Take away one lace-weave wig, add one katana mix thoroughly
The mods at noscans_daily have posted a clarification and update to the rules of the community vis a vis calling people out on their privilege. Summation? "This is not a safe space." No, they actually say that in the post itself - they will not make NS_D a safe space for those discussions to occur. Otherwise, it's a spectacular case of epic tl;dring that basically reiterates everything said a week ago and still fails to clarify exactly how and what we can say to people in debates about racism, privilege, sexism, etc. They...really do not get it. At all.
This isn't a safe space:
Well, at least they came out and just said explicitly that they have no interest in making it such.
I had a dream last night that I was being chased by a hungry T-Rex around a grassy field. Oddly, a bunch of my LJ friends were present and being chased around along with me. There was a single standalone wall from a handball court in the middle of this pursuit, and I kept running around it and trying to prevent the T-Rex from seeing us. I'm sure that there is potent symbolism at work here, but fuck me if I can't figure out what it means.
Yesterday was involved more pain with DR. HOT BALE!
INT: DR. HOT BALE'S PANOPTICANIC PALACE OF PAIN AND HEALING; DR. HOT BALE STANDS WITH A HANDFUL OF NEEDLES AND PROCEEDS TO INSERT THEM INTO kali921.
DR. HOT BALE: So I'm doing lots of ear points today. There will be blood. Lots of blood.
ME: But I like ear points.
DR. HOT BALE: That's because you like your chi being touched and activated. I'm the opposite - I hate ear points.
ME: ...An acupuncturist that hates being needled.
DR. HOT BALE: Yes. My partner hates it too.
ME: So of course you were fated to meet and be together, you being an acupuncturist. Do you needle her and do her treatments?
DR. HOT BALE: Oh, no. I'm not going near that.
ME: So does she levitate off the table and scream? What's the worst that you've had happen with a patient?
DR. HOT BALE: I once had a patient kick the needle out so hard that it flew out and embedded itself in the wall behind me. In fact, it was after I needled this same point that I'm doing here.
DR. HOT BALE INSERTS A NEEDLE INTO A POINT IN kali921's LEFT FOOT.
ME: SSSSSSssssOW. So, you should wear goggles and protective gear when needling certain patients, right?
DR. HOT BALE: Exactly. Hockey gear. Tell me when you feel this.
DR. HOT BALE PROCEEDS TO ATTACH ALLIGATOR CLIPS TO POINTS IN kali921's FOOT FOR ELECTRO-STIM.
ME: I feel it now.
DR. HOT BALE: I haven't even turned it on.
ME: You lie!
DR. HOT BALE PROCEEDS TO LAUGH IN AN EXTREMELY EVIL FASHION AND TURN ON THE PANTHEON INSTRUMENT OF ELECTRICAL TORTURE.
ME: Oh my god, that was an evil laugh. You're good. Okay, now I feel it.
DR. HOT BALE: Speaking of evil laughs, we watched Return of the Jedi last night and I got into costume in honor of the occasion.
ME: Really? Who did you dress up as?
DR. HOT BALE: Princess Leia.
ME: Really. But it's your partner that's supposed to dress up in Princess Leia drag because no hetersexual man in the world can resist an attractive woman dressed as Princess Leia.
DR. HOT BALE: I am the one man that can. But I did get to do evil laughs. I dressed up the week before, too, but as someone even more evil.
ME: Who? Emperor Palpatine?
DR. HOT BALE: Yes! Exactly.
ME: How did you do Princess Leia's hair? Did you glue sweet rolls to the sides of your head?
DR. HOT BALE makes a TWIRLING motion near his right ear.
DR. HOT BALE: Nothing that elaborate. I just curled my hair up as far as it would go.
ME: ...You have good hair for that.
DR. HOT BALE: Well, yes. I know.
ME: Go away and leave me to suffer in peace.
Wow, Seven, with each new photo session for Fool's Mate, I detect an increasing tendency towards a Klaus Nomi-meets-John Galliano aesthetic.
No, really:
Take off that white wig and headdress and it's almost Silver Samurai-esque.
But the Versailles pictures still make me howl with laughter. (Yay, however, for the live Pencillin pics!)
Randomly, I keep hoping that the Writer's Prompt questions -- the questions are really starting to accelerate from "mildly facile" to "insipid" -- will post this as a question: "Do you prefer writing with a pen or a pencil?"
That way, I can post this as a response, with all due credit to insanitykun:
Ensoku. You're so post-modern that it hurts.
Edit: I want this coat from Retroscope. I want it badly.
I've never purchased from them before, so sadly I have no idea of the quality of their merchandise.
This isn't a safe space:
Well, at least they came out and just said explicitly that they have no interest in making it such.
I had a dream last night that I was being chased by a hungry T-Rex around a grassy field. Oddly, a bunch of my LJ friends were present and being chased around along with me. There was a single standalone wall from a handball court in the middle of this pursuit, and I kept running around it and trying to prevent the T-Rex from seeing us. I'm sure that there is potent symbolism at work here, but fuck me if I can't figure out what it means.
Yesterday was involved more pain with DR. HOT BALE!
INT: DR. HOT BALE'S PANOPTICANIC PALACE OF PAIN AND HEALING; DR. HOT BALE STANDS WITH A HANDFUL OF NEEDLES AND PROCEEDS TO INSERT THEM INTO kali921.
DR. HOT BALE: So I'm doing lots of ear points today. There will be blood. Lots of blood.
ME: But I like ear points.
DR. HOT BALE: That's because you like your chi being touched and activated. I'm the opposite - I hate ear points.
ME: ...An acupuncturist that hates being needled.
DR. HOT BALE: Yes. My partner hates it too.
ME: So of course you were fated to meet and be together, you being an acupuncturist. Do you needle her and do her treatments?
DR. HOT BALE: Oh, no. I'm not going near that.
ME: So does she levitate off the table and scream? What's the worst that you've had happen with a patient?
DR. HOT BALE: I once had a patient kick the needle out so hard that it flew out and embedded itself in the wall behind me. In fact, it was after I needled this same point that I'm doing here.
DR. HOT BALE INSERTS A NEEDLE INTO A POINT IN kali921's LEFT FOOT.
ME: SSSSSSssssOW. So, you should wear goggles and protective gear when needling certain patients, right?
DR. HOT BALE: Exactly. Hockey gear. Tell me when you feel this.
DR. HOT BALE PROCEEDS TO ATTACH ALLIGATOR CLIPS TO POINTS IN kali921's FOOT FOR ELECTRO-STIM.
ME: I feel it now.
DR. HOT BALE: I haven't even turned it on.
ME: You lie!
DR. HOT BALE PROCEEDS TO LAUGH IN AN EXTREMELY EVIL FASHION AND TURN ON THE PANTHEON INSTRUMENT OF ELECTRICAL TORTURE.
ME: Oh my god, that was an evil laugh. You're good. Okay, now I feel it.
DR. HOT BALE: Speaking of evil laughs, we watched Return of the Jedi last night and I got into costume in honor of the occasion.
ME: Really? Who did you dress up as?
DR. HOT BALE: Princess Leia.
ME: Really. But it's your partner that's supposed to dress up in Princess Leia drag because no hetersexual man in the world can resist an attractive woman dressed as Princess Leia.
DR. HOT BALE: I am the one man that can. But I did get to do evil laughs. I dressed up the week before, too, but as someone even more evil.
ME: Who? Emperor Palpatine?
DR. HOT BALE: Yes! Exactly.
ME: How did you do Princess Leia's hair? Did you glue sweet rolls to the sides of your head?
DR. HOT BALE makes a TWIRLING motion near his right ear.
DR. HOT BALE: Nothing that elaborate. I just curled my hair up as far as it would go.
ME: ...You have good hair for that.
DR. HOT BALE: Well, yes. I know.
ME: Go away and leave me to suffer in peace.
Wow, Seven, with each new photo session for Fool's Mate, I detect an increasing tendency towards a Klaus Nomi-meets-John Galliano aesthetic.
No, really:
Take off that white wig and headdress and it's almost Silver Samurai-esque.
But the Versailles pictures still make me howl with laughter. (Yay, however, for the live Pencillin pics!)
Randomly, I keep hoping that the Writer's Prompt questions -- the questions are really starting to accelerate from "mildly facile" to "insipid" -- will post this as a question: "Do you prefer writing with a pen or a pencil?"
That way, I can post this as a response, with all due credit to insanitykun:
Click to viewEnsoku. You're so post-modern that it hurts.
Edit: I want this coat from Retroscope. I want it badly.
I've never purchased from them before, so sadly I have no idea of the quality of their merchandise.