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[asthran]

Now that I have a laptop, I guess I should make a post of substance.

I will be spending most of December in TRF this year. I may or may not go up to Sante Fe, NM, around New Years, to work for my sewing boss up there. Then I will head to Arizona in mid January to open up the Chocolate Makers again.

I was supposed to move into a trailer for the time that I'm in Texas, but the owner of the trailer "went to Houston for the day" last week, and he hasn't been back to move out. So, I'm still in my tent. Thankfully, it's supposed to get warmer again, because if I was looking forward to two more weeks of near-freezing temperatures and snow flurries.... I'd probably take my landlord up on his offer of staying in his son's currently vacant room, actually, but I don't want to move into someone else's space for just a few days.

In the last few weeks I made a bunch of reversible sweater hats and muffs (also reversible) for Dickens on the Strand, a Victorian festival in Galveston. People were not scared off by Hurricane Ike, and the hats went over well, and I made the muffs a little too small so they were the only kids muffs there, so they went well too. I took pictures of the two reversible sweater hat and muff sets, and you can see them here.

So, I've been spending a lot of time on my computer (though I am quite glad I didn't touch it at all yesterday until I was done with work). I've been looking for free online games and other such time-wasters, and so far like Pardus and Renaissance Kingdoms, largely because they limit how much time you can spend on them (and because Pardus reminds me of Escape Velocity).

I really need to start thinking of using my laptop for work too, and not just for play. I need to: start organizing paperwork for my taxes, transferring old data to a spreadsheet, and making some forms.

Comments

[vikingcoder.livejournal.com]

Do you know that your old tent-mate is taking 2009 off, so you'll need your own tent in Valhalla?

[asthran.livejournal.com]

I knew that I'd be in my own tent in 2009 regardless, and I know he's been thinking about how feasible being on cast would be, but hadn't had that confirmed until he sent out that email earlier this week.

I'm looking forward to being part of Valhalla again! At some point closer to Spring I'll email you regarding pallet availability.

[vikingcoder.livejournal.com]

Great! We'll be sure to reserve a plot & have it ready for when you arrive.

We should (hopefully) also have ValhallaNet this year too. The wireless router that my mobile broadband card plugs in to has come down to around $150.

[asthran.livejournal.com]

Todd is also planning on having his network (http://public.meraki.com/network/Toddmission-WCN) set up in Scarby this year. Last year he didn't get any nodes down into the campground, but hopefully that will change this year.

[yvennat.livejournal.com]

I hope you get out of the ice...!
If you're going to be in Santa Fe, maybe we can do something then!
I'm [hoping to be] visiting Denver within the next month. If that happens, would you know how I can find its local goth club? That, and what do you recommend to do in that area?

[asthran.livejournal.com]

Denver's local goth club? I hate to break it to you.... but Denver has more goth clubs than you can shake a stick at! :-D

However, I've only been to one, that being The Church (http://www.the-church.com/) in downtown on Sunday nights. The Church is hands down the best club that I've been to. No cover before 10 pm, $5 after that; $2 wells and wine all night; two rooms, one playing more pop and goth, the other being more industrial dance oriented (though they were shaking that up a little last time I was there); lots of attendance and people dancing. The only downside is that it's held downstairs in the basement, and the beautiful church setting upstairs is reserved for the hip-hop crowd.

I see there is also a night called disintegration_, on the last Friday of each month. That's a school night, so I've never been. Someone posted his review of Denver's goth scene (focusing mostly on retail, it seems) here (http://iggli.com/blogs/whitetrashsatan/entry/denver_s_dark_side).

General in the area stuff: The mountains. Go hiking (if it's not too wintery now).

[asthran.livejournal.com]

Ok, that was a shitty link for The Church. From I-25 northbound: exit US-6/6th Ave and make certain you're going east, towards 6th Ave. Move over one or two lanes pretty quickly, then after 1 mile turn left/north on Lincoln. The Church is at 1160 Lincoln St (the corner of 12th and Lincoln), but park before you get to 12th, then walk the rest of the way. Enter on Lincoln - the 12th Ave entrance is for the hip-hop folks.

There are a lot more clubs listed here (http://www.vamp.org/Gothic/clublist.html) too. Let me know what you think of them, if you go!

[yvennat.livejournal.com]

Score! This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!