There's a new lesson up at Gothic Charm School: Raising Babybats; or On Being a Gothy Parent.
And now my boy's in love. All hearts and flowers. But, doesn't it freak you out that she used to change your diapers? I mean, when you think about it, the first woman you boned is the closest thing you've ever had to a mother. Doing your mom and trying to kill your dad. Hm. There should be a play.
Angelus ,'Damage'
Sunnydale Press
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Atropa - Mar 27, 2007 6:48:58 pm PDT #2284 of 4091
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Allyson - Mar 28, 2007 4:37:24 am PDT #2285 of 4091
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Kat had an emergency c section last night.
It was scary, but mama and babies (Noah and Grace) are doing fine.
Babies are breathing on their own.
They'll be in the hospital til July, because they still have a lot of cooking to do, but Kat will be out in 3 or 4 days.
She can't have visitors, yet, but said to of course post and let everyone know she's fine, and the doctors and nurses all sound very positive. She gave birth late last night, and the kids are going strong this morning.
ETA: They are a pound and a half each.
Daisy Jane - Mar 28, 2007 11:39:56 am PDT #2286 of 4091
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Y'all may remember a while back a friend asked me to be in his entry for Fox's On the Lot project? Well here I am! (I play the whore what gets smacked). Mr. Jane is in it too.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 29, 2007 3:22:22 am PDT #2287 of 4091
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Boston-area-istas, I just noticed this and thought it might be of interest: [link]
Jon B. - Mar 29, 2007 4:57:55 am PDT #2288 of 4091
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Actually, there\'s a Buffy Sing-a-Long national summer tour: [link]
Miracleman - Mar 29, 2007 5:50:37 am PDT #2289 of 4091
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
So. Um.
It had been a sorta crappy day yesterday. Not the "Ides of March" crappy that everyone is (rightly) moaning about, not the "step OFF, March!" kind of day...but kinda just generally, banally crappy.
And then...
You guys know who you are, and, again I thank you.
There was a quote that popped to mind last night...I couldn't remember the exact words, so I had to go look it up.
“I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.” - Maya Angelou
And in looking it up I also found this one, which I found wholly appropriate:
“Beauty and grace command the world” - Park Benjamin
As do my Buffistas, in their way, with their inestimable Beauty and Grace.
Thank you.
Jessica - Mar 31, 2007 6:11:03 am PDT #2290 of 4091
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
FREE STUFF!
15GB Dell Digital Jukebox with carrying case, sync cable, and charger cable. No installation CD (but you can probably download drivers from dell.com). Not Mac-compatible as far as I know. [taken!]
Mostly-dead Compaq Presario laptop, CM2080 series. I have no idea what OS it's running -- it came with Win98, but we may have upgraded to XP at some point. Power supply and hard drive are both seriously wonky -- this is not a reliable computer, but might be useful for parts.
Both free to a good home (or an abusive one...really we're not picky!) for the price of postage. My profile addy's good.
Pix - Mar 31, 2007 8:25:31 am PDT #2291 of 4091
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
LAistas:
If anyone would like to join Tom Scola, the Miracleborns (complete with REALLY CUTE princess), and ND & me at our house on April 8th (yep, that's Easter), the Empress and I are making a full-on brunch. We'll be having Noah's bagels, various types of eggs, bacon, huevos rancheros, smoked salmon etc. etc. etc.
Email me if you're interested and I'll send you directions and add you to the food count.
victor infante - Apr 01, 2007 1:24:38 pm PDT #2292 of 4091
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
That's right -- it's time to mark your calendars! SoCal's prodigal poets Victor D. Infante & Lea C. Deschenes return to their old stomping grounds for the first time in more than a year with a pair of shows in Los Angeles and Orange County! Both poets have been busy writing this past year, so expect to hear a lot of new poems and see a couple new chapbooks. Exciting!
April 15, 2007 Poets Beyond the Half-shell
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
681 Venice Blvd.
Venice, CA
6:00 p.m., $7, $5 students, members free.
April 18, 2007 Two Idiots Pedling Poetry
The Ugly Mug
261 N.Glassell Ave.
Orange , CA
7:30 p.m., $2.
About the Poets:
Victor D. Infante co-founded some of Southern California's seminal poetry readings, including The Near-Infamous Poetry on Thursdays at Huntington Beach's Java Garden and the Big Damn Poetry Slam at the Blue Cafe in Long Beach. Even after moving to Worcester, Mass., he's continued to write about poetry for OC Weekly, and is the editor in chief of The November 3rd Club, an online literary journal of political writing, and the author of the How To Succeed As A Failing Writer column for GotPoetry.com. His work appears in a goodly number of publications, including the forthcoming anthology Spoken Word Revolution Redux.
Lea C. Deschenes is a veteran of several slam teams, and will receive her MFA in Poetry in July 2007. Author of eleven chapbooks, she was a 2004 Jacob Knight Award recipient and a 2000 Pushcart Prize nominee. Her work has appeared in several publications, including Ballard Street Poetry Journal, Henniker Review, Spillway, Snakeskin, Incidental Buildings & Accidental Beauty and So Luminous the Wildflowers.
Atropa - Apr 02, 2007 8:36:01 am PDT #2293 of 4091
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I'm in the news! The interview I did with the Toronto Sun is up today. [link]
(If anyone could help me get a print copy of the interview, that would be swell. Apparently they used a photo I sent them in the printed paper and everything!)