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Libra- You're one of the few signs who really, truly considers your coworkers to be an extended family of sorts -- so now that you need advice on a professional level, it's natural that you'd think of an elder from that extended family to go to for help. The good news is that if you weren't already sure they felt the same familial way about you, you'll certainly know it soon.

N'awww.

More about the conference later. I'm still in post 13-hour travel shock.

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andrealyn, happy birthday. I hope it's a good one and that you really enjoy today. I'm sorry that school and work have really cut into our chat time lately, but once things have levelled off, I hope we can get back to normal. :)

I meant to have a story ready for you as a present, but things were really busy this weekend and such, so. I promise you a fic sometime in the future.

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In an essay accompanying Supernovas, Dempsey and Millan speak of the irony of living on a “land-locked island,” a position that fosters a certain freedom for idiosyncratic development away from superheated art centres like Toronto. (“People don’t want to be art stars here,” says the 40-year-old Millan. “They just want to work.”) Dempsey and Millan also identify a longstanding Winnipeg tendency toward collective action, speaking of the city’s “compulsive friendliness,” which, combined with the frigid winter weather, forces people to huddle together for creative warmth.

The New Breed
Supernovas: Winnipeg’s future art stars, by Alison Gillmor

I love New Music Canada, for giving me good music from people I would never have heard of otherwise, such as Pete Samples.

Also, because of this, I now have an octopus impersonation that I try out, especially when drinking. It generally involves me wrapping my various limbs around another person, and going limp.