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LJI Three Strikes, Week 3: "Morgenmuffel"
"Nor Gloom of Night"
Three streets to go, I mutter to myself. You're almost done.
As I park the vehicle, my Fitbit buzzes at me. I presume, at this point, it's trying to submit its own resignation letter. But no, it's a text from Jamie, my boss.
Can you check on Victoria when you're done?
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LJ Idol: Three Strikes, Week 2: "What Really Matters"
Focus
How do you choose?
Every day feels like a new verse of "We Didn't Start the Fire"--so many quarrels, dangers, and injustices to care about, keep track of, and fight against.
Oh, these times are so uncertain
there's a yearning undefined
and people filled with rage
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LJI Three Strikes, Week 1: "Black Rainbow"
Tiles and Tribulations
Over the last few years, I've been learning a lot about the various forms of neurodivergence and mental illness--and the ways in which society often treats the former as the latter. While I haven't been diagnosed with any of the major ones (ADHD, autism, depression, etc.), and have no real reason to suspect anything, I do my ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol: Three Strikes
FINE. Let's see if I still remember how this thing works.
https://therealljidol.livejournal.com/1171952.html
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LJ Idol Homecoming, Week 11B: "If The Creek Don't Rise"
River of Life
Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!
What happens when those God sent to build bridges build a dam instead?
Many waters cannot quench love; neither can the floods drown it.
What does love do when the water it needs to survive is taken away?
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LJ Idol Homecoming, Week 11: "Wild Goose Chase"
Birds Are Jerks
Back in 2010, a group of video-game speed-runners (players who specialize in completing the games as quickly as possible) gathered in someone's basement to run a bunch of games and raise some money for charity. The event, Classic Games Done Quick, had its share of technical issues, but eventually raised about $11,000.
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LJ Idol Homecoming, Week 10: Open Topic
"Numbers Game"
There is a phenomenon known to the French as l'esprit de l'escalier, literally translated as "the spirit of the staircase." It refers to that feeling of coming up with the perfect thing to say--a line of argument in a debate, the perfect zinger, the pickup line that might have actually worked--as one is descending the staircase to ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Homecoming, Week 9: "Blood Harmony"
"The Words Are Gonna Bleed From Me"
People create music for a wide variety of reasons. Some do it to express feelings that can't be expressed any other way. Others do so because they know they possess a talent for it, and want to share it with the world. Still others do it for the fame, the fortune, and the glory.
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LJ Idol Homecoming, Week 8: "My True North"
Poker Faces
Aside from my well-documented love for Scrabble, I've also dabbled in a wide variety of other games. I have a small Magic: the Gathering card collection, as well as a shelf in my closet full of board games. I've played a little bit of competitive bridge and chess, though neither at anywhere near the level I've achieved in Scrabble.
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LJ Idol Homecoming, Week 6: "Solvitur Ambulando"
Step By Step
During our training sessions at USPS, one of the leaders asked around the room: Why are you taking this job? Most people gave the stock answers (which mostly boiled down to, "I need a job!"), but I came up with a slightly different reason. "You're paying me to get in shape!"
Which, truth be told, I needed. Despite my best efforts, a ( Read more... )