So Dragon*Con happened, and, let me tell you, it was glorious.

( Thursday was kind of a comedy of errors. )

1. Here's an interesting article about fair use and transformative comedy. (The writer calls it "parody", but I think there's a fine distinction.) The article draws on the example of My Little Ponies and Hasbro's openly positive response to fan works. One thing I thought was interesting, and that I didn't know, is that "parody" is protected under ( Read more... )

So one of the other temps is a Venture Bros. fan, but it gets better. He used to be a high school math teacher, and, for an assignment where the students had to draw a picture enlargement, the students who didn't bring their own picture got to draw Rusty Venture. On the way out of work, we were talking about decorating our desk spaces, and he said ( Read more... )

So there's a lot going on right now....

Living Situation, tl;dr: ( I moved to Minneapolis and got a job as an office temp. )

So, back in mid-June, I booked my flight for Dragon*Con. I got a good deal, the flights were convenient, and it took a load off my mind because that was the last of my preparations. Last night, I pulled up my itinerary to enter the details in my calendar, and I realized something very very bad ( Read more... )

Today's photos are of me in my Dr Girlfriend costume for Dragon*Con. They're in a photoset on my Tumblr, which you can view here. Y'all, that dress is so damn short, I fear for innocent bystanders.

As further evidence that we share a portion of our brains,
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