"funny, I saw the words 'why I'm such a dork' and immediately thought of you ( Read more... )

All is lost ( Read more... )

It's all about layers. Books, people, music...all can be broken down. You can analyze all their parts, understand each segment, but in the end, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Understanding layers individually helps not in understanding the whole, when you put the layers together.

Chapter 40: The God Machine

It's almost over.

Okay, first the Koreans call back, saying that, even though the kids themselves are going to camp until 4 or 5, they might consider another couple hours a day for the rest of this last week before their school starts again. I didn't take it well. I mean, come on, the only reason we crammed in 32 hours in 2 weeks was because I thought it was just ( Read more... )

So, you're getting your wisdom teeth removed. It's general anesthesia, you know. Sure, the technology's been refined over the last few years. Still, in the process, they could cut a nerve, and you'd never feel that side of your face again. Or you could have a bad reaction to the anesthetic. A really bad reaction ( Read more... )

This is summer. You're not supposed to do anything ( Read more... )

What kind of crack-headed school system gives graduation tests to a class that won't graduate until next yearUh, ours does ( Read more... )

I could ramble on about what's happened over the last three (?) days, but ultimately I don't really care. Stuff happened. Stuff always happens. Who cares how my classes went, what minutae of jokes and interactions occurred? Who cares that I did nothing on my off day Friday but SAT prep work (at my parents' insistence, I will add)? Who cares ( Read more... )

Can't type. Cannot type. Left hand's cold, right hand's stiffening ( Read more... )

When it's quiet, dead quiet, to the point that all you can hear is the blood rushing through arteries in your ears, might there be something else out there? In an absolutely relaxed state, the mind conjures random voices, images on occasion, that flutter in and out of the conscious mind. It doesn't even have to be completely silent, as long as ( Read more... )