My experiences with this skate shop have been that they are big on diversity and inclusion in skateboarding and rock at pronouns. They're the ones who run the excellent kids skateboard camps through Victoria rec. I would love to see them turn into a non-profit youth center! (I would love to see almost anything turn into a non-profit youth center, but this is an especially good idea.) Mostly posting this to remind myself to pitch in on their fundraiser

@bcnews https://news.kamloops.social/@bcnews/117612825782243142

#VictoriaBC

One small thing I enjoy about the death of search is that most of the time when I search about slugs, I also get results about sluts. Finally, someone made a sticker that managed to be about both

It's sixty minutes of contemporary dance walking so it's odd and creative to start with, but I think the real thrill is in how it changes. In the beginning, the movements are small, contrived, repetitive, and mostly the same between the dancers. As they continue walking, their movements get progressively more expressive and fluid and personally differentiated, while still being strongly in unison. Their walking formation starts to expand and contract, and dancers shift positions like a flock of birds.

What a good moment to see art that demonstrates belonging and unity without conformity, right? What a good moment to watch an exploration of the wild possibilities that emerge from practicing together.

So like, I enjoy minimalist contemporary dance. One time I went to see a performance that was about 20 minutes of a dancer standing in one spot with her hands over her eyes and it was great. (Someone from La La La Human Steps if I recall.)

But this was a *lot* more accessible than that, and it was very cool to see such a restricted type of choreography (just walking!) rock the house.

Art thrills! We went to see My Fierce Ignorant Step by The Lion and The Wolf dance company, with #ChristosPapadopoulos choreographing. It was sixty minutes of walking in formation, mostly in unison. A minimalist and conceptual style of choreography that sounds like it should be pretty dry and challenging. But! It was riveting! One of the rare nights at the ballet where someone in the audience whooped during the performance.

https://vimeo.com/1170809614

#dance

Neuztec is next week, woo! Weird music fans, let me know if you see a fave on this list. I am picking largely at random this year.

https://neuztec.ca

#music #ExperimentalMusic #DroneMusic #ambient #VictoriaBC

Finally the new Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, which was target marketed to me personally

https://kaitlynaureliasmith.bandcamp.com/album/ruin-its-not-just-music

Then this gap in my Valerie June library. This album has particularly good weird little noises (e.g., on You and I). What a voice.

https://valeriejune.bandcamp.com/album/the-moon-and-stars-prescriptions-for-dreamers

Firstly this one that makes me so happy... Erotic Probiotic 2, by Nourished by Time. Throwback 90s r+b / dance with the best lyrics-- hilarious but also poignant in a dance music way. Like, yes I want to hear "Daddy, daddy, daddy" ping back and forth between the speakers. The best.

https://nourishedbytime.bandcamp.com/album/erotic-probiotic-2

What's everybody getting for #BandcampFriday?

This year I fully switched off streaming so I am filling in a couple gaps of fave albums I didn't own:

#music

Now I am just spotting local landmarks while I wait for Carrie-Anne Moss and Sheila McCarthy to show up

OK I feel like Yaga is pandering to me specifically 😂

Sending love and attention to my fellow Scorpios who have birthdays in the first week of November. How are you celebrating?

Finally got an "outlier" level word in the Outlier word game and it is one that a friend uses constantly. This game is hard in a funny way when all your friends are readers

https://playoutlier.com/

A couple years ago I put up a motion-activated battery-powered light in the bedroom closet. It rules. Over the past month it has started lighting up seemingly on its own. I usually notice it once or twice while falling asleep.

Is this:

On the bright side I guess that means I have to chill for an hour 😎

Really should have read the recipe through. Apparently these have to chill for an hour before baking 🙃

#food

I am giving myself the Trinity pep talk so I can turn this bowl of treasure into Halloween compost cookies for a school bake sale

#food

How come no one has made gifs of my important pep talks from popular movies from 20+ years ago? Do I have weird taste in pep talks?

I had to take that screenshot myself, as well as this other one:

https://sunny.garden/@beandreams/117504820604269418

This is my pep talk for when I need to stand up but I'm so tired