So today, two envelopes, an email, and an online submit... are now behind me.

However, as well and good as it is to submit what I've already finished, I really do need to get on the fucking ball and finish some more stuff to submit.

Death Outside of Space, Siders, and Those Little Things, and maybe Wedged... those will be the thre..er...four I ( Read more... )

Hi.

So, I have a friend, Julie, who's one of those working musicians who's been trying to get her career off theground for years. 
She's gotten herself involved in a singer-songwriter competition, and it's a "user vote" format that determines the win.

I went and voted today, and will every day for the rest of the week, because it's a daily vote ( Read more... )

The experience of a day doesn't pass without demanding it's toll ( Read more... )

"I think a man only needs one thing in life.
He just needs someone to love.
If you can't give him that,
then give him something to hope for.
And if you can't give him that,
just give him something to do."
-Liddle, Flight Of The Phoenix

I have a great fondness for this idea, and I've found that it works for me 7 times out of 10.
I'm not in a place ( Read more... )

"His research interests include cognitive science and evolutionary biology, and sometimes he presents students with a wooden box that he pretends is an African relic.
'If you have negative sentiments toward religion,” he tells them, “the box will destroy whatever you put inside it.'
any of his students say they doubt the existence of God, but in ( Read more... )

Man,  a bad day can just make you snarly ( Read more... )

Uncle! Uncle!

Shit.

I give. I'm gay. I'm a dork. Just let me up, alright.

Jesus. There ought to be a fucking "no shit from further back than a year" rule for day to day living. I mean, commit a crime, sure, fucking with the IRS, sure... but this is just retarded.

Today has won. I am now showing my throat. Please stop kicking me in the balls. 
It's ( Read more... )

"Dad, can I be a magician when I grow up?Son, he replied, you can be anything you want to be. With that he disappeared into the crowd."

The text visible in a porn email I just received.

It's a couple of sentences from a novel called "The Magic Life" by an author called Ace Starry that resides in some sort of online format on the web. I Googled it.

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ADDENDUM- Next Day: 
I already feel better. 

Apparently, my roommate is not actually depressed, or remotely unhappy ( Read more... )