Things That Make Me Go :(- My seminar, which goes out of its way, it seems, to reinforce the fact that either I'm a lazyass with my interpretations or that I can't think if put on the spot and asked to vocalize whatever's on my mind. I always thought it was the former ( Read more... )

First, to answer a question belatedly, but I've tried pretty much every form of maintenance with this computer (except installing and running a different anti-virus software because McAfee is a school requirement that likes to object to occupying the same space as anything else... but Malwarebytes wasn't too bad). It's still pretty slow. So, ( Read more... )

Bad
1. This is not my homework.
2. I'm terribly behind in my reading. As in, I should be 100 pages further than I am, but at this point, I just don't care.
3. I'm breaking out again.
4. DRAMA EVERYWHERE! \o/
5. I realized today that it's already the middle of February, and my application count is stupidly low.

Good1. Pikachu-colored Pichu ( Read more... )

Anima Ex Machina: Seven
Never make a deal with the devil.
SPPf Version | BBS VersionAnother short chapter. Descriptions may be a bit wonky because I've fallen back into the habit of writing chapters while somewhat distracted by more important things... namely class ( Read more... )

The seventh chapter of AEM ends with Bill getting pistol-whipped by an Officer Jenny. I was wondering what happened to the fanfiction I set out to write.

On a separate note, I love the course on aliens. The professor... not so much. On the other hand, I was the one who screwed up, so.

So, I need to finish up the second book of Middlemarch and ( Read more... )

I really don't want to respond to something because I like the other person, but I will say that a failure to communicate is not only the failure of the listener to understand exactly what is being said but also the failure of the speaker to have a sense of empathy and foresight. Believe it or not, this isn't necessarily directed at one person, ( Read more... )

Anima Ex Machina: Four
Reality is an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
SPPf Version | BBS VersionShort chapter. At four pages, it's literally one of the shortest that's gone out other than the prologue itself. However, I had to split it here because the next chapter is the one where he and the janitor wake up, and all hell breaks loose. ( Read more... )

"On the contrary. Referring to them as self-centered and ignorant would be taken as quite a compliment."
- CypressIncidentally, I finally have a plot for this character. And, well, a character at all ( Read more... )

From Anna Karenina:

Stepan Arkadyevich had not chosen his political opinions or his views; these political opinions and views had come to him of themselves, just as he did not choose the shapes of his hat and coat, but simply took those that were in style. And for him, living in a certain social environment, where a desire for some sort of mental ( Read more... )

For the past three days, I've been largely on-schedule by some miracle. Part I of Anna Karenina was a surprisingly short read; I may continue onward if I get tired of Strong Poison (which I'm picking back up tonight) sometime before I have to turn this baby in ( Read more... )