I'm sure you've all had those moments.  Whether it's while writing a term paper or dozing through a boring class, there's always been a moment where you go "This is never going to end.  I'm going to be stuck here forever, and there's nothing I can do about it."

I think the same thing applies to items and various tasks.  For instance, it appears that ( Read more... )

I went to the Dayton Celtic Festival yesterday.  It was an awesome time, as it always is.  The heat actually backed off this year; while it's normally hot as blazes, this year was overcast with occasional showers.  (We joked that the weather followed the bands from their side of the pond.)

While holding seats before the Elders went on-stage, I was ( Read more... )

(Not my main point, but it's the first thing that popped into my head when I looked out the window.)

WSU's wireless is screwing up again, so I've been working on this post for a good bit of today.  It actually crapped out right in the middle of me submitting a scholarship application; feel free to imagine the language I used at that moment.  Looks ( Read more... )

Anyone who's been around here for more than a day knows that I've created a sweater called Rivendell.  I'm currently working on writing up the pattern for people to make their own; it'll be available for sale sometime in the future for $7.50.

That's not the problem.  (Well, okay, it's something of a pain in the butt to resize everything, and I'm ( Read more... )

I wish people would stop hating on Hetalia.

I know it's not the deepest, most powerful show out there.  I know it takes history a lot more lightly than it could.  I know there's subtext that tends to be played up in the fandom.  I know the characters are stereotypical and don't always portray countries 100% accurately.  I know it could potentially ( Read more... )

The other day, I discovered that as well as doing cross-stitch (which exponentially increased my liking for her), my roommate also plays WoW.

This doesn't bother me, honestly.  There's far worse things she could be doing.  I don't have any objections to RPGs; it just struck me as a bit odd, since she didn't seem like the kind of person who would be ( Read more... )

Today's topic: the NOD, and why it's a good idea.

Back when I first met Carly, I noticed she carried around a composition notebook with her everywhere.  At one point curiousity got the better of me, and I asked her if it was a journal.  She said yes and no and let me flip through it.  Inside were quotes, reminders, sketches, snippets of fanfics... ( Read more... )

Let's talk about public speaking/reading.

The fact is that if you work for a corporate company of some kind, if you take classes at college... you will probably have to speak in front of people at some point.  Most of you probably have in high school, for reports or for group projects.

Here's the thing: one of the biggest phobias people have today is ( Read more... )