I woke up at 6am today by accident (I was going to take a "power nap" at 7pm and then it was 6am), and I just remembered how much I love early September mornings. I like being able to watch the sun rise, because it rises at a sane hour this time of year, and enjoying a silent hour to myself while the rest of the city sleeps. I like knowing that ( Read more... )

On Writing
Damnit, someone stole the whole point of my next NaNoNovel. *shakes fist* I was going to go around weeping about human imperfection, and how that makes us human, and melt into a puddle of emotions while sniggeringly satirizing my male teenage protagonist! Weeping!

But noooo, someone in a Harvard publication has to get the idea first in ( Read more... )

Since my friend's list is mostly female, I thought talking about feminism would be pretty relevant.

Some list I stole off the winning example of the intranets (Complete list here):

The Male Privilege Checklist 3. If I am never promoted, it's not because of my sex ( Read more... )

I was looking at a flower the other day, trying to figure out how to take a photo of it, when I leaned back and laughed; because life is the highest resolution ( Read more... )

It would break my heart if I woke up next morning, and found myself in grade six again. If I still remembered everything that had happened until now, at least. Even if I woke up in grade seven ( Read more... )

I just noticed that all my main character does is observe things, and never takes action.

No wonder I feel like nothing is happening. But it's not fantasy, so I'm not quite sure what I could get to happen in the story. Hey, at least I figured it out, and I'm only about 16000 words into the story ( Read more... )

Hehe. Every once in awhile, I get this strange urge to rub my hands together and cackle, because I'm finally in grade twelve. I don't know why I'm so relieved ( Read more... )

Whoever thought of ante meridian and post meridian was a very practical person, especially since I usually divide my days into two parts as well: good part (0.00-8.00), and bad part (everything else). Unfortunately, the world disagrees with me and divides the days between the middles of the whole, or something inane like the zenith of the sun vs. ( Read more... )

Today was rare and undercooked, causing great distress to my world-digestive system ( Read more... )

( Some thoughts on Racism. And, hey, it almost applies to the Hurrican Katrina thing! Gotta keep ON TOPIC in LIFE. )