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I just heard one of my (normally intelligent) co-workers come out with the following, while discussing North and South American indigenous people (other co-worker speaks English as a second language, so she stumbled over the word indigenous:

"we generally call them "indigenous... That's where the common name of Indian comes from, it's an abbreviation of the word indigenous."

Well, that's the first time I've ever heard that theory. I'd love fomr someone to prove him right though =)

I'd ask what I was doing still awake, but I pretty much know.

Man, I'm not very smart.

Penelope and Haven bring to you our very first and sure to be a cirque du nuit of delights, The Haven Renaissance Faire.
( oontz )
We’ll start off the night with DJ Xero 9-10p, followed by the spine-crunching tag-teaming DJ Azrael and DJ Mothra

Broke your nervous system down last week at the Cyanotic release? Never fear! We have visual delights and tasty treats to feast your eyes and palates upon.

Yearn for the sensual undulations of Mahasti – a tribal bellydancing troupe
( swirl )
Glimpse into your future with Lady Stephanie who will be providing us with private Tarot readings.

Decorate your lovely limbs and faces with face and body painting from Two Gypsies Paint
( oontz )
Empty your wallet in the Hall of Vendors

Weyakins Designs
will be selling a vast array of handmade cloaks, jewelry, herbal bath teas, handscented incense, and original art!
( swirl )

Metalwares from Fairies and Nymphs

Hand-manufactured jewelry, sculpture, and art by Connecticut resident Shane Roland Helmick of Locks Lodge
( oontz )
18+/21 to drink $7/$5 9 pm - 2 am

:: Haven::
::cockswains and codpieces and wimples, oh my!::
every Tuesday 9-2am
::Diva’s of Northampton::
492 Pleasant St
Northampton, MA
Haven’s website
Haven’s myspace

Penelope and Haven bring to you our very first and sure to be a cirque du nuit of delights, The Haven Renaissance Faire.
( oontz )
We’ll start off the night with DJ Xero 9-10p, followed by the spine-crunching tag-teaming DJ Azrael and DJ Mothra

Broke your nervous system down last week at the Cyanotic release? Never fear! We have visual delights and tasty treats to feast your eyes and palates upon.

Yearn for the sensual undulations of Mahasti – a tribal bellydancing troupe
( swirl )
Glimpse into your future with Lady Stephanie who will be providing us with private Tarot readings.

Decorate your lovely limbs and faces with face and body painting from Two Gypsies Paint
( oontz )
Empty your wallet in the Hall of Vendors

Weyakins Designs
will be selling a vast array of handmade cloaks, jewelry, herbal bath teas, handscented incense, and original art!
( swirl )

Metalwares from Fairies and Nymphs

Hand-manufactured jewelry, sculpture, and art by Connecticut resident Shane Roland Helmick of Locks Lodge
( oontz )
18+/21 to drink $7/$5 9 pm - 2 am

:: Haven::
::cockswains and codpieces and wimples, oh my!::
every Tuesday 9-2am
::Diva’s of Northampton::
492 Pleasant St
Northampton, MA
Haven’s website
Haven’s myspace

Industrial / Rock group STREAK will be performing in studio this Thursday, 7/24/08, on Valley Free Radio from 9pm to 11pm! There will also be an interview and other fun stuff. Just head over to the VFR website and click on the "Listen Now" link!

Please pass this on or - respond to:

chelmsford_reiki@yahoo.com if interested. Thanks!


Subject: renn fair August, in need of models
From: "Chelmsford Reiki" <chelmsford_reiki@yahoo.com>
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Choice Treasures & Dark Sky Productions are organizing a RENN FAIR
Fashion show event on August 16th to gather used clothing donations for
a Mission to Ethiopia. There is a great need for adequate clothing for
the poor of the area.

With the support of Dina from
cloakmaker.com, providing the designs for the fashion show portion of
the event (2-3PM) and Maryann, cosmetologist for the ILN show "Just for
Today' we are expecting to meet our goal of 400 articles of clothing
donated for the Ethiopian people.

Chris Moran from Flash in Blue will be our MC, and the band will play a
live acoustic set after the fashion show. (3-4PM)

This
is an all ages event. Vendors and merchants are renting tables for the
event ($35). We will have local artists, crafters and vendors and to
complete the mystical atmospheres of magic and Renn Lore, our special
guests (Harry Potter Characters) are planned to make an appearance.

We need a couple of models willing to donate their time to the success of
the project.

Please hit reply with your level of interest

LucY





Lou Ann Diamond
Producer ~ Just For Today show
Organizer ~ Choice Treasures Events
Founder ~ Intuitive Life Network Org
Teacher ~ MasterLucy.com, Gemjin.com


Marketing Events http://www.choicetreasures.com


********

Ms. Anderson Lynne Mar
Owner/CEO, Dark Sky Productions (artist management and booking)
Co-Organizer, NE PGM Festival (http://www.nepgmfest.com)
General Manager, School of Rock (http://www.schoolofrock.com)
Email: OTHNIEL77@yahoo.com
http://www.myspace.com/Othniel77

Ceremony presents: ARCADIA
Dark, electronic, pulsating beats, retro re-invented.

Giant 8-bit games, music and video
that will make your head explode.
Brightly colored/retro/ironic attire encouraged.

DJs Mothra & ZNUH
Alexxxan 9-10 PM

An Tua Nua
835 Beacon St, Boston

$5, 21+ 9p-1a, FREE before 9:30 

 

Ceremony presents: ARCADIA
Dark, electronic, pulsating beats, retro re-invented.

Giant 8-bit games, music and video
that will make your head explode.
Brightly colored/retro/ironic attire encouraged.

DJs Mothra & ZNUH
Alexxxan 9-10 PM

An Tua Nua
835 Beacon St, Boston

$5, 21+ 9p-1a, FREE before 9:30 

Thank you everyone who came out this past week to Sanctuary at our new
venue! If you haven't been to the new venue yet, come check it out!
The City Cafe is a good-looking space, and drinks are extremely
affordable - $2 shots, and $3 well drinks!

This week at Sanctuary we're delighted to have Penny Dreadful and the
Shilling Shockers back as they present "A Midsummer's Nightmare;" a
Shakespearean-inspired night of fairies and goblins, spun with Penny
Dreadful's own unique twist! Penny Dreadful's Shilling Shockers
television show is now syndicated on 80 different local networks; if
you don't have them on yours, then call your local provider and tell
them you want them!

More information on Penny Dreadful can be found on their website:

http://www.shillingshockers.com/

And, of course, you can always find out the latest happenings at
Sanctuary at our myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/sanctuary_ri

See you there!!

( flyer behind the cut )

Thank you everyone who came out this past week to Sanctuary at our new
venue! If you haven't been to the new venue yet, come check it out!
The City Cafe is a good-looking space, and drinks are extremely
affordable - $2 shots, and $3 well drinks!

This week at Sanctuary we're delighted to have Penny Dreadful and the
Shilling Shockers back as they present "A Midsummer's Nightmare;" a
Shakespearean-inspired night of fairies and goblins, spun with Penny
Dreadful's own unique twist! Penny Dreadful's Shilling Shockers
television show is now syndicated on 80 different local networks; if
you don't have them on yours, then call your local provider and tell
them you want them!

More information on Penny Dreadful can be found on their website:

http://www.shillingshockers.com/

And, of course, you can always find out the latest happenings at
Sanctuary at our myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/sanctuary_ri

See you there!!

( flyer behind the cut )

re-live the past and explore the future
...a special one night return...
CHROME
Friday August 15

new and old-school industrial, electro & goth with
DJ CHRIS EWEN
your fave bartender TERRI mixes the cocktails

win a pair of tickets to see
IAMX and Hypernova
live @ T.T.'s on Tuesday Sept. 9

9pm-2am. 18 plus. $7 cover.

T.T. THE BEAR'S PLACE
10 brookline street, central square, cambridge
www.ttthebears.com 517-492-BEAR

so, i finally spoke to my friend heather the other day. i was having nightmares about her, so i was really relieved to hear that she was reasonably okay. she is the kind of person that always helps everyone, no matter what they need or if they deserve her help, but never asks for help herself. i am trying to be more aggressive about being there and calling than i normally would be. i am not like that at all, but i think in this case, it will be a good thing. i know she likes to feel important. and she deserves that.

yesterday, i attempted to make a version of one of the leaf pen and ink drawings that i did, but all in collage. i tried to research online how to do fine papercut collages, and just didn't come up with anything. i was unhappy with the result i got, and in many hours time was not very far along. if anyone has a good source for really elaborate collage how-to info, that would rock. basically, if you imagine the leaf in the above picture composed of tiny pieces of paper for each different patterned piece, and then i would use ink and/or gouache for all of the linework and possibly more pattern, shoot it to me. gah. anyway. i am keeping on it.

i have been working on knitted pieces for fall, i need to communicate with the boutique i am hoping to work with and try to find some more. i am so broke at the moment (broke as a joke), and i am hoping that fall will be financially better for all of us. again, i am really trying to use this less busy time to get more fine art done and attempt to enter more shows, try for more opportunities, try to get into some galleries. i am no good at it. i get so overwhelmed. i am really disorganized, through and through. i have a poor memory, so i need to not only write things down, but be able to see everything all the time. it is very frustrating. i don't know how to overcome it. i need a manager. i really do. i can put my head down and do the work, no problem. everything else? problem.

i had a fit of exhaustion today. i just felt really out of sorts. it is that time of the month, so i am crampy and have had some degree of headache or migraine at all times. i talked to barbe whilst getting different odds and ends done, i got off of the phone to get some of my work done that requires more thinking and just felt sick as hell. i had to lie down and ended up with the usual conking out, totally fell asleep, and when i woke up after jake got home, i felt horrible, full-on migraine. so i totally should get off of the computer. i do have a few links to share with you before i do...
okay, sonoshii blog. her work...wow. and she has amazing links, too. le swoon. her work literally speaks to me. i feel like i get it. if that makes sense. or even if it doesn't. what else? lovely work from an artist whose work i have had on my flickr contact list for ages.

my head is a-aching, so off i go. i really am trying to be better at blogging, like i used to be.

mwah!
n.

You may have noticed, perhaps happily, my silence with regard to the Oldsmobile. Well, the project has continued to present, um, challenges to learn from, and I've been feeling down about it. However! A sexy Stewart-Warner speedo, a layback shifter stick, fully-functional A/C, premium Copper header gaskets, and improved engine tuning are all in the works. Chop-Shop Customs has promised delivery on or before the beginning of next week.




You may have noticed, perhaps happily, my silence with regard to fishing. I've gone casting from shore at all times of day and night, tides incoming and outgoing, throwing live, fresh, frozen, and artificial baits from The Canal to Plum Island... Yeah. My targets, blues and stripers, are scarce this year, and they've grown wary after decades of pressure. I haven't caught shit. However! It is a pleasure to be outdoors, and every week I get a little closer to ferreting out the closely-guarded secrets of succesful surf casters, creatures even rarer and more elusive than the damned fishes.

an upgrade that... didn't go well.

12 1/2 hours later, and it's passable.

grrrr on me for not hearing what someone said and grrr on someone else for not being more clear.


This was, of course, supposed to be the 45 minutes of work before the rest of my day started. Hahahahaha

*sigh*

I'm going to bed now.

( With Poi Performance! )

Come and say hello!

I can't wait to see everyone!
 
WEDNESDAY
7-8pm > Signing at the DC booth
 
THURSDAY
2:30-4pm > Signing at the DC booth

4-5pm > PANEL – Minx: Your Life in Pictures (Room 10) — In its first year, Minx found a whole new audience by creating original graphic novels for teenage girls. This year, Minx is breaking all the rules with another onslaught of amazing books. Panelists include group editor Shelly Bond and creators Cecil Castellucci (Janes in Love), David Hahn (All Nighter), Ryan Kelly (New York Four), Deborah Vankin (Insta-Life), and Brian Wood (DMZ, New York Four).
 
FRIDAY
12:30-2pm > Signing at the DC booth

5:30-7pm > Signing at the DC booth
 
SATURDAY
10-11:30am > Signing at the DC booth

2:30-4pm > Signing at the DC booth
 
SUNDAY

10:00-11:00 > The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd LIVE! (Room 8)— You can participate in a LIVE recording of the podcast the LA Times calls: “A Prairie Home Companion for kids!” Set your imagination to fun with Dr. Floyd as he travels through time trying to thwart the plans of his arch-nemesis Dr. Steve in this family-friendly hour of laughter, music, and audience participation. This program features show stars Doug Price (Star Trek IV) as Dr. Floyd and Grant Baciocco (Henson.com podcast) as Dr. Steve, along with special celebrity guests: the legendary Chuck McCann (Sid and Marty Krofft's Far Out Space Nuts),Frank Conniff (Mystery Science Theater 3000), Moira Quirk (Nickelodeon's GUTS!) and, quite possibly...you!
Categories: Kids

WHICH NOW ALSO STARS DC COMIC'S OWN CECIL CASTELLUCCI!

1:30-3pm > Signing at the DC booth









 

Dead Pool
Sunday, July 27th
Goth/Industrial/New Wave/Electro/Synthpop/Whatever & Billiards with DJ Chris Ewen
( Dead Pool Flier... )
18+ $3 Doors at 8pm.
All Pool Tables are free for use after cover charge.
Kitchen open until 11:00pm.
Parking is easy. There is street parking as well as a parking garage nearby
or take the Red Line to the Kendall Square T Stop.

Dress Code: Goth/Industrial/Casual
No Baggy Jeans, Athletic Wear, Timberlands, Game Jerseys or Baseball Caps

Flat Top Johnny's One Kendall Square Building 200 Cambridge, MA 02139
Xmortis.com/deadpool/
Flattopjohnnys.com
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( Xmortis - Cape of Fear, August 8th... )

Dead Pool
Sunday, July 27th
Goth/Industrial/New Wave/Electro/Synthpop/Whatever & Billiards with DJ Chris Ewen


Click Here to RSVP

18+ $3 Doors at 8pm.
All Pool Tables are free for use after cover charge.
Kitchen open until 11:00pm.
Parking is easy. There is street parking as well as a parking garage nearby
or take the Red Line to the Kendall Square T Stop.

Dress Code: Goth/Industrial/Casual
No Baggy Jeans, Athletic Wear, Timberlands, Game Jerseys or Baseball Caps

Flat Top Johnny's One Kendall Square Building 200 Cambridge, MA 02139
Xmortis.com/deadpool/
Flattopjohnnys.com
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( Xmortis - Cape of Fear, August 8th... )

The exhaustion is worth it when I get to overhear Widget telling her frined (when she thinks I'm not listening) "oh my gosh, my mom and I had the MOST PERFECT day ever yesterday."

Now if only I could get her to remember that the next time I'm the "meanest mom ever", and get her to understand a littlePERSPECTIVE on life, things would be perfect on this end too.