Wash: Mal, your dead army buddy's on the bridge! Zoe: He ain't dead. Wash: Oh.

'The Message'


Sunnydale Press

Having a party? Organizing a local F2F? Know something that we all really need to know? Announce it! Want to discuss anything posted here? Take it to Natter. Any natter here will be deleted.


Jon B. - Jul 30, 2012 8:06:20 am PDT #3524 of 4089
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Strix - Jul 30, 2012 11:58:06 am PDT #3525 of 4089
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

erinaceous's company, Wordnik, is hiring for a ton of tech-related positions! [link]


EpicTangent - Jul 31, 2012 3:58:14 pm PDT #3526 of 4089
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

LAistas - the daughter of my co-worker (One of the ones I like!) has a play opening (she directs) this week - "the LA premiere of Amy Freed’s Kesselring Award-winning 1995 play The Psychic Life of Savages, opening at Los Angeles Theatre Center on Tuesday".

[link]

Looks interesting, but it's not running on weekends (apparently the theatre is cheaper weeknights and some of their fundraising fell through [see article] so weeknights only), so I'm unlikely to catch it.

Anyway, take a look if so inclined!


chrismg - Jul 31, 2012 6:07:24 pm PDT #3527 of 4089
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

Hey, gang, I will be vacationing in Washington DC from Aug 14-Aug 16. Anyone interested in meeting up, profile addy is good, or I'll be checking Natter.


Typo Boy - Aug 01, 2012 1:49:42 pm PDT #3528 of 4089
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Hi folks. Operation Recovery has a tumblr up with some really great art by veterans. [link]

Operation Recovery is a project of Iraqi Vets Against the War trying to get care the many many vets who are still denied care due either failure to diagnose PTSD, or who were raped or sexually abused and who ended up being disciplined while their rapist or abuser walked free. It is a good cause, and really good art. (I played a very small part in getting the portfolio into Tumblr form.) Well worth taking a look at.


Jon B. - Aug 07, 2012 10:23:03 am PDT #3529 of 4089
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I love my town:

Call for Entries: The BIG BAD

Submission Deadline: August 25, 2012

https://www.facebook.com/notes/jenn-harrington/call-for-entries-the-big-bad/10150607846729210

The Nave Gallery
October 6–28, 2012
Curated by Jenn Harrington

The most wicked adversaries of our imagination return again and again—Buffy the Vampire Slayer's The Master, Mayor Richard Wilkins III, Glory, The First; Dr. Who's the Daleks, the Cybermen, Bad Wolf; Harry Potter's He Who Must Not Be Named; and Battlestar Galactica's "all this has happened before, and all this will happen again." Never mind the classic agents of nightmares—the Devil, the Grim Reaper, the Undead, and untold more. And while our mayor may not ascend into an actual enormous snake, and our lovers do not usually turn to soulless vampires bent on destroying the world via demon-resurrection, and our best friend's eyes don't normally flick to black due to dark magic, there is some authenticity in those images.

In a land not so far away, where everything seems quite big and terribly bad, The Nave Gallery asks artists to submit work that mirrors their vision of The BIG BAD. Whether it be the repo man, banks, politicians, the ex, the evil step-parent, the monster in the closet, the tick-tock of a bad heart—we are looking for true representations of the foes that wreck our homes, our health, our families, our childhoods. The bump in the dark of night, the shadow lurking in the corner of your eye, those things that haunt us even if we've buried it four times over, The BIG BAD aspires to show that the real-world adversaries threatening our ruin are close companions to the phantoms locked in our imaginations.

Visual artists working in all 2-D and 3-D media (including video and installation) are invited to submit work.

Applicants must submit:
• Up to four (4) images of work relating to this theme submitted as jpeg files on a CD-Rom (300 dpi). An image list including title, dimension, media, and date for each work submitted. For digital submissions, please label each file (artistname)(title).jpg. All disks must be labeled with the artist’s name, title, dimension and medium
• One paragraph describing your interpretation of how your piece represents the theme of this show
• A current artist’s CV
• $15 entry fee payable to The Nave Gallery (NOT refundable)
• SASE with adequate postage for return of materials

Mail entries to: The Nave Gallery (Attn: Jenn Harrington), 155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville, MA 02144

Calendar
August 25, 2012 Entries Due
September 1, 2012 Notification of Acceptance
September 26, 2012 Delivery of artwork
October 6–28, 2012 Exhibition will be on display
October 6, 2012 Opening Reception
November 3, 2012 Return of Artwork


sj - Aug 07, 2012 12:53:09 pm PDT #3530 of 4089
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

If anyone has been interested in doing Kiva loans but hasn't tried it yet, ping me at my profile address for an invite. For every new person I can get to sign up to the website I get a free $25 to lend for free.


§ ita § - Aug 12, 2012 3:12:45 pm PDT #3531 of 4089
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't know if anyone here reads any of Denton's range of sites, but if you agree that the recent changes broke more than they enhanced, one of the users has written an extension for Chrome and Firefox that restores your post reading experience pretty much back to the old view. And, while I'm here, I might as well share a snippet of javascript that sets your cookie to default your front page view to "blog"--chronological entries.


le nubian - Aug 23, 2012 2:57:16 pm PDT #3532 of 4089
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I have some mystery novels that I would like to get rid of. I am happy to send them to a buffista or take recommendations for donations. If you have recs for donations, can you put them in Natter. If you want them, poke me at my profile addy.

[link]

pw: buffy12

There may be more (when I open more boxes) , but this is what I have right now.

UPDATE: all are spoken for. thanks!


Typo Boy - Aug 26, 2012 2:25:33 pm PDT #3533 of 4089
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

I have a horror work in progress, "Deadlands". The first chapter is done. If you want to Beta, contact me. My profile addy is good. Opening paragraph:

Jill pedaled down a Seattle road completely free of cars, expertly maneuvering her bicycle around rag-clad beggars so thin their bones were visible. Spectral carriages flashed above her. Clouds showed faintly through the ornate trimmings and fire-breathing horses as they pulled their loads to destinations across town or across the world. Carthaginians riding war elephants and Germans riding Panzers streaked overhead, enslaved dead traveling to carry out gruesome missions. Jill paid no attention to the sky, or to the blue lights flickering in every window at 7:30 in the morning. All houses were haunted now.