At Lin's behest, an excerpt from today's massively productive NaNo session ( Read more... )

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I totally called this like yesterday afternoon during Obama's speech. I would guess they'll go with Sidwell though I'm sure GDS' history will give them cause for thought, but how awesome is it that GDS is in the NYT in the same sentence as President Elect Obama and his kids ( Read more... )

I am so fucking excited. I have spent the day thinking I was in a dream. This is so fucking amazing, and I cried several times and I am not ashamed to admit it. I cried thinking about what this means for the future of America, an America that is made up of black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, and countless other kinds of ( Read more... )

I am sitting alternating giving midterms where i ask what time it is and whether i want pizza or water and watching the election results come in on my laptop and ohmyfreaking god PA, OH, this is AMAZING.

I am so effing happy right now it's amazing.
God willing it stays this way for the rest of the night.

So I don't usually do this, but this is way too hilarious not to share with my very limited audience. Over at BNaBBT, we're currently writing a group romance novel and it's absolutely amazing. This thread has made my whole day better and made me cry with laughter. So without further ado, I present 'The Throbbing BNaBBT Romance Novel ( Read more... )

Everyone at home is safe, but I can't stop feeling sick to my stomach when I think about these latest blasts. These ones struck uncomfortably close to home. I go to all of the places that were targeted with the exception of Karol Bagh on a regular basis. My parents go to these places frequently. I cannot imagine GK-1 market being blown up, nor ( Read more... )

I miss 'home,' wherever that home may be. I miss people I care about deeply, and Facebook is sometimes a really dangerous tool. I'm really enjoying Taiwan, and I am really enjoying meeting so many kids and getting so much just by smiling and saying hello to them, but each time I read or see pictures of Wes, I get a lump in my throat. When is ( Read more... )

off to taipei, back sunday. wish me luck on the social front.

So I'm not leaving on Friday. No, I'm in fact leaving for the airport in oh, less than 24 hours. Call it yet another brain fart on my part, but basically the fact that I'm flying out on the 31st at 1 am means in 25 hours, I will be on my way to Taiwan ( Read more... )