Friday!

[shadesong]

Administration
Happy birthday to fmh!

Happy early birthday to ivymcallister and my birthday buddies ladyseaand shugenja, who advance a year over the weekend!

*moves her token to 34*

Medical
The bulk of the snot goblins' occupation has shifted to my head. There are some holdouts clogging and rattling around and harrumphing in my lungs, still. But I am functional.

Party!
One amendment: As felisdemenswon't be doing the scavenger hunt, Elayna and I will split up and each join one of the other teams. I'll let her choose.

Shayara
Wrote what could be a decent intro and am getting feedback. Artists, please get me stuff as soon as you can - I want to launch on Sunday, and my weekend will be busy as hell, so I'd love to put up as much as I can in advance!

WisCon
I will be attending my first WisCon this year! Who here's going?

More on Rape Culture
Just have to draw your attention to one more thing - David & Goliath t-shirt that says "NO MEANS NO (well maybe if I'm drunk)". Bloody hell, y'all.Check it out here,and I urge you to write to David & Goliath telling that this is not freakin' funny.

Link Soup
* Oooh.More Evangelion?
* Strange phenomena.
* Elegant skyscrapers.

Daily Science
NIDCD researchers believe that they have identified the cognitive neural substrate of jazz improvisation...It was found that the improvised condition was characterized by reduced activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, a region of the brain thought to be involved in the planning, organization and execution of behaviours. The implication is that deactivation activity in this area underlies the spontaneity required for the musicians' improvisation.

Friday memage!
Wearing: Am half asleep in Tigger pajamas.
Reading: Metrophage, by Richard Kadrey; Overdo$ed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine by John Abramson
Elayna is Reading:Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Writing: essay, "Flying Lessons" (the March WTD - outlining it), Shayara. February has been mega crunch time so far as writing goes. March will be significantly less crazymaking.
Plans
Oh, crap, dude. Writing stuff. Finishing the tidying. Getting whoever shows up here first to take me food shopping. Bacchanalia, scavenger hunt, et cetera

Note: If you want custom Wyrding Studios work, e-mail kythryne AT wyrdingstudios.com so she'll bring the right stuff! She's not bringing the whole inventory.

ZOMG birthday.

Comments

My letter after the fact...

[angryvixen.livejournal.com]

I came home from work, fully intending to write a letter of complaint about the t-shirt your site was selling that read "No Means No - well, maybe if I'm drunk". I went to the site I originally saw the link on and was pleased to see an update stating you had already pulled the t-shirt off your site. Knowing full well that companies do not often take the high road and do the right thing, I thought it was still important to e-mail you and thank you for your speedy remedy of the situation.

I hope that in the future you will not release that shirt again, after all the dust has settled from this instance. I hope you will be more conscientious of the items you place for sale through your company.

Thank you again for taking such quick action in this matter. You are a company that I now have a higher regard for, despite the initial lack in judgment you showed by selling the t-shirt in the first place.

Thank you for your time,
(my name here)