Reel Affirmations is a queer film festival going from October 12-October 22. Movies will be screened at various locations around the city, including the Atlas Performing Arts Center and GW's Lisner auditorium. You can pre-purchase tickets online and get festival ticket packs and passes.

Full Schedule of Films to be ShownDoes anyone have interest ( Read more... )

Scott Pilgrim's a pretty awesome slacker riff on the comic book movie. ( spoilery, over all positive but kyriarchically disapppointed review. )

1. My parents left town Sunday and left me:
   1. A watermelon that split and leaked all over the kitchen floor, so I had to mop it up. :(
   2. So much cooked food that I don't expect to have to do anything except microwave before they get back on Tuesday
2. I have managed to injure my wrist. I think I did it by unhooking my bra.
3. Sara taught me how ( Read more... )

My theory on why this year's American Idol won: ( spoilers for the outcome )

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Preserving Video Games and Virtual Worlds | The Kojo Nnamdi Show This is an episode of a public radio program. I think it's interesting as a talk about why we want to preserve cultural ephemera, and also addressing the difficulties of doing so. In other words, it's a way to think about many of the same issues the AO3 is specifically set up to ( Read more... )

Watched ( Glee. )

Okay, so I'm going to the DC Dreamwidth Open Beta party tomorrow, (5:30 p.m., at the Tastee Diner in Silver Spring, you should come; you should join
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I checked this movie out from the library because I sort of wanted to see it when it came out. The premise is pretty darn close to the ur-slash story, and Adam Sandler is a decently funny comic, at least in theory ( Read more... )

There are at least five comic book movies this summer. I propose that a bunch of people in the DC area go with me to see them. Please comment if you'd be interested in going with me to see one or more of ( Read more... )