Out of boredom, Rose and I have decided to do our own little mini-rpg, where we write journals for our characters as a sort of writing exercise. Naturally, thanks to my unhealthy Potter obsession, we chose to go with the HP universe. I'm writing as Sirius and she's James; the story's set in the beginning of 6th year and I'm not sure how long it'll ( Read more... )

I've produced yet another long rant on philosophy, this one concerning what Eastern thought, oneness and Bruce Lee have to do with Christianity. Or rather, what it has to do with Christianity in my head, since it doesn't actually have anything to do with it in the real world ( Read more... )

So the Queer Prom is tonight, I still don't really know what I'm wearing (I don't think I have enough black to go goth, unfortunately) and I don't really know how I'm getting there either. Dad keeps talking about going to dinner (which we probably won't have time for now), but I'll probably end up getting a ride from Marty just to make things ( Read more... )

Coca-Cola Crisis in IndiaThe link will tell you more, but basically Coke's factories over in India have been causing water shortages, water and soil degradation, selling farmer's "fertilizers" which contain cadmium and lead, and the Coke products they sell in India have a high level of DDTs (pesticides) in them, which would be illegal to sell in ( Read more... )

Unclothed, you are true, like one of your hands ( Read more... )

I went to see the premier of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy last night. Overall, I'd say it was better than I'd been expecting, although what they did with Zaphod's other head was a little bizarre. But in general I think they stuck to Douglas Adams' style of humor pretty well, without American-izing it too much. I loved Ford; I never imagined ( Read more... )

Mark Twain, in his typical insufferable hick fashion, had this to say about Archimedes' Lever ( Read more... )

Tuesday night Tasuki, one of our cats, escaped and went missing until I managed to hunt him down and catch him last night. We actually have ten cats, all with similarly odd names, including: Felina, Dannan, Tasuki, Jouchan, Weebie, Morgan (named for Morgan La Fey), Bonnie (named for Anne Bonnie), Figaro, Corrigan and Fluffy (as you can tell, we ( Read more... )

I recently finished a Lisa Turpin one-shot I'd been working on for awhile, and it's now up at the Astronomy Tower. It began as more of an attempt to play with philosopy within a fanfic and turned into an actual character study, and I discovered that I quite like writing Lisa. It's always fun to write about the obscure characters, because it allows ( Read more... )

So my first Biology class was on Tuesday, and it was rather interesting, to say the least. The classroom itself is literally crawling with animals, half of which are alive and the other half are stuffed. As I walked in the door I nearly tripped over a gigantic turtle, which spent most of our class hiding in a cupboard. Lord knows I probably ( Read more... )