Author: mizkit

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*yawn*

May 9, 2013

Last night I went to see Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo+Juliet, because I’d never seen it and they’re doing a Luhrmann month at one of the cinemas to lead up to Gatsby. (Picoreview: It was pretty good. Bits felt like a dry run for Moulin Rouge, but it was pretty good.) Upon arriving at the Lighthouse Cinema I discovered there was a Star Trek party scheduled for a midnight premiere. Upon *leaving* R+J, I ran into friends…who had a spare ticket. I did not go. Somewhat grumpily and bitterly and regretfully, I…

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Establishing Dominance

Kitsnaps: Establishing Dominance

May 9, 2013

I believe the toothy one here might be Kafi, a 3 year old new arrival to the zoo. I got a bunch of pictures of these two chasing each other around and jumping on one another in what looked like semi-friendly play, and then discovered there was a new gorilla at the zoo, so I think this is as much establishing heirarchy as play.

Genderflipping covers

May 8, 2013

So Maureen Johnson, YA author, threw down a gauntlet a couple of days ago regarding the way books are marketed and asked her jillions of Twitter readers to gender-flip some of their favorite book covers. To make a cover that might have been offered up if the book was by a person of the other gender, or was gender neutral (initials instead of full names. She’s written a terrific article about the whole problem of gendered covers here, and it is truly worth a read. Really truly honest to God.…

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Grumpy Gull

Kitsnaps: Grumpy Gull

May 8, 2013

Grumpy gull challenges you to give him a reason to be happy on Wednesday needs to go back to bed (as Silkie pointed out :)).

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crowdfunding across the universe!

May 7, 2013

Two things: first, the most awesome car commercial ever made: Second, and completely unrelated, a friend of mine is running a crowdfund project for a performance piece this summer that my sister and other persons of my acquaintance will be performing in. It’s in dire need of support, with seven days and 75% of the way to go yet. Perhaps you will go support it because I have just shown you the most awesome car commercial ever made (*hopeful*! O.O), or maybe just because you’re awesome, or maybe you can…

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