So, anyway, I've been surfing around all the various nerd sites, and I found out recently there's gonna be an X-men create-a-character RPG, also known as the only type of video game I play that isn't Sims.  As you can imagine, this created some excitement.  One of the reasons:

This is potentially a video game I will take the dark side path on!

This ( Read more... )

I'm angry today, and I really shouldn't be.  I just finished school!  Salute and bow down before me!  Two days to spare ( Read more... )

I'm really, genuinely angry.  I mean, really, genuinely angry.  And - I cannot believe I'm saying this in a public post- I'm actually also angry at my dad.  Legitimately and morally.  I don't think that's something I'm supposed to admit, particuarly about something I doubt he remembers saying ( Read more... )

Two posts in a day?  Why in heaven's name is this ( Read more... )

I think I have figured this out. And, additionally, why Mary Sues bug me so much. I'm fairly sure you're supposed to hit a point in fandom where you just ignore Mary Sues, but I cannot do it ( Read more... )

This week I have been doing two things. I have been volunteering to read to children, which shall be covered in tomorrow's post, and I have been lurking ( Read more... )

No, seriously.

I understand completely that the books kind of suck.  They do.  Edward is NOT a romantic figure, Bella is a hideous role model, and while there are parts of them that are excellent, most of it's kind of drawn down into a sea of mediocrety ruined by the aforementioned problem of the lead couple.

Also they make me warm and fuzzy inside.

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Let me first off state that I am typically fine with depictions of violence.  However, something today got me thinking- how fine?  What are my limits ( Read more... )

Note:  I keep coughing while writing, and as a result I cannot spell today.  Please forgive me- I will try to catch my errors.

I have a deep, dark secret.  And it is this:  there is a large part of my brain that is not satisfied being the school outcast/nerd.  There is a large part of my brain that still wants to wear Hollister and Hot Topic, have a ( Read more... )