i
was already behind on my writing when we went to stanfest 2002,
and as the bulk of the stanfest 2001
entry disappeared in the great laptop return of '02, i thought it
best to hedge my bets with this one. consequently, pieces of the trip
appeared with other entries whenever i got a minute to scribble down
the memories. unfortunately, they were never completed.
stanfest 2002: thursday;
friday 1 & 2;
saturday - monday (pictures only);
seeing charlie a'court on my birthday;
later musings on valdy, geoff berner,
carmaig de forest & ana bon-bon.
stanfest 2003: wednesday
& thursday (the journey down); friday;
saturday; sunday.
NEW! stanfest 2006 (the return of stanfest!): friday;
saturday; sunday.
warning: i've had to work hard to get these stories to you and i might sulk if they're not appreciated.
something
strange happened when i went on vacation to holland
to visit scherezade: i wrote it all down. slightly under a year later,
it's all up here for you to peruse. another late victory!
places visited include amsterdam
(twice!), antwerp, delft, den haag & utrecht.
warning: unsavoury marijuana
stories ahead.
when
i found out that dirk, stacy & i would be travelling east at the same
time, i envisioned a pleasant train ride. then they invited me to come
along with them to convergence 8, the net goth convention taking
place in montreal. i was cynical (i wouldn't be a goth otherwise.) it
turned into the best vacation ever.
warning: this is easily the
most postmodern document i have ever created,
with new levels popping up everywhichwhere. be ready to be confused.
:
diary & web archives
if
you're interested in the past, you might want to check out greek
drama, my previous online journal incarnation. long, long ago, before
online journallers had a convention, there was me in a rubber dress
and too many pictures of my acquaintences.
warning: i was a silly drunken
21-year-old through most of this journal. travel at your own risk.
a few years before this octopussy
diary site, i had the typical sensitive gurl website, complete
with broken-hearted poetry and a picture of me in a rubber dress. every
once in awhile, i think about the flotsam trapped on this defunct site,
and am moved to rescue the odd piece of drifting wreckage. So: here's
some old stuff...
there
is much additional superhero silliness at the homepage of tisiphone's
angels. features real photos, unlikely stories and the secretest
of secret identities.
yes,
i used to write for a small handful of univeristy of toronto newspapers.
most of the evidence has been mercifully buried in inaccessible archives
and my own personal scrapbook, but there are a few efforts that deserve
to see the light of day. such as the transcripts of two interesting
interviews: poppy z brite
and chris frantz, jerry harrison & tina
weymouth (a.k.a. the heads). a fun time will be had by some!
on
the day palaver was christ i took
many blurry photos. see them all!
warning: you may want to skip this gunk if you have
an important essay to write tonight.
:
weddings
the
wedding bug has hit these pages, and hard.
one fine august day i got
married to the redoubtable jimmy silverthumb (a.k.a. the boy). if
you'd like to see some of our many wedding pictures & read what i have
to say about the day, look no further! 'tis
here. i've been rescanning pictures in 2003, and adding a few choice
shots that missed the final cut - so it's almost something new. (but
not really.)
warning: before entering these
pages, you should have a gift-wrapped fondue set ready to hand over.
tho' two days are complete, i'm still working on the salty tale of preacher's privateers.
warning: it's hard to write when there's a baby tugging at your clothes.
contrary-wise,
if you'd like to read the chronicle of poet's wedding weekend,
you may find installments here: alpha,
beta, gamma,
delta.
warning: you may be seated
at table germany.
finally,
there's the wedding that began it all: the bride wore a 6 dollar
dress and the german groom wore a kilt in pixie
stix & q's big day.
warning: this wedding currently
inoperative.
just so you don't think that
i'm unable to go to a wedding without making an enormous honking deal
out of it, there are also less-elaborate accounts of these 7 weddings:
my nemesis cousin; the boy's father
and mother; the
cousin i like; bob & sparrow;
noizangel & spherewalker; loftwyr
& gilamonstre; opera sarah & leo.
:
miscellanious gunk
some
people come to this site via a search for lyrics
to "i put a spell on you" or various spells.
for those lost surfers, I have created 2 public service announcements.
warning: you may be disillusioned.
hang-outs
Ship
Of Fools is a witty, well-written and wonderfully
non-stupid site dedicated to Christian philosophy. They bill themselves
as "the magazine of Christian unrest," and they buoy my soul after a
run-in with an angry "don't you dare pray for me" atheist type. I've
done the odd Mystery Worshipper gig for them (see Joan of Arch) in return
for hours of thought & delight.
BookCrossing
is trying to make the entire world into a lending library. I have seldom
seen such a good idea given such elaborate development. It makes my
English-teacher glands go wild!
Canadian
World Domination is exactly what it sounds like. One of the funniest
Canadian sites I've ever seen in my life, if only for their creative
mix of stereotype and fact.
Jesus
Was Gother Than You proves the titular assertion dozens of times
over. I must admit that I was a skeptic at first, but their fishnet
proof made me a believer. I'm looking for this man / to tell him
of the Son of Man...
Wolfville
Pastoral Charge asked me to develop their website last year. Now
that I've moved away, I still visit the site and sigh.
I
can't really afford any of the cool clip art that Havana
Street has to offer, but I go there from time to time and glom up
some freebies. My December 01 design
used many, many of their adorable pictures.
the
usual suspects
(parents filed elsewhere.)
- alex
and amy m.
- were my beloved bridesmaids
- bethany
- is love, NYC-style.
- dodgyygirl
- is a woman of mystery
- erin
- is inspiring.
- javina
- always gives me lots to think
about.
- monstre
- understands how to love people.
- nigel
and stacey
- send only the best babygear
from texas.
- pamie
- is much more successful than
she used to be. still funny, though.
- pixie
stix
- my gremlin sistah
- q
- source of webspace & sass.
alla time, sass. sheesh.
- stacy
- gives off sparks & faerie
dust.
- wendy
- makes me spit on my keyboard.
(yes, I have a
LiveJournal. no, you cannot see it.)
much
thanks to cybersilvergrrrl for not objecting to the use of her superimage
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