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Reminder, there's a meetup to discuss live action roleplay this Sunday, 6 September, 1pm at JJ Murphy's.

Most likely up on the 3rd floor if it's available, otherwise just wander round and I'm sure you'll find us.

We'll be getting together to discuss the future of LARP in Wellington, what you'd like to see and plot a course of action for seeing regular live action roleplay occurring in the windy city!

Almost forgot to undelete my journal. Had less than 1 day to reactivate it as it turns out.

I've decided I'm not returning to LJ any time soon. If at all. I'm going to archive and back up my journal for all the memories it contains, then just let it gather dust a bit. I'm also going to mark all entries as private and wipe my flist, just fair warning.

It's rather curious and sort of liberating to not be on any sort of social networking site. No Facebook, no Twitter, no LJ. Crazy talk!

Yummm.

I haven't liked the teriyaki sauce I've been buying at the store, so I took a stab at making my own. So easy! Never again shall I buy it in a bottle.

I don't have a recipe per se. This was done very much by taste. But I used:

Soy sauce
Water
Brown sugar
Juice of 1/2 an orange
1 clove garlic
1 spring onion
A generous grating of ginger
A smidge of soy oil
A splash of red-wine vinegar (in place of sake + sugar or even rice-wine vinegar)

Chop, blend, heat it all up, let it cool. Done! It's a little thin because I didn't use any kind of thickener. I could just keep reducing it down but couldn't be bothered. I ended up with a perfectly balanced sauce that's sweet, tangy, spicy, rich and delicious. And it took about, oh, 3 min to make. And cost peanuts.

Yum!

I think if you use tamari (maybe) this can be gluten free.

Once again I've been gifted with a 12 month paid membership to Livejournal.

Thank you, whoever you are <3!!!!!!!

What a nice surprise :D :D :D :D

Playing L5R again, albeit online.

Gosh I love this setting. And I love the roll and keep mechanics much more than the D20 mechanics I used when I played it as a TT game. I wish I were playing this as a TT game. I appreciate all the effort that went into the TT game I used to play in. In the good days (which they mostly were) those were good times...

/RPG nostalgia.

Support the Otago Relay for Life and their fundraising efforts. Five pieces are being auctioned at $1 reserve. I donated big-ish painting for this. I think the current bidding is at $7.50.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Art/Paintings/Other/Other/auction-205551760.htm

Went to the Sevens parade yesterday. First time I've seen that - and it ruled! The boys from Kenya were *SO* chuffed to be here. Huge smiles and lots of audience participation. The boys from Niue were adorably sweet and shy. The Samoans were tossing mini rugby balls and candy bars up to construction workers two stories up. The Americans looked white, skinny and scared. Heh!

What drew me to the parade was hearing this *amazing* rhythm. I heard it at work and it drew me outside and down to Lambton Quay, whereby I ran along the parade route until I found the source. Man, that *crazy* beat just rocked my world. I followed it as long as I could, then went back to work. Had no idea who they were or what that kind of music was, despite my Googling.

Bless Stuff for their coverage of the parade. I know now the band is Wellington Batucada is, and I now know what batucada is. So I contacted them post-haste, and I'm signed up for lessons in mid-May when they start teaching again. In the meantime, I'm counting down the days 'til I can see them again at the Cuba St Carnival.

I'm such a percussion junkie. Everything from African drums to Taiko drums to Highland Drumming. But batucada? Maaaaaaaan. This really gets me going. Pushes all my buttons. So I've been goggling batucada like crazy. This is a good example of classic batucada. Love how it gets all slinky at 5:54 min into it :



Then I found this video by an Auckland outfit called Batucada Sound Machine. It's not a great example of batucada, but the influence is particularly obvious at 2:49 min into the video. Che Fu features on vocals. Extra points for it being about voodoo:



Heh...man if *anyone* cares about this post I'm gonna be real surprised. Mmmmm rhythm. I find batucada as melodic and rich as any other type of music. But it sure taps something visceral inside of me. Rowr!

Nothing over $25 if you're in quick:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=478919