For a change of pace, I thought I'd do a "here's what cordelianne did" kind of post. Of course there's still talk about fandomy stuff because, well I'm me, and Pride is (theoretically) all about celebrating who we are.

Cordelianne's Pride Adventures

Friday
- Because of my three day week-end I decided to take advantage of Friday and do all the chores I've been meaning to do, which meant I really only did about half of them (I did really exciting things like laundry, grocery shopping, sorta cleaning, getting rid of some old clothes, etc.).
- And my "do the chores" plan was partially thwarted by my realization that the cute brown slip dress I'd gotten for the Dyke March would totally show my underwear if I bent over (although I was fine with the extensive cleavage I would be showing!) .... so I had to go out and buy boxer briefs.
- Re-watched Bend it Like Beckham (which I just bought for only $7.00) and cried at the feminist empowering moments. Then I watched some Arrested Development season one.

Saturday
- Brunch with some friends, in which one friend revealed that she'd spent an entire day reading Battlestar Galactica fanfiction (she knows of my love for and involvement in the fanfic). I now wish I'd said something like "Welcome to the dark side" or something witty. I think there was just squeeing. I've since sent her an email with lots and lots of LJ links for BSG fanfic to try and lure her here!!
- At work, I changed into the slip dress and reapplied sunscreen (because of my extreme paleness).
- During the Dyke March, I got to ride in my work's "float" (really a truck pulling a trailer with an inflatable air mattress bed in it) but I still felt all princess-y and it was definitely a fun way to experience the march.
- Realized I shouldn't have worried about the underwear showing since most of my co-workers were just in their underwear or less.
- Went to work and actually did work (I know! But there were things I had to do, ie. payroll). But I did the work in my slip dress!
- Er, I then went home, stopping to buy 2 birthday cakes for customer service representatives (csrs) I supervise on the way.
- I then watched LOTS and LOTS of BtVS/AtS fanvids! I've seen a few excellent ones before (basically all rec'ed by femmenerd) but never this many. I got inspired for a fanvid marathon after crazydiamondsue mentioned her favourite Spike/Xander vid. She very kindly linked me to this post of hers which has recs for all sorts of BtVS/AtS vids!! I particularly love "Whatever", "Jealous of Your Cigarette" (S/X vid!) and "Measure of a Man" (lots of slash!). (I didn't link to the vids, because those links and many more awesome ones are on crazydiamondsue's post and I highly recommend checking out the post if you haven't already.) Oh! And "Wonderwall" (Willow & Xander) made me cry and cry, and then pull out my season 6 DVD and re-watch the ending, and cry some more. Yes, I was in a sappy mood.
- IMed with savoytruffle.
- Returned to the office at midnight to give a csr his gift and birthday cake. Ran into a friend (yay stretchmarks!!) and we hung out briefly.
- On the way home I tried to get bubble tea but the restaurant had run out of tapioca (my favourite part!), then I tried to get a cab but couldn't (busy time on Saturday night) so I took the subway home. I did succeed at getting a fruit smoothie from the 24-hour Second Cup by my house but I'm convinced the woman who served me was totally high (for a few minutes I worried she didn't even actually work there). The good news was the smoothie was yummy and I watched her make it so I knew it would be alright. Still, very odd.
- Possibly watched more fanvids!

Sunday
- I did succeed at getting a small part of my shoulder sunburned (I think my purse strap rubbed off the sunscreen), so I had to find a top that would cover my shoulders and not be too hot. I ended up wearing a very cute but impractical outfit (ie. short skirt) to be sitting on curbs and on the ground.
- Went into the office and gave another csr a gift and birthday cake. Oh! One of the csrs described my legs as "milky white" which I'm going to use from now on instead of "very very pale".
- Met my friend, spookymonkey, and wandered around Church Street. We got fresh squeezed lemonade (very yummy!) and overpriced food (I got a tasty veggie roti). We talked a lot.
- Listened to Po'Girl who are fabulous!! And we saw Oh Susanna who is also awesome! (You can check out music clips for both Po'Girl and Oh Susanna at those links.)
- Came home exhausted from the crowds, the heat, and sitting on pavement.
- I shared the fanvid rec post with electricalgwen and believe I have her as obsessed as I am with vid watching. Oh, and of course I watched more vids!!!
- To cap off Pride I watched But I'm a Cheerleader, one of my favourite movies!! (My icon is from the movie!)

I hope you all had a good week-end!!!