Today is August 16th, what would have been Diana Wynne Jones’s 78th birthday. She passed away in the spring of last year, and while the entire world was not sad, the parts of it that knew her were very sad indeed. I discovered Jones thanks to my mother, and much of the landscape of my …
When I was a little girl, I had a big imagination. This imagination let me make up all sorts of imaginary friends to play with. I could imagine that I was a knight, a hero, or an intrepid explorer. I was an alligator hiding in the river. I was an eagle soaring over a canyon. …
I have heard it said that you can tell a home-schooler from a “regular” child because there is something “off” or “odd” about them. Not necessarily bad, mind you, just something a little unusual. This is complete nonsense. Everyone is a little “odd” compared to our entirely fictional standard of normalcy. I think the greatest …
Or, Who Died and made YOU the Author? V 2.0 Note: This article contains frank discussion of character deaths in the show Torchwood, the movie Serenity, and the books I, Claudius and Anathem. Readers sensitive to spoilers are advised to watch/read those stories before reading this journal. At least read the books. Because they are …
I have lately found myself giving the URL for this website to all sorts of people, and for all sorts of publications, and I realize that at first glance it may appear a sadly stagnant and deserted house. This is not the case. For as the atheist likes to say: lack of proof of one …
What: AnthroCon Where: Pittsburgh, PA, USA When: June 14th-16th 2012 Report: As previously described, AnthroCon is a furry convention, which means it’s about three times as fun as any other kind of convention. It has a special place in my heart, as it was my first ever fur con, and my first time meeting one …
This week I am flying to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, as I have done for the past three years, to attend AnthroCon, the world’s largest furry convention. The trip is partly business: I have a dealer’s table where I sell pictures, prints, comic books, and commissions. But it is also for pleasure: I have a lot of …
A lot of my friends have asked me, why Goldeen Ogawa? They ask because Goldeen Ogawa is not the name that I first introduced myself with when we met. If you bother to read the About page, you’ll learn that my full name is Grace Goldeen Ogawa, and on the whole I have found it …
Recently I’ve been watching a lot of True Blood, on DVD. True Blood is an HBO show created by Alan Ball about a telepathic waitress from a small town in Louisiana, set in an alternate narrative of our world in which vampires (and everyone from that happy band: werewolves, witches, minor monsters) are not only …
Today was a good day. Well, it’s not over yet so something awful could still happen, but barring that, this has been a good day. I think it’s important to note the good days, because they can too easily be forgotten. Here are some pictures of today to remind me of this. I love going …
