Wow, it's been a while.  Junior year's done with, leaving a total of 8 classes left to be completed (maybe 9, but that's to be decided next semester).  I'm spending the summer at Bentley again, dividing my working life between two jobs (NEFI and

So here it is, a brief summary of where I am, what I'm doing, and how I feel about things in general ( Read more... )

 This is the first semester that I feel absolutely convinced that I'm learning something here ( Read more... )

I've got more than my fair share of flaws, but I think the two that are most dangerous to my chances at succeeding are ( Read more... )

I'm taking a screenwriting class this semester, and one of our more recent assignments was to hand in a 5 minute sequence with two opening bits and a scene. This is what I turned in.

RYAN DOWNEY
G. Speca
FEBRUARY 17, 2009
Lit 312.001

PORCELAIN

EXTERIOR HOUSE IN SUBURBS OF NEW YORK CITY.

The house is small but neatly ( Read more... )

They're coming for me, John.  They think that I've killed here.  Worse, they think I've killed her.  For good reason, too.  It'll be impossible to talk sense into them.

That's the funny thing about reason.  It's seems like what's most logical can only be the most believable.

It is a damn shame, John.  It truly is.

So what are you planning on doing?

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It's no secret that I'm not a religious person.  It started as simple rebellion against an organization that forced me to wake up on Sundays, escalated into an active hatred of an institution that's got more than its fair share of faults, and finally subsided into a numbness (I came to a few realizations...I'm never going to be able to change ( Read more... )

What?  It's already February ( Read more... )

Peter closed his eyes and sat back on his parents' sofa.  For a total of three weeks now he had been blessed with this gift of foresight; it was time for him to exploit it for its true worth.

It first happened on a bus ride from the lower part of the state to his new apartment.  He had the last of his possessions in a backpack, opting to leave his ( Read more... )

Today is Sunday, January 18th.  This coming Tuesday, the 20th, my spring semester classes begin ( Read more... )