First, I want to say that I attended Bloc last year, coming all the way from San Francisco, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thus, I felt it was a good investment of my time and money to come back this year. So many names on the line up, many of which we almost never (if not never) get to see in the States, seemed like a worthwhile investment on my ( Read more... )

before i even write the thing i want to write, i will say this: i think all people should be able to define who they are, what they want, what they want to be called and so on. if you want to be a woman, be a woman. if you want to be a man, be a man. if you want to be neither, or both, be neither, or both ( Read more... )

We couldn’t have known at the beginning of the year that it was the end. It didn’t really become clear until somewhere mid March. Maybe March 15th, 2012. For poetic justice, or license, or liberties or what have you. That’s when the fate really settled in around us. That’s when the body count became higher than the amount of those still alive ( Read more... )

here's something weird that happened. back from napa, i find a package in my mailbox. it's a dvd, no card, just in a usps dvd shipping pouch. it says two things on it, from 1987 and 1998. it's from my mom's boyfriend, but addressed to me ( Read more... )

just getting ready to be seriously groped, because matt and i are heading to london for my birthday. squee! there is a really awesome looking festival happening the weekend of my birthday, by the SEA, near bristol. (i always like how in british films and books, people are always going to the sea to recover from some illness or other.) this ( Read more... )

I'm sitting on a crj700, possibly the tiniest plane I've been on, except prop planes and puddle jumpers. This plane is like a bus that flies. There's one tiny bathroom in the back and each row consists of four seats, two on each side of the tiny aisle. All the folks with roll on carry-on bags had to gate check them because they're too big to fit in ( Read more... )

also i started an octoblog and it is here:

http://octoblog.tumblr.com/

go here for your daily cephalopod.

the dumbo octopus is a rare member of the octo family. living near the bottom of the sea floor -- some have been sighted at 7000m! -- these guys are rarely seen. they all have flippers on their "ears" -- hence the disney-elephant name. some grow up to 20cm. they're little! and super weird looking.


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i should just change my livejournal to be an octoblog:


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all hail!


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