My aunt wrote a post on her blog earlier this month entitled "Good Bad Guys" which, as one might expect, focuses on villains and what makes them effective. Through her musings, she discusses six qualities good nemeses should possess: fearlessness, invested interests, wittiness, a British accent (somewhat optional), quirkiness, and charisma. I ( Read more... )

It hardly feels like it's been nearly a month since I last updated. At moments I've pondered if my seeming lack of things to say is at all tied into not being in school anymore; even during times of heavy coursework, the record shows that I still updated on average more per month than I have since graduation. Many of those past updates may have ( Read more... )

Wednesday before last, I dusted the entire house, minus my bedroom. The next day, I found myself with congestion and exhaustion. Initially, I thought it was just an allergic reaction to all of the dust the day before, but it gradually morphed into nausea, headaches, eye strain, long sleeping hours, and general exhaustion. The nausea was gone ( Read more... )

I am officially over half way done with paper writing for the semester! After a spell of having difficulty motivating myself, I wrote my film paper yesterday and edited my final paper for 17th and 18th-century Philosophy today. That makes four papers done, three left to go. Tomorrow I'll start in on my last paper for Independent Study (Marx and ( Read more... )

( A Stitch in Time )

In the two or so years I've had this journal, I don't believe I've ever made a post exclusively about Buffy. So, in honour of finishing my re-watching of season two, here it is.

( All about Buffy. )