It's been occurring to me lately that while I love Chicago, it may be time to move to a different city come next year.

By that time I'll have been here four years. In many ways, I think a fresh start somewhere, while searching for an actual career, may be beneficial. Or perhaps grad school somewhere other than here.

Thoughts, thoughts, thoughts.

One can burn out on games--this is true.

On top of the depression I had in the winter months, I burnt myself out on games writing and reading--games criticism in general.

I'm slowly working myself back into it. I have at least three post ideas for Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All, many on Sims 3, and a few Gayble posts in mind ( Read more... )

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Obama is being particularly daft about this issue, and here's why ( Read more... )

Aired in 1977:

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The middle is missing, but in many ways, this is remarkably progressive for a show back then. The Leroy sequence is a bit discomforting, but otherwise the show seemed to treat Edie with a decent amount of respect and shows the nature of coming out as transsexual to some long-term friends, particularly for an older set of people.

I am highly aware that in some portions of this country I would not be popular in mixed company ( Read more... )

Eight years after I received Don Quixote from my Governor's School for the Humanities professor of Touchstone Classics, I have finished it.

As I was reading the last few pages, I was also listening to The Octopus Project's Hypnopaedia, which was oddly perfect ( Read more... )

A few phrases that have enlightened my life of late.

The first, courtesy of
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As I stepped outside to drop off a Netflix movie into the mail box, I was greeted with fog and humidity that left soft kisses of moisture on my cheeks. I skipped, and on my way back to the apartment (all of two minutes away), caught the eye of a love-struck lesbian. We smiled at each other rather sheepishly, laughed, and she skipped in the other ( Read more... )

It's been years since I took this test.

Tell me your thoughts: Interactive Johari.

Also, I discovered this video today.

I'm making it the first song I listen to when I wake up every morning.

Inspired by Baudelaire's La Rebelle.

With PJ barking.

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Wanna lay in the sandbox ( Read more... )