"We do not own our literatures, any more than we own our culture, or history, or the place where we are born or live now or are buried: we merely rent them, and during the times for which they are in our possession we make of them what we can, and then we pass them on; they pass away and out of our lives ( Read more... )

 “This invention, O king,” said Theuth, “will make the Egyptians wiser and will improve their memories; for it is an elixir of memory and wisdom that I have discovered ( Read more... )

 Was reading an article of self-promotion on a writer's (Holly Lisle) personal blog just now, and was struck by just how strange the post was. Don't get me wrong, I've been quite a fan of Holly's for a few years now. She writes fiction that is predictable (in a good way!) and considered pretty good. She loves what she does, and she works hard at ( Read more... )

 Finished 1984 -- JiaEn you can have your book back!
And I should visit a library soon, I'd better return all those books I'm never going to read anyway :)

And I think I may as well go pick up Newspeak. It'd be easier than Latin past-tense!

_______ “Or perhaps a widow found him and took him in: bought him an easy chair, changed his sweater every morning, shaved his face until the hair stopped growing, took him faithfully to bed with her every night, whispered sweet nothings into what was left of his ear, laughed with him over black coffee, cried with him over yellowing pictures, ( Read more... )

 Went karaoke-ing with the clique today, and man my throat is going to kill me tomorrow I swear. Thank god for emergency Strepsils Extra! :D

I've decided that I shall not sing Slave 4 U anymore, because I stunned the entire room when I did Britney's "oh~".
The worst part is nobody suspected me:

"OMG WHO DID THAT?"
"JIA YI IT WAS YOU RIGHT?!"
"What!? No ( Read more... )