... drinking a lot last night ( Read more... )

These are my basic guidelines for fan fiction, whether for my reading pleasure or for any story I feel compelled to write. I have to be really into whatever series it is (simple enough), the stories should be believable and thorough explorations of possible story plots, character developments, relationships, etc. (a little challenging when finding ( Read more... )

... but I think I'm slowly killing myself this semester. I'm keeping some bad sleeping hours, so I usually arrive at school feeling extremely tired and sleep deprived. I know it's a vicious cycle, and that I have to break it, but my willpower is so weak... Thanksgiving is coming up soon, I hope that will be enough of a break to recharge myself so ( Read more... )

Just a quick update on life, even though it's late and I need sleep ( Read more... )

It's all ready the third week of school. Classes are all interesting, but also all demanding in the usual "we operate under the assumption that you have no other classes, so we're dumping lots of work on you" fashion. But I'm doing my best to work hard this semester and not slack off, so it's going okay so far. But as my journal title indicates, I' ( Read more... )

At the time of the 9/11 attacks, I was 11 years old. I was in sixth grade, and it was still the beginning of the school year. As a minor thing, I remember that was the year/summer that I started getting periods, and I happened to get mine that day. So I was zapped of energy when I went to school that day ( Read more... )

This convention was a bit of a disaster. Lots of things went wrong, or plans changed last minute. I don't think I'll be going again in the near future, not unless there are drastic changes ( Read more... )

I'm now officially back at my apartment for the new school year. While school doesn't start for another week, I'm going to readjust my sleep schedule so that I go to sleep earlier. Also, I'm going to be making a lot of food over the week, so that I can freeze it to eat later ( Read more... )

...that older black men have yellow fever. I say this because there have been three separate instances where an older black man has struck up a random conversation with me, and it seemed over-friendly.

First time I was waiting for Natalie to come pick me up so we could hang out. She told me to get off at a train station I wasn't familiar with, and ( Read more... )

I've been away for a while, sorry about that. I suppose I'll summarize my summer then.

After I got out of school, I flew to the east coast for my sister's wedding. I caught up with some old high school friends, and also spent a lot of time working on art to sell at Fanime. The wedding itself was good, Andrea was a lovely bride and the ceremony went ( Read more... )