Con Reports, Long Overdue
Wednesday, 1 August 2012 22:01So, in June, there was con.txt, which was awesome. It was, as usual, beautifully run, even despite the fact that the hotel was under construction while we were there.
I got in Thursday and had dinner with, uh,![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
trixiesfic, arallara, hederahelix, and some other people. Then we went to see the Avengers, again. We stayed right through schwarma, which, you know, I really like this movie, but they're not doing anything in that scene. I don't get it.
( Friday )
( Saturday )
( Sunday ) This con.txt, I really did a lot of panelling, which is something I haven't done at a con in maybe 3 years, not even so much at the last con.txt. Although the conversations were mostly not super deep, I really enjoyed having them in a semi-structured way with people I don't know or don't know well. Did regret not seeing more of Aral and Hederahelix and even Zana. It seems like I can pick socializing or panels, and that is all the social energy I have for a weekend.
Two weekends ago I went to Con*Strict. As this year's attendance was down to about twenty, it was more in the way of a pajama party than a con, but I had fun there too. Due to some bizarre Vegas-ness (Joey Fatone was hosting the Price is Right Live, so that killed my Friday afternoon, and then getting tickets to Zumanity killed my Saturday afternoon) I missed a lot of time hanging out at the con itself (and in the hotel pool), but I got to spend a lot of time with Caorann and I did spend some time in the con, just chilling with people, talking about how weird Vegas is (it's drier than winter but so hot!), having a little Avengers squee and telling people why Once Upon a Time had/has potential. I came away with some tv from the back of the internet, Lost Girl and Once Upon a Time and Teen Wolf, so I can see what all the fuss is about. It was fun and I've already paid my membership for next year, but I think that I will go a day or two early and stay a day or two late so I can check out Vegas more thoroughly.
Also, I bought a bunch of Chihuly postcards, so I will send some out to people whose addresses I have, because I love that glass, it's so sexy.
Hmm, I had some thoughts about ~religion~ that I wanted to share with you, dwircle, but I've been writing for two hours without any dinner, and also I need to clean my room, so laters.
I got in Thursday and had dinner with, uh,
trixiesfic, arallara, hederahelix, and some other people. Then we went to see the Avengers, again. We stayed right through schwarma, which, you know, I really like this movie, but they're not doing anything in that scene. I don't get it.( Friday )
( Saturday )
( Sunday ) This con.txt, I really did a lot of panelling, which is something I haven't done at a con in maybe 3 years, not even so much at the last con.txt. Although the conversations were mostly not super deep, I really enjoyed having them in a semi-structured way with people I don't know or don't know well. Did regret not seeing more of Aral and Hederahelix and even Zana. It seems like I can pick socializing or panels, and that is all the social energy I have for a weekend.
Two weekends ago I went to Con*Strict. As this year's attendance was down to about twenty, it was more in the way of a pajama party than a con, but I had fun there too. Due to some bizarre Vegas-ness (Joey Fatone was hosting the Price is Right Live, so that killed my Friday afternoon, and then getting tickets to Zumanity killed my Saturday afternoon) I missed a lot of time hanging out at the con itself (and in the hotel pool), but I got to spend a lot of time with Caorann and I did spend some time in the con, just chilling with people, talking about how weird Vegas is (it's drier than winter but so hot!), having a little Avengers squee and telling people why Once Upon a Time had/has potential. I came away with some tv from the back of the internet, Lost Girl and Once Upon a Time and Teen Wolf, so I can see what all the fuss is about. It was fun and I've already paid my membership for next year, but I think that I will go a day or two early and stay a day or two late so I can check out Vegas more thoroughly.
Also, I bought a bunch of Chihuly postcards, so I will send some out to people whose addresses I have, because I love that glass, it's so sexy.
Hmm, I had some thoughts about ~religion~ that I wanted to share with you, dwircle, but I've been writing for two hours without any dinner, and also I need to clean my room, so laters.
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Your love is better than icecream…
Wednesday, 27 June 2012 21:06I ran three panels at con.txt this year. Two of them were "Make a List of Things That Were Awesome", so I am now coming back to actually share the lists with people.
Femslash Fandom Faire spreadsheet, which lists the Name, Medium, and genre of everything on the list. Feel free to add links! I have put in a few to get you started.
Subtext is Not the Only Text which lists the name, medium, and genre of actual queer media. Please add links about these stories and links to where to buy them, if they are for sale!
Femslash Fandom Faire spreadsheet, which lists the Name, Medium, and genre of everything on the list. Feel free to add links! I have put in a few to get you started.
Subtext is Not the Only Text which lists the name, medium, and genre of actual queer media. Please add links about these stories and links to where to buy them, if they are for sale!
Reel Affirmations XX
Wednesday, 28 September 2011 11:20Reel Affirmations is a queer film festival going from October 12-October 22. Movies will be screened at various locations around the city, including the Atlas Performing Arts Center and GW's Lisner auditorium. You can pre-purchase tickets online and get festival ticket packs and passes.
Full Schedule of Films to be Shown
Does anyone have interest in going to see any of those movies with me? I'm open to just about anything with lesbians, but I can probably be talked into other films.
Full Schedule of Films to be Shown
Does anyone have interest in going to see any of those movies with me? I'm open to just about anything with lesbians, but I can probably be talked into other films.
DC Black Pride Film Festival
Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:22Saturday May 28 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. is the DC Black Pride Film Festival. Tickets are $20.
Is anyone interested in going with me? Unfortunately, they do not currently have a listing of films they will show.
Is anyone interested in going with me? Unfortunately, they do not currently have a listing of films they will show.
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paradox_dragon Queer women, the slash debate, and the question of internalized oppression A nuanced and layered examination of the position of people like me in the discussion re: homophobia, gay men, and m/m fiction.
Femslash Kink Meme: Unfilled Prompts! I didn't hear about the Femslash Kink Mem while it was running. Most of these either aren't fandoms I write for or aren't pairings I see, but I might see if I can map 'Any f/f/: virginity kink' to Sophie/Tara. Or possibly Parker and someone.
Porn Battle IX is on. I may do a post a little later with all of the pairings I hope to see written about.
LiveJournal, Malware, Interstitial Advertising and You I would stop crossposting to LJ tonight if the DW rss feed included the comment count image. I'm not sure I'd go so far as to erase all of my LJ entries. There's a combination of laziness and not wanting old links to get broken there; since I've got robots.txt on, it's not necessarily easy for someone to google and find an entry I wrote about something, particularly if it's not something that got linked all around the media fandom-o-sphere. (I sort of wish DW would offer a tool to erase all of my entries and replace them with a link to the DW entry, though.)
P.S. I don't talk about Big Love, but it is on creative FIRE. You should totally be watching it.
paradox_dragon Queer women, the slash debate, and the question of internalized oppression A nuanced and layered examination of the position of people like me in the discussion re: homophobia, gay men, and m/m fiction.Femslash Kink Meme: Unfilled Prompts! I didn't hear about the Femslash Kink Mem while it was running. Most of these either aren't fandoms I write for or aren't pairings I see, but I might see if I can map 'Any f/f/: virginity kink' to Sophie/Tara. Or possibly Parker and someone.
Porn Battle IX is on. I may do a post a little later with all of the pairings I hope to see written about.
LiveJournal, Malware, Interstitial Advertising and You I would stop crossposting to LJ tonight if the DW rss feed included the comment count image. I'm not sure I'd go so far as to erase all of my LJ entries. There's a combination of laziness and not wanting old links to get broken there; since I've got robots.txt on, it's not necessarily easy for someone to google and find an entry I wrote about something, particularly if it's not something that got linked all around the media fandom-o-sphere. (I sort of wish DW would offer a tool to erase all of my entries and replace them with a link to the DW entry, though.)
P.S. I don't talk about Big Love, but it is on creative FIRE. You should totally be watching it.
Speaking of last week's leverage
Sunday, 17 January 2010 01:33So, it would seem canonical that Parker is sexually attracted to blondes, y/y?
I don't want to slash her with Sophie because it doesn't work for me. Sophie seems more exasperated by Parker than intrigued by her. (No, I don't know why Eliot's clear exasperation doesn't present the same difficulty, except that Eliot is also clearly exasperated by Alec, and maybe I think exasperation is just how Eliot shows affection.)
I don't think Parker has the social skills to negotiate hooking up with her co-worker's ex, so Maggie is out.
Tara is something of a possibility, but I just don't know yet. I don't feel like I have a handle on Tara.
So, peeps. East Coast based blonde chicks. Let's hook Parker up, yeah? Who do you see appreciating her brand of crazy?
I don't want to slash her with Sophie because it doesn't work for me. Sophie seems more exasperated by Parker than intrigued by her. (No, I don't know why Eliot's clear exasperation doesn't present the same difficulty, except that Eliot is also clearly exasperated by Alec, and maybe I think exasperation is just how Eliot shows affection.)
I don't think Parker has the social skills to negotiate hooking up with her co-worker's ex, so Maggie is out.
Tara is something of a possibility, but I just don't know yet. I don't feel like I have a handle on Tara.
So, peeps. East Coast based blonde chicks. Let's hook Parker up, yeah? Who do you see appreciating her brand of crazy?
