I’ve been wanting to do a generally uplifting post for a while now. So I’ve decided to list my favourite people, places, things and give them the Jade Castillo award for being awesome, incredible and or inspiring. I might do more of these, and some entries are going to be bleeding obvious. Still, for some [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: BDSM, Cybele, Day9, Epica, George Orwell, Jacuqline Carey, Kushiel's Legacy, Nightwish, Santa Olivia, Sean Plott, SRS, Starcraft, Steam, Tarja Turunen, The Great Goddess, Theatre of Tragedy, Valve, Within Temptation, Xandria
Filed under: Cybeline Faith, Jade' Kinks, Jade's Diary, Starcraft

Joy I’m quite pleased, it took hours of work but I finished and edited the first part of the novel. Of course I still have a year to get the rest done, but that should go smoothly. Two major inspirations came to me in the last few days and I’m really excited as they work [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: BDSM, Cybele, kickboxing, Kushiel's Legacy, Network Neutrality, Starcraft, The Great Goddess, The Lady General
Filed under: Jade' Kinks, Jade's Diary, Starcraft, The Lady General

As I write this (and I’m writing slowly) I’m listening to ‘Kushiel’s Dart’ on audiobook, as I’ve had such trouble reading it. I’m determined to finish this novel one way or the other, especially since after talking my crush into reading it last night. It’s going well. The book has been on my mind lately, [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Jacqueline Carey, Jade Castillo, kickboxing, Kushiel's Legacy, The Lady General
Filed under: Jade's Diary, The Lady General

Finished my politics course today with the conclusion of my term paper. Glad to have that weight off my mind, looking forward to not doing it this coming week. I had the first of many make-up exams and I’m very proud of myself, along with my mother I went down there and did it. Room [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Anne Hines, Bill Willingham, Fables, Kushiel's Legacy, The Great Goddess, University
Filed under: Jade's Diary, The Lady General

I think I’m doing alright, certainly better than I was. It’s been a while since I covered anything not particularly nerdy, if for some reason you subscribe to the Jade n’ Jade Show (presented by Jade) first, thanks for reading; second, sorry for the nerdy StarCraft bit. It’s out of my system now, I’ve hit [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Cybele, Jacuqline Carey, Kushiel's Legacy, Starcraft, The Great Goddess, The Lady General, Transsexuality
Filed under: Cybeline Faith, Jade's Diary, Transsexuality

I’m coming back from a tutorial (short class to discuss what was covered in the lecture, often informal) and we got talking about superstitions and rituals. The idea was to reflect on the popular culture and beliefs of the Victorian age, and how they relate to us today. Or how we’re doing the same thing [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Cybele, Cybeline, Kushiel's Legacy, The Great Goddess, The Lady General
Filed under: Cybeline Faith, Jade's Diary

Includes Jacqueline Carey on io9.com and Graphic Novels. Making this a separate post from ‘Visible’ below because I wanted to keep the focus on transsexuality before; this post will lack such focus. First up, today Jacqueline Carey answered io9 readers questions about ‘Santa Olivia’ (My review of which can be found here). Not a big [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: 1984, George Orwell, Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Legacy, Santa Olivia, Tattoo
Filed under: Jade's Diary

My emotions were running hot tonight. I think that I’m still searching for where I belong, but worry that I won’t find it. It’s silly, I’m 22 and I have time. But seeing friends already in grad school, and realizing I’m in first year, along with having left one lead and searched for another… I [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Cybele, Kushiel's Legacy, The Great Goddess, The Lady General
Filed under: Cybeline Faith, Jade's Diary, The Lady General

Not much can be said that hasn’t already  been said. A wonderful decade for myself personally (at least the second half) but often horrific for the world at large. Lets hope this one is better. I honestly can’t offer any predictions for 10-19 except wondering what we’re going to call it. Once we hit 2020 [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Kushiel's Legacy, Street Fighter IV, The Great Goddess, The Lady General
Filed under: Cybeline Faith, Jade's Diary

This will be the second ritual tonight, the first was the small Full Moon tradition I have. Truthfully I’m a bit distracted, and emotional tonight, but I still found that I sorta like writing something every month on the first. November was… pretty incredible actually. I managed to get a taste of things I was [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Cybele, Kushiel's Legacy, The Great Goddess
Filed under: Jade' Kinks, Jade's Diary, Transsexuality