Raequel aka systris's Blog (12)

Yo Folks...

first off i have an idea...probably not an original idea but i was thinking about doing a comp zine about people in their 30s-40s-50s+ still involved with music or art subcultures... (Punk, Raver, Goth, Hip-Hop). i'll be 35 in oh seven days or so and i've been in and around the goth scene for...a long time. 

Being in my mid 30s is kinda disconcerting... i cant be the only one going through a Scene-Life Crisis? i spent so many years building who i was…

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wow, this place continues to rock! i am so glad that i joined WMZ and that i have met so many new zine friends online and offline...but of course i'm still laaaammmeee...havent zined since last year. this year i havent been to any zine fests due to all my friends hitching up (five weddings this year! five!!!) and my job not paying me money to live a real life!

but i joined up with a Facebook group (probly another reason why i havent been 'here') and i have pledged to put out a…

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for the first time in eight years i will not be at the Rotunda with a stack full of xeroxed goodness. this does make me sad BUT i have a good reason, a dear friend of mine will be getting married in central PA on sunday and i cannot miss this for the world! again, i do send my regrets that i cant hang out with my zinester peeps and to meet new people and read new stuff! Continue

Hey people!



i'm home from the Richmond zine fest and i am still stoked about the great time i had! much love and hugs go to Nicole, Alex, Katie, Liz, the Gallery 5 crew, and many many wonderful zinesters from Richmond and elsewhere that i got to experience a fab weekend with...i cant wait for next year! or the next zine fest...if you excuse me, i've got to start writing down ideas and downloading fonts...yes, i am quite crazy!



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hey everyone i met! it was great meeting you too...a lot of people seemed to want to take my year old zine, and of course i still have plenty now to FINALLY get the copies i promised to the contributors who really helped MAKE the zine what it is!



i will be furiously writing up the zine projects that ive had sitting in my head for up to TWO YEARS NOW...cause Richmond Zine Fest is coming!~! and of course i havent booked a bus or a couch yet but dammit imma be there!!!



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Hello all,



due to my life being consumed with both mundane (work, medical, adult-type crapola) and sundry (hello kitty online beta testing, Russell Brand media consumption and lustful obsession) - i have NO new material for my table at the Philly Zine Fest this coming sunday. i will have plenty of the Annus Horribilis that was published late last year and as i owe my contributors copies for over a year...i should have at least the time to get THAT out of the way.



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hey ho, ziney-folks!



first off thank you kindly for the birthday greetings and wishes, they were much apprieciated!



now that i'm 32, i can gleefully say that i am way way way too old for this shite! but i'll keep zining and geeking and whatevering till i die so, whatever



my attendence at the nj zine fest is still up in the air, i may not go cause i have company that week and as well there is almost NO info on tabling/workshops/etc...and i have NOTHING prepared… Continue

i finally have the yen to zine again..but alas no cash...oh well at least i can write all my crazy ideas up.

in other news...does anyone know what's going on for the philly zine fest this year...casey's gone MIA...and the website is stagnant...?

after much frustration with myself, with the nature of paper and tape, and with kinkos employees...my newest zine is DONE. it was received warmly at the philly zine fest, that rocked thanks to Casey and the Philly Zine Fest volunteers and committee!



so begins the whole distro-hunting, review zine submitting, livejournal crossposting type thing..but i gotta wait till payday to get the copies out to my fellow contributors.



i had a blast hanging with Katie and we along with… Continue

tell Casey or someone that i am running late...dont give away my table at the zine fest today...i'mma coming!

layout issues!!!!!!!! damned pagination!!!! aaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

at Montgomery County Community College abusing my student privledges getting the Annus Horribilis zine done!

remember folks, Philly Zine Fest is tomorrow, and i'm bringing my mp3 player/recorder cause i'll be podcasting this!

hey folks..i am so glad to be here! and with that said..i should be getting my fat bottom in gear and do my zine projects that have been..well...mouldering. especially since the philly zine fest is in TWO WEEKS!!! argh!



one kinda downer though, due to the cost/logistics and crap, i wont be able to go to the richmond zine fest...also an old friend of mine is going to have a post-wedding celebration in philly and she's from richmond originally ironically. so...maybe next year for… Continue