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Thursday, January 27, 2005

 
9:31 AM: thursday's child is going to make another call to capital one [#] [0]

it's thursday, and markalope rightly points out that i haven't even posted about artist's way yet. artist's way went really, really well, thank you. we got rob as a very-last-minute addition, so we had four people in the group. everyone listened politely through introductions and expectations, but the spark really happened during the art project, and i forgot how amazing that is when it happens. i'm doing the course with them though i'm not actually participating in the group, and i have yet to read the chapter myself (i've got to work on the timing of this with the heavy front-loaded schedule i've got), do any of the exercises, or set an artist date yet.

michael & i are watching 3rd season buffy again. we started at the beginning because i only started watching them with him (from california!) around season four. but we got sidetracked and i really haven't seen any of the faith/mayor episodes (even though as a villain i am quite fond of the mayor).

last night sven & i went to a copyright presentation hosted by portland community media which was unfortunately sort of scattered and the lawyer was unable to answer what i thought was a pretty direct question from a coherent audience member, even though she asked it three different times in three different ways. but it did make me realize (though he didn't actually this) that the only way to avoid copyright infringement (like pregnancy) is to not copy someone else's stuff. everything else is just a defense. and it gave me an idea: if we do the unconscious collective thing again, maybe we all pitch in $20 and use the money to talk to a lawyer when we have questions like what we should do about a project like the grashlycrumb tinies.

also of note: anything pre-1923 is public domain. keep your records of attempt to contact an estate. portlandia has copyright protection. set decoration could be actionable.

my bank lost another check. i sent it dec. 28 and it still hasn't posted. the last time this happened we cancelled the check, at which point it mysteriously cleared and we were both charged the fee. so i don't know what to do this time. and i still haven't received a letter from capital one confirming my account is closed, and when i checked my account online they've charged me another late fee. i've been battling this one since jan. 4. what's up with this?