As far as years go, 2010 has been one goddamn kick in the teeth after another. Predictably, all can do to sum up my emotions re: the end of the decade is resort to a gif.


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Finished Pegasus.

What a boring, plodding, dreary excuse for a book.

I need to wash my brain out. Preferably with a different book. One where something happens.

I just beat Enslaved.

Hmn.

Hmmmn.

I LOVED it, i really did. There were some pretty big problems (the animations didn't.... flow, right, you know? And the platforming was impressive, but the designers trusted the players even less than Prince of Persia. None of it had the right... weight, you know?) but good lord, that was enough adrenaline to last me ( Read more... )

Not six inches. A foot ( Read more... )

Going Christmas Tree Hunting.

Mom: Hil, get the rope, the saw, and the shovel out of the garage.
Me:  ... cautiously Are you planning on leaving me up there?
Mom: .... We'll see, won't we?

I am wearing more layers than an onion wrapped in a croissant. I have hiking boots I have a thermos of cocoa. I have mittens. We're heading up into the boonies in a ( Read more... )

Bullet points!

• This game. It looks absolutely beautiful, and I'm really intrigued by the concept. Anything that mixes playing God with non-European-central culture is right up my alley.
• Christmas. Am attempting something ambitious with my gift-giving this year, and I hope it goes over well.
• The end of my Fucking Book. So close. So close.
• Dragon Age II ( Read more... )

Я сделалa очень плохо на экзамене. Ничево, что я училaсъ, не было на экзамене.

Это пиздец.

It's gotten to the point in my studying where as soon as I complete one exercise, I immediately forget everything I just covered and have to do it over, and over, and over again. Words aren't sticking in my head, and neither are the grammatical concepts. The final's tommorow, and I can't remember anything. Going over my old tests has only revealed ( Read more... )

Whether or not I fail my Russian 301 class depends entirely on how well I do on the Final.

Historically, I do terribly at Finals.

I've been getting low B's and lower C's all quarter. I've missed exams. I've been too afraid to ask the professor for help. I've thoroughly fucked myself over.

This is my senior year, and this was the last, last Russian ( Read more... )

“They said it came first from Africa, carried in the screams of the enslaved; that it was the death bane of the Tainos, uttered just as the world perished and another began; that it was a demon drawn into Creation through the nightmare door that was cracked open in the Antilles.”

- Junot Diaz The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Is this the best ( Read more... )