bifemmefatale's sixteen-year-old daughter morgan ran away from home yesterday and the most recent word is that she might be on a bus from the chicago area going to carbondale, il, for a rainbow gathering. those of you in greater chicago - i think that's just jola - or those of you who know folks in greater chicago, greater carbondale, or points in between, could ( Read more... )

first! does anyone have a copy of the song blonde, by guesch patti, that they could share? (video!) it was in the pillow book, which i've seen, but i don't remember the song at all ( Read more... )

apiphile is organizing an anthology of stories to benefit doctors without borders/médecins sans frontières. she's looking for twelve tales of recovery, stories between 1200-12k words on the theme of "healing" - physical, psychological, whatever. they're due the first week of october. go here for details(msf is probably as independent an organization as ( Read more... )

happy birthday sinnerforhire, writer and aca-fan, and undeny, writer, fangirl, and devoted momma! cake?

dancing boys: *shimmy*

i had to be at work an hour early this morning and for some reason losing that extra bit of sleep gave me a headache. >.< altho it's nothing that a good nap can't cure ( Read more... )

after i got out of work today i found a pamphlet under my windshield wiper that said "do you know where you're going to spend eternity?" and i thought "i'm going to spend eternity in a plain pine box". and i'm ok with that ( Read more... )

i got this from firinel and i'm reposting because a. i hope they find the poor girl, and b. i know there are some chicagoans out there. :D

(she's a relative of karnythia. the cops think she ran away but her family doesn't, so basically there's been no amber alert.)

From the release:

Brianna Lacey, 15, is missing. She is also known to go by the name of Brianna ( Read more... )

pimpage first!

one! mansfield park and mummies! in the same vein as pride and prejudice and zombies and sense and sensibility and sea monsters - ie, a mashup of classic regency lit and, you know, mummies. written by vera nazarian, who you might remember from helpvera last year, and published by norilana books which publishes lots of nifty stuff ( ( Read more... )