Hugo nomination season just opened!

Later on I'll have further thoughts on recommendations, nominations, and voting, none of which are new but I do like to reiterate each year :)

I also hope to post links to good 2011 roundups and recommendations elsewhere on the web, and will post my own recommendations over on hugo_recommend, but for now here is my own ( Read more... )

November has been kind of a crappy month for most of my friends, but I myself am doing fine and looking forward to Loscon. Hotel and travel is arranged and for a wonder I might have new art to hang.

World Fantasy was one of those conventions that re-energized me and filled me with plans and ideas, even though it came at the end of a long week. ( Read more... )

This Friday the 19th in addition to the usual Fydy meetup, it's time again for Hubba Hubba. The theme this month is Sideshow and I haven't been recently, so I'm sorely tempted-but it doesn't lend itself to the sort of moderation I should probably still be attempting given that I'm on amoxicillin for the next week or so.

Then on Saturday the 20th, ( Read more... )

This past weekend, and this week, have been all about getting ready for Steam Powered. Over the weekend sinmix , clockworkbuddha  and self hit Scrap, which was a little overwhelming but tons of fun. Cliff's Variety, Costume Party, Goodwill, etc. have all contributed to the piles of costume bits that I now have all over the damned place. Sometime in the next month or ( Read more... )

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Finally getting around to fiddling with my website. The Laughing Squid file manager thingee is actually pretty dang easy to use. Now I just have to clean up the site and get new art up. 

Friday I was all jazzed for the weekend and got home in the evening with a huge list of things that I wanted to get done. I figured I'd start right away so my Saturday would be more relaxed. So of course I got home, put clothes in the washer, fixed dinner and took a "nap" that put me out until 8AM the next morning... which did mean I was able to ( Read more... )

Has anyone taken any of the classes at Beadissimo? I'm vaguely thinking about taking the basic wire techniques class and was wondering if it's worth it. $45 doesn't seem bad-but I don't know how hard this stuff is to learn.

Considering that I did nothing practical on Saturday, this was a surprisingly productive weekend.

Friday on the way home I stopped at the Goodwill on Van Ness and scored some good costuming bits and bobs getting out with a bagful of stuff for $20 :)

Saturday was the Browcoat meetup so JP and I got some protein and grits at the Welcome Home and then ( Read more... )

The new ish of SF/SF is up, with a column by moi.

As is the Vonnegut memorial Drink Tank, with art by YT as well.

And finally, if you hand't seen it yet, the flyer for

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