Day 313: A mixer-level view of me as I’m DJing from home. The real-world view isn’t nearly as fancy as what’s broadcast. Green screens are fun!
photos
Photos, usually taken by me. May be mirrored or imported from other services.
Year 50 Day 312
Day 312: Today was the final planning meeting before Norwescon 46 kicks off in just about two and a half weeks! Lots going on, but this is looking to be another good year.
Plus, more Star Trek goodies being passed my way from friends! (Gotta say, I’m definitely enjoying being the person people think of when they dig up old Trek stuff.) Three old LPs (1976’s Inside Star Trek, and two of the Star Trek Story Records, Record 1 from 1975 and Record 8 from 1976) and a neat little “Star Trek Lives” commemorative medallion from 1974 that I don’t have any further information on…yet.
📚 Clarkesworld Issue 210 edited by Neil Clarke
21/2024 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️
“A Brief Oral History of the El Zopilote Dock” by Alaya Dawn Johnson was the standout story for me this month.
Year 50 Day 311
Day 311: I got to spend a little time today helping out in Highline’s tutoring center, adjusting the covers to the power and network placements sunk into the floor so that they could actually be opened easily. Not exactly part of my position description, but it needed to be done. Plus, purple shoes for International Women’s Day.
Year 50 Day 310
Day 310: Decent but busy day at work, so it’s another exciting ‘me on the couch’ photo. Hey, you try doing this once a day, every day for a full year! :)
Year 50 Day 309
Day 309: As part of Highline’s commencement planning, I got to go on a bit of a tour of Kent’s Showare Center today, including some of the “backstage” area, the suites, and “The Club“. Not being one to frequent sports arenas, it was an entertaining break from the routine.
Year 50 Day 308
Day 308: Realized on our way out the door this morning that we’d had a bit of a surprise snow overnight. Not enough for a snow day, unfortunately. Harrumph!
📚 Firewall by David Mack
20/2024 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
While Picard is (imho) overall the weakest of the modern Trek series, its literary side is doing quite well. This does a great job of filling in some of the time between when Seven returns to Earth with Voyager and when she appears as a Fenris Ranger, and exploring how the character changed in those years. It’s unfortunate that some are upset that this book discusses Seven discovering her identity as a queer woman; it’s neither propagandistic nor heavy-handed, but simply experiences that wouldn’t raise an eyebrow if they were heterosexual. Also a lot of very pointed commentary about what happens when a major power that had been providing very necessary support for a region just up and disappears when something else catches its attention. Definitely worth reading if you’re a fan of the Picard series or (and especially) of Seven as a character.
Year 50 Day 307
Day 307: Just an uneventful day working from home. Absolutely nothing of import worth mentioning.
Year 50 Day 306
Day 306: Been in something of a foul mood all day, but I got myself trimmed up again, and had a good practice DJ session with some really smooth transitions. So I guess it balances out to a solid “meh”?