So one of my classes this semester is "Intro to non-fiction writing." This is my first non-required ENGL class, and I think I'm going to enjoy it immensely. The professor is a tad flighty, and has three more cats than me, but the people in the class seem fun and the assignments are pretty interesting. One of the first things I had to read for the ( Read more... )

So, its the last day of my vacation before classes start. I had all this ambition before this thing started two and a half weeks ago, but it seems like I haven't done much. Well, I guess I did. I learned the basics of my new mandolin, sold an ass-load of crap on ebay, and made a few day trips. I didn't get everything sold I wanted to (furniture, ( Read more... )

1 - Reading a messageboard post about waxing (down there ( Read more... )

As in, that many days have passed since I last posted. So much for keeping up ( Read more... )

I spent some of my free time this weekend updating and organizing my LJ, making subject headings and adding 'tags', with the intention of using this thing a lot more often. I was digging through my older posts and discovered that I typically have a flurry of posts for a few months, then it dies down, then I post a big long "sorry I don't post more ( Read more... )

Because Wednesday night I stayed up till 4:30am putting the finishing touches on a paper for my History of China since 1949 class, something I've never had to do before. Stay up all night finishing a paper, that is. Though, they might be fooled, a bit. I actually wrote 80% of the body of the paper the weekend before, and spent most of Wednesday ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning at a respectable 7am and then lounged around in bed till almost 8. I don't think Yoshi even knew I was up, or at least he wasn't mewing in the hall till I opened the door ( Read more... )

Still, she had disappointed him by saying nothing whatever about returning with his shield or on it. He had privately primed himself for a beautiful scene. He had prepared certain sentences which he thought could be used with touching effect. But her words destroyed his plans.I find it strange that I've not read The Red Badge of Courage before ( Read more... )

Women. More trouble than their worth, sometimes. But for all the weirdness and stupid arguments and strange words found in the morning, every morning I wake up without you is a bad one ( Read more... )

OH SHIT! You're On Notice:


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