Hey DC people!

Come check out the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Costume (and props) sale!

Sunday 1p-6p
Sidney Harman Hall
610 F St NW

Sure, there's lots of poofy sleeves and doublets and cosets, but we also do a lot of modern dress shows. The prices are great! (I think I might have a whole new Renn Fest outfit for $35).

Just in time for Halloween :-)

Artscape is this weekend!

The largest ourdoor art festival in North America ans it takes place in my back yard! Lots of vendors, music concerts (including Dionne Warwick, Robert Randolph, and CAKE), indoor theatre performances, dance shows, wild installation art, art cars, and no open container law!

All the festivites are FREE!

Any of you in the area, please come by! It's in the Bolton Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, so Chris and I will be having an unofficial open house Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Come soak up our air conditioning, use our bathroom (instead of the porta-johns), hang out on our deck, grab a cold beer, and then head back out to the festival on the next block.

It's the same weekend as Otakon, so all you who are down in the inner harbor cosplaying, grab the lightrail north to Mt Royal and come kick it with us!

I've always wanted to have John Lennon's bed from Help!

About a year ago the Maryland Lotto filmed a commercial on our block. I totally forgot about it (Tivo allows me to avoid commercials entirely), and just today thought to look it up on YouTube. Our house can be seen at about 43 seconds (where the man is being wheeled out in a gurney).

How am I just now learning about this You Tube video? Awesome

Hilarious!
Lyrics NSFW.

I have decided, forthwith, to include a new question in my annual year-end meme (which I posted earlier this week).

What are your favorite books read in 2008?
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Johnathan Safran Foyer
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo

I only read 13 books this year, and, admittedly, a handful of those were manga. I'll try to do better in 2009. I'm always looking for suggestions!

This has totally made my day :-)

Chris and I had been planning on honeymooning in southern Asia this February. A week in Vietnam, a week in Thailand, and maybe drop by Mumbai, India to visit our friends for a weekend.
However, due to the recent developments in Thailand and India, I'm starting to think we may want to re-consider our options.

So, I'm taking suggestions. Where do you think we should go? Think exotic, nice weather and somewhere that the dollar is relatively strong. We still like the prospect of Vietnam, so maybe something in that region (that has a protest-free airport). Bali? Singapore? Macau? Or something else entirely? Seychelles? Greece? Bora Bora? Argentina? Yucatan Peninsula? Cuba?

Maybe this Thai unrest will blow over and we'll go back to the original plan, but I'd like to buy some plane tickets soon...

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade got Rick Roll'd!
Epic.

I am so relieved.

Moments after the announcement, our neighborhood resonated with cheers, whistles, car horns, and people banging on pots and pans.

Even though I know my Maryland vote didn't count for much, it's so nice to be on the winning team for once!
(Well, as close to the winning team as I can get. I voted for Hillary in the primary.)

Now, let's see if we can weasel ourselves out of this outrageous recession and debt.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for my California friends. No on prop 8!

Kudos to Fallout 3 for use of the word "Hon".
Yea for video games set in the DC area and made by a Maryland company :-)

...and in other news, holy crap! 3 posts in 2 days. This is unprecedented!

From dmlou...

Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.

ahahahaha!

No more (and no fewer) than 2 words can be used... Have fun and try not to use the same answers as the person before you.............


..1. Where is your cell phone? ..............Other cushion
..2. Your significant other?.................Unspeakably awesome
..3. Your hair? .............................Needs cutting
..4. Your mother? ...........................Kick ass
..5. Your father?............................Friendly handyman

..6. Your favorite thing?....................World travel
..7. Your dream last night?..................The Who
..8. Your favorite drink? ...................Bubble tea
..9. Your dream/goal?........................Got it
..10. The room you're in?.....................Living Room

..11. Your ex?................................Long ago
..12. Your fear?..............................Stealthy slugs
..13. Where do you want to be in 6 years?.....Happy healthy
..14. Where were you last night?..............With husband
..15. What you're not?........................Always sensible

..16. Muffins?................................Preferably bagels
..17. One of your wish list items?............New car
..18. Where you grew up?......................Washington DC
..19. The last thing you did?.................Copy, paste
..20. What are you wearing?...................Work clothes

..21. Your TV?................................HD, baby!
..22. Your pets?..............................Sadly nonexistant
..23. Your computer? .........................Relatively new
..24. Your life?..............................Remarkably happy
..25. Your mood?..............................See above

..26. Missing someone?........................College friends
..27. Your car?...............................Needs replacement
..28. Something you're not wearing?...........Prom dress
..29. Favorite Store?.........................Craigslist ads
..30. Your summer?............................Air conditioned

..31. Love someone?...........................For always
..32. Your favorite color?....................Berry hues
..33. Last time you laughed...................Venture Brothers
..34. Last time you cried?....................Not recently
..35. Who will repost this?...................I dunno

On my drive to work today, my exhaust broke. Again. (In a new place, though. Jason's welds were wonderful for the old break.) I drove through DC dragging my muffler behind and parked at work. I shimmied under the car and lashed the sections of tailpipe together with bailing wire, which held up for the drive back to Baltimore tonight.

And, of course, the air conditioning doesn't work.
And the trunk could be more watertight.
And the back window doesn't really go all the way up.
And there is a small, slow oil leak.

I think it's time for a new car. The lack air conditioning is going to kill me.

If I'm going to have a semi-hoopty car with no air conditioning, than it should be something with style like....


or



instead of



So, what should I get? I commute a lot, so gas mileage is important, and I feel the need to haul lots of stuff around, so I'd prefer a small SUV or a hatchback. A Prius would be perfect....except it costs a lot of money. I also like the Toyota Rav4. I refuse to buy new--used only. Does anyone have suggestions of vehicles I might like for storage capacity and gas mileage??

chronoxaos and I have received many wonderful matching kitchen items since our wedding last month, which have taken residence in our cabinets. Our old stuff has been evicted to the kitchen table and is looking for a new home!
Before I post all this stuff on Craigslist, I thought I'd check in with you lot to see if any one is in need of kitchen accoutrement.
Everything is in excellent shape, just mismatched. Prices are listed, but really, I just want it gone, so gimme your best offer on... ( all this stuff )

So, I totally neglected to post here in the lead-up to the wedding detailing all the preparations, so I hereby present the following truncated description of ( planning our wedding... )

Standby for future posts of the wedding day itself!