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On June 21, 2022, I participated in the Alzheimer’s fundraiser “The Longest Day”. This had me live streaming interviews (with the goal of them winding up podcast episodes) from 6 am to 9 pm. I interviewed all sorts of fun people, and got a lot of good content out of it.

One of the interviews was with Sean Cawelti, the artistic director of the Rogue Artists Ensemble in Los Angeles. We talk about what being an artistic director is like for him, his work as a puppeteer and designer, and how he (and the industry) pivoted when COVID struck.

a photo of a wooden puppet in front of someone with a clown head on

See the full show notes and listen to the episode here.

This is now the beginning of calling the podcast Contents May Vary. Woo hoo.

In October 2021, I attended the ceremony for both the 2020 and 2021 Writers and Illustrators of the Future Award. I did a write-up of the event, which you can read here. However, there were some great pieces I got via audio that didn’t transfer well to the written word, so I wanted to do an extended edition. It also includes some snippets from the ceremony itself, which you can watch in its entirety here. So, consider this a ‘behind the scenes’ extra for the Awards.

an image of the two book covers on panels, with a panel in the middle advertising the awards

See the full show notes and listen to the episode here.

An Intro to Me

Name: Kylara Ingress is my AO3 pseudonym, but am fine with being 'publicly known' as Angie Fiedler Sutton.

Age: just turned 50 in May

Location: Los Angeles now, but was born and raised in the Midwest
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(artwork of Kate and I done by Another Well Kept Secret)

2023 was a rollercoaster of health issues.

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Well, lots of world politics happening in February. But this update isn't to tell you about stuff you've already heard about on the world stage, but to give you an update for what's been happening with the LA Suttons. More under the cut. ( Read more... )

Well, the first week of October was very busy, which is why this September update is a bit delayed. September overall was relatively calm, however. More under the cut.
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The heat was overwhelming during August. Add in the California fires (nowhere near us, thankfully) and the hurricanes (there's a hurricane Kate apparently?) and it's been not-so-fun weather time. And of course the earthquake on August 7. It's weird that I'm now used to them. More under the cut.
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The end of June had some minor issues (more below), so this is a few days late. I know I owe a response or two to my last one, but it's been difficult to do much beyond work and the minimum upkeep on everything else.

The end of June had some minor issues (more below), so this is a few days late. I know I owe a response or two to my last one, but it's been difficult to do much beyond work and the minimum upkeep on everything else.

June overall was pretty much same old, same old. Yes, I'm fully vaccinated (and so is my wife), but I don't trust people, and news of the Delta variant making its presence known in Los Angeles has me still masking up when I go out.

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Mirrored from Contents May Vary.

{Header image by Bruno Glätsch, used courtesy of Pixabay, under a Creative Commons license.}

Author’s Note: this is a piece of humor, and not intended as an actual guide for how to interact with the celebrities you admire.

Like many things currently in my life, I blame Martin Freeman for the creation of this guide. It was 2014: I was lucky enough to be in London on an internship, during the time he played the title character in Trafalgar Transformed’s Richard III. They had on-stage seating, which I, of course, had to do (if only because I can now say I shared a stage with the man). As he stormed past during his first entrance, my lizard brain piped up: “I could tackle him!”

As I interacted with more celebrities in my time in Los Angeles, I began to jokingly refer to how close I was in that same vein.

Read the full article on my website.

I've attended the Writers & Illustrators of the Future Awards several times now. In fact, Episode 22 of this podcast was covering the 2017 ceremony. Attending this awards ceremony is always fun, and this year was no different. This was the 35th annual awards ceremony, and the theme was Retro Robotics.

Sci-Fi Stomp and Body Percussion Dance featuring ROV-E, a Mars Rover Robot Prototype from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and dancers from EM Cirque

See the full show notes and listen to the episode here.

Marsia Powers is a Los Angeles real estate agent by day, Whedon fan by ... well, by all free time? She not only helps manage the con, but she also helps run the fan sites Whedonopolis and Fandomopolis, which you may have noticed I've written for occasionally in the past year. I sat down with Marsia and talked about Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon, being a fan, and WhedonCon.

See the full show notes and listen to the episode here.

Victoria Male is one-half of the team behind the podcast and website Your Biggest Fangirl.

Victoria and I talked their podcast, approaching fandom from an academic and critical mindset, and other serious topics like Tobey Maguire and Darren Criss.

Victoria Male being recorded for her podcast

See the full show notes and listen to the episode here.

Since I had also started getting into audio (and podcasts) in 2014, I decided I wanted to start a series of interviews with women in the community to discuss what it was like to identify as a woman in the geek community. This is the second of a series of interviews where I take an academic approach.

Sora and I met thanks to the same Facebook Sherlock fan group I met the previous geek girl interview, Supriya Limaye. In fact, I had also interviewed Sora in 2014, while we both were in London at the time. However, Sora asked that I re-interview her since so much time had passed.

See the full show notes and listen to the episode here.

“Every car has a story,” says John Cruz, General Manager at Pick Your Part in Wilmington. The noise that accompanies his job at a car crushing facility is just part of the chaos and commotion. “I kind of like the chaos,” he says.

What good is having an audio recommendation section without recommending some of my own work? ;-)

"Every Car Has a Story" is a piece I did for KCRW’s “SoundsLA” project. The point of the project was to produce short (one minute) non-narrated pieces (i.e., you never hear my voice explaining what’s going on) that took an unusual sound in and around Los Angeles and tell a story.

This was a lot more difficult than it sounds. As with writing prose/non-fiction, doing a short audio takes much more time than going longer. I think I had a total of 15 minutes worth of audio from this guy and I had to pick 30 - 45 seconds of it.

Additionally, doing non-narrated is also much harder than doing narrated. In my other piece I’ve done for KRCW (which will be a future audio recommendation), I produced both a narrated and non-narrated version. Narrated versions let you do shortcuts in a way, because if you don’t get the right audio that explains the story, you can chime in and fix it. Non-narrated, on the other hand, means you have to solely rely on the person (or people) you’re interviewing to tell the whole story.

Hope you enjoy!

Back in June, I attended the red carpet premiere for the short movie about Ulugh Beg, and had a chance to talk to some of the people involved.

poster for The Man Who Unlocked the Universe

See the full show notes (including photos) and listen to the episode here.

On June 7, I was lucky enough to attend the red carpet for the series finale of the Netflix show Sense8. Much of the cast was there, and there was a sense of sadness and hope as I interviewed them.

Freema Agyeman, Jamie Clayton, Brian J. Smith, Toby Onwumere, Tina Desai and Miguel Angel Silvestre

See the full show notes (including photos) and listen to the episode here.

Current Mood: accomplished

Since I had also started getting into audio (and podcasts) in 2014, I decided I wanted to start a series of interviews with women in the community to discuss what it was like to identify as a woman in the geek community. This is the first of a series of interviews where I take an academic approach.

Supriya and I met, as mentioned in the interview, thanks to a Facebook Sherlock fan group for those in Southern California. At the time, she worked for Geek and Sundry, although now she works for DeviantArt. Originally from the Silicon Valley area, she moved to Los Angeles to look for work. We talk Harry Potter, Reddit, and other topics.

See the full show notes and listen to the episode here.

If you know me at all, you know I've been a fan of Doctor Who for most of my life. I've written about it extensively, whether it's my "Love Letter to Doctor Who" for the 50th anniversary, or my editorial on how my feelings changed over the years titled "Looking at 'Doctor Who' Series 9: Breaking Up is Hard to Do". So, when I had the chance at a ticket for this year's Gallifrey One, I jumped at the chance.

my badge from the 2018 Gallifrey One con

See the full show notes (including photos) and listen to the episode here.

In February, I had the chance to attend the red carpet premiere of Living Among Us, a movie shot in the style of a documentary that assumes vampires are real and just made themselves public. (Yes, I do bring up the similarities to What We Do In the Shadows, although as the trailer shows, it’s more in the vein of Blair Witch Project.) While there, I interviewed a wide range of people, both there as part of the movie and just to support it.

"Living Among Us - Trailer" (Watch on YouTube)

See the full show notes (including photos) and listen to the episode here.

Last October, I got to yet again attend Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con, formerly known as Comikaze. My second time attending, this time I only went one day. This convention, now in its sixth year, was Los Angeles’ first major comic convention. As with any convention, there were plenty of panels, celebrities, and artists and vendors to go about.

See the full show notes (including photos) and listen to the episode here.

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Contents May Vary Episode 53: Sean Cawelti, Artistic Director of Rogue Artists Ensemble

Contents May Vary Episode 52: 2021 Writers and Illustrators of the Future Awards

Getting to Know You - Fandom Edition of 'About Me'

2023 Year in Review

February 2022 Update: May You Live in Interesting Times

September 2021 Update: Second Verse, Same as the First

August update: Real Life Keeps Interfering In My Media

June 2021 update: COVID continues, health updates, writing, and more

The (Humorous) Guide to Celebrity Distances

G33K Out Episode 44: Writers & Illustrators of the Future Awards 2019

G33K Out Episode 43: Marsia Powers and WhedonCon

G33K Out Episode 39: Victoria Male - 1/2 Your Biggest Fangirl

G33K Out Episode 38: Geek Girls Part 2 – Sora Reyes

Audio Recommendation: Every Car Has a Story

G33K Out Episode 34: The Man Who Unlocked the Universe Red Carpet

G33K Out episode 33: ‘Sense8’ Finale Red Carpet

G33K Out Episode 31: Geek Girls Part 1 – Supriya Limaye

G33K Out Episode 30: Gallifrey One 2018

G33K Out Episode 29: ‘Living Among Us’ Red Carpet

G33K Out Episode 27: 2017 Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con

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