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Today is the birthday of Miss Amanda Fucking Palmer, who has requested that people who love her mark the occasion by sharing this love (and her music) with someone who has not yet discovered her utter fabulosity. I know many of you are already on the AFP trolley (e.g. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
liketheroad, northbard, tormenta, curgoth and mycrazyhair, because we were all at her show at the Mod Club five months ago), but for those who are not: Amanda Palmer emerged from the forehead of the goddess Durga fully-formed, of terrible countenance, armed with sword and noose, clad in a tiger's skin and a garland of skulls, filling the sky with her roars, falling upon impetuously and slaughtering the asuras of the army of Raktabija and killing this great demon and enemy of the devas by sucking the blood from his body. Pleased with her victory, she then danced upon the field of battle. Wait, that's Kali, isn't it? Easy to get them mixed up, some days.
Amanda Palmer is one half (with Brian Viglione) of The Dresden Dolls, co-discoverer (with Jason Webley) of Evelyn Evelyn, and has also recently released a solo album (the affiliated book, featuring many pictures of dead!Amanda by many photographers plus stories by Neil Gaiman, is now available for pre-order). She is a talented song writer, a phenomenal live performer, and a very weird person whom I would snog without hesitation. You should all definitely check out her work. To help you with that, I have embedded some informative videos&stuff (see her website and youtube channel for LOTS more) starting with the new and SO FANTASTIC video for "What's the Use of Wond'rin'?":
( more awesome right this way )
Not related to Amanda Palmer: I handed in a draft of my thesis proposal. It's too long and I forgot to include some stuff and overall I kinda hate it, so I'm glad it's just a draft. Now I need to finish reading Tom Boellstorff's The Gay Archipelago: Sexuality and Nation in Indonesia, which is luckily a very good book so far, so I can co-facilitate discussion on it on Monday. And write the rest of my conference paper for next Friday, and the one the week after that. And possibly get a haircut or pick up some dye (I'm feeling scruffy).
liketheroad, northbard, tormenta, curgoth and mycrazyhair, because we were all at her show at the Mod Club five months ago), but for those who are not: Amanda Palmer emerged from the forehead of the goddess Durga fully-formed, of terrible countenance, armed with sword and noose, clad in a tiger's skin and a garland of skulls, filling the sky with her roars, falling upon impetuously and slaughtering the asuras of the army of Raktabija and killing this great demon and enemy of the devas by sucking the blood from his body. Pleased with her victory, she then danced upon the field of battle. Wait, that's Kali, isn't it? Easy to get them mixed up, some days.Amanda Palmer is one half (with Brian Viglione) of The Dresden Dolls, co-discoverer (with Jason Webley) of Evelyn Evelyn, and has also recently released a solo album (the affiliated book, featuring many pictures of dead!Amanda by many photographers plus stories by Neil Gaiman, is now available for pre-order). She is a talented song writer, a phenomenal live performer, and a very weird person whom I would snog without hesitation. You should all definitely check out her work. To help you with that, I have embedded some informative videos&stuff (see her website and youtube channel for LOTS more) starting with the new and SO FANTASTIC video for "What's the Use of Wond'rin'?":
( more awesome right this way )
Not related to Amanda Palmer: I handed in a draft of my thesis proposal. It's too long and I forgot to include some stuff and overall I kinda hate it, so I'm glad it's just a draft. Now I need to finish reading Tom Boellstorff's The Gay Archipelago: Sexuality and Nation in Indonesia, which is luckily a very good book so far, so I can co-facilitate discussion on it on Monday. And write the rest of my conference paper for next Friday, and the one the week after that. And possibly get a haircut or pick up some dye (I'm feeling scruffy).