Whence all this insecurity? Jesus.

Dear film-makers everywhere:

NO MORE SECOND WORLD WAR FILMS. PLEASE. (Even if "Good" looks, well, good.)

Updated Christmas wish-list:

- the perfect-sized teapot
- a spine
- Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking
- fingerless gloves for sketching
- a beautiful raincoat
- money
- a proper work ethic

This presidential debate brought to you by the word "fundamental".

(early) Christmas Wish List:

- the perfect-sized teapot
- a spine

Plus ça change. One of the things I hate most about myself is the way I endlessly maintain the idea that I can and will change. You know, someday. Someday I will stop wasting my entire day on Google Reader and will start Getting Things Done. I will get my work done; read a novel; cook something difficult and French, maybe with foam. I will clean my ( Read more... )

OMG IMSLP IS FINALLY BACK THANKYOU GOD

+ It's my birthday
+ my 21st birthday
+ my ~*~golden~*~ birthday
+ Silver Lake gelato guy
+ finishing the wall
- working on my birthday
+ bringing cupcakes to work
+ expensive French food
- still feeling small and alone

Today my Writing 340 instructor gave us a list of Reminders On Style.

Rule one: use concrete subjects and action predicates.
Rule two: keep subjects and predicates close together.
Rule three: keep subjects and predicates at or near the beginning of your sentences.

And I think he's serious; he actually wants to read essays written entirely in the ( Read more... )

I'm going to see The Fall, which looks beautiful and trashy and beautiful, by myself because all my friends are HOPELESS.