Well well well well well! Here I am… yes, alive, living, breathing, Being. Currently just finished raking some gorgeous autumn leaves in the front lawn, listening to a DJ Haywire mix (np: Atari Teenage Riot!), and trying to get my thoughts organized (or ‘organised’ as they spell it overseas) and my week planned based on things on my f’ing ENDLESS “to do” list. One of which is finding a good job… Another of which is writing this blog/book tour report. I also have to get groceries, clean the fish tank, do some touch-ups on book #2 (Shadow Magick Compendium), clean the bathrooms, organize the house, take recycling, sort books, sort CDs, catch up on e-mails (HUNDREDS, AAH), and perform some rituals I’m falling behind on. But I’m sure you don’t want to hear all about my mundane existence (woe), so onward with the official tour report:

CHICAGO ~ Chicago itself, as a city, appeared to me as a big, consuming machine: everyone and everything being sorted, rushed, labeled, shipped, plastic-wrapped, and made a cog of the empirical infrastructure. Yeah; not such a good experience. Estha (my Priestess/partner) and I went here for GothicFest. Truth be told, (more…)

Well, we are back from the fantastic Convergence 13 gathering in Portland! It was a wonderful event and much fun was had by all. I drove up with Estha and Erasmus. They were great car-company and we took turns playing musick. I have a difficult time traveling (flying or driving); it’s just unavoidably uncomfortable. It’s great once the destination is reached, but I don’t understand how people can enjoy the traveling process itself! Maybe I get hung up on the uncomfortableness. Either way, we met up with Madeline, Sky, Steph, and Luke at the event. The three of us carpoolers stayed at the Hilton in downtown Portland… very cramped and not much ventilation (all at an outrageous price, even with the convention discount), but it worked. Anyway, I won’t start this off as a bitch-fest, because the trip as a whole was great! It was my first ever Goth-industrial convention. It was a bit smaller than I expected, but I suppose that was actually a good thing. Also, to be perfectly honest, I don’t have enough photos to compile a proper photo gallery of the event. There were a few, and I’ve posted (more…)