Yes, I'm going! I'm not sure where I'll be when -- there's always a glut of things to do at Arisia, and I usually don't know where I'm going to be until I show up there. One thing I really want to do is try the Mei Mei's food truck on Saturday afternoon, so you can probaably find me at the food trucks at that time ( Read more... )

The good: I am now a certified mediator! The training finished, and we all received our certificates, at about a quarter to five Saturday afternoon. I got to sing a song I'd written based on one of the role-playing demonstrations. *I'd needed a topic for the Coursera songwriting class, and the role-play had a lot of story and emotional heft, so ( Read more... )

It's been several months since I did a proper "state of the Moria" update! And a fair amount has actually ben going on. Here's a partial review of the last couple of months ( Read more... )

Last night there was a showing of the "Mikado" production I did in 2009. It was a lot of fun! Of course I'd never heard what we sounded like as a women's chorus, and I was vey pleased -- we had alto power! And some of the soloists sounded even better han I remembered them. I didn't buy the DVD, since at thistime we don't have a working DVD ( Read more... )

We're still planning to go for brunch to Tavern in the Square, in Porter Square, this Sunday for my birthday! I've been wanting to try that brunch for a long time, and when your birthday's on a Sunday, brunch just seems like such a grand idea. And the more friends I can have around me, the more fun it will be ( Read more... )

Once upon a time there was a sweet little coffee grinder. It wasn't *that* little, actually: it could grind pretty many beans at a time. Its owners, thorbol and moria923, loved it very much, because it could easily grind enough for their 12-cup coffeemaker. You see, thorbol and moria923 are coffee addicts. They each drink about 32 ounces per day, and they like it strong. ( Read more... )

On Sunday, Sept. 23, I'm going to turn 53. While that in itself is not exactly a cause for rejoicing, I am glad to be here, and to have life and love, and that's what a birthday celebration's really all about, right ( Read more... )

thorbol and I balked at getting a cell phone for a long time. The ones that were accessible tended to be high-end. The most popular one in the blind community seems to be the iPhone, with its many bells and whistles. Since we couldn't afford it, I thought we shouldn't get anything until we could get the one with all the nifty features, right? But we ( Read more... )

You probably know that I'm the type of person who enjoys taking courses for fun. In a perfect world, I really would be a perpetual student (and find a way to be useful and earn money while doing so!) So when I found out about Coursera ( Read more... )

thorbol and I are currently getting ready to treak to Boxborough for Concertino, the once-every-three-years Boston-area filk con. 1 I'll be spending the weekend seeing cool people, hearing lots of interesting songs, and hopefully not spending too much money in the dealers' room. 2 ( Read more... )