Help send taura_g on her way to the Avon Breast Cancer Walk! Bid on tasty and pretty things!

• Custom cards by 42itous. Current bid: $20
• Pirate tin and necklance/earring set by mizarchivist. Current bids: $35 for the necklace/earrings, no bid yet for the tin
• Two pieces of art by mizarchivist: Current bid: $21 for Zuni Bear & Dragonfly, no bid yet for Study in Triangles
• Chocolate fudge by ahf. ( Read more... )

I was telling some folks about this at a party last night, and I found a link to provide more info. This is quite possibly the single greatest thing I've ever seen in a museum. London's Victoria & Albert Museum possesses this fantastic Indian artifact. It's a carved, painted statue of a tiger ripping out the throat of a British soldier...AND IT'S A ( Read more... )

A shorter, but happier, list than the other one:

Celebrating first wedding anniversary, and 6 years together, with trowa_barton
Began dating ariesdReached 5 years of employment at the same job (twice as long as my previous record ( Read more... )

What to do on a hot evening? Go to a movie! That was the plan, which was thwarted by the discovery that the Camry's engine won't turn over. Instead, an odd sound is coming from the engine, sort of a flapping, or perhaps a sparking, kind of noise. The electrical system works fine, so I don't think it's actually in need of a jump, but we'll see what ( Read more... )

Don't have time for a detailed discussion of the weekend, but I did want to note the artists I saw and liked ( Read more... )

I finally got to give it to him, and he loves it as much as I do. This is the kind of thing that will make people say either, "ZOMG awesome!" or, "Only you guys would do that." :)

First, the source photo:

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Trowa and I saw Persepolis last night and loved it. I'm now inspired to check out the collected works of Marjane Satrapi. It's playing at the Kendall right now. Go see it!

And an excellent Arisia it was for me, too ( Read more... )

One of the memes floating around at the moment is for one to comment in someone's post in order to be asked to explain seven items from one's interest list. For supergee and classics_cat:

Chindogu (both of them asked about this one)
Chindogu is sort of a Japanese Dadaist concept. It's the art of taking something useful and making it useless in a way that's ( Read more... )

September 1, 2007
Got up earlier today than yesterday. Today is costume day! Trowa is dressed as Neo and I am dressed as Princess Fiona. We are receiving a lot of attention, especially me, since I'm green. :) We spent some time in the exhibition hall, checking out the various tables and posing for pictures. I've been hearing lots of "Fiona-hime ( Read more... )