Last night I went to see MC Frontalot. The show was fantastic! I woke up this morning sore from dancing. But I've seen him before, and the show was pretty much the same. What I'm really excited about is one of the opening acts. Brandon Patton is amazing! From the moment he played the opening chords to his acoustic cover of Paula Abdul's "Straight ( Read more... )

In their last podcast Paul and Storm let slip that they and, I assume, Jonathan Coulton would be doing shows in Los Angeles and San Diego sometime early next year. I usually make a habit of going to their Southern California shows. It's a great chance for me to see a fantastic concert with friends that I get to see maybe once or twice a year. Since ( Read more... )

I'm soooooooooo happy that the weather has finally turned a little colder. It means that I can start making soup, lots and lots of soup. The first one I decided to make was black bean, and it turned out so pretty I just had to share it with y'all. 

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The first time in five years I decide not to go to Comic Con and damn near everything I love about pop culture decides to descend upon San Diego. Neil Gaiman and Henry Selick will be doing promotions for the Coraline DVD. Amanda Palmer is going to be there doing a number of fundraisers for the CBLDF. Dave McKean is going to be hanging out and doing ( Read more... )

I've got an extra ticket for tonight's VNV Nation concert. Is anybody interested in going to the show with me?

yoinked this idea from colleenkyThe first lines from my first entries for every month in 2008 ( Read more... )

Check it out a squid with elbows. Just another reason why cephalopods are my favorite invertebrates.

When I saw this my brain exploded a little.

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So it's decided, I'm definitely going to MaxFunCon next June. I haven't stopped squeeing about it for the past week, but today something happened that made it a certainty. I was checking out the forums for the con and ran into someone I had hung out with at a festival in Toronto six years ago. He's a really cool guy and a pretty snazzy dj, so I'm ( Read more... )

I am absolutely loving my new hair, and it's about time I shared it with all of you. The purple is going to be a lot of upkeep, but I adore it. I think I'll keep it for a while.

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