So Women in Horror Recognition Month has a new website. It looks so damned awesome, guys, I can't even. So proud of this little movement. And beyond thrilled that the feminist message has not been obscured but is actually more prominent! hannahneurotica is hardcore but you never know what will come out of something like this.

Anyway, it's awesome and slick and professional and, guys! It's so big! :D In 2009 I made a post about it right here in this very journal (after rhoda_rants brought it to my attention IIRC) and hannahneurotica followed the clicks back here and yay! She's such an amazing woman, really. She's been a really positive and transformative influence on my life and I don't think she even knows it.

So there it is. A gorgeous new site.

I requested a seal for a second Iron Maidens anthology, this one horror based and - ideally - focusing more on women writers (in keeping with the theme of the movement and all) I'm keeping my fingers crossed but I have high hopes.

Now I have to sleep. I think I've been up for thirty straight hours :/

**Yeah, its the same icon I used at rejectedrefuse for the same announcement. But that's because it's perfect!

Originally posted by arctowardthesun at Help Us Support Planned Parenthood

For the few of you who are interested and aren't already friends with my professional LJ account, there's news over there. rejectedrefuse I've been remiss in the cross-posting so there's a slight backlog.

For those who are interested and already friends sorry for the almost double post.

Anyone on the site? I know a couple of you are. I just joined, BatWizard12539. I don't know what House yet :)

Edit: Sorted me into House Gryffindor. Not expecting that. I always thought I'd end up in Ravenclaw or, barring that, Hufflepuff (which I think is about the best name ever!)

Someone on my friend list posted this years ago. I saved it, I've continued to save it through a few different computers. The problem is that I apparently don't remember which one of you posted it or who made the art (Wasn't an lj-friend, it was someone they knew) I would really like to find this artist. So... if this is familiar? At all? I'd be obliged if you pointed me in the right direction.

This is happening.

GeekGirlCon is screening Miss Representation at SIFF Theater. I am going to go I think. It's on my birthday, so there might be something after. Or there might not be. It's a school night.

I vary.

Sometimes I would like to have my body donated to an artist.

Other times I would like it to go to some sort of scientific study. But only if I got a say in the science that was happening with my corpse.

Or? To be cremated and used to help fertilize a forest tree.

Or to be buried with a cool headstone, the kind that dark souled children would be drawn to for picture taking or other, more wicked, acts.

My biggest dream, fueled by my romantic, dreamy side, would like for my loved ones to eat various parts of my body. Like my eyes and my heart. I'd say my brain but I wouldn't want to give people I cared about Mad Cow Disease. It's symbolic but... I don't think I can convince anyone to go along with this. So I think the first four are the ones I have to settle for.

I am going to go as Selina Kyle. Now I need cocktail dress that fits and some silver jewelry with cats. Or at least a couple of pieces. And maybe some goggles that look like hers in the comic to wear around my neck...

So I was going to make a Huntress outfit (see icon) However, I will not be able to get some big things necessary to make the outfit work in time. Sadly. Frustratingly.

There is something I could try but you know what? I don't have the energy to do this right at the moment so I'm going to table it and get it done when I can do it well.

The problem? Now I have ten days to come up with a good costume. ... Yeah. Not sure I can do that. I am bad at thinking of what to do.

So far I have thought about going as:
- Leela (Futurama) Problem? Can I get a purple wig and can I make something to make it appear as though I only have one eye?
- Zatanna (DCU) Where do I even find what she wears? (Though I could do her from the reboot if I could find a white bustier with black trim easy enough but NO ONE would know who I am)
- Gothic Quistis (from Final Fantasy 8. I used to have an outfit I joked looked like this so I have an idea of what to do but I would need to find new clothes) Problem... I would feel REALLY geeky doing this
- Rinona (FF8) ... Where the hell am I going to get a sweater... thing like that?
- Lulu (Final Fantas- NO STOP. NO WAY YOU CAN DO THIS IF YOU CAN'T DO HUNTRESS)
- Asha Greyjoy (Song of Ice and Fire) .... How would I do this? How could it be simple?
- Lyanna Stark (Song of Ice and Fire) Again, HOW would I do this? And while in the books she had dark hair I don't think black is what they mean and I REALLY don't want a wig

And somehow my ideas went from "I can make that out of something simple!" to "WOW, that hurts my head to think of!" really quick. Because that's how I am. I look at something huge and go "Yeah, that sounds good! Never mind that I have NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING!!"

So this is what I'm looking for in a costume: I want someone with black hair, someone with something easy to find clothing wise and someone from a franchise I'm familiar with. And hopefully something that people don't look at me and go "What is going on here?" EVERY time I go out. I get that no matter what I do some people will have that reaction but I want SOME people to not have the need to ask me...

Or, I don't know, something that isn't even a character from pop culture. But I'm even worse at coming up with costumes that aren't characters. :/

Way back when, I had a Linux box. Actually it booted into Linux but I also ran Windows so I could game and check certain things out... I'm thinking with how much shit this computer is currently giving me of wiping it and installing a Linux OS... The thing is that I don't remember jack shit about what I used to know. At all. AND I don't know anything about where Linux has been heading in the last several years since I stopped using it.

Anyone feel like weighing in on if this is a good idea? Or if they can help? Or which Linux OS is best for the once-proficent-but-now-obtuse-technical-person?