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I know I posted this in the video section, but I really enjoyed making this video.  It came out of desperation...ok, not desperation, but i was having a hard time figuring out what i should do for my VEDA vlog, and i just sat down with a pen and paper and this came out.  I'm not one to write poetry, and if i do it is usually in strict forms and set structures, but this felt right.  I'll post the actual poem below, if anyone wants to check it out.  thanks.  DFTBA.…

(In accordance with the nerd rule #12 this is to warn you that this blog may contain light spoilers--but not really--about the Doctor Who episodes: Human Nature, The Family of Blood, Journey's End, The Water of Mars, The End of Time, Hungry Earth, and The Pandorica Opens)

Tonight, in preparation for an internet/cable upgrade in the morning, my sister and I were trying to transform our room from "death trap" to "quick, hide that under the pillow."  As per normal, this event…

After recently finding out that my second short story "Fire" was going to be published in my school's literary journal, I was asked to write a 50 word bio to be included with the story.  Having complete faith in my fiction, but none in my ability to talk about myself in the third person, I decided to get some help. 

You. 

That's right, you have the chance to decide just how I am going to be perceived by a group of hundreds...OK, more like a hundred people, maybe, who read the…

I have read a book. By all accounts, it was a bad book (horrible, inconceivably horrible) riddled with plot holes the size of Dalek battle fleet. That is not my problem (48% of problem). My problem is that the readers of this novel are told to believe that the heroine (Sara) is an independent woman, and that is why she acts like a complete moron when faced with danger. This…