Doom Womb

Slowly, my computer is becoming more and more usable. I still need to get more RAM for it. It works so bloody hard, sometimes, yet appears to be spinning its wheels and getting nowhere for all the efforts.

My inbox has been deluged with performance-related emails lately. I'm currently trying to send my music for the Tribally Yours show next month. I've been talking with the organizer for the Eros and Thanatos Cabaret that I'm in tomorrow. I've been in contact with the show about my coathanger dance (I still don't know if I'm in or not)....

I'm also behind in some emails regarding dance classes I'll be giving. Argh!

Today, I plan on filling my brain with tomorrow's music (Tear Garden again), so every little nuance is programmed into my mental movement generator. I'm skipping out on weight-training today I teach dance tonight, study wing chun tonight, and am full of bee-killing cramps of doom! Stupid cramps. They'd better be gone tomorrow. I suspect dancers suffering from menstrual cramps don't get into The Zone much. Urg.

Links? You want links? Ok. Here you go.

I Rode to the Heavens and Back: Caught in a storm cell, a paraglider survives flying at an altitude of 9946 metres.

Reader Voices Strong Opinion on Atheists: Git off muh land (thanks, gha5t)!

Pastor with 666 tattoo claims to be divine: "Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda is not your typical minister. De Jesus, or "Daddy" as his thousands of followers call him, does not merely pray to God: He says he is God."

Edmund Ruffin: "Most people in this world are not remembered for anything after they are gone. A few people manage to affect the world such that they are remembered for one thing." I can't say I knew who this guy was, but now that I do, I think he'd fit right into classical Greek or Roman history if he weren't living during the American Civil War.

angramainyu received an award for one of his photos of me: Shan, ghost (NSFW). And yes, I did that pose starting from top to bottom. Had it been the other direction, my pelvis would have been more forward.

I remember my Dad telling me about a guy he knew years and years ago in Newfoundland. Apparently, this guy tamed a moose and used it to plow his fields and work the woods. I don't remember the guy's name, but I did find a couple of pictures of other people's work moose. I want one, but something tells me they're not easily litter trained.

Attention, Toronto-area people!

You are invited to attend Eros, Thanatos, and the Avant-Garde the super-exciting Cabaret Series this Wednesday night at the Rivoli!

The show will feature performances by: Ballet Espressivo, Monique Comeau, Olivia Davies,
Meghan McCabe, Bethany Minor, Shantell Powell (shanmonster), Kelly Winterson, films by
Jesi the Elder Plus More!

The Eros Cabaret is a total party, so come on out and support Canada's talented choreographers, dancers, film-makers and performance artists as they present daring, innovative works of art for your entertainment pleasure!

Location: The Rivoli, back room, Queen St. W at Spadina (North East corner)
Time: Doors open at 7:30 Show time: 8pm
Cost: $10 at the door.

See you at the Riv!

Return of the Killer Megrim

On Saturday night, gha5t wanted to practice wing chun applications with me, but when I went to do it, I just could not stay focused at all, so we called it off.

The next morning, I had a migraine--the first one in about six months. It didn't last too long, and I was fine by the evening.

I had a migraine hangover, with a serious case of the uselesses and the stupids the next day.

Well, just a couple of minutes ago, it hit me again. When I close my eyes, it looks like I'm seeing my monitor through a brightly-lit tear in darkness. Weird. It's almost at the very centre of my vision. Just right of it.

I can barely see to read, so I'm doing my typing with my eyes closed. It's much easier this way.

Here's hoping it clears up by tonight. I have a class to teach....