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YAP #37

It's about me! (kinda)

You may remember that about a week back I listed some items that we found in our house while doing some spring cleaning. Well, I had listed some items on ebay as well. Two didn't sell. So, if you are female and wear either a size 8 or size 12, I have a box of nice clothes I'd love to send you for the cost of shipping (about $8). Email me if you'd like to see a picture or know specifics of what's in the box.

Please e-mail me at my profile addy asap, as I'd really like to get these boxes out of my house today. Thanks!

From Thessaly:

We need you Thursday! Come on down and put your admission Where Your Mouth Is as we start our charity concert series off with a bang:

March 24, 2005, 7:00PM - 10:00PM Jon Svetkey, Rachel McKibbens & Dawn Gabriel $15 minimum donation / $10 with student ID all profits benefit Abby's House

Jon Svetkey was one of the founders of End Construction Productions (with Ellis Paul, Jim Infantino and Brian Doser,) the songwriter collective that was the catalyst for the resurgence of the New England folk scene in the early 1990s.

In the mid-1990s, Jon opened for acts like Richard Thompson, Loudon Wainwright III, John Wesley Harding, Peter Case, Chris Smither, John Gorka, Cheryl Wheeler, Carrie Newcomer, Bill Morrissey, Danny O'Keefe, and Eddie From Ohio. He also headlined at dozens of folk clubs, colleges and coffeehouses throughout the Northeast and Midwest.

His first two solo albums, this is NOW and yeahyeahyeah, received tons of airplay on folk radio stations, as well as excellent reviews from critics and fans alike. His latest solo album, Take A Breath, was released in 2004.

Jon's songs have also appeared on the Dr. Demento Show, and a couple of compilation albums. Jon has also sung, or played some guitar, on albums by Ellis Paul, Don Conoscenti, and Jim Infantino to drop just a few names. And, in addition to serving as songwriter for The Loomers, Jon is has written a bunch of songs with Don White.

Rachel McKibbens lives in Brooklyn, NY, has appeared on Def Poetry Jam, represented Orange County, CA as their individual representative at the Individual World Poetry Slam Championships in 2004.

Dawn Gabriel lives in Boston, MA, and has been a local favorite for years on the spoken word circuit with her blend of wacky humor and cutting insight.

Abby's House is a multi-service, non-profit organization serving homeless and battered women and children. Founded in 1976 by a group of activists led by Annette Rafferty, Abby's House has helped thousands of women and children make their way out of the chaos of homelessness.

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Consuela has tickets she can't use tonight. (She also doesn't have Internet access during the day, which is why I'm posting this.)

I've got 1 or 2 tickets available to Elvis Costello in Oakland TONIGHT at the Paramount. (My sister is sick so she can't go). $45, 8 pm. Reply to my profile addy.

NYistas:

My sister's theater company's latest show:

It's that again! Time to come out for the time of your lives with those scintillating ruffians known as the Legitimate Theater Company and get cultured and liquored up at the VERY SAME TIME!

This time the Legitimates are tackleing their first Shakespeare play, Twelfth Night-- THE DRINKING GAME! And what better way to see this classic tale of cross-dressers in love than with a beer in one hand, an attractive stranger in the other, and a song in your throat.

This show is not to be missed. With as talented (and sexy) a cast as you can possibly find in any of Illyria--er, the Lower East Side, and more mistaken identity than you can shake your Pabst at, you will laugh, you'll cry, and you'll fall in love.

The Legitimate Theater Company presents Twelfth Night, Or What You Will: The Drinking Game, at the Slipper Room, one of New York’s sexiest and still scandalous hotspots. This is Shakespeare as it is meant to be: fun, fast, loose, and buzzed. Through the drinking game audiences will find themselves immediately drawn into the world of Shakespeare's classic comedy as they literally join the festivities. The actors will sit with, drink with, and directly engage the spectators as they perform the Bard’s tale of shipwrecked twins lost in a strange world. The play's themes of stasis confronting inevitable change, of morality colliding with hedonism, of sexuality and it's ambiguities, are delightfully underlined by this unique production.

Thursday: March 31st -- 10:00 pm
Thursday: April 7th-- 10:00 pm
Friday: April 8th-- 7:30 pm
Friday: April 15th -- 7:30 pm

Tickets are $5 at the door
No reservations required, but come early to get in close to the action!

[ETA that I saw the show last night, and it was fan-bloody-tastic. It's not just a good drinking game, it's damn good Shakespeare.]

Dallas-istas! [And such Teacher-istas as may be at the NSTA meeting in Dallas next week.]

I will be visiting your fair city for the National Science Teacher Association meeting. I'll be there from 3/30 to 4/3. If anyone would be interested in getting together for coffee or something in the evening, that would be great. [Profile addy's good.] I'm not an axe murderer or anything -- just ask Smonster and Amyth.

Who haven't posted here in a while. OK, maybe not the best reference.

But hey, Fred Pete's met me -- and still drops by b.org! Of course, he moved several hundred miles away from me years ago, but it's for job reasons I'm sure.

Oh, wait, Meara's met me several times. And still comes back to NC. Deliberately, even. I'm sure she'll testify that I'm not terribly dangerous, just maybe kinda dull. Right? Right?

<crickets>

High Hat #5 online now. [link]

The 2005 Hugo Award nominations have been posted. The complete list is here. The Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form list is of special interest:

* Heroes Part 1 & 2 - Stargate SG-1 (MGM Television / The Sci Fi Channel) Written by Robert C. Cooper; Directed by Andy Mikita
* Not Fade Away - Angel(20th Century Fox Television / Mutant Enemy) Written by Jeffrey Bell & Joss Whedon; Directed by Jeffrey Bell
* Pilot Episode - Lost (Touchstone Television / Bad Robot) Story by Jeffrey Lieber and J.J. Abrams & Damon Lindelof; Teleplay by J.J. Abrams & Damon Lindelof; Directed by: J.J. Abrams
* Smile Time – Angel (20th Century Fox Television / Mutant Enemy) Story by Joss Whedon & Ben Edlund; Teleplay by Ben Edlund; Directed by Ben Edlund
* 33 - Battlestar Galactica (NBC Universal Television / The Sci Fi Channel) Written by Ronald D. Moore; Directed by Michael Rymer

To be eligible to vote in the Hugos, you need to be at least a supporting member of Interaction, this year's World Science Fiction Convention, which is being held in Glasgow, Scotland in August of this year. More information on that may be found at the website linked above.

Cleaning out our closet, I found that I still have 2 complete Farscape: Peacekeeper Wars gift bags. These include t-shirts, comms, PK ident cards, "Farscape Fan" sign, Aeryn & John baby shower invitations, and tons of cards/bookmarks/etc.

They are free to the first 2 people who want them.

[eta: aaaaaaaaaand, they're gone! That was quick!]