Author Archives: Ealasaid

I read the article “Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters” in the spring ’07 issue of Bitch this morning. It’s an excerpt from the book of the same title and really struck me. It made me feel both better (because it was … Continue reading →

One of my photos got picked to be in the SFSchmap! Squee! I feel like a Real Photographer ™ now.

The Loudness War. Or, how CDs are being ruined by idiot music producers who think everything needs to be OMG LOUD!!!!! Short, to the point, and very well-done. (Requires sound)

Fire near work today. The excitement never ends! I took a ton of pix, starting here.

Z0MG. Nerdapalooza. A Nerdcore/chip-hop/etc festival. This year. In Humboldt. I’m already posting on the forums and have three people planning to ride up with me. This means if anybody else wants to ride up with me, I gotta rent a … Continue reading →

I’ve had a headache since Wednesday, June 20. Normally, headaches aren’t a big deal for me, but this one is different. It doesn’t respond to any of the over-the-counter painkillers I have (and I have a lot – aspirin, ibuprofen, … Continue reading →

I’ve signed up for several more networking-type sites. I blame CreativeSage. Anyway, I’m now on Mashable, Natuba, and Tumblr as well as all the other ones I was on before. Whee!

I just updated my booklog entry on The Gift of Fear because I finally tracked down my favorite passage in the book. I’ve added the passage to the entry. Please go read it, as I think it is extremely good.

Check out the post Christian Spanking Porn on Blowfish (may be NSFW since it’s got mentions of teh pr0n, omg. Links from that page may also be NSFW. Surf at your own discretion). Boggles the mind, it does. My verdict: … Continue reading →

I’ve been working on cataloging my library on here on LibraryThing. I’m almost halfway done – I’ve got 437 books in the database. Rawk. Considering that for some reason my barcode scanner can’t read about half the barcodes properly, I … Continue reading →