Today is my blog posting day, but I am on holiday at the moment so this will be short n sweet. We’re staying on the devon cornwall border at a place called Bude. It’s very pretty here, all green rolling hills and suchlike. So far we’ve been to a couple of craft shows and eaten lots of good food, played a few games but not a lot else. I’m intending to get some reading and maybe some writing done. Internet is intermittent, so I’ll update with more when I get back.
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My gods, I am so sick of the above comment.
I know it’s usually meant in jest, but when it’s followed up with ‘tits of gtfo’ (verbatim quote) that just makes it worse. This is my community, the one I helped build. G3 Radio is supposed to be about equality and fairness, so how come the girls are still treated like they’re mystical fictional beings? No one is saying to the gay couple: ‘buttsex pics or gtfo’. That would be horribly rude and offensive, so what makes the above any more acceptable?
I shouldn’t have to prove I’m a girl and neither should anyone else, just because we happen to enjoy video games, or coding or fantasy fiction or pen&paper roleplay games. It should just be taken as a given that I am a person who enjoys these things, what’s between my legs has no bearing on my hobbies. We aren’t even that rare, so why even have the distinction? I am a DJ, not a ‘girl’ DJ. I am a gamer not a ‘girl’ gamer.
Sure. my brain works slightly differently to yours, but that just makes me better at certain things. I can hand you your ass over organization any day, even if you can hand me mine with lifting that bag of cables and mic stands. Those are the differences that make us a better team than if you have a penis and I do not.
So you know what? Manners or GTFO.
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It seems I am due to write another post. Since my Two Things post went down so well I’m going to do a similar one.
Listening to: EdGuy. These guys are pretty old, but I recently discovered them while my music player was set to random play through our whole music collection. They’re a German Power Metal band, and I was orginally caught by their song Catch of The Century, about how how a record company turned them down and how EdGuy felt the Company was missing out. Some of their songs are serious and some of them are just for fun, but I’m loving the whole 80′s feel to the music.
Watching: Stoppit and Tidy-Up. This is a cute kids cartoon made by CMTB Animation and narrated by Terry Wogan. Each episode is only like 5 mins long and one of those is taken up by the intro. The cartoon is about Stoppit and Tidy-Up, two characters that live in the land of Do As You’re Told, with such friends as Comb Your Hair, Don’t Do That and the Big, Bad I Said NO. I’m really enjoying watching it again after all these years, and I think it’s actually better now, since I’m older and can appreciate some of the slight sarcasm in the narrating. My kids will definitely be watching this. I’ve also been lent Trap Door to watch )a claymation by the same people), and I’m trying to get hold of Bucky O’Hare and the Righteous Indignation, but those will be covered in seperate posts.
Reading: Art of Community by Jono Bacon. This is pretty much what it says on the tin. Jono Bacon, formerly of LUG Radio now Cananonical Community Manager, has written a book about how to make sure the community you founded or helped found doesn’t run out of steam or interest, as well as other interesting skils needed, things to look out for and ways to deal with issues, all told in his classic amusing anecdotal fasion. I’m only a couple of chapters in but so far I’m liking it and finding it very useful.
Playing: Planet in a bottle (on my phone)
Planet in a bottle is a pet survival style game, but instead of a pet you have a whole planet. You have to make it rain and turn the sun on and off to keep your planet heathy and happy. To much or to little the population doesn’t grow and the people get unhappy. as the population grows you can see houses and factories appear in the planet’s surface. There are also achivments to gain such as Survior novice (keeping the planet alive for a day) all the way to bottle god (get a population of 19000 within a month). It’s silly and fun and doesn’t require a great deal of effort to play. It’s a good distraction when you’re bored, so I like it.
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1. CHAOS
This is a new program on CBS that Andy and I have started watching. It’s hilarious. Dead-pan in it’s humour, it’s about a group of CIA operatives who have a tendency to be a bit unorthodox, often following the Gibbs-ism: ask for forgiveness, not permission. As the start of the show says, Michael Dorset (Eric Close, on floor) leads, Billy Collins (James Murray, on desk) charms people, Casey Malick (Tim Blake Nelson, by the door) hurts people, and Rick Martinez (Freddy Rodriguez, centre) translates.
2. Bank holiday weekend.
This weekend just gone was a bank holiday weekend here in the UK. On Sat my parent’s had invited us over for dinner anyway, and then we saw them again on Monday, as well as my Aunt and Uncle (by friendship). We were supposed to be going for a walk, but the day was drizzly and ick so after a quick lunch at my parent’s, we headed out to Sturminster Newton. We had a little look around the town museum, and bought some books in the gift shop before having a wander around the town and down to the church, where the adults had an extensive look around and I found the kids corner, and started colouring in a picture. We had a brief look afterwards to see if the Fabric shop was open, but it wasn’t so we headed back to my parent’s place for dinner, where we were joined by Barry, and Daniel. Dinner was lovely – baked potatoes and home-made Cassoulet, finished with Lidl special ice cream lollies and cheeses. Conversation was excellent, as to be expected, plans were hatched, and as a result I’m going pony trekking for my birthday 
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Just a twenty-something geekess from the UK.
She believes in FLOSS, choice and saving the planet, among other things.
Her Passions include writing, internet radio and long lie-ins.
