I have about one month left until I return home, which I am not really looking forward to very much. Returning from three days in Milan (which, if Los Angeles is the Plastic Asshole of the World, must be the rectum) and Venise, I realized I've started thinking of Chambéry as home. I enjoy the solitude and the vantage point of the cultural ( Read more... )

in france

dogs crap all over streets

pretty cool though

should write more

je parle pas francais mssr, desolee

One hour until I leave for France.

I will hopefully upload my pictures here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80077383@N00/

Hooray for a full 24 hours of airplanes and airports!

Hundred-odd page manga-sized detective ogn. I've got the whole plot worked out except for one detail at the end. A good deal of dialogue is scribbled down in random places. Decent possibility of finding an artist.

Just gotta, you know, write it. But hope abounds.

Me: Why do we have a can of pumpkin pie filling?
Mom: It helps stop dogs from getting diarrhea. You didn't think I was going to bake a pie, did you?

When something interesting comes up, I write it down as a reminder to look into it later. I have names written all over the page - diagonal, vertical, standard list; everywhere. Here is everything from one page neatly arranged ( Read more... )

I saw The Thirteenth Warrior when I was twelve and wouldn't turn down any opportunity to see an R-rated movie. It served the purpose most summer movies served: there was a lot of violence and I felt entertained, but I really can't remember anything specific that happened in the film. Today, for some reason, I thought of one of the scenes from the ( Read more... )

It was something I was always told through elementary and middle school: because I did well in school, because kids picked on me, the world owed me something. I think everyone who grew up like that was taught the Nerd Myth. We were guaranteed success ( Read more... )

The New Jersey gubernatorial debate is going on at my school right now. We stopped outside the building to watch supporters of each candidate rally and shout at each other. It was nothing short of ridiculous. We pointed out our favorite characters - mine was Angriest Man in the World, a Forrester supporter. We joked with the cops about how ( Read more... )

The man in the suit slipped the needle into Billy Genocide's skin and pushed the plunger all the way down. He pulled the needle out in the roughest manner a professional could ( Read more... )