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Had lunch at Proper Pie Co. and oh man, so tasty. I had the Cornish Pasty. Will definitely be going back!
made a hurricane pumpkin! Keeping it festive up in here. Stay safe Richmond!
Pre-Hurricane musings
One of the things I like about hurricanes (like? not sure if that’s the right word, but a moment I pause to watch I guess?) Is the days before it hits. There’s this kind of silent tension that’s everywhere. The grocery store shelves become selectively barren, everyone says “stay safe” “take care”.
There’s a kind of comradery that comes from everyone preparing. I made a comment about buying canned food not too miserable to eat cold, and the woman standing just down the isle smiled and nodded, knowing exactly what I meant.
Then there’s the watching of the weather channel. Waiting to see if it’s really coming our way, or if it’ll make some turn in another direction and leave us be. Will it stay a Category 1 when it hits? Will it drop down to a tropical storm? Who knows. When will it hit? Sunday? Tuesday? Will it slow down, speed up? I don’t think there’s any other natural disaster that allows this kind of reaction time.
And then finally, it starts to move in. You can tell. The clouds roll in, the wind picks up. It’s time to settle in, and play the game of “when will the power cut out?” if it does at all. I was really lucky to not lose power last year with Irene. In my old house you would have to listen to the windows rattle, the rain beat on the side of the house, and watch trees bend further than you thought was safe. Here in Richmond, I actually don’t hear much in my building. I just watch for leaks, and sit on the computer.
Hopefully Sandy is uneventful. I worry it’ll linger longer than we’d like, considering it’s swinging out, and coming back in. The Outer Banks won’t save us this time. Ah well. I have a kindle, a DS, tangible books, paper and pencil. I’ll manage. :P
guess where I’ve been all weekend? More to come.
Tonight at First Friday the Party Liberation Front was kicking off it’s Carnival of Five Fires. So there was much fire dancing, freak shows, and burlesque. It was a good time. Also, there’s going to be a festival of lights for the first friday of November, so I got to make a free lantern to use for then! It’s super cute, and was fun to walk around with. In one of the spots of Gallery five there’s a black light, and I thought the color combo there was nice.
Went to Velocity comics today to use up the rest of my gift card. New Batwoman trade finally out. And then I saw they had Sailor Moon……
Lincoln Trailer of the Day: The full, two-minute trailer for Steven Spielberg’sLincoln. Hopefully the film lives up to the Oscar Bait.
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Fucking FINALLY. Also lawl that’s Richmond’s capitol building they used. Jammed up traffic for weeks.
Spent some much needed time outside at Scuffletown park on Strawberry St. today. It’s such a lovely little place, squirreled away behind houses and only accessible via alleyways. Wind chimes in the trees, little fences around the grassy areas (where dogs aren’t allowed, so no poop!)
I got some thumbnailing done for a client’s commission, and then practiced some of my hiragana. Yes, learning Japanese like a good little weaboo. :P I figure it’ll be a good first language (no genders for words oh thank god) and one I hear enough to keep in practice. And then maybe after that, I’ll try and tackle German again. Because while I love it, good god it’s hard to learn.
Went to the science museum for the body worlds exhibit. It was pretty awesome! The lamb made only of its own circulatory system was a personal favorite of mine.
I got to see Covenant live for a second time. This time it was in Richmond, where I live, so it was much easier, and much cheaper haha. The set up was fantastic, as there was no real stage, just the dance floor. And I was front and center. There were times (several) where Eskil was less than a foot away, and during the show he asked me “how are you doing tonight?”. It was amazing to be able to sing along with the songs with him essentially right next to me. The show over all was great, the song list was wonderful. Here’s it as best as I remember:
from Dreams of a Cryotank:
-Two songs from here, and for the life of me, I can’t remember their names (It’s also not one of their CDs I listen to a ton).
Sequencer:
-Feedback
-Stalker
United States of Mind:
-Like Tears in Rain
Northern Light
-Call the Ships to Port
-Bullet
-We Stand Alone
Skyshaper
-Ritual Noise
-Happy Man
-20Hz
Modern Ruin
-Lightbringer
-Judge of My Domain
-Kairos
-The Beauty and The Grace
-Wir Sind Die Nacht
After the show Eskil came out to sign things and talk to people (he signed the booklet from their live DVD for me, as seen above). It was at this moment that I found out that his English isn’t quite as complete as I thought. There were a few words he didn’t understand, and we had to try and explain them as best as we could. But over all, he was nice to talk to, and happily signed things for people, and gave hugs. So now I have hugged all of VNV Nation and Eskil from Covenant. :P
Also, the two bands before them were pretty fun. Bella Morte was entertaining, the lead singer was very fun to watch. He was also very friendly, and seemed like a nice guy. And The Break Up had a good sense of humor about them, telling off color jokes while their equipment was malfunctioning and getting fixed.
Something I noticed and really liked was that when it was time for a group to play, they just came out from the crowd and started going. The whole time before hand they were just in the club hanging out, drinking and chatting with people. And fans don’t mob or crowd them, just talk and hang out. I guess that’s one of the advantages to music from smaller genres. It’s a more informal setting, and things are a lot more relaxed. This has been the biggest difference between Industrial shows I go to, and shows for more well known/mainstream bands. And honestly, I’d take the smaller venue and group any day.
Photos from Belle Isle. The bridge to get there is suspended from the highway bridge that also crosses the James river. It’s pretty neat to look at, and fun to cross.
The James river from both sides of the Belle Isle bridge.
Spent the afternoon in Carytown. Had a frozen chai at the Capitol cafe, watched it rain, and then on the way back to the car, passed Chop Suey and saw their cute kitty in the window sleeping with the books. <3
Covenant
COVENANT IS COMING TO RICHMOND. COVENANT IS COMING TO RICHMOND. HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT. I ALREADY HAVE MY TICKET I AM SO GOD DAMN EXCITED.
For serious, if you’re in Richmond, fucking go. I’ve seen them once already, and it was a fantastic show. I braved DC just to see these guys. Eskil is a lovely individual. I’m so excited they’re coming to my home town to play. It’s been a while since I’ve been able to go to a show that wasn’t almost 100 miles away!
Fireworks! Early but still. Stood on the median of the road my apartment is next to to get this. Got a few honks in the process. They were shooting from Belle Isle? Over the James river.
