here's the original link for wonderflonium's page on the bad horse singers at dragon*con 2008, also known as tacnukesoul, ginevra007, werewulf, and tdjewell, AS SEEN ON THE DR. HORRIBLE DVD.

for serials:



(making of featurette #3: "what just happened": four minutes in.)

also: i can't stop listening to commentary: the musical! not that i should dare to have the nerve to be surprised.

also: ninja ropes is the new black crack.

the delightful wondermojz (seen here and here and here and here), has a benefit gig this wednesday night (12/03/08):
(The State Theater
220 N. Washington St., Falls Church, VA
(3/4 of a mile from the east falls church metro station, on the orange line)
703-237-0300
Doors 8 PM
18+
Cocktail Attire Suggested.)

to illustrate the value of the services provided by the washington animal rescue league, here is a picture of a sad, lonely kitten outside in the cold. snow is falling. it'll be dark soon.

see you there.

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morrigan condo, silver spring austin grill, 01 october 2008

i . . . had been waiting around, for a good long while, for brechtian punk cabaret to show up in my life. i wouldn't have been able to put into words what had been missing this whole time. at no point during lilith fair did i think "this place . . . needs more garter belts." and so on.

i'm going to see yard dogs road show on friday, because they were in the establishment tent at rothbury. i'm catching sandra bernhard's "without you i'm nothing" reprise downtown on sunday, which basically amounts to spending the autumn equinox at a jam session with amanda palmer's spiritual godmother. then three days with bread and puppet theater, but they're not the SLIGHTEST bit punk cabaret AT ALL. then world/inferno friendship society in two weeks, because that's where brian viglione took his drumsticks after leaving the sherwood stage.

. . . i'm still in the tent. i haven't left.


through a series of happy accidents, i've become personally invested in the success of this album.
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the album needs strong numbers out of the gate to place. which means, if you think you're going to get it, order today, not tomorrow.

pre-order (signed physical copy, and other things)
itunes link
itunes (extended) link
amazon link

[ETA: THE STORE HAS BEEN UPDATED! more shirt sizes! more options! book and cd! book and album!]

IF YOU HAPPENED TO WANT TO ORDER A COPY OF, SAY, THE ALBUM PLUS THE BOOK COMING OUT IN NOVEMBER BY KYLE FREAKING CASSIDY AND NEIL FREAKING GAIMAN, THIS WOULD BE THAT LINK RIGHT THERE.

you have Very Important Persons visiting from out of town. make sure that you get a good night sleep the night before of at least eight hours
nearly six hours
in the ballpark of four hours
. . . just remember, excedrin is the one with caffeine in it. the green bottle. no, the green bottle.

gather loose clutter from underfoot and then vacuum assemble the clutter in chic patterns to cover for the fact that you didn't have a chance to vacuum.

people whose opinion you care about may have cause to use your bathroom this weekend. don't forget to take the time to give it a good cleaning
at least wipe down the sink
hide the more embarrassing pills and ointments.

you may need to shuttle all manner of things and people all over town this weekend. so, wash your car
vacuum your car
clean out your car
push the trash under the seats.

you'll want to look your best this weekend, so be sure to get around to doing laundry swing in to target on the way and buy a clean shirt.

guests means clean linens. better make sure to have clean towels ready
call the friends you're visiting later and ask about using their shower instead
hopefully get around to emailing them about it, but if not, maybe they'll read this.

a real live Girl may see your bedroom at some point this weekend. make your bed, with fresh, clean sheets
strategically arrange the pillows and sheets so that it all doesn't look quite as bad.

make a detailed list of everything you're going to need and pack it the night before, so that you can load up your car on the way to work
make a detailed list of everything you're going to need and leave it all out so that you can find it and throw it in your car when you stop by home after work.
make a vague list of things you think you might need
just grab cylaume lightsticks and duct tape on your way out the door tonight, because, honestly, what can't be accomplished with cyalume lightsticks and duct tape?
while clothes shopping at target, try to remember duct tape, because there have to still be lightsticks in the car from that one time you did that thing back in july, right?

don't forget to bring photo paper to work so that you can use the dye-sublimation printer in the next office to print out some nifty photographs you've taken, and then stop by michael's to have them matted and framed and hung up on the walls before your friends get in
maybe they have photo paper downstairs
maybe that guy in the printing department will remember that he owes you a favor.

you only had photos from november of 2007 or so in your iphoto library before you backed up and erased the hard drive last week. find the hard drives with the relevant backups and concatenate all of the photos into one place in the new library. this will make it easier to find the photos worth printing out.
twenty-nine thousand five hundred and thirty four pictures? in only two and a half years? no wonder you can never find anything.

update your phone with the relevant phone numbers you're going to need
print out a good copy of the phone numbers you're going to need
see that stack of post-it notes?

money's pretty tight this month. but i had to do something.

i just donated $100 to barack obama's campaign.

that . . . felt really good.

took an unbelievable number of tries, but i finally got a picture of a shooting star through the telescope.

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(larger, slightly higher contrast, unlocked version for teh silmaril)

Tags: local, photography