I walked into my room this afternoon, and found Dervish, our FluffyCat contentedly curled up on my bed in a beam of sunlight ( Read more... )

...this wasn't ( Read more... )

Posting this for tygenco_x primarily, but I'm definitely interested in hearing what everyone else listens to, as well ( Read more... )

So, something that's been slowly building in my head pretty much ever since I started working out of the Subi office is this:

Would anyone care to join me in visiting this show at the Art Gallery sometime before the end of the month/exhibition?

I've been thoroughly impressed by the HUGE poster* they have up on the wall outside the gallery which ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to post since (literally) the end of March, about how life, work and t'other stuff has been going lately. Sadly, I've been too busy (Easter/Swancon), too run down, or too low on spoons to do much ( Read more... )

A short while ago, cheshirenoir buzzed* so:

Does anyone else find this tune creepy? (Тетяна Ціхоцька "Щедрик" \ Tetyana Tsikhotska Shedryk)** Ukrainian folk song converted into western Christmas Carol

To which I reply:

Ya think? (Carol of the Old Ones Sing-Along)Although I do find the Ukrainian video disturbing in that it comes across as your typical "Isn't ( Read more... )

With the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, and the acceleration of the lifting of the Iron Curtain, the course of international relations shifted ( Read more... )

Reading up on the Shadow Unit boards today, I came across two bits of philosophy that amused me no end and decided to share with the parts of my flist that do not yet understand the awesome that is SU and SU fandom ( Read more... )

So, I hear that some people are offended by this ad, running on Australian TV at the moment.

I'm kinda torn. On the one hand, I agree, somewhat, with the argument that it's a tasteless/tacky cash in on the spirit of the day. Certainly it's a mis-step, PR wise for the brand of beer that has it's logo appear at the end of the ad, small as it is. (I ( Read more... )

So, I attended the Anime Trailer Park* panel at Swancon this year, and heard a lot of recommendations for good series to watch.

I don't remember everything that was suggested during the panel. (As matociquala has commented, being at a Con is a lot like being drunk.) Two that did stand out, though, were
Spice and Wolf/Ookami to Koushinryou and PlanetesAs it ( Read more... )