AWP - Denver, Colorado Schedule

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

7:00PM-10:00PM Dusie Pussipo Stonecoast Femiganza
Location: at Packing House Center for the Arts, 835 E. 50th Ave. Denver, CO 80216
Cost: FREE! Everybody welcome!
Website: http://controlgroupproductions.org/

Featuring: Bronwen Tate, Ann Bogle, Jennifer Karmin, Marthe Reed, Annie Finch, Amy King, Cara Benson, Mackenzie Carignan, Danielle Pafunda, Deborah Poe, Ana Bozicevic, Teresa Carmody, Kate Durbin, Megan Volpert, Sarah Rosenthal, Krystal Languell, K. Lorraine Graham, Carmen Gimenez Smith, Robin Reagler, Cheryl Pallant, Shanna Compton, Lara Glenum, Deb Marquart, Elizabeth Searle, and Mel Nichols.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

(WITS Alliance) Geek to Write: True Tales from the Literary Internet
Thursday, April 8th
12:00 PM to 1:15 PM
Mineral Hall – Hyatt Regency Denver Hotel – Colorado

Geek to Write: True Tales from the Literary Internet. The buzz words of technology—twitter, facebook, blurb, flickr, and YouTube—may sound bizarre to the uninitiated, but web applications offer writers options that were unthinkable even three years ago. On this panel, writers who are also educators will share their experiences in which they have used the new media technology to teach, learn, publish, and create stronger communities. (Robin Reagler, Nandi Comer, Brent Goodman, Amy King, Paul Munden, Jim Walker)

Friday, April 9, 2010

7:00PM-9:00PM Meadowlark Poetry Marathon
Location: 2701 Larimer St., Denver 80205
Cost: Free
Website: http://www.meadowlarkbar.com

Poetry readings followed by disco dance party! Feat. Rachel Loden, Kate Greenstreet, Amy King, Aaron Belz, Arielle Greenberg, Daniel Borzutsky, Amy Guth, Ana Bozicevic, Susan Schultz, Peter Davis, Chad Parmenter, Katie Degentesh, Geoffrey Gatza, Janet Holmes, Tony Trigilio, Julie Dill, Tony Robinson, Reb Livingston, Ben and Sandra Doller, Steven Schroeder, Aaron Kunin, Kathy Ossip, Charles Alexander, Luc Simonic, Chris Davidson.

Friday, April 9, 2010

9:00PM-MIDNIGHT – WILLA (Women in Letters and Literary Arts) Goes Live: A Benefit Evening of Burlesque, Literature and Roller Derby
Location: The Denver Press Club, 1330 Glenarm Place
Cost: $10

Burlesque Performers Vivienne VaVoom & Cora Vette, both of Black Box Burlesque, join Readers Kim Adinozzio, Mary Akers, Erin Belieu, Ana Bozicevic, Jami Brandli, Barrie Jean Borich, Nickole Brown, Kara Candito, Mary Cappello, Ashley Capps, Jennine Capó Crucet, Carolyn Forche, Ru Freeman, Lara Glenum, Cathy Park Hong, Olivia Johnson, Lynn Kilpatrick, Amy King, Dorianne Laux, Roxanne Banks Malia, April Manteris, Cate Marvin, Carol Muske-Dukes, Antonya Nelson, Danielle Pafunda, Ann Pancake, Jennifer Park, Carmen Gimenez Smith, Patricia Smith, Susan Steinberg, Cheryl Strayed, Ann Townsend, Emily Warn, and Leni Zumas.

WILLA AWP Press Release

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KillerKini Bikinis

March 14, 2010 I was invited to a photo shoot for the 2010 swimsuit line for KillerKini Bikinis.

KillerKini is the newest line in exotic swimwear in the OC and the designs are sexy and functional. All swimsuits are handmade with quality materials and are created to enhance the sexiness of all body types to give you a “killer” bikini.

At the photo shoot, I got to preview twenty-four of their newest bikinis for the season. The theme for 2010 is 80’s rock songs with white lace bikinis named after Madonna’s “Like A Virgin” and Billy Idol’s “White Wedding”. These bikinis would be ideal for bachelorette parties or honeymoons.

But if white laced bikinis aren’t your ideal swimsuit, they also offer a whole range of racy and bold bikinis from neon green to metallic leopard print. The full line should be available to view and purchase soon, as they are currently working on revamping the website.

KillerKini Bikinis is the creation and dream of young entrepreneur Chelsea Ferguson. She has worked hard to create designs that are both sexy and flattering and of high quality. Together with her seamstress, Sierra Mitchell, they are producing some of the finest and unique swimwear on the market. You definitely will make a splash by the pool in one of these hot numbers.

Chelsea Ferguson and her models

For more info on KillerKini visit www.myspace.com/killerkini or email them at killerkini@yahoo.com

Shanon aka MissBerlish and Sierra Mitchell

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Alcohol.

I don’t drink alcohol.  It’s not really a “holier-than-thou” judgmental deal, and I don’t really feel morally superior or anything to people who do (although around close friends I occasionally joke that I am better than them, then they point out that I skip class way too often).  It’s just not my steeze.

The other day, I was talking to a friend and he said “Have you ever drank anything?”  “No.”  “So…you’ve never been drunk before?”  “No…Is that bad?”  “No, it’s just weird.  You seem like you would, like…your sense of humor is kinda dark” blah blah blah.  So for the past couple of days I’ve been thinking about it, and here’s what I’ve come up with.

For one thing, I’m not old enough.  It seems stupid to some people, but to me I just don’t feel like breaking the law if I’m not really interested in something.  And I’m not really interested in drinking, so why risk it?

As shallow as it is, I’m also afraid that I’d do something really ugly when I was drunk.  Like throw up or something.  Gross.  I don’t exercise because I don’t want people to see me that unattractive; if I got drunk, I’d probably also be unattractive.

For another, I really like to be in control of things.  I won’t say I’m scared of losing control, or that I’m scared of who I am when I’m not all collected and in control.  I don’t actively try and be someone I’m not anyways, so there’s no worry that I’d get drunk and be some complete other person.  I just don’t even like the idea of not having the option of controlling everything.  It’s also kind of why I keep this blog a secret (for the most part).  I don’t want to have to give up any amount of control over the blog, whether it be filtering it so that my parents can read it or being asked to write about something specific.

So, those are my primary motivations.  I just kind of stay out of frat parties and the like to avoid any unwanted pressure.  It’s not really a big deal, just something that was on my mind.

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Sexy villainesses

Ok, I’ve been doing some rewatching of some of my favorite scifi television shows, including Sanctuary, Stargate SG1, and Battlestar Galactica, and I came across an interesting trend. This then led me to really think about more mainstream scifi television such as “V” or “Lost” or “Fringe” (you know, the shows that are on, at least in the US, the “free channels”) and I found that in V, at least, the trend continues, but in others it somewhat dies down.

Now, what is this trend you may be asking yourself and forgive me for not being explicit from the beginning, but what I’m referring to is this notion that women, who are portrayed as “evil” often are “sexier” than others. Now, I’ve heard quite a few people argue that so are the heroines, but if you were to examine, for instance, the wardrobe choices of the G’hould, or Adria in SG1 vs the wardrobe seen worn by Carter or Vala, you’ll find that the outfits differ in that more often than not the less clothes a person wears, the more they’re likely to be “bad”. If you want to follow my train of thought for a moment, as Carter went more and more “animalistic” in Broca Divide, she lost more and more clothes. Sure, I’m equating this to SG1, but think back, even in 1968, in Barbarella, The Great Tyrant is in gogo boots, and sexy tight-fitting clothes.

So what is it about evil and being a villainess that appeals to the more “sexier” side of things? This then lends itself to another whole other range of speculation in that “sexier” means “more sinful” which could mean “being bad”. And of course, with any television, advertising, or anything else that is mass media, “sex sells” and “fame sells” and nothing sells better than “sex+fame”… but I always wondered how this decision is reached. Is it a wardrobe choice? Director choice? Producer choice? Maybe it’s an actress’s choice. Or, maybe it’s a media buyer’s choice.

One of the reasons I really like Stargate SG1 and Battlestar Galactica, is because the heroines from both of those shows are more often than not strong, without being overtly feminine. They are, undoubtedly, more feminine than their male counterparts, but somehow, whether its because of the direction, the acting, or the writing, or some kind of combination of the three, they provide a female presence without being “a girly girl”.

Then again, you also get the “ambiguous” siders… The people such as Dr. Helen Magnus who seems to gray the lines between good and evil. For most accounts, she’s quite good, but think about this deeper. She’s good to the things and people she loves, or who proves necessary, to anyone else, she’s quite willing to allow them to suffer. She has harbored a mass murderous criminal, a vampire, and numerous sentient beings, along with nearly unleashing the fury of the worst abnormal possible into the world, just because she didn’t kill it when she had the chance. She also exudes a different kind of sexiness, one that is darker…

But this is a character that I really enjoy in science fiction. The one of ambiguity. And all of them have that dark prowess to them… Think number 6 (BSG), Anna (V the series), D’Anna (BSG), Amara (Riese), etc… Where you’re not entirely sure if they’re good or bad, but they seem to do both… (save I suppose for Caprica 6, who is more sexy their her other 6’s).

I suppose it’s just more difficult in Science Fiction to ask them to tone down the “sexy” evilness… because then we’ll be left with female villains such as the Alien Queen from “Aliens” or the Borg Queen from Star Trek and then we’ve got another whole other problem on our hand… the idea that women as villains must be ugly, a different species, or downright “non-feminine”.

Now, as a female, and someone who enjoys science fiction, I find that this genre allows itself to the “sexiness” moreso than other genres… ie, you wouldn’t find extremely sexy villainesses in shows like ER or The Office) I’m a bit torn about whether or not I like the ability to use female sexuality to make a show better. On one end, it allows women to be subjugated once more as simply “objects” instead of based on their merit; however, on the other end, if a woman is ok with it, it gives her the ability to truly exude power.

Tell me what you think, or tell me about your favorite scifi villainess.

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Sexy Anyone?

What does sexy mean to you?

For me it’s music. Throaty, angry, passionate music made with drums and bass and lots of angry snarls. And movies. Gut-wrenching, too realistic movies. Gruesome horror movies that split good people in half and then joke about. That’s sexy.

Sexy is gay marriage. And lipstick lesbians. And foreign movies with rapid subtitles. Sexy is buffy the vampire slayer and faith teaming up to squelch caleb and the first evil. Sexy is Giles singing The Who at a coffee shop in hellmouth Sunnydale the day before the apocalypse.

Sexy is Angel leaving. And Spike on his quest to regain his soul, not that he was ever really missing it.

Sad songs are sexy. So are happy ones. Everything is sexy. It just depends  on what you’re doing and who you’re with when it happens.

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The District

THE DISTRICT NIGHT LOUNGE

For the 25+ Urban Professional Social Scene.  Mingle with the beautiful people of the Q.C. in this sophisticated yet relaxing vibe every Friday & Saturday from 9pm – 2am. Drink specials & kitchen open all night. Unwind after work in our happy hour lounge Wednesday through Friday 4pm – 7pm.  Located at 391 Towne Centre Blvd. in Pineville off hwy 485 near Carolina Place Mall…704.889.2613.

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Here's Looking at You, Kid...

What a strange day. A gas pump talked to me and my ninety year old  father couldn’t. He’s back in the hospital, his health more precarious than ever.

I needed gas as I left town. As I was pumping the gas, thinking about my father, the pump suddenly asked me, “are you thirsty?” The voice was female, a bit alto, and urgent. I was so startled I jumped and looked around for who had asked the question. In an attempt to influence my answer the gas pump’s five inch (?) screen displayed an image of a large cup of some dark, bubbly liquid.  For a moment I thought I was a character in Blade Runner.

My father continues to decline. He will be entering a nursing home next week, supposedly for a thirty day period to “regain some of his strength.” I dread he will never leave. I read the proposed nursing home contract. As an attorney I admired the language about getting a refund if the patient dies before the end of the month: “should the account be terminated for any other reason…”

How grim… We both need a sexy photo of a live nude girl to lighten things up…

By Tanguero – creative commons

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