Er, so obviously I don't use LJ that often anymore. Mostly, I hang out on G+ or wander around reading femslash but otherwise things are quiet ( Read more... )

OMG THE GIRLS I AM GAINING CUSTODY OF ARE COMING NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!

SO MUCH TO DOOOOOOO!

:D

*runs back to the real world, flailing*

Canadian election day is around the corner, and I've taken a look at the candidates in my riding. A night of serious thought turned into a gigglefest, however, when I realized that I've got a bunch of jokers vying for my vote. Here's the run down:

Conservative: The current MP, a stormtrooper for the Conservative Party and front runner for the seat ( Read more... )

Movits! is a Swedish group whose music is a mix of swing and hip hop. As a sample from their last album:

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Colbert Nation is streaming the latest Movits! album until April 5th. It is totally awesome and you should check it out.

One week until the next Lost Autumn game (a new LARP in town). I am thrilled. I usually play observant, mature, thinky characters, but this time around I have a character who has the emotional maturity of a high schooler. Last game I had a drunken fight with an ex-girlfriend, got sobered up with magic powers, had a sober fight with the ex- ( Read more... )

I've woken up at some ungodly hour this morning for no good reason and, amusingly, my first thought is, "Damn - can't do breakfast." This is largely because for the past month I've been making myself a fruit smoothie for breakfast, and the blender is way too loud to run at stupid-o'clock. So, I've made myself a pot of tea, which used to be my ( Read more... )

So, it's the Year of the Pig by the Chinese calendar and I've been told by my mother (who is an Authentic Chinese Lady) that it's a lucky year for me ( Read more... )

The problem with saying to myself, "I should update my LJ" and writing an entry in my head is that I then don't post because, y'know, I've done an entry. In my head. *sigh ( Read more... )

I'm working on some figures for publication, and I have lots of bars which need to be coded somehow. The usual way of dealing with this is with colour, but that makes data interpretation hard for the colour blind.

Thankfully, there are resources! Here's a site for Color Universal Design (CUD), which details how to design figures and present ( Read more... )

For those who don't know, the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is a church run by Fred Phelps which goes around preaching hate. They claim God hates America and God hates fags and God hates... well... everyone who isn't part of the church, really. They're the ones who protest outside of the funerals of soldiers, claiming that those who died deserved ( Read more... )