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So the university I work for recently turned 100 years old (huge controversy around the whole who actually turned 100, but I won’t get into that now - that’s more of a topic for my Norwegian blog), and to celebrate, all employees were invited to a huge party the previous Tuesday. The ( Read more... )

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I’m just wondering, because your book series is being butchered.

What’s left of the Southern Vampire Mysteries in True Blood? Nothing, nothing except the barest of bare bones.

There are vampires living among humans. They feed on synthetic blood, mostly (speaking of though, have any of ( Read more... )

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Tumblr is much more fun than “regular” blogging these days.

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Please be advised that this is an excerpt from an e-mail to Bre, and my e-mails to Bre tend to be disjointed and full of bad language, in more ways than one. They’re more like a stream of whatever thoughts hit me at the moment, broken up by links to images. Bre is very privileged to ( Read more... )

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(This isn’t another Harry Potter post.)

Alright, so. Young MC - Bust A Move.

Your best friend Harry has a brother Larry
In five days from now he’s gonna marry
He’s hopin you can make it there if you can
‘Cause in the ceremony you’ll be the best man

If Larry is getting married, and ( Read more... )

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I had this thought just as I was falling asleep last night, and lo and behold, I managed to type it down on my phone (thank you, AK Notepad). It made for some interesting reading this afternoon when I opened the notepad to write my grocery list, heh…

Ok.

So.

Harry Potter. They use ( Read more... )

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Seriously? The latest season of True Blood is just one continuous string of wtf.

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WHY IS THE WORLD SO MEAN TO ME.

No, I’m not really going to whine. Not really.

Only, the thing is. When we got our preliminary tax return papers, we found out that we’re in for a whopping return this year, which is a nice change of pace, because usually I get money back, but Tor owes ( Read more... )

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The other exam that I was even more worried about?

ANOTHER A.

Also, thanks so much for all the comments on my previous awesome-post. :)

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Because you know what? That first exam that I was so worried about?

I got an A.

:D :D :D :D :D