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I'm Siobhan Curran/Kisa Naumova, and this is my weblog. I tend to write about stuff like crossdressing, Macs, code, cats, wine and Second Life, but in general it's just an ongoing conversation about all sorts of stuff. If you'd like to know a little bit more about what this all is, I recommend starting on this page which has a little bit of info on who I am, and what I'm trying to do — or you could dive into my five years worth of archives if you like.

Otherwise, feel free to close this box and explore...

This Was My Sparkle

I think, in all honesty, that April has managed to save me the trouble of writing a complete "What I did at Sparkle" report by summing it up for me in two pictures.

I'm sat here (in fact, I've been sat here for a good half hour) trying to write something to accompany these — but I can't. So I'll just show them.

(via April Angel @ Kiss My Panties)

Qu'est que c'est la Français pour "Plagiarism"?

This was flagged up to me ages ago by Emily Söderberg (thanks Emily, and sorry for not getting back to you — I'm crap at email)

At the time, I was surprised, but a little flattered. It was rather strange to see someone blatantly cut-n-paste your website, and change a few words. I can't really complain, because that little cartoon of me with my legs crossed was just a rehashing I did of another image I found on the web years ago.

What I can take offence at though, is the combination of the little avatar and Comic Sans.

I might also try and trademark that purple someday, in a kinda Yves Klein Blue way.

Siobhan Curran Purple(R);

You look lovely at Sparkle there — fantastic dress as well!

looby

I think I sent the email at just about the time Erin decided to chew her way through the data on your hard disks, so I was not at all surprised that you didn't get back to me.

As for Comic Sans, it is, unfortunately, the preferred font of far too large a proportion of the French populace. I say this from experience, having suffered countless presentations, websites, adverts and documents completely rendered in this abomination of a font. I even had a consultancy send me a �200,000 proposal in it! :blink: Needless to say they didn't get the deal.

Life in France is, all in all, very good. It would be so much better without Comic Sans!

Emily S�derberg

Conversations With Kids

Ah, kids. Bless 'em :smile:

Before I go into this little story, I must first point out that the last time I shaved was while getting ready for the fashion show last weekend, and so, I'm somewhat hirsute just at the moment...

As everyone is no doubt aware, I get through a fair bit of wine. And therefore, as a direct result, get through a fair few wine bottles. I'm notoriously bad at getting rid of those bottles, and have, in the past, managed to amass quite a collection of them.

Recently, Kathie and I did a Great Big Bottle Bank Run™ and got rid of them all, but, true to form, I started a new collection.

Anyway, being somewhat at a loose end today, what with Kath herself being in Malta (yeah, I know), I decided it would be a good plan to take all my bottles to the bottle bank.

When I got there, I was surprised to see two kids using the green bin as a climbing frame, but seeing as they asked if they could help, I figured they were probably lovely children.

So, I'm bending over, pulling bottles out of a bin-liner, when a little voice comes from above:

"Are you a girl?"

Rather surprised, I stroke my beard and look up at the kid.

"No, why?"

"You've got a bauble. Only girls have baubles."

And thus began a rather enlightening conversation with what I presumed to be a nine-year-old, about gender stereotypes.

(I'm exaggerating a bit here — it wasn't a very long conversation, just a few exchanges about how some men have long hair, and "why don't you get it cut?")

My favourite moment though, was when I was trying to point out that not all of the bottles belonged to me:

"You have a girlfriend?!"

Why do people find that strange? :unsure: