Feb. 11th, 2010

starlady: (a sad tale's best)
Via [personal profile] coffeeandink and [livejournal.com profile] rachelmanija:

[info]con_or_bust is back! It's running another fundraiser to assist people of color who want to attend WisCon. Bidding on the auction will run from Wednesday, February 22, 2010 (12:01 a.m. Eastern), through Saturday, March 13, 2010 (11:59 p.m. Eastern). You may post auction offers and make donations now. If you are interested in requesting assistance, there is more information here.

Additionally, [livejournal.com profile] helptheproject, to benefit The Virginia Avenue Project, is still ongoing.


This morning I dreamed that my bird learned to talk and that when we took him out of his cage in the morning he said he wanted to go back to sleep. I immediately chalked that up as my subconscious taking on the form of my parrot to tell me what I already knew: I wanted to go back to bed. For the record, my parrot had a hoarse, ashy voice.

The snow is four feet high in my backyard and when I drove to work the world looked magical: azure blue sky and all the trees and the ground absolutely covered with white snow. It won't last, of course, but it's beautiful while it does.

Also, in a truly bizarre turn of events, today I was given, without any volition on my part, a perfect copy of Avatar. I think this means I'm just supposed to cave and watch the damn thing. On a similar note, I saw the trailer for the other Avatar failfest movie on TV last night, and...ouch. That movie could have been amazing! And yet it will probably save M. Night Shyamalan's career anyway.