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Today is the 5th of November. As an American, Guy Fawkes Day isn't mine (even to comment on the things about it that look pretty uncomfy to me over here). But, somewhat randomly, as a gay person the source of my knowledge of that day makes me clutch November 5th close. If you're not familiar with V for Vendetta and Valerie's letter, you can read it or watch it.

It's hard. I cannot always do it. But it would please me if you would today. It's why I came out. I cannot read I was born in Nottingham in 1957, and it rained a lot. I passed my eleven plus and went to girl's Grammar. I wanted to be an actress. without bursting into tears.

The whole thing is some of the most perfectly cadenced writing I've ever read.

Working late before I put that aside to do some other work. Am tired, will have a hard weekend of work too. But, on the other hand, am happy to do it this weekend instead of next weekend so it's all right.

The previously mentioned awesome smoked salmon is saving me. I eat it, and I feel bright and functional for a bit. I'm trying to cut back on the sausage/dairy/starch thing, but that's really all there is to eat here. First meal I want in the UK is, I think, vegetarian curry. Or sushi. Just, I love meat and cheese and right now I never want to see it again.

The thing about pressure systems and headaches here? Totally true. I woke up and felt AWFUL, but some paracetamol and a few hours helped.

The office is over a car park, and sometimes the lobby of the building smells like car fumes. It freaked me out, because of the Great Carbon Monoxide Incident of a few years back.

Today I wrote a new bio and some copy for the Treble Entendre website. I feel like I'm getting back in the game. And most importantly, Erica and the Webinatrix have been busting their asses so soon we'll have web stuff up and Inception: The Musical in your hands.

Speaking of, we're a bit in the Kickstarter U of a quiet donation time, and I know weekends are quiet on that front in general. RIght now we are at 64 backers for a total of $3,180 in pledges. I've decided that $3,500 by Tuesday night is a goal of the moment. If you've been thinking about donating and the timing is right for you... make my business travel day!

Olbermann suspended for donations. I am, to be frank, floored by this. Sure, we all know where his loyalties lie, but he always struck me as an old-fashioned newsman of the type I was educated to be: you don't donate, you don't register with a party, and, very traditionally, you don't vote. (Note: I am no longer a working journalist; I do all those things now). What the fuck? I think he's even spoken of the not donating/registering/voting thing in the past (although I may be misremembering), hence the level of my shock.

"I was born here, and the animals were born here, and we have lived together very well."

New York's rare family compounds.

Stop devaluing art. And people who make art of the same sort you do and who then do assholish things? Are still no reason to devalue art. Or fandom. Or you participation in either/both. Got it? Awesome.

I am, as you might predict, not quite able to keep up online as I normally do. If I need to know, please comment or email. Posting through an LJ client (I can't even see LJ or the web most times) and email are my only really reliable things right now, and even those can go out for hours at a time.

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Yeah, I must admit my enthusiasm for the fine traditions of baked potatoes and first degree burns waned a little when I actually studied that period in history. The image of Fawkes' signature before and after torture is one that's stayed with me. And I think it's easy to say, oh, it doesn't matter, it's not about Catholics any more, no one's thought like that for a long time - but that's only really true on the mainland, we've still got Northern Ireland just across the pond (and even where it is true, I think it has more to do with Christianity being less relevant in general, not down to enlightenment or anything).

I never get to go out anyway, I have to spend the 5th inside providing a solid platform for a trembling dog. It was Diwali too today, so it's been a loud one.