i am an exhibitionist.

primavera, posting in handmadebooks @ 7:30am: never did this one before..
Two new books:


( inside a book ) You can buy the first one here. The other one is for my nephew.. I hope he likes it.

academyratio, posting in zine_scene @ 1:58am: Richmond Zine Fest - October 11th, 2008 - Richmond, VA




RICHMOND ZINE FEST 2008
Saturday, October 11th
11am-5pm
@ Gay Community Center of Richmond
1407 Sherwood Avenue
FREE ADMISSION
Tabling fees vary from $10-35

NEW WEBSITE FOR 2008: richmondzinefest.org
Table, workshop, and readings registration are all open!

We are looking to have a wide variety of workshops, so if you would be interested in teaching one, please sign up on the website!

E-mail richmondzinefest@yahoo.com if you have any questions.
Also e-mail if you are interested in exchanging fliers.

We also have a new messageboard linked via the website. Post there if you're looking for rides or a place to stay in Richmond.

PS - We're in Richmond, VA, USA

oscillate @ 1:46am: last night at the bar my friend was hitting on some fratty looking boy and so he asked him if he was from louisville. fratty looking boy turns around, puts his hand on his hip, and says, "as jennifer hudson sang, 'one night only!'" and then he did this godawful double snap.

and then he tried to buy me a drink. argument #23423 for going out less.

theexits @ 12:19am:
( night at the park )

trashcan_chica, posting in zine_scene @ 5:36pm: sassyfrass circus issue 2! (x-posted)
the second issue of sassyfrass is out...it's fairly packed with comics and some sweet writings on queer issues and life in general.



send $1 and postage to

Jenna B
405 Red Meadow Ct.
Reisterstown MD
21136

or ask me about trades!

Also, I'm moving after Aug. 16th so if you're slow on the uptake, comment for my new address.

cheers,
Jenna B

brainstems, posting in zine_scene @ 4:46pm: NEW READ IT NOW OUT TODAY!
Dear everyone,
I am pleased to announce that the new issue of Read It Now is available, online, FOR FREE, at www.readitnowzine.com. It features great articles on recording contracts, saving money, prescription drug abuse, and more! Also featured are local bands Vena Carva and Reckless Minds, as well as reviews of the new Septic Johnson and Legendary Ex Co Workers albums! Of course, more is inside!



The new deadline for submissions is September 1.
thanks,
Franny Olsen

nowaitbutlisten @ 1:36pm: Re-posted from in_the_poppies:

Wall Street Journal Link

What Bush and Batman Have in Common

What Bush and Batman Have in Common
By ANDREW KLAVAN
July 25, 2008; Page A15

A cry for help goes out from a city beleaguered by violence and fear: A beam of light flashed into the night sky, the dark symbol of a bat projected onto the surface of the racing clouds . . .

Oh, wait a minute. That's not a bat, actually. In fact, when you trace the outline with your finger, it looks kind of like . . . a "W."

There seems to me no question that the Batman film "The Dark Knight," currently breaking every box office record in history, is at some level a paean of praise to the fortitude and moral courage that has been shown by George W. Bush in this time of terror and war. Like W, Batman is vilified and despised for confronting terrorists in the only terms they understand. Like W, Batman sometimes has to push the boundaries of civil rights to deal with an emergency, certain that he will re-establish those boundaries when the emergency is past.

And like W, Batman understands that there is no moral equivalence between a free society -- in which people sometimes make the wrong choices -- and a criminal sect bent on destruction. The former must be cherished even in its moments of folly; the latter must be hounded to the gates of Hell.

"The Dark Knight," then, is a conservative movie about the war on terror. And like another such film, last year's "300," "The Dark Knight" is making a fortune depicting the values and necessities that the Bush administration cannot seem to articulate for beans.

Conversely, time after time, left-wing films about the war on terror -- films like "In The Valley of Elah," "Rendition" and "Redacted" -- which preach moral equivalence and advocate surrender, that disrespect the military and their mission, that seem unable to distinguish the difference between America and Islamo-fascism, have bombed more spectacularly than Operation Shock and Awe.

Why is it then that left-wingers feel free to make their films direct and realistic, whereas Hollywood conservatives have to put on a mask in order to speak what they know to be the truth? Why is it, indeed, that the conservative values that power our defense -- values like morality, faith, self-sacrifice and the nobility of fighting for the right -- only appear in fantasy or comic-inspired films like "300," "Lord of the Rings," "Narnia," "Spiderman 3" and now "The Dark Knight"?

The moment filmmakers take on the problem of Islamic terrorism in realistic films, suddenly those values vanish. The good guys become indistinguishable from the bad guys, and we end up denigrating the very heroes who defend us. Why should this be?

The answers to these questions seem to me to be embedded in the story of "The Dark Knight" itself: Doing what's right is hard, and speaking the truth is dangerous. Many have been abhorred for it, some killed, one crucified.

Leftists frequently complain that right-wing morality is simplistic. Morality is relative, they say; nuanced, complex. They're wrong, of course, even on their own terms.

Left and right, all Americans know that freedom is better than slavery, that love is better than hate, kindness better than cruelty, tolerance better than bigotry. We don't always know how we know these things, and yet mysteriously we know them nonetheless.

The true complexity arises when we must defend these values in a world that does not universally embrace them -- when we reach the place where we must be intolerant in order to defend tolerance, or unkind in order to defend kindness, or hateful in order to defend what we love.

When heroes arise who take those difficult duties on themselves, it is tempting for the rest of us to turn our backs on them, to vilify them in order to protect our own appearance of righteousness. We prosecute and execrate the violent soldier or the cruel interrogator in order to parade ourselves as paragons of the peaceful values they preserve. As Gary Oldman's Commissioner Gordon says of the hated and hunted Batman, "He has to run away -- because we have to chase him."

That's real moral complexity. And when our artistic community is ready to show that sometimes men must kill in order to preserve life; that sometimes they must violate their values in order to maintain those values; and that while movie stars may strut in the bright light of our adulation for pretending to be heroes, true heroes often must slink in the shadows, slump-shouldered and despised -- then and only then will we be able to pay President Bush his due and make good and true films about the war on terror.

Perhaps that's when Hollywood conservatives will be able to take off their masks and speak plainly in the light of day.

Mr. Klavan has won two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. His new novel, "Empire of Lies" (An Otto Penzler Book, Harcourt), is about an ordinary man confronting the war on terror

dumpstermouse, posting in zine_scene @ 2:24pm: Charmed I'm Sure-- a 24-hour zine
 

I finished my 24-hour zine a couple of days ago, and just now got around to posting it on my Etsy shop. 



Featuring:
-writings about writing
-thoughts on being political and apolitical
-links and conflicts between activism and my mental health
-zines as political action
-musings about my high school years
-the history of my love for Sylvia Plath
-some collages
-bands and zines I like
-stream-of-consciousness writing
-live reporting from the Greek restaurant where I work

1/2 size, 24 pages, $2 post-paid.

xposted

hellomaranda, posting in zine_scene @ 3:03pm: ( My 24-hour zine thing, Little Acorns #2! )

deckchair_danny, posting in zine_scene @ 5:49am: Co-editor anyone?
Hi,  I haven't posted here in a while, but several months ago I solicited for a zine I'm putting together called "Girls and Cars".  I've received lots of great submissions and accepted several but I just haven't had the time or the Something to finish the project. 

Would anybody be interested in taking over?  I'd like you to honor the acceptances I've already sent out, other than that you have free rein.  You can format and organize the zine any way you like, solicit, accept and reject more submissions, write your own stuff to be included.  I have a few stories I'd like to submit but I'd feel funny submitting them to myself so maybe you could pick one or two to include.  Let me know if you'd like to take a look at what I've got so far.    If you print it you can charge whatever the going rate is and keep the money as long as you give me 5 or 6 copies.  If I print it, I'll give you as many copies as you want, which you can distribute as you see fit. 

Here's more about me and my writing.  It has a link to the call for submissions.

Thanks!

reliures, posting in handmadebooks @ 2:42am: My first post
Hi!
I'm a french man (so excuse my poor english...)., doing binding for my own.
There is no french community on bookbinding, so i'm exploring the american ressources, and i've found your community. Today, i  dare posting one of my work...






This is a "french binding" book (i think that's the english term. Its a harcover unite with the pages by twines, made with leather).
Its a book about Musulman Art.

(Tell me if i post too much pictures.)

fap, posting in zine_scene @ 12:18am: DIY-zine!
I made a DIY-zine, pictures under the cut!

( DIY-zine )

Also - I love new lj-friends, so go ahead and add if you like my journal!!! <3

kore @ 4:44pm: here are some things i wrote down from an essay
of susan howe's on emily dickenson (from
the birthmark)

words are only frames
what is writing but continuing
she created herself author, editor, publisher, she situates her production
her calligraphy influences meaning
writer as a transmitter
she read to write
to meet the work with writing
words as a signal
open yourself, let language enter, let it lead you somewhere...
i begin with fragments and they take me to what i find [yes! this is how i write, too]
try to order and the explanation breaks free of itself

http://persephassa.com/inkybloaters | notebook

neesypea @ 3:49pm: The Art Of Couponing
So coupons, yeah they're cool, even cooler when they are doubled or tripled!

One of my local supermarkets is having a triple coupon event starting today through Saturday. So that means if you have a 75 cent coupon it's worth $2.25!

I got all this stuff for free or nearly free...



I had to make three trips because your only allowed 20 coupons per trip and up to five trips a day, I have enough coupons for one more trip!! Here's what's in the picture...

Trip #1
3 Tabasco
3 Brownie Mix
3 Uncle Bens Rice
2 Kraft Cheese
3 Hillshire Farm Lunch Meat
3 French's Mustard
3 Luzianne Tea

Total $58.57
Out Of Pocket $14.51
Savings $44.06

Trip#2
3 Tabasco
3 Uncle Bens Rice
3 French's Mustard
3 Luzianne Tea
2 Windex
2 Utz chips
2 Luigi Italian Ice
3 Daisy Sour Cream

Total $57.58
Out Of Pocket -$0.01 (they actually gave me a penny!!)
Savings $57.59

Trip#3
3 Uncle Bens Rice
1 Windex
4 Luigi Italian Ice
3 Daisy Sour Cream
2 Spray & Wash Sticks
2 Scrubbing Bubbles
2 Jif
1 Mots for Tots
1 Viva
1 Heinz Worcestershire
1 Frosting
1 Hungry Jack Pancake Mix

Total $66.66
Out Of Pocket $9.04
Savings $57.62

Grand Total $165.91 in groceries and I only paid $23.55, go me :)

I just got started in the art of couponing, man it's addicting! I learned a lot from this site http://www.afullcup.com/upload/couponing-101/ and have saved so much. I made a vow to never pay full price for something again, I will always use my coupons!!! :D

talentshow, posting in handmadebooks @ 2:16pm: Honey White
[[ Honey White ]]






























The covers of this book are made with paper I handpainted and waxed with beeswax. This gives them a leathery texture and some degree of water resistance.

The interior covers and spine reinforcements are made with recycled kraft-brown shop paper. This paper has a subtle tan-on-tan stripe.


- 5.5" x 3.25" (14 cm x 8 cm)
- 160 pages.
- Bound with oatmeal-colored waxed Irish linen thread.


[ Available at kateblack.etsy.com. ]

michaelpop @ 11:08am: From the vaults.
ihatesnard realized the other day that she's been on LJ for 7 years. That caused a few of us check how long we've been on here, and it looks like we all jumped on board around the same time. The second half of 2001 was a crazy time, when this "Live Journal" thing was exotic and new. But some of us had "journals" before LJ. Remember pitas? Lindsey had one of those. I had a Diaryland that I'd forgotten all about until Daniel mentioned he had one too. So I looked mine up and LULZED (and cringed) for days. No one needs to read all of that crap, but here are some CHOICE CUTS with present-day commentary. I wish I could go back in time and tell 19/20-year-old me to chill the hell out.

...

8/31/2000: Today is Thursday, otherwise known as my only day to have fun. There's this 'club' in hollywood every week called Cafe Bleu where they play all kinds of brit pop, 60s soul, etc. I love dancing, not to say i'm good or anything (but i think i am). I've met 2 really swell girls there. Maybe someday i'll explain how we met, but for now, all you need to know is Martina just dumped me (one week ago today) and i'm back on the 'prowl'. [I can't believe I wrote "back on the prowl" and put prowl in quotations. Anyway, Martina was a girl I met at Cafe Bleu. We went out for a couple of months and then she blew me off with the ol' "I don't want a boyfriend" line. But she got me into Smile, which came in handy later on.]

9/2/2000: My summer concert schedule is shaping up nicely. I've got Jets to Brazil, Saint Etienne and Travis in the next 5 weeks. And who knows who else will be coming to town.... [I miss Jets To Brazil!]

9/5/2000: Slept in till 11. Got up. Drove around Los Angeles. Went home. Read old newspapers that had been piling up in the corner. Listened to some cds. Watched TV. Tried to go to sleep. Had insomnia. Then, had a nightmare. Woke up this morning slightly less than refreshed. [Wasn't my life FASCINATING?? Oddly enough, this was actually written two months ago.]

9/9/2000: I've been thinking. A little too much. I've noticed how i'm slowly going insane. Well, maybe not insane, but i don't like the road i'm headed down. If i'm this neurotic at 19, imagine when i'm in my 60s. I think i need to seek professional help to 'de-program' the way my brain works. [Rad emo ramblings!]

9/9/2000: Yesterday i got a page from a girl who i used to know. Actually, no, i didn't know her. She's someone that i knew for a while, but then couldn't run fast enough away from.

I met Stephanie late last year/early this year, when i was taking the bus to work. We took the same bus and transferred at the same place. I thought she was sorta cute (from afar). I mean, the catholic schoolgirl uniform does it for me every time. One day she came up to me and we started talking. I didn't mind. I had some time to kill while waiting for my bus. I thought she was alright. Not really my type (a little too immature) but i nonetheless gave her my pager number, unaware that i would be making a great mistake.

She started asking me really personal questions (do you like sex? do you think about sex?, etc.) The nail in the coffin was when she wrote me a letter saying that she wanted to get married really young and have lots of kids. It was implied that she wanted ME to have these kids with her. How creepy is that?

Thanks to her, i purchased a car a little sooner than i would have, had i not had a stalker. With my car, i could now avoid taking the bus, and thus, avoid this seriously creepy girl. [The thing I take away from this story is that I'd almost forgotten I had a pager. Also, I can't emphasize how creepy that girl was.]

9/11/2000: I'm now car-pooling with a girl here at work. When i picked her up this morning, she told me the story of how her dad found my pager number next to the phone and didn't know who this "michael" character was. So he pages me and hears my outgoing message. I have primal scream's "swastica eyes" playing in the background and i go "heyyy it's Mike, leave me a message"... i admit, i sound a little stoned, or tired. Anyway, he asks her who "michael" is and she says it's just the guy i work with. Her dad then said, "ok, but otherwise i really wouldn't want you hanging around with this kid"... [Hahaha, I would pay good money to hear that outgoing message on my pager. "Swastica Eyes" = still a jam! Oh, and I also forgot that I tried to pass myself off as "Mike" for a while. That phase lasted about three seconds.]

9/29/2000: Since by now i know all the songs, i can incorporate my own little moves. My dancing inspiration is Beck. [BECK though! I've never even seen him in concert, but I guess I got it in my mind that I danced like him? What the fuck was I talking about?]

7/24/2008: Today I realized the Internet will never let you forget what a tool you once were. Well played, Internet.

blue_window3, posting in handmadebooks @ 1:23pm: Handbound Hardcovers- How to sew the text block
 Hello,  I just love this community!  Watching everyone post pictures of such beautiful and exciting books inspired me to start binding again.  I took a bookmaking /artists book class in college and made many wonderful books.  Unfortunately that was about 4 years ago and I haven't made a hardcover book since.  I have been recently commissioned to bind 5 limited edition hardcover books of a collection of poetry for the small press Editions Louis Wain.  I remember all of the details except sewing the signatures to each other to create a text block.  Can anyone direct me to a tutorial?  Or describe how to do it?  I have done it before, and have some vague ideas of how it works, so perhaps a refresher would suffice.   Please help!

Thank you in advance and I promise to post pictures once the books are finished and you might be able to convince me to send you a handmade bookmark or postcard.  Provided you give me your mailing address. 

(They will have silkscreened text on the covers, pretty endpapers, a ribbon bookmark and of course interesting and amusing poetry :)  I am so excited! 

theexits @ 11:43am:
tiny amish me & paper jared! jared made this paper craft and it looks just like him.
today i have off work. i slept in and lazed around in my bed for about an hour. then i got up, washed my face, poured myself a bowl of cereal and watched the magic school bus. i haven't watched that show since elementary school. i love it. brit came over and we did our first bit of pilates. it's much harder than i thought it would be. we hope to do it a few times a week.

off to (try to) clean my room.

( 4 )

b_r_a_c_e, posting in unusual_words @ 11:40am: memory banks
Nepenthes - a 'drug' given to forget unpleasant memories



The word — commonly found as nepenthe, lacking its final letter — is otherwise solely poetic or literary.

whysoblue, posting in zine_scene @ 8:23am: last chance for ads!
If you want to promote your stuff in the next issue of Zine World, this week is your last chance to get it in. ZW is the largest review zine in the U.S. and is read by hundreds upon hundreds of zine fans.

FREE classifieds available for any DIY or underground publication, group, or project. (50 word limit, please.) Promote your zine, distro, website, crafts, project or group, as well as for calls-for-submissions, personals, or whatever else. Please be sure to include contact information — that means a mailing address, unless you're just hawking a website.

Want something a little more eye-catching? Display ads are super affordable, starting at just $15. Buying an ad helps us pay for printing the zine, so we can keep the cover price affordable. Email ads@undergroundpress.org for ad rates (or details on ad trades); ad rates can also be found on our website. Email jerianne@undergroundpress.org to submit your classified.

Ads will not be taken after SATURDAY.

limelady @ 8:43am: i am alive!

writing a book is a lot of work! i am here, i am just too busy for my own good... more interesting & better updates soon i promise...

xanthi @ 12:40am: Fooling Half of them All of the Time
There's an elliptical shadow on the moon that wasn't there before. Spotted (no pun intended) it a few months ago. Beautiful moon.

And here's me:


Image from Wikipedia.

But yes of course Gaelic and Welsh.

And what else was I going to say?

xinsecurex, posting in zine_scene @ 12:44am: OUT OF MIND ISSUE 2 IS HERE! (hardcore/punk zine)
just finished printing the second issue of OUT OF MIND. this one is the west coast edition. 24 pages half size.

including:
ceremony interview, tour journal, del taco vs taco bell, a text by Ross Farrar, rainfest and more! (and cute pictures of animals. duh)

2$ in person (come see me at S&F or avalaible at the Pressure table on sunday)

3$ shipped in the us

4$ shipped to canada
paypal to: xinsecurex_@hotmail.com

kore @ 12:33am: walked to dinner with marc & yuri
and there was a loud, clapping banging
thunderstorm with lightening dazzling the street.
we all had umbrellas but stopped midway
between home & there to wait out
the worst of it. we sat in lawn chairs
in front of the butcher shop and the rain made a neat
waterfall off the canopy in front of us and a jogger
went by with sopping wet socks.

mrsnoggle, posting in zine_scene @ 9:32pm: i'm not angry (anymore)

this  is a mini zine i did for the 24 Hour Zine Thing!
it's about my anger issues. (it also contains drawings by my very talented husband!)


I'm not angry(anymore)

it's a dollar from My Etsy Store. 
get it here.