In the early afternoon, kestrell and I went out to see "The Big Broadcast of 1938". They really went all-out to make us feel like we were the audience at a period live-radio broadcast. There were usherettes and cigarette girls (candy cigarettes, and other snacks appropriate to the period). Cast and crew were all in costume, and milling about the whole theatre, in character, from the moment...

When I saw that Boston College had put together "Code Monkey: the musical", based on the music of Jonathan Coulton, I knew kestrell and I had to go. I expected a show with college-level writing, acting, and production values, but which would nonetheless be goofy fun. And that;'s more-or-less what we got. The first act exceeded expectations somewhat, but the second act pretty much fell apart...

JoCo (and Paul&Storm) is one of the few folks that introverts kestrell and I are willing to go out and see. Even so, the crowds and volume level can be a big strain. Next time we probably won't actually have dinner at the Paradise, but find somewhere quieter. Also, the wait staff was utterly overwhelmed by the crowd. The food *was* good, though. Chatted with juldea a bit while waiting...

So after a massive, messy, splendid, exhausting tie dye party at kestrell 's, and a massive, messy, exhausting, less splendid day of rinsing and rinsing and rinsing and rinsing, I have: A white tank top with purple spiral splotches. There was a lot more purple in a lot more shades before I put it through the washer, but most of it rinsed out. Ah, well. It's still nice, and the next time...

I have mentioned Daryl Gregory before in this LJ, as one of my favorite new authors. Last week, I was checking out his blog, where he mentioned that he had Advance Review Copies for his new novel. After some encouragement from kestrell , I sent him a note asking if a mere sometime blog-reviewer like myself might get one of those ARCs. Not only was he happy to do so, but it turns out that...

iPhone 3GS Review I have now had my new phone long enough to offer some reasonably informed opinions about it. I should note up front that I am not a typical user; I use a phone in fairly non-standard ways, and I use it a LOT. So the criteria by which I evaluate it may be very different from yours. (I used to prefer a very basic phone, and have the complexity live in a PDA. Sadly, PDAs, per se, don't...

Behind the cut are Readercon reports collected in the last day ( about ). kate_nepveu : Readercon: IDIC for the Pre-Federation World: Coping with Diversity (tags: readercon20_2009 Coping_with_Diversity diversity manners psychology 500+_words ) ckd : Readercon 20: Apollo 11 and Science Fiction (tags: readercon20_2009 Apollo_11_and_Science_Fiction science_fiction...

Behind the cut are Readercon reports collected in the last day ( about ). kate_nepveu : Readercon: Off Color (tags: readercon20_2009 Off_Color cons diversity_(panels) fandom publishing race 500+_words ) Robert J. Sawyer : Readercon reflections (tags: readercon20_2009 general_report Cordwainer_Smith_Rediscovery_Award dealers_room 500+_words ) Withywindle...

kestrell & I went to the doctor the other day. At one point, she had to get some lab work done, so we were hanging around in the waiting room for a while. I don't remember what we were doing or saying; nothing out of the ordinary. But after a while, a nurse came by who needed me to take care of some paperwork, so I got up and left Kes to wait by herself for a bit. Later, she told me that...

The most recent post my sweetie made, well before my injury, involved the definition of trouper . In other news, I was not the only person related to this event who went to the ER last night. Our head cook, rufinia , carved a small piece off of herself. I profoundly hope no one *else* gets hurt!