Holy barking spiders - Scott Westerfeld

You know what I love? I love steampunk. If I could, I'd dress in steampunk costume every day. Unfortunately, for the next approximately 60 hours I live in a small town where that sort of shenanigans is neither tolerated nor possible.

For example: There is a small antique type store downtown. In the window right now is a gorgeous black dress that is just begging me to alter it slightly (it looks like it'd be way too big) and wear is around. It's hard to describe, but it's very steampunk, and with the addition of a bit of clockwork here and there, it could be the very beginning of my steampunk wardrobe. But it's sold. I would pay large amounts of money to buy that dress, and it's sold. I nearly cried when I saw the tag that said so.

However, on Saturday I'm moving to this nation's capital, and there maybe I can find/create some pwnawesome steampunk costumes. I still need to learn how to sew well, but that will come with time.

On a side note, this week marks a few important dates, and I'm sorry that I didn't post them earlier: yesterday was the launch of A Very Charming Vlog, my latest vlogging project. www.youtube.com/averycharmingvlog. Also, tomorrow is the launch of Rosethorn, a Harry Potter fanfic-type blog that I am sharing with my friend Eoin. I will probably post the first post in the morning. www.scorpiusnrose.blogspot.com, if you're interested.

That is all for today,
DFTBA
jr

When it comes to dancing, it doesn't matter what you look like - it's all about the joy you feel. - David Levithan

Dear Interwebs,

I feel I must apologise for my random absences. Life gets so busy, you know? And while I'll never forget you, sometimes I just don't have time to sit down and write about the things happening in my life.

Here's a brief update: I'm going to university. WHAT?

I'm going to join a new vlog, because the last one failed epicly. WHAT?

I'm part of two bands. WHAT?

Well, alright. I'm not totally happy about going to university, although I am glad to be getting out of this small town. Soon I'll be at Carleton University, and I'll be studying Humanities. Which is all fine and dandy, but I'd rather be out exploring and encountering the world than sitting in a dusty classroom discussing things I've never experienced. But I've already paid seven hundred dollars for my residence deposit, so I'm stuck.

Yeah, ONC was a bit of a let down. We weren't committed. I tried to keep everything together, but there's only so much you can do when you're working with six other people, all but one or two of whom are older than you. So we lay the Ontario Nerd Conglomeration to rest, and we start a new vlog. I'm not sure of many specifics, because I'm not actually organising it. I don't know what we're going to call the channel, I don't know about the launch date, or anything like that. I know that the girl organising it is called Heather, and my friend Molly is most likely going to join us. But beyond that, I know as much as you do.

David and the Hamlets is a project that I'm working on with Allison, Molly and Emily (three of my besties). We play shock music (Shakespeare rock!) although currently we only have one and a half songs. Only Molly is really good at writing songs, and there aren't really and shock songs out there yet. I feel like we're pioneers, like Chameleon Circuit with Trock, except that there was already trock music before the name trock was coined. Also, there's McCabestra and the Troubadors (a very tentative name), which happened by accident. It's currently me, my ukulele named George, Sarah, her guitar, and Richard. I don't know if anything will come of either of these bands, but hopefully soon we'll have something recorded and edited and posted on YouTube. I'll make sure I put something up on my channel and the Hamlets' channel when I know what's going on.

And apart from that and a strong desire to buy Alex Day's new album (but not having permission from the parents yet), nothing really is new.

DFTBA,
JR

We've got planets and galaxies and moons, and an aweful lot of running to do! - Chameleon Circuit

Vlog update:

A name has been chosen: ONC. ONC stands for Ontario Nerd Conglomeration, but I'm thinking maybe Channel would be more appropriate. I'm working on some formatting ideas, including possibly sharing the vlog with Tim. I told him we should, but he wasn't too excited about it. And then he heard the name and was excited and jumped up on the wagon.

Projected launch date is Tuesday 29 December. Updates on Tuesdays and Fridays from me, and Tim will probably take one or two days a week as well, and it will be made of win. The lovely Cherd is working on theme music, and I'm super-duper excited about it.

In other news, I've become completely obsessed with YouTube, and it is irreversable, I believe.

Also, I'm out of books to read, so if y'all have suggestions, I'll try to read them. I've decided that my New Year's resolution for next year will be to read a novel a week, for a total of 52 novels next year. They don't have to be long, but I need to start a list so that I don't end up getting way behind. So, please help!

DFTBA,
Jennie.Rae

"Spotty, unfit, neurotic, unfunny, forgetful, weedy" - Charlie McDonell (SP?)

So, big-ish news.

Coming sometime shortly after Christmas, I shall be posting on YouTube instead of here. Actually, I might keep this up, I'm not sure, but I plan on starting up a vlog on YouTube. I've a slight obsession, and I thought that it would be a good idea to jump into the community by which I'm so fascinated.

I'm still trying to come up with a name for it, so if you've got any ideas, that'd be great. I'm thinking something either anagramatical, or an alliteration. Some kind of wordplay would be great. Unfortunately, the best I can come up with is Knocturnal Knovelist, and I don't like to call myself a novelist at the best of times, so I'm not totally sold, yet.

It has to come after Christmas, because then I will be in possession of my very own, brand new laptop, and then I'll actually have the apparati that I will need to make a video for a vlog. I'm sort of really excited for this, I hope it works.