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GimpGirl Presentation @ Dreams Fair on Second Life [Apr. 20th, 2008|11:32 am]
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GimpGirl Presentation
Originally uploaded by complicitytheory.
Here is a picture of me, in front of our giant TV screen, as [info]jennylin and I talk about [info]gimpgirl (AKA GimpGirl Community), at the Third Annual Dreams Community Fair in Second Life.

"The Third Annual Dreams Community Fair highlights health/support, educational, and artistic groups in SL. There are over 60 informational booths and close to 80 events scheduled by those groups and others."


More photos in the GimpGirl Community Flickr group.
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As posted to [info]gimpgirl: Topic of the month: What does GimpGirl mean to you? [Feb. 17th, 2008|11:43 pm]
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[Current Mood | calm]

As posted to [info]gimpgirl and [info]no_pity (in edited form):

GimpGirl celebrates its 10th Anniversary!


Started in February 1998, the GimpGirl Community has been a long-time resource for women with disabilities.  We are currently gearing up to re-launch our new website, which has been on a bit of a hiatus. We're also becoming active on Facebook, as well as MySpace and the virtual community of Second Life. (See our website for more details, including how to get to our Second Life Open House, happening TODAY at 4:00 PM SLT/Pacific)

Our awesome LiveJournal community has been our mainstay for a long time, and we'd like to hear your thoughts as we move into our next decade...

TOPIC OF THE MONTH: What does being a "gimp girl" (AKA woman with a disability) mean to you?

For as long as the GimpGirl Community has been around, and long before that, people with disabilities, and especially women, have thought, written and talked about their identities -- how having a disability and identifying as a woman shapes (or doesn't shape) their lives.

What does it mean to be a GimpGirl for you? GimpGirl is a phrase used by our community, and of course it's not one that everyone uses. If you prefer a different phrase, what is it, and why?

EDIT:  Look under the cut to find out more about today's excellent GimpGirl open house event on Second Life!

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Peace of Heart Choir - Winter 2007 Celebration Fundraising Concert (12/16/07) [Dec. 3rd, 2007|02:48 pm]
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[Current Mood | busy]

Want to come hear me sing?  Great group, great cause, and.... me!!    Check us out, and feel free to spread the word even if you can't attend.  Donations/volunteers always welcome!



POHC Winter logo
Sunday 
December 16, 2007
2:30 – 4:30 PM

Hunter College, North Building,
Room 424
Entrance on East 69th St., near Lexington Ave.          
New York City

The Peace of Heart Choir formed in response to the tragedies of 9/11 and performs multiple free concerts for NYC non-profits, shelters, service providers, hospitals, and events, as part of our mission of providing healing, diversity, community building and mutual understanding through music.

 

  

You are cordially invited to our Winter 2007 Celebration Fundraising Concert

ROCKIN' IN THE NEW!

Proceeds enable us to continue giving multiple free performances
for non-profits, shelters, hospitals, service providers and cultural events.

Performing our Winter 2007 a cappella repertoire from the following traditions:


*Holiday Songs from Latin American, Caribbean
& African Traditions*
*Hebrew & Ladino*
*American Pop & Soul*
*Original Compositions*

And featuring:
The POHC Bake Sale and POHC Souvenir Merchandise!

Tickets:
$18 in Advance; ($19 online)
$20 at the Door

General seating; wheelchair access

For advance sale tickets: Click here
email: peaceofheartchoir@yahoo.com;
or call: 212-252-3191

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Travel and people with disabilities (cross-posted) [Nov. 20th, 2007|03:23 pm]
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[Current Mood | curious]

It's a topic I often wonder about.  And I know other people are thinking about it as well, given the number of sites, blogs, and other activity that has cropped up online around accessible travel.

Specifically (as a woman in fairly decent health who uses a motorized wheelchair and lives in the U.S.), my interest in travel was rekindled recently when I came across the website of a group called Wilderness Inquiry.  Paragraphs like this one caught my eye:

Our trips are integrated, meaning that each group typically includes people who have a disability and those who do not. What brings them together is their interest in doing a wilderness adventure. We do whatever it takes to make our trips accessible, but disability is not the overt focus. We just want to get out there and enjoy the wilderness together.

Actually, if their trips really work that way, it kind of blows my mind.  And they even have a financial aid program.  So now I am definitely interested in exploring this as a possibility.

I have traveled a bit in the last few years, within the country for less adventurous reasons, and internationally (to the U.K.) on an exchange sponsored by a disability-oriented organization called Mobility International USA.  But I don't think I've found a travel situation that seemed just the right mix of adventure and inclusion (and affordability) yet, and I'd like to try.

So I wonder about other people's travel experiences... with either of the groups mentioned, with other groups, or independently.  Within your country, or internationally.  Or if you haven't traveled, what you'd like to be able to experience...

I know I'm not the only one with an itch to travel.
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Normal = Canadian [Aug. 28th, 2007|02:18 pm]
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Recalling a voice post I made some time ago:

[info]complicittheory: didn't sound american, you didn't
[info]aleja: instead?
[info]complicittheory: just normal
[info]aleja: ha
[info]complicittheory: i.e. canadian

Good to know, eh?
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I can has yoga [Aug. 26th, 2007|12:30 pm]
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[Current Mood | sleepy]

In lieu of... anything, some recent-ish photos of me doing yoga things, taken from RehabYoga slideshows.

Caption says: Sitting posture, in preparation to standing (There are ropes behind my upper and lower back which are being pulled forward)
Caption: Elongation of hip and knee flexors ALTERNATE LEGS in preparation to standing

Supported standing in half Uttanasana
 
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Trying out an S2 IS [Jun. 25th, 2007|10:19 pm]
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Trying out an S2 IS
Originally uploaded by rpongsaj.
Rob says:
Alejandra explores the finer points of Aly's camera.

I say:
Shiny. I want.
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The Peace of Heart Choir - June 10th at Hunter College [May. 31st, 2007|05:24 pm]
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Please consider attending my choir's end of season concert, or maybe making a donation if you can't join us / me...

(Also, we're always looking for volunteers, and new voices for next season - I'll be bugging you about auditioning in August.)
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One fish, two fish... [Mar. 20th, 2007|10:48 pm]
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016_13A
Originally uploaded by Frank's Sister.
A followup to my own Recess post and pics; I'm looking goofy in the middle during a rousing game of Hey! That's my Fish!
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Recess IX: SuperAleja [Mar. 12th, 2007|09:40 pm]
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Recess IX: SuperAleja
Originally uploaded by superaleja.
My descent into nerddom continues...

This weekend I went with [info]matt_rah to Recess IX: The Undeadening, a quarterly gaming event held by NerdNYC. Lots more low-quality phone camera pics in the set.
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Confessions [Feb. 25th, 2007|01:20 am]
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My sweatshirt says: Sometimes, when I'm all alone, I Google myself


Am I a geek yet?
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A special occassion [Feb. 23rd, 2007|03:42 am]
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[Current Mood | amused, but also ow]

This is a pretty funny story, if I do say so myself.  (Your mileage may vary.)
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Thought of the day [Jan. 31st, 2007|09:30 am]
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[Current Music |the last bagel toasting.... is not for me]

[info]aleja
i'm one of those restless geniuses, maybe

[info]complicittheory
restless at least ... with delusions :)



A fine piece of Canadian wisdom for the morning, eh...  with a nugget of truth to it that's far too easy to ignore.
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Hoy te dedíco... [Jan. 19th, 2007|09:33 pm]
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[Current Music |"El dia de mi suerte", Héctor Lavoe]


Sufrí la parte de mi vida ya 
Sin un complejo de inferioridad 
Por eso no me canso de esperar 
Pues un día Dios a mi me ayudará.
Y el día que eso suceda escuche usted 
A todo el mundo yo le ayudaré 
Porque tarde o temprano usted verá 
Cómo el día de mi suerte llegará 
Y ya lo verá. 

		--"El dia de mi suerte", Héctor Lavoe


Every Hispanic/latin/whatever person (especially in New York) older than 5 knows Héctor Lavoe whether they want to or not, or at least his music.  You don't have to wait for too many songs to go by at a party to hear his voice. He's the ultimate tragic hero, in salsa form.  Though I'll never live a life half as large or crazy as his, that song always rings a bit true, with its longing to find a path, and some luck in life.

I'm a little bit excited about the upcoming biopic, El Cantante.  Not because I think it'll be a great movie.  It won't have mass national appeal.  I'm not a fan of Jennifer Lopez.  And while I do like Marc Anthony (proof!), I don't know if I like him singing as Héctor.  His voice just isn't... heavy enough, you know?  But I know I'll go see it (me, choose to go to a movie?), because the life and times of "la voz" are just a part of the culture I was born into, even if I'm not Puerto Rican.  Plus, the music will probably kick ass in that hardcore 70s/80s New York  salsa kind of way. Or at least, I hope it will.  You might like it, too.
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My new boyfriend [Oct. 24th, 2006|07:24 pm]
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[Current Location |Sector 7G]
[Current Mood | dorky]
[Current Music |pls see post]

... is Beethoven.   Because I am a giant dork, but also because the Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor is so insane in the third movement.  You almost feel like the unrequited love he supposedly wrote it about.  You have to be nuts to play it, too.  Oh, if I could.

Beethoven has lots of lovely piano stuffs, but Mozart is still my main squeeze, after rediscovering the whole Clarinet Concerto, which I'd only had in pieces before.  It's got some childhood memories attached, which is funny because my childhood was as far from Mozart as you can get.  And still, there's that other violin concerto of his I have to find.

Of course, I have to keep in mind that all  my jazz and blues and standards boyfriends are not on this player yet (but a few good stand-ins).  And there's a conspicuous absence of Marc Anthony and other, less marketable Spanish-singing men (though there are a few old school, Spanish "how did [original iPod owner] know about this?" songs hiding in the mix).  And I could even get some Boyz II Men or even Babyface in the rotation, to bring back the puppy loves. 

Or my newer flings, like Sufjan Stevens. The list goes on, really.

Oh, the many men of music...

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