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So, this semester I was in a class on Tolkien, Pullman, and their literary roots. For my final project, I elected to do a creative piece. This is what resulted.
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Notes from the Flipside: The Garden, the Palace, and the Market
We were picked up first thing in the morning by Jennifer and Julien, who have been our near-constant hosts throughout our Taipei adventures. Between the two of them they speak enough english that they can have brief conversations with me, but for the most part A.Lee has been serving as general-purpose interpreter.
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Notes from the Flipside: The Streets of Taipei
The first leg of the flight was simple enough. Long, but simple. We tried to sleep, and succeeded here and there.
When we arrived at Narita, we were greeted with some awkward news: our flight to Taipei was cancelled. Tricky, that. As we learned later, it had had mechanical troubles with the landing gear, and had turned back to Taiwan halfway to ( Read more... ) -
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So I barely posted at all this year, but it's tradition, so here's the first lines of my first post of each month of 2011:
January:
2011 is dedicated to progress.
February:
Today is an impossibly lovely day.
March:
This is alternate reality week. It's fascinating.
April-May:
[no posts]
June:
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Last Night
The front door clicks quietly open, snapping Alice’s attention up from her now-lukewarm morning coffee ( Read more... )