Donald, where the hell where these things when we were running around our backyards beating each other silly all those years ago?  Would have been so much better than those cheap plastic things that kept breaking.  XD

And, well, ( this is it. )

OK, I look down at my desktop weather gadget, and see this; is that sun oppressive enough looking?  Is it sunny with a mild chance of spontaneous combustion?


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Especially when they look even more weird than science fiction artists can muster.

While last week I turned in my project proposal, I was unhappy with it. Partially since I think it was horribly written. But mainly due to having so little research sources to cite yet (due to having not sifted through everything to see what use it might serve). Another issue is that, looking over it now, I had so many errors in it I feel rightly ( Read more... )

In the half week since settling on the myth, I’ve retold what it is to three different people, each time refining my telling. Due to the various versions and nuances, the exact account I wish to convey needed to be created. At this point I am still unsure about many details, the exact scope and where and what I will leave out, but I have a plan ( Read more... )

After spending a good two hours on my feet, reading various books, I finally alighted on a small story. It was told as an aside in one book, but the implications were so humorous that I had to delve further to learn the whole story.
( Continue onward into story! )

This quarter, I’m taking a rather interesting class: Myth, Mythology, and Mythography.  For this class, we have to do a project based around a myth of our choosing.  The choice of myth is wide open, as is the artistic expression of it.  Subject to instructor approval, of course.  As part of this process, we have to eventually write a process essay ( Read more... )

Well, it’s been sitting, waiting for me since yesterday.  But today, I finally watched the last string of episodes of X’amd.
( This is, honestly, a very good watch. )

OK, been sitting on some of these a while.  Time to let others know.

EepyBird, the group that started the Coke+Mentos geyser craze has decided that a choreographed accordion-style sticky note display was in order.  I happen to agree.

The World of Goo “Soundtrack” is up for the world to listen in on.  It’s rather good and fun.  Be sure to read the ( Read more... )