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changelingWe have this kinda bad habit of going to the pub after classes. This wouldn't be so bad, if my classes didn't finish at 9pm.
I think I mildly frightened Jess today. We were workshopping part of her novel in novel class, and I got a little... overzealous on her piece (in my defence, it really needed editing). Beware my purple fountain pen of DOOOOM! Mmm. Crunchy doom. I've apparently become a little infamous among our novel group for my editing, because at last Wednesday's session, Greg handed me his and asked me to go at it because he needed to cut back on excessive verbiage.
Just a little note: THE COMMA IS YOUR FRIEND. LIKEWISE, THE PARAGRAPH IS VERY WELL DISPOSED.
I have decided that I want to plant a reference to Charles Babbage's Difference Engine in my novel. I shall call it the Indifference Engine.
(Best quote EVAR from random google of Babbage: "He also had an interest in cyphers and lock-picking, but abhorred street musicians." Just, O.o I want to fit that in somehow as well)
In other news: *dies of laughter*
Bah. I have an editing test tomorrow. But then we're going to the pub! Yay! Which I cannot actually eat or drink at because I have no money. Boo. Oh well.
(Don't look now! It's Aubrey's Guide to Con Hygiene!)
Ooh. Lower back pain. That's whole worlds of not good. Bed soon.
Heh, I have thus far managed to neither study for editing or write more of my novel, and I wanted to do both this evening. Ah, well.
I was going to do this thing here where I went, "LINK: Blah blah Harry Potter, blah blah, Azkaban", but I can't be bothered. So here's Jaida's review. It is hysterical. In the literal sense. As in, I had hysterics when I read this:
Remus: I can't stay. People like me can't teach at schools. Think of the ramifications.
Harry: You mean, being a werewolf and all?
Remus: No, being a HOMOSEXUAL.
...and had to go use my inhaler.
Shutup, it's funny to me. Because some of us (and our gay friends as well) have already been threatened with that. In the case of one of my gay male friends (god, but that phrase is awkward), by his mother.
I think I mildly frightened Jess today. We were workshopping part of her novel in novel class, and I got a little... overzealous on her piece (in my defence, it really needed editing). Beware my purple fountain pen of DOOOOM! Mmm. Crunchy doom. I've apparently become a little infamous among our novel group for my editing, because at last Wednesday's session, Greg handed me his and asked me to go at it because he needed to cut back on excessive verbiage.
Just a little note: THE COMMA IS YOUR FRIEND. LIKEWISE, THE PARAGRAPH IS VERY WELL DISPOSED.
I have decided that I want to plant a reference to Charles Babbage's Difference Engine in my novel. I shall call it the Indifference Engine.
(Best quote EVAR from random google of Babbage: "He also had an interest in cyphers and lock-picking, but abhorred street musicians." Just, O.o I want to fit that in somehow as well)
In other news: *dies of laughter*
Bah. I have an editing test tomorrow. But then we're going to the pub! Yay! Which I cannot actually eat or drink at because I have no money. Boo. Oh well.
(Don't look now! It's Aubrey's Guide to Con Hygiene!)
Ooh. Lower back pain. That's whole worlds of not good. Bed soon.
Heh, I have thus far managed to neither study for editing or write more of my novel, and I wanted to do both this evening. Ah, well.
I was going to do this thing here where I went, "LINK: Blah blah Harry Potter, blah blah, Azkaban", but I can't be bothered. So here's Jaida's review. It is hysterical. In the literal sense. As in, I had hysterics when I read this:
Remus: I can't stay. People like me can't teach at schools. Think of the ramifications.
Harry: You mean, being a werewolf and all?
Remus: No, being a HOMOSEXUAL.
...and had to go use my inhaler.
Shutup, it's funny to me. Because some of us (and our gay friends as well) have already been threatened with that. In the case of one of my gay male friends (god, but that phrase is awkward), by his mother.