Holy fuck, you guys.

The front row was so close, I could literally reach out and touch the edge of the stage. I didn't, but the possibility was there. (Don't even get me started on the standing ovation at the end, man alive the gleam in his eyesAlan Cumming is a gorgeous, gorgeous man. This is a fact that I've known for upwards of a decade (though ( Read more... )

Things I've learned this weekend:

• Dogs smell kind of terrible, regardless of their hygiene.
• Related to the above, when a dog is in a house, the whole house smells like dog.
• Dogs are still pretty cute.
• Things get easier with practice, who fuckin' knew.
• Rice crispy treats made with actual marshmallow fluff are delightful.

So, because I was bored yesterday, I broke out my astrological chart and guides to interpreting shit like aspects and houses and whatever, and I set to work. I intended to have some fun looking at patterns and positions and whatever ( Read more... )

This is what Christmas Eve looks like, provided you're me and it's happening right now ( Read more... )

I woke up at 8 despite a very persistent fic idea trying to fight through the melatonin last night, and I got on the road by 10. All I've really done was visit the Chihuly Garden and Glass and eat lunch at a kaitenzushi, but I'm alright with that. The Red Death eased up almost completely until I ate lunch, at which point it hit me like an attack. ( Read more... )

When I was nine, maybe ten, I remember lying awake in bed one night and crying because there was so much suffering in the world. I realized all at once how much death I had seen and thought nothing of. There was the issue of carnivores, obviously, but also insects I'd stepped on, uncountable ficitonal demises I'd been witness to, and every ( Read more... )

Growing up, my favorite pokemon was Ditto. Actually, that's a lie. My favorite pokemon was and is Vaporeon, but if asked which pokemon I wanted to be, I always picked Ditto. In high school, I had a love affair with the X-Men character Mystique that put every fictional crush preceding it to shame. I have always been drawn to the center of spectrums ( Read more... )

Yesterday was awful. Full stop, end of discussion. It's a full moon, so suddenly the last five or six days make a hell of a lot more sense ( Read more... )

Oh, my friends.

Oh, my friends.I am alight. I am weightless. My body trembles from hands to feet. All is right. All is bright. All is beautiful. I have sung so many anthems. I have danced to the melody of joy and fury. I have jumped in the air and swung my charm bracelet above my head. I have embraced the strangers on either side of me and grinned ( Read more... )

I saw Marina tonight. The show was fantastic. The experience...was more mixed ( Read more... )