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Television Zombies, Episode 21: Off Topic Until 2008
This week, TVZ has its longest episode yet, clocking in at nearly an hour and a half! Beyond nearly 30 minutes of off-topic rambling, Tina, Chris and Jeff discuss DVD box set recommendations, Doctor Who, Torchwood news, Carnivale and more!
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I keep forgetting to post these!!!
Episode 20: George W. Bush Knows What You’re Watching, But Hollywood Doesn’t
This week, the gang laments the demise of Journeyman and the failed Nielson rating system that didn’t count our views. Also, favorite Christmas specials (including the Star Wars special from the 1970’s). The new voice of KITT is revealed (and it’s not Mr. Belvedere), Torchwood is revisted, Chris updates us on where he’s at with Doctor Who, Molly Shannon on Pushing Daisies, the final Chuck of the year, plus more!
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Television Zombies, Episode 19: “Manboy Smackdown II!”
This week, in the wake of the “Gerstmangate” scandal at Gamespot.com, the gang poses the question — can entertainment review sites that take advertisements from the same companies they cover be trusted? Jake discusses his early impressions of Buffy season 1, the group discusses the merits of Rose Tyler’s return to Doctor Who, plus Chris and Jeff revisit the Chuck vs. Reaper, but this time Jeff is on Chuck’s side.
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My Zombie Plague Holiday Cards are on sale in my shop. Great for people who are late sending cards, who want to send New Year's cards instead! When these are gone, there won't be any more just like these, as next year there will be a new version of the design!!!
DCblogs.com today posted my blog post: in heaven without a Nintendo DS (below) and then Jeff's follow-up: Hope and the New Atheism, at Restaurant Fuel.
This is kinda cool. I am not sure if Jeff even read my post. Perhaps I read it to him. Thanks to DCblogs.com, though for posting them.
I am thinking of ghosts again today. And the beauty of the idea that we all stay here when our bodies die. It makes religion and heaven seem sad in way. Like I don't want to go and sit at the throne of god or whoever when I could float around my own house, amongst my own things for the rest of my energy span. I love my things. The art on the wall. My daughters' shoes. The mess of packing peanuts on the bedroom floor.
I thought of this yesterday, too, as Jeff and I did our Xmas shopping. We were lucky to be without the girls while we did it, so we could get things for them without sneaking them into the cart. I kept looking all around at people, wondering how long they would get to have these things they were buying. And will they miss them when they are gone. And how boring it would be in heaven without their Nintendo DS.
The older I get and the more I love the world and life, the less I believe in god. It just seems worthless to think that there is something better than here. Here is so great. The cold air on my face, the way that orange loves blue, the taste of hazelnut candies.
I know this is weird. Sorry if it bothers you.
I am having a shipping sale at my shop. All packages to the US only between now and 12/21 will be sent priority 2-3 day mail, no matter how much you spend on shipping. I am also shipping everyday until them. So odds are you will get it in time for xmas!
And don't forget my little shopping event!
My sister tells me she can't remember me from our childhood. This is something that completely floors me. How could this be? She does remember the time I saved us from being kidnapped. I am glad that she remembers this because it is one of my greatest accomplishments. I wonder sometimes if this one act of bravery at 7 or 8 years old is what gives me the strange uber-confidence that I have. I remember being so afraid that day. I wonder if certain moments of extreme fear in life can do this to you. Like why aren't all women more confident after giving birth?
I wonder a lot about the self-confidence issue during my trip to New York for the Bust Craftacular. How does one get it and how do they keep it and where does it come from and how can mine be so absolute in certain situations and a little iffy in others?
I am watching my friend Beth Magie DC's table at the show when I start up a conversation with a girl in a grandma coat. I tell her I like her coat because it reminds me of my grandma. She tells me it my be her grandma's coat. I wish I knew where my grandma's clothes went when she went to the nursing home, I think. I talk some more with this Grandma Coat Girl about how none of us will be Great Grandmothers in the future. I don't mean really good grandmas, but I mean, Great Grandmas. I had two when I was little, we called one of them Old Ma. They were very special to me. Earlier in the bathroom at the Metropolitan Pavilion, I saw my grandma in the mirror when I was washing my hands. My hair was in this big loose bun in the back and there she was so very clearly in my face. This put grandmas on my mind, I guess. So I say to the Grandma Coat Girl that we won't be Great Grandmas anymore because we are having children so old and there just won't be time in our lives for us to see so many generations. She suggests that perhaps we will live longer and thus my theory is wrong. I say that I don't want to live that long and be old for so long. I so am not happy that some day I might get very old. This is an interesting conversation to be having with a stranger at a booth that isn't mine. It is funny and strange, like I had known her for a very long time. She is a very pretty girl with a soft voice and kind smile and I start to wonder who she is. She asks me about my creations, which are really Beth's and this is when I explain that I am actually Tina Seamonster and these aren't mine, but Beth's and I make other stuff and I point across the room. And then the Grandma Coat Girl surprises me by telling me she is someone unexpected. Jenny Harada!, a total hero to me in the world of indie craft and here I was blabbing nonsense of grandmas to her. There is some confusion about whether or not we have actually met or just know things about the other through my ordering from her and blogs and being in the same place at the same time. And it is a really wonderful conversation and I think about how I never would have had it if I had not been confident enough to.
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There are more stories to tell about the Bust show... more tomorrow.
I can't believe it is December already! My Etsy orders are about to hit 1000, which is just insane and I have two huge shows coming up in the next few weeks. First is the Bust Craftacular in New York City on December 8th from 10-8pm!
I am booth C-14 and my sister and I are super excited to be traveling to NYC! Do stop by and say hi.
And the best for last, the Craft Mutiny Holiday Booty Market is your last chance to buy handmade in DC this holiday season! It is going to be like a fun little party where you can buy stuff!
Craft Mutiny's 2nd Annual Holiday Booty Market, a one day show and sale featuring 20 of the area's finest indie crafters will be held Saturday, December 15, 2007 from 12pm-6pm at Hilda's Giftshop located inside the National City Christian Church at 5 Thomas Circle NW, Washington, DC. Don't miss this last chance to score some sweet hand made items from your favorite local indie crafters. There will be music provided by Jason Hutto of The Aquarium, snacks, and a craft table for the kids so you can focus on the awesomeness! Plus free goodie bags for the first 100 attendees!
If you're a fan of Crafty Bastards Arts & Crafts Fair, you will not want to miss the Craft Mutiny's Holiday Booty Market. Not only have Crafty Bastards organizers Kim Dorn and Sara Dick helped plan the Booty Market, most of the vendors are Crafty Bastards veterans as well. Expect to find local favorites like Woolarina, I Like Seamonsters, 60 Bugs, Kristina Bilonick, George Ryan, St. Bob and the Happy Little Trees, Daisy Lacy and many more.
The Holiday Booty Market is organized by Craft Mutiny, a DC-based arts & crafts collective of 15 members established in 2006. We don't just make things. We buy handmade and think you should, too! Shopping at the malls and big box stores can be torture, especially this time of year. The mass-produced selection of goods is often lame and increasingly toxic. Buy awesome hand-crafted items this holiday season and support local artisans.
DETAILS
WHEN: Saturday, December 15, 2007 from 12pm-6pm
WHERE: Hilda's Giftshop at the National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW, Washington, DC 20005
I just posted this to the Craft Mutiny Blog, but wanted to post it here too!
I have been asking everyone, "Are you making ornaments for our Craft Mutiny Ornament Drive?" And I usually hear, "Um. I don't make ornaments." Dude, I would have said that 4 months ago, too. I have actually never had a Christmas tree in my house as an adult. I wasn't sure if it was laziness or what, but never have. The traditional ornaments and holiday decorations just doesn't appeal to me. They are still in the realm of "country crafts" and that just blah. So I decided to turn the holiday ornament on its head with my line of Zombie Plague Ornaments, see:
And then, I started making the Creepy Santa Head ornament:
See, with some felt and imagination, the possibilities are totally endless. I say, let's make our own, new, modern holiday traditions. There is no reason why zombies can't be the new mascot for the holidays? Who knows, 50 years from now, Christmas could be about worrying about the zombie apocalypse. Wouldn't that be fun!?
So don't tell me you don't make ornaments! Everyone has their own idea of what the holidays should look like, so show us yours! We are taking donations of both traditional and non-traditional ornaments at our Holiday Booty Market on December 15th. Bring 1-5 ornaments to our show, ready to sell. Put them on our tree and we will sell them and donate the proceeds to charity.
Saturday December 15, 2007 * 12-6pm
Hilda's @ National City Christian Church * 5 Thomas Circle
Television Zombies, Episode 18: Doctor Who and the Ghost Hunters
This week, Chris dives into the deep end of the Doctor Who pool and comes out unscathed, David Duchovney versus the Red Hot Chili Peppers and big numbers for Dexter! All this, plus the week’s news, plus Battlestar Galactica: Razor and Tina’s thoughts on Scifi’s Thanksgiving Ghost Hunters marathon.
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I really enjoyed this episode because we talk about Dr. Who!
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