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Friday, July 4th, 2008
yourmuse	11:15p	What Would Sulu Do? Well, he's going to get married to the man of his dreams. And so am I! Luckily, we're not in love with the same man. Translation: Jeff Z. and I are engaged! (14 Comments |Comment on this)
lifeofreilly	4:41a	What do you do when someone abandons a Dog on your property? ***Edit**** Livejournal FTW She's been adopted by a loving family from the West Side. They brought their alpha female and they got along swell. Unless something goes horribly, horribly wrong, She's found her new home. Thank you so much for the outpouring of support- it's goddamn amazing it what it is.. Original post follows... ***End Edit**** Well- if you are a dog person, you take her to get fixed, get her shots and call everyone and every rescue group you know to see who would like an adorable ten month old puppy. *Cross-posted like crazy- please repost in any place you feel is appropriate* That being said- here is the story: About ten days ago- between the hours of 6pm and10pm, someone tied this puppy to a tree at the curb in front of my house in Reseda. When my girlfriend went out to her car later that night, she thought there was a strange dog weaving around behind her car. I went out front with a flashlight and sure enough, there was. But she wasn't weaving because she was sick, she was desperately trying to hide behind a car and the curb, and she couldn't get away because she was abandoned, choke-chained and wired to the tree with about six feet of chain and heavy gauge wire She was scared, she was submissive and she was dirty from hiding in the street. We disconnected her from the tree and used calm and soothing tones to get her in to the yard, on to the porch, in to the house and eventually in to a crate. We fed her, watered her, bathed her, flea treated her and yesterday went to a vet and got her spayed. She gets along fabulously with my other dog and he's old and somewhat cranky (as am I upon occasion). She's a total sweetheart. She just wants to be around people. She's got her nose in my feet right now. She snuggly and happy and knows "Sit". She is a really sweet nice dog. I can't have another dog. I just can't. It's not fair to my room mates and frankly, one dog is enough for me. Someone took this sweet puppy and abandoned her. I would like to find her a home. I've called about 20 rescues and no one has room. The attitude seems to be if she's not in the pound about to die, they don't want to hear about it. So- if you or someone you know is looking for a housebroken, sweet 40 pound girl puppy (that's been spayed and vaccinated) that is about ten months old and is not expected to get any bigger, please reply here or contact me at my email address If you also know of a rescue that has room or of a nice no-kill shelter in Los Angeles (and I MEAN no Kill, part and parcel to being a dog person is that I will not send her in to a situation where she might get put down or worse, thrown in to a dog fight as bait- *shudder*), please also send me any links or information here. jonathan_reilly@yahoo.com They can also call my cell at 818 825 4250. I'm in the Valley and there is someone home most of the time so you can meet her. Here are a few more pictures behind the cut: ( Read more... ) Current Mood: determined (19 Comments |Comment on this)
lifeofreilly	1:11p	Tweets for Today 10:05 Today: WoW, REI, Cleanin' da house and showing the puppy to someone who may want her. # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter There. Terribly interesting, I know... (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
lifeofreilly	1:17p	Tweets for Today 09:18 Rescue dog getting spayed presently. The vet loves her and called her a sweetheart # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter There. Terribly interesting, I know... (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
wyrdmuse	11:08p	So I heard this joke the other day that I found hilarious. How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb? Because ice cream has no backbone. Current Mood: mischievous (Comment on this)
thenay	6:27p	A Day for Picture Posts Here is a photo of my completed Coffin Bookcase. It is my most favorite piece of furniture in the whole world! Here is a photo of the Coffin Bookcase in my office. Please note how Madame Houdini made an appearance in the window. I thought it fitting since she is a black cat and all. Current Mood: amused Current Music: firecrackers outside (4 Comments |Comment on this)
lifeofreilly	2:36p	4th? Anything going on on the 4th? BBQ's, pool parties, etc? I've got four days off, sucka and I'm not afraid to use them. The beach is good, but Mindy's not going in to the water- sharks will eat her. Or she'll get an ear infection. It's just the way of things. Barring anything spectacular (and I'm not going to the 4th of JuPlaya), I'll just have another Sci Fi Friday. Maybe we'll watch Team America (Fuck YEAH!) or the like. Dunno. -J (17 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
lifeofreilly	2:47p	Pictures from Fuente Eterno 2008 I finally put up my pictures from Fuente Eterno. Some of my favorites behind the cut Note: these aren't all of them. Flickr Uploader hiccuped (most likely due to our interwebs connection) and didn't finish. There will be more added later tonight. ( Read more... ) (8 Comments |Comment on this)
wyrdmuse	11:58a	I'm psychic! Earlier this morning, a woman comes up to the desk where I'm organizing AV materials to be shelved and throws a book on the counter. I hate it when anything's thrown at me, though I did my best not to scowl. Then I had this lovely exchange: Patron: ... Me: O.o Would you like to check that out? Patron: ... Me: ... Or check that in? Patron: In! Me: *scans* Patron: ... Me: ... Is there anything else-- Patron: Did I have a fine?! Me: *digs out patron's record* Yes. Seventy-five cents. Patron: *sighs and digs out change* But maybe there's something to this psychic thing after all. While I'm shelving movies, a woman comes up to me and asks help finding a movie. Not a specific movie, just a movie. Fortunately, she knew what she liked to watch and I sent her away with Roman Holiday. She looked quite happy. Then while I was shelving audio books, a different woman checks out my cart and asks if there was anything good. I asked her what she liked (mysteries and she preferred to hear it read by someone with a British accent). I found an M.C. Beaton BOCD; I have no idea what accent the reader had, but it takes place in Scotland. She also went away quite happy. Current Mood: working Current Music: no children screaming (3 Comments |Comment on this)
wyrdmuse	12:48a	Spoilers for Doctor Who 4x12 under the cut. ( Read more... ) Current Mood: fangirly (Comment on this)
Monday, June 30th, 2008
legislob	5:13p	Counting Down.... 23 Days until California! YAY!!! 24 days until I get to LA! YAY!!! Can't wait! Current Mood: excited Current Music: Wandering Saint - Baraka Soundtrack (Comment on this)
lifeofreilly	10:02a	Two- no Three other things First other thing: I'm having a blast in my weekly game. It's fun. We're almost done with our campaign and we're playing Star Wars: Saga edition next. I, specifically, am not allowed to play a Jedi. I'm okay with this. Jonathan playing a Jedi = Easy mode plus endless arguing over why one can't be a gray Jedi. A "Balance" Jedi and all that. Second: After the game last night op_lattethunder and I runnoft to see WALL-E. We both really liked it. It's as awesome as any other Pixar movie- which is to say, it's pretty goddamn awesome. Part the Third: My girlfriend rocks. Okay- that's it. Off to work. Oh- oh oh! Fourth thing- in case you all missed it because I posted it on Saturday: Does anyone know anyone who is in the market to Adopt a puppy? We rescued an abandoned puppy last Monday and we're looking for a home for her. I neither want nor need another dog. I'm getting her spayed tomorrow or Wednesday along with all her shots. She's house broken, good with other dogs, about ten months old, very submissive and if you leave bloody (raw) steak out where she can get to it, she hasn't been trained well enough not to grab it off the counter. At least not yet- (Sorry eain!, I'll get more for you on the way home). She's cute as a button and really really sweet. But remember folks, She's a pit bull mix and as such is a vicious killer (Proof behind that link!) If you know someone who is looking for a puppy, please send them my way. :) Jonathan_reilly@yahoo.com (9 Comments |Comment on this)
wyrdmuse	10:22a	Remember the A River Runs Through It lady? Well, she returned Animal Farm the other day, but it was rather anti-climatic. She brought it to the front desk and told me that it skipped around in some parts and was nearly unwatchable. So, let's recap, boys and girls. Four legs good, two legs bad. Some nudity in a PG-13 movie (how much can there be if it's only PG-13?) = bad, allegories for Soviet totalitarianism = good as long as there are talking animals. I am so going to make The Story of O or The Decameron into movies with talking animals. And in Bwa? stories, I just had a patron pick up a book from the new books shelf. It had a new sticker on it and every single book on the bookcase had a new sticker on it. Still, she looks at me and says, "Is this a new book?" No, lady, we put the new stickers on because the orange and blue stickers go so well with the cover art. This does not bode well for the rest of the day. Current Mood: mischievous (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
boymaenad	1:33p	eleven twelve as far as the usual gang of idiots is concerned, Rocky was a ghost town. there was a huge audience, as we've been getting lately, but so many people were missing, and I get the impression it was all for different reasons. but Xach was called in as substitute emcee, and I knew this could mean a good show or a messy and unprofessional show, all resting on whether the audience liked him. he had a couple of audio things planned (only one of which actually ended up happening, but it was cool) and I wanted to make sure the energy was good and fresh, so I chose to deejay for the first time in 10 weeks. it worked, the energy was high, and he did a fine job, and the show went very well, missing people notwithstanding. :) oh and there was a group of PTA MILF friends who came in a stretch hummer limo all the way from Castaic for two of their birthdays. I am kicking myself for not talking to them sooner; they were cool, and stuck all the way at the back (which does just so not an immersive Rocky experience make), and I bet some of them had some cool old-school Rocky stories. and a few of them were cougar-hot, which is a nifty alternative element to encourage the profligration of into our crowd. I only talked to them toward the end of the movie, and the limo driver had already headed out to pull the car around. but I got to hang out in the limo for a few minutes, and they gave me a fugly fake boa I adore. :) and I apologise to myself: I was rather remiss with the last three deejay sets, and I'm not sure I can recreate what they were. but here's mostly pretty much what I played last night. let-in: 1. terry davies - human nature (tipping the velvet) 2. the andrews sisters - strip polka 3. chris rock - no sex in the champagne room 4. lords of acid - am I sexy (austin powers) 5. max entropy - short skirt, london bridge (fergie vs cake) 6. bowling for soup - baby one more time 7. gloria jones - tainted love 8. moby - extreme ways 9. group x - bang bang bang 10. braces tower - eleven twelve (sesame street pinball number count hard remix) preshow: 1. lard - they're coming to take me away 2. lords of acid - am I sexy (austin powers) 3. venetian snares - twelve (sesame street pinball number count techno-esque spin) let-out: 1. venetian snares - twelve (sesame street pinball number count techno-esque spin) 2. the sophisticates - buttfucked by the family dog 3. disneyland closing spiel I need some harder, higher-energy stuff. this was a good set, and it got the energy of the room in a good place, but it wasn't quite manic enough. I'm just not listening to Indie 103.1 as much as I used to, now that I have a car stereo that plays algorithmically randomized mp3s from my huge collection. I only get new music when I happen to download something, and I only hear it when it happens to come up on the car player. which is often, because it favors newer acquisitions when it randomizes, but stuff still slips through. upbeat happy sexy silly bouncy dancey musical suggestions welcome! beseeched, even. Current Mood: why won't my right contact do? (2 Comments |Comment on this)
uratowel	1:44p	Where the hell have I been? Up in Healdsburg, Sonoma County. Let me tell all you wine people something you need to know, and when I say "need" it's not simply because you bother me. No no no. The whole world is laughing at you. Grapes are not that fascinating. They really aren't. And since I can get a pretentious (I am being completely serious here) sandwich, book, gelato, some kind of child's toy, and a glass of wine all in one place, I think some of of you need to get some perspective. (Of course, if I drank wine, I might be one of you, using words like "confident" and "beguiling" to describe inebriating grapes, too) Current Mood: grape-y (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
boymaenad	1:43p	and the painted ponies go up and down last night's club outing was a success. of a 30 person guest list, I believe 13 or 14 attended, which meant all the "I'll try's but I don't know's" didn't, but nearly all the yesses did. we definitely made an impact, since the night was a bit sparse, and everyone got to spend time together and mingle and Dance. and in fact, there were moments where the dance floor was mostly bejewelled by objects of my undying love. & as usual, the whole night, I only heard two songs I didn't like. I can't imagine another club night anywhere I could say that about. I got a lot of long-exposure blurry pictures with my disappointing but tiny camera that it's too late to return. they're at the bottom. everyone thanked me for bringing them and said they had a great time and it was beautiful. only one person showed up in a less than stellar outfit, but strangely his natural animal magnetism still hooked him some gothy myspaces by the time he left. * ( me...well, ) Current Mood: homebodyish (19 Comments |Comment on this)
lifeofreilly	2:29p	Last night was awesome I fed everyone. I was up until 3am with wonderful friends. If you missed Sci Fi Friday, I have to wonder *why* at this point... http://www.mylamewebpage.com/pictures/sff04/index.html And the puppy is incredibly cute Larger, different ultra-cute image behind the cut ( Read more... ) (14 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, June 27th, 2008
lifeofreilly	3:48p	Why I love Fark, cognitive dissonance I love the Fark Forum threads because I find things like this Let me state as a preference and in the vein of full disclosure that I am a member of the NRA and the ACLU. Both entities have the same basic ideals (personal freedoms and protections), but they have very little overlap between their respective areas of interests. But seriously, there appears to be something that's going to hang in the balance with the Obama government. Who I am most definitely voting for, mind you. Obama will more than likely be appointing new Supreme Court Justices. The 2nd amendment will be revisited again, I'm sure. He is somewhat anti-gun as I understand it (I may be wrong, but that's my impression until I can find cold hard facts or someone nails him to the spot in an interview question). There are a few issues on the fence. The 5-4 decision about the 2nd Amendment is one of them. The other is a woman's right to privacy and an abortion. (Let me preface this by saying that all of this is a gross generalization and unfair to most people, but I feel like ranting and taking the issue to the lowest common generality). McCain, Obama. Conservative, Liberal It's curious how the two factions feel about life in general. Liberals are anti-death penalty and conservatives want the death chambers of this country to work like a drive-through. It's either alright to do away with life while still developing or it's okay to do away with life once it's been kicking around a while. Liberals are traditionally very much against private gun ownership. Republicans would issue one to every human when they entered 4th grade. Liberals want more money for education and conservatives want more money for the military. Think about that one. When was the last time that the best option for the best, brightest and most highly educated and capable person was to join the military? For the most part- college educated or at least college bound people in this country do not join the military. People with scholarships to college- for the most part- don't join the military. People with shitty educations or little or no hope for a better existance join the military because it beats staying at home and sponging off of your parents. Or living in a dive apartment with three other people. Poor people join the military. People with opportunity or money go to college and THEN join the military as an officer. Lower middle class and the poor traditionally join the military. Education / Military. Abortion / Guns Life in Prison / Kill 'Em All let God Sort 'Em Out. Obama / McCain We get to keep our handgun rights or our abortion rights. Pick one, because it doesn't seem like we will necessarily get to have both. I own guns. More than a few. I'm also a rabid supporter of a woman's right to choose. Well, at least they will more than likely not be able to *take* them away from me. I imagine it will be much harder to get them in the future, though. -Sigh (17 Comments |Comment on this)
lifeofreilly	1:13p	Tweets for Today 15:56 *lamaupin yes, a pit bull puppy. # 21:42 Introducing Mindy to Buckaroo Banzai. 'Laugh while you can, Monkey Boy!' # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter There. Terribly interesting, I know... (7 Comments |Comment on this)
sexychicken	12:17p	We got reviewed AGAIN... And this one is a GOOD review! It will give you a LOT more information about the show.  And she said something nice about me. :~) ( It's under the cut if you want to read it! ) Offbeat musical delivers 'Ruthless' satire Play review By Cary Ginell "Ruthless! The Musical," playing through July 13 at Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, is a no-holds-barred, offbeat satire of a multitude of familiar films and Broadway musicals. Written by Joal Paley and featuring a score by Marvin Laird, the show made its debut Off-Broadway in 1992 and has since attracted a cult following in its many regional theater incarnations. The musical is attractive to theater companies partially because of its relatively low production costs. One set is used and only a handful of performers, many of whom play more than one part. In the case of the Simi Valley production, several members of the cast even worked production crew positions, including costuming and set design. The riotous story concerns a precocious 8-year-old named Tina Denmark, who will stop at nothing to play the lead role of Pippi Longstocking in her school production of "Pippi in Tahiti." She is so humiliated at being passed over in favor of the spoiled Louise Lerman that she gets Louise to hang herself with a jump rope. This is only the beginning of a series of wacky circumstances that spoofs such shows as "The Bad Seed," "Applause," "Gypsy" and "Mame." The allfemale cast of characters (that is, if you count the role of barracuda agent Sylvia St. Croix, who is traditionally played by a man in drag) share one thing in common: a driving ambition to step on anyone who gets in their way. As Tina, Emily Albrecht is delightful, a horrid little brat who can cry on cue and tap dance up a storm (in the song "Born to Entertain") and who has no scruples when it comes to getting what she wants. Tina's mother, Judy, is played by an incredible talent, Lori Lee Gordon. At the outset, Judy is June Cleaver, your typical 1950s housewife, with bouffant hairdo, pearls and a perpetual smile. Gordon has a glorious voice (although her character claims she has no talent), and uses it to great effect in the pert opening number, "Tina's Mother." After shipping Tina off to the Daisy Clover School for Psychopathic Ingénues, Judy is transformed into her alter ego, who is based on Bette Davis in "All About Eve"- a temperamental, egotistical star of stars, the effect topped off by a foot-long cigarette holder. As a comedienne, Gordon is very funny, especially when she goes into a variety of convulsions at hearing the name of the mysterious Ruth DelMarco, whose identity is revealed at the end of the show. The plot twists in Act II are all pretty predictable, but the fun is in getting there. Marvin Laird's songs are hysterically funny. Although Laird is no Richard Rodgers, somewhere Lorenz Hart is smiling at Laird's clever and pointed lyrics, especially in such songs as "I Hate Musicals," sung by the jaded critic Lita Encore (played to perfection by Farley Cadena), who even panned "Fiddler." As the statuesque agent/manager Sylvia St. Croix, Sean Harrington plays the crossdressing role straight, just as Harvey Fierstein played Edna Turnblad in "Hairspray." Only Nathan Lane could have done it better. His/her tour de force is the song "Talent," in which Sylvia declares she is Auntie Mame ("Mame") and Mama Rose ("Gypsy") rolled into one. Elizabeth Stockton plays two roles: the nerdy, talentchallenged Louise Lerman and Judy's clinging and viciously ambitious assistant, who just has to be named Eve (after Anne Baxter's title role in the film "All About Eve," which became "Applause" in its Broadway adaptation). Stockton's Eve steals the show singing "Penthouse Apartment," in which she uproariously lays out her greedy plans for attaining fame. Elissa Wagner plays Miss Thorne, the frustrated schoolteacher, whose own ambitions for Broadway stardom were thwarted when she was mugged as soon as she got to Penn Station. The music is capably handled by Gary Poirot, who fronts a four-piece ensemble. The show is produced by Jan Glasband and directed by Dave Mason, both of whom should be applauded for the wonderful cast and faultless direction. One note of caution: "Ruthless!" is not for kids. There is some bad language, although it is brief and not exploitative (some of the funnier lines appear as song lyrics and work great). You don't have to be a seasoned fan of musicals to get the humor; it's as subtle as a club over the head or an elbow in the neck. For a good laugh, give "Ruthless!" a try. For tickets, call the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center at (805) 5837900 or visit www.simiarts.org.   (Sean and Lori hamming it up for "Ruthless"...gotta love those Flintstones pearls.  Lori, BTW, is absolutely amazing.  She's won an award for playing this same part in another production.) ( It's under the cut if you want to read it! ) Current Mood: happy (4 Comments |Comment on this)
thenay	10:04a	My Dream Last night I had the craziest dream. I am going to try to remember most of it. I was at a friend's apartment ( I don't know who the friend was, never met her in real life) and she had just finished chopping up Peter's Boss's wife's body into little pieces. We were running around, trying to figure out what to do with the body parts. I ran outside with the box of limbs, and there was a hungry dog outside who wanted to eat the contents of the box. So we took it back inside. We left it in her apartment and went for a walk trying to figure out what to do with it. When we returned to the apartment her roomate had fallowed the stench of the rotting body in the box and found our secret. At that point I decided the best thing to do would be to 1)either take the box of body parts to the desert and let the vultures eat it or 2) take it to anderale's 40 acres and bury it there, where no evidence would ever be found of the body. It was at that point I woke up. It was a total Dexter dream except Michael C Hall was not in it. POOOP! Current Mood: awake Current Music: none (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
yourmuse	9:06p	Up for grabs: rolls and rolls of vinyl - free! Friend darklysewn is doing some spring cleaning. She writes: I have 7 rolls of asst vinyls i'd like to give away. 2 clear plastic/vinyl 1 opaque purple 1 clear purple 1 roll is sheets of Black and White vinyl(solid each sheet is different) 1 has several sheets of printed Vinyl with weird prints on it-paisley, concrete, plaid, etc If anyone wants them please let me know, or I am going to toss it all. I have a HUGE roll of silver vinyl. it's very cybery and not metallic as more of a stainless/brushed steel look, but not shiny. it has a black backing and stretch. I'd say about 8-10 yards. claim it, it's yours. So...james_madison? nakeygirl? twistedcat? Anybody need any vinyl? p.s. FYI, darklysewn has an eBay store full of gothy goodness. I found one of my favorite necklaces there, as well as an awesome cameo pin. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
thenay	8:36p	Contrary to popular belief, I am the most accident prone person in the WORLD! Contrary to popular belief, I am the most accident prone person in the WORLD! I started priming my coffin bookshelf (the wood was not good enough for a varnish) and got paint all over myself. So I decided to take a bath. In the process of filling the tub, it began to rain. So I opened the window in the bathroom to let the cool breezes come through. I tried to wash the primer off me with soap, but that didn't work. So I got my peppermint salt scrub and started using that. It did the trick. Except I only got one arm done because somehow I ended up getting a huge clump of peppermint salt scrub into my eye. Did you know you can taste peppermint through your eyeball?? Well you can! So I screamed for Peter who ran in to give me a towel and eye drops to help my poor burning eyeball. A couple minutes later I noticed that Baby Bambooboo was sitting in the open window. He was so cute sitting there, until a gust of wind came through the window and pushed him into the bathtub. One of his claws went into my arm about a 1/4 of an inch, his other claws scratched my thigh. I was gushing blood all over my bath. Peter came running and helped the blood stop, then he found Baby Bambooboo and helped dry the poor humiliated kitty up. So that was the end of the worstest bath ever! So I got out of the tub Current Mood: annoyed Current Music: Andrea talking to me (5 Comments |Comment on this)
lifeofreilly	1:41p	Friday Friday Friday! It's Sci Fi Friday again! Well- it's tomorrow. I'll be BBQing Chicken (and make sure not to set the hose on fire). I also have a stash of Garden Burgers for the vegetarians. You'll have to bring buns and such. I'll also BBQ corn. Please bring snacks and drinks if you would. We have weeks of Doctor Who (from the BBC, so we're a few weeks ahead of Sci Fi Channel) and whatever else we do. Also, there is a rescue puppy in the house. I think she'd love the attention. RSVP here or TXT me. Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel. (15 Comments |Comment on this)
lifeofreilly	1:19p	Tweets for Today 13:53 finding a home for the dog that someone tied to a tree and abandoned in front of my house. I am Jack's raging bile duct # 12:35 Scifi friday night at the Monster House tomorrow night. I'll probably cook something. More details in lj # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter There. Terribly interesting, I know... (2 Comments |Comment on this)

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