Category: art

02/25/13 03:50 - ID#57287

Squeaky Wheel Peepshow 2013 - Hot Mess at Dnipro

We hit up the annual Peep Show fundraiser art show for Squeaky Wheel. It was at Dnipro, The Ukranian Center at 562 Genesee St. This makes it two weekends in a row at that place.

I had such an amazing night. Saw a lot of people I had not seen in a while. I only wish we had gotten there a little earlier so I could have seen Holly and Brian's video. I think I missed a lot of stuff but I got a great picture of (e:holly) in her costume with the homunculus.

I got to wear my new red photographer pants from express with my white crystal fox tail. People seemed to really love that one. I got lots of compliments although I think some of it was just people blinded by chest fur and red suspenders.

I had the most fun in the ball pit. I think I was there for an hour. The artist had set up an adult ball pit and filled it with crocheted food, condoms, and rats. It was pretty hillarious. The detail work on the food was awesome.

Somehow, everytime I hang out with Rita, I never manage to say goodbye. She is so fun.

The whole evening was pretty awesome until wee hours when everything fell apart.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: food

02/25/13 03:41 - ID#57286

Family Dinner

We had extended family dinner at my mom's house on saturday. It was nice to see everyone. There are so many kids now. (e:mike) and I are going to have a hard time catching up if we ever have kids.

The food was so good. Instead of dinner everyone brought snack foods and we dips and we had a potluck. Many of my favorite things were on the table. Especially the artichoke heart and mushroom meal. I got the recipe from my mom.

I barely got any pics for some reason. I thought I took more but I guess not.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: toys

02/23/13 12:10 - ID#57279

Bop It

My friend emilie from france sent this picture of the bop it

. We had many good times with this toy in Germany.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: animals

02/22/13 10:32 - ID#57277

Three Wolves

I cannot wait for summer. I want to run free.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: dance

02/22/13 02:01 - ID#57276

Brother Sister Dance Party

Last night we went to the dance party at ohm where we saw Goth Trad from Japan. Its nice to have a dancing place a block away.

The music was pretty awesome. I danced most of the time we were there.

After wards we came home and had a brother/sister dance party in the dining room. I finally wore my "If you want my attention - Talk Baseball" shirt that (e:xandra) convinced me to buy in the summer. It was a little extra half shirty.

I accidentally texted this image to a number one off from (e:xandra)'s. They were so confused.

(e:terry) and robert fell asleep

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: food

02/22/13 12:56 - ID#57275

Leftover Soup

literally leftovers with broth.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 02/22/13 12:56

Category: mobile

02/20/13 09:18 - ID#57271

Make Unlocking Cell Phones Legal Again

They need 5383 signatures more to reach 100,000 signatures by feb 23. If you care about hardware freedom and the ability to do what you want with electronics you purchase then please sign this petition to repeal the ruling that made cell phone unlocking illegal.

Update: more details redalertpolitics.com/2013/01/31/librarian-of-congress-criminalizes-unlocked-cell-phones/

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: parents

02/19/13 10:42 - ID#57268

Putting Shelves Together

I helped my Dad put some shelves together for my mom today. We actually managed to quite successfully get the parts together with no arguing.

While working my Dad told me about how his childhood best friend died last weekend. It was the first time I saw him really sad. I can't imagine what it is like to unexpectedly lose a best friend, especially one you knew your entire life. As he said they come by few and far between. I made me so sad hearing him be sad.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: music

02/19/13 10:32 - ID#57267

Matt and Kim at the Rochester Armory

Went to go see Matt and Kim and Passion Pitt at the Rochester Armory last night. I really love Matt and Kim. Seeing them play live was amazing. They are so dedicated to their performance.

As with every trip to Rochester, we ate at Dinosaur BBQ

But first, the Will Call line was insane. It was like an hour long and wrapped around the block.

Luckily we had paper tickets and the line was like 15 people long. Makes me wonder about Will Call in the future.

We stood around waiting for a bit after we got there. The crowd was massive.

There was a lot of crowd surfing during both shows. The best part of all was when Kim walked out onto the hands of the crowd and then danced on top of the crowd.

My video from their concert of the song "Now"

An their professional video

The rest of the pics are from Passion Pitt. The light set was good but I didn't get into the music as much.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: buffalo

02/19/13 10:19 - ID#57266

Giving students iPads exposes them to threats

I can't believe we live in a world where people like Maureen Pratt from Williamsville are so afraid that children will use iPads for porn and "violent gaming" that they would question the use of mobile information technology in schools. Maybe even worse that our city's newspaper has nothing better to print than this response. She "could not remain silent" and neither can I?

Get with the future Maureen, people like you and the children you "protect" from mobile information access are going to be left behind in the information age. Its already happening, the slower they learn to harness information technology the further behind they will be as adults. Denying kids access to mobile internet technology because they may access porn or violent games is the modern equivalent of keeping kids illiterate because they might read about sex or violence.

Tablets, like phones are just computers you can take with you. They allow you to access the information when and where you need it instead of having to wait until you get home or to school to look it up at which times most things will simply slip off the radar. They represent an amazing opportunity to integrate the world's data stores into the fabric of our lives. I can't count how many times a day I reference valuable information on the internet to help me make informed purchases, define words, repair things, cook meals, program computers, appreciate art and music, and get me around from place to place. Not to mention the ability to tap into a vast network of people and their expertise at any moment.

You can't sanitize the internet. The beauty of it is that no one controls it. Its like the world itself. If it were all neatly controlled and government sanctioned the internet would have never happened. It would be like one big paid Disney commercial in America and other countries wouldn't even know something existed outside their borders.

Instead of just denying kids access it makes a lot more sense to teach them about what is and is not appropriate.