| Hola, me llamo... |
[Jul. 9th, 2009|12:31 pm] |
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Last night, I dreamed that my name had been legally changed to "Aaaaaaaarrgh!" It said that on my ID card and everything!
I'm telling everyone this because it was so funny that I laughed myself awake. |
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| Maybe you can help me understand? |
[May. 27th, 2009|11:54 am] |
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I'm having a hard time understanding all this political commotion about same-sex marriage.
Can anyone explain to me just what heterosexual married couples are afraid of losing? |
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| where absinthe really comes from |
[May. 4th, 2009|03:33 pm] |
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Some of you may have heard of this thing, but it bears mentioning.
Every year there's a competition called Roboexotica in which people make robots whose funtion is to serve alcoholic beverages. Some of them are more funtional, while others are pure form. My favorite is the following:
Le Pressoir de la Fée (aka The Fairy Smasher)
This robot has a little glowing green fairy inside that talks to you. When it's started up, the compartment holding the fairy is slowly compacted, as the fairy panics. "I don't like this! Help!" Finally, the fairy is squished with a bloodcurdling scream, and a shot of absinthe is poured into a glass for your licoricey enjoyment.
In case you were wondering, the concert last night was awesome! Everything went smoothly, and the music was as good as we'd ever sung it. My solo at the top of the show got a lot of compliments from a lot of people. 8) Sometimes life reminds me that I really am good at this singing thing, and I'm not wrong to be pursuing it as a profession. |
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| Upcoming Concert! |
[Apr. 22nd, 2009|03:20 pm] |
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(Hey, y'all: I've got a solo in this concert!)
Faces of Femininity: Images of Women in Story and Song
Sunday, May 3, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Alumnae Chorus • Susan McMane, Conductor • Susan Soehner, Piano
Martie McMane, Storyteller
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell St.
San Francisco
Images of women as Divine One, Crusader, Sorceress, Lover and Wise Woman come to life through song and story. Hear the Alumnae Chorus present many “Faces of Femininity” singing compositions from diverse traditions in conjunction with professional storytelling. The program features music by Holst, Verdi, Mendelssohn, Szymko, Larsen and more.
Now in its second season, the Alumnae Chorus provides Bay Area audiences with the highest caliber of women’s vocal music. The ensemble comprises graduates of the world renowned San Francisco Girls Chorus and Chorus School.
Tickets: $20/$15 (for students and groups of 10 or more) General Admission.
City Box Office 415-392-4400 or www.cityboxoffice.com
Limited parking available in front of the church. |
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| Coolcreepymonsterness frm Holland! |
[Apr. 2nd, 2009|10:50 am] |
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I saw this film on ImageMakers a few weeks ago and it's been haunting my dreams ever since. Check it out!
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| nosh, nosh, nosh |
[Mar. 16th, 2009|04:00 pm] |
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I just started riding the shark last night, and I was craving chocolate in an uncharacteristically intense way. But I didn't have any chocolate in the house, nor did I have any money to go buy some. So I found some cocoa powder and made fudge! Peanut butter pumpkinseed fudge, to be precise. It's been about ten years since the last time I made fudge, and I'd forgotten how easy it is and how good it tastes, and how much fun it is to lick the spoon.
Next time I think I'll try something kinky... like cinnamon-cayenne fudge.
Damn, I'm good!
BTW, I think this is the most appropriately topical userpic ever. |
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| scarlet again |
[Mar. 13th, 2009|03:28 pm] |
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After having my hair a normal color for many, many months, I've finally gone back to shockingly red hair. I was hoping that looking normalesque would help land me a job, but it hasn't made a damn bit of difference.It may not have hurt, but it sure as hell hasn't helped! Besides, I realized at Pantheacon that many people fail to recognize me without my crazy hair, which has been a sort of trademark of mine since I was 14. So it's scarlet again for me.
Shocking, I say!
Thanks to those of you who have let me help you with odd jobs for a few bucks, and who have referred me to your friends for the same. I've been doing more babysitting and petsitting lately, and it helps a lot! I could always use more work though, so if you or anyone you know needs any help with these things, please get in touch with me at abracadaverous@yahoo.com!
Again, the things I can help out with are:
shopping
cooking/meal planning
laundry/light mending of clothes
tutoring, esp. English, Science, Social Studies or any of the fine or performing arts
housecleaning
babysitting
pet care (including exotics) |
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| special people and vogon poetry |
[Feb. 6th, 2009|03:32 pm] |
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There's a guy making a fuss in the library today. He's singing, dancing around, chattering along to nobody in particular at full-volume, just generally being a pain in the ass and being totally oblivious to the fact that it's supposed to be a quiet place. When the security guard calmly and politely informed him that this was a quiet area and that there was no talking, he said, "JEEEEEZ, calm down, man! Don't have a conniption! There's no need to FREAK OUT!"
Don't you just looooove people like that?
In other news, I recently tried my hand at writing Vogon poetry. Here's the result, cut for your physical and mental health. ( Warning: REAL Vogon poetry... ) |
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| Why I'm too old to riot... |
[Jan. 9th, 2009|03:57 pm] |
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We've given angry mobs a bad name!
I don't hesitate to go to a protest against something that really needs protesting, but I think people take it too far when they go on a rampage and destroy things. The people who own those stores are just as pissed off as everybody else in Oakland, and this sort of bullshit only hurts more innocent people.
I wonder if the protest would have taken on a different tone if Oscar Grant had been shot by a cop in one of those stores?
And let me just take a second to say thank you to all the protesters who were trying to stop the riot in progress. Unfortunately, it's damn near impossible to get an escalating crowd to listen to reason. |
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| polls of the slightly insane |
[Jan. 6th, 2009|06:00 pm] |
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Poll #1326664 because knowledge is power
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllWhat would you do if you saw a ghost? What should you bless? Which of the following do I have in my pantry? You're about to die! What quote will you leave for posterity? |
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| lavatory habits |
[Jan. 5th, 2009|04:29 pm] |
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Okay, why is it that many women can't seem to figure out how to use a public toilet?
If the seat is too nasty to sit on, don't just piddle all over it and leave your urine for the next person to find! Lift the damned thing up!!! You can use your foot, or a wad of toilet paper to accomplish this. And ladies, I must point out that men figured out how to do this about ninety years ago, so quit yer bitching.
So says I. |
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| Greetings from the Frozen North! |
[Dec. 25th, 2008|06:49 am] |
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I'm in Portland for Xmas. People have been (no shit) skiing down the street in front of my Mom's house! When my plane landed, the windows filled up with snow before we could even get off the plane! Yesterday we took a walk through the snow, which my knee, hip and back didn't like, but my brain really did.
There's all this white shit everywhere! And it's cold too! I've never seen snow like this before!
So apparently there are different kinds of snow, and this stuff is too powdery for me to make any Calvin-style snowmen in their death throes on my mom's lawn. If I do manage it, I'll take a picture.
I hope you all have a happy day, whether or not you observe Xmas. Just enjoy the day off!
Now I'm off to see what Satan Claus brought me... |
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| Happy Everything! |
[Dec. 17th, 2008|02:44 pm] |
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Dear YOU (yes, YOU!),
Good Yule, Merry Christmas, Joyful Kwanzaa, Happy New Year, and...
Wait, I'm forgetting something...
Oh yeah, HAG SAMEACH!!!
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| KITTEH!!! |
[Nov. 24th, 2008|01:29 pm] |
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A couple of days ago, I was walking by the Pet Food express, and there was a mobile adoption center operating there. I'm always irresistably drawn to those things, so I stopped by to say hi to the critters.
Someone approached me about adoption, but I told her that I was in a precarious financial situation, and I wasn't sure I'd be able to make a lifetime commitment to a cat. She then mentioned that many of these animals needed short-term foster homes while they were waiting to be adopted. I thought, Hey, I don't have much money or an idea of where I'm going to be six months from now, but I DO have a home and a large supply of love and patience here and now... Besides, I've always been better at taking care of someone else than taking care of myself.
So the good folks at Milo sent me home with a cat carrier, a cat bed, a cat litter box, plenty of cat litter, cat food, and unsurprisingly, a cat!
( Jasmine ) |
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