The Whale Song
Modest Mouse

I guess I am a scout
So I should find a way out
So everyone could find a way out

They keep us in
To pull us out
I'm rising up
Wish I was sinking down
And it's not like
There was warning
We were happy
And it's not like
There was mourning
In the warning

I know I am a scout
I should've found a way out
So everyone could find a way out

I know ( Read more... )

Holy shit! I'm an American dude from the Midwest, standing at a bus stop in Korea, listening to this Norwegian band that I like, and thinking about stuff a Canadian blogger hundreds of thousands of miles away, said yesterday.

This century is AWESOME.

 "There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it ( Read more... )

So, on Thursday, I have to miss teaching my class because of a work-related mandatory meeting on the other side of the island. The meeting is to plan for a Language and Culture Festival next Saturday.

My coteacher is supposed to go to the meeting too, so she doesn't have to cover the class by herself (like she will do on Friday, when Jei, Tom, and ( Read more... )

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Writing time today was cool. We hung out in the neato privately owned (being non-chain is a big deal here for cafes) coffee shop in my town. The music I don't dig so much, but the guy is Started a new project in a ( Read more... )

 If you post something online, it is published.

Unfortunately, what this means is that one has to stratify their ideas-- is this concept craft-worth? Something I'll work on and refine, revise and turn into something artistic and meticulous? 
Or, is it just a blog idea? Something to post, think about, and move on from?

Originally, my nonfic was going ( Read more... )

I am about to go to bed. But then I checked Boingboing.net

This is made of so much win it broke my brain.


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 Hey everybody!

I got a blog post about my experiences that I've been meaning to write for a good long while. That's probably what y'all would rather hear about anyhow, but if I hadn't been youtubing, I probably would have put-off posting anything for another few days at least, so think of this as a bonus.

Like I said, I was watching youtube ( Read more... )

Why my career goals lie in the direction of Teaching Writing, rather than actually becoming a Professional Writer Person.

The short answer: Getting paid to do complex stuff makes you suck at it (because of SCIENCE).

Or, if you have 18 minutes and 40 seconds:
http://www. ( Read more... )

( ZOMG SPOILERS INSIDE. BEWARE AND SUCH. )