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When I went to WisCon 31, I hardly knew anyone. I went to the first WisCon dinner and met several folks. The first person I really made friends with was [personal profile] fullygoldy. She was very warm and friendly. She was a construction manager--an unusual job for a woman, and she was pretty femme which didn't fit with my stereotypes at all-- a wife, a mom, a foodie, and a fan. She loved cooking for others and considered food to be a form of love. Her whole aspect was vivacious, wickedly funny, and caring. She cried and laughed easily.

I got to know Goldy when I was looking to make more friends and going to a lot of parties. I took a lot of photos and I am really glad to have those pictures. She came to our WisCon-themed book club and to various birthday and local parties. One of the last times I hung out with her, Goldy hosted a vid party/Teen Wolf party at her house with local fans, many of whom I didn't know before. She had really great food for us.

Goldy got me into SGA fandom, for which I will forever be grateful. She beta-ed fics and always left comments. She visited me at work one time in the Micro building, and she helped me move once. Basically, she was always saying and doing nice things for people.

How fitting that her final act was donating her organs to save other people's lives.

I'm grateful I knew her.

A picture of me and Goldy at WisCon 36 taken by [personal profile] holyoutlaw

Bad news

Nov. 7th, 2013 02:06 pm
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[personal profile] fullygoldy had a double stroke today (she has been in the ICU this week following an aneurysm). Her husband posted on Facebook: "Drs have suspended life care and are now just making sure she is comfortable . In a few days we will be saying goodbye to our beloved Goldy. Peace and please pray for our family."


I asked her husband a couple of days ago if he knew her DW/LJ password, so that I could update her journal with the news, but he didn't know. Well, I will email support.
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My friend [personal profile] fullygoldy is in the hospital today. Please send good thoughts.
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Thursday:
Shopping for Access Craft supplies with my pals which was super fun. In lieu of dinner or the readings I took a nap for two hours.
Then, Geekeoke! Met [personal profile] such_heights! Sang a duet with [personal profile] jackshoegazer. Yelled and screamed a lot.

I am very grateful to [twitter.com profile] JacquelynGill for taking over blue tape responsibilities at WisCon! It's a big weight off my shoulders.

Friday I went to the Gathering, which I don't do every year due to noise, but this year I checked out the Hypnosis station (cool) and the clothing swap where I found a gray tuxedo jacket. [personal profile] meloukhia took the other tux jacket which was white. I wore the tux jacket for the next two days! It fits me about perfectly.

I tried to go to a panel but I was too anxious. I went to Natt Spiel for supper with some pals: laceblade, dimensionwitch, Jack, and Jaq. Then we had Opening Ceremonies, and the vid show. I attended almost the entirety of the vid show, and was in home and in bed by 2 AM. Dimensionwitch was my houseguest.

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On Saturday I ate at the hotel restaurant for lunch with some of these same buddies; I ordered a BBQ sandwich which was good but too spicy.

My 1 pm panel was lightning talks. I talked about Graphic works by women and very briefly about chickens. Another talk I really liked was by Kat Sweet who talked about using 3D printers for making sex toys. One person talked about Git Hub. The other talk was about shapes and emptiness in the universe, and how shapes are repeated large and small, over and over.

I panel surfed the 2:30 pm panels; not finding much I wanted to sit thru.

Next I attended "Food in Spaaace" which was super fun! The panelists all had great things to say. When going into space, would we pack food along? If so, how? Would we grow food on the ships? Who would grow the food and cook it? What about an edible space ship? What about having soil and mushrooms and trees on ships? Etc. There was some discussion of using 3D printers to make food. One person asked about how Star Trek replicators are supposed to work; I don't think there was a clear answer on this one. There was some discussion of military rations, of submarines and living at the South Pole / McMurdo. An audience member had been a cook at McMurdo and described that. It takes a large support staff to support 1 scientist. I asked about the ethics of vat-grown protein vs. eating a real cow, a la several books I've read, and the panelists had good things to say about that. Rich people might want the hand-raised real cow. Middle-class people might get the vat-grown protein but be lied to about where it's coming from. Also, what is the source of the original cells making up the vat-grown protein? It's hard to know the ethics of a tech that doesn't exist yet. "Firefly" came up a couple of times: food as currency, the plain food being eaten over and over again but improved with spices, the fresh fruit being high value. FUN panel.

I went to dinner at Himal Chuli with [personal profile] futuransky and her partner. We mushed together with some other fan people at this tiny restaurant.

I sat in for part of the Tiptree Auction, then went to the Glitch Memorial Panel. This was bittersweet but I appreciated it a lot. We talked about why we loved the game. There was a screen up and a computer; our avatars were shown and different screen shots. We all liked the whimsy, humor, and non-violence. Many of us who played are non-gamers, and we enjoyed the easiness of entry. It didn't require much hand-eye coordination, and there were no negative consequences to falling or dying. One panelist thought that the marketing failed: Glitch should have been marketed to non-gamers. Many of us discovered it by word of mouth. We all enjoyed the music and art. I especially enjoyed how there was no gender unless you wanted there to be, and the humor was not offensive. It was cooperative instead of competitive. Even the "griefing", such as tree wars, seemed minor and amusing. Conflicts such as people stealing herbs from community gardens were engineered out of the game. Altruism was built in.

I went by a couple of parties and then went home. My dog was a little stressed at being left alone all day.

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Sunday I ate lunch in the Con Suite with [personal profile] j00j and Claire I think.

At 1 pm I was on the "A Very Special Disability Panel." I shall rely on others to report about this.

At 2:30 I sat in on a spontaneous programming panel re mental health disability things.

At 4 I was on a great panel that I proposed called "Radical Queer Agenda"!!! With Timmi DuChamp, Mary Ann Mohanraj, Victor Raymond, and JoSelle V. This was super awesome. Futuransky was taking notes and I think someone else was tweeting it. (#RadQueer)

This was too many things in a row for me and I nearly melted down afterwards. I fled to Jesse's room for a while. Then we ate lunch in the restaurant.

I went to the Guest of Honor speeches but got restless and left before Kiini's speech. I wandered the parties for a while and ate delicious foods. At the Clarion West party I met a woman who has written for TV, and it turned out she wrote the vampire episode for Murder, She Wrote. I find it a little awkward when writers ask (at parties) if I am a writer. "Uh... no not really." "So what do you do?" "Uh...." Maybe I should work on that.

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Today I went to Sign Out and had Ellen Kushner re-sign Privilege of the Sword, which she'd signed for me in 2007 (my first WisCon!). LOL. One thing that was neat about my first WisCon was that I had just read a bunch of these books and suddenly these authors were right there in front of me!

I ate at Noodles with the fannish crew and went to the end-of-con panel and party before heading home.
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I had a very lovely afternoon at a fan gathering graciously hosted by [personal profile] fullygoldy. We watched SO MANY vids, and episode 1.04 of Teen Wolf. I got to meet some people I hadn't met before and see some old friends.

Fans are the best. :D
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...and anyone who may be in the vicinity!

[personal profile] fullygoldy is having a fan meetup on August 26th at her house.

Details are here!

Please join us!

Batman

Aug. 9th, 2012 11:11 pm
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Final Credits start to roll...

Sasha: I didn't just like it, I Joseph Gordon-LOVED it!
[personal profile] laceblade: Heinous.
[personal profile] were_duck: Were you waiting the whole movie to say that?
Sasha: Yes!

Later, in car:
Sasha: How do you think Bane eats with that mask on? Does he sip ensure through a straw?
Lacblade: Someone should write a fic!
Sasha doing Bane voice badly: "Fucking Ensure, I'm so sick of it!"

more with slight spoilers )
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Sorcha and I had a lovely, full day yesterday. The heat dropped from 100 degrees F to around 85 which was a huge relief. In the morning we went to the Verona dog park where we met (among other dogs) a huge 1-year-old Great Dane. He made my rather large dog seem small!

After a break for lunch and some Glitch-playing, we went over to [personal profile] were_duck's place to help her sort clothes. Put some pillows on the floor, and Sorcha will happily lie there for hours. We then went for a walk at Quann park, a huge dog park that just got mowed for hay. There weren't many other folks there. Later in the evening we decided to go to the Terrace and have brats.

After all this, I was worn out and my legs hurt. The walking does seem to help loosen up my hinky hip joint though.

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Last Thursday I went to [personal profile] antarcticlust's dissertation defense along with a bunch of other folks. She did a good job of making it understandable-- it was about megafaunal extinctions in North America and the impact this had on the types of trees growing and the types of landscapes present. She also has a Really great blog!

Festivids

Jan. 22nd, 2012 12:13 pm
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Hi internet hi!

I just spent a lovely couple of days with [personal profile] thingswithwings and Rorshcach the dog, and on Saturday we managed to spend most of the day watching Festivids! In the evening we met up with [personal profile] were_duck and watched some more.

So far my favorites are:

Maru the Cat (both vids)
Stand by Me
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air: Baby I'm a Star
How to Train Your Dragon: I'm Still Here
Independence Day: Doomsday
The Middleman: Do it Like a Dude
Moulin Rouge
MythBusters (both vids)
Newsies: Express Yourself (watched this 3 or 4 times already!)
Plata Quemada
Rise of the planet of the Apes
Pride and Prejudice - What a Man
Starship Troopers


Aaaaand there are so many more to watch!!!

:D What a great holiday this is.
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This here is a happy making post for [personal profile] laceblade!! She is having surgery tomorrow. Things that would be great to post in comments would be fic/fic recs, art/art recs, cute and funny pictures, jokes, or whatever else you can come up with.

Here is a list of some of her general fannish likes and dislikes from east asian fandom gift bag. She also likes Glee and feminist SF novels, Hello Kitty, and Buffy.

Also, feel free to link to this post! Thanks so much!
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I went to the protest for an hour in cold and snowy weather; I stood with [personal profile] cabell and [personal profile] laceblade to hear Bradley Whitford and Gabrielle Carteris speak. They talked about being a part of actor's unions and Brad spoke about being from Madison and gave a shout-out to East High School students who walked out of school. Gabrielle said she was paralyzed doing a movie and it was her union who helped her. A physics prof from UW-La Crosse spoke to say that they just voted to unionize in support of this effort.

There were many good signs, I am uploading some photos to Flickr as I write this. There were also some signs in very bad taste, including several calling Walker a "Koch whore". I said to laceblade, "I see no reason to disparage whores! The working girls could benefit from unions."

I also overreacted and yelled at a man telling us to cross the street while we waited for a cop to direct us. Perhaps I'm wound a little tight. "I think it's OK to over-react to mansplainers," laceblade reassured me. I've been fighting on Facebook again too! I need to chillax.
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I spent a good chunk of today hanging out with [personal profile] were_duck and her girlfriend watching Avatar: the Last Airbender episodes and eating good food. Later [personal profile] aria, [personal profile] laceblade, and Antoine joined us and we went to see How to Train Your Dragon.

Once someone told me that movies are more enjoyable when she watches them with me: it's the Sasha effect, because I enjoy the experience of movies so much (most of the time). This was true of our whole group this time! A man in front of us told us, non-sarcastically, that he enjoyed the movie more because of us. We oohed and awwwed and even clapped at the end. We were all caught up in the tale of Hiccup and Toothless! I whispered to [personal profile] aria that every time Hiccup talked to his dad, it seemed like a metaphor for queerness, and this caused even more giggles from our quarter.

Stoic (the dad): You're keeping secrets!
Hiccup (awkardly): Um, I am...?
Stoic: What's this about a dragon!?!
Hiccup: A dragon....? Uh... I'm really tired!
(paraphrased etc.)

It was adorable. Recommended! Also good disability stuff!

My shoulder and back are fucked up. I convinced Aria to give me a bit of a backrub which helped forestall a headache and I think she was shocked at the knots that comprise the Alien Baby in my right shoulder.

It is hot. One more day until new job.
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Such a beautiful day! I went for a nature walk, listened to Fair Trade by esteefee, read by wihluta. Very good!

Here are 3 pictures and some thoughts about podfic and associations:

Read more... )

Then [livejournal.com profile] cabell and I went to the mall for a while, and later I went out to eat with [personal profile] corvid and [livejournal.com profile] tasiha. Had very interesting conversations.

I pushed myself a little too hard with all the walking and activity, found myself exhausted, and did not go to my last scheduled activity of the day (helping someone move).
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[personal profile] were_duck and I are on a trip to go to [personal profile] anna_bird's wedding! We drove for about 7 hours to get here, and for most of that time we listened to podfic. It was a beautiful day, with much sunshine and gorgeous clouds and a bit of rain. We even saw a big perfect rainbow! There is a stream by our motel and our motel has WIRELESS. There are 2 liters of my favorite soda, Diet Mountain Dew, in the mini fridge. I am very happy!

We listened to:

Freedom's Just another word for Nothing Left to Lose
And the band's playing hail to the chief; by [personal profile] synecdochic

But Where would they Live
The dreams they dare to Dream; by [personal profile] thingswithwings (In honor of the rainbow we saw!)

Bringing Sexy Back as only the ancients know How; by aphelant

2.7 miles from Williamsburg, New Mexico; by yin

4 ways chuck might have come to Atlantis and 1 way he really did; by aphelant

Them Other Boys Don't know how to act; by [personal profile] eleveninches

Group W Bench; by [personal profile] cesperanza, read by anatsuno
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[personal profile] jesse_the_k bought me a paid Flickr account!!!

I've just tagged and organized hundreds of my photos. I'm so excited!! Observations made while tagging: a) For a self-proclaimed non-vain person, I have quite a few self-portraits! b) [livejournal.com profile] cabell eventually got her own tag. c) My horse Cassidy is the beautifulest creature in the world. Evidence below! d) I'm grateful for the photo challenges because they've got me seeing things and taking pictures in new ways, and taking pictures almost every day. I hope to extend this to writing.

Here is perhaps the best photo I've ever taken:



Many many thanks to dear Jesse the K!!!!
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WisCon run-down!

I was on 3 panels:
--Rethinking Disabling Metaphors (Hot topic, apparently!)

--Disability and Battlestar Galactica

--Taking WisCon Home: Book Clubs

They all went really well! Good audience participation, good fellow panelists and mods, and I think I had good things to say.

I only went to 3 others: Fanfic and Slash; The Vidshow panel; and "Robots Past and Future". All were quite fun.

One of the best parts of WisCon is always meeting people and hanging out with friends. [personal profile] trouble gave me a giant hug and was an instant friend. I bounced up and down at [livejournal.com profile] haddayr and asked her how to pronounce her name. "Ha-DAR", she said, "Like the Jem'Hadar." I may have swooned a bit! I met raanve and wrdnrd, who I felt like I already knew. I met [profile] ch0me_kitten who is totally awesome and said smart things during the BSG panel. I had lunch with Tempest, who talked about her Mary Worth fanvids. I fangirled some people, but less than I have in the past. I hung out a lot with [personal profile] littlebutfierce, [personal profile] laceblade, [personal profile] were_duck, [personal profile] general_jinjur, [personal profile] futuransky [personal profile] jesse_the_k, and probably a bunch of others. Totally awesome people everywhere! And [personal profile] badgerbag gave me a hug!! I'm glad that at least some of these people are local, but I wish they all were! Thank goodness for the internet. And I'm glad I signed up to go to Think GalactiCon!

Overall I felt a *lot* better than I did last year. I remember leaving a meal last year and having to go stand outside to get some fresh air. I remember having headaches every day. This year, I think I only had a headache on Friday during the white allies dinner. Big win! There was one night I didn't go to any parties. I'm glad I paced myself, because I stayed up until four at the infamous Beer and Marmalade kegger.

Can't wait until next year! Whoo!
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I was fortuante enough to go to a Vid party yesterday hosted by [personal profile] fairestcat and [personal profile] lovelokest at "La Casa de Slash", and met [personal profile] dira and [personal profile] commodorified. [personal profile] were_duck was also there, and someone whose user name I don't know.

We watched a whole lotta vids! Only a few of which I'd seen before!

OK, I know almost nothing about vids. CLEARLY THIS MUST BE FIXED. I had a great time.

I know that we watched:
Us by lim (twice) (multifandom)
Heart of Funkness by absolutedestiny (Apocalypse Now)
A Lieutenant Colonel is Being Beaten by thingswithwings (SGA)
No Handlebars by flummery (Dr Who)
Wish I was a Punk Rocker by kuwdora (SG1)
Ameno by kuwdora (SGA)
ETA:
Another Sunday by jesicaflowne (SGA)
Vogue by Luminosity (300)
Snakes on a Plane by dualbunny (Harry Potter)
I'm Your Man by charmax (multifandom>

And about 20+ others that I either can't remember or can't find right now. (Maybe I will edit more in tomorrow when I'm not so tired.) The one with sparkling Ronon set to "We Built this City on Rock and Roll"!!!! The amazing 300 vid! A Leverage vid! Lots of Doctor Who! All kinds of crazy shit!

We watched one really bad Supernatural Wincest vid, it was really hilariously bad-- and [personal profile] lovelokest said something about the aspect ratio being messed up, and [personal profile] were_duck said: "But this is about PAIN. Pain knows no aspect ratio!"

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