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Jul. 24th, 2009 07:54 pmI am behind on all sorts of things I meant to comment on or get back to people about. If you are one of them, you should probably remind me.
1. There are two different discussions about cover art going on right now in the SFF part of the internet. One of them is mature, well-reasoned, and talking about the ways whitewashed covers perpetuate systemic racism. The other one is about using women's bodies to sell magazines and has Harlan Ellison in it.
2. My co-worker has finally figured out what to do with the Royal Mail bags. The library has a softball team that plays in the on-campus summer league, which is mostly made up of staff and grad students. My co-worker is one of the organizers of the team, which means he brings refreshments (ie, beer). The Royal Mail bags are to disguise the fact that the office fridge is full of beer.
3. Someone make me stop reading articles about Gates, especially the ones about the police's responses, before my head explodes. NO NO NO WRONG IN REAL LIFE, CAMBRIDGE PD.
4. I was writing last night, and things went in a direction I wasn't expecting, and later I was talking to myself about it, and I said something like "[character] really surprised me! I had no idea he'd do that!" and then I promptly hated myself for being one of those writers who treats their characters like they are real people.
5. I listen to Pandora a lot, and the station I've been listening to recently is mostly made up of really catchy pop sung by women - Pink, Lady Gaga, Britney, Rihanna, Shakira, and so on. (If my taste in music causes you to despair, you should stop reading the post now, because it only gets worse from here.) when I'm listening, I casually thumb songs up or down as the mood strikes me. Yesterday, I went through and looked up a few of the songs I'd been enjoying. Among them: a song by a Christian rock band that's probably about rejecting the mainstream and loving jesus, a song featuring vocals from the leader singer of Nickelback, and a Eurovision song. I may have to go die of shame now.
1. There are two different discussions about cover art going on right now in the SFF part of the internet. One of them is mature, well-reasoned, and talking about the ways whitewashed covers perpetuate systemic racism. The other one is about using women's bodies to sell magazines and has Harlan Ellison in it.
2. My co-worker has finally figured out what to do with the Royal Mail bags. The library has a softball team that plays in the on-campus summer league, which is mostly made up of staff and grad students. My co-worker is one of the organizers of the team, which means he brings refreshments (ie, beer). The Royal Mail bags are to disguise the fact that the office fridge is full of beer.
3. Someone make me stop reading articles about Gates, especially the ones about the police's responses, before my head explodes. NO NO NO WRONG IN REAL LIFE, CAMBRIDGE PD.
4. I was writing last night, and things went in a direction I wasn't expecting, and later I was talking to myself about it, and I said something like "[character] really surprised me! I had no idea he'd do that!" and then I promptly hated myself for being one of those writers who treats their characters like they are real people.
5. I listen to Pandora a lot, and the station I've been listening to recently is mostly made up of really catchy pop sung by women - Pink, Lady Gaga, Britney, Rihanna, Shakira, and so on. (If my taste in music causes you to despair, you should stop reading the post now, because it only gets worse from here.) when I'm listening, I casually thumb songs up or down as the mood strikes me. Yesterday, I went through and looked up a few of the songs I'd been enjoying. Among them: a song by a Christian rock band that's probably about rejecting the mainstream and loving jesus, a song featuring vocals from the leader singer of Nickelback, and a Eurovision song. I may have to go die of shame now.