everything but the girl

cee_m has organized fandom_helps on Dreamwidth - it's a fandom charity auction to benefit Planned Parenthood. You can post offers through February 13, and bidding runs from February 14 through February 21.

I'm going to offer a vid and possibly something more (although I won't be posting til tomorrow because of RL-cannot be online issues) so even though Komen has reversed itself (sort of) on the mammograms issue, it's still a great way to support an important and life-saving organization.

• Mon, 19:20: RT @AlbertBrooks: Gingrich to run until convention. If not nominated will still run. If unelected will still serve. #restrainingorder
• Mon, 20:16: RT @cafepress: Grab $30 worth of personalized gear from #Cafepress for only $15 - 50% feels so good. http://t.co/DhKwDeeR
• Mon, 21:25: RT @HPEF: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer author @MichelleHodkin is joining the #Ascendio Quill Track! We can't wait to meet her! http://t.c ...
• Tue, 06:30: RT @swankmotron: Lost at the Con will be #free for #kindle for 24 hours on Wednesday, February 1st. http://t.co/VPHiOk1E
• Tue, 08:49: RT @LOLGOP: BREAKING: Reince Priebus calls the President a "mudblood."
• Tue, 09:11: I'm at Bliss Spa (2201 Collins Avenue, at W South Beach, Miami Beach) http://t.co/a3VO1NvN
• Tue, 09:11: I just ousted @maggieperalta55 as the mayor of Bliss Spa on @foursquare! http://t.co/kxWHy0Co
• Tue, 10:06: RT @wendilynnmakeup: Today In: 1893 - The trademark "Coca-Cola" was first registered in the United States Patent Office.
• Tue, 14:15: RT @slashdot: Eye of Tiger Composer Sues Gingrich To Stop Campaign From Using Song http://t.co/7PvQFKCK damn right, that's Dean Winchester's
• Tue, 14:16: RT @bethrevis: But seriously-how can NYT think women don't read SF? Look at the boom in YA SF in the past year-w/ a majority of women re ...

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A: Age you went on your first trip.( I was about 20 months old when I went to Disney World for the first time... )

You've been lovely, from the first episode til tonight (okay, there are a few random ones from this season and last that I haven't yet seen but everyone says they're great). You've given us Matt Bomer speaking Klingon, Jeffster, Jane sans hat, Captain Awesome, the best big sister in the world, a wonderful spy family, a beautiful Aussie with an amazing comic sense, a world of fans that saved their show time and again, and, of course, Zach Levi, King of the Nerds.

You're the show my husband and I watched together regularly and seriously; we watched in the hour before Heroes, and we've watched after that one went pear-shaped and failed and barely recovered and left. You're the best thing to cross over with Supernatural because there's something wonderful about tall Stanford dropouts/kicked-outs that makes my pulse quicken.

I will miss you, but thank you for everything.

We've extended the Ascendio Programming Proposal Submission Deadline of Deadlineyness! It's a Leap Day thing, now!

As it always is at HPEF cons, Ascendio programming is by the attendees, for the attendees -- so we need YOU to submit proposals for our formal programming slate! We’re seeking proposals of all shapes and sizes, to discuss/probe issues in Harry Potter and beyond.

Our formal programming deadline has been pushed back to February 29, in order to give everyone a little more time to work out their schedules, topics and panels, BUT! All proposals submitted by the original deadline of February 1st will be considered by our vetting committee right away. Ascendio plans to begin accepting proposals in mid-February (while still allowing proposal submissions until February 29 -- we're nice like that! XD)

What kinds of things should you propose? Here are just some examples:

• Content for our Quill Track: writing workshops, e-publishing how-tos, hot topics in publishing & YA.


• Workshops, including but not limited to crafts, fanart & writing techniques (knitting, crocheting, drawing characters, jewelry making, scrap-booking...)


• Discussions of fanfiction and shipping (both het & slash pairings)


• The real-world implications of Harry Potter, transformative works and fan culture (LGBTQ, religion, politics, feminism, privilege, etc.!)

Want to know more? Check out or Call for Papers, or jump right here to submit your proposal!

And if you have any questions, you can always email us or ask us on Facebook , Twitter or here on DQ - or on our ascendio2012 comm.

Megaupload shut down, founders indicted.
ETA now that I can think for a moment:
1. I wonder if the timing was coincidental or purposeful. But either way, it can backfire because clearly, if they can shut down a site that has a lot of legitimate, noninfringing usages under current law why do they need SOPA or PIPA?
2. Even in a post-Napster universe, especially where so much storage is done "in the cloud", what will the impact of this case be on/from the Sony Betamax case?

Am off to a seminar on copyright law tonight - I hope this is one of the topics up for discussion!!