http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/ Omnia Sat, 06 Aug 2005 10:45:00 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2005. http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/archive/22.html Sat, 06 Aug 2005 05:09:08 GMT Hello, my lovelies. This evening I was watching Dateline and 20/20 (apparently Gray Goose vodka is way overrated) with my parents (Mm hmm, it’s a Friday night and I’m with the old folks at home, sad, I know). Well, the local news came on after. Personally, I hate local news. It’s rarely informing, mostly just an obits parade. First whatever crappy footage of the crash, shooting or wreck Skychopper Somethingorother managed to catch and then sound bites of relative, friends, or neighbors who always thought the victim had a shifty look to them. I swear to god, all the stations have the... (more) http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/comments?id=22 http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/archive/21.html Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:51:03 GMT I finished The Pack. Let the dancing in the street commence. Actually at this point, I’m not all that ecstatic. I’m glad that it’s finally finished, but right now all I can see are the flaws. Such is life. Well, my life at any rate. Onwards and upwards. Meh. I remembered formatting today. Stupid formatting... http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/comments?id=21 http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/archive/20.html Fri, 22 Jul 2005 01:26:16 GMT Geez. It’s been awhile…like months…since I updated. Not that people have been waiting with baited breath for my next post (rather the contrary, I fear), but I still feel some chagrin. This blog is more or less representative of ALL my endeavors that aren’t graded by a third party and put on my permanent record, that is to say- given up. I can’t seem to finish anything I start. Like, my 'novel' (I call it that because ‘novel’ sounds ever so much better than ‘that shitty, self-indulgent piece of escapism drivel’, plus ‘novel’ is shorter), I’ve written it….except for that pesky last chapter.... (more) http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/comments?id=20 http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/archive/19.html Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:16:43 GMT Aemilia’s rules for citing stuff*: Cite after the first and last sentence of every paragraph (excluding the introduction and conclusion) and cite after every other sentence. What you cite doesn’t really matter. As long as the title sounds like it has something vaguely to do with your topic, you’ll be fine. Teachers/professors never actually look up to make sure the facts correspond to the right page of your sources. If you’re paranoid or your teacher is evil, keep the (presumably library) books until after you’ve gotten your grade back. After all, how many copies of Catullan... (more) http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/comments?id=19 http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/archive/18.html Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:51:50 GMT So, it's been forever since I've posted/updated/done anything. I promise to improve. Really. I've been distracted with school (kind of) and with fanfics (really). Can I help it if I'm not up to resisting the powerful allure of the self-indulgence known as fanfiction? No, I think not. Gonna pass the buck on this one. I haven't given up on The Pack. I'm just taking a break. I will finish. Really. http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/comments?id=18 http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/archive/17.html Wed, 16 Feb 2005 02:53:01 GMT Ugh, my hyper-hygienic suitemate has installed one of those toilet bowl things- you know, the ones that hang over the rim. I’ve never been to clear on what exactly they do- clean or improve smell or at least make people think they do. I wouldn’t be too bothered by it except for the way it smells. It smells...I don’t know how to describe the way it smells. It’s like those cleaners they use in public restrooms- thick and nauseatingly sweet and extremely strong. It’s worse than any human-created scent. I think the fact that I equate it to public restrooms is what bothers me most. That and how... (more) http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/comments?id=17 http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/archive/16.html Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:14:20 GMT I really don’t have terribly good excuses for my updates being so late. But I humbly present: time- school is taking a hefty chunk out of my creative writing time (as I suppose it should- this is my future livelihood we're talking about here) inclination- when I do get time, I’m too tired or mind-numbed to write anything of any value pressure- I put off writing because I’m rapidly approaching the end of The Pack and I don’t think I’m doing it Justus, erm, I mean justice. But the next update will be faster. I promise. Really. http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/comments?id=16 http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/archive/15.html Wed, 09 Feb 2005 03:34:35 GMT Disclaimer: I’m not actually suicidal. Quite the opposite, I’m doing better emotionally/mentally now than I have since the sixth grade. But I was musing today on the childish threats I’d issue years ago: "If I died, you’d be sorry!" (To which my mother would invariably reply, "But you’d be sorrier.") I spent a lot of time composing suicide notes- more for the dramatic effect than any death wish. In keeping with my morbid habits, I also planned my funeral the same way some girls plan their wedding. And it is with that in mind.... Dear Everybody, This note is not to reassure those who love... (more) http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/comments?id=15 http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/archive/14.html Sat, 29 Jan 2005 20:13:44 GMT I’ve been catching myself saying ‘like’ rather a lot lately. I use it when relating a previously given reaction or speech: "I was like if you’re going to assign a speech on a historic logographer you should at least give us a few criteria as to what you expect." I like to think of myself as a rather articulate and well-spoken person (perhaps without reason, but that’s a debate for another time) and it galls me to use such a pop culture phrase. But what should I use in lieu of ‘like’? "I expressed..."? "I reacted..."? "I stated...."? But I’m doing more than just saying. I’m trying to... (more) http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/comments?id=14 http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/archive/13.html Tue, 25 Jan 2005 04:46:26 GMT Sheesh. Statistics is evil. So are statisticians. Sweeping generalizations? What sweeping generalizations? No, but seriously. I’m a person who can reliably count to twenty. As long as I’m wearing flip flops that is. I’m joking, kind of. Trig just about killed me last semester (which was galling as it’s a two hour class and extremely elementary) and I don’t know how I’ll make it through this class. I just got done with (gave up on more like) my Stats homework. It wasn’t difficult per se, just unbelievably time consuming. Six problems, four pages and two hours. And that wasn’t even the whole... (more) http://aemilia.blogdrive.com/comments?id=13