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Angels and Airwaves (one of my favorite, all time, bucket list bands) is performing in Seattle in September at the Showbox. I am attending and determined to go regardless of whether it's by myself or with others.

That being said, if any fellow MUSHers live in the general area of Seattle might also be interested in going to the show, I'd love to have people to attend with. Large crowds are easier with familiar people as a buffer. It's a standing room only event with tickets running about $45 dollars after taxes and fees.

Hit me up in PM if this might be you.

Re Lucifer

Can I just say that the introduction of

***=Season 3 Stuff***

Death of the Author has always been an arguable topic. I don't have a problem with fanfic, and my days of reading it with any kind of direct interest are long over. Come to think of it, my favorite fics were always the ones that expanded the content of canon or were very, very obviously AU and intended that way, rather than "agenda fic", particularly of the sort that pushes ships that fandom becomes obsessed with (I'm looking at you, Sterek fans).

On rare occasion, a fanfic writer ascends, and it's rather nice - like for that one lady who Xena fanfic and actually ended up becoming a writer of some pretty good episodes.

So I can't honestly say whether or not I invest in the notion of Death of the Author, or maybe I kinda sorta do, but only in certain ways.

It's that time again!

http://greytwalkathon.org/seerockrun

Can you spare $5? Wanna help greyhounds? Or just look at adorable pictures of a greyhound? You know where to go.

I wouldn't call it "love" but it's pretty hilarious.

My character on a Heroes themed game had a brief involvement with a feature character on the show.

Last night during Aladdin I saw a trailer for a film in which my character's PB actress and that FC's actor will be starring together as the romantic leads.

My roommates had no idea why I cracked up so hard.

I think I may have mentioned here that I started with a nutritionist this past March. To be clear, my goal wasn't about weight loss. I wanted to eat better to recover my energy and get my blood sugar under control. I also wanted to learn how to eat properly, in terms of the foods I should be choosing. The physical therapy clinic I was working with for my hand introduced a nutritionist at one of their other branches, and since I really liked my PT team, I decided to give their nutritionist a shot.

I am so glad I did.

When we started she stated outright to me that her goal was not about weight loss, and that wouldn't be her focus. She also told me that she would never shame me for something I chose to eat, but she would encourage me to talk about why I might have chosen to eat something. And during our sessions, more often than not she would commiserate with me over how good different things taste. She took into account what kind of flavors I enjoy, reviewed menus with me of restaurants my friend circle frequented to pick items that would be better choices for me, etc. She also started giving me goals...small ones, gradually building on them, as weeks went by. I started with sessions each week, and now I'm at 6 weeks between each one.

I did a weigh in at my last one, two days ago. I'd dropped 14 lbs from my initial weigh in, without "dieting" being one of my goals.

Some of the stuff I've done:

• B12 vitamins, for helping convert food into energy.
• 48 oz of water per day. Most liquids could also count as part of water intake, like milk. She didn't cut me off from caffeine, but I began to need less.
• Eating breakfast. I wasn't when I started, but now I do, and the fuel it provides gets me further through the day without feeling drained.
• Switching most of my bread products to whole or multi grain.
• Increasing vegetable intake by introducing in terms of color. As in "add more color to the dish". The greens, reds, and yellows of vegetables make your plate prettier.
• Portion control. This, along with eating time, are definitely the hardest. Training your body to understand the proper signals is hard as hell.
• Eating time. I used to just gobble my food, and now I try to be more deliberate when eating. No counting chews or setting down my fork, just taking the time to process what I put on my tongue.

I'm sure there's more I'm not thinking of, but LSS this experience has been great and profound and I'm hoping I can keep it up.

@Ghost Deadwood is absolutely magnificent television. Between Ian McShane and Garrett Dillahunt (the latter of which plays TWO different rolls on the show, each one distinct) it's a great example of character acting at its finest.

@Auspice I have been ga ga for James McAvoy since he played Leto Atreides. I'm super happy with anything he's in.

Plus,. LMM is Lee Scorsby and I am 100% down with this.

I've done it, when I feel like there's more potential for a concept to be explored. It also gives me an idea of what works and what doesn't. There are still characters in my rogue's gallery that I feel bear further exploration, but I'm also pretty adamant about avoiding trying to force square pegs into round holes and putting them on games that would suit them.

Was able to access the website from my work desktop on Friday, but on the work week no longer able to. Am wondering if an upgrade is the culprit? Especially since I can access other Ares websites.

What's peculiar is that I can go to one of the other AresMush sites and log in and see the pages without any problem. It's only Gray Harbor I'm having an issue with.

@faraday
Websocket Error: Network Error 12029, A connection with the server could not be established.

I reckon its the firewall, although I can access the page from other devices on the same network.

Good luck, Meg! You'll be missed.

Yep. It becomes:

https://gray-harbor.com/error?message=

Is anyone else having difficulty with the website? I can pull it up, but the content won't populate.

I never thought I'd say this, but...

SANSA FOR THE IRON THRONE.

I'm going to see Angels and Airwaves in September!!

They practically never tour but along with the announcement they also released a new single! I am the happiest ever to happy.

My evening started off pretty good. Had a nice dinner, saw Captain Marvel with friends. Except for...

• The guy at the theater ticket counter who offered the unsolicited advice that we don't need to see Captain Marvel if we were planning on seeing Endgame.

• The after-the-fact discovery on facebook that someone I thought was a good friend had what was apparently an awesome birthday party.

• Someone else on FB deciding to spew anti-choice rhetoric on my wall.

I am so tired of people.

In the parking lot at the local mall, there are pedestrian cross walks with the usual black and white stripes. As my friends and I are crossing, so are a pair of women, who both get about three quarters of the way across and stop to consult their phones. And stand there, in the crosswalk.

"Hey," I say, "You might want to get onto the sidewalk."

Hey, I think, you inconsiderate twats might want to stop blocking traffic.

One of them looks at me and smiles, all, "Even though we're standing in a crosswalk?"

"People are crazy." I reply with a smile as my friends and I walk away.

I walk away secretly hoping they get run-over.

I just learned something mind-blowing - although admittedly it has no real relevance to my life, unless I go to a convention and meet the guy.

My 11th great grandfather is a fellow named John Harington, who many people credit with the invention of the flush toilet.

You know who else is a direct descendant of John Harrington?

So I can be all, "Hey, cuz!"

(Does this make me a Stark or a Targaryen or both?)