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Chevenga's armour

Submitted by Karen on Sun, 02/05/2012 - 18:09

(Being a description prompted by a request from Meeks for guidance on what he is wearing during a certain juncture of the story she has undertaken to illustrate.)

Chevenga is not the kind of guy who wants to encase himself completely in plate, in part because his fighting style depends on speed. Wearing chain-mail in the Lakan war he hated for its heaviness (not the least because of his teen build) and so abandoned it for the Arkan war.

Tourism of the mind, Part II : Authenticity

Submitted by Karen on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 19:20

(Opening disclaimer: If the idea of spirit guides is too weird for you, just count it as my way of directly contacting the higher and wiser part of myself, okay?)

You might recall in the last update on the first Tourism of the Mind blogpost, I wrote:

Okay, I can boil the emotional imperative for me here into two little words.

Quit! Hiding!

A strategy from the courses I have been taking:

"If you feel a loss of power, it is because somewhere you are not being authentic... what are you hiding?"

Stop SOPA/PIPA - UPDATE 2

Submitted by Karen on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 19:25

UPDATE 02 (Jan. 20/2012): It's dead. For now. Singing the victory song.

UPDATE 01: Check out this Daily Kos post for screen caps of the most popular sites that participated in the protest. I doubt anyone could have used the world wide web yesterday and not become aware of the issue.

Tourism of the mind UPDATE 3

Submitted by Karen on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 09:34

Update 03: Okay, I can boil the emotional imperative for me here into two little words.

Quit! Hiding!

A strategy from the courses I have been taking:

"If you feel a loss of power, it is because somewhere you are not being authentic... what are you hiding?"

#SciFiSongs [PUN WARNING]

Submitted by Karen on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 18:46

As I write (8:47 a.m. EST, Jan. 10, 2012) the topic #SciFiSongs is trending on Twitter. Punsters and self-punnishers take note, the pundemonium is much more punitent and punicious than in... well, darn near any other trending topic I've seen. Examples:

It's The Endor The World As We Know It

Bridge Over Tribbled Water

We Will Grok You

Theme From The Pink Bantha

It's Not Easy Being Soylent Green

Wind Beneath My X-Wing

Alice's Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Vulcans of Swing

In the Naa'vi

I actually have a favourite minor character

Submitted by Karen on Sat, 01/07/2012 - 11:30

But before we get to that: A thousand pardons. I know this is a short list. I’m sorry if your favourite minor character isn’t on it. I'll do another poll for that.

As I said, I really have a favourite minor character.

(Oh, but then there's this other one, so-and-so, he's so awesome, and then... how can I prefer any over such-and-such, she's so amazing, and then there's-- )

End of 2011 breakthrough UPDATE

Submitted by Karen on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 06:25

(was "AN: No PA post yesterday")

"WRITING"

Submitted by Karen on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 11:12

You were warned. You had your chance to avert this. You did not take it.

(Ai-yae-oh, semana… kraseye…)
Uh, yeah, I- I- I- I'm on a drug called Chevenga
It's not available, if you try it once you’ll die young
The second Fire will come
And your children will weep over your root-crisped body, your root-crisped body

You love to keyboard?

Spoiler poll results

Submitted by Karen on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 17:54

Make your choice, adventurous stranger
Click "Show spoiler," bide the danger
Or wonder 'till it drives you mad
What would have happened if you had.*

[spoiler]
Phew! Your sanity is saved.

As of now people have quit voting for long enough that I ~~want to change~~ have changed the poll, and the lead is precisely evenly split between "Hate them," "Only reduce my reading enjoyment somewhat," and "I don't mind finding out."

People really prefer spoilers?!?? - UPDATE: spoiler button

Submitted by Karen on Sat, 11/12/2011 - 18:39

I’ll start by just quoting the blurb, on the website of CBC Books, for a radio segment aired on CBC Radio on Aug. 25, 2011, which Shirley told me about at the time, emphasis added.