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It's been a while since I did a con-report, so have a con-report of "My Memorial Day Weekend In Maryland But Not At Balticon", done in the it's-been-a-while "awesome/good/bad/ugly" style.

( Overall grade? A double plus even with the shitty parts! )

And it's not con-reportable, but it is good --I've finished a small amount of grading as I ride the train back home to Massachusetts. I am woefully underfed and still have plenty more to complete, but at least it is gradually getting done.

May you find joy in your life. I love you.

~Sor
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Wheeeeeeeeee.

I spent basically all of today on a bus, which was DEEPLY NOT OKAY. I mean, it is what it is, but it was just so fucking exhausting to be on a bus for almost three hours longer than I was supposed to be. This is what we do to avoid paying extra money. Or fly.

Ultimately, the New York trip was a Roaring Success! I am very pleased to have gotten out there, to have spent time with mom and Barb and dad and Maia, and to have go seen lovely shows and the like. That being said, I am _extremely happy_ to be back home, curled up in bed, writing my words and watching Jeopardy on Netflix. Just...kinda mindless! I know that tomorrow I go back to the real world and work and stuff (although the seniors are gone, so work is a lot less so).

The other downside of the Bus Ride From Hell was that there was a lot of traffic...and the bus driver was not very good at The Traffic Game. When you're shitty at the traffic game, you make your passengers much more prone to carsickness. So...basically after the first hour, I was vaguely queasy the entire time. It was...yeahhh. This meant I couldn't really do anything to entertain myself --reading books makes it worse, fucking around on the phone makes it worse, traffic is non-conducive to drawing, and I'm not the kind of asshole to talk aloud on the phone while on a bus. So I dozed the entire time, mostly not actually sleeping.

I managed some actually entertaining daydreaming, but then they kept getting dragged into generalized anxiety and totally absurd fantasies about doing stuff like successfully blackmailing Jeff Bezos into donating his fortune to the ACLU or whatever. That is one of the less anxious things I thought about for a while on the bus.

It's _very hard_ to feel comfortable or sane right now, in a world that is falling down around our ears.

Anyways, I'm building up to the last few weeks of school/work, and then it is PINEWOODS!. Well no, then there's a brief visit by Alys and Pinewoods prep. At some point I need to settle down and figure out the rest of my summer --I know it will involve moving throughout August, and I wanna go visit the parents for a bit, but like..is there time to organize anything else in there? Or should I just plan on flopping around as much as possible?

Oh yeah, and also there's an AGM for the Bellsfolx, which I'm not really in charge of in any way...but the boyf is, and there's a certain extent to which I anticipate playing host-spouse.

I dunno. I'm pretty tired and babbly tonight, but that's what happens when you don't _do_ anything all day. I wish I'd had more of a chance to do _anything_ on the bus, even just some mindless gaming, but c'est la vie.

Hope y'all are well!

It's towel day! I have celebrated not in the slightest, but several times today my brain has acknowledged it.

I'm in NYC! It sure is Noo Yawk.

I have a cold! Or possibly my sinuses have freaked out due to being in several new biomes that they are not as familiar with as Boston (such as "bus for four hours" and "Times Square for any length of time at all". It's not the most fun thing in the world and has left me feeling pretty foggy.

Mi madre sung at Carnagie!! This was TOTALLY COOL! Her hair is currently striped pink, so it was very easy to spot her, even from up in the nosebleed seats. They did five songs, and it was all so very lovely to listen to! One of the songs was adapted from a Dessa song, so I'll have to look up the original of that. And they closed with "How can I Keep from Singing" which is sweet and a lovely way to end such a thing.

I am full of dessert! After the show, mom and Dad and Barb and I went to a little restaurant for dessert where I managed to scam Barb into letting me eat half her butterscotch pudding, in addition to me eating most of my lemon mousse. I am a verruh happy Kat right now.

I am at Maia's house! Currently I am flopped on the couch writing some words. Soon I will be asleep.

It's a good weekend, even if I have not yet finished all my grading. Tomorrow: Brunch with the fam, and then oh yeah we've got matinee tickets to go see HADESTOWN so that'll be excellent.

~Sor
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Balticon is my Home Convention. Like, there's many cons that feel like home to me, but Balticon was the first con I ever went to as a Real Person (and not a kid-in-tow), and it's close enough to the homestead that I always see a lot of my lonnnnnng-term Maryland friends.

Plus, it's the con where I've got the most friends who I made at a con. Arisia, I generally spend a lot of time hanging out with friends from outside the convention scene, who I already know through dance or burns or parties or whatever. Balticon has the werewolf group, and the Balticon Kink Collective, and the Giggle¹, and a TechnoFandom subset that feels warm and vibrant and welcoming, and a handful of costumer acquaintances, and it's just such a wonderful reunion, every year!

This year? No exception. This year was _incredible_, not just one of the best Balticons I've ever had, but probably one of the best *cons* I've ever gotten to enjoy. It was my tenth year, and I am so incredibly glad I made it.

Now onto the report! ( I'm cutting the Ugly section separately, since there's a tw for creepy rape culture )

Someday I'm gonna have a con report that doesn't have an Ugly section and it's gonna be awesome. :/

( Bad-Meh-Good-Awesome-Transcendent below this cut )

Okay!

This is already a pretty long con report, and I keep finding new bits and remembering other lovely pieces and I LOVED THIS YEARS CON SO MUCH.

Hopefully pictures will forthcome. For now though, sleep!

~Sor
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1: I only learned this year that there's a name for 'em, and also just how vast the conspiracy goes. H'apparently, there were five girls born to fannish parents in a span of about 54 weeks back in 95ish. I've been friends with Nikki and Maura for ages, and got to know Victoria a lot better this year, which was great.

2: I may have met Matt at my first Balticon, I have known him _forever_.

3: Did you read this line and immediately know where I got it?

Crossposts: http://kdsorceress.livejournal.com/719235.html

Holycrap! Apparently, sometime when I wasn't paying attention, it became B Dan's birthday. Happy birthday, lovey!

(And a happy birthday to Megasuaurs Rex, the cutest human I know, and to Luci, the first online person I ever met in the real world as well. Yay!)

~Sor
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Three years ago okay technically yesterday Today, it was 2006, and I was posting about Everything Will Go Right Day.

Now, The memory of EWGRD generally links to another, significantly more complicated memory that I do not talk about in polite company¹. But for once, I'm going to focus on the actual day, and all the things that went right, as opposed to the one thing that (probably) went terribly, terribly wrong.

See, Everything Will Go Right Day was a concept by the always lovely

ancientsong. Her original premise was thus:

Pass the word, everyone. Friday, March 24th is hereby named "Everything Will Go Right" Day.

On that day:
you will get where you're going on time - all day.
if you have tests, you will ace them with flying colors
everyone in your life will be happy and peaceful and not want or need anything
your car will work perfectly as will your computer, cell phone, PDA, and running shoes
there will be no traffic in your way all day
you will have a chance to work out or do some other healthy thing for yourself should you so choose
you will be appreciated in some nice way by your co-workers
the lady (or gentleman) at the store will smile at you instead of scowling
you will eat food that is good and good for you (unless you totally crave chocolate in which case it will be extremely satisfying but have no calories)
you will have a chance to sit down with a good book if you so choose
wonder of wonders, you'll hear your favorite song on the radio (or iPod or CD player)
you'll get a chance to do something fun and creative that will give you lots of pleasure

"Everything Will Go Right" Day because Doggone It! We deserve it!"

And what the hell. Because I Can², I'm going to go ahead and declare an Everything Will Go Right Day for this Friday. That's right kids --mark your calendars for Friday, March 27th, because it is going to turn out to be absolutely fantastic, for everyone.

~Sor
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1: Don't you dare snarkass me being all "we're not polite, Miss Cyress." I know you wankers aren't at all polite, hell, half this journal would be considered beyond impolite. But there are things I don't talk about to people, and things I've doublethought away, and things that are just mine to hold and have and enjoy, and you don't get to know them. Nyah.

2: Because no one can stop me, because I'm addicted to bad ideas and all the beauty in this world. Which started playing as I wrote this post, which is kinda wonderful.

THOUGHTS WHILE PACKING:

1548:

Man, my folder of worship is getting *awesomely* full. One Comedity print, original art by Randy Milholland, Randall Munroe, and Jeph Jacques, a random commision of a dinosaur I bought at AnimeBoston, Hiro's milk mustache ad, the picture of me that Dominik used as a print for his portfolio, and my still alive index cards.

And that's not counting the Maryland folder of worship which contains an obscene amount of KattersArt, and my original sluggy art.

(For reference, the folder of worship is basically full of everything that goes on the wall of worship. So, not real posters, but Other Cool Things. I should put the ST article I ripped out of a magazine in there too.)

1557: Dude, that's James Bond? What the hell is James Bond music doing in my iTun...ohyeah. Thanks Talia!

1636: Unrelatedly to anything (I'm fine today, just a little stressed out) I find it really interesting that, one of the things I do when I'm trying really hard not to start crying in public, is to begin seeing how much of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy I can recite.

Granted, this somehow backfires as I originally began to learn hitchhikers as a self-masochistic way to illustrate the 2718.89 miles between me and my clone, and if I think too hard about that I'll be depressed, but still, just as a "shit shit I need to distract myself from everything in real life" it works like a charm.

1925: ...Ohyeah, I was working on this. Well, I mean, Ria was all "doof?" and dhs was all "I'll bribe you to come to Diesel with the offer of giving back your clothes" and so I went and got dinner with Ria and Mando (who recently dyed his hair BLUE and so now looks not unlike a character of mine) and then went to Diesel where I stayed for like...an hour or something. On the wicked plus side, I was finally properly/formally introduced to

sunspiral, which is exciting. *adds him as a friend*

Now all I need to do is properly meet Cthulia and I'll be able to officially consider myself a Boston based fen.

2137: Did I really just spend the last two hours reorganizing my friends lists, again? Fuck. Me.

2224: You know what I want to know? I want to know how long it would've taken me to meet and become friends with Janny without the sluggy.net link. I think the only other person on my friends list who I could say pretty confidentally that I would meet without however I met them having happened is dan4th. And maybe very vaguely possibly Magus, but only insomuch I would've started to meet him at Balticon '06 rather than Origins '04

I'm attempting to clean out my gmail inbox, ie, archiving everything I'm done with. I had 1209 messages from 2008 sitting in my inbox waiting to be archived and about 4500 overall, I am *hilariously* bad at this, and not just because of the several hundred comment threads of doom I'm ignoring with mek.

OH! And I might be going to GenCon this year!! Mom's going, and if I can get the time off from wherever I will be working, there was an implication of me being able to booth babe for Joan. :D!

2237: So, something Tristan asked me right when we found out we were both virgos¹ was "So what's your neurosis?" I can't remember exactly what I answered --almost certainly my default compulsion, the fact that I clean my glasses overly often, and every single time I ever get into a conversation about OCD or neuroses. *speaking of which, cleans 'em now. Sigh*

But I think my current big one is the neck thing. I hate hate HATE having my neck touched, it freaks me out. Occasionally, I'll just freak out about the fact that I have a neck for no good damn reason which pisses me off, especially when I get the "ohgodohgod, need to have nothing near my neck, RIGHT NOW" Necklaces and collars I can take off. T-shirts are harder. Skin is impossible.

I was idly thinking about this, and about the fact that, when doing the cuddling/petting/caressing fan situation that I seem to find myself in a lot, if someone gets their hands too close to my neck, I will invariably move their hands down.

At some point, I am going to inadvertently move their hands down to far and accidentally cause someone to grope me. Stupid fucking neuroses.

2301: Oh, bitches!! So, I'm looking at my class schedule, and the creative writing class I really wanted to take because hey --Sorcy likes creative writing!-- takes place on Thursdays. From 6:45 to 9:15 PM.

Yeah, when is Concord based contra again? What's that? Exactly that time? What the fuck Belanie. What the fuck.

(So now I have to decide if I'm going to try and find another class to take instead or if I'm just going to not start doing contra up here until next January --I suspect one of the deciding factors in which I choose will be how much contra I get in over the summer.

Still though. Bitches.

0019: QUOTE OF THE DAY:

JoshZed:
this is more of the strong evidence that I'm really a 1 on the Kinsey scale
or close to it
I mean, if Randall doesn't do it for me, who will?

(Good lord, has the concept of sexing up Randall Munroe become a *theme* in my livejournal? That's either terrifying or awesome.)

Also, I am amused that I started this as 'thoughts while packing' and haven't actually packed anything in seven hours or so.

0101:

NEW Quote of the Day!

"Do I want to know why you are interested in my lovelife?"
"Because human interactions of all sort fascinate me."
"Any sort of interaction is fascinating if it involves cherry-flavored lube!"
[Immediate follow-up comment] "...........I did not just type that.........."

0112:

OHMYGOD.

Does the world love me? I don't actually know. But the world might!

But...not being at movie night.

But Satanic motherfucking Mechanics!

Ohhhh, I should not be forced to have decisions like this...

0222: Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, Sor? Fuck you. Go do your paper. Like...now. Just because you know damn well you're not going to be sleeping tonight is no reason to not get the paper done early.

P.S: What is your plan, to sleep on the floor or something eventually? You're incredibly fucking stupid, I hope you're aware of that. Also, a week of sleep-dep? What makes you think you'll even be able to potentially *begin* to make it to Rocky? Yeah, that's what I thought. Tell your terminal optimism to fuck off.

Allfornow

~Sor
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1: heh, I almost wrote that as 'virgins'. Oops.

Best Song Lyrics Ever Meme

Hokay, so,

leemoyer was posting about some of his favourite song lyrics, and asking people to provide their own. This has inspired me to make a meme out of that thing, using twenty-five of my favourite song lyrics.

Name the song and artist/show these all come from, why don't you! For reference, stuff that's been guessed is bolded

1) Angry men don't write the rules, and guns don't right the wrongs
The Ballad of Booth, Assassins

2) Isn't it enough to know that I ruined an elmo*
Making a gift for youuu!
Muppet Laboratories, Rob Balder
(filk of Skullcrusher Mountain, Jonathan Coulton)

((Yes, you can get points for naming what the song is if it said 'pony' instead of 'elmo'))
((Also, this may be *slightly* biased towards Janny. *grins*))

3) Do you wanna carve
My name into a wall
Right next to yours, inside the shape of a heart?
All of the Above, Big City Rock

4) He said 'hey listen to me', Stay sane inside insanity
Eddie, Rocky Horror Picture Show

5) The opposite of war isn't peace, it's CREATION
La Vie Boheme (reprise), Rent

6) Where sir
And when sir
I couldn't be tense-er
Shy, Once Upon a Mattress

7) I think that this line's mostly filler
Walk Through the Fire, Once More With Feeling

8) Everybody's got the right to some sunshine
Not the sun, but maybe one of it's beams!
Everybody's Got the Right, Assassins

9) Downtown, where the guys are drips
Downtown, where they rip your slips
Downtown, where relationships are no goooo
Skid Row (Downtown), Little Shop of Horrors

10) Oh there's one hundred ways
That we can bruise each other
And tear each other's sweet hearts apart
But let the rhythem of the pain
Beat its desolate refrain
And let the miracle of love keep a shining through your heart.
Miracle of Love, Brad Sachs

11)
I play the cello!
Awesome! What is it?
[Makes cello motions]
A saw!
No dude, it's like a giant violin
Status Quo, High School Musical

12) There is no future
There is no past
Forget regret
Your life is yours to miss
No other road
No other way
No day but today

Thank god this moment's not the last
Finale B, Rent

13) The story never changes,
just the names and faces
Like Tommy and Gina
they're living on a prayer

Did you just say that?
Punk Rock 101, Bowling for Soup

14) Because I can
'cause no one can stop me
'cause it makes up for things I lost
Because I'm addicted to bad ideas
And all the beauty in this world.
Addicted to Bad Ideas, World/Inferno Friendship Society

15) And I don't understand, and she tries to explain
And all her mascara runs down in her pain
The Babysitter's Here, Dar Williams

16) I'll take my chances
I forgot how nice romance is
The Longest Time, Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies (and, you know, others, but this is the version I like best)

17) Wanna wail at the moon like a cat in heat
Out Tonight, Rent

18) Don't tell me truth hurts, little girl
'Cause it hurts like hell
Underground, Labyrinth

19) Don't stress
Relax
Let life roll of your backs
Except for death and paying taxes
Everything in life is only
For now
For Now, Avenue Q

20) Why would we rather put ourselves through hell
Than sleep alone at night?

21) One question haunts and hurts
Too much, too much to mention
Was I really seeking good?
Or just seeking attention...
No Good Deed, Wicked

22) In this beautiful life, there is always some sorrow
And it's a double edged knife, but there's always tomorrow
Ordinary Day, Great Big Sea

23) I need not to need
I've always been the tower
But now I feel like the flower
Trying to bloom in snow
The Tower, Vienna Teng

24) We got a call
To write a song
About the war in the gulf
But we shouldn't hurt anyone's feelings
So we tried
But gave up
'Cause there was no such song
Gulf War Song, Moxy Fruvous

25) Because every new car you buy
It makes the poor baby Jesus cry

~Sor
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Original Tags: fishing-for-comments, lyrics, music

Hokay. So. I was at Balticon this weekend.

The really really REALLY quick conreport?

1) Fun fact: Number of hours Sorcy spent sleeping from Thursday to leaving the con on Monday: 10.5

2) Fun fact: Number of hours Sorcy spent playing Are You A Werewulf during the con: 12

3)

lonebear, I was given a present by

marcmagus to pass on to you. When are you coming over next, and are you bringing your most excellent geetars?

4) I've been promised a ride and a badge in exchange for working tech at Philcon. Yay for making friends with TD's. :D

5) I have a new Boston mommy named Persis (spelling?), who I will add to my flist once I stop being lazy.

6) Scritchies good.

7) If you have two esclators with the railings travelling in opposite directions, right next to each other, you can pull off some pretty cool OkGo style stunts.

8) If you've never seen the OkGo video with the treadmills, you NEED to click on the above link. It is *awesome* (Magus, I think I'm directing that at you --were you the one who said you hadn't seen it?)

9) The invention of the con suite was one of the greater inventions ever.

10) I apparently make a pretty good werewulf, seeing as I won both times it happened. Being a seer is just really REALLY bad for me though...

11) Never ever ever EVER ask who the Seer is.

12) JungleSpeed is a truly awesome game. It is a combination of Egyptian Ratscrew and Blink, and I think that Veronica may be the only person I know who knows both of those games.

13) Hand rolls(?) of sushi are awesome. They are a cone of seaweed with sushi inside. It's a sushi ice cream cone, and possibly the second greatest thing I got to eat during the con.

14) Baguette + cream cheese + really really squishy good smoked salmon = amazing. Thank you Persis.

15) Origami dodecahedrons make AWESOME conversation starters. Also, NTS: Make more segments with my e-mail address on them to pass out to all the people who ask how they're made.

16) Werewulfs that DON'T lynch the seer are morons. Really truly, people.

17) Favourite phrase this weekend: "I'd love to buy that, but I'm currently as broke as a Windows machine." (Me)

18) Moooooooon, I bought you a trinket! It is small, but I think you will very much love it.

19) Parents who are fannish, and have friends who are fannish and have watched you grow up rules, mostly because I have a steady flow of people to adore me and make sure I've hit such basics as "eating" and "drinking more water"

20) I, of course, don't have a voice.

21) Jannyblue continues to be just about as awesome as can be, including giving me a box of random awesome trinkets, INCLUDING about two dozen of the little origami dragons she folds so I can learn how. Incidentally, Janny, mum says hi to you, and after learning that you were connected to Rob, says hi to him too. (She's in love with his parody of Skullcrusher Mountain)

22) And for the record, mum says hi to Magus too, who is also awesome, and has an "Orc and Pie" shirt, damn him.

23) I get to GRADUATE today! Oh JOY!! [/sarcasm]

24)

Never before have I found a comic in the dailies that fit me so perfectly. And the fact that it's today, on graduation day...beautiful.

25) I will post a proper con report soon, what with chronological order and squeeings and the like. As for now, I am going to go work on the current Neopets plot some more. They have given me a puzzle. I must solve it.

~Sor
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P.S: I'ma going to ORIGINS this year! Finally! *squeeeeee!!*

Original Tags: links, food, conreports, graduation, games, comics, jannyblue, neopets, conventions, games-larp, games-card, games-party, magus

Current Mood: chipper
Current Location: Eagerly awaiting the next scifi con --Philcon, I believe...
Current Music: Maria, Blondie. Part of my "Fuck man, no bad moods for YOU" playlist

So, 421 days ago (ish) I was dragged off by the absolutely wonderful

shadowcaptain and

disc_sophist to go see the Satanic Mechanics do an awesome showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Since then, I have seen RHPS by the Satanic Mecahnic's five more times, Little Shop of Horrors and The Addams Family as done by the Satanic Mechanics, RHPS twice with assorted cool people (Well, once with V and once with V and Kat. Certainly cool) and Shock Treatment once.

Yes, I am a Rocky Whore. But it's all cool.

ANYWAYS! I bring up all this history, because tonight was the last night that I got to see the show, as done by the Mechanics, at least on any regular basis. And while I am fully aware that Boston Has Rocky Horror casts the mechanics are really really good.

Soooo yeah. I had a point, but that was before the bawls ran out. Uhm, it was fun?

Shoes.

~Sor
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Original Tags: shadowkev, rhps, unfiled people-alsoreal

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: Hier!
Current Music: Kein

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Yeah. It's 2007!

Highlights from last night:

*Holyshit I got to see MagusMarc! (Or

marcmagus, if you prefer) That was just awesome upon awesome. He gets favourite person of the day for yesterday award. And he braided my hair for me and squeeyay!

*Holyshit, I won the soliliquy contest! Ksatyr has vidfootage, it's gonna wind up on YouTube before too long. Voila!

(Also, I now have a Toblerone bar. Mmmm)

In short, my V for Vendetta monologue continues to rule. :D

*Kevin was Hamlet, and he had bees to go "Buzz Buzz!" Yayyyyyy! I think he gets my favourite person for today award.

*I met new and more excellent people, including this sweetheart named Eric. Since I seem to have an incredible knack for curling up and cuddling with people I hardly know. Fandom rules.

*Quote of the day: (Declared within five minutes after midnight) "I shouldn't have chugged the whole bottle --I don't feel so good."

Bernie has learned that sparkling cider is meant to be sipped. :p

*Oh and big thing --Liam! and Tara are engaged!! Yayayayayyayaya!!

Sooooo, yeah. Morelater.

~Sor
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Current Mood: chipper
Current Location: In the playroom, about to be working on the puzzle
Current Music: EFNY soundtrack in the background

I went on a Most Excellent Adventure/Trip with mum and Josh and Eric and ocassionally Shan. So I'm in a realitivly good mood.

Trip Report:

"How do you get an evil giraffe? 'I will eat all the leaves off this tree. I will get up early to eat all the leaves from this tree. Then there will be no leaves on this tree, and the other giraffes...will die.'"¹

Friday:

Woke up hells early (5:30 AM...there is such a time?), picked up Josh and Eric, and drove to MA, with hardly any traffic at all, and a rainstorm that started moments after we hadn't gotten us and all our stuff into Dave and Diane (Boston version)'s house. Yes, we are Just That Cool.

Much hanging out and coolness occured. Dave introduced us to the brilliance that was Guitar Hero, which was good fun. I highly support silly games like that, especially if you get to rock out. And I was very good at the easy setting, but basically fell apart when it came to medium.

Awesomer then silly games though, Micro, who is my agent, and whom I haven't seen since the Oscars LARP in...ninty six? or so came over, as did [Redacted] who is a completely fabulous woman, moreso because she understands the idea that you don't have to wear skirts and make-up to be a girl, even if the idea of not doing so *does* horrify the rest of the mtf community.² Plus, [Redacted] draws comics, which is terribly awesome, and I have to e-mail her so that I can insure that I get the copy of her next one.

Also, quote: Mom: "Well see, I can't *really* date Josh because I know his parents real well"
[Redacted]: "Ah, but *I* don't know his parents."

Alsoalso, I am completly awesomely irrisistable to everyone, because I am Just That Awesome. Good flirts make me happy.

I think that was about all of Friday. Oh, except I just lost The Game. Which, I taught the rest of them, and we have been playing the whole weekend. MUAHAHAA! Additionally, we have restarted mom's pointing game that she used to play in college, where the basic goal was to point at people before they pointed at you, every day.³ (Day's resetting at 12:01)

Saturday:

Saturday, we left MA and drove to Maine! Where we went to Crossroads Games and Books, which is this great little game shop we found up there, and lusted after everything⁴ (or I did at least). Better yet, Chris, the highly cool gal who we met the first time around, remembered us. Yay!

Got to Wyo, kidnapped Aly, and...well...listened to her talk. I love her dearly, but she did not stop speaking for a good half hour. Much teasing occured, especially since she kept using both "like" and "Ohmygod". Granted, I use both of those fairly often as well, but still. ILMS.

Aly is doing very well, for anyone who knows her. Which is nice to know, as she *is* my sister. And I was nice, and didn't eat her hair the whole time. I should write her a letter.

More importantly, I should write *Mell* a letter. Because Mell is amoung the coolest people I have ever met in my life, and one of the few reasons I miss going to Wyo. And I got to see her again!!! *parti-dances* This is an excellent, excellent thing. Also, I should totally go visit her. Which is why I may wind up making a college visit to Wheaton, regardless of any interest I have in going there. *grins*

Lessee...returned the kids, left the camp, got to the turnpike. Went north, without thinking about it. For the geographically challenged, Maine is north of Connecticut, which is where we were aiming. Yeahhhh...it took us a couple minutes, and then we had a group "Shit!" moment. Whoops. So, we got to see more of Maine then we previously expected. *grins*

Eventually we made it home to St. G'ma and Grandpa Gus's place, where we...pretty much immediately fell asleep. I think that was the first night in about three weeks that I fell asleep before midnight. And that was Saturday.

Sunday we woke up, ate a delicious breakfast, and went for a lovely walk around the lakething. Really, I'm going to have to write about the farm sometime, that place is...well, the least fannish place that feels like home. Also, I've now taken both Josh and Eric down to the Kids Club⁵, which is always fun. I love that place.

Then, we went to NYC. First off, I love cities, especially New York. ESPECIALLY New York. London was lovely, DC and Baltimore are close, but NYC is...well, New York. Can't explain it.
You either get it or you don't.

Our ultimate goal in New York was to see Sweeny Todd (OhmyfuckinggodlustwantneedholyHELLgood.), and *possibly* another show as well. Hoorah for TKTS -we saw ST from remarkably good seats and had a lovely time, ambled over to TKTS, and wound up with tickets to see Avenue Q from pretty damn good seats. Broadway for the WINS!

And those both deserve seperate squeels, plus I'm getting bored of typing. So, I'm thinking that, since that was really the end of the trip (left NYC, went home) I'm done. Ta kids!

~Sor
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1: Copyright Eddie Izzard, at some point or another. Important because we quoted this one roughly eight thousand times, in different forms. ("I will eat all the french fries...and the rest of you...will die!)
2: mtf: male to female transsexual. Way back when, [Redacted] used to be known as [Deadname], and apparently used to warp my tiny infentile mind with such facts as 'Two plus two equals seven'. I like her immensly, partly because she's fabulously cool, and partly because she interests me.
3: *points at everyone who reads this. And everyone who doesn't, for that matter.*
4: They had all the Sandman comics. Mum says she will get them for us, but still! Also, they had dice, which is slightly less desperate since we've *finally* got a local game store. But still! Dicelust.
5: Hard to explain. It's...um...a big pile of rocks on my grandparents land. Yeah. Basically me and all my cousins have spent a collective arseload of time there playing games and pretend. I lurves it.

Editor's note, 2022: Let's not out people without their express permission, okay? I have other comments to make to my past self, but I am trying to leave this journal mostly intact as a historical document, even when it is cringe as hell.

Current Mood: cheerful
Current Location: Home again, home again, jiggity jog.
Current Music: For Now, Avenue Q

And because we're curious, we must know...was it good?

Rocky Horror last night. *swoons!*

It was again with the Satanic Mechanics, and again curled up in the front row next to

shadowcaptain, only this time, I had

scooterbird on the other side. Make your own snide comments here: ___________.

And being between two guys who know a crazy high amount of lines? It is nifty. I should totally sit next to mom sometime though, and see what she's got.

Virgin games were crazy fun...go ask Jonny!!!!! if you're curious...he WON! I am SO PROUD of my crazy older flaming brother! And he got large amounts of chocolate, and his boyfriend got to thougholy snog one of the cast members. So whoot for that!

(Oddly though, he didn't pick Kilt-boy. I think a large part of this was that kilt-boy wasn't wearing a kilt this time --he was dressed as Jay, from Clerks, and he looked lovely. Also, I have learned his name is August. No, I don't stalk people. Much.)

And ohmyfreakinggod, one of the cast members looks pretty much spitting image like Tim Curry in the opening scenes. It's scary, and quite hot. He was playing Riff this time around.

Eddie, Rocky, Janet, and Columbia were all seriously hot, and all rather female. Hottest. Toucha-toucha-touch me EVER. So yes, that was VERY good.

Oh! Also, I got to help in the deflowering of a number of people! Josh, Fish, AJ, Allyson, Jonny!!!!!, and his bf Tony were the ones who came specifically with us. Bernie and Joe just happened to be there. (Although Amanda probably gets dibs for that deflowering.)

So yes, I can now honestly say that I've deflowered a best friends ex-boyfriend. :D

I'm out of things to say for now. It was great.

~Sor
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Current Mood: Tea?
Current Location: Euphoria
Current Music: Take a wild guess!

So, I am less peeved at Eric. But STILL! Last year, he had his icon ready and warning people starting in MARCH! *growls* This is, after all, one of the best holidays in the entire year.

I will try and get a picture of me in my pantsless state for you heathens. I am wearing boxers! With sharks!! They are quite cute, although they don't fit me quite right since they were intended for boys. Stupid boys.

Life is fair good. I am reading The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, and it's QUITE good. I'm maybe 5/8ths through, and it was all I could do today to not spend every second reading it, and subsequently get it taken away.

My voice has gone quite suddenly scratchy. NOOOO! Evil cold, you were supposed to LEAVE THIS PLACE! Not stick around and get WORSE!!

...Yeah, that's life. Oh! I brushed my hair out all the way today, which was important, since I haven't in entierly too long (I have no interest in my hair...a waste, I know) And so V played with it during fourth! It's currently loose, with a single braid going down the middle. I like it, besides the obvious hatread that comes from wearing my hair down. Even if it's not the parts that get in my face.

Rocky Horror tomorrow! If I remember, I shall snatch the thoughts on RHPS I wrote in my freewrite/letter to Kat and post them here.

ednoria just arrived! Time to go Koob-sit! Later, cat's and kittens!!

~Sor
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Original Tags: rhps, no pants day, babysitting, hair, life, books

Current Mood: bouncy
Current Location: About to be ednoria (and still pantsless)
Current Music: Birdhouse in your soul, again

First off, I would just like to say that having new TMBG on my playlist is a lovely thing. So far, my favorites from the Venue Song tsey-day are Minnianapolis, Los Angelas, and Dallas.

Secondly, They Might Be Giants!!

Oh
My
Mother-frisking
GOD!

It was AMAZING! It was way way WAY fun, and wonderful, and WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Even if my girlfriend couldn't go. *sniffles*

Songs of note that they played:
Alphabet of Nations! (I really really really need Here Come the ABC's)
We want a Rock (Most...addictive...song...EVER! Go read Chrome Circle, and it will all be understood.
In other news, I really want to get John and John to sign my copy of that particular book, on the right page and everything. It'd be killer cool.)
Istanbul Which is most notable because it's probably one of the most well known song they've ever done. And I got to play the version I've got for Kagan, acause he's from Turkey and whatnot, and GOD is he brilliant. I am completely bummed out by his inevitable, SOON dissapearence. The world needs more (MANY more) guys my age who can dance.
And now you're even older *smirks at mek, but is far too lazy to go rifeling through the archives of his journey to find the reference.*
AND
Birdhouse in your Soul

Z'OHMYGODS I HAVE GOTTEN TO HEAR MY FAVORITE TMBG SONG EVER, LIVE!!!!!!

...

*takes deep breaths*

Right. THAT was COOL!

And I have a shirt! It is pink, and for their 20 year-ness! I lurves it, and it will probably shrink and become crazy-tight once it's been washed. So...yeah. Sor has another girl-shirt.

And OHFREAKYESWOW! Due to

anigma_i's sheer awesomeness, I wound up in the VERY FREAKING FRONT of the place!! I was THREE FEET AWAY FROM JOHN AND JOHN THE WHOLE TIME!!!

And there was much dancing, of a similar variety to prom. The music was near infinitely better though.

...

I would KILL to have TMBG play my senior prom. I'm serious. Anybody need someone wacked? I'm a techie -I've had practise!

So yes. Heisman/my weekend reports later.

~Sor
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Original Tags: tmbg, life

Current Mood: Boing!
Current Location: Fangirling
Current Music: Women and Men, TMBG

The people-riffic meme!

Rules are:
First, write down the names of twenty people you know. Then read and answer the questions.

You can't look at the questions (or click on the cut) until you write down the twenty names you're going to use.

That sounds fun...and perfectly acceptable for my first post in who knows how Godly long.

I know. I admit it. I'm weak. LJ has called to me, and I must answer it. I'm back.

Right right right. On with the names!

1)

artemisfowl2nd
2)

muzikmaker21
3)

macaroniandtuna
4)

werewulf
5)

quadrophenic86
6)

sonsashi
7)

jannyblue
8)

drama_angel3189
9)

kugelblitz
10)

ednoria
11)

heptadecagram
12)

firespell89
13)

haveasuperday
14)

sonotsupercool
15)

boredmder
16)

shadowcaptain
17)

sildar
18)

gaeanangel
19)

ayleedragon
20)

astaereth

( Don't read this until you have YOUR list ready!! )

Alright, back to general life.

I've only got internet on teh weekends. But thats ok.

Still not going to touch the webcomics. Not yet. Not until I have full, legal acess to Dmitri again.

*sigh* I miss 'em.

Other stuff:

*I went garage saleing yesterday. I picked up a pair of clunky black leather boots, a translucent plastic chair (I'm going to paint it) a beanie-baby penguin (for a dollar...remember when you couldn't find beanie babys for less then 6 or 7 a pop?) which I promptly named Ms. Hecubus, a purse, and a camera bag. It ruled.

*I also went to the aquarium yesterday with Zily (Lily and Zoe), and a couple of friends of theres, David and Leah. It was very cool, especially the skates, and the fish I befriended. He was a very cool fish, all neon-striped and whatnot. We had a long conversation, turns out he's a total theatre boy, and a bit of a drama-queen. He said he was also quite gay, which made me smile.

It was Jonny!!!!! in fish form. :D

*Me and Veronica went for a walk today, with Rex. It rocked.

*Played Halo with Shan and Mike Royster and Veronica. also fun, although, like usual, I got my butt kicked.

*This morning I finally caught up and saw EpIII. I liked it, although I found Anikin INCREDIBLY whiny. CHEER UP! I don't see what all those girls see in him. :p

*I think thats all...ego-boost writing will commence shortly.

~Sorceress

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Current Mood: I'm BAAAAAACK!
Current Music: An Opening for a Princess, Once Upon A Mattress

Wow. I sure had a weekend!

I think I'll start with Friday night after school...( Read more... )

And I will explain more, starting where I left off, on Tuesday, possibly even with a Cappies report as well, since I have to go to bed now.

~Sorceress/Kat

Original Tags: events, rlife, gendersex, tgaoeat, sexuality, alys-the-eternal, unfiled people-lrhs, cappies, theatre, theatre-lrhs, tagged, unfiled people-alsoreal, cloneconvo

Current Mood: cheerful
Current Music: No Exit by Blondie...switched to a bunch of rockier songs

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