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Ordered disorder
On my desk today:
at least a dozen paper cranes
a fresh, clean, and uneaten cell phone charger, which I must have hidden here from my rabbit and forgotten about it entirely, several months ago
a punk rubber ducky with a purple mohawk, which I won last quarter for writing the best tic-tac-toe AI in our computing class
a princess rubber ducky that ( Read more... ) -
Things I did in the past two weeks
Took a train from coast to coast ( Read more... ) -
Miracles
There were seagulls. They walked around, chatted and laughed, mimicking the people, stealing their food. And as I fell asleep on the sand, I thought that maybe they were careless beach visitors like me, who fell asleep in the sun and turned into birds. And I hoped that when I woke up, I would spread my beautiful white wings and fly above the water ( Read more... ) -
The Minotaur
Ever since he successfully escaped Theseus in Crete and used the hero's ball of yarn to finally find the coveted exit to the labyrinth (the poor young man had no choice but to tell everyone that he slayed the monster, because he couldn't admit to anyone that all it wanted was to roam the world in peace) the Minotaur started looking for a new place ( Read more... ) -
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Here in the basement you can never tell if it's summer or winter. Most of the time I like this job, but the basement is sort of weird. Nothing lives here. Nobody who works here has ever seen a single living being down here, except for people. Not spiders, no ants. We have no cobwebs, even though nobody ever cleans. I guess no spiders is a good ( Read more... ) -
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Too tired to sleep. Too cold to snow. Too much time to waste ( Read more... ) -
Snow!
There are few things in the world more beautiful than snow.
I have realized that to do anything really well, you must enjoy it. And in order to enjoy it, it’s best to think of it as a game. And the many tasks in life are all different games of different genres. Some are RPGs, where you go places and find things and get stuff and earn levels and ( Read more... ) -
My version
Here is an apple. It is red and also a little bit yellow. It is ripe and fresh and juicy. It has a lot of vitamins and is good for children. This apple is perfect. It contains no worm, no disappointment. The apple is important.
Centuries ago there was a man who loved apples. He loved it when the apple trees became covered with blossoms in the ( Read more... ) -
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It was windy in the basement today. Two floors under the ground. Can you imagine? The fresh breeze whispered in the hallways, ruffled our hair and cooled the desert climate of Hoan's lab where the temperatures suddenly became scorching. Funny what construction does to a building ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: The Wrath of Ohrwurm
Haha, before I write an actual entry, I absolutely MUST answer this prompt.
First of all, German really does have a word for everything. Which is why I love German. The fact that Christian speaks it is an added bonus :)
The most terrible "Ohrwurm" is most definitely the song "Skaterboy" by Avril Levine. I haven't been subjected to this awful curse ( Read more... )