April 2012
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personal statements
Writing glowing recommendations of oneself is usually not fun - or, at least, usually difficult. Thanks to Chris for being a supremely supportive and insightful peer-editor, and helping me turn a lame ol’ “this is why I think I’m great” into a much more rewarding “this is who I think I am”.
March 2012
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“‘We should start back,’ Gared urged as the woods began to grow dark...”
– Mythic, foreboding, involved. Yup, I’m finally starting.
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The Dream Team: An Explication (Part 5)
The Team; Guidelines/Weavile; Venusaur; Milotic; Flareon.
Flygon.
From day one, I’ve known that there were a few things that my team would need. As I mentioned a few posts ago, for example, a Pokemon I could ride in the water was a must. Well, by this point in the post, it should already be obvious: Requirement The Second is somebody to ride in the sky. You know, because flying. Enter...
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Number 8. Metal foam. FLOATING CITIES. →
Bulk diamond and transparent alumina are pretty cool too I guess.
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OK so apparently the bird-wings thing in my last... →
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Found poem
But that’s only the beginning. Suddenly you notice that there aren’t these separations, we’re not on separate islands, shouting across to somebody else and trying to hear what they’re saying, misunderstanding. You know. You used the word yourself, empathy, these things flowing underneath, we’re part of a single continent, it meets underneath the water and with it comes such delight, the sober...
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The Dream Team: An Explication (Part 4)
The Team; Guidelines/Weavile; Venusaur; Milotic.
Flareon.
Having learned that that I like fire types a lot, I knew that I was gonna want one on my Dream Team. And why not? Fire types are badass. They’re warm, they’re passionate, and they’re strong. And sometimes, like in the case of Flareon, they’re also cute. I MEAN HOW CUTE IS FLAREON. JUST LOOK AT IT. SO CUTE.
Quite...
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“When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold.”
– Sensational, present, foreboding. Definitely the start of a(n EXCELLENT) page-turner.
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Watchthedailywhat:
TV Show Promo of the Day: Straight from Nickelodeon’s upfront to your eyeballs, it’s a brand new supertrailer for the network’s hotly anticipated Avatar sequel, which is now being called simply The Legend of Korra.
But wait, there’s more: After much back-and-forth, the official, for-real-this-time premiere date of episode 1 has been revealed: Saturday, April 14th @ 11 AM ET.
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A year and a day.
Not particularly auspicious in any theological sense, but significant nonetheless. I miss you, Leo.
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Nah, it's cool, learning how to tie a bow tie only...
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zarengurl asked: How do you like your coffee?...
yoisthisracist:
RESPECTFULLY
LOL. (Also, yes.)
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The Dream Team: An Explication (Part 3)
The Team; Guidelines/Weavile; Venusaur.
Milotic.
From jump, I knew that picking a Water-type would be hard. Water-types are tricky, for me. They have to be big enough to ride, should the opportunity for oversea travel ever arise, but they also can’t be confined to the water - how lame would it be to have a friend you could only hang out with while you were near a lake or something, right?...
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“Inchmale hailed a cab for her, the kind that had always been black, when...”
– Familiar, pointed, suggestive. Not the strongest opening sentence on its own, necessarily, but definitely one suited to open a three-quel. Having a great time with Zero History. It has very little to do with Pattern Recognition (which is a shame, because I miss Cayce, and the present-tense...
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The Dream Team: An Explication (Part 2)
Previously: The Team; the guidelines, and Weavile. And now:
Venusaur.
Every team needs a bruiser. A tank. When you need to be able to knock down a wall, or cause a big ruckus, or just generally make an entrance, you need to have somebody up to the task. On my team, Venusaur’s the one.
Even discounting that one episode where there’s a fucking giant specimen of the species, Venusaur...
