Let's get one thing clear: I'm not fashionable. I wear what I wear, and I often wear what I wear for many years. There's little drive in me to care about clothes and how I look. One, I'm poor, making the buying of clothes more of a begrudging task than anything else. Two, I'm fat, and when you're fat, you can't really rock anything fashionably. You ( Read more... )

Progress tidbits for January 15, 2010 and January 17, 2010

"Knock the Chocks"

New words: 872
Total words: 1,638
Deadline: None set in stone
Market in mind: Apex Magazine still, but it could also possibly go to Sybil's Garage now that I am getting a feel for it.
Odd things researched already: camera designs
Distractions: Xbox 360 achievement hunting, ( Read more... )

Guess what's back? This thingy. Anyways, there was a mini spout of new comments for some previous entries, and I found out some folks were actually interested in seeing this list continue. Whodathunkit, right? But please file all cries of foul about using LJ cuts to the complaint department in the corner. It's a trashcan.

As always, if you missed ( Read more... )

Progress tidbits for January 13, 2010

"Knock the Chocks"

New words: 228
Total words: 766
Deadline: None set in stone
Market in mind: Apex Magazine still, but it could also possibly go to Sybil's Garage now that I am getting a feel for it.
Odd things researched already: superheroes and supervillains, HTML coding, baby girl names, portals
Distractions: ( Read more... )

Am I the only one left that hasn't seen Avatar yet? The film just crossed the point of grossing $2 billion. That's a lot of dollars. I mean, I already saw this flick back in the day:


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Hey, remember when I used to actually use this thing to write about my life?

Yeah, me too.

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Some people see words and phrases and think, "Gee, that'd make an awesome band name." For example, Soda Jerk.

Every now and then, I see words and phrases and think, "Gee, that'd be a pretty swell name for a rebellious group of twenty specific people that send secret messages via pieces of art deco while also trying to undermine the many critics that ( Read more... )

Well, here we are, in September, with cloudy skies and cool breezes and the unrefutable knowledge that autumn is closing in. Truthfully, this is one of my favorite seasons for gaming…though I can’t specifically say why. It just feels right to bunker down inside on a crispy afternoon and punch buttons until your fingers hurt.

Anyways, lots of games ( Read more... )

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