Does anyone know of any good Native American blogs that deal with... well, with racism or other social issues? Or, hell, just "here is my life and I sometimes talk about how being Native American factors into that?" I tried googling it and didn't come up with much. D ( Read more... )

I got nothing related to fandom this Christmas season! (At least, not yet. Baco and I are going to be doing our own Christmas sometime after New Year's. Maybe then? Something? I'm a little worried that we'll just buy each other the same things, but whatever. THAT IS WHAT GIFT RECEIPTS ARE FOR ( Read more... )

( Spoilers for FFX: Up through the Calm Lands )

I just realized why I'm having difficulties reading through Runemarks. It's not because it's poorly written, it's not because it's boring -- in fact, it's exciting and I really want to know what happens next! It's just that every chapter we switch to someone else's POV and that's one of my major pet peeves with epic stories. Same problem I had with ( Read more... )

In my Women's and Gender Studies class, one of the required books is Dorothy Allison's Two or Three Things I Know For Sure. It is an amazingly gorgeous, gut-wrenching book about a young girl who tells stories to survive. I recommend it to everyone. (Renay, I am looking at you here, even though I know you declared a hiatus on new books. But. Her ( Read more... )

Baco has helped me discover a TV show that desperately needs to be made:

Harry Potter, M.D.

IN OTHER NEWS:

I am in the process of reading The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson! I'm not very far yet, so I can't say if this trend will continue, but it seems to me that ( Hill House has some similarities to the Cradle. (Spoilers for Hill House and Thief: Deadly Shadows) )

I recently read Fingersmith by Sarah Waters! I really liked portions of it and only managed to get through other portions of it because I was stuck in a car for 12 hours ( Read more... )

Today, I've got a question and two quotes. And also a HAPPY BIRTHDAY TWIG!!! (Unless Thorne lied about your birthday, of course. In which case I still hope you have a happy day.)


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Yesterday I finished John Green's An Abundance of Katherines when I probably should have been studying. (Just like today I looked at Clinton's and Obama's campaign websites instead of studying! But I feel vaguely more justified about it, although I feel vaguely justified about An Abundance as well. Screw you,, homework, I need some me time ( Read more... )

It is 3:52 in the morning.

I have just finished ( A Darkling Plain. )