Culture

The Racism that Still Remains In American Football

I LOVE FOOTBALL.  Pro and College–but not just any football team.  I love my Seattle Seahawks and University of Washington Huskies.  Never mind that both teams have been gutted and are now rebuilding with new coaches and last year’s astounding talent–except for the Huskies, who’re seriously fucked for a few seasons thanks to defections. But I’m also an educated person on the current and past…

AI Art

Switching from Traditional Media Art to AI

In other words, “Art by my own hand, on canvas/paper or Photoshop, versus Artificial Intelligence generated.” From day one, watching SG-1 from the start, I’ve made digital wallpapers of characters and episodes.  It’s hard when the studio doesn’t release photos for fans and I have to depend on screenshots.  These days, not a problem (for other shows), but in 1997 to about 2000, the quality…

Fanfiction

I’m a Fanfiction Slash Writer and Proud of It

Once Upon a Time . . . in 2000, I forget the month, I decided to write my first SG-1 story.  But I wasn’t writing Gen or Ship, I was writing Slash. For the uninitiated, I’ll explain the terms: Gen: General Fiction, where the focus is on the team or one member, plot-depending, and there is no semblance of romantic feelings from any character.  The…

Culture

A Thing About the Boomer Generation

According to the people who decide when a generation starts and ends, I’m on the cusp: 1960.  I’m the Hippie Generation, in point of fact.  As a junior high / high school teen, I wore elaborately decorated bell bottom jeans and decorated all my PeeChees (google it) with fantastical images and “groovy” font text. But to the point: When people talk about the Hippies, they…

Art

Welcome to the New Joysgate

This site is now a Blog Journal with SG-1 flavoring once in a while.  Like talking about SG-1 plot devices for both the series and my fanfic. This was originally a site fully dedicated to Stargate SG-1, my favorite fandom.  But over time, two things interfered with it: money and health. Money: A fully comprehensive site dedicated to SG-1 wallpapers wasn’t feasible. And frankly, I’d…