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Have heard more from Patty. She heads to the site tomorrow, so not sure what contact will be like. She does have a mobile there now. I just have to wait to call until she can get in touch to give me a sense of her schedule there (since archaeology can often involve working 6 days a week and getting up at 5am and going to bed at 7pm). There have been stories involving monkeys and motorcycles.

Question for fellow academics/acafen: does anyone have any suggestions for academic work that is any of the following? I need to do some background reading and I need to cite some stuff for a small section in a paper I'm working on. Thnx.
- something that doesn't suck that looks asexuality in literature or media from a queer theory perspective
- old/bad/offensive material that presents asexuality as the absence of orientation instead of an orientation in and of itself

D&J meeting last night. We've got a scene and another song. It's really good.

Did you all see Rachel Maddow last night? I thought she knocked it out of the park, particularly with her words about why we tell stories about heroes. So compelling; so interesting to me for totally tangental to the context reasons.

Also? As much as I'm all "I support gun rights" I was flabberghasted to learn some of the stats she cited.

And in the name of not saying shit in 140 characters or less, I also want to note that I really, really support gun control; in fact I want a bumper sticker: "I support gun rights _and_ gun control."

I think people should be able to have and get guns legally. I also have no problem with waiting periods and no problem with bans on certain types of guns and gun parts that don't have legitimate sport, self-defense, or hunting applications (and let me just pause to say there's responsible hunting, and then there's cruel, evil, wasteful hunting).

And the carry laws in Arizona? Really really bad.

Yes, I've heard about Luhrmann making noises about shooting Gatsby in 3D (How many people emailed or tweeted me about this yesterday? Go on, guess).

You guys all know I loathe 3D, because it tends to give me a headache, and because Patty can't see it. That said, more organic 3D that's about something other than shit blowing up? Interesting (like that 3D Carmen that's happening). And if you look at the visual depth in the collage-style design of a lot of the marketing stuff Luhrmann's movies, I think you can kinda see what he's thinking. I also think that the unreality I feel more accutely with 3D films than 2D films despite what 3D is supposed to do works for Luhrmann's heightened reality aesthetic which demands the audience recognize itself as audience and participate.

Do I think it'll work? Dunno. Do I want it? see: 3D and I don't get along. Do I think this is a film experiment that someone has to try? Yeah. Luhrmann makes more sense than most as the guy to do it. I mean, think about what would have happened if Moulin Rouge! had been in 3D... it almost makes sense.

LfT: I'm loving not being on LJ. To the extent that I sort of want to be here even less. I knew I felt like I was suffocating, but I didn't realize how much. But I'm also trying to control the random brain clutter factor over there and like the social and fandom platform LJ provides. Also? Having LfT actually does make it easier for me to be here despite everything I've just said.

Kali and I are about 100 pages into our novel. About 30 of those pages will probably get killed is my guess, because we could spend days happily writing our characters talking about the weather. But oh man, this thing is ROCKING.

Who wants to suggest markets for a non-comedic story that I'm convinced isn't SF/F and technically has no supernatural content, but is narrated by a dead iguana who has feelings about cellular decay? I don't know where it came from, but it did.

I have ordered more things from Trashy Diva. Specifically a dress I've had my eye on for years, that finally went on sale for a price I was willing to pay. I think there's a lot to be said about my sense of female gender presentation through the lens of gay male culture and the whole thing where the only dresses I wear are from TD. Ya know?

Shit ton of work today. If I'm good and finish and the snow does seem too scary, I can go to ECD tonight. Right now work awaits.

Stuff you should know: http://lettersfromtitan.com/2011/01/11/psas/ (warning signs of stroke; floods in Australia).

Comments

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

Hey - thank you for your views on gun rights and gun control. I've been searching for a way to say, "I support both rights and control for gun ownership" but couldn't find the precise wording.

I'm so moderate at this point that I tend to flail when discussing politics (really, the only issues I am truly fierce about are abortion/reproductive rights and QUILTBAG rights; there may be more but I'm sick and fibromyalgia-struck and can't remember).
You nailed it. Is it okay if I quote you?

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Yeah, feel free.