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Creepy story request!
Since it's Halloween and I'm a total masochist, anyone have any creepy personal experiences with the supernatural? Hauntings, sightings, etc.? I wish I had some to share myself, but alas, my life is far too ordinary. -
[Supernatural fanfic] Judas
I blame this all on gero_jimbo. Slightly AU in that it takes place between 6x11 "Appointment in Samarra" and 6x12 "Like a Virgin." Destiel, ahoy!
( spoilers for up through 6x20 ) -
song recommendations
So, it looks like I might be signing myself up for X Factor even though I have so many various misgivings about it. However, I don't really have that much of a range of songs to perform at the moment. Most of what I listen to/learn is not competitive, and most of the artists I enjoy are female. Thus it is that I come to you all for help. I need ( Read more... ) -
A less than stellar review of Kick-Ass
I watched Kick-Ass yesterday, and I went into it not really expecting to like it. However, the reasons I ended up hating it were not what I was originally expecting.
( Spoilers Ahoy! ) -
5th time's a charm...
Stuff has calmed down, and I'm doing mostly good. However, tonight was something weird.
( [Trigger warning for sexual assault] ) -
The importance of words
(Since I finished this post and it was mentioned in my last one, I figure I would crosspost it here. Also, if you couldn't tell, my tumblr is turning into the place where I dump a lot of my thinky thoughts now.)
This is kind of a complicated idea for me because on the one hand it is prescriptive, but it is also has a descriptive base. However, ( Read more... ) -
What is linguistics?
I’m a linguistics major, but what does that mean exactly?
The first question I always get when I tell people my major is: “What languages do you speak?” Now, while this question is valid from a pop science view of linguistics or from a classical linguistics view, it’s not a valid question for the type of linguistics I study. The linguistics ( Read more... ) -
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Fuck. Same friend that told me I'm "lucky" to be gay told me that "If you're coming to America, you need to learn English." And I argued against that statement. She also had the audacity to say that since we live in California, we live in a "ghetto." A white, middle-class woman who has lived in the same house in the suburbs for most, if not all, ( Read more... ) -
Even the small things hurt
I'm done with the world ( Read more... )