be sad when it gets replaced by ... what holiday is coming up next? I don't even know.<br /><br />ETA: I absolutely do not want to give LJ any more money so this is really not a plea for paid time, but I do admit to getting a giggle every time LJ sends me one of these:<br /><br /><em>I DON'T LIKE ANGRY FUTURE ROMULANS,<br /><br />Your LiveJournal paid account for user "bossymarmalade" is expiring in 5<br />days, at which time it'll revert to its previous status.</em><br /><br />ahahahahhaah! Best name-change EVER.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=499500" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:498731but with a crazy green stripe2010-04-29T19:16:43Z2010-04-29T19:24:02Zpublic10. There's an interview up on racebending.com with <a href="http://www.racebending.com/v3/interviews/larry-n-sapp-independent-filmmaker-abilities-united/" target="xx">Larry N. Sapp, a founder of Abilities United Productions</a>. I don't quite agree with everything he says in the article re: other/intersecting marginalized groups (you can see his young white guy privilege when he says that <em>unlike gender, race, or age</em>, disability affects every aspect of one's life), but it's still very much an article and perspective worth reading. Especially for the response he got from James Cameron's camp when he tried to ask them why they didn't use a disabled actor to play the disabled character Jake Sully in Avatar.<br /><br />. <a href="http://marnette.canalblog.com/" target="xx">les petits papiers d'annette marnat</a> - the artwork here is so incredible, sophisticated but soft and fairytale, nostalgic and contemporary at the same time. The way she uses the human body is unbelievably evocative; I stared at the one of the breastfeeding mother for like ten minutes. Thanks for linking to it, <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://tammylee.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://tammylee.livejournal.com/'><b>tammylee</b></a></span>!<br /><br />. today's breakfast was cottage cheese, strawberries, and organic peanut butter pretzels plus a cup of that <a href="http://www.starbucks.com/coffee/starbucks-via-instant-coffee" target="xx">Starbucks VIA instant coffee</a> (surprisingly good); yesterday was the same except for Scottish Breakfast tea instead of coffee. Let's see how long I can maintain this menu without getting tired of it!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=498731" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:496991i've heard good things about "quizblorg, quizblorg"2010-03-24T19:56:23Z2010-03-24T19:56:58Zpublic42Random link roundup today!<br /><br />. Canadians: If you get CBC News Network, on Sunday they'll be airing the documentary <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/passionateeyeshowcase/2010/reelinjun/?ec=en20100324" target="xx">"Reel Injun" on The Passionate Eye</a>. In fact, I strongly urge everybody to sign up to the <a href="http://www3.nfb.ca/newsletters/20100324/EN/" target="xx">National Film Board newsletter</a>; the NFB is one of the most incredible sources of accessible alternate media in this country, and there's something there for everybody.<br /><br />. I linked to this site before but today after scoping out the OBVIOUSLY West Indian gent in "Head to Toe Red", I felt like linking <a href="http://advancedstyle.blogspot.com/" target="xx">Advanced Style</a> again.<br /><br />. from <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://feuervogel.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://feuervogel.dreamwidth.org/'><b>feuervogel</b></a></span>: <a href="http://drugmonkey.blogspot.com/2010/03/day-1-in-socialist-america-report-from.html" target="xx">Day 1 In Socialist America. A Report From Behind The Front Lines</a>. I haven't read the comments, and probably you shouldn't either unless you like feeling veins throb in your head.<br /><br />. from <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://paintedmaypole.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://paintedmaypole.dreamwidth.org/'><b>paintedmaypole</b></a></span>: <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010/03/ten_nonromantic_noncomedic_ele.html" target="xx">Ten Non-Romantic, Non-Comedic Things To Cut From A Romantic Comedy</a>. I could not agree with this list MORE.<br /><br />. a seven-day drabblefest going on at <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://dark-agenda.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://dark-agenda.dreamwidth.org/'><b>dark_agenda</b></a></span> in preparation for <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/collections/Remix2010/profile" target="xx">Remix 2010</a>! Also, I am still getting over the idea that popslash Remix (and may I remind y'all with just a wee bit of pomposity, the ORIGINAL remix challenge) is folded in with everything else this year. The passing of an era!<br /><br />I don't know yet if I'll sign up for Remix, unless I somehow manage to write enough Sherlock Holmes fic where Watson is part-desi-and-passing to qualify. But the Wee Sister and I are kicking around ideas for <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://ladiesbigbang.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ladiesbigbang.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ladiesbigbang</b></a></span>, and our plans are EPIC.<br /><br />Yay! So much interesting stuff going on!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=496991" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:496327from now on your name is apu de beaumarchais2010-03-16T17:13:36Z2010-03-16T17:58:15Zpublic27AAARGH EVERYTHING IS SO ANNOYING:<br /><br />a) my laptop is doing that thing where it keeps saying "Windows is installing update 3 of 3" and then restarting into infinity. I've tried a diagnostic repair, I've tried starting it in safe mode, I've tried system restoring back to a point before the update; nothing works. I am ready to throw it out the window. I hate you SO MUCH, Vista.<br /><br />b) The Facebook for Racebending has <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/racebending/173391.html?format=light" target="xx">been TOSsed</a>, for what reason, I have no fucking clue.<br /><br />c) There is no part about <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/movies/07bollywood.html" target="xx">this article</a> that doesn't make me flinch in pained, humiliated, enraged horror.<br /><br />d) Frank Pembleton <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/coc_m_madness/" target="xx">got voted out</a>. WHAT THE HOLY HELL<br /><br />AAAAARGH THESE THINGS ARE ENTIRELY UN-ANNOYING AND IN FACT GREAT:<br /><br />a) <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://coffeeandink.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://coffeeandink.dreamwidth.org/'><b>coffeeandink</b></a></span>'s essay <a href="http://coffeeandink.dreamwidth.org/1059898.html" target="xx">Religion ≠ Christianity</a>, which coincided with<br /><br />b) Serina from Trinigourmet posting about her <a href="http://www.trinigourmet.com/index.php/passover-menu-2010/" target="xx">vegetarian Seder</a>. I have to admit that when I was living in Trinidad I thought everybody was either Hindu, Muslim, or Christian and had no idea there even was a Jewish population!<br /><br />c) the videos for Video Phone and Telephone. If Honey B/Gaga is not a category in Yuletide this year, I'm'a throw a hissy fit. Also, <a href="http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=26601" target="xx">this article rocks</a>.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=496327" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:495582mail it to last week when i might've cared2010-03-04T19:16:36Z2010-03-04T19:20:07Zpublic10So it's kind of a quiet day at work, and I figured I might as well do two things: first, signal-boost for <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://zvi.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://zvi.dreamwidth.org/'><b>zvi</b></a></span>'s <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/collections/ladies1st" target="xx">Ladies' First</a> challenge, which is all about the first time a woman does something sexual;<br /><br />-- and do more Yuletide recs. I didn't get through them all last year, and this time I will!<br /><br />. <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2009/works/37536" target="xx">easy as one-two-three</a> | <em>glee</em> - okay, Rachel/Puck was easily the hottest thing on the show (apart from <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://glockgal.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://glockgal.dreamwidth.org/'><b>glockgal</b></a></span>'s favourite imaginary pairing, Mike/Britney), and this fic expands their brief relationship with all of the wry teenage contradiction and none of the hipster douchebaggery.<br /><br />. <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2009/works/37521" target="xx">charming women</a> | <em>the addams family</em> - I always find it incredible when people write in these slightly frenetic canons and manage to slow things down to almost a cosy pace while still including the wacky stuff that makes it recognizable. This is exactly that.<br /><br />. <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2009/works/37397" target="xx">in motion</a> | <em>dead poets society</em> - awwww, Neil and Todd. This is the kind of character study I like best, where even though nothing much happens there's a liveliness and movement to it.<br /><br />. <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2009/works/37388" target="xx">to face unafraid the plans that we've made</a> | <em>disney rpf</em> - I am not really into the Disney stable (at least, this time around), but seriously, Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez are so cute that I watched that whole Princess Protection whatever and thoroughly enjoyed it, so this little story about them going to prom together is, like, yes.<br /><br />. <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2009/works/38560" target="xx">the weight of the dead</a> | <em>dragon age</em> - This rec is totally self-indulgent because I am in the tail end of playing the "female city elf" run-through of the game, so I can easily imagine my brown-skinned elf chick being the OC. The Alistair dialogue is almost creepily accurate!<br /><br />Also: if you know anything about DC Comics and the recent development re: <a href="http://titanstowermonitor.blogspot.com/2010/01/fate-of-lian-harper.html" target="xx">Roy & Lian Harper</a>, read <a href="http://odditycollector.dreamwidth.org/224164.html" target="xx">this poem</a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://odditycollector.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://odditycollector.dreamwidth.org/'><b>odditycollector</b></a></span>. God, that caved in my chest, even though I lack the gene for enjoying poetry.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=495582" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:495167why does art hate me? i never did anything to art!2010-02-22T20:09:48Z2010-02-22T20:09:48Zpublic11Yarrrrgh -- this month has been a hideous soup of fighting with the student loan people (who apparently thought it would be reasonable to start extracting a third of my earnings every month), dealing with the Olympics (and closed roads and budget cuts to our social services and whatnot), and covering for the secretary at work (who is horribly sick and whose work is very confusing to attempt from just her notes). Also over the next few days I must write an eight-page paper on a gendered material item (I am thinking of comparing the stove and the grill) and prepare a seminar on "green-washing gender". Sigh.<br /><br />I am working very slowly on my <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://help-haiti.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://help-haiti.dreamwidth.org/'><b>help_haiti</b></a></span> boxes and podfic, and hopefully the jaws of responsibility will let up come March and I'll be able to fulfil my commitments more quickly!<br /><br />Anyway, three posts I wanted to link before subsuming back into the nether-fog of Too Many Things:<br /><br />. <a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article7026786.ece" target="xx">Alexandre Dumas' blackness conveniently ignored unless it's time to make racist cartoons</a><br /><br />. signal boosting, via <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://skywardprodigal.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://skywardprodigal.dreamwidth.org/'><b>skywardprodigal</b></a></span>: "A very serious and potentially dangerous situation has arisen in one of the largest refugee camps. 12000 people are living in a tent city called <a href="http://ccrpinc.blogspot.com/2010/02/camp-st-louis-de-gonzague.html" target="xx">Camp St Louis de Gonzague</a> which is about 2 square kilometers in size. The conditions in the camp are abhorrent." <br /><br />. Having no particular opinion of Amanda Palmer myself, I was keeping neutral about the whole Evelyn Evelyn thing. However, <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://trixie.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://trixie.dreamwidth.org/'><b>trixie</b></a></span> wrote a brisk, clear post about <a href="http://trixie.dreamwidth.org/19081.html" target="xx">her take on the situation</a>, and as so often happens, I find Trixie's views align with mine quite strongly. While I also believe that no subject is off-limits when it comes to reinterpretation and art, I was never a fan of the militant "Artistic Vision Über Alles" mindset. And even less of a fan of the "you just don't understand WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO HERE" response to critique. <br /><br />Aaaaaaanyway. That's enough serious stuff; I'm gonna go back to doing work and looking at Lori's <a href="http://glockgal.livejournal.com/447525.html" target="xx">Beatles illustrations</a> to soothe myself. Oh! And I have bánh mì for lunch! That will cheer me up!!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=495167" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:488595so we propose changing our name from "springfield" to "seinfeld"2009-11-26T17:06:20Z2009-11-27T00:59:20Zpublic48. I'm not much for sap, but the news had a feature on kids' letters to Santa and amidst all the guilt-inducing exhortations to spend more time with your children because that's what most of them begged Santa for, I spotted one little girl's letter that mentioned Batgirl and I meeped before I could stop myself. You go, little girl.<br /><br />. <a href="http://www.chiaobama.ca">Chia Obama</a>. The hilarious thing about this is that the site is Canadian.<br /><br />. is there a Beatles/Stones thing going on between Lady Gaga and Adam Lambert where you only get to choose one to be a fan of? Because I feel lonely here on the Gaga side! *waves pennant*<br /><br />. speaking of Gaga, <a href="http://cathybites.livejournal.com/872493.html" target="xx">GO WATCH THIS</a>.<br /><br />. sister was <a href="http://www.racebending.com/v3/news/racebending-com-foe4/" target="xx">invited to MIT to talk about racebending</a>! Also, the racebending team is <a href="http://www.racebending.com/v3/featured/open-positions/" target="xx">looking to expand its staff</a>!<br /><br />. the official tourism slogan for Coast Salish Territories/British Columbia is "Super, Natural, British Columbia". When we say it aloud, we have to take an exaggerated pause or else end up with "Supernatural British Columbia".<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=488595" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:56488:488208they're busting mad rhymes with an 80% success rate2009-11-16T18:43:43Z2009-11-16T18:43:43Zpublic8. Have been bonking about on <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/" target="xx">AO3</a>, which is pretty neat. It's nice to have one Rilly Big Archive again, where you can go and search for whatever you might want at a given time -- plus the we-own-the-servers aspect is great. I sincerely hope everybody decides to archive there.<br /><br />. For those of you who are techie-minded: when you get a surround sound system, do you absolutely need to hook it up through the DVD player thing that comes with it? Or can you use, say, your PlayStation3 instead?<br /><br />. <a href="http://catpoetry.tumblr.com/" target="xx">CATPOETRY</a>. I love this idea so much!<br /><br />. <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bossymarmalade.dreamwidth.org/488208.html#cutid1">gratuitous icon meme</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bossymarmalade&ditemid=488208" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments