What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction

[asimplechord]

...is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? (Mahatma Gandhi)

Now I remember what I was going to post about!

1. A million thanks to randomepiphany for the bound copy of The Years Arc. I cried, literally sat at my computer and cried, when I read the final installment online.

2. Another of our papers got accepted today. *sings* Three papers in six months. Even though I only share first author credit on one of them. Still. :D

3. KPFT brought Amy Goodman to town tonight. Station fundraiser/book signing for Standing Up To The Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times. I finished reading the book while I waited for the speechifying to start. If you listen to Democracy Now, none of the stories will be unfamiliar, but they're organized and told with reference to historical examples of civil disobedience and peaceful protest. (Fear the crusading librarian.)

4. why_me_why_not will be here in less than 36 hours. :D

5. Net Neutrality, y'all. Did you realize there was a FCC meeting in Palo Alto about it and media-ownership consolidation today? Write to your congressperson and tell them you want the internet to remain free and neutral for all uses, regardless of content or service provider.

6. Last night's Criminal Minds episode, which I'm rewatching now? Spencer Reid for the WIN. Take that talisman, baby boy, you'll need it.

Comments

[chiralove.livejournal.com]

YAY, congrats on your paper! That's fabulous!

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

Yeah, one of them isn't in the most fabulous journal ever, but the paper is out and now we can sever ties with that particular collaborator, I hope. She had very specific ideas about the conclusions she wanted to draw, and they were not the conclusions that I would have made.

[fleurdeliser.livejournal.com]

Yay for the paper! And #4! And basically the whole post!

My concert schedule has intensified:

May 30 - MSI
June 7 - HCT Seattle
June 8 - HCT Portland
July 9 - Foo Fighters
July 24 - Vampire Weekend
August 9 - Warped

Where before I was all... UGH about Warped given the loation, I am now ridiculously excited. Helped by the fact that The Audition will be there. They were great at Bamboozle. And they're adorable. :D

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

I'm very curious about Vampire Weekend. I'm sorta ~meh~ about their music, but they'll be at ACL, so I'll stop by that stage.

The hardest thing about Warped is figuring out which bands you can afford to miss. It's sorta tragic, really.

Dude. The Breeders are going to be in town. MrIris wants to see them, even. Sign me UP.