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Monday, August 10th, 2009

Writer's Block: Fantasy Sports

Imagine you manage a coven of baseball-playing vampires. The Cullen family is really strong this year and you want to bring in a ringer. Which currently active MLB baseball player do you sire?

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I don't like baseball, so I really don't care. Why are the vampires wasting their time playing baseball? I'd think they'd prefer hockey--more bloodshed. Or, maybe that Aztec game where the losers were all sacrificed to the gods or something.

I really don't care for sports at all, but I attribute my complete lack of interest in baseball to the fact that my father is a die-hard Cincinnati Reds fan, and they suck. And he'd probably be really insulted if he knew I said that, but they really do suck.
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Saturday, June 6th, 2009

Writer's Block: It Sounds Better When You Say It

No matter what language you speak, you've probably come across words or phrases in another language that sound better than their equivalents in your native tongue. What's your favorite word or phrase in a foreign language?


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I like "Je ne sais pas," (approx. pronounciation is Jeh-neh-say-pah) which is French for "I don't know." It's fun to say.
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Writer's Block: My Biggest Environmental Pet Peeve

Littering, long showers, not recycling... What's your biggest pet peeve about the way some people (mis)treat our planet?

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Right now, it's littering, because I just saw some people throw trash out of their car when I was behind them in the Taco Bell drive-thru. I wanted to find out where they lived, then drive over there in the middle of the night, slash their tires, and spray-paint "LITTER BUG!" on their back window. Of course, I would never actually do that, because I'm too afraid of breaking the law, but I wanted to.

Under normal circumstances, my environmental pet peeve would be that my dad steadfastly refuses to believe in global warming--he says it's BS, which I think he says just because he works at a coal-burning power plant and admitting that global warming is real would mean accepting that he is partially responsible for screwing up the planet.
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Writer's Block: LiveJournal Book Club

Out of all of your favorite books, pick just one you'd recommend everyone read. As a bonus: why did you pick that one?


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Monstrous Regiment, by Terry Pratchett. It's a Discworld book, but you don't have to read any of the other books in the series to understand it. I love it because it is hysterically funny, but at the same time it also makes you think. And its premise is that gender doesn't matter, people are just people, which is something I've thought for a long time.
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Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Writer's Block: In a Jam

If you were in trouble or ran afoul of the law, which fictional detective or investigator—from tv, movies, or books—would you want to help you?


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Sherlock Holmes, of course. :)
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Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Writer's Block: Change for the Better over a Decade

How are you a better person today than you were ten years ago?

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Considering the fact that I was thirteen ten years ago, I guess the greatest way in which I've changed for the better is that I'm no longer a whiny little bitch. ;)

Okay, I kid. No, I guess I'm more experienced in many areas, I'm more knowledgeable, and I'm more comfortable with myself. Along those same lines, my self-knowledge is much greater, which is something I think is very important. Being diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome has a lot to do with this--now I understand why I do certain things--but it certainly isn't all. Realizing the truth about my sexuality, that I'm asexual and that it's okay to be that way, is also a big part of that. I think becoming more self-knowledgeable has helped me become more true to myself, which I also think is very important.
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Writer's Block: My Definition of Greatness

How do you define greatness?

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There are so many parts of this for me, but I guess the short answer would be, the number of good works a person does, not to be rewarded but for the sake of being good.

Like, every now and then I wish I was rich so I could donate to charity. And so I could adopt an animal or two, because there are so many animals out there without homes.
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Writer's Block: Honey Bear

Happy birthday, A. A. Milne! Not coincidentally, it's also Winnie the Pooh Day. Which resident of Pooh Corner do you identify with the most?


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Well, one of my childhood nicknames was "Pooh Bear," and my mom still calls me that occasionally (funnily enough, her nickname is "Rabbit," a name Dad uses all the time). I really like Eeyore, though. He's always portrayed as being so gloomy and pessimistic, which he is in a way, but in truth I think he's more of a realist. Plus, ostensibly Owl is the "smart one," or at least he's supposed to be, although he's more of a parody of the sort of person who thinks he knows everything but really knows nothing. Eeyore, however, really is intelligent, probably the smartest character in the Hundred Acre Wood, but he doesn't parade that fact or seem proud about it at all. Plus, Owl may have book smarts, but Eeyore is more worldly wise. And no matter what happens to him, no matter how gloomy he seems, he never gives in to despair--he just keeps on keeping on. And these are all things I can definitely identify with.
mood: calm
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Friday, December 5th, 2008

Writer's Block: Physical Education

Call it gym, P.E., recess, or pure hell, most people have participated in a class at school that focused on games and athletics. What sport or game did you hate the most when you were a kid? What sport or game was your favorite?


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I always hated volleyball, and I mean hate hate hate. Mainly because I sucked at it and I always ended up with seriously bruised wrists from trying to hit the damn ball. Actually, I hated 99.9% of all sports, because I sucked at all of them. I only had a vague chance at basketball, because I was tall enough that I could just stand under the basket and wait for someone to pass me the ball so I could put it in. But basketball bored me, so I didn't much like it, either. Gym was just hell.
mood: awake
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Writer's Block: Secret Crush

Everyone knows having a crush at the office or in class can make the time pass a little bit quicker. Is it better to keep your crush a secret or tell them how you feel?


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If your crush happens to be your 25-year-old high school teacher, you should keep it a secret.
location: Still My Apartment
mood: crappy
music: Still the History Channel
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Monday, July 28th, 2008

Writer's Block: Last Call

You are on a plane that's about to crash. You have time to make ONE phone call. Who do you call and what do you say?

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I probably wouldn't have the presence of mind to be able to use a cellphone. I wouldn't be able to think of anything to say, or even who to call, except maybe 911 in the hopes that they might be able to do something helpful.
mood: sick
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Writer's Block: Being Another Creature

If you could be any creature, any mobile life form at all, which would it be and why?

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I might like to be a tiger, because I like tigers and that's my animal from the Chinese Zodiac. Of course, seeing as they're endangered and keep getting cut up by poachers for Chinese Holistic medicine, that might not be so cool. Maybe just a normal domestic house cat, then, because they are also cool (even though I'm allergic), and they get people to take care of them--and according to Animal Planet, they are the most "extreme" species of cat on the face of the planet. And they are certainly not endangered.

I really like rodents, but I don't think I'd like to be one, unless I was maybe a pet mouse or rat, because then I probably wouldn't get eaten. The fact that I'd only live about a year or two would kind of suck, though. Maybe a Capibera wouldn't be too bad, because they're huge and they can swim.

Anyway, I think a house cat is my final answer. The kind that never does any work and makes friends with the local mice.

EDIT: Or maybe some kind of bird, because I'd love to be able to fly, or a dolphin, because I love to swim. Indecisive, much? Oh, wait, seagull! Then I could give people crap all the time! Haha.

*NEEDS SLEEP*
mood: tired
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Writer's Block: How I got on LJ

Who introduced you to LiveJournal? Why did you first open an account or get involved?


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I first opened an LJ account because I wanted to be able to comment on Deleterius. I don't remember how I found Deleterius in the first place. Probably on some other Harry Potter website. That was back when I was an uber-Harry Potter fan. I've grown out of that now, for better or worse.
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Writer's Block: Creepy Crawlies

If you had the chance to go crazy and completely overhaul your appearance, what would you do?

Or:

Recount a remarkable incident involving insects.


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When I was a little kid, like maybe between one and three years old, I ate dead lady bugs.
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Monday, April 21st, 2008

Writer's Block: Almost Famous

What do you want to be famous for?


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I want to be a famous author. This is no secret to most of the people who know me well. Being on the best-seller list would be nice, but I want to be known for good writing, not just popular writing. It would be awesome to write the sort of books that college students might study someday.
mood: artistic
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Writer's Block: *Lightbulb Goes Off*

What was the last great epiphany you had?


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"Hey, wait a second. I may have Asperger's Syndrome, but that doesn't mean I'm disabled!"--A thought that occurred to me after receiving an e-mail encouraging me to apply for a job because they wanted to hire more "disabled" people.
mood: irritated
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