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(2 Good eggs | ...want to do my homework for me?) publishment, again! [21 May 2012|01:08pm] An email exchange I had today: Guy to whom I sent Missy Gin and the Trouble She Was In: I like the story, but I need to know if you are still considered a resident of the United States, primarily for tax purposes for our publishing company. Meee: Yes, I am considered a resident of the US. I'm a taxpayer back home, when I go back (Christmas-New Year's & a month after), & hold a US passport. I'm here on a Residence Permit/Z Visa, which allows me to live and work here. He: That's good to know, because . . . congratulations! Your short story has been accepted into Twit Publishing Presents: Dieselpunk which will be released sometime in November of this year. I will be sending you edits in a few weeks. Also, we will be mailing out contracts in the next few months and, therefore, need your address as quickly as possible. If you have any questions, always feel free to email me SO YES FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A MONTH FOR THE THIRD TIME IN MY LIFE I AM GETTING ANTHOLOGIIIIIIIIIIIIZZZZZZZZZZZEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD jfdklfjsfdkgl;sfdjkglsjgkd;lsjgkdsf :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD in fact I am delighted, and I feel like a real live writer, and oh man I will need to submit more stories to more places. That's next! :D

(8 Good eggs | ...want to do my homework for me?) norse mythchart [21 May 2012|12:29pm] [ mood | cheerful ] Chart ganked from boosette's journal, and it is beautiful. ( clip clip big pic ) kuridee? Thoughts? Isn't it a thing of beauty? But at the same time, I gots me a couple questions: Notes: -- How comes such a detailed, fantastic chart leaves out Loki's two sons by Sigyn? Or his daughters with Glut? D: -- I also love the question marks for Tyr's forebears. Like, "who the fuck is this guy? I know he's important! But where does he come from?" -- Kind of ??? about Frigg's mama being Night - I never heard that before. I don't doubt it, per se, I'll just need to see original sources. Trust but verify. -- I love how Kvasir is just kind of .... there. -- ?!?!?! at Gullveig being the ?mother? of Angrboda? That doesn't - I don't think that's the case, though! kuridee help me you're my only hope -- lolololololololheimdall's moms XD -- historicula, look at the names of the dwarves. You will :D -- Um um um - my readings in Norse stuff are pretty okay, but I have absolutely no clue who Ivaldi is. Was he in a saga? (he?) Because I haven't read any sagas. ---- (actually, I bet he (he?) is, because I'm seeing all saga-names down at hte bottom - Sirun, Niblung, Sigurd, etc.) -- ... diiiidn't Gerd & Frey have a child? (I mean, after all that trouble, yanno...) -- Either forgot or didn't know Thor's sons weren't by Sif! THE MORE YOU KNOW -- I also thought Urd/Verdandi/Skuld were always just sort of existing. They came from Ymir too? I mean I guess that makes sense, but - it's also news to me. IN CONCLUSION: this chart is pretty and I would like to talk it over with anyone who knows Norse Mythology. Anyone? ....anyone?

(...want to do my homework for me?) I have the best students [18 May 2012|12:53am] last night I had the best conversation with one of my students. THE BEST. He: (on the Chinese version of Facebook, posts a picture of beautiful, jewel-looking corn, like this.) 艾克 2012-05-18 00:05 :DD! 于云龙Teddy 2012-05-18 00:05 回复艾克：哈哈····actually,I'm hungry now 艾克 2012-05-18 00:06 I couldn't bear to eat something so beautiful... 于云龙Teddy 2012-05-18 00:07 回复艾克：but I can not find anything 艾克 2012-05-18 00:08 then you can gnaw on the closest nearby thing: your lamp, your computer, your bedpost, your roommate... 于云龙Teddy 2012-05-18 00:10 回复艾克：。。。。 艾克 2012-05-18 00:13 :D 于云龙Teddy 2012-05-18 00:13 回复艾克：嘿嘿~ [transl: hee hee!] 艾克 2012-05-18 00:14 回复于云龙Teddy：they will appreciate it, believe me! they will wake up and say, "man, I bet you're hungry! I will go buy some 盖饭, just for you 于云龙Teddy 2012-05-18 00:15 回复艾克：嗯···I believe you ,teacher 回复 艾克 2012-05-18 00:16 回复于云龙Teddy： :D you might believe me, but your roommates will hate me :D 于云龙Teddy 2012-05-18 00:20 回复艾克：they will remember nothing 回复 ....XDXDXD

(2 Good eggs | ...want to do my homework for me?) this is what LJ is for: feeeeeelings [16 May 2012|12:40am] ( cut for your delicate sensibilities )

(7 Good eggs | ...want to do my homework for me?) picos tells you her thoughts about Avengers [15 May 2012|11:55am] [ mood | amused ] Just finished watching the Avengers ... in Chinese! A couple friends invited me, since movies are cheap on Tuesdays and they wanted to go. So sure! No subtitles, all dubbed, and so here are my thoughts: (in bullets because it's 11.24 and I'm lazytired and still have HW) -- I'm happy to find how much chinese I can understand! sure, it was an action movie, and thus really easy to follow, but still! Only things I didn't get were details and names and jokes and repartee! ---- I know that's a lot of things to miss shut up I'm working on it -- it was fun! it was nicely-put-together, luckily not too gimmicky with camera angles and I was pleased to note the absence of Badass Slo Mo (which is friggin overused nowadays). A little too closeup in a couple of the fight scenes - when Thor and Loki were punching, forex, there were a couple seconds of TOO MUCH PUNCHING WHO IS PUNCHING but then it straightened out -- colorful! I'm amused at how the colorfulness of the heros fits into the dull, everyday of the city/surroundings People who were awesome: -- Natasha, obvs -- the woman in blue in command of the flying, mirrored aircraft carrier -- the archer guy (Badun in Ch) no surprise there, because :D archery -- Fury's cool -- I liked the Hulk when he Hulked, too. when he was the Professor I was kind of "ehn okay" but when he was Hulking he was awesome -- Pepper :D People I didn't care for: -- I know I am the only person in the world who doesn't like Stark. I am okay with this. -- Captain America was too America for me -- meh thor -- I can finally okayly say that Marvel-Loki is not myth-Loki and that my thoughts on Marvel-Loki are this: ---- myth-Loki is awesome. Marvel-Loki is kind of a dick. ---- evidenced by him throwing away every single frigging chance of audience-forgiveness I mean frigging really? that's overdicking it. that's basically saying "LOOK HOW UNREDEMABLE HE IS :D." over and over! And blegh. ---- greasyfrigginhaaaaaiiir oh god I do not like that sort of half-a-mullet-mop. ---- (if he got rid of that awful hair he could've looked pretty fine in that suit-scene getup.) ---- Hiddleston is a good actor, shur. But I still don't care for Marvel-Loki. WHEE UNPOPULAR OPONIONS ---- I liked how he had dark circles under his eyes in the first scene. I don't know why I liked that, but I did. ---- finally, here is why I can never take those horns srsly: -- I FUCKING LOVED THOSE ALIEN WHALE-SPINE-BUG-TANK-SHACESHIP GUYS. THOSE WERE AWESOMMMMMMMMMMMME -- I was not impressed by the alien-orcs, though -- BUT THE WHALE-SPINE-BUG-TANK GUYS MADE UP FOR IT -- spied out archer guy at movie's beginning as awesome. was disappointed when he got mind-controlled. was pleased when he got un-mind-controlled. Badass Normal whee! -- THE HULK PUNCHING THINGS ---- THE HULK PUNCHING A PLANE ---- THE HULK PUNCHING AN ALIEN-TANK-BUG ---- THE HULK PUNCHING THOR -- I have to say, I figured the aliens would tune out the moment their mothership was blowed up. there were too many of them for it to be practical for Our Heros to try to fight anyway. i kind of expected it earlier, or for someone to suggest it. "if we explode X, they will all die!" well ... once they actually did it, hmm. I guess, okay. -- but dude, the climax of hte movie was in fact indeed quite awesome. much as I dont' like stark, I really liked the scene of him looking out as the suit fails and the ship ahead of him and then boom chicka boom. -- lol so much at Professor Hulk arriving on a moped. The whole theater laughed at that one :D okay, that's all I can think of now! Feel free to leave any comments for me for the morning, but right now it's 11.53 and I have classes tomorrow and a few more homeworks tonight! Gouda Night!

(2 Good eggs | ...want to do my homework for me?) picosquee! [07 May 2012|12:39am] GUYS GUYS GUYS I'M GETTING PUBLISHED AGAIN!!! Not the story I was just working on (Missy Gin and the Trouble She Was In), but one I submitted two months ago (Matty and the Grey Man). They sent the acceptance email at 8-something this morning, while I was in class, and I just read it! oh man oh man oh man, you guys, oh man! I am going to be anthologized again! THE KEY WORDS HERE: ANTHOLOGIZED AGAIN ANTHOLOGIZED AGAIN ANTHOLOGIZED AGAIN asdfghjkldfjkld;sgjklds;fjgklsd;fjgskdfljgsdlkf; yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :DDDDD!

(...want to do my homework for me?) placeholder entry [29 Apr 2012|05:19am] Being told by a 19-year-old boy "you need to clean your room" means you really need to clean your room. Content soon, I promise! I have been whelmed over this semester, but tonight might be blessedly free for expectations/appointments/people to see/things to do/etc, and I think I will sit down and write out a nice, looooong journal entry depicting, in detail and accuracy, precisely what kind of rollercoaster my life has been the past couple months. But now: clean my room a bit, then pick up ingrediants for tomorrow's Labor Day Picnic with my chorus! :D! (I am going for "simple" and opting to make fruit salad. It'll go down fabulously, I'm sure. Everybody likes Pico's fruit salads.) DETAILS AT ELEVEN

(2 Good eggs | ...want to do my homework for me?) LOK: EP 101 102 [18 Apr 2012|01:36am] [ mood | ecstatic ] OMG OMG I JUST I JUST SAW KORRA 101 AND 102 AND OH MY GOD OMGOMGOMGOMGOGMOGMGOMGOMGOGMOGMOGMOGMGOMGOGMGOMGOGMOMOGMGOGGMGMGMMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHGHGHGHGHAGAHRGHGEHAFGAJK;HFAWEORIUGNREO;GNERIOGTNTOI;BGNRTG;OIUBSARE;HGNWLKNVMX,XBV;KJAREHIOTA;J;HGOI;SHDFJKGLBSHDFKJXNVCJKFHGDJFKFDNGNGNNGNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN OH HOLYSHITTHISSHOW I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I AM IN HEARTMARKS ALL OVER AGAINNNNNNNNNNNNNNN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ in conclusion: holy fuck oh my god shit damn hell wow this show is amazing and all my old ATLA love is coming back in spades and I love it a billion times and forever and oh my god. (You guys will have to wait for later for an actually articulate reaction entry because right now i can't even.)

(1 Good egg | ...want to do my homework for me?) :D sisterly pride :D [15 Apr 2012|02:55am] [ mood | proud ] My little brother went to a weightlifting meet yesterday. These were his results: Squat: 480# (personal record) Bench: 363# Deadlife: 540# (VA State record) Total: 1383# (personal record) 1st place, 198# juniors (21-23 years of age) Why yes, in case you were wondering, my little brother is in fact a forklift.

(4 Good eggs | ...want to do my homework for me?) dude, and what happened when I 表白'd [12 Apr 2012|11:28am] So, the way it went: English corner: went alright. Fine. After English Corner: talked for ages with students, dude did too. Finally got time to talk with dude. First asked how date went. Date did not go, then he explained his whole recent relationship history to me, and it turns out he is Interested in not one but two different girls; he's iffy about his feelings, but definitely Interested in them. So, I finally, after long hesitaiton and awkward eyeballs, spat it out. He took it remarkably well. Remarkably! Remarkably as in he told me he could tell and had been able to tell for a while now. Then he apologized for not telling me he knew, and reassured me that he wouldn't tell anyone ;p The rest of the talk was a whole lot of me trying to explain feelingy stuff and him being surprisingly cool with it; he wanted me to know that I definitely wasn't alone here, that he'd be around to "console" me if I needed help (the whole conversation was in english) and that he still thought I was awesome as a friend. Which is a huge relief, because as soon as Le Feelings go back wherever they came from, I want to be able to have long, analytical conversations with him, because he is, in fact, a good conversationalist and looks for reasons in things and is quite interesting to talk to. It feels right now like they're fading already. I think the day after the What Do You Mean It's Not A Date was the worst, and while feelings persisted afterwards, I now know precisely what ground I'm on; since it isn't going to be reciprocated, I'll ignore feelings if they happen again, and get my brain back on track. I am actually quite pleasantly not-upset about it. A little saddened, but, well, hell's bells, I'll fiugre this romance thing out eventually. This wasn't the one, but there's plenty more opportunities out there in the Great Big Et Cetera. So. I think now I'm going to call my mom and go to bed.

(5 Good eggs | ...want to do my homework for me?) dude in my brain [11 Apr 2012|11:53am] cross-posted to asexuality; posted here with a few more personal details. So. Dudes, Ladies, and Everyone Else: I've got a question for yous. I am asexual. I know this. I've known it since I was nineteen, which believe me is a handful of years. I've been on the LJ asexuality comm since then, too, so I know people's stories. I don't have a problem with my asexuality, but rather a different sort of problem. ( I am having Feelings for a dude. ) QUESTION ONE: BASED ON THIS EVIDENCE, DO YOU THINK I SHOULD MAKE MY FEELINGS KNOWN? Unfortunately, there's an issue. ( the issue is also behind a cut. ) QUESTION TWO: DO YOU THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA? I can see both advantages and drawbacks to doing this. I do not want to step into the middle of anyone's feelings for each other. I do not want to mess anyone up. And I know I'm only going to be here for another year and a half. But ... so is he. And I'm going to America after this. But ... so does he want to. But I'm asexual, and odds are 99% certain he is not. But I am getting damn tired of the ambiguity - either there's mutuality here, which would be great, or there isn't, in which case I can tell my brain to pull the feelings out by the roots and get the damn on with my life. So... ... yeah. You guys' thoughts? (He's presenting that PPT at English Corner on Thursday - tomorrow. I am going to decide what to do by then. I am tired of waffling. And I am really tired of shutting me up in the face of mixed signals.) ETA: LOOK A LINK. I like this link because 3 is the case (I am at that awkward point where I find it very hard not to stare, and I know staring is scary), and I am hoping 6 or 8 would occur. 5 is at the way far Pluto edge of possibility so I will but mention it as a pipe dream.

(3 Good eggs | ...want to do my homework for me?) today was a good day [08 Apr 2012|12:11pm] TODAY I AND IT WAS AWESOME

(4 Good eggs | ...want to do my homework for me?) meme from boosette [28 Mar 2012|06:27am] Here it is a meme ganked from boosette: 1. Go to page 77 (or 7) of your current MS. 2. Go to line 7 3. Copy down the next 7 lines – sentences or paragraphs – and post them as they’re written. 4. Encourage other people to do it! From the cleaned-up version: ~:~:~:~:~:~ Kellerin stared. Selfish little brat! - and then suddenly remembered Massey from the other day. I did so want to see you. You must understand, there've been no topsiders for years. And walking around his huge, empty house with her, Massey talking and talking. And running through the house, dust and clean and empty, and steps echoing behind her as Tadn followed, and the long, dull hallway with half its lights out. So what would that be like if you were thirteen and couldn't even go out of the house? What would it be like if you were thirteen for thirty years, and couldn't go out of the house? It wasn't Massey to feel sorry for after all. Massey didn't live here. Or anyway, she seemed to travel. She could leave, go shopping, get her nails done, be social. And leave her thirteen- or forty-year-old brother alone, day in, day out, in a huge empty place like this, nothing but paper-people, no school, no visitors. Kellerin remembered long days in the dorm, classes done or too boring to go to, lights off, clouded sky, "no, I'm too busy to hang out" in her inbox and the computer humming on her desk. "Okay," she said. Kyle-Morgan looked up, frowning. "Okay what?" ~:~:~:~:~:~ Heee. So right! And yet - oh, Kellerin. :) (Man, TMI but period time is now, for which I am duly grateful, because by the time I return from Shanghai, my brain will be back to writing-mode and I'll be able to get back to this amazing book. :DDDDD)

(3 Good eggs | ...want to do my homework for me?) in which pico is severely disappointed [26 Mar 2012|02:48am] [ mood | sad ] I will copy from my skype messages from last night, because I donna feel like writing all about it right now. to Marcy: [3/25/2012 9:46:38 AM] Pico: you know what's cool? [3/25/2012 9:46:42 AM] Pico: when you thought you were going on a date [3/25/2012 9:46:54 AM] Pico: and it's fun and awesome [3/25/2012 9:46:59 AM] Pico: and in the last literal five seconds [3/25/2012 9:47:09 AM] Pico: it turns out Dude has feelings for someone else to my dad & brother: [3/25/2012 9:55:59 AM] Pico: I went on what I thought was a date [3/25/2012 9:56:03 AM] Pico: and was sort of interested [3/25/2012 9:56:06 AM] Pico: and turns out [3/25/2012 9:56:10 AM] Pico: dude is interested in someone else [3/25/2012 9:56:11 AM] Pico: so [3/25/2012 9:56:13 AM] Pico: yeah Yeah. we met at 2 in a coffeeshop. we talked. for four hours. he said, "so, you wanna go for dinner?" I :Ded. We did. We talked lots. Childhood stories & stuff. Walk back to dorm. I ask "so wanna hang out again after (festival)?" on the steps of my dorm, he says "actually I was kinda hoping to go on a date ... there's this girl I know, I haven't seen her in a year, and we have feelings for each other..." and that was it. good night, good bye. Ended up going to Dan's (Meiling & bebe are back in her hometown), having a beer, talking about it, and hanging about for three hours having TMI conversations from which I learned a lot. Went to bed around 2.45 or 3. woke 7.20. Now am exhausted. Public Speaking went okay, though students could tell I was tired. (They could not tell that I was trying to keep from crying*.) Academic Writing should work out, though I will be exhausted. (I'mma just do an old lesson's activities, thank friggin god because I don't have the ??? to lesson planright now.) And then, Knight and I will hang out - I'm thinking just propose cooking something in my place and watching a movie. She's had Chinese boyfriend issues before (dude's parents didn't think he should be dating a Westerner), so she is sympathetic. Then, later, talkies with historicula. And then sleep as early as I can and possibly assited with Benadryl, because what the fuck I haven't had a decent night's sleep (more than four/five hours) in forever and a day, by which I mean, literally, at least a week. I might even skive off Bincai in the morning. That is how much this is getting to me. *seriously what the fuck brain why you knew it was a bad idea from the start and this stops you from fucking up majorly, like was obvs going to happen had anything actually happened. Fuck emotions, really.

(5 Good eggs | ...want to do my homework for me?) lolololoWHAT [25 Mar 2012|01:42am] So uh. I know I haven't posted in a very long time. That's mostly because a billion hundred things have been happening, and especially in the last two weeks. Oh yes, it has been very extreme here in Picoland. I will regale you all with the thrilling details later (and oh, believe me, I will, because this is a lot of goings-on and I want to journal them all), but for right now, I just thought I would let alls y'alls know that I might maybe be going on a date. ButIdon'tknowifheconsidersitoneandalsothisisthefirstrealhangingouttimewehavegottenandwhyamIdoingthisthereareabillionreasonswhyIshouldn'tbedoingthisormightnotwanttodothisandandandandohgodpicowhatthehellareyoudoiiiinnnngggggg~ SO THERE'S THAT :D ...details at eleven!

(1 Good egg | ...want to do my homework for me?) body gallery [17 Mar 2012|11:08pm] [ mood | interested ] Later, there will be an entry about how I am. (in short: fine now, just busier than I've ever been in my life, and coming out of Mood.) That is later. This is first: You who think about body image, or you who are uncertain, or you who are writers and want to make characters, or you who want to compare and contrast so as to get a better idea of what is and isn't realistic: You need to see this site. It's a site where you click, on the side, height and weight (or pants/shirt/etc size), and it comes up with a gallery of women who are that height and weight. You get a good idea of body types, and a good idea of the range of different shapes people can be in at a certain weight. The site is pleasantly non-judgemental, as far as I've found. And I think the fact that it's just pictures, numbers, and measures goes a lot further than "EW, THAT GURL NEEDS TO EAT A SANDWICH" or "GOSH LOOK IS THAT A BABY BUMP LOL" or "BMI SAYS YOU SHOULD BE (X) SO YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY FAT". Suggestions on Pico's end: - it would be really cool if there was a male equivalent, mostly for writing-research, and also for gender parity (although, yes, I do know that in the west the pressure on women's weight/bodies is exponentially higher than that on men's bodies) - the apple, pear, banana, and hourglass are cute, but what about if it's not curves but muscle? I don't know where that would fit. - the pictures are self-selecting, but I think that's unavoidable. they're also very Western - they don't have girls like I see over here very much (over here, women tend to be a lot less fatty but also a lot less muscular). Just a thought. So: overall, good site, and I recommend it to you guys!

(...want to do my homework for me?) planning classes [10 Mar 2012|10:40pm] [ mood | stressed ] what always happens to me when I plan classes: -- a period of freezing up and not being sure and not having any idea how to do this and being sure it's not going to work and wondering what the hell I'm doing, followed by various admonitions of myself that I have done this before, I can do it again, countered by frustrated "yes but what if this time it goes badly" countered by "then it goes badly, suck it up" and sprinkled with liberal amounts of argh I am going to screw everything up why am I even here doing this. what ends up happening: -- me dashing from classplans to computer to classplans, scribbling stuff up, being satisfied, being unsatisfied, grabbing my knitting and knitting a few lines, tossing my knitting in the air and scribbling ideas out for my other class, finally writing up a script to follow, including key words and phrases I have to remember to tell students. what you see in class: -- pico teaches a class, sometimes consulting her notebook. ~:~:~:~ Conclusions and Thoughts: -- I am aware there is a discrepancy. -- Also, I think students have no idea. -- I wonder if other teachers do this? -- I wonder if it's always going to be like this in my future jobs?

(...want to do my homework for me?) dreams from tonight and last week [09 Mar 2012|08:21pm] [ mood | chipper ] Been dreaming all sorts of interesting things the last couple of days. ( last night ) Yes, I know, great up til the end there. the endbit was silly, but the rest, the story-part - that I liked. :D I should also tell you about Wednesday's dream. because tehre was cool stuff in it too. ( Wednesday’s ) And lalaal, there it ends! no grammar or editing jsut hit Post wheeee

(4 Good eggs | ...want to do my homework for me?) Various Variouses (I should just make a Various Variouses tag, I do so many of these) [26 Feb 2012|11:08am] Oh look, Pico has too many tabs open again! Wikipdeia will inform you of hte History of Knitting and it is Fascinating Speaking of fabrics & so, Oh my god this piece at hte Victoria & Albert museum is gorgeous. It is hard to believe that is embroidery and not painting, the work is so fine and so flawless! An Androgynous Fan Bingbing. Who is Fan Bingbing, you ask? I answer: Inunno, but look at her cool film. (hums a few bars of Sharp-Dressed Man) Here is a pretty DA artist. Here is another. This picture (from the first artist above) really makes me want to write Seth & Piotr awesomes. Probably mostly because that is such an un-Piotr-like expression. Piotr is never Serious, Dismal, Cool, Collected, however you would describe the young man picturedthere. That dude is the antithesis of Piotr. But his name is Pyotr. And so by virtue of having hte same name, I want to write a way Piotr can be like this. (Which would require ... some doing.) Cool stuff happened today, but I'll journal about it tomorrow! For tonight, goodnight, and ta ta!

(...want to do my homework for me?) submitted story; upped final [25 Feb 2012|09:58pm] [ mood | accomplished ] AW RIGHT. Just submitted final version of Matty and the Grey Man (Bluebeard tale set in turn-of-the-century Appalachia) to Q&W's Old Weird South Anthology; replies re:inclusion nlt April 1. Hope that goes down well! I've also posted it up on szavasvar here for you guyses perusal! kuridee, I have added you to the Szavasvar-readable-list! (Sorry, got the notification on my msn a few days ago but wasn't able to do anything about it since, due to Chinternet. But now you are on.) In a fantastically better mood than yesterday, thank goodness. Also, in a mood to ignore my lesson planning submit more stories, as long as I'm in the proper groove, so let's give it a go!

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