When I was a kid, a cereal called Cookie Crisp came on the scene. Tiny little chocolate chip cookies in a box depicting a crooklike character and an old-time policeman. The commercials centered on how the Cookie Crook would try to steal the cereal, and Officer Krum would always save the day, for the children. And there would be close ups of this ( Read more... )

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Hmm, I always sound kind of dumb in my phone posts. Perhaps that's why I stopped making them...

Sharp sounds of grass crunching underfoot like gravel. He took her by the hand; she was apprehensive, a little daunted. Staring up at the old rusted fence. He bent to pick her up and she giggled at this touch. Night was coming down slowly; the only illumination was from car headlights, rare on this road. Above them, a large signpost with the ( Read more... )

Amusing experience at Waldenbooks this evening. Story tomorrow. Too tired to write it now.

I saw this a long time ago, and I showed it to everyone I knew. I forget if I ever posted it on LJ, but here it is:

Kikko-punch!

Some people worked together on a translation, and put some other silly subtitles in there as well:
Which sauce, damn it?

Enjoy.

School starts in 7 days, and while I am excited for the change, I am also apprehensive. I feel like I've been away from academia for such a long time (only eight months, but it feels longer). Will I be able to slide back in with relative ease? Can I still make friends without lots of trouble ( Read more... )

The apartment has made her timid, a mouse, creeping to the door when someone knocks, hoping her shadow cannot be seen from the fish-eye. She hates opening the door for UPS, Fed-Ex, anyone except those people she knows.

This is not me, she thinks.

Words swirling about my brain ( Read more... )