Spoilers for the first 266 pages of A Dance with Dragons. Don't respond with anything later than that!

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My overwhelming feeling when Ohio was called for Obama was one of relief - for once the voters didn't screw it up and the Republicans didn't steal the election. It wasn't until the west coast was called for Obama that happiness really set in, but watching the cheering crowds at Grant Park just made me feel so happy and so hopeful that we may be ( Read more... )

Since tomorrow's election day, I figured the most appropriate thing to write about would be my endorsements. I'm only covering the two national races I get to vote in, plus the state ballot initiatives (of which there are quite a few). And I even got this finished on time without too much trouble! (This took me close to three hours to write... ( Read more... )

Oh geez, day 2 and I almost missed the deadline, this time without any convenient excuse! Luckily I have some old stuff I never got around to posting. Let's see if I can knock this out in the next five minutes ( Read more... )

Here's my song from the third week of the music contest. As has become my mode, I didn't put as much time into it as I should have, so I ended up feeling like I had something with some potential that was underdeveloped. Week 4 is just about over (I'm behind on posting these things as always) and I did an even more half-assed job this time! But I ( Read more... )

...Was the theme of the second week of the music contest, and may accurately describe the result as well (you be the judge)! I was actually a lot happier with my piece this time around than the previous week, and it was voted third (out of a disappointing turnout of 6). The main problem I have with it was that I thought I came up with some decent ( Read more... )

After a long break, we've started up another music contest (the third one), so now I'm attempting to write some video game-style songs again. My week 1 effort was kinda weak (which seems to be the rule for me, I'm not sure if it's because I need to get warmed up or because all the week 1 themes have been difficult ones for me). The task this time ( Read more... )

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( Here's the view from the Google Cafe at lunch time today (torch not pictured) )