Shades of Gorey, eh. This was a trial plate for that relief-etched ghost.

Happy New Year! Hope you had a good one. I lounged around at my sister's, reading a lite-research book about women breaking into academia in England, watching Lord of the Rings, watching Friends, and then missing my train back north and going to see HOLMES instead. No wait was it called SHERLOCK. The Sherlock Holmes movie, in which Holmes and Watson are the CUTEST COUPLE EVER. Even though they aren't meant to be a couple. The lady who played Irene Adler was good, as was her role, but she was too young! I don't think Robert Downey's ex-girlfriend/lover/whatever from way back when would really be 22. One of my sister's Doll's femme fatale personae was called "Irene Adler" - it wasn't until a couple of years later when I read whichever Holmes story it is that features her that I realised the name had not been an invention of my sister's. I think that was the only Holmes story I ever read; all the ones I know were read to me by my Dad, to great effect (I couldn't sleep after hearing him wail "Oh Alice! Alice! It was the speckled band!"), or seen as TV productions.

Fan art year in review: I DON'T THINK I DID ANY FAN ART. Huh. Maybe increasing publicity on the next couple of movies will galvanise me into producing something.

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Where are my manners?
Happy New Year to everyone. Best wishes, health, prosperity and all good things. May you be inspired in all your endeavours and reach your goals successfully.

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2009 with THE LAST AIRBENDER and RACEBENDING.COM
What a year it's been, full of ups and downs but in the end - a wonderful pile of ups. Thank you to my friendlist not just for supporting me, but for helping me sort out my own thoughts about racism, prejudice, privilege, silencing, ignorance, derailment and allies. Thank you to jedifreac and whosdamike for being so amazingly pro-active and spearheading racebending.com triumphs.

why we're doing this
racebending primer
about us

where we live

lj ♥ twitter ♥ facebook ♥ street teams

what we do
racebending @ dragoncon '09
racebending @ comiccon '09
racebending @ futures of entertainment '09
racebending on YouTube
racebending, JACL and MANAA protest the film The Goods. Paramount Pictures apologizes.
racebending protests the film The Weapon.

what results
APA Coalition Meets with Paramount Pictures
At a meeting with Paramount Pictures regarding the depictions of Asian Americans in The Goods, the Media Action Network for Asian Americans brings up the casting controversy over The Last Airbender.

who supports us (more supporters on our website!)
Roger Ebert
Tycho of Penny Arcade
Derek Kirk Kim
Gene Yang
Keith Chow
comicbook artists
Secret Asian Man
Margaret Cho
Balitang America

people who worked on the series Avatar: The Last Airbender
Giancarlo Volpe, Storyboard Director, Award-winning Director
Dao Le, Animatic Editor
Siu-Leung Lee, Cultural Consultant

how we learn
History of Yellowface
Paramount Pictures and Asian Americans: A Tarnished Legacy
Do Children See Race? and The Virtue of Colourblindness
Interviews with industry and social professionals.

how you can help
Buy a t-shirt!
Sign up for newsletters and street team info!
Spread the word - online, in real life
Boycott the movie The Last Airbender ! Nothing speaks louder than shutting our wallets.

upcoming
Yellowface: A Documentary

Be safe everyone, and hopefully you still have electric.
(I do, but I am taking precautions that I might not tomorrow.)

Here are two holiday album covers I really like...


The soundtrack to the original Sesame Street Christmas special. It's one of my most favorites because it is both funny and also sad as heck (like all the best holiday specials!) You can Download the album here!


I used to love the Chipmunks as a kid. And I still love their old Christmas albums (especially the jazzy orchestrations) and the artwork style for the original Alvin show is still charming enough to make me ignore the new CGI Chipmunks. This image was the inspiration for the art I did for the Harry and the Potters Christmas Album

And on the subject of holiday music...you can still download my own holiday mix cd's in the Holiday Mix Archive.

Ahh i'm sucha bad friend, thanks guys for the lj gifts!! :D

Well I saw Avatar yesterday. ( Read more... )

also WHOO I got Little Rocket Man and Neighborhood Watch on HL2 booya