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New York Times: The Costs of Trinidad CarnivalUngh -- to be honest I never liked going downtown to watch bands play mas when I was a wee girl, because I hate crowds and super-loud things and excessive...
View ArticleI CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DON'T SHUT UP
WHAT THE FUCKING HELLOh my god, you guys, I can't keep this in anymore -- I fucking LOATHE the Warblers. I can't stand their tinkitty-tinky frenetic musical arrangements, I hate the way there's the...
View Articlemaybe the problem will just fix itself
Having now 'fessed up about my Warblers hate, I can move on to more interesting things:A while ago delux_vivens posted about a white male poet being asked about his work by a black female poet, which...
View Articleyour ideas are intriguing to me
So, I'm at maggie and fandoms in the immediate queue are ... heavens, who knows these days. Whatever multifandom thing I decide to write next.Speaking of which, remix_goes_wild is open for business!...
View Article"failed shelving unit with stupid stuck chainsaw and applesauce"
I am recovering from a bad cold that came hot on the heels of the LAST bad cold, so right now I'm woozy and easily-tired and so I'm just going to do something that requires little to no effort ie. the...
View Articlebut i *love* solids
So after catching a horrible flu at the end of March which seemed to subside and then returned with a vengeance, followed by a bout of violent food poisoning which prevented me from going to work for a...
View Articleamerica jr
So the only thing giving me small comfort in the face of a Stephen Harper Conservative majority government is the fact that every Canadian in my circle who's posting is sharing the same horror that I...
View Articleyour school chums are going to be so jealous of your little outfit
A couple of fun links this morning:. via newredshoes: MEN. Are you cool? - I seriously wish clothes like in the Eleganza catalogue would come back into fashion. I REALLY HONESTLY DO. People like Andre...
View Articlecupcakes to learn
So since my sister glockgal and I are so close in age, we know each other's BFFs-from-high-school quite well, which means it was a delight to get this link about Lori's friend Hyedie this morning:....
View Articlewith a big bowl of strawberry ice cream
I felt somewhat cranky from the get-go today, so I when I had a shower this morning I used Old Spice "Fiji" Shower Gel, which supposedly smells like "palm trees, sunshine, and freedom". That shit is...
View Articleeat a quick lunch of roots and water, then more chimp watching
I have a tumblr now, and it's full of junk and nonsense, should that appeal to anybody: http://bossymarmalade.tumblr.com/Apart from that, nothing exciting going on here. I re/watched Lost, that's about...
View Articleyou're punching the cat right now
Hi, DW Circle, hi!If you've got Canadians on your flist you've probably seen them pouring rum out for the Honourable Jack Layton, head of the NDP. His passing was a shock to me as well, in that...
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GOOD DAY DREAMWIDTHSo! After a year's worth of draggy, confused disappointment and frustration and self-doubt piled on top of another, I am finally feeling like freshness and light and change are upon...
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from "Midsummer"The jet bores like a silverfish through volumes of cloud -clouds that will keep no record of where we have passed,nor the sea's mirror, nor the coral busy with its ownculture; they...
View Articlesnowflake challenge: day 1
lol, now that I'm back I won't shut upAnyhow, starting a bit late with this, but nonetheless!snowflake challenge.. Day 1In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created.....
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snowflake challenge.. Day 2In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you didn't create.. the value of daughters by odditycollector - this was spurred by the fridging of Lian Harper...
View Articlesnowflake challenge: day 5
snowflake challenge.. Day 5In your own space, share something non-fannish you are passionate about with your fannish friends.Skipping Days 3 & 4 because they're not my style.So I decided to write...
View Article*INSERT SHOUTY MAGIC BULLET SALESPITCH VOICE HERE*
Thank y'all for the very kind virtual housewarming congratulations!!! It's shaping up beautifully. Soon I'll start baking bread on my days off and I'll feel like a milestone has been reached, heh.As...
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Today is a linkspam kind of day:. the daily meal: 150 iconic dishes from around the worldI just started paging through these, but from the main springboard article I'm delighted to see Trinidadian...
View Articleback when my pen was supple and lively
I am trying and trying to get back into the writing thing after a year+ of feeling too miserable to do much. So I figured, why not go back to my roots? Well, not Marvel comicfic, but at least DCU...
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