Jun. 26th, 2009

Mark's still working the job in Toledo, and gone most of every week. Grafton left for the Rainbow Gathering. Caleb works second shift. It's very strange to have such a quiet house.

Not really a bad thing at the moment, though, because I seem to be having some substantial fatigue problems again. Sleep, sleep, and more sleep. And still tired. Today, also achy, probably from the storm.

Massive storm last night. Lost a major branch in the back yard. It fell right on the part of the fence Tarma jumps when she gets a chance, though, and right now I'm kind of pleased it's there, since it's less hassle watching her when she's outside now that her escape point is covered in tree. Can't wait for the new house's new (well-fenced) yard. Really.

Close on the house is July 9th. Things seem to continue relatively smoothly, although I'm freaking about budget to accomplish everything we want to do, and feeling really weirded out about the month or so when Bec and I won't be living in the same place.

New boss continues to pass the "so far so good" tests... Work's really a pretty good scene right now.

A good article about the relationship between unintended pregnancy and abusive relationships, especially among teens

I'm damned relieved SCOTUS came down on the right side of the strip search case

FDA approves generic form of Plan B -- excellent news!

An interesting article on fat men in film

States could lose federal funding if prison rapes continue -- Good.

Breaking News: Trans-inclusive ENDA introduced in the House -- Here's hoping...

Oh, I love me some Rachel. Especially Rachel and discussion of butchness in this culture

Dear Anti-Choicers: Please Shut Up About the Non-Existent Link Between Abortion and Breast Cancer -- If you have to lie to make your argument, you don't have an argument. We hear this one constantly outside the clinics, and it just makes me batshit and headdesky.
So, thinking a lot about the complementary tattoo on my other side. Last one took two years of research before we started tattooing. Although the internet's made everything faster to search since then (oh, I wish I'd had image search back then!), I still want a good head start to let ideas percolate, and for the images I connect with best to emerge.

I was brainstorming with Becca about some images to research, and we came up with the following list (this was mostly me thinking about where to find images of large men, something it's really important to me to include). The limitations: I'm trying to cover the widest array of cultures and time periods possible. The image must be able to be represented as a sculpture. Nude or mostly-nude. Entirely human, no anthropomorphized animal imagery, wings, claws, hooves, horns, etc. Representing a wide array of different body types and shapes. Pieces that fit the overall water-colorish, sketchy kind of style we're using (too much detail, or too perfectly representational, and it doesn't work for this piece). Here are the notes from our brainstorming of ideas to research:

> Sumo wrestlers
> Japanese Luck God Ho-Tei (sometimes called laughing buddha)
> Oni (Japanese) (so far doesn't look like this one will work -- face doesn't fit tattoo)
> Frank Lloyd Wright pedastal topper
> bear gods
> Polynesian statues?
> Babylonians
> Assyrian
> extrapolate painting to sculpture (bacchus)

The first two pieces that grabbed my attention on a quick search:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grandadbill/2481623099/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/catchesthelight/1321885834/
(both are worksafe sculptures of sumo wrestlers)

And _that_ is why my brothers are going to be so amused; they both follow Sumo closely, and have for years.

If you happen to have brainstorming ideas to add to the mix, please do. Even if it's not quite what I'm looking for, it may give me new search ideas and avenues.

I'm also interested in finding transgender images, so if you've got ideas for those, toss them in too...


list of links for my own reference; will continue to grow )

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