www.xkcd.com/931/

Without fail, when I think of rain, I think of one small moment in time, one that ends with a kiss, outside a restaurant ( Read more... )

There's a boy and girl - a man and a woman - you and me. And there's their first meeting, outside the library, with the sound of cars honking in the background. It's May, and there she is, sitting on a bench, late but finally present, waiting for him to come out of the library.

And there he is, inside, passing the time by reading the Sandman, hoping ( Read more... )

"Why?" they ask. More commonly, they simply gaze in disgust, befuddlement, or amazement ( Read more... )

 The first time someone asked me the question, it was an old man with a long white beard, his hand folded in his sleeves, and he was one of my grandfather's mahjong partners. He stopped me as I was on the way to the market and asked me, “小孩， 你觉着中国怎么样?” Little child, what do you think of China?

And I was ten, I think, and definitely not the most ( Read more... )

Ladies and Gentlemen, let me welcome you to the next world war: one that's going on as we speak.

No, you don't need to look outside your window; there are no bombs, or troops establishing beachheads, or four-star generals poring over a map in a hidden bunker somewhere. Or if they're poring over a map, it doesn't depict any land range. The ( Read more... )

Procrastination, forgetfulness, and a pesky time for work to become busy all of a sudden; these are the reasons why I missed the deadline. The former two are also fairly accurate descriptors of my personality, though they're balanced out by some other things like...insightfulness (well, sometimes) and...other...stuff ( Read more... )

Doing therealljidol for as long as I can.

Because of writing prompts, external motivation in form of deadlines, and a cool new community!

I’m not a person that can really say a lot about commitment. I’m young and don’t have that much experience with it, as you guys know. But there is one experience with commitment that I would like to share, here ( Read more... )

Your ride is this dinky plane with an intentionally cute name - ‘Miss Fortune’ - that looks airworthy from the outside… if a little worn ( Read more... )