Dib died today. He'd been having a hard time keeping himself right-side-up in his bowl, swimming around backwards and upside down, or just kinda hanging sideways.

Bion took him down to the river, where he will rejoin other fishies in the great life cycle.

He was a good fish, cute and stupid, excited and responsive.

He will be missed.

One of the classes at my school is reading The Crucible, and they're also going to perform it today. I am torn.

On the one hand, I love my kids and would love to see them act.

On the other hand, I remember hating The Crucible for how goddamn depressing it was ( Read more... )

As anyone in Washington knows, gas prices are awful. I might have to start selling my organs if I want to keep driving everywhere. So, to lower my bill, help the environment, and slim down, I have done the unthinkable ( Read more... )

Brush up Your English ( Read more... )

( I spent yesterday in and around some of the most wretched living space I've ever seen. Sure, not having the money to repair your house is one thing. Living like that is entirely another.

What do you do about people who actively contribute to their own squalor? )

I've been having strange dreams these last couple of nights, mostly because one was simply futuristic, the other involved time travel, and I enjoyed both of them. Usually I hate even the idea of time travel. For last night's I blame the previews we saw, but for the other ( Read more... )

It's been almost two years since I've graduated, and the thing I miss most about college was that it was the closest thing to a goddamn actual community that exists anymore. I have a number of good friends, but now they all live in places like New Zealand, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, and New Jersey. Hell, I have friends who live in Tacoma, ( Read more... )

...Except it's inside without all the benefits of being in nature, and when the power's off but you're stuck inside you really start to realize how boring/inconvenient life is without electricity ( Read more... )

Yesterday kinda sucked ( Read more... )

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