More reasons why Blue Beetle is awesome and you should all read it. 'Cause seriously.

So, things I have learned as of late.

1. I am not allowed to give an opinion of a movie right after I've seen it for the first time. It will always sound better in my head than it really is. Way better.

2. I am not allowed to make any critical decisions in the winter -- especially ones that require being thought through. I start thinking very stupidly when I'm stuck in the dark all day. Possibly a mild form of seasonal depression; either way, it's way more prevalent than I'd thought! (See: deciding to go to art college, deciding to leave art college, getting myself fired, bombing Anthro, trying to figure out how to get to Japan (not that I'm not still hoping to do that, but I'm waiting until summer to make any moves in that direction).)

3. Never to underestimate the value of validated HTML ever again. Jeez, JavaScript is so sensitive...

4. justonetruth is dangerously addictive.

5. I really miss being able to get hand-me-downs from my aunts and grandma. I hate clothes shopping.

6. I can indeed find Arsène Lupin books in English if I look hard enough! And am willing to pay exhorbitant prices.

7. I am never drinking Carnation hot chocolate again. I think I'm going to be ill. DX Also, Celestial Seasonings peach tea and Bigelow mint medley tea go oddly well together.

8. There is never a week without rain here in the winter. Ever.

9. I need to practice answering the phone and just talking to people. My social skills are abysmal.

10. I should force myself to learn at least some Flash, if only so I can more effectively argue why it should almost never be used on a website.


I think that covers it!

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE

4 tbsp flour
4 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp cocoa
1 egg
3 tbsp milk
3 tbsp oil
3 tbsp chocolate chips (optional)
A small splash of vanilla extract and your favourite tipple
1 large coffee mug

Add dry ingredients to your largest mug and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips (if using), vanilla extract, and a drop or two of your favourite tipple, then mix again.

Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts. The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed! Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.



I actually had to put mine in for 4:40 minutes, and all the chocolate chips sank to the bottom and melted and were probably on their way to burning if it had been in for any longer. And it's a little bland -- needs icing or somesuch to make it tastier. Maybe a bit of almond extract.

But overall, pretty good for cake in a mug!

And don't forget to mix the ingredients really well. I don't think it works if you don't.

I seriously never thought I would ever have a crush on an actor. Like, ever. I don't even know their names half the time unless they're really popular and I hear everyone talking about them.

And now there's Anton Yelchin.

This is very unsettling.

Two years of Comp Sci Tech college and not a single mark below a B. I think that's pretty good!

(Still not entirely sure I deserved all of them, but eh.)


On a completely separate note, I've been noticing that I've been having a lot of difficulty with writing lately due to the fact that I keep writing words out of order. And when I say I'm writing them out of order, I mean I've been averaging at least one mistake per sentence that I write for a few days now (I just had to fix "at least averaging", for instance). It's been going on for a while, but this is the first time it's gotten this bad and I'm a little worried. I'm anal about my grammar and it was as flawless as I could make it in high school and most of uni, but now it's like my brain just will not process the order to write cohesively.

It isn't just writing, either; I do it while talking, too. Not quite as much, however.

Is this an indicator of dyslexia? Could it be a delayed onset thing? Because honestly I have no idea, and the thought of losing my favourite way to communicate effectively (sometimes my only way to communicate effectively, considering that I have terrible conversational skills thanks to growing up as a social outcast who generally learned not to talk to anyone unless it was defensively) scares the living bejeesus out of me.

Then again, maybe it could just be a side effect of sleep deprivation?

I feel kind of ashamed for thinking other people are lame or stereotypical a lot of the time. It's not like I'm a shining paragon of virtue myself. That said, come on, guys, seriously. (Though I will admit it is a cool-looking business and I might drop into one of the free classes just for kicks. Provided I'm awake enough to.)

1. Name: Kendra
2. Nickname(s): Kinder (don't ask), Mom (don't ask), Buddy (don't ask)
3. Day of Birth: May 8
4. Wine: Red or White?: Red
5. Alcoholic Drink of Choice: Irish cream. Followed quickly by rum and coke, and coffee and amaretto.
6. Last song you listened to: Kiss From A Rose - Seal
7. If you could be anywhere, you'd be: Living with a significant other and/or a few good friends in a comfortable house, doing comics or writing for a living.
8. If you were a shoe, you'd be: A pair of sneakers.
9. What are you wearing right now? Oversized blue jeans with a Chinese dragon patch sewn on, a black long-sleeved shirt, and red and charcoal fleece hoodie. Also Mountain Equipment Co-op hikers that turned out to be made of fail. :|
10. A day in the life: Drag self out of bed in the morning, frantically make lunch and catch the bus to work. Come home for dinner. Either attempt to drag myself to flamenco or the pool, and/or dick around on the internet until bed. Sometimes I draw or read books (sometimes also on the internet).
11. I never leave home without: My wallet My shoes Clothes. I think. There may have been a few times I left home with just a bathing suit and a towel, though.
12. Worst Habit? A tie between procrastinating, not sleeping enough, and trying to do too many things at once!
13. Pet Peeve? People who gossip about/make fun of people or talk about them behind their backs.
14. Favorite Celebrity and why? Jann Arden. She's funny, makes great music and doesn't make a huge fuss about her appearance or media representation. She just performs. Plus, she's Canadian and has great stories about getting caught in a blizzard in Alberta in a nightie.
15. Favorite philosopher and why? Lao Tse. I've always been attracted by the concept of the Tao and wu-wei.
16. Controversial issue that gets you talking? Oppression, human rights and the treatment of other living beings.
17. Favorite thing to wear? Flannel.
18. Straight or Curly? Curly-ish?
19. Blonde of Brunette? Brunette. (What are redheads supposed to put?)
20. Last book you read? Simultaneously in the middle of The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey (again), The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, and a collection of Holmes stories by Doyle.
21. Astrological sign? Traditionally, a Taurus. Unless you go by proper modern constellations with Ophiuchus, in which case I'm an Aries.
22. If you were on a reality show, what would it be? Mythbusters. Shut up, it counts.
23. Favorite quote? "What we can do, we must do; we must use what we are given, and we must use it the best we can, however much or little help we have for the task." - Sunshine, Robin McKinley
24. Coke or Pepsi? Tea! Or anything diet and caffeine free. Curse you, mild allergies!
25. What drives you? Wonder.

So, Adam. Provided I actually got that 8-room house in Ottawa, can I assume you'd be willing to be one of the renters?

Anyone else who would be seriously interested in paying about $500 a month for a room in Ottawa? So far I have three people looking into it, not counting myself.

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Why is David Tennant so good at the puppy eyes why

Lou (Will): *nods * I'm really hoping this is excuse to let Ran grow a bit, but Japanese girls are under so much pressure to be cute that this arc just sounds realistic to me.

Lou (Will): Like, a high school girl wants to be a pro baseball player, and so she's gone to a high school where there is a really strong boys baseball team but no girls, so they let her play with the boys baseball team and compete as a guy.

Halfling Rogue: They're seriously being discouraged from stuff like martial arts and self defense?

Lou (Will): And this is National News.

Halfling Rogue: ......

Lou (Will): I'm not kidding.

Halfling Rogue: God, that's awful.

Lou (Will): She's become a minor celebrity and I think there is a anime being made based loosely on her story

Halfling Rogue: *siiiiiiiiighs*

Lou (Will): and of course the one episode of the anime I saw? Totally romance centric

Halfling Rogue: *siiiiiiiiiiighs*

Lou (Will): But yeah, that is what Japan is like. It's a very sexist society.

Halfling Rogue: Was it always that bad, though? I mean, I know they have a history for it, but I got the sense that a certain number of years ago it seemed to be getting better for a while.

Lou (Will): I biked 40 minutes to get to where my students saxophone contest was today, and everyone was beside themselves

Lou (Will): I think you can be fooled by looking at things on the surface

Lou (Will): because there are breakthroughs -- but pretty much no woman works after she's married still, and in all the schools I've worked with, only two have had female teachers in positions of seniority

Lou (Will): there is no maternity leave and pregnancy is considered an 'Illness' and so you can only take sick leave for it

Halfling Rogue: ....That's just-- holy crap, seriously?

Halfling Rogue: That's ridiculous!

Lou (Will): It's a different country. They view all these issues differently.

Lou (Will): It's more important to do what is expected and keep things running smoothly in your community than make trouble by inisisting on your rights

Lou (Will): everyone sacrifices

Halfling Rogue: But it's less obvious at the same time because it seems so much more advanced than most other countries that are ragged on for being sexist.

Lou (Will): *nods *

Halfling Rogue: Man. Just, man.

Halfling Rogue: It makes me want to go over there and start clubs and stuff for girls.

Lou (Will): No one will complain because no one wants to be the one starting trouble

Halfling Rogue: Like the tech camp I went to here when I was younger. It was a girls-only three-night overnight thing at the university, and we learned HTML and programmed LEGO robots and the like.

Lou (Will): that sounds awesome!

Halfling Rogue: It really was! That's why I'm a technician now, really.

Lou (Will): that's super cool

Halfling Rogue: How well do you think something like that would work in Japan, if run by a female foreigner? I mean, on the one hand we're outside the society so it would kind of (theoretically) be easier for us to pull something like that off, but at the same time that could just serve as an excuse for parents to forbid their daughters from going to some corrupting class taught by a foreigner or whatever.

Lou (Will): It really depends on how you sell it

Lou (Will): because so much here depends on who you know, who is supporting you

Lou (Will): but because we are outside the bounds, it could happen.

Halfling Rogue: Hmmm.

Lou (Will): For example, there is a woman foreigner in this city who runs her own company

Halfling Rogue: I am severely, severely tempted.

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Any advice, thoughts, or opinions would be greatly appreciated.

Why are some people such amazing assholes sometimes?

I mean, arson. On a heritage church storing Christmas hampers.