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Okay, Ima write a novel. Just to have one thing in my life where success doesn't depend on somebody else's judgment. (Yes, writing a good novel would depend on other people's judgment. I will solve this problem by writing a crappy novel. Also, I know that the traditional time to start doing this would have been a few weeks ago. Oh well.) -
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Books read in 2012, part 1
I was inspired by some people's end of the year books read posts, so I started taking notes on my own books read. A bunch of non-fiction I read didn't make it onto this list because I skim around a lot when I read non-fiction, so a lot of times I end up reading 3/4 of a book and not feeling comfortable about saying that I've read the whole thing. ( Read more... ) -
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Here are the lyrics to a song I wrote last year. It was inspired by reading an article on an auto-appendectomy performed in Antarctica in 1961. (Which I was going to link, but the bastards put it behind a paywall.) It occurred to me that today would be the appropriate day to post this. I put the first verse in quotes to make the tense and time ( Read more... ) -
Lessons Learned, G4G10 Exchange Gift Edition.
One of the distinctive features of the Gathering for Gardner, a recreational mathematics conference which I will be attending next week, is the Gift Exchange. One is encouraged to provide enough copies of a gift for everyone who is participating in the exchange. Then, at the end of the conference, everyone gets a big bag containing one of each of ( Read more... ) -
retreat
Last weekend was my madrigal group's annual retreat. This year we spent it at Camp Westwind, which is on a beautiful mile-long stretch of beach south of Cascade Head. It's used as a youth camp in the summer, but last weekend we were, I understand, the only group there. Since there is no other access to the beach that is both public and easy, and ( Read more... ) -
Conflikt 5
Last weekend I went to the Seattle area to attend the filk con that I attend every year ( Read more... ) -
Laser Fail
(I tried to post this last night to lj, but my lj client appears to no longer be working. So I'm doing the socially conscious thing and crossposting to dreamwidth.)
Lessons of the day: I am an idiot, and ADX Portland's laser cutting services are... disappointing ( Read more... ) -
Orycon 33
Good con. Last Orycon I missed most of Saturday and Sunday due to a conflict with the Revels megarehearsal. This time I lost Friday and Saturday evening time due to conflicts with the dress rehearsal and performance for a concert of the Lewis & Clark Community Chorale ( Read more... )
