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Of Monks and Samurai

A few things I’ve recently wanted to read or see: Reading The Host by Stephanie Meyer. I’m about 140 pages in and it’s decent thus far. It’s certainly a nice break from a certain stupid shiny vampire. Books by Maureen Johnson. I’ve been meaning to pick up some of her books for awhile now. Since […]

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Making with the Crazies

I haven’t had much time to think about anything but Rocky lately; nonetheless, I will try to make sure that my posts don’t become too ‘blah Rocky blah blah’. This is just Week One, after all. That being said, I want to get another plug in, simply because I am so proud of this cast […]

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Can’t Uncurl Toes

I know I shouldn’t post on this because, in doing so, I’ll reveal myself to be no different than the rabid Twigirls out there who are also posting and gushing about this but I’ll take the risk. The new Twilight poster is horrifying. It’s not the eyes (although the color should have been toned down, […]

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Still Alive

I’m past the whiny phase of being sick, so it’s probably safe to post again. The flu completely kicked my arse this week. I woke up Saturday feeling fine and by Sunday morning I couldn’t move or eat without being sick. The sinus pressure in my face was so bad that my teeth were throbbing. […]

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And Rambling Ensued

Crown beats the Cadets The Cadets have been on top (or damn near) for the duration of the relatively short time I’ve followed DCI. For a fairly new corp to come along and upset one of the top scoring corps… Well, check out this YouTube user for full shows from Crown, Cadets and Crusaders (placing […]

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Of Things that are Good

Libraries My public library saves me $275 a month. How much is your library worth to you? Banging on Random Objects Tim (a.k.a., the coolest here’s-a-free-ticket guy ever) let me tag along with him to see STOMP last night at the IU Auditorium. Good times! The show runs tonight also, should anyone be looking for […]

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Movies and Daemons

I checked out the new Golden Compass movie trailer recently. One word: YAY! Iorek looks amazing- to my immense relief.The website offers to generate your daemon. Here’s mine:http://goldencompassmovie.com/goldenCompass_blog.swf?id=362330 I wish my best friend was king of the armored bears…