Steps taken forward...

Tonight I celebrate my 39th year of hopefully making people's lives a little more interesting with friends and family. Last night was actually my birthday but I wanted to go see the monthly West Side Burlesque Revue at the Skylark Cafe and Tavern in West Seattle. Persephone Illyri had performed two fan dances, one that felt more like Isis Wings and one with more traditional Sally Rand fans. Both routines were gorgeous. Of course, while we Star Wars movies tonight--zorgaulf and lunargypsie bought me the box set on Blu-Ray--I'm probably going to be working on sewing projects, either the hat or the elastic lace-ruffles for my belly dance performance at SteamCon.

Tomorrow I have a photography workshop at the CSPC. Sadly, the details a still fuzzy about that and I'm bit nervous. I'd hate for my model to drive up from Tacoma and then learn something went south, but we'll see and we'll figure something out one way or the other. Tomorrow, in the late afternoon, I am off to Olatsa Assin's house in West Seattle for a Sass Boom Bang meeting and rehearsal where I unleash my idea for my Film Strip routine in November. Muwahahaha! Ahem. Anyway I top off the evening with my friends in the weekly mage and vampire LARPs. 

Sunday is most sewing, testing costume pieces--I really like where the steampunk belly dancing costume is going--more sewing and more testing with belly dance classes in the evening at ucanto Belly Dance in the U district.

And some where in the middle of all that, I will be reading some new short fiction. It will be awesome.

What are you all doing this weekend? 

First, open this link. Warning, it's painful.

Then imagine this conversation...

zorgaulf: Who is that?
Me: Some web designer...
zorgaulf: ...who needs to be punched.

I laughed.

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Some of you may have heard of plans for activegnome and zorgaulf's birthday, some of you may have not. Plans have changed up some and here is the new plan.

At noon on the 29th of this month we are planing to do a potluck at the Clark Zoo(aka Rory's place). This will also be a great time to play games, get to know each other and watch a movie or two. It will run until at least 5 I'm sure, for those you need to stop by a little bit later.

gypsiequeen is providing:
Location
Homemade lasagna
Carrot Cake

What we need:
Drinks
Cheese cake
snacks and munchies (cookies, chips, finger foods, veggies, fruit)
Side dishes
Movies (bad, or good)
Party games

Please RSVP here or in gypsiequeen's journal and let us know what you plan to bring.