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averil has a comic book?!

nobody@vox.com(metrocake) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:00:30 -0700

This is wrong on just so many levels. I've actually held it in my own two hands -- we saw it in Forbidden Planet when out with friends last night. I went home with Alan Moore's Lost Girls instead...but someone may be getting that Averil comic as a gift someday. XD

For the record: Jim Hanley's Universe is actually my favorite NYC comic book store, as their layout's more comprehensible to me than some of the others here, and there's not such an emphasis on "all superheros, all the time." Good folks work there, too, and there's always groovy music playing. Other good ones are Midtown Comics and Cosmic Comics. Glad I live in an area where I have such a choice! I know I'm lucky that way.

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porcupine treeeeeeeeeeee

nobody@vox.com(metrocake) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:56:19 -0700

Saw Porcupine Tree at the Beacon Theatre last night. It was our second time seeing them, and they are just so damned good. They were originally one of R's bands -- and then became my band -- because their main driving force (Steven Wilson) actually likes the same things I do, and it comes through, which makes me a happy girl. While their latter work is quite progressive and metally, there's also nice bass lines and intricate rhythms...and their earlier work gives more than a passing bow to electronica (yay). They're still playing out on the East Coast, so if you can, go. :)

Steven Wilson is also extraordinarily prolific -- he's got at least four other projects happening at the same time as Porcupine Tree -- so if Tree isn't your bag, other things he does might be!

The one thing I just can't figure out: how does he keep his glasses on while banging his head?! One of life's mysteries...

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if a picture's worth a thousand words...

nobody@vox.com(metrocake) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:50:47 -0700

...then the only word is screwed. XD

I've got my Location Photography critique coming up on Wednesday night, where I need to bring in 12-15 of the best shots I've taken so far through the course of the semester.

Wanna know how many shots I've actually taken? Around...1,700. All of which I need to go through before the end of Tuesday night. :readies coffee pot :

WoW buddies, you may not be seeing much of me 'till Thursday...unless I'm giving my eyes a break. Some of them may even get posted here. :) "Fruits of my labor" and all...

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much better.

nobody@vox.com(metrocake) — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:47:51 -0700

It looks more Cakelike in here. :)

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brain hurty

nobody@vox.com(metrocake) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:29:05 -0700

Had a great instance run through Botanica last night -- thanks, guys! -- but was up a little late. Proceeded to not get any sleep last night. :P

R forgot to take his cough medicine so he kept waking me up (and yes, I was good and got him water and tried to get him to sit up). When i did sleep, my subconscious kept imploding and giving me the same nightmare...over and over again. One of my really bad ones, to boot. So sleep, nightmare, R cough, wake up, lather, rinse, repeat.

I'm pretty out of it today. I'm going to make other people proof things...

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laugh. cry. both?

nobody@vox.com(metrocake) — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:22:36 -0700

Elizabeth Taylor vs. Robert Smith. Oh, Liz! Oh, Rob! Oh, my GOD...

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argh, piss, logistics!

nobody@vox.com(metrocake) — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:24:27 -0700

Bought shiny new camera bag. Got it extra-large to hold not only camera gear, but also purse stuff. Now I only need one bag! Yay, yay!

Or not.

Shiny new bag has, I've realized, no outside pocket. To get to my subway card, or my keys, or my wallet, I need to open the whole shebang -- look, there's my camera, hi, hi! -- which kind of defeats getting the whole "camera bag that does not look like a camera bag" selling point. If folks can see your camera whilst getting your wallet? They'll know it's a camera bag. Genius!

Also -- shiny new bag has velcro. Lots of it. Velcro to get to the camera. Velcro again to get to my memory cards. That's two rounds of noisy, noisy velcro to change a memory card out...and I'm shooting an opera tomorrow night. Noisy velcro bad during operas. I don't want to get pegged by an angry Viking.

I've already swapped my gear back into my old, smaller, quieter bag. Not sure if new and shiny is a keeper or not -- it wasn't cheap, and I know now I cannot have it in specific situations. Meh!

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nice night

nobody@vox.com(metrocake) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:43:34 -0700

Had a great dinner with a close friend of ours, and now R and I are hanging out playing Warcraft. I'm a little tipsy, but that's okay. :) It was so nice to just go out and chat. We really, really need to do that more often.

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okay, the new new look...

nobody@vox.com(metrocake) — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:06:53 -0700

Yeah, custom design coming soon. XD

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temporary new look

nobody@vox.com(metrocake) — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:48:22 -0700

Lots has happened -- still haven't posted about my big news, and I'm not going to try to do it now -- but have upgraded my Movable Type system to 4.0. Finally. I'm using a default style for now -- better that than nothing -- it's cute, it's New York, it works for me, and it means I'm not waiting to write in here until I get a custom design done.

More tomorrow, Bed now. :)

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