Month: November 2007

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Did you know there’s a commenting challenge going on for NaBloPoMo? There is, I know because a Final Fantasy VII character told me so. Not being one to trust RPG characters (I still haven’t forgiven Aeris for changing her name posthumously to Aerith), I also double-checked this with the NaBloFo’Sho Web site.Wow, I figured. What…

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My Lappy Broke :‘( …again

So I don’t break NaBloPoMo… Almost exactly two years ago, I had my laptop break during finals. As you can imagine, it was bad. That post seems eerily appropriate now as my laptop turned off on me and refused to turn back on. This means I can’t access my story to update my novel Web…

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Things you should and should not shake (and how to tell the difference)

RemCon came under new management. Berkowitz’s brief conversation with Albright made him popular for a few years, but it eventually faded. The new management made it explicitly clear that unskilled employees would be fired in favor of employees that could do their job and others’ as well. The new management thought that if secretaries were…

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I wrote it, so at least I know it’s worth reading

Dr. Dr. Master Alberic Albright was a child prodigy. His genius knew no bounds and he became equally adept at HRTM ((Hotel Restaurant Tourism Management)), genetics and engineering. The last two degrees were why he felt qualified to manipulate his genetics to produce his son, which he affectionately called ‘hilarious proof for why man shouldn’t…

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I’m glad I have a medium

The monitor shimmered momentarily. Then, the image changed to a torch-lit scene of brutal riots. Tijuana residents were throwing Molotov cocktails through store windows. There was looting, severe language, beatings, a gang rape of a local TV anchorman and— at the center of the scene — an old man kicking a puppy down the street.…

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I am thankful for… projects

This year I’m doing NaNoWriMo, the project in which you write a novel in one month. I’m also doing NaBloPoMo, the project in which you write one post every day for one month. The problem is that NaNoWriMo is on the same month as NaBloPoMo. To compensate for this, I’ve decided that this month shall…

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