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A lazy kind of bleh
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I’ve been indulging my lazy side today. But I earned it yesterday. Yesterday, I did almost all of the work for my Career Launch class.
Well, the first drafts, anyhow. Technically, none of it is due till the last day of class, BUT if it is handed in early, ( Read more... ) -
The sweet poison and me
Originally published at The Homepage of Michael John Bertrand. You can comment here or there.
a simple question : why do I keep eating sugary baked goods when I know they are extremely bad for me?
And the simple answer is hardly noble or intelligent : I do it because it makes me happy. It is a long term sacrifice of health for short time feeling of ( Read more... ) -
On The Road : Freaky Friday edition
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I really wanted to blog last night, but…. homework happened. I generated notes for three of my classmates, and that took four hours. By the time I was done, it was 11 pm, and I was way too tired to even think about blogging.
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Homework 3 : The Revenge of the Notes
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No blog tonight, I am afraid. The work this term is intense. Possibly, blogging will happen tomorrow. No guarantees, though.
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Twenty Thousand Leagues
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Barbara was doing a crossword (6 letter word : “Describes Garfield and Felix”. Easy. FELINE) when the man came through the wall.
She put down the crossword and sighed. Before he could say anything, she said “You aren’t here. So go away. ”
The stunningly ( Read more... ) -
I’m here after all
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If you saw a “no homework tonight” post for today, rest assured, it was merely an illusion!
I had planned to get into doing that fourth draft of my pilot for my instructor Thiemme tonight. But when I found the notes I made last class, they didn’t make any ( Read more... ) -
The inherent futility of reboots
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(EDITOR’S NOTE : The following is a fannish discussion of modern box office and television trends. As such, it may seem innocuous, even harmless. But within this work there is a very harsh truth. Consider yourself forewarned. ) \
We live in an era of ( Read more... ) -
The bad sleep
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Today has been rough so far. That’s because of the bad sleep.
You know what I’m talking about.. The dream-packed sleep where I wake up sweaty and disoriented and feeling like I have been running a marathon underwater. The tortured sleep that leaves me ( Read more... ) -
Brain drain pain!
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I have had such fun today.
See, today, my task was to do a first draft of the detailed design document I am writing for my Writing For Video Games 2 course.
A DDD is basically a blueprint for the game from the writer’s point of view. A full one would ( Read more... ) -
The shadow of death
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Had a low blood sugar incident today.
Let me set the scene. During a break in the morning class (Adaptation), I am reminded that my scene in the sitcom episode we are writing in Writer’s Room class was due today,. not Monday as I had thought.
D’oh! I had ( Read more... )