Anyone know a store downtown that sells topless sandals?

...on our recent week in the south gulf islands of BC:

*everything* is waaaay more expensive than in southern Ontario: at one point I paid $50 for a 24 of domestic beer, and $1.58/litre (about $6 per US gallon) for gasoline. Don't get me started on what the rental car cost for a week...

there is a huge number per capita of VW Westfalia microbuses, from circa 1970 to the mid-eighties models,most in excellent shape. It doesn't often snow here.

"living off the land" hippies still exist in significant numbers, and have learned that "living off the land" frequently requires a lot of physical work.

the BC Ferry system is really expensive (about $50 return to get to the highway that goes to Victoria, about $150 return to Vancouver), and inadvertently encourages greater hippie material independence on the south gulf islands. You don't want to depend on it for commuting.

the MapArt map of Vancouver Island cannot be trusted, and in fact sucks bilge water. At the very least we saw a part of the interior of Vancouver Island that few tourists ever see, before we had to turn back (after getting 20km in there over some really sketchy roads).

large purple starfish sound really cool, but start to lose appeal when you realize they're as common as house sparrows.

when stuck 20km out in the middle of nowhere on a lumber road that comes to an end is not a good time remember that there are animals (large bears, cougars, etc.) lurking about that can kill you. It was a very long potential walk or drive back to the nearest phone.

I could happily spend the rest of my life beach combing or hiking these islands...

I've got well over 200 photos to sort through and edit down to manageable web-posting size, but I'll get some of up here or up on my facebook or photobucket (or all three) sometime in the next coupla weeks.

Do you wanna know how I got these scars?
Crocodiles. With fucking knives. But they said they wouldn't cut me if I sucked their dicks. But their dicks turned out to be knives, just covered in a thin layer of croc flesh.
And you know what they kept saying to me?
They kept saying, "Why so serious?"

The time has finally come for me to try and sell my stuff so I can keep my Dragon*Con room!


scarymary_sells

Just like last year I am willing to let people pick up at the con to cut down on shipping costs [you will have to pay beforehand]. In the same vein I am NOT willing to try and hunt you down all weekend so if you think you are going to be hard to reach please don't pick that option. :D

Is there anywhere in Toronto (or GTA-ish area) that accepts donations of body lotions/creams and the like? - I have a bunch of stuff people have given me (within the past 3-6 months) that I've never opened/used and I figured maybe someone else will like them more than I do.

Where in this city can one find a post-surgical compression bra? Has anyone ever found these gems around here?

I'd rather go and buy than do it online.

Thanks in advance!

The cat's adorable, and so incredibly friendly - she just hangs around my friend's house mewing constantly, waiting to be pet.  But my friend's just not in a position to take care of her right now.  I'm not actually sure what the proper thing to do here is...  Would a shelter be able to come and pick her up?  Or is that a bad idea?  Is anyone on here looking for a cute new pet? 

This one, perhaps?



We're in North York, in case that matters?

I've been hesitant about posting here by trying various friends to find a room. They have been as helpful as they can be but no luck yet so here I am.  I am currently looking for an overflow hotel because it doesn't matter if we are in any of the 4 main hotels because we can walk, so if anyone wishes to transfer or if there is an available room for myself, my girlfriend, and my brother we would greatly appreciate it. If I have posted in error I also apologize, I'm a comic geek and not a computer geek.

Just read the guest list for Fan Expo. Squee!

John Saxon!!!!!! My big crush from the 1970s. I missed him when he was in Michigan so this is very cool for me.

Bruce MacDonald!!!!! One of my all-time favourite directors and it turns out that he is doing a movie version of Pontypool Changes Everything by Tony Burgess which is an awesome book I read years ago and I actually just mentioned to wookiee the other night, Coolness!!

Lloyd Kaufman from Troma!!!

Tura Satana from Faster Pussycat Kill Kill!!

Henry Winkler!!!! Ayyyyyy!!!!

Missi Pyle from Galaxy Quest!!!!

Oh yeah and The Suicide Girls who I posted about on LJ last year. Very very cool.

I normally will not get too excited about guests, but these are the kind of guests who turn my crank.

Happy Birthday Summer!

Today in our training class, we took an in-depth look at IP addressing and how subnet masks work. I used to tutor that subject (WAN) in college back in '02, so I actually remembered most of it. Not to mention number systems were my FAVOURITE math unit, and I always did kinda think in binary. I'm a math geek, what can I say.

Perhaps why I'm such a black and white kinda gal. Or should I say one and zero. :)

Well the instructor was getting really animated, as math is one of his hobbies, and I was getting excited too, because I was grasping the concepts pretty easily, and hollering out answers that were right more often than not. The rest of the class was a bit deer-in-headlighty. It's a lot to process if you've never done it before. I only know this shit because I took a whole course in it and TUTORED it, for god's sake, but yeah, I'll admit I *like* it too, and I've always been a bit of a math geek.

At one point, after having drawn a large binary radix on the screen, he was trying to explain that binary is comparatively easy to some other number systems. Everyone was guffawing, but he was insistent.

ziggy_b, listen up!!! You will love this!

He used the example of various columns where you have, say, a base 10 and carry over the number into the tens or hundreds columns. Instead of a base ten, though, he randomly picked base 60 (digits 0-59). Then he said in the next column, he was going to switch up the base, and randomly picked base 24 (digits 0-23). The third column had base 7, the fourth had base 30 and the fifth had base 52. Then for a laugh, he said, oh, the fourth column could be base 28 or 29 or 30 or 31.

We were, all of us, looking at this man as if he'd lost his mind. The whiteboard was a mass of scribbles and he was just pulling numbers out of his ass, it seemed. Then he said, no, you've been using this whacked out illogical number system your entire life, and you don't even think twice about it.

60 minutes in an hour
24 hours in a day
7 days in a week
28, 29, 30 or 31 days in a month
52 weeks in a year

I was speechless. Seriously, this totally summed up complicated number systems in a way that was just genius!!

***

I enjoyed class today. Yes I did.

***

I got a rideshare to Winnipeg!!! A 23 year old woman from Toronto off Craigslist. I think this will work out well -- she wants to camp along the way and so do I. It means three days with a relative stranger, but that's okay... she won't be a stranger for long. I actually love meeting and getting to know random strangers (my life's calling, is, after all, to be a travelling companion), and I am at my best when I'm travelling with such folks. I also can't say I've ever met someone I didn't like off Craigslist.

It also means less expenses, which, off the hop, sets the tone for the trip, and I'm glad for that.

Am and I went out for Indian food after work, and we made a list of what's left to do. She asked me if I was anxious and I said no. I'm really not at all. It's like another phase of my life is beginning. And it feels very right (as my kooky travels always do) and I'm so glad all the preparations -- joining vandwellers, getting the van in order, spending the last several years getting camping gear, OTR (over the road) experience, my head screwed on, a personal mission statement generated... it's all led me to this point.

I'm really hoping the sky opens up and possibilities present themselves. I can be a bit of a dunce sometimes on that front. I *really* need a change in my life, and I'm thinking I would love for a physical change of scenery and a new job. I am not actively job-hunting on this trip, but my eyes and ears are open.

I am going to take it all a day at a time though.

One gulp of fresh mountain air at a time.

One skinny dip in the Pacific ocean at a time.

:)

Grateful for:
-- one more day of work!
-- number systems and that genius explanation
-- this green dress
-- laughing with Am about for whose funeral I'll come home... LOL
-- my plants

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... that whenever I post about Incompetent Asshole Neighbour, suddenly one of them go out to the garden and make some small attempt to make it look better.

They typically fail miserably, but I still find it very funny.

I think she's been watching my profile on Facebook. How amusing.

ETA: Turns out it was one of the good neighbours who weeded out some of the garden and tried to make it look a little better.

If you wanted to buy a cheap-but-not-too-crappy laptop (PC) from an actual physical store in this city this weekend, where would you go?

Bonus points if they have warranty type stuff that's not limited to that one physical store, since "you" (being the person purchasing said laptop) happen to be visiting from Kingston.

Any recommendations? Also of interest are anti-recommendations; if there's a store that seems cheap but is notoriously rip-off-tastic, I'd like to know that too. Location isn't a big deal, but downtown and eastward is most convenient.

Thank you!

Well, we've decided to go with Sat 27 Sept. as the confirmed date for the London screening (apologies to anyone who can't make this date). I'm just finalising a few details, but the website should be up shortly...watch this space!! *g*

Does anyone need someone to provide some extra spending money by allowing me to sleep in their room? A space on the floor would be great - I'll just bring a camping mat. You'll hardly know I am there except for the extra money in your pocket. I don't plan on sleeping too much - but will shower once a day so no worries about having a smelly room mate.

I run clonepod.org and we were selected as a nominee for a Parsec award - and I didn't know until recently. Now I REALLY want to go! Please help me out and line your pockets with gold.

contact me at sylvanair at gmail dot com

Please help a fan go to Dragoncon!

Patty Kim

 x-posted to fireflycostumes

Browncoat on Etsy 

The price listed is the new price. 

Again, if you need a smaller size, please visit my website. 

Jayla Beta's Intergalactic Costume Emporium   

Oh, and I purchased space for Connooga next year for anyone interested in a Tennessee con.

x -posted to fireflyfans

Browncoat on Etsy 

The price listed is the new price. 

Again, if you need a smaller size, please visit my website. 

Jayla Beta's Intergalactic Costume Emporium   

Oh, and I purchased space for Connooga next year for anyone interested in a Tennessee con.

Mindless Self Indulgence and Hollowboy are now listed on the DC website as guests, woot!

Hey everyone!

Next week, a friend is flying in from the United States. I offered to meet him at the airport. The thing is, I have never been to Pearson and have no idea how to make finding one another easy for both of us.

After going to the Pearson Web site, it is my understanding that he would be arriving in Terminal 1. True?

Are there any stores or restaurants or anything I could wait beside and let him to meet me there? Or is there just a waiting area by the baggage claim and we would have to make our way through the crowd to find each other?

Any suggestions?

The whole thing seems so daunting!

Thank you!

My wife and I had our schedules open up, and now we're looking for two memberships. If anyone is interested in selling some, please comment below!

Hello All! :)

I was hoping to acquire a Nintendo GameCube in a bit of a hurry. Since I'm leaving soon (beginning of August) I was hoping for someone in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada area. I don't care what colour it is, or if it comes with any controllers, or a memory card or anything. Just so long as it was the cube with the necessary connection cables included.

If you could let me know how much you're looking for it but let it be forewarned I can't pay exorbant amounts (as I'm on a budget and it is an older system).

I know this is kinda a long shot but I thought I'd try.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7513571.stm

^has video of said heavy metal monk.

Bless me father, for I have rocked your faaaaace!

\m/

OMG LAUNDRY is done. Next up LTJ IRONING.

(LTJ = Lord Tunderin' Jaysus)

I've been taking an archery "class" for a few weeks now.
I kinda like the sport, but honestly am not really sure how much I'll be participating in it. I know a couple people who bow hunt and so far they've been open and want to go "shooting" targets with me. But beyond that - I'm not sure how "into" the sport I'd get.


So, despite this I think I want to get a bow of my own, so that I CAN go shooting, and have the option of joining a league or something if I want. The problem is I'm not sure what to get!!


I don't want to invest too much money, so even though I love the compact size (and awesome speed) of a compound, I'll probably stick to a recurve. I figure I can upgrade if I really get involved.


I've been thinking of just getting a Genesis bow.
- relatively inexpensive
- compact like a compound
- shoots faster than a regular recurve
- seems easy (no choosing between risers and limbs, etc.)
- if I want to take my cousin or the girl I mentor out, they'd be able to use the bow too (assuming they can pull the weight I set it at.)


HOWEVER - It's not really a bow that would grow with me too much. But, I'm not sure it has to?



What does anyone think??
Would I be better off getting a separate riser and limbs?

I'm so just confused!!!


Thanks!!