This past weekend I played in Labor Wars. I don't usually play weekend-long LARPs, partially because they are tiring, but mostly because I have a hard time emotionally separating myself from my character afterwards. Labor Wars was not an exception to this. I had a good time, and am very glad I played, but I woke up this morning with echoes of the ( Read more... )

I don't do many memes these day, but this one is in support of a good cause. The introduction was written by the friend I got this from, and I think it's a good introduction so I included it here.

Basically, an "invisible illness" is loosely defined as any pain condition that can't be seen visually by others. Crohn's Disease is a typical style ( Read more... )

So the news, such as there is, from Iran has hit me really hard. I said some of this before in a comment, but I got hit by it again and wanted to say it here.
( strong, including unpleasant, emotions )

The title of my roommate's recent post "Does this count as filk? I hope not." and one of the comments about it, have brought to my mind some very interesting questions about the definition of filk.

I think what filkers call filk and what non-filker sci-fi fans call filk are not always the same. If londo had posted his parody on a filk list, it's ( Read more... )

A few different thought streams just merged in my head, and I'd like to share.

( This got long. Also includes discussion of potentially sensitive topics. )

I've been stuck sick in bed for a few days now (but I am getting better now!) and so all the thoughts that normally I might find someone to comment to about, and so clarify the notion and move on, are filling up my head and copulating with each other. Mix in a bit of sickness-induced fuzzy-headedness and this is what comes out. This gets a bit meta ( Read more... )

If I have a little of clarity on this right now, I'd write it down here so that next time I have something to remind me. Hopefully, this will help make things better.

( cut for an honest look at feelings that aren't happy )

So it's been a month since I last posted anything to LJ. It's not that nothing has been happening, but rather that *way too much* has been happening ( Read more... )

I was walking to the store to buy some milk this morning, and I managed to catch a falling leaf. Since I was a kid, I've thought that catching a falling leaf was good luck. However, I don't think I've met anyone that shared this superstition. I got to thinking about it, and I suspect the idea was suggested to me by a mother interested in getting me ( Read more... )

I'm a poly gayby pervy-man-fancier[2]. That should cover all my old closets.

[1]It's National Coming Out Day
[2]Find me someone else who identifies as a queer heterosexual and I will be very appreciative of an introduction.