"His father had bought a hundredweight of books from a trader. When Valens was fifteen, he'd told him he could choose five books for his own; the rest would be burned. Valens had read them all, desperately, in a hurry, and made his choice. Varro's "On Statecraft," Yonec's "Art of War," the Sude "Encyclopedia," Statianus on revenues and currency, ( Read more... )

I wanted to update for a while, but I keep ignoring it. I'm still doing really cool things and moving forward with my life. Every speed bump I hit turns out to be a blessing, and I hope I'm not hurting anybody in the process. I'm good at what I do and I won't hesitate to live it up ( Read more... )

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I start my new job tomorrow. I'll officially be the Social Networker of PR at SF in 12.5 hours.
The contract came through. I'll be making 80 a year.
Just kidding.
That's private.
But that's in the 10 year plan,
if I don't botch this first job up.

I really want to delete this journal.
Love,
Kevin

He's nervous. He tries to stay calm, to drive at a reasonable speed. He arrives and waits fifteen minutes past the interview time ( Read more... )

I've wanted a Kindle for about a year.


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"When I'm with you I feel like I could die and that would be all right
All right
I want something else
To get me through this

Not listenin' when you say, 'goodbye'"

"Ride that smoother than a limousine ( Read more... )

oh my fucking god i can't do this paper in just a few pages.

CONDENSE, CONDENSE! USE SMALLER WORDS!

"You're magical, did you know that?"
"What? No, haha, I just try my hardest, that's all."

Oh, modest indeed.
Oh, magical indeed.