Enthusiastically Ambiverted Hopepunk
I’m exploring ImageKind, which gives Flickr members (and others) a convenient way to sell prints of their artwork. It looks interesting so far, though I’ve just spent a few minutes poking around while I’m in between classes.
I’ve set a few photos available to sell — take a look, see what you think. If there’s any particular shots of mine that you’d like to be able to buy (or that you just think should be in there), let me know and I’ll get them added.
We’ll see how this goes….
Last night, Prairie and I went off on a search for two particular movies that she’s going to be showing her kids (that is, the ones she teaches) at school: The Pursuit of Happyness and Noises Off. TPoH was easy enough, but NO was a little more difficult. The Blockbuster closest to us is fairly new, so is stocked almost entirely with new releases, and the next closest Blockbuster didn’t have it either. “Where now?” I asked.
Prairie thought for a moment. “Well, Scarecrow’s just down Roosevelt a ways, and it’s supposed to be good. We could try them.”
So, we headed down and wandered into Scarecrow Video for the first time. It was bigger than we expected, so we started by finding one of the guys at the counter to see if he could tell us where to find NO. “Oh, sure,” he said. “It’s right over there in the directors’ section, under Peter Bogdanovich.”
The director’s section? It was just what it sounded like, shelf after shelf of films organized by director. How cool!
Prairie and I spent about the next half hour just wandering through the store, dodging in and out of rooms (“Look — a ‘literature’ section…it’s organized by playwright!”), laughing at the ‘genres’ used to organize (“Christsploitation?!”), and generally trying to figure out why it had taken us this long to actually discover the place!
Of course, at this point, local movie aficionados (ahem, kalyx…) will be giving me your basic (and well deserved), “Well, DUH!” ;) I’d heard about Scarecrow for years, knew that it was supposed to be ‘the’ place to go locally for movies, but for some reason, just hadn’t ever actually wandered in.
Well, that’s just been fixed, and Blockbuster just lost a couple more accounts….
Finally — all my shots from Friday of this year’s Norwescon are processed and uploaded (some shots are mildly NSFW — no outright nudity, some panties-and-pasties). There’s a few random hall costumes to start off with, and shots from the Stardance towards the end. However, the majority of Friday’s shots are from the Fannish Fetish Fashion Show: fashion sets from Notorious Curves and Fetishwear.net; burlesque performances by The Von Foxies‘ Heidi Von Haught and Pidgeon Von Tramp, Miz Ginger Snapz, and Estella E’Strange; plus Project Fetishway and Fannish Idol; all hosted by the lovely Betty Rage.
I’ll be the first to admit that, try as I might, my shots likely aren’t going to be winning any photography awards. ;) Still, I do the best I can, I don’t think they came out too horribly, and every time I do something like this I figure out a few more things to make things better the next time. Many thanks to spitkitten for giving me the opportunity to shoot the show!
Meanwhile, work continues on Saturday’s shots — and since Saturday has the post-Masquerade costume photoshoot, there’s many more photos yet to come!
Anyone want a deal on tickets to the touring production of Edward Scissorhands, the “magical new stage adaption of the classic Tim Burton film” presented as a “musical ‘play without words'” (which I must admit, sounds a lot like something called ‘ballet’ to me, but who am I to question these things)?
Edward Scissorhands broke all Box Office records when it premiered at Sadler’s Wells in November 2005. The musical “play without words” enjoyed a tour of the UK followed by visits to Tokyo, Seoul and Paris prior to coming to North America where it opened for a 23-week run in November 2006. The North American tour will visit 12 cities, including Washington DC, St. Louis, Brooklyn, Toronto, St. Paul, Denver and Seattle.
Audiences of all ages have been captivated by this unique production, as well as by the humor and charm of the leading character, Edward, an innocent soul forced to find his way in a world that doesn’t accept him.
Thanks to a very kind offer from the touring company, I’m able to pass on word of a special ‘Young Professional’s Night’ discount for one show only, next Friday, April 27th…
Attend Young Professionals’ Night at the 5th Avenue Theatre on Friday, April 27 at 8 PM and see the new stage adaptation of “Edward Scissorhands”
Buy your advance tickets for this special event using promotional code: TOPIARY. This code will get you the best seats available (a regular $68 value) for only $40. You must be 39 or under to take advantage of the offer. Please have your ID ready as you enter the theater.
To buy your tickets, simply go to http://www.5thavenue.org, call 206-625-1900, or stop by the 5th Avenue Theatre Box Office in-person. Don’t forget to use the promotional code TOPIARY when ordering your tickets.
For more information, visit the 5th Avenue Theatre Website.
(via The Slog)
Sean Flanagan, a graphic designer working on an ad campaign for the upcoming SIA08 (SnowSports Industries America) conference, contacted me ask permission to use an old family photo of ours for one of the ads. In his words…
I am…working on a new ad campaign for SIA (Snowsports Industies America) a non profit association in DC that educates people about snow sports and works to increase snow sport participation each year. We are working on a new ad campaign for their upcoming annual show, with the theme “One Family. One House.” I recently came across your family portrait (circa 1982) on a google image search for retro family portraits. [The ad] will only appear in industry trade magazines like Ski Press, none of your main stream consumer magazines, since SIA is a trade organization and they only deal with the local shops, not the riders or consumers.
Thanks for your time, the picture has a great retro feel and would be perfect for the ad, and the theme.
After passing it around to the rest of the family, we’ve given our okay, and Sean was kind enough to give me permission to post the ad here. Thanks much, Sean!
Addendum: I was curious as to where Sean found the photo, since I couldn’t find it either in my Flickr stream or on my website, so I did a quick Google Images search for ‘retro family portrait‘, and what do you know — that photo is the third hit! Oddly, it comes up as part of a forum thread on Archinect, a site for architectural designers. They’d hotlinked the image from an entry on Dad’s website. I’m glad Sean was able to track us down, circuitous as the route might have been.
During our Spring Break trip to Long Beach. Photo by Prairie’s dad, Lon.
Or, if you don’t happen to be an Easter person, just enjoy a nice spring day. Whichever works best for you.
A very happy birthday to my mum!
…and her lobster. ;)