Despite the fact that I really prefer LJ to Facebook in almost all respects (all except that the fact that far more people I know are on Facebook, these days), I keep finding myself neglecting the former in favour of the latter. This must stop. In particular, awesome stories about the Lynxcub must be posted here, because they are much more findable ( Read more... )

A good but tiring weekend:

• Had the Lynxcub here overnight on Friday night, the high point of which was carving a tiger jack-o'-lantern for him. Yes, this is the second year in a row than I have done that (I think this year's tiger-o'-lantern is better than last, particularly because of the ears), but hey, if the powers that be don't want jack-o'- ( Read more... )

Being a parent always means having to answer a lot of questions. Being a parent with a complicated life and/or some unconventional interests sometimes means having to answer some less common sorts of questions. Here are a few the Cub has asked me of late, followed by my answers:

• ( Why are we making a cake with gears on it? )

Had a nice visit from lgbtech. Our 40s film noir costumes for the Halloween party we went to came together pretty well, though the concept we were going for didn't seem to be that apparent to most people - a lot of people thought she was supposed to be a gangster rather than a detective. I think the Bogart-ishness was more apparent when she had a beige ( Read more... )

1. So, I voted, despite not really liking any of the candidates all that much. But sometimes the chance to vote against somebody outstandingly awful can be as strong a motivator and the chance to vote for someone you actually like. I suppose I should count myself lucky that at least my ward has a city councillor that I actually do like ( Read more... )

With all due apologies to those who hate the whole idea of Valentine's Day, I had a pretty good one. This was mostly due to the fact that lgbtech came up for the weekend, which is always a good thing. :-)

1. Saturday we were intending to go to a 40s-themed party, so we spent the afternoon acquiring appropriate clothing at Kensington Market vintage shops.
   
   ( Clothing squee )

I really, really want this T-shirt:

http://www.blackphoenixtradingpost.com/le-miskyule09.html

(I also really wish people would stop using the absurd term "baby doll" for T-shirts that are cut to accommodate people who happen to have breasts. How about ( Read more... )

I have a question for those of you who have more experience than I do in making interesting and possibly complicated costumes (which is to say, probably most of you ( Read more... )

Now this looks like a hell of a lot of fun:

Pretend to be a Time Traveller DayI don't know if I'd have the nerve to do it, but I really hope some people do. The dystopian future options looked particularly entertaining. Although the visitor from the past thing could be fun too, especially if you spun it into something like having been kidnapped by ( Read more... )

For the last couple of weeks I've been trying to decide whether to go to the 80s party or the Witches' Ball tonight, after my coven meeting. Now that the time is drawing nearer, I suspect I won't go to either. I haven't managed to put together any sort of a costume at all. Had an idea for a spider costume but it would have taken more time and money ( Read more... )