I performed a resurrection (or regeneration? get it?) on my blog to talk about new Who. If you read it I would appreciate it a lot!

You can find it over at Judging Covers

So I've started to keep track of all the new media/culture I'm consuming in 2013. He're what January looked like:

Books
Chuck Klosterman - Killing Yourself to Live (85% of a True Story) 1/7/2013
Tom Bissell - Extra Lives (Why Video Games Matter) 1/15/2013
John Scalzi - The B-Team 1/16/2013
John Scalzi - Walk the Pank 1/23/2013
John Scalzi - We ( Read more... )

According to last.fm, here are the artists I listened to the most in 2012:

1. Florence + the Machine - 948
2. Josh Ritter - 875
3. Tegan and Sara - 787
4. Chairlift - 671
5. Broken Social Scene - 647
6. Sufjan Stevens - 623
7. Neko Case - 622
8. Feist - 526
9. Of Monsters and Men - 525
10. Purity Ring - 403 ( Read more... )

I swear if I see 'amillenialist' used as a pejorative one more time I will write a post about how the 'Hunger Games' represent the triumphant return of postmillenialism to YA fiction.

I ran 5k straight for the second time today, which makes me very happy because it means that the first time wasn't a fluke. It's something I can do consistently. Now I just have to keep on doing and pushing myself further. There's definitely room for improvement. It takes me a bit over half an hour to do it, so roughly... 6mph? I'm going to try and ( Read more... )

 Sometimes when I get disappointed about the things I don't have/haven't accomplished I should look at the little things.

I mean, just health wise. I haven't had top ramen, canned chili or a microwavable meal in YEARS now. They are simply no longer on my grocery list or brain as a meal option. There were times when I'd have all three on the same

 It seems like I have to move at least once a year. Not that I'm complaining ( Read more... )

 This saturday I made ( Read more... )

Over the past couple weeks I've had these episodes where I randomly crash wherever I am. Usually around 10:30pm or so. I don't even realize it until I wake up at around 3am or so. On the couch, in my reading chair, once in front of my computer. I'm really getting sick of it. It's happened pretty much every evening this week so far too. What is the

 I feel like a huge dork for it, but I cannot help but enthuse over how amazing shaving with a safety razor is. It's such a relaxing morning ritual, right up there with the first cup of coffee of the day. The whole process is just so much more involved, and using actual shaving soap instead of that crap cream in a can leaves my skin feeling ( Read more... )