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(If I've done this correctly, this should stay on the top of the page until until 2022...)
If you want to see anything on this blog other than some very thin soup - I don't make many public entries - then you're going to have to create an LJ ID (if you don't already have one) and then (so much work!) visit this poll and let me know which filters you want access to. While you're there, leave me a comment letting me know who you are, if we've met in-person, etc.
God forbid, in case you're the last person on the Internet to encounter blogging, go here to create your LJ ID. You need that in order to become a 'friend' for me to add to my filters. Open ID is another option you might consider.
I won't lie. I post a lot, so I won't be offended if, honestly, you just met me at a costuming event and all you want to hear about is costuming.
Incidentally, if you met me at a science-fiction convention, you'll probably have more fun at ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) fangrrl_squees, where I dump all the - you guessed it - fannish content. Everything else? It's here.
Questions? Comments? Leave them here - all comments are screened and thus visible to only you and me.
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If you can take a mo' to answer this, I'd appreciate it. This especially applies to anyone arriving here after 3/31/08. This is the opt-in-to-various-filters poll. Without it, you'll only see posts that I consider important enough to share with everyone on the f-list. ( Click here to see the poll and vote )
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Alrighty.
A small slew of Blakes 7 fanzines have been listed for sale here. There's about 40 'zines in all - quite a few series like Gambit, Magnificent 7, B7 Complex and such.
I'm waiting to hear back from the community mod of ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) blakes7 as to if I can make a crosspost there. Otherwise, feel free to spread the word to any of your pals who might be lusting after this stuff.
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So, the WGA has a strike fund, but how do the below-the-line, non-WGA crewfolks get by?
Short answer: they're not.
However, you can make a donation to the Motion Picture and Television Fund's Work Stoppage Relief Fund, and that'll help some folks out.
And, if further encouragement is needed, stop by Cash For The Crew and eyeball the (potential) incentives on offer. The folks on strike have certainly figured out the whole 'carrot' business, haven't they? Hell, if it gets someone to donate who otherwise wouldn't...
I'd been fretting about non-WGA crew suffering hardship from the strike - they can't all work for David Letterman - so I'm really glad to hear about this fund. I've dropped a few pennies in the kitty, and anything left from the Xmas budget will go there, too.Tags: wga strike
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Provided via a friend of essentialsaltes. A US Department of the Treasure (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Bureau) memo on what makes an absinthe US-legal. Quite handy!
For my part, I'm just glad that they unbent far enough to admit that thujone's psychoactive effects are merely "purported". 'Tis an improvement over past position statements - admittedly, I'm probably thinking of something written in 1912.
On a related note, as I've been scattering this information all through the comments to my previous (f-locked, sorry!) entry, I might as well re-state it here.
If you're thinking "Gosh, I'd like to learn more about absinthe. Where do I start?" I recommend these two websites as the best starting points: Fee Verte and The Wormwood Society.
The absinthe reviews on feeverte are top-notch. Dozens of brands are listed, and the contributors adhere to a commonly-held rating system, so there's a good-faith attempt to provide consistency of critique.
Wormwood Society, I enjoy for the FAQs and the forums. I'll warn you, the users aren't too keen on thujone-freaks looking to trip out, yo (flamed to a crisp, to say the least) but well-meaning newcomers who take the time to do a little reading before making their first post are always welcome. One word of warning: for god's sake, use the search function to see if the subject about which you wish to post has already been covered - the forum mod has very little patience with repetitive topics. But aside from that (and I can't blame the mod for wanting to minimize clutter) they're generally great folks on that forum. Go figure, you can find me there as britgeekgrrl. ;)
( A potential resource for folks in the SF Bay Area )
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Short version: back from SiliCon, safe and sound. I had a good time.
( Longer version )
BTW, if you happened to take a pic of me in the Femmy Ten gear please leave me a link to anything you're willing to share (or drop me a line), 'cause I know there were some good shots and I'm dying to see 'em.. (Just wait 'til you guys wait for the "Hear/speak/see no evil..." pic. Heheheheh.) (ETA: Oh wait, here it is. SQUEE! And there's a few more in the album, including some great pix with the aforementioned Dalek (built by the one male Ten in those same pix) and dig praedestinatio's awesome Ninth Doctor rig!)
And, oh yeah, it's been suggested that I cosplay Suzie Costello (Torchwood) and I'm giving it some serious thought. What do you think? Heck, she's got better hair than Gwen, for a start... But do I do her pre- or post-mortem? Post-most-recent mortem, I mean - more about that on fangrrl_squees, one of these days...
*Yawn* Bed now, methinks. I might have a bit more to say about the con in the AM, I might not...
1, moviegrrl I wonder if I should have bought you the I Dig Hot Zombie Chicks tee-shirt that I saw at one filmmaker's table...Tags: silicon
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To quote various folks on my F-List, if you're shocked by what happened in the twin cities, and want to do something, go give blood. ETA: It's needed.
I think I'll go see if the Red Cross is over their silly CKJ-phobia, tomorrow.
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