May 20th, 2012 @ 6:15pm to 8:00pm
So there's this Solar Eclipse. An Annular Solar Eclipse. Those happen every 18 years. And one in the US won't happen for like, a super long time. So maybe this is a once-in-a-life-time-opportunity, maybe not. But really though, it's a serious risk that I think is worth it. It may be cloudy. Anyway, you should totally go, it's a freakin' Solar Eclipse.
(Annular solar eclipse: the moon appears smaller than the sun and makes a "ring of sun".)
July 1st, 2012 @ 12:00am to 12:00am
The one second between June 30 and July 1 UTC(!) is a Leap Second. In many years, it does not exist.
But this year, it does!
Let us, then, take advantage of this nonexistant second, and, in the words of a co-worker of famous Japanese novelist/copy-writer/game-designer Shigesato Itoi...
Let's pretend this second never existed and try out stuff with a freedom from what we normally do.
Skip work! Ignore your responsibilities! Everyone reading this - skip work and enjoy it! Wander around town aimlessly and for no good reason! But be quick about it!
Go to the movies! Eat fatty foods! Bother people! Break promises! Buy weird clothes and put it on! Throw out important stuff to you! Say stuff you shouldn't! But be quick about it!
Let's use this extra second to do lots of stuff we never do!
This is a good second to task, very very quickly.
You have your orders.
Note that this second is an extended midnight in the UTC time zone. In your time zone, it may fall onto different times of the day.
July 28th, 2012 @ 12:00am TO August 8th, 2012 @ 12:00am
Loesje is a collective that's interested in creative writing and creative forms of activism. She will hold her annual summercamp from the end of July till the beginning August. Except for partying, the summercamps revolve around a school of freedom, i.e. a free exchange of workshops for whatever we feel like learning, doing, teaching or sharing. Also, if you have any special ideas, you'll have a group of 30 to 40 creative activists to collaborate with. For more info about the summercamp see: loesje.org/news/5185 And for more on Loesje see: loesje.org
