While I'm waiting for next section of project to download at the speed of nothing, some entertainmen
While something I'm working on runs in the background and I wait to be able to access my bit again, some things I've been saving up for your entertainment.
1. Apples! Spring variety apples: Lady Alice and Red Prince, both tasty but mild reds with heirloom qualities. The Alices are probably already gone from the store--and they're the most awesome, because the early ones had really beautiful, crisp flesh that was so dense, the inside would come off in creamy slabs. The Princes are nice, but you can actually see that the apple has a texture of its own.
2. Soap! Q: Why can't you wash your hair with a bar of soap? I mean, why does it feel so icky if you do? A: The pH of shampoo is usually around 6, or slightly acidic. Your hair likes this. Bars of soap, particularly the nice handmade ones, have a pH of 8-10.5, or somewhat basic. Use those on your hands and body instead.
3. Sirens programming submissions deadline is now May 10. Sadly, I can't even hint at the really fantastic proposals and presenters who are participating in this process, but maybe I can steer you to sirenscon to pick up a roundtable discussion idea.
4. Flower pancakes! Sadly, I tossed a bunch of squeeze bottles the other day, but maybe I've got a water bottle or something that would work.
5. Star Wars in 2:12...by Legos. Here!. brb loling and loling.
6. A trailer for Pumzi, a sci-fi piece made in Kenya and written and directed by a woman! It's a short film and its director wants to turn it into something full-length (Kickstarterable, I wonder?) This is so up my alley: dystopia, governing bodies that don't necessarily act logically, pushing through for truth--and bonus girl protagonist. (It's a "fact" that boys won't read books with girls in the lead, but girl will read either gender; as a little kid, I rejected most books with a hero, because I was always, always looking for myself in the text, and that for me meant smart outsider girls as often as possible, and later, women seeking romance, and now I just want adventure.) Anyway! Ever since watching this I've been wondering practically to the point of mental fanfic, and I have been wishing that this were a feature film because I would eat this up. (Yes, I note that there's an unexplained reason why there's still air around, but I assume there's some in-film exploration of that; if not, the sheer wow factor and stark beauty would probably still make it worth it for me, especially as I'm a good disbelief-suspender.)
1. Apples! Spring variety apples: Lady Alice and Red Prince, both tasty but mild reds with heirloom qualities. The Alices are probably already gone from the store--and they're the most awesome, because the early ones had really beautiful, crisp flesh that was so dense, the inside would come off in creamy slabs. The Princes are nice, but you can actually see that the apple has a texture of its own.
2. Soap! Q: Why can't you wash your hair with a bar of soap? I mean, why does it feel so icky if you do? A: The pH of shampoo is usually around 6, or slightly acidic. Your hair likes this. Bars of soap, particularly the nice handmade ones, have a pH of 8-10.5, or somewhat basic. Use those on your hands and body instead.
3. Sirens programming submissions deadline is now May 10. Sadly, I can't even hint at the really fantastic proposals and presenters who are participating in this process, but maybe I can steer you to sirenscon to pick up a roundtable discussion idea.
4. Flower pancakes! Sadly, I tossed a bunch of squeeze bottles the other day, but maybe I've got a water bottle or something that would work.
5. Star Wars in 2:12...by Legos. Here!. brb loling and loling.
6. A trailer for Pumzi, a sci-fi piece made in Kenya and written and directed by a woman! It's a short film and its director wants to turn it into something full-length (Kickstarterable, I wonder?) This is so up my alley: dystopia, governing bodies that don't necessarily act logically, pushing through for truth--and bonus girl protagonist. (It's a "fact" that boys won't read books with girls in the lead, but girl will read either gender; as a little kid, I rejected most books with a hero, because I was always, always looking for myself in the text, and that for me meant smart outsider girls as often as possible, and later, women seeking romance, and now I just want adventure.) Anyway! Ever since watching this I've been wondering practically to the point of mental fanfic, and I have been wishing that this were a feature film because I would eat this up. (Yes, I note that there's an unexplained reason why there's still air around, but I assume there's some in-film exploration of that; if not, the sheer wow factor and stark beauty would probably still make it worth it for me, especially as I'm a good disbelief-suspender.)