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Sunday, February 7th, 2010
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9:24 pm - What's Vicki doing with her days?
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Some things I've been doing lately:
*Making jewelry out of honeybees encased in resin. I'm turning some of the winter die-off from the hive into beautiful natural art. I should be updating my inactive etsy site soon with a variety of necklaces and brooches from this project, as soon as I manage to photograph them and make a decision on what's reasonable to charge for them.
*Starting training as a labor doula and postpartum doula. I've been reading lots and lots of books, and trying to talk to people whenever I can. I completed a course in postpartum work this afternoon, and was just informed by my mentor that I will be able to attend my first birth with one of her clients in March. I'm still working with a lot of fear around this whole process, about my own abilities both as a caregiver and as a businessperson, but I'm also very inspired by this after having not been inspired by much for a while, so this is good. I'm trying to give myself permission to explore the "what if" without shutting myself down.
*Volunteering with Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic in NYC, which records textbooks for students with visual and reading disabilities. The reading is generally interesting and I feel like I'm offering something that uses at least some of my scientific background. Getting into the city for a few hours once a week has been good for me in terms of trying to ramp myself back up into a faster pace of living life again.
*Planning ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) lediva's epic 30th birthday bash. If you know her but somehow have missed getting an invitation to this, do let me know.
*Trying to get various things done in preparation for Morphicon. Deadlines for that are coming up much more quickly than I've been willing to admit to myself.
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| Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
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10:59 am - Stick in the mud lunch date planning
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Me: Let's have lunch.
Her: Great, usual place?
Me: Usual place is boring? How about other place?
Her: I don't like other place, how about other other place?
Me: Ugh, no.
Her: Okay, usual place, 12:30.
Me: See you there.
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| Monday, February 1st, 2010
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2:15 pm - Rose and Bay Award
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Voting has begun for the Rose and Bay Award, a new award honoring crowdfunded projects. The Crowdsource Tarot has been nominated (along with a bunch of other amazing projects by a bunch of other amazing people) in the "Other" category.
Go on over there, check out the links to some of the projects, and support the award by voting!
http://community.livejournal.com/crowdfunding/164525.html?#cutid1
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| Saturday, January 30th, 2010
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3:14 pm - Celebrity Doppelganger?
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There's this thing that is going around, or maybe it's done, that says to post a picture of the celebrity people say you look like. I don't recall anyone ever saying I looked like anyone else in particular, but on the other hand I'm not all that big on following celebrities.
So, do I actually look like someone else, of some level of fame, to you? Just curious.
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| Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
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1:56 pm - Signal Boost -- Queer Birthing Survey
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Here's a survey that's being done about the birthing experiences of queer women, especially those who ID as genderqueer or butch. She's having trouble getting sufficient data, and her results are Relevant To My Interests (TM), so I'd like to see her get enough data to do something publishable. If you qualify, please consider participating!
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5FFMZPM
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| Sunday, January 24th, 2010
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9:39 pm - Let me count the ways...
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| Thursday, January 14th, 2010
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1:08 pm - T-shirt Materials Liquidation Sale
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I'm going to be redesigning the Little Pagans piece of my business, moving the designs to one of the third party printers rather than printing the shirts myself. What this means is I've got a decent selection of American Apparel T-shirt blanks in my warehouse (aka basement closet) I won't need.
If anyone here would like to buy some or all of my inventory of blanks for somewhat below current wholesale prices, please drop me a line. I'll get you exact numbers if you are interested, but in general:
*Basic cotton baby tees in sizes 3 months-24 months in white, black, and natural, plus a few blue, yellow, and lavender, plus natural onesies.
*Toddler baby tees in size 2T- 6T in white, black, and natural, plus a few blue, yellow, and lavender.
*Adult (men's cut) tees sizes S-2XL in natural and black
*Youth tees from No Sweat Apparel, sizes S-L, in white, natural, and black.
I've got about 6-24 in each style.
Thanks for listening!
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9:10 am - Charity auction: Bee necklace
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Necklace: Frozen Honeybee with Amber and Pearl
The fandom auction machine is doing its magic again, this time to raise money for people affected by the disaster in Haiti.
I've donated a necklace to the auction, a frozen honeybee from my hive preserved in resin and presented with amber chips and gold-dyed pearls on a 20-inch necklace. It's really one of the more beautiful pieces I've done, and I am proud to present it. |
Please go over to the post and take a look, if this is the kind of thing that interests you.
And do check out the community ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) help_haiti in general. Tons and tons of cool offers of original work from some very wonderful authors, artists, bakers, and designers.
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| Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
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2:17 pm - Come see me sing!
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For anyone who will be in the NY area this weekend: I've finally gotten back to choral singing after a way too long hiatus. I'd love to see you at our concert this weekend!
Concert info is as follows:
The Winter Concert
Sunday, January 17, 2010
4:00 pm at the Chapel at Maryknoll
55 Ryder Road, Ossining, NY
The concert will feature Handel’s Foundling Hospital Anthem which concludes with his famous Hallelujah Chorus. This music was composed and performed as a fundraiser for an orphanage - out of the composer’s desire to assist the downtrodden - and includes such phrases as “Blessed are they that considereth the poor and needy.” A selection of Mendelssohn motets will also be included. The concert will take place at the beautiful chapel at Maryknoll with accompaniment by an orchestral ensemble.
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| Sunday, January 10th, 2010
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10:33 pm - Morphicon -- May 13-16, 2010
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I just realized I should have mentioned this here earlier, but it kind of slipped in the midst of all the planning. sythyry and I are going to be the Guests of Honor at Morphicon in Columbus, Ohio this year. It's been a while since we've done a con at high intensity, so it should be a lot of fun. We'll have projectmothra with us, for extra bonus craziness.
So come give us hugs and caffeine, play the new World Tree module we hope to have ready, get a live Crowdsource reading, and/or come take the little guy off our hands for an hour or two. We'd love to see you there!
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