Wednesday, January 20, 2010

When did that get there?

In May of last year, I started another blog where I would put the stories I would be working on during summer vacation. That... kind of happened? I put what is essentially dialogue outline, and a more fleshed out version of part of that dialogue. After that, nothing. For months there were those two posts collecting dust and falling to the bottom of whatever "Blog Suggestion" (or whatever you may call them) sidebars they were in.

Not anymore!

Behold! My resuscitated literary blog! Stranger and Fiction!

Thanks to my Creative Writing class I'll actually be writing! And whatever I write will go right in there. I may even put in some of my thoughts on the short stories and poems I've read. Poetry can be a very effective way to paint a very full and beautiful picture with just a few words, and everybody should be able to enjoy it. I really do think I've been blessed to be so easily able to discern and translate literature.

I hope that people check out my other blog and let me know what they think. A writer will go nowhere without the opinions of others. Yeah, I just came up with that :P

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

How I Feel

Like a warming light
Sometimes dulled, but always present
Your singing voice lifts me up
And makes everything... better

Saturday, January 16, 2010

A question is raised



I won't pretend to understand the physiology of sentient popcorn kernels, but wouldn't the sudden accelerated expansion and venting of the kernel's innards cause an immediate state of inertness?

Translation: Do they die when they pop?

Hehe, sorry. I forgot to include the non-bureaucratic speak version :P

I call it Bureaucratese.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Not Dead. Here's Proof!

I'm back in school, and I've already finished week 1. I don't think I went over my class schedule, so here it is

Japanese Second Quarter 9:10 - 10:10 MTWT
Archaeology 11:30 - 12:30 MTWT
Creative Writing 12:40 - 2:50 MW

Japanese 122 - Picking up where I left off with Japanese 121, we're learning three kanji a day and there are no more romaji. Kanji is essentially the Japanese version of a word, and Romaji is the English phonetic equivalent meant to help those who can't read hiragana or katakana. Which I can

Anthropology 204: Archaeology - This will be my fourth time taking a class with this professor. No, we're not looking for lost treasure or trying to find hidden civilizations. This is a class for what is known as Anthropological Archaeology. We'll be learning about the major concepts, theories and methods to help understand our past.

Creative Writing - Duh. It's going to be awesome. It's two hours, but it's only on Monday and Wednesday. Obviously I'm most excited about this class because I'll finally have a reason to write: Grades. Oh, and the money I get for getting good grades. It's like I'm being paid to write, so I better do it while I can. I also can't wait to really learn and gain more confidence in my writing abilities. Maybe then I'll stop holding myself back from just writing when I want to!

Anyway, this was longer than I'd intended it to be, and I'm going to bed. Sleeping is likely to follow, but I can't promise myself anything.