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Jun. 22nd, 2016 11:52 amBecause I don't have enough shit to do, and I'm feeling artsy, I'm planning a few projects for the summer:
1. Finish the outfit for the Regency game, because it most likely will happen eventually. This means finish setting buttonholes in the dress, add the ribbon decorations, wash and iron the damn thing; finish making the hat; turn cut bits of coat into sewn coat. The above order is descending both in priority and in how long it'll take.
2. Make wax tablets for writing, and make sure I dig out my scribe kit and that my quills haven't cracked and my inks haven't dried. If they have, acquire news ones, possibly with someone who's going to Drachenfest. Wax tablets require actual crafting and may call for power tools, I'll try to get wooden frames that'll allow me to skip that part.
3. Make surgical tools from iClay.
4. Turn the spare fabric I have lying around into a new dress for Libra, and work out something pretty for a head covering.
1. Finish the outfit for the Regency game, because it most likely will happen eventually. This means finish setting buttonholes in the dress, add the ribbon decorations, wash and iron the damn thing; finish making the hat; turn cut bits of coat into sewn coat. The above order is descending both in priority and in how long it'll take.
2. Make wax tablets for writing, and make sure I dig out my scribe kit and that my quills haven't cracked and my inks haven't dried. If they have, acquire news ones, possibly with someone who's going to Drachenfest. Wax tablets require actual crafting and may call for power tools, I'll try to get wooden frames that'll allow me to skip that part.
3. Make surgical tools from iClay.
4. Turn the spare fabric I have lying around into a new dress for Libra, and work out something pretty for a head covering.
Summer TV Plans
Jun. 6th, 2016 09:32 am'Tis the dry season, meaning the one where full-season TV dries up and all I have is short season excellent quality summer TV- which will run out in anything between one and two months. So, it is time to plan plans.
Currently watching, currently airing:
Game of Thrones (five weeks to end of season)
Outlander (something like 8 weeks? I'm not sure how long of a season order they got, tbh)
Penny Dreadful (five weeks to end of season)
Preacher (just started)
So You Think You Can Dance (just started but I may drop it, juniors aren't as interesting)
Currently watching, catching up:
Teen Wolf (midway through season 4, so a season and a half 'til I'm caught up)
Orphan Black (just started, has four short seasons, should keep me busy for a while)
On the menu for when those are done:
The Man in the High Castle
The Good Wife (people keep insisting it's good, I'll give it another shot)
House of Cards (have two seasons to catch up on)
Orange is the New Black (low priority, at least two seasons to catch up on)
The Americans
Plus there's a handful of shows starting over the summer that might catch. And then it'll be September again. And I'm still working my way through several years of Power Rangers.
Currently watching, currently airing:
Game of Thrones (five weeks to end of season)
Outlander (something like 8 weeks? I'm not sure how long of a season order they got, tbh)
Penny Dreadful (five weeks to end of season)
Preacher (just started)
So You Think You Can Dance (just started but I may drop it, juniors aren't as interesting)
Currently watching, catching up:
Teen Wolf (midway through season 4, so a season and a half 'til I'm caught up)
Orphan Black (just started, has four short seasons, should keep me busy for a while)
On the menu for when those are done:
The Man in the High Castle
The Good Wife (people keep insisting it's good, I'll give it another shot)
House of Cards (have two seasons to catch up on)
Orange is the New Black (low priority, at least two seasons to catch up on)
The Americans
Plus there's a handful of shows starting over the summer that might catch. And then it'll be September again. And I'm still working my way through several years of Power Rangers.
Pre-travel: lists
Apr. 4th, 2016 11:51 amLists calm me down. And while I'm much less jittery today than I was yesterday (go figure), I might as well make lists.
( Things to finalize at home and outside work before we leave )
( Things to finish at work before we leave )
( Things to finalize at home and outside work before we leave )
( Things to finish at work before we leave )
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Apr. 3rd, 2016 06:41 pmT minus three days to the trip, give or take a few hours. Pre-trip jitters are here, a couple of days earlier than I'm willing to deal with them, but work is busy enough to distract me most of the time.
I should make lists, lists calm me down. Later, maybe.
I should make lists, lists calm me down. Later, maybe.
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Mar. 22nd, 2016 09:19 amI think I may be too old to get the full impact of Spring Awakening. Or too jaded, and too skipped-the-awkward-and-ignorant-teenager-phase-because-internet. Or possibly I just need to see it in a production that isn't community theatre, with better actors and better sound quality.
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Mar. 18th, 2016 07:10 pmSometimes I'm not sure who's more to blame, men for putting women down without even thinking about it, because of hundreds of years of socialization, or women letting them do it, taking the easy, repressive, 'daddy'll take care of it' route instead of fucking standing up for themselves. The last, also through hundreds of years of socialization- except it seems to be getting worse, or more glaring, because by now the whole stupid lot of them should know better.
The above is brought to you by the basic car maintenance workshop for women I took today. I learned several new things that'll help me be more self sufficient with my car, but everyone, from the other ladies to the coordinator (who kept trying to change the subject and went all 'oh this is so over my head' complete with an inane giggle whenever things got too science-y), to the instructor who, despite actually being awesome, informastive and not a bad teacher, had to make an actual effort not to address his explanations only to the one guy in the group.
And don't even get me started on the reporter who came to cover the workshop and her photographer, who wanted a photo of manicured fingers with rings on them and tried to deck our cars in Hello Kitty accessories. I was thoroughly rude to her and don't regert it for a second.
The above is brought to you by the basic car maintenance workshop for women I took today. I learned several new things that'll help me be more self sufficient with my car, but everyone, from the other ladies to the coordinator (who kept trying to change the subject and went all 'oh this is so over my head' complete with an inane giggle whenever things got too science-y), to the instructor who, despite actually being awesome, informastive and not a bad teacher, had to make an actual effort not to address his explanations only to the one guy in the group.
And don't even get me started on the reporter who came to cover the workshop and her photographer, who wanted a photo of manicured fingers with rings on them and tried to deck our cars in Hello Kitty accessories. I was thoroughly rude to her and don't regert it for a second.
Decided that I want a list of fic ideas, just so I can refer to it if I'm short on inspiration. By how likely I am to actually write them, at the moment.
White Collar- sequel to Enough. Neal, pushing boundaries; Peter, pushing right back.
Criminal Minds- parts 6-8 of Cravings (tags for 6X12 and/ or 6X14, tag for 7X02, late season 7).
Power Rangers Dino Charge- Chase and Kendall, pre-series, fighting.
Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue- How Carter Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Both Mitchell Siblings
Sleepy Hollow- finish that WIP I've been dragging since June
Killjoys- How Dutch Got Her Name
Da Vinci's Demons- 15th century art and culture during return trip from the New World
Da Vinci's Demons- Leo and Riario, detox shenanigans
Power Rangers Samurai- maybe, maaaybe rework that WIP I left hanging into something that doesn't trigger me. Maybe.
Not bad to be going on with. There's also PurimGifts, of course, but I'm not listing it here because spoilers.
White Collar- sequel to Enough. Neal, pushing boundaries; Peter, pushing right back.
Criminal Minds- parts 6-8 of Cravings (tags for 6X12 and/ or 6X14, tag for 7X02, late season 7).
Power Rangers Dino Charge- Chase and Kendall, pre-series, fighting.
Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue- How Carter Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Both Mitchell Siblings
Sleepy Hollow- finish that WIP I've been dragging since June
Killjoys- How Dutch Got Her Name
Da Vinci's Demons- 15th century art and culture during return trip from the New World
Da Vinci's Demons- Leo and Riario, detox shenanigans
Power Rangers Samurai- maybe, maaaybe rework that WIP I left hanging into something that doesn't trigger me. Maybe.
Not bad to be going on with. There's also PurimGifts, of course, but I'm not listing it here because spoilers.
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Jan. 24th, 2016 08:23 pmI am an ableist. I will probably be one forever. It's the one 'ism' I can't seem to shake. I will always, probably forever, take as a given that a person who is over a certain age, has steady employment, and suffers from no impairments that I'm aware of, is capable of rational thought, of reaching logical conclusions, of basic deduction, awareness and empathy. If we arrange to meet, I will assume people are capable of arriving at the time and place agreed upon, or of letting someone know they'll be late. I will assume people can call a taxi is they find no other mode of transportation, and if they choose not to do it despite being able to afford it, I'll think less of them. If someone takes on some kind of task, I will assume that they know their own abilities and will take steps to perform the task, and let people know if they need help or find themselves unable to complete the task.
I will expect people over a certain age (say, 14) to be able to entertain themselves, and to be able to communicate thoughts and emotions clearly (this is asking a lot, and I'm setting myself up for constant disappointment, I know). I will assume that the average adult, unless they have some limitation that I'm aware of, is capable of basic self care, will not lock themselves out of their apartment or forget to feed the cat or leave their phone places or go on vacation without their meds, and can use Google and a map. I will always expect people to be thinking, intelligent creatures. I will be unforgiving of willful ignorance. I will assume that unless proven otherwise, or unless I'm outright told it's not so, people have the capability of defending themselves, or speaking up when something makes them uncomfortable or upset or harms them in some way (this too is way too high of an expectation. I'm an idealist, k?)
I will trust a person's report on their well-being, physical and emotional, for at least the first 25-30 times. I will trust that if someone has a chronic health situation going on, physical or mental or emotional, they are taking all the steps they are capable of, are willing to, and can afford to take to manage the situation. If they're doing all they can to manage the situation, I will do my level best not to assume all of the above. I will at some point fail. Hopefully, I'll fail in private and not where my failure can hurt someone.
Eventually, my aversion to people who can't be on time, can't take care of themselves, and can't be considerate of other people's feelings for no good reason except that they're sort of terrible at being adults will mean I distance myself from them, and I'll be left with only the more or less capable people as friends. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, if the past weekend is any indication.
This is an open note. If you're reading this we're most likely friends, and you're all keeping up the standards set above that you haven't pissed me off yet. Congrats.
I will expect people over a certain age (say, 14) to be able to entertain themselves, and to be able to communicate thoughts and emotions clearly (this is asking a lot, and I'm setting myself up for constant disappointment, I know). I will assume that the average adult, unless they have some limitation that I'm aware of, is capable of basic self care, will not lock themselves out of their apartment or forget to feed the cat or leave their phone places or go on vacation without their meds, and can use Google and a map. I will always expect people to be thinking, intelligent creatures. I will be unforgiving of willful ignorance. I will assume that unless proven otherwise, or unless I'm outright told it's not so, people have the capability of defending themselves, or speaking up when something makes them uncomfortable or upset or harms them in some way (this too is way too high of an expectation. I'm an idealist, k?)
I will trust a person's report on their well-being, physical and emotional, for at least the first 25-30 times. I will trust that if someone has a chronic health situation going on, physical or mental or emotional, they are taking all the steps they are capable of, are willing to, and can afford to take to manage the situation. If they're doing all they can to manage the situation, I will do my level best not to assume all of the above. I will at some point fail. Hopefully, I'll fail in private and not where my failure can hurt someone.
Eventually, my aversion to people who can't be on time, can't take care of themselves, and can't be considerate of other people's feelings for no good reason except that they're sort of terrible at being adults will mean I distance myself from them, and I'll be left with only the more or less capable people as friends. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, if the past weekend is any indication.
This is an open note. If you're reading this we're most likely friends, and you're all keeping up the standards set above that you haven't pissed me off yet. Congrats.
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Sep. 10th, 2015 11:50 amI was okay with being in charge of logistics for a huge game with a huge budget. I was. What I'm not okay with is having to do the whole damn thing on my own because my staff are worse than useless, on a holiday week, when we're one week (which is a business day and a half) from the game with only a third of what needed to be done/arranged/bought actually finalized. This is infuriating, frustrating, and has already cost me most of this morning at work (and the better part of yesterday).
I'd say I'm never doing this again, but that would be a lie.
I'd say I'm never doing this again, but that would be a lie.
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Sep. 1st, 2015 03:26 pmIt's September 1st. Libra 2 starts on the 17th. We haven't started the logistics shopping yet, I won't have a finalized print-order until well after the last possible minute, and there's a grand total of 8 working days between now and the 17th because of weekends and New Year.
Everything is stress, frustration and suckage. None of my team of supposed helpers is doing much to help, I'm not getting answers from people, people who're nominally trying to cooperate with us just aren't, and in general...well. Stressed. Yes.
Everything is stress, frustration and suckage. None of my team of supposed helpers is doing much to help, I'm not getting answers from people, people who're nominally trying to cooperate with us just aren't, and in general...well. Stressed. Yes.
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Aug. 10th, 2015 01:37 amOh my gods, you guys, I think I'm finished. I mean, there'll be editing, and then probably a bit more editing and then I need a name and a summary and all the trigger warnings ever, and then I may decide never to post it after all, but at just over 85K and after just over a year of work, I do believe I'm finally done with That Fic.
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Aug. 9th, 2015 09:21 pmBack to work- I actually missed it. It's nice to be back in y own office, doing work, and I've missed my co-workers, honestly. Even the boss. Annoying Senior Lawyer wasn't in today, but tomorrow might be Interesting with her.
A video of two gay men holding hands and walking through central Jerusalem, followed by hidden camera crews, revealed a level of vileness and harassment that, while unsuprising, still left me shaken. My first thought was- gods, the courage that sort of thing takes, not only in Jerusalem but pretty much everywhere else, even in Tel Aviv- and then I caught myself, because why should walking hand in hand with your significant other be brave? Why should it be dangerous? Then, all I could think about is that I know one of the guys in that video, and when someone yelled kus omo, homo (basically the Arabic/adopted into Hebrew version of 'motherfucker'), that his mom died of cancer a few years back and how it tore him up. Watching it from work wasn't my smartest idea, tbh.
A video of two gay men holding hands and walking through central Jerusalem, followed by hidden camera crews, revealed a level of vileness and harassment that, while unsuprising, still left me shaken. My first thought was- gods, the courage that sort of thing takes, not only in Jerusalem but pretty much everywhere else, even in Tel Aviv- and then I caught myself, because why should walking hand in hand with your significant other be brave? Why should it be dangerous? Then, all I could think about is that I know one of the guys in that video, and when someone yelled kus omo, homo (basically the Arabic/adopted into Hebrew version of 'motherfucker'), that his mom died of cancer a few years back and how it tore him up. Watching it from work wasn't my smartest idea, tbh.
