To be quite frank, I grew disillusioned with "SFF fandom" back during Racefail and have never really managed to dip my toes back in. Back when I still had dreams of being "traditionally published" (back when the very phrase "traditionally published" would have probably gotten you blank stares if you brought it up), I cared because I could see that ( Read more... )

I haven't had a "good day" at all this year to be honest. But here, have a random story ( Read more... )

blah blah was so unmotivated to even write this up this year. Posting it early because I doubt I'll have anything interesting to add in the next few days.

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Was just at Yo Yo Ma's outdoor concert (Greek Theater @ Berkeley ( Read more... )

On the road tomorrow, so here goes.

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Have had this typed up for a while -- not sure when I'll next have the chance to post (crazy busy) so this is going up early. See you all next year. :P

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So: is there a song out there that is the mother/daughter equivalent of Bruce Springsteen's "My Father's House"I think a lot about the relationships between me and my mom, my sister and my mom, my mom and her own mother. And have often felt mainstream cultural depictions of troubled mother/daughter relationships inadequate, or difficult to relate ( Read more... )

Just received a password reset email for an ooooooooooooold RP account over on LJ. I wonder why? The profile very clearly links it to another RP account (which is in turn linked to me), so I highly doubt it's a case of mistaken identity where someone thought the account name was theirs. (This character was played by other people before and after me ( Read more... )

Relevant icon is relevant ( Read more... )

Was down in San Diego with family for Chinese New Year weekend. Would have chalked it down to a massive waste of time, but it turned out okay, for certain standards of okay -- we lucked out in the hotel lottery at hotwire and ended up in a really nice room with a pretty view. No free internet though ( Read more... )