[SCENE: A brightly-lit classroom, its capacity greater than the number of students it contains. At the front, a chalkboard, on which the teacher is writing out Japanese verb conjugations. The clock ticks. The class dozes.

A buzzer goes.]

TEACHER: Alright, guys, fifteen-minute break! See you back here afterwards.*

[The STUDENTS file out, stretching, ( Read more... )

I should be writing my NaNo, but I am writing this instead, thanks to the offline mode on my LJ client. (I'm not actually sure how it works; I'm wondering what will happen when my space on this area of screen runs out.) I'm eight hours into a twelve-hour flight, I've spoken to nobody (beyond small talk with staff of various breeds) since I left my ( Read more... )

Full blog post about leaving thoughts will be written on the plane, I expect; I've got twelve hours ( Read more... )

November 15th.

Holy crap.