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09:59 am
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Well, that was no fun.
So I'm driving down 580 at about 11:30 pm, on my way home from seeing "The Princess and the Frog" with the delightful Nicole. I see a cluster of brake lights ahead and think, huh, odd that there's traffic this late at night, and start slowing down to 40 mph. Suddenly, the truck that was a good ways ahead of me is now RIGHT in front of me, so I think, ack, I need to slam on my bra-
*CRUNCH*
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Car accidents are SCARY.
I'm not hurt, and the driver of the truck wasn't hurt. The other cars involved pulled over to the other side of the freeway, and I couldn't really tell what was going on with them. One of them was perpendicular to the freeway, with its headlights pointing across the lanes. I think somebody spun out, which made everyone else stop suddenly. The truck driver said he did exactly what I did - saw brake lights, started to slow down, and suddenly had to slam on his brakes. He came within inches of hitting the car in front of him.
Eventually (I don't know how long, but standing on the left side of the freeway at night with cars whizzing past does not make time go any faster), CHP came and told us that if all we had was property damage, then we just needed to exchange information and we could go. However, we couldn't stay where we were, so they escorted us off the freeway to the next exit, which I was grateful for. Merging into freeway traffic from the left side is extremely scary.
Now I have to call my insurance company. I don't really know how these things work; I've never been in an accident.
Really not what I wanted to do with my Saturday. And I really don't look forward to driving again, which is going to make getting to work suck a lot.
Current Mood:  distressed
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11:27 pm
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Is mine. You can not has.
OMG THE CUTE IT BURNS.
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04:52 pm
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Holy cats!!!
I got BoingBoinged!
Current Mood:  bouncy
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09:31 pm
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Carhartt corset
Look what I made for the fabulous Nifer! It's a carpenter's work corset, based on the Carhartt line of work clothing.
Special note for those of you in Florida: I will be in town the week of Sept. 14 - 22, and I am available to do fittings. If you are interested in having a corset or other specialty item made, contact me as soon as possible, and I will see about putting together a muslin. Custom corsets are really only possible with a personal fitting; that's how I can achieve those lovely curves and make them comfortable!
Current Mood:  pleased
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09:02 am
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Another reason to love YouTube
Several of my favorite things, wrapped up in one shiny little package:
There's Halloweeny goodness
and animation geekery
and CAB CALLOWAY
and OINGO BOINGO.
It is SO SO GOOD.
Current Mood: bouncy
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08:49 am
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Ow.
My left jaw hinge has been hurting for the past few days, and my occlusion is off. I can bite down on my right side, but I can't close at all on the left side. It's very strange and painful. It feels like my whole jaw has been shifted to the right.
I hope this goes away soon.
Current Mood:  blah
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04:18 pm
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5-6-7-8
OhmygodIneedtodomorelindyhopping.
Current Mood: energetic
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11:42 pm
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Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker.
Cutest. Fish. Ever.
I should mention that it's about the size of a quarter and perfectly spherical.
Current Mood: amused
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01:22 pm
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Coraline
is a worthy successor to Nightmare Before Christmas. You all should go see it as soon as possible. Multiple times.
Current Mood:  satisfied
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01:43 pm
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The Constitution: Ur Doin It Wrong
California's Attorney General Jerry Brown is being a hero and fighting Proposition 8. Kenneth Starr (yes, THAT Ken Starr) filed a response to Brown's legal brief, and wow are his arguments ludicrous. Here's one argument:
"If the attorney general's argument [that marriage is an inalienable right] prevailed, it would be virtually impossible for voters to amend the state Constitution whenever the courts determined that inalienable rights were involved."
Um, YES.
That's what "inalienable" MEANS.
O hai, Ken Starr, you fail!
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09:25 am
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Edwardian Ball
I think I am going on Saturday. However, I have not yet bought tickets, so anyone who wants to make a convincing argument for Friday should speak up now.
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03:06 pm
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Protest on 8, tonight at 5:30
http://laughingsquid.com/san-francisco-protest-march-against-prop-8/
Who's with me?
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04:14 pm
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Phone banking against prop 8
Tonight is the final night for phone banking against proposition 8 in Hayward. It starts at 6:30. If any local folks want to come with me, I will be happy to provide rides to and from. I know it's late notice, but this is a very important issue.
Let me know!!
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06:34 pm
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Two things that were awesome this week
First, my awesome boyfriend ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) starchy posted this awesome rant on disingenuous racist fucks.
Second, this episode from "This Week in Blackness" on white privilege. Go watch it. No really, you've got time, and it's short and worth it.
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05:48 pm
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Target: Women
If any of you haven't seen Sarah Haskins's brilliant commentaries on advertising, go watch them now. It's fucking funny feminist stuff, yo.
There are six (I think): Botox, birth control, suffrage, yogurt, weddings, and feeding your fucking family. I think I like "Yogurt" best, but they're all great. I love Sarah Haskins a lot.
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11:17 pm
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Just when you thought he couldn't get more despicable...
...he goes and does it anyway.
Bush, in his classic frat-boy, smirking style, decides it's appropriate to make light of the US's abysmal record on pollution under his regime.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/2277298/President-George-Bush-%27Goodbye-from-the-world%27s-biggest-polluter%27.html
God, I miss having a smart president. I cannot wait until our long national nightmare is over.
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01:34 pm
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Aye-aye born in San Francisco!!
I didn't know the San Francisco Zoo still had these beautiful, enchanting lemurs, but apparently they do:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/02/BAC411HJGT.DTL
Tiny nocturnal lemur! It will be a while before it's out of the nursery, of course, but as soon as it is, I am SO THERE.
Current Mood:  excited
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02:43 pm
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RIP Wakko
I thought she would come home again.
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11:28 pm
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Well, hmm.
Up until last year, when I missed it to graduate, I'd attended every BayCon since 1993. I'd lost steam the past couple of years anyway; it was the same old same old, and as madmanatw pointed out, we've won all the Masquerade awards we wanted anyway, so I don't have that motivation, either. The panels are pretty much never interesting (or if they are, they're double-scheduled or I'm doing something else or it's too early), so that's not a draw, and I haven't seen anything I wanted (either for me or for someone else) in the dealer's room in years. The art show hasn't changed much, either, and I'm always frustrated with the dances. Regency puts me to sleep, and the swing dance is always sadly underpopulated, which means unless I bring my own partner I don't dance much.
Anyway, the point is that I just looked at the BayCon website for this year, and maybe I'm interested again. The writer GoH is actually someone whose books I've read and quite liked (Tim Powers), but that's not really a big draw - sorry, Tim. I do notice, however, that they're trolling for panelists. So I thought, well, attending a panel is boring, but maybe being on a panel would be interesting. I'm not totally sure what kind of panels to suggest, though, (well, costuming is the obvious choice, but more specifically) and it does feel a bit odd submitting on behalf of myself.
And I'm sure the hotel is booked up by now anyway, and I don't know if I want to spend the money. Which I haven't got anyway. :P
In other news: OMG KITTENS.
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02:08 pm
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"Loki" is short for "Little Orange Fucker"
He tried to kill us this morning.
He managed to turn on the gas stove without igniting it, so we woke up to a house full of gas. And of course today was a LOVELY day to have all the doors and windows open! Good job, kitten!
Current Mood:  cold
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