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Kintsukuroi - a Japanese word refering to broken pottery that has been repaired using gold laquer; it comes with the understanding that the object is more beautiful for having been broken.
YAY LANGUAGE! :-D
YAY LANGUAGE! :-D
So. I am nowhere near done my costume for Unholy Harvest's opening night cabaret.
I mean, I'm a LOT closer than I was on Monday. But I've still got 2/3+ of a beaded-fringe skirt to finish. I think I can do it, since I won't be shopping for supplies tomorrow. But there's still a dozen strings of beads that I have to transfer to thread before I sew them onto the bottom hem of the harness. Plus dozens of mardigras-style beads to add AND (time allowing)space still to fill in between the fringe and the rest of the harness.
O.O
But I have to go to a meeting, and then be part of the cheering squad for Ghost while she's teaching this workshop tonight.
So I'm off.
TTFN,
Amazon. :-)
I mean, I'm a LOT closer than I was on Monday. But I've still got 2/3+ of a beaded-fringe skirt to finish. I think I can do it, since I won't be shopping for supplies tomorrow. But there's still a dozen strings of beads that I have to transfer to thread before I sew them onto the bottom hem of the harness. Plus dozens of mardigras-style beads to add AND (time allowing)space still to fill in between the fringe and the rest of the harness.
O.O
But I have to go to a meeting, and then be part of the cheering squad for Ghost while she's teaching this workshop tonight.
So I'm off.
TTFN,
Amazon. :-)
You can see a picture of me at 2:24
Hee! :-D
This post has been brought to you by vanity and self-promotion. :-)
TTFN,
Amazon. :-)
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It is not quite 8am.
I have:
Made cranberry tea (which I plan to be drinking all day)
Taken the polish off my toenails
Left a note for the (theoretically impending) UPS delivery-person
Fixed my silver sandal (judicious application of hot glue to re-attached the insole)
Emailed a copy of my Harvest Erotica Reading piece to the ASL Translator
Checked the mail box
The mail box contained a number of Wonderful Things including:
My September Omikuji letter
A delivery notice saying to come and pick up (yet another) parcel - I love picking stuff up from the post office! It's like it's my birthday, but it lasts for a week! ;-)
A greeting card (from Ghost's mom, as it turns out, whom we'll be seeing tomorrow afternoon on our way to Toronto)
AND
Not two, but THREE, imps courtesy of Green_Dreams.
YAY! :-D
I'm very curious about this "Smoking Plum" that she included. It sounds delicious. :-D
So I'm going to toss on some perfume (WHEE!) and then put the laundry in and print out a copy of "Wolf and Scarlet".
Tralala! We're going to Harvest! :-D
I have:
Made cranberry tea (which I plan to be drinking all day)
Taken the polish off my toenails
Left a note for the (theoretically impending) UPS delivery-person
Fixed my silver sandal (judicious application of hot glue to re-attached the insole)
Emailed a copy of my Harvest Erotica Reading piece to the ASL Translator
Checked the mail box
The mail box contained a number of Wonderful Things including:
My September Omikuji letter
A delivery notice saying to come and pick up (yet another) parcel - I love picking stuff up from the post office! It's like it's my birthday, but it lasts for a week! ;-)
A greeting card (from Ghost's mom, as it turns out, whom we'll be seeing tomorrow afternoon on our way to Toronto)
AND
Not two, but THREE, imps courtesy of Green_Dreams.
YAY! :-D
I'm very curious about this "Smoking Plum" that she included. It sounds delicious. :-D
So I'm going to toss on some perfume (WHEE!) and then put the laundry in and print out a copy of "Wolf and Scarlet".
Tralala! We're going to Harvest! :-D
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So I am trying, once again, to get Kobo Desktop installed on my computer and trying, now that I've found out that I need to do this, to get Adobe Digital Editions and Kobo Desktop to talk to one another so that I can actually put Dark Moon Rising, Sacred Power, Holy Surrender, and Power Circuits: Polyamoury in Power Exchange into my Kobo Library and, thus, read the damn things in a way that doesn't drive me batty.
I want to review them on Syrens and, y'know, with any luck learn something from them, too.
In theory, this is how to do it:
2) USING THE DEVICE WITH ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS
Log onto your Kobo account on the website. Go to your library. Click on the 'download epub' icon and when prompted, save the file to your desktop.
Go to your desktop and right-click on the .acsm file. Choose 'open with Adobe Digital Editions' and open the file. While you are in ADE, authorize the Kobo reader to your account.
You should then be able to drag and drop books from your list in ADE onto the reader icon.
Note: If you are downloading library books, it is the same procedure. Sve the .acsm file and open it using ADE.
Here's hoping I can make this work. :-\
Okay.
What actually worked:
1) Login at the kobo website
2) Open Adobe Digital Editions (which I had already downloaded some time ago)
3) Plug the actual kobo e-reader into my computer
4) Follow prompts ("connect" etc) to authorize kobo in ADE
4a) At this point, the actual kobo should show up in the left-hand column of
the ADE window, listed among the various "shelves" (but it won't have
the same icon as a "shelf")
5) Click on it to open up that "shelf" (meaning the kobo)
6) Click on the "Library" drop-down menu at the top of the ADE window
7) Click "add item to library"
8) Select PDF (or ePub or whatever) file from where it is saved on your
computer
8a) In theory this will result in the file being coppied to the kobo and
becoming part of its library. At least it seems to have worked today.
:-)
TTFN,
Amazon.
I want to review them on Syrens and, y'know, with any luck learn something from them, too.
In theory, this is how to do it:
Log onto your Kobo account on the website. Go to your library. Click on the 'download epub' icon and when prompted, save the file to your desktop.
Go to your desktop and right-click on the .acsm file. Choose 'open with Adobe Digital Editions' and open the file. While you are in ADE, authorize the Kobo reader to your account.
You should then be able to drag and drop books from your list in ADE onto the reader icon.
Note: If you are downloading library books, it is the same procedure. Sve the .acsm file and open it using ADE.
Here's hoping I can make this work. :-\
Okay.
What actually worked:
1) Login at the kobo website
2) Open Adobe Digital Editions (which I had already downloaded some time ago)
3) Plug the actual kobo e-reader into my computer
4) Follow prompts ("connect" etc) to authorize kobo in ADE
4a) At this point, the actual kobo should show up in the left-hand column of
the ADE window, listed among the various "shelves" (but it won't have
the same icon as a "shelf")
5) Click on it to open up that "shelf" (meaning the kobo)
6) Click on the "Library" drop-down menu at the top of the ADE window
7) Click "add item to library"
8) Select PDF (or ePub or whatever) file from where it is saved on your
computer
8a) In theory this will result in the file being coppied to the kobo and
becoming part of its library. At least it seems to have worked today.
:-)
TTFN,
Amazon.
I wrote a story today.
I wrote a STORY today!!! :-D
This is huge! It's even a good story! It came easily, and it's the right length, and I feel like it says something (and, okay, possibly it's saying something in a slightly too blatant way, but I can work on that) beyond "Characters get laid! YAY!".
I feel good about it.
I hope I continue to feel good about it during the editing process, and also that the anthology-editor I'm submitting it to loves it to bits and decides to publish it. <*fingers crossed*>
Feeling good about writing today. YAY! :-D
TTFN,
Amazon. :-)
I wrote a STORY today!!! :-D
This is huge! It's even a good story! It came easily, and it's the right length, and I feel like it says something (and, okay, possibly it's saying something in a slightly too blatant way, but I can work on that) beyond "Characters get laid! YAY!".
I feel good about it.
I hope I continue to feel good about it during the editing process, and also that the anthology-editor I'm submitting it to loves it to bits and decides to publish it. <*fingers crossed*>
Feeling good about writing today. YAY! :-D
TTFN,
Amazon. :-)
Uh.
So, random internet poll:
Do YOU know who Charlie Glickman is?
Have you heard of Good Vibrations?
Have you heard of Good Vibrations Magazine?
Have you ever gone to the site and *read* Good Vibrations Magazine?
Do you know anyone who has?
I'm asking this because Charlie Glickman - who I respect as a smart, thoughtful, kinky-sexpositive writer and educator - expressed an interest in having me write for said online magazine. (Based solely on my twitter profile, as far as I can tell).
They pay 2 cents/word in store credit.
Which, normally, I wouldn't even consider. Unless they were a local grocery store.
Sex toys don't (at this juncture) pay my rent.
But Charlie has a really good reputation, and so does Good Vibrations (the store). I'm wondering if the magazine gets a lot of traffic just based on association.
Because, if yes, I think it would be a good way of getting my name out as an author and possibly finding (some/more of) my market (which is pretty niche-y, by the looks of things) in a way that doesn't involve self-publishing.
I will need to write him back and ask about site traffic and ownership rights (do they get First Printing, or is it Everything?).
Thoughts? Suggestions?
So, random internet poll:
Do YOU know who Charlie Glickman is?
Have you heard of Good Vibrations?
Have you heard of Good Vibrations Magazine?
Have you ever gone to the site and *read* Good Vibrations Magazine?
Do you know anyone who has?
I'm asking this because Charlie Glickman - who I respect as a smart, thoughtful, kinky-sexpositive writer and educator - expressed an interest in having me write for said online magazine. (Based solely on my twitter profile, as far as I can tell).
They pay 2 cents/word in store credit.
Which, normally, I wouldn't even consider. Unless they were a local grocery store.
Sex toys don't (at this juncture) pay my rent.
But Charlie has a really good reputation, and so does Good Vibrations (the store). I'm wondering if the magazine gets a lot of traffic just based on association.
Because, if yes, I think it would be a good way of getting my name out as an author and possibly finding (some/more of) my market (which is pretty niche-y, by the looks of things) in a way that doesn't involve self-publishing.
I will need to write him back and ask about site traffic and ownership rights (do they get First Printing, or is it Everything?).
Thoughts? Suggestions?
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