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  • Jul. 11th, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Today mom, dad and myself drove out to Tempe to see "Wicked" performed at the ASU Gammage. I've only seen high school plays and one live show put on in a community theater so this was something else for me. And even though our seats were up in the top balcony (we were in the next to the last row) the view and audio were *perfect*! Actually, my only complaint is that some jerk-face and his girlfriend kept talking (in their normal voices) during the show. So rude!

The sets and costumes were *beautiful* and the entire cast did a wonderful job! Though I do have to give special props to Katie Rose Clarke - she played Glinda and she was *fantastic!* She did ditzy blond so well. And, of course, I have to give mad props to Donna Vivino who played Elphaba - she was divine!

I have the soundtrack now as well as an overwhelming desire to re-read the novel.

I also think I could get into this whole "seeing plays" thing :)

Jul. 11th, 2009

  • 10:52 PM
So, um...






...I'm deleting Flock and converting back to Firefox.



Has the bugs been worked out of 3, or do I go for 2?

Jul. 11th, 2009

  • 10:08 PM
Anyone have good eyes and are willing to look at two comic panels for me?

They're spoilerish for college roomies for hell!, but if you know what character ran into Gabe, then you know what I'm talking about.

Boostle Anyone?

  • Jul. 11th, 2009 at 7:12 PM
I drew some Boostle~ It's semi-gay.

It's kind of a fancomic I was thinking about doing that'll be a couple of pages.
But I ended up doodling it out in individual illustrations. oops. I may put it together and make a real full 2-page comic out of it once I'm done. There's a little bit more after this that I want to add that has a little more gay than this. But anyway this is what I have of the sketchy ideas.

& I have an additional doodle with that.

Do the doodles )

I HOPE YOU LIKE.
Oooh my goodness. Boostle turns me into a giggle little girl.

<3

not quite green eggs and ham....

  • Jul. 11th, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Things I have learnt today: if you fry egg-beaters and leftover blue potatoes together, the eggs will turn green. Which is slightly disconcerting at 7 am in the morning.

These last two weeks have been pretty much chaos incarnate. And I have a suspicion the next two won't be much better.

Week before last was, of course, Guide Camp, which went off virtually without a hitch. No major injuries, I didn't kill any of the kids (which says more about my self-control than it does about the behaviour of the kids), and there were no natural disasters or evacuations. And while I was shaping young minds, my parents were in Saskatoon, attempting to buy a house for my brother (and eventually me). I say attempting because, to my knowledge, they've yet to be successful, sellers expectations in Saskatoon having failed to keep up with market conditions. And then I got home and pretty much slept for 48 hours solid.

This week I sort of expected to go back to work and have it be the same old surfing-the-net-and-surreptitiously-playing-Phoenix-Wright. But instead I spent all week out east, running a level (checking elevations) on highway 9. Which involved less overtime than I was hoping, but 10 km a day is good exercise, and anything's better than sitting in the office.

So anyways, busy. Also exhausted. And on Thursday my boss grabbed on the way out the door to inform me that next week I would probably be running the scales at the asphalt plant. On the night shift. So that should be interesting: I will either discover my suspicions about being a night owl to be true, or I will gradually go insane. On the plus side: all sorts of time available to work on various things I've been intending to work on, since running the scales involves lots of downtime.

Vars. memes I have missed: WORDS )

Works in Progress )

If I've missed any memes that I said I'd do and forgot, poke me.

And now, I'm going to go do some more damage control in my room, and also play my music really loud. Because, although I am a responsible young adult, my parents are gone this weekend and certain traditions must be observed.

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Jul. 11th, 2009

  • 6:42 PM
So it looks like we're taking on another kitty until the end of the summer, and also Gus is probably hitching his way out here in mid-to-late August for a visit. Looks like Erin's coming out in October. An old roommate of the partner's moved in next door, into Paul's old place, with a couple of other Vancouver people. I swear, 75% of the population of East Van is out here, now.

MEANWHILE, it rained today and three - count 'em, three! - leaks sprung in our bedroom. Over our bed. Which is now soaked, hoorah. Fucking great! So now we have to have the landlords over to look at it, and our landlords are predictably slimy (obviously; they're landlords, for crying out loud*) but they are also kind of incompetent. I'm wondering if it wouldn't be easier to just fix it ourselves. I don't really know anything about this but the internet is a vast resource and I'm pretty sure I can do a better job than the landlords, thanks to whom we don't have a working doorknob (ours broke; they couldn't figure out how to install a new one, so they just screwed two unconnected knobs to each side of the door and called it fixed).

While I'm at it I might as well try and figure out how to fix an improperly grounded fridge without getting electrocuted.

I'm not generally a particularly handy person. When I try to build things, they end up glued, taped and tied together and generally look like shit. At this point, however, I really don't care how it looks so long as I'm no longer getting leaked on when I want to take a nap, or getting zapped randomly when opening the door to my own damn refrigerator.

The hilarious thing is that I've actually stayed in worse apartments than this.

*Seriously, I've always suspected that it takes a certain type of sociopath to charge someone a significant, fixed monthly rate for a basic human need without which people tend to suffer greatly and die tragically.

THIS JUST IN: Blueberries are awesome.

  • Jul. 11th, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Wrote this yesterday, posting today.

Down the street a drainage pipe is being replaced. Half the road is blocked off and there are back-hos and huge concrete cylinders with “On Hold! Heartland/Baraboo!” spray painted on the sides, which amuses me for no particular reason.

Our cable service, which includes the phone and internet, has blacked out for the second time this week. Last time is was because someone didn’t see the bright orange cable marker and cut the line, taking away service for 3 blocks. They then tried to recreate the orange marker with spray paint, on the torn up ground, hoping that no one would notice. We did.

While I don’t know for sure yet I suspect it’s a similar scenario this time around. Good job, guys.  NOTE: Aaand it came back and is down again.  Apparently it's not all the construction's fault, but some kind of other problem.  Weird.

I’d be annoyed but today we bought fresh blueberries from one of the local farms. In case you didn’t know, I love blueberries. They are beyond other berries, as if someone cross bred Awesome Berries with the Berries of Harmony Between Man and Nature, and that’s how blueberries came to be. My chief complaint with most blueberry pies, pastries, and donuts is that they don’t have enough blueberries in them. I am eating a huge bowl of this ripe, delicious awesomeness right now, which explains why I can sit here idly typing instead of freaking out over the many project deadlines that are looming.

Okay, now I’m out of blueberries. And starting to freak out. TIME TO GO DRAW STUFF.  WHY DO I DO THIS TO MYSELFAHHH.

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WOO! IC SECRETS!

  • Jul. 11th, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Yaaaaay I got a secret posted in [info]ic_secrets!!!

CAN YOU GUESS WHICH ONE IT IS?

(IT IS RIDICULOUSLY EASY IF YOU ARE IN [info]shatterverse.)

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Jul. 11th, 2009

  • 4:16 PM
I hate being so sick that the idea of opening update.bml makes me annoyed and ill to my stomach. It's not even anything except that it takes time and effort, and hitting every key makes me feel worse.

The steroids are not helping the migraine. It is still getting worse. They are calling in Midrin/Duradrin today, and hoping that my tolerance is gone now that I've been off it for two years. If that doesn't work, I guess they're sending me somewhere for a brain scan, because there's only so many medications you can throw at a continuous migraine before you have to try to figure out the cause beneath it.

I hate this, man. Frickin hate.

A meme where you post some pictures

  • Jul. 11th, 2009 at 1:19 PM
• Post ten of any pictures currently on your hard drive that you think are self-expressive.
• NO CAPTIONS!!! It must be like we're speaking with images and we have to interpret your visual language just like we have to interpret your words.
• They must ALREADY be on your hard drive - no googling or flickr! They have to have been saved to your folders sometime in the past. They must be something you've saved there because it resonated with you for some reason.
• You do NOT have to answer any questions about any of your pictures if you don't want to. You can make them as mysterious as you like. Or you can explain them away as much as you like.

These will likely puzzle you all. Just sayin'. )

Ten seems so small for the BAJILLION PICTURES I have. ^_^;

Tonight: Java Curry

  • Jul. 11th, 2009 at 1:03 PM
I'm sitting here feeling like I've just been through the emotional wringer - all these endorphins, mental exhaustion, eyes swollen and dry... when in reality, I just cut a really, REALLY strong onion about 20 minutes ago.

Pffffff silly human body.

[info]vejiicakes, I'm working on your commish today.

A Call to Arms!

  • Jul. 11th, 2009 at 1:17 PM
[info]ship_manifesto has been having a battle for the best ship. Boostle made it to Round 3...but right now, they're tied with Batman/Jason Todd.

Matchup #40. You know what to do.

Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman talk to the New York Press about their collaborative book, Who Killed Amanda Palmer.

“I loved the idea that somebody had been taking photos of herself dead in different places for 14 years.There was a sort of madness and dedication,” says Gaiman in a soft British accent. “When she told me about the idea to do a book, it had that wonderful, barking mad, attractive quality of ‘I have never done anything like that, that would be fun.’”


Seattle Times interviews Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore.


The Financial Times interviews Chuck Palahniuk.


American Songwriter lists 25 of its favorite songs of the past 25 years.


More best albums of 2009 (so far):

Clash Music (best albums)
Clash Music (top forthcoming albums)


WXPN is streaming yesterday's performance by Illinois.


IGN lists 8 "great albums by actor-singers that didn't suck."


Oregon Public Broadcasting's music blog reviews three recently released albums it claims may "resurrect American folk music."


Frank Black visits The Current studios for an interview and live streaming performance.


AOL Radio listeners choose the top 10 cover songs.


Lucky Dog creates a mixtape for John Wray's novel Lowboy.

Read Wray's largehearted Boy Book Notes music playlist for the book.


Follow me on Twitter for links that don't make the daily "Shorties" columns.


also at Largehearted Boy:

daily mp3 downloads
Try It Before You Buy It (mp3s and full album streams from this week's CD releases)
weekly music & DVD release lists

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Today's free and legal mp3 downloads:

Gomez: 2009-04-01, Ithaca [mp3,ogg,flac]
"Lost Track" [mp3]
other Gomez posts at Largehearted Boy

Grace Potter: 2009-07-02, Breckenridge [mp3,ogg,flac]
"Watching You" [mp3]
Grace Potter: 2009-07-01, Boulder [mp3,ogg,flac]
"Ah Mary" [mp3]
Grace Potter: 2009-06-30, Fort Collins [mp3,ogg,flac]
"Toothy" [mp3]
other Grace Potter posts at Largehearted Boy

Guster: 2009-07-04, Chicago [mp3,ogg,flac]
"G Major" [mp3]
other Guster posts at Largehearted Boy

Mogwai: 2009-04-29, New York [mp3,ogg,flac]
"Kids Will Be Skeletons" [mp3]
other Mogwai posts at Largehearted Boy

Retribution Gospel Choir: 2009-06-16, Atlanta [mp3,ogg,flac]
"Take Your Time" [mp3]
other Retribution Gospel Choir posts at Largehearted Boy

Rock Plaza Central: 2009-07-04, Milwaukee [mp3,ogg,flac]
"I Am an Excellent Steel Horse" [mp3]
other Rock Plaza Central posts at Largehearted Boy

Sarah Borges: 2009-06-12 [mp3,ogg,flac]
"Open Up Your Back Door" [mp3]
other Sarah Borges posts at Largehearted Boy

Tristan Prettyman: 2009-04-01, Hollywood [mp3,ogg,flac]
"War Out of Peace" [mp3]
other Tristan Prettyman posts at Largehearted Boy

Free and legal mp3s of live performances at other websites:

Jason Isbell: Daytrotter session [mp3]
other Jason Isbell posts at Largehearted Boy

also at Largehearted Boy:

previous free and legal mp3 daily downloads
2009 Bonnaroo downloads
2008 Lollapalooza downloads
other music festival downloads

Try It Before You Buy It (mp3s and album streams from weekly CD releases)
weekly CD release lists

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Volume 45, Issue 8

  • Jul. 11th, 2009 at 9:52 PM
News
- [info]twbasketcase linked X-Factor previews.
- [info]puunk linked to the Marvel 70th Anniversary variant covers.
- [info]curls linked Marvel's San Diego Comic-con schedule.
- [info]long_silence posted preview art from Avengers: the Initiative #26.

Discussion
- [info]kiev4am posted about the Wildstorm Universe promo book.
- [info]candyflosskillr posted a review of Avengers: the Initiative #25.

Questions
- [info]erlgirl9 posted about creating a beta list on [info]cabledeadpool.
- [info]hohaiyee posted Cable and Deadpool canon questions.

Art
Marvel
- [info]jukebox_csi drew Come Back to Me. (Rated NC-17, Remy/Logan)
- [info]warau_inu drew Steve and Tony. (Rated PG)

DC
- [info]loony_lucifer drew art for "Doppleganger". (Rated R, Crane/Joker)

Other
- [info]eve_k drew Rough Love to accompany Fugue and Preludes by [info]cycnus39. (Rated PG-13, Tony Stark/Bruce Wayne)
- [info]hitokaji drew First Time for Everything, Part 13. (Rated PG-13, Superman/Batman fancomic)

Fic
Marvel
- [info]tony_edw_stark wrote "How to be a world-known superhero and convince your PA to be your girlfriend at the same time, Part 12". (Rated PG-13, Tony Stark)
- [info]jukebox_csi drew "Come Back to Me". (Rated NC-17, Remy/Logan)
- [info]bookofstories wrote "The Unexpected Changes of Fate" Part 5 and Part 6. (Rated R, X-Men)
- [info]niceandfluffy wrote "Clipboard Days" Part 14. (Rated NC-17, Wade/Remy)
- [info]therobotmuse wrote "Lethewards" Part One: Autophobia. (Rated R, Steve/Tony)
- [info]jezunya wrote "The Present". (Rated PG, Pepper/Tony)
- [info]vpshinra wrote "Kaplan vs. Cold". (Rated PG, Billy/Teddy)
- [info]ani_bester wrote "One and Only". (Rated R, Karpov/Winter Soldier)

DC
- [info]razothredfire wrote "Doppleganger". (Rated R, Crane/Joker)
- [info]ava_jamison wrote "We'll Always Have Paris" Part 16. (Rated PG, Dick Grayson)
- [info]destinyawakened wrote "Descend" Part 1. (Rated PG-13, Jim/Bruce)
- [info]bradygirl_12 wrote "Don't Beg For Me". (Rated R, Clark/Bruce)
- [info]messageredacted wrote "Impossible Worlds" Part 2. (Rated R, Batman/Joker)
- [info]mithen wrote "Two Forms, One Soul", Part 3. (Rated PG-13, Bruce/Clark, Alfred)
- [info]ragcat wrote "Gotham Boys" Part 5. (Rated PG-13, Batman)

Other
- [info]by_veidt wrote "Nostalgia" Part 4.2. (Rated NC-17, Dan/Rorschach)
- [info]elle_vee wrote "Cookies in the Elevator Shaft". (Rated PG-13, Rorschach, Veidt)

Drabbles and Ficlets
Marvel"
- [info]fullmetal_cute wrote "Young Masters of Evil II part 6: Confrontations and Revelations". (Rated PG, Young Avengers)
- [info]dytabytes wrote "Blink". (Rated PG, Bobby Drake)

DC
- [info]kijikun wrote "The Beloved Dead". (Rated PG, Huntress/Question (Vic))
- [info]lenorenevermore wrote "Swimming Lessons". (Rated G, Dick, Tim, Bruce)
- [info]fictionalknight wrote three Clark/Dick drabbles. (Rated G)

Fanvids and Fanmixes
- [info]flyingrat42 posted "Solidarity". (Adrian/Dan fanmix for specific fic)
- [info]chaeche posted a Sims 3 Watchmen trailer. (vid)
- [info]prefiera posted "Lunatic Fringe". (Rorschach vid)

Polls
- [info]shiny_glor_chan has posted a poll about a Jason ficathon.
- [info]kensmind has a poll about casting Green Lantern.

Graphics
- [info]thanoodles posted Irredeemable Ant-Man, Avengers: Initiative, Dynamo 5, Gen 13 and Young Avengers icons.
- [info]whiz posted Marvel and DC icons in a multi-fandom post.
- [info]shadadukal posted X-Men Origins: Wolverine icons and wallpapers in a multi-fandom post.

Humor
- [info]initial_aitch posted Beer Sessions (Watchmen action figures).

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