So, CONvergence was basically four days of pure happiness. I came home emotion-drunk, and proceeded to get an emotion-hangover ( Read more... )

SO MY LITTLE SISTER JUST POSTED THIS VIDEO ON FACEBOOK.

DUDE I DID NOT EVEN KNOW THAT THE BANANA SLUG STRING BAND HAD VIDEOS.

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CLEARLY THIS WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH THAT I HAD TO SHARE IT WITH ALL OF YOU IMMEDIATELY.

For most of day, I seriously planned not ask my relatives if their dog had its rabies vaccinations up to date, because I didn't want them to know it had bitten me, because then they would be worried and probably make a big deal out of it and feel bad about it.

THEN I REALIZED THAT I WAS INSANE.

Edit: I apologize if the wording above was unclear, ( Read more... )

I'm back, more or less. In Illinois, anyway. Currently sitting in a McDonald's, recharging my computer, surfing the web, reading Dreadnought by Cherie Priest, and contemplating working more on "Maggots, Vermin, Ashes, Dust," or either of the Four/Sarah Jane fics I'm currently working on ("Look After Him" and "The Last Plaything"). Soonishly I shall ( Read more... )

So we all know by now that the universe laughs when Daystar makes plans. But I make them anyway, for the fleeting sense of control they give me. And it's easier to adapt a plan to deal with new information than just come up with something out of thin air ( Read more... )

1) Get caught up on my exercise ( Read more... )

1. Have you ever wondered, "Gee, what would Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther be like if it took place in an alternate universe where all the characters were robots and emotion was seen as a programming error?" Well, wonder no more! For I have written the malfunction logs of Unit VVRT3R for my literature midterm and I can tell you exactly what ( Read more... )

Philosophically speaking, "the problem of other minds" is that, due to the nature of human beings, we simply cannot be certain that other human beings exist. We have no way to literally share sensations or thoughts or emotions, no way to enter their minds and determine that there exists a fully realized person like us. There is no way to be certain ( Read more... )

There's a lot of stuff I could write about in this post. I could write about maybe getting a girlfriend or boyfriend, about finally coming out to all of my family, about so much stuff. But when I try to think about it, I realize that it's hard for me to pin down a list of hopes and fears because I don't have a definite plan for the year from which ( Read more... )

-Despite the fact that Zach Nichols is only my third of fourth favorite character on the show (Goren and Eames tie for first, then Rodgers, then he has to duke it out with Wheeler), he is definitely the most shippable. I honestly cannot think of a character I could not write him with ( Read more... )