By bluerasberry on 2019-08-31
Consider all of the people who engage in activities in the Wikimedia platforms. The Wikimedia community values some activities more than others. I want to share my own view of what I think are the community assessments for most valuable engagement. The most valuable contribution, according to community esteem, is sharing mainspace general encyclopedic content, […]
Posted in New York City, Wikipedia | Tagged social status
By bluerasberry on 2019-03-20
I visited NYC from Friday 8 March – Sunday 17 March 2019. On Saturday 9 March Fabian, Wayne, and I wanted to see the Captain Marvel movie. Somehow we were confused about who reserved tickets, and while on the subway, we realized that no one had. We were all trying to reserve tickets clicking on […]
Posted in education, New York City, Wikipedia | Tagged comic, movie
By bluerasberry on 2018-11-25
Fabian and I went to see Torch Song on Broadway Thanksgiving night Thursday 22 November 2018 at the Hayes Theatre. The play is 3 hour adaptation of the Torch Song Trilogy, which was a series of plays telling a gay life story in New York from 1970-1980. I am reviewing the narrative here and describing […]
Posted in gay stuff, HIV, New York City, work | Tagged Broadway, gay rights, history, sex, theatre, youth rights
By bluerasberry on 2018-09-04
Fabian and I went to Wigstock on Saturday 1 September 2018. I wore a blue spiked wig. Fabian wore his Kaz Kaan wig from last year’s Comic Con along with a Lesotho hat we got from our summer trip to South Africa. Wigstock was a drag festival in NYC which ran from sometime in the […]
Posted in gay stuff, New York City | Tagged documentary, performance
By bluerasberry on 2018-09-03
I am visiting New York City from Charlottesville when I can. I visited for Labor Day weekend 2018 arriving Thursday 30 August and leaving Sunday 2 September. Fabian is one of the more active people in his union, IATSE Local 798, and I imagined that we would join the Labor Day march but I had […]
Posted in New York City | Tagged coffee, theatre
By bluerasberry on 2017-12-02
Feisty the Chinchilla died Friday 31 November 2017. I had known him for almost 4 of his 6 years. Every day that I was home I played with him. When I was not home it was part of my check-in routine with Fabian to ask about the chinchillas’ behavior and whatever they might be doing […]
Posted in animal, New York City | Tagged death, rodent
By bluerasberry on 2017-10-13
On Saturday 21 October Fabian and I went to Maria Hernandez Park near our place in Bushwick. We go there on nice days to talk and enjoy the park. I have always perceived some class conflict there and we a violent manifestation of it act out on that day. Fabian and I were sitting on […]
Posted in encounter, New York City | Tagged homeless, violence
By bluerasberry on 2017-07-02
Wiki NYC had a board meeting yesterday Saturday 1 July 2017 from 10-6pm at Ace Hotel on 28th Street. I am writing to describe the mood and focus of it. The significance of this meeting is that it is the first board reflection on our first year after having a significant budget, and looking forward […]
Posted in Consumer Reports, New York City, Wikipedia | Tagged non-profit organization, Wiki NYC, Wikimedia chapter
By bluerasberry on 2017-05-10
When I first moved to New York in 2012 I lived in uptown Manhattan with a housemate whom I liked a lot. It was a great situation for me. She was a long time New Yorker, we both worked in publishing, she was a great conversationalist, we often ate together, and in general was whatever […]
Posted in gay stuff, New York City, presentation | Tagged library, politics, Snowden
