sundries

[rm]

Man beaten for being gay in New York City.

I wish Karl Lagerfeld would stop saying so much offensive crap about food and weight (via fabricdragon) (btw, if you read what he has to say a lot, which I do, you can see that his size-ist stuff really comes out of his own issues and self-hatred), because I find him really fascinating and incisive on a lot of other topics. But man, he is such a toxic arse on this topic. Even other people in the fashion industry find his stance on this stuff appalling.

So it appears I'm really going to Zurich. I should have the plane tickets this week. I am... more or less completely zen about it as regards work and my real life and all that, which was not the case when this first sort of came at me. I'm sure I'll still find some reason to be weirded out by being in Switzerland (with my pinstripe suit and my fucking greatcoat) in the middle of NaNoWriMo. Also, should make a note to go over to the Sprint store and see what the deal is in terms of my phone and Europe. I don't want to be unreachable there, and fear I may be without serious intervention.

You folks make me want to have a what are you doing to ruin SF? poll every day. You are all awesome.

I finished Risk Assessment, more later. Thumbs up.

The home Internet is out again. *growl*

Last night (after an emergency B&N Internet run) we ate our baby klari cheese peppers and the paprika that we grew. We're pretty awesome. We've also started cooking and eating together a few nights a week (something we haven't done before, because my dietary restrictions, our food preferences and our schedules has made it hard). It's awesome and time-saving.

This weekend is the Regency Assembly in Connecticut. The weekend includes a night of dancing, period food, and a day of period games and refreshments. It is not too late to join us (period attire encouraged but not required). Info:
Front | Back | Registration Form
(if you decide to register, best not to do it via mail at this point -- comment here for paypal or other info)

Going to marrus's book launch party cabaret thing on Thursday. Now that I don't have to try to fit it in a suitcase, I can get her book.

Some guests have already been announced for Dragon*Con 2010. They are hilarious to me for reasons of embarrassing personal history. Also: I am really glad my hair is short at present (even if it does need a cut). That is all.

Comments

[ckd]

Since rm is on Sprint (which uses a different system), I'm pretty sure that phone won't work at all in Switzerland. T-Mobile is GSM, and if you have an unlocked GSM phone with the right set of frequency bands (often called a "quad band" or "world" phone) you can just swap in a local PAYG SIM card.

That's what I do when I go to the UK; I have a Virgin Mobile PAYG SIM that I can drop into my phone. It means my US number is no longer available for people to call me on, but it also means I'm not paying insane roaming charges.

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

...Ah. Thing is, my GSM phone is locked, as far as I can tell, since I'm on a contract. It made more sense at the time to get a whole 'nother phone. But yes, switching out SIM cards makes sense.

[ckd]

It's worth asking T-Mobile if they'll unlock it; IIRC they will do it before your contract is up, if you're in good standing and have had it for a while.

If your phone just has the US bands (850/1900) and not the European bands (900/1800), then unlocking it isn't useful for this; it still makes the phone easier to sell to someone in the US/Canada if you ever need to, so you may as well.