February 2012
13 posts
Writing excercise - day three
I tried to submit a couple of ones today, but being at work and actually having to *gasp* work, I could only get this one up.
Day 3: Think about the character you created for Day 2. Write their seven word biography.
Charlie hunched; he never really stood straight.
Day Two of writing-based posting.
Create a character. Write a brief scene of them in a setting. Also use this paragraph to introduce the character to the reader by how they react to their setting.
Charlie sighed. He’d ordered a black coffee ten minutes ago and the girls behind the counter were still busy making drinks for customers that had ordered after him. A black coffee - that’s all he wanted. A simple enough...
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“There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.”
– Tennessee Williams (via halfstrippedtrees)
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And now, a much more upbeat post.
I found one of those lists of posts to make over a certain number of days. This one has to do with writing, so I figured I’d give it a shot, though they aren’t going to be consecutive, since I don’t have internet access every day.
Here’s day one.
Write a biography of your life. Only use seven words.
Wanderlust-struck. Always looking forward. And back.
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Dear passive aggressive customer,
The next time you want to have a private conversation with your BFF about your recent divorce, try not going to a public place.
If you want to be alone, don’t ask me, “Excuse me, is this really your job today? To be working in this section right here?” The answer is yes. It’s my job to keep the bookstore clean. When half the travel books are in the used section and the...
Farallon Plate: WASHINGTON SENATE PASSES GAY... →
Yeah Washington! Pass it pass it.
oreadfarallon:
read about it here!
“OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed.
The measure now heads to the House, which is expected to
You're A Witch.: Today in "I didn't know they were... →
OH SHIT. Re: this should have thousands upon thousands of notes - it does.
steviemcfly:
katmayer:
theafrosistuh:
SOURCE
The true identity of Ludwig van Beethoven, long considered Europe’s greatest classical music composer. Said directly, Beethoven was a black man. Specifically, his mother was a Moor, that group of Muslim Northern Africans who…
January 2012
15 posts
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“We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need...”
– Philip Pullman (via onesunnycloudyday)
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“When a man says he does not want to speak of something he usually means he can...”
– John Steinbeck, East of Eden (via bookmania)
THIS BOOK. Good God, this book. I would like to have a book club dedicated to discussing only this book for a year.
As of 12 50PM on Monday the 16th of January...
I have gotten rid of facebook. Yee haw. Anyone interested in remaining in contact with me (and who didn’t get a chance to message me via facebook) should send me contact info through my ask box.
Now to post photos from my hut trip.
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Shameless self-promotion of the day →
Myself and a few friends from Chapman are starting a blog. We’ll post things as often as they get written; ideally once a month. Theoretically there will be themes for each posting. The article currently on there was written for the prompt “displacement” - writing about living in new surroundings. I have a slightly more thoughtful essay about my move out here, but it’s...
Personalized reccomendations... →
a bookstore owner in Tokyo runs a bookstore that carries no bestsellers or blockbuster books, just hundreds of books he knows quite well, and then does personal recommendations based on his customers’ taste.
I can only hope that he lasts.
No one cares you're a local... →
Unless you actually are a local, in which case, you care very much about growing up and still living in a town that hundreds of people move to every year. There’s a mentality in Steamboat from people who’ve been here for a while that’s very “look-down-your-nose-at-the-move-ins”. This seems to be a pattern in towns all over the Western US, and though this article...
December 2011
10 posts
Amazon.com sinks to below the belt lows →
Last week, Amazon ran a special suggesting that their customers use independent bookstores to find books they wanted, scan the ISBNs, and then send that information to Amazon, earning them a $5 discount on their order.
Scummy.
So here’s an article written by someone a mite more articulate than me, but just as angry. And if you haven’t finished your Christmas shopping, go give a local...
Sarah Maple Documentary →
dammitjean:
nwroth:
A friend of mine from Chapman is working on a documentary about a controversial Islamic artist from Sussex - Sarah Maple. The class is will be shooting in January 2012 and needs some funds in order to get across the pond. Here’s a link to their page complete with lots of information about their plan for the doc, as well as more info on Maple.
Signal boost! Sounds...
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It's the 50th anniversary of the publication of a...
Here’s to the book that:
~showed me the merits of the sci-fi genre. ~gave me my first female author I liked. ~taught me to enjoy series. ~made me terrified to look anyone directly in the eye for most of my formative years.
Japanese female wrestlers from the '80s! →
A brief article I contributed to for one Joey Halegua’s blog. Check it out - other writers are Robert Sobel, Greg Johnson, Mikey Bulanti, and Joey himself.
Sarah Maple Documentary →
A friend of mine from Chapman is working on a documentary about a controversial Islamic artist from Sussex - Sarah Maple. The class is will be shooting in January 2012 and needs some funds in order to get across the pond. Here’s a link to their page complete with lots of information about their plan for the doc, as well as more info on Maple.
The guy in the video ended up getting tased at the... →
But hey, how many other people can say that they got arrested for going on a 10-hour horseback adventure which included rides on hiking trails on the mountain across the river, several stops at bars around town, and Safeway for a bag of chips, purchased on horseback?
Watch the video. And look at the store manager’s face.
The North Cascades gets national (?) coverage! →
NPR article on cleaning up the copper mine at Holden Village. Hopefully things go all right with this and Holden doesnt’ crash and burn because of the recovery crew overrunning the village.
November 2011
15 posts
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'I Want My Hat Back': Tenth Doctor Edition
thebattricycle:
whatsthematter-graverobber:
Oh. My God. A+ Forever and ever amen.
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A thought on where I live.
Only in Steamboat are your chances of having sex with an Olympian higher than your chances of having sex with a virgin.
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Just got back from four days in the desert...
…the fabulous, unspeakably bleak, terrifying, beautiful desert of Canyonlands, Needles, Islands in the Sky, and Arches National Money-Mint. (monument - sorry I also read Desert Solitaire out there).
Photos to follow - if tumblr still exists.
I'm not sure if it's bandwaggoning if you listened...
but I have had Foster the People’s Torches on repeat on my iPod for almost two weeks now. And it is damn good - Pumped Up Kicks is probably the least best…for lack of a better word.
