OK, I’ve thought about it long and hard and I have identified the source of my fascination in Hellsing not as an obsession but as part of my continual interest in the heart of darkness - one of the most inspiring books I have ever read. This is not to say that I intend to go into the African jungle to kill some mad official. But isn’t anyone else ( Read more... )

Oh lord help me ( Read more... )

Life is like a box of chocolates:

You can take the assorted selection and make the best out of the coconut and funky fillings that you can’t even decide if you like or not. Or, if you have the cash, you can select exactly what chocolates you want and just get the best.

It looks like I'm going to join the fencing team. I signed up for fencing classes and they said they would love for us to stick around for their team practice. They seem to love me since I'm tall, slim, and - most importantly of all - left-handed. Apparently my body is a hard target and all the right-handed people are helpless in the face of a ( Read more... )

I had the weirdest dream last night ( Read more... )

So, It seems like I'm loosing my soul to TV ( Read more... )

This is rather frightening ( Read more... )

Happy New Year ( Read more... )

Well, if ever there was further proof necessary to validate my climate control powers, today settled it. The one trip that the family had without me - what happens? A hurricane! Then, for my birthday, rain was expected and we were considering not going to the beach. But I said I wanted to go and that there cannot be bad weather on my birthday ( Read more... )

It’s funny, and it’s been a while since I’ve posted, so I suppose it is my duty to remedy the affair. There certainly has been a remarkable chain of events. With the successful end of finals, I took a flight home after spending the night at my uncle’s house. Shortly after returning home, we took off for Asilomar, near Monterey. There, we walked ( Read more... )