So I was reading about this TV series called Supah Ninjas which has an As-Am cast and I got super-excited about it but was deflated when someone else told me that it's basically a rehash of Jake Long, complete with white love interest and black sidekick so I thought, well, I could totally think up a better show.

( And this is what I thought up )

I was trying to nap, right, and for some reason I start thinking this:

Tsai Kim is so below-average, her killer thought no one would miss her when he kidnapped and buried her. But Tsai Kim is a descendant in a long line of [sorcerers/magicians/people prone to seeking immortality/magic-wielders/charm makers/folk with magic in them anyway], so when ( Read more... )

So this morning I woke up at 5.30am, and a good thing too, because I forgot to set my alarm? And I have a 9.30 class. Anyways, I had this terrific epic dream. I have no idea who I was but I know I was trying to escape from like this super maximum security place where I and a lot of other people were being forced to live, and I figured out a way out ( Read more... )

I've been considering what to do for my MA project. I asked my supervisor-to-be and the head of the English department if it's okay for me to incorporate creative writing into my project, and they like the idea. I'm gonna copy-paste what I wrote sometime last month about this on Silver Goggles:

Step 1: Identify postcolonial approaches on / readings ( Read more... )

I'll be working on editing Sugar Melts on the way home, or I may wait for comments from caitlin_chan and tariq_kamal (they're both very different reading audiences. Caitlin is slightly more familiar with my writing, Tariq knows the geography I'm talking about. Kinda. LoL) before editing, and I know the first six chapters, I'm going to edit the shit out of them. Re-write ( Read more... )

Back, plot bunnies, back! Confound me no more ( Read more... )

Salon Broadsheet has an article called "I Sunk Your Abortion Ship!"

As founder of the Dutch group Women on Waves, Dr. Rebecca Gomperts has faced more than her share of tough challenges. You see, her organization operated a ship called the Aurora, which docked off the shore of countries where abortion is illegal and invited women on board to ( Read more... )

So, I was thinking of the song Beyond Antares which is what Uhura sings in one of the TOS episodes and I wiki'd "Antares ( Read more... )

Tapirs. Yes. Tapirs are very cute. They're this weird mix between a rhino and a horse. They only stand 1 meter tall, and are about 2 meters long. Read more about tapirs at Wikipedia.

Really, all you need to know is that tapirs are ridiculously cute and sadly an endangered species because we keep cutting down forests where they live. Their babies ( Read more... )

Jha says ( Read more... )