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I promised that if we reached $3000 in donations before my summer quarter final exam, I would wear a silly hat to it. Which we did, with a couple days to spare, so I did.



My students were very indulgent when I asked them to wave before taking their exam.



I continued to wear the Queen of Hearts ears all the way through the laboratory practical exam they had after the written one. Somehow, Disney Villain mouse ears seemed like the right combination of silly and wicked for a final exam day.

The video says everything I want to say about the DIY Science Zone at GeekGirlCon, so I'll just leave this donation link here.

I did a thing, inspired by quadrivium's song "Scattering Seeds on the Pomegranate Tour" also known as "Peppermint Ladies". If you haven't heard this one live, fix that the next time she's in concert. It features a number of Greek and Norse goddesses on tour as a band and support staff. Being the costumer I am, I was immediately inspired to design outfits for all of the ladies and cast an entire stage-full.
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If you are not currently reading Shadow Unit, you should be. It is this beautifully painful series about an FBI behavioral analysis unit dealing with an anomalous force that makes people superhuman serial killers.
In the latest episode, they go to Seattle. And at the very end, two of our heroes go to the Night Kitchen for cheese curds and escapism. The Mad Gastronomer shows them her restaurant. And they get to push the Button.

gfish's Jacob's Ladder made it into the story. For Reals.


Here is the link: http://www.shadowunit.org/ligature.html. Bounce down to Act V if you just want to read about the restaurant and the Button.


This episode also pokes fun at Aladdin Sane-era Bowie. <3

To the Very Very Big Seattle Concert

Thursday 09.09.10 - Fremont Abbey
Marian almost never plays with a band, but this September in Seattle it shall come to pass. Strings, drums (Jason Finn of the Presidents of the United States of America! Dude!), Vixy & Tony, and every good thing, including the unsinkable Molly Lewis opening (#freemolly!!!). Tickets are $10-13 with student/senior/military/disability/starving artist discount, $15-18 general admission. Tickets will be available for a discount in advance at http://mariancall.com as well as at the door. Purchasing in advance recommended. 8pm, all ages. 4272 Fremont Ave N, Seattle WA. NOT TO MISS!

Marian Call is currently touring all 50 states. You should catch her in one of them if you can. Next up: Atlanta GA, Vancouver BC, Bellingham WA, FL, SC, NC, VA, WV, TN, KY, and more. If you've not heard her before, find her music at http://mariancall.com/listen.php or http://youtube.com/mariancall.

http://mariancall.com
http://facebook.com/mariancallmusic
http://twitter.com/mariancall
http://twitter.com/molly23

My mother has opened an Etsy shop for her steampunk jewelry.

http://steampunkartyst.etsy.com

If you've seen my corduroy traveler's skirt, with the map insets and the dangly chains, or the earrings and pins I wear with it, you've seen her work. Unlike a lot of sellers, she takes watches apart down to the gears and base plates before reassembling them. I've never seen anyone with a design aesthetic quite like hers. She wires the bits together, which means they are sturdier than if glued and that they retain freedom of motion. (The gears spin, dude.) There are a few pictures of my personal collection underneath the cut.
If you or anyone you know wants some very distinctive steampunky accessories, please check her stuff out. I love it to pieces.

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Last call: does anyone want 18 months of Clearwire internet? You'd get the first month free, after that $35 including the modem. I've been perfectly happy with them, but tfabris wants to kill zombies online and won't use it.

Go ye forth and acquire Palimpsest.

It is Catherynne M. Valente's latest novel, and it is beautiful and sexy and wild and amazing. I know, for I have read it.

Vixy's copy is the first one the University Bookstore sold (Duane handed it to me off the cart) but it surely won't be the last.

For more sex and dreams and maps, watch for the S. J. Tucker/Catherynne Valente tour extravanganza, coming to all kinds of cities as well as to Norwescon. That one has special Kitten Sundae deliciousness included.

Right, Sooj has done another companion album. It is all over hawtness.

There is perfume, clothing, jewelery, and much more to be found.