Hello, Internet!  I am largely absent this weekend because it's time for Contra Carnivale, a dancing weekend event in San Luis Obispo.  There's gorgeous music, thrilling dancing, and the chance to hang out with some fun dancers from out of town. Also, the weather is mysteriously drop dead gorgeous.  Even for California, this is weird for this time ( Read more... )

Dollhouse tonight featured lots of Victor, and therefore contained lots of awesome.  It had a few flaws, but overall I give this week's episode an emphatic vote of approval.

( spoilers herein! )

I gave blood today. I'd been meaning to anyway, and then I saw blood drives listed on the Obama website as one of the activities for the MLK Jr. Day of Service, I decided to go for it. If Barack Obama wants a pint of my blood, he's welcome to it. Let's just get ourselves out of Iraq and avoid any more wars that will spill a lot more than a pint ( Read more... )

Sign I devote too much of my brain to fandom #493:

At the contra dance* earlier tonight, one dance had an unusual figure requiring pairs of men to go down the dance together, a move more typical for couples.  My first thought:  hey, look, contra slash!

*Contra is a traditional American form of folk dance, sort of like square dancing but in long lines ( Read more... )