Miscellany

[oyceter]

Aka, I do not want to study for midterms. Entertain me!

1. Someone mentioned in the comments of IBARW 2 that it may be a good idea to promote it outside of LJ. To which I went, "Oh yeah. Duh." Except I singularly hate promoting stuff and I have no idea where to start. So I would be forever grateful if people pimped IBARW (on LJ and off)! I am not

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A couple of IBARW things

[coffeeandink]

(1) Should we create an IBARW community or blog? It would be really nice to set it up the way metafandom has theirs set up to be automatically populated by delicious. (Pursuant to that: do we want to make it work outside IBARWeek? do we want a metafandom for race? Is metafandom itself serving this need? Deadbrowalking sometimes does, but I don't think that its focus.)

(2) Would it be worthwhile to create an IBAR zine? I think it would be neat, but I have to admit I am still suffering major minicomic envy from MOCCA. I'm not sure what goes into zine publishing and distribution.

Alternatively, we could propose it to Aqueduct as a Conversation Piece.

Re: A couple of IBARW things

[chomiji]

> IBARW community or blog? <

The existence of such a thing, with a "mission statement" at the front, would make it a lot easier to flack IBARW to things like the bulletin boards I'm on - I could give the board mods the link, so they could see what sort of effort this was.

Re: A couple of IBARW things

[oyceter]

Got it, will do! ibarw is up now, but I haven't gotten any content in it yet... should be some tomorrow.

Re: A couple of IBARW things

[chomiji]

Fan-TAS-tic!

As soon as there's some content, I will run things past my board mods.

Any thoughts about the icons issue? Whether "Spork Out Against Racism" is allowable, etc.?

We will be heading out on vacation toward the end of IBARW, so I won't be available that Friday or Saturday. But I should be able to help out with icons before then.

[marzipan_pig]

This one:

[oyceter]

Can I haz pancake plz?

[shana]

I am sorry, but I am picturing your rats taking turns trying to be Pinky and the Brain. With all of them wanting to be Pinky. :)

[oyceter]

I am fairly certain Ruki would step up to the plate as the Brain! Especially given that he has already masterminded several escapes.

[shana]

'Are you pondering what I'm pondering...'

'I think so, but how do you cook heirloom tomato manga?'

[oyceter]

Heee!!

awwww....

[bellatrys]

::is slayed with TEH CUTE::

One of those pics looks like our old rattie! I would like to have one again, but I am afraid of my cats, one of whom I call "Miss Monkeypaws" because she is the reason that, tho' i have no children, all my cabinets have to have baby latches. She has opened plastic storage tubs to get the catnip out!

Re: awwww....

[oyceter]

Awwww you had ratties! Mine are generally pretty good, except for Ruki, who is a devil in disguise.

Do yours build things?

[bellatrys]

Ours used to make strange structures with their sawdust and toys. Often in the middle of the night, clunk, clank, clunk. I totally didn't have to suspend disbelief for Pratchett's Maurice and his Amazing Educated Rodents. (ooh, if you're a Rat Person you have to read that! Some suspense and Tragic Heroism, but not anywhere as angsty or bleak as NIMH.)

who is a devil in disguise.

There's always one!

Re: Do yours build things?

[oyceter]

Dude! Yours are way smarter than mine! Ruki has mostly just figured out how to jump out of the bathtub and wander around everywhere, and I think he managed to figure out how to unlatch the cage door before I clamped it shut.

I read the Pratchett, it's awesome!

[vom_marlowe]

Best of luck on the midterms!

In the meantime....lolRu!

[oyceter]

OMG you are awesome!!