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Check it out, it's raining in April!
It's a sign!!!
A sign of what? 
Beats me.

Ghad, I have sooooo much to blog. But being constantly put off today, my thoughts are all now muddled up and I don't know where to begin. So forgive me, dear readers, but for today I go against my supposed literary style and offer you... bite size stories.

Today was the ( Read more... )

Taken from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice:

"...If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing him; and it will then be but poor consolation to believe the world equally in the dark. There is so much of gratitude or vanity in almost every attachment, that it is not safe to leave ( Read more... )

The Mystery of the Harry Potter Series
by: Victoria Cayton

Harry Potter. No other name has been as significant in this generation when it comes to children’s literature. In fact, the name, coupled with the image of the bespectacled boy with a lightning-shaped scar has transcended beyond the walls of the book to be assimilated into pop ( Read more... )

I have been feeling sluggish lately, especially with my writing. Writing has always served as the best way to understand my thoughts and feelings, but lately it has been having the opposite effect on me. It drains me, it leaves me burned out, and it exhausts my patience. First of all, it's because it is more of technical writing than creative. ( Read more... )

The other night, I was in the middle of trying to fall asleep and being unable to sleep. Knowing how much sleep affects my mood and productivity the next day, I attempted to fall asleep by thinking about theories and more ways to improve the "meat" of my thesis. But as I delved deeper, the more I knew that although my eyes were closed, the more my ( Read more... )

So I purchased a copy of Bulfinch's Mythology, it was one of those gems in the bargain counter and still in its almost brand new condition. Anyway, not being able to sleep last night, I thought I'd start reading it. (Usually I finish reading one book first before I begin another, or else I get the stories all mixed up. :P) I ended up reading for an ( Read more... )

Okay, intro first.

I often wonder if I have anon readers who read my blog and know me (from a distance) or maybe not at all who are just too lazy or uninterested to comment. I mean, I don't want to flatter myself or anything, but guys... what's up with that? I don't care if you're scared of me (which is like, the biggest joke I've heard since the ( Read more... )

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With the end of 2008 nearing, everyone's been pre-occuped with lists, especially top ten lists. I take pleasure in reading these lists because in a way, I see if you agree or not. Regardless of what they base their top-ten lists on, one cannot help but see if he agrees with the listing.

Anyway, as I was reading today's top ten list in a certain ( Read more... )