Earlier this week, Obama refused to sign a executive order that would have prohibited federal contractors from discriminating on the bias of sexual orientation and gender identity. This prompted a very moving sermon by our minister today, including a call not to postpone the fight for equal rights. Since I hadn't heard about this until today and I ( Read more... )

happyfunpaul and I are now engaged to be married!

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Arisia was really awesome for me this year! I was running music track, which went really well. I was literally unable to attend all of the music programming and events, but all the ones I went to had good energy, and most had good attendance as well. I had a number of people tell me that they enjoyed the music programming and some others tell me ( Read more... )

So I bid a game, "Kidnapped!", for Festival of the LARPs, only to discover that the LARP community around here has roughly no interest in create-your-own-character games. So I have withdrawn that game bid and am instead going to run a Scandinavian game, "New Voices in Art" instead. So if you were unsure what to play in the Saturday morning slot of ( Read more... )

happyfunpaul and I both have time off from school, so we are hosting a party, on December 29th. The party will be at my place (ping me if you need the address), starting at 4pm and going until people get tired (probably around 11pm). Since we like music and games and conversation, but only have two separate party areas, we are dividing the party space-time. In ( Read more... )

This past weekend I played in Labor Wars. I don't usually play weekend-long LARPs, partially because they are tiring, but mostly because I have a hard time emotionally separating myself from my character afterwards. Labor Wars was not an exception to this. I had a good time, and am very glad I played, but I woke up this morning with echoes of the ( Read more... )

There seems to be shortage of social happenings this weekend, and I'd really like to see people. So I'm hosting a gathering/party tomorrow (Saturday) from 2pm until 10 or 11ish. There will be hanging out, talking, maybe some gaming and/or music. I'll provide some snacks and some board games. People are encouraged to bring soft drinks (I don't have ( Read more... )

Many of you haven't seen or heard much of me lately. This is because despite still being only semi-employed I've been very busy. Let me tell you what's going on for those of you who are curious ( Read more... )

I've been accepted to Boston University's Masters of Arts in Teaching program, which was one of my top choices. I have interviews scheduled with two of the other programs I applied to ( Read more... )