Day eighteen.

Huh. That Star Trek episode was pretty good. Too bad it cut into my sleep time ( Read more... )

i'm hosting a party in about three hours and instead of cooking i'm trying to work through feelings ( Read more... )

It's 2014. This time of year I tend to reminisce about stuff in the past that I thought was great but maybe wasn't so great. It took me a while to realize it, but the truth has finally hit me.

I'm in an abusive relationship with the nostalgia fairy.

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The Brothers Karamazov has fan art.

I...I am so happy right now.

Random characters.

IVAN!

All the brothers, but especially IVAN!

(Yes, I have a massive girlcrush on Ivan Karamazov. Sue me.)

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After thirteen-plus years of trolling the internet (ten-plus years on high speed digital cable), I've fallen in love with a blogger. I want to trot up to him with his morning paper in my mouth and then fall drooling at his feet. I'm caught juggling the desires to boycott his writing out of bitter, nihilistic jealousy, and to read through his entire ( Read more... )

BP directed me some months ago to a short story contest about robots. I finally got around to writing my entry and was attempting to cut out 1/3 of it (yikes) when I found out that the magazine is going to stop being published.

Does anyone know of good kid/young adult fiction magazines? I'm going to start searching, but any suggestions would be

I'm currently working in a chemistry laboratory for reasons I will not delve into here. Feel free to e-mail me suggestions. You may give me some ideas.

In other news, I've moved semi-permanently from my bedroom upstairs into the drywall-clad depths of the basement. I've always said that in tough economic times like these, there's no shame in living ( Read more... )

Made the mistake of writing a short story entirely in Google Docs. Said short story was originally intended to be 5000-6000 words. Google Docs hid their wordcount option very well, so I never used it ( Read more... )

I'm done with the GRE forever!

Now what do I do with it?