Big Decisions
Right. Having sorted out my relationship with my mom, i was hoping that this whole course change decision would be settled quite immediately. Quite on the contrary, it’s become more complicated. I now worry about many other things, things that I probably shouldn’t be worrying about now.
But, this should be it. This is the weekend of my biggest decision in my life so far. Drop me a note if you have any advice, but otherwise, it looks like I’ll be making this decision very, very soon.
Punctuation Situation
Besides crossing into 15000-word territory yesterday, I also replaced the Continental dialogue dash that I’ve been using and filled out the quotation marks instead.
In defence of the dialogue dash, I think it’s beautiful to read when done right; but I made the changes because it’d be easier for me to avoid writing it poorly and confusing the reader, and I guess it’s not something I’ll worry about too much right now.
Random
SmokeLong Quarterly is a web magazine with short stories good enough for the length of a cigarette break. [via SmokeLong Quarterly]
Fractal furniture. [via kottke.org]
On Hellboy II: The Golden Army. [via Comic Book Resources]
Putting your Fedora desktop on a thumb drive. [via Lifehacker]
Playing Tetris makes you smart! [via Scientific American]
Err, solar-powered bra. [via EcoGeek]
Michael Chabon talks about many things. [via io9]
Dick & Jane art. [via Josh Spear]
Paul would like you to see this about photographs replicated with grass. [via Gizmodo]
Oh cool, Allman Brothers on Achewood. [via Achewood]
Lake watcher. [via topleftpixel]
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What I Bought
I failed in my quest! I went a little over my budget, but still reasonable considering that it’s the holidays and all. Here’s what I got, in no particular order:
- Darkmans, by Nicola Barker
- The Complete Novels, by Flann O’ Brien
- The Killing Joke, by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland
- After Dark, by Haruki Murakami
- Hard-Boiled Wonderland And The End Of The World, by Haruki Murakami
- The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, by Michael Chabon
- QED, by Richard Feynman
- Other Colors, by Orhan Pamuk
Oh, I also got volume 9 of the Hellsing manga.
Now to figure out in what order I’ll be reading them, though I think I just might end up taking them one at a time.
Heart-To-Heart
I guess I was too worked up the day before. My mom and I really sorted things out after that. In fact, we had a chat until two in the morning. We’ve never done things like that before. And for the first time in a long, long while, I really said good night and meant it from the bottom of my heart.
My decision may not have become any clearer, but at least, I’ve got this sorted out, and for that I’m extremely grateful.
Random
In which it Works. [via Wondermark Lite.]
New LittleBigPlanet screens. [via Kotaku]
Digg has a new comments system. [via Digg] I find it a little hard to read, actually, but it’s certainly an improvement over the previous one.
Security holes. [via xkcd]
Pretty wallpapers. [via Smashing Magazine] I’m using one of the arrow ones now.
MIT crafts bacteria-resistant films. [via PhysOrg]
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