You all know the meme, right? Well, in case you don't, here's the deal: One essay every day for 30 days, each with its own prompt. I'm not certain I can do this; my track record on this sort of thing is not good. Still, it's worth a try.

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I haven't posted here in ages, I know, and there's a lot to be said and explained and stuff... but I'm not going to do that right now. Instead, I'm going to point out that there is a free showing of All About Eve at the Boston Harbor Hotel tonight at 8:30 and that it'll probably be fun. I'm going and I'm probably going to dress up, as it is a ( Read more... )

Solstice was celebrated, and the new year has brought me my first real hangover. Now I understand why people are cautious about drinking.

Fun times, though! Thanks indecisionrocks and omly.

I will be celebrating the solstice with indecisionrocks by staying up all night. Will any of the rest of you be pushing on through this longest night? Shall we be virtual moral support for each other?

Some of you know that I volunteer at a Chinese support school. (I'm a sort of ESL teacher, but I also fill in as the go-to teacher for difficult subjects. For instance, the other day a kid came up to me needing help on his geology homework - and I was able to explain the subject to him. Now, it was basic geology, and I did have to think about it ( Read more... )

Roman Polanski has been arrested. (Again, because he skipped out the last time this happened.) He is currently being held in a jail in Switzerland, and will soon be extradited to the US, where he will stand trial (again) for raping a child. I'm pretty thrilled about this news ( Read more... )

I went on a 2.5 hour adventure today. Unfortunately, it did not involve dice ( Read more... )

Last night, I obtained a foster Rock Band set - londo has very kindly lent me his set during his interim month. (He's very good to it - he doesn't want it to get lonely.) Picking it up required a car, of course, and even if I had one, I don't drive. Lucky for me, chaiya and hakamadare were willing to drive me to pick it up, and then drive me home. At least, that was ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my last ASL III class. I'm pretty certain I rocked the final. In fact, I may have rocked its socks off. (I'll have to wait for the grades to find out about the socks, though.) I'm also pretty certain my final papers will be well-received, which is quite the relief given the stress* I spent on them ( Read more... )

I was up all night finishing my ASL midterm. The story I picked was one of my Switzerland stories, this one about the time an English-speaking toddler was found and was immediately assumed to be mine. Hilarity ensued, especially when, in the middle of my protests ("No, really, I've never seen this child before") the toddler hugged me and said "Mama ( Read more... )