Gotta read ’em all!

The Unova Region has enveloped a lot of my life over the last few days. First there was the start of my fanfiction. Then the locale of Pokémon Black & White came up again when I was wandering Barnes & Noble with my sister and discovered a book of Santa Harukaze comics, put out by Viz Media. …

The penultimate week

My apologies for the absence this last weekend, oh loyal viewers — wherever the five of you may be. I took a little time for myself following the Honors Conference (both my panel and a few friend's panels I attended on Saturday) to focus on the last few assignments I have to complete before the …

A pre-preparation of rites

Like I mentioned in my post showing off the character sketches from my novel-in-progress, this Friday I will be presenting my Senior Honors Project at the Honors Project Interdisciplinary Conference. We got the official email with the final schedule brochure and everything. It's happening. Not only is it happening, it's coming up at full speed. …

My children come to life

Next week I will be presenting my Senior Project at the Honors Project Interdisciplinary Conference. Literally, next week. Friday, May 3 at 11:10 a.m. in room 1307 of the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics.  Just in case any of you are interested in going! It's a whole panel on creative writing that includes my …

My little yellow book

This Zombie Jesus Day, I spent most of my time down in the cave. ... Is that an insensitive comparison to make? I suppose it might be. But I think it's funny, and really all I mean to say is that I spent the day cleaning my room and the downstairs bathroom. Not only has …

Gamers just want to have fun

With this showing up in the mail earlier today, I suppose it's as good a time to talk about it as any. I've spared no shortage of copy writing about my Gaming in American Culture class. From not knowing what to write for my semester-long project to what I wrote about for my semester-long project, …

Media re-consumption

Everyone always talks about the book being better than the movie. But where do most people stand on the audio book compared to the book? That's pretty much what I'm going to be sussing out for myself in the next couple days as I listen to the Orson Scott Card classic Ender's Game on Audible. …

The magic of maps

A good, old-fashioned map can add a whole lot of character to a place. Sure, the colorful country-accurate map of the Earth on a globe is an impressive sight especially fully animated online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcJzi2GvNWc But that view of the planet is a bit too modernist and clinical for my tastes. I'm more of a fan …

Fantastical Creatures

/me hopes that title is different enough to avoid any sort of legal action from Warner Bros. or J.K. Rowling With Dad at work and Mom + Aly off in Disneyland where the youngin' was marching in a parade (which would be a much more exciting story if it was mine to tell), I had …

50 shades of analysis

So I just flew in from Fullerton, and boy are my arms tired! ... Does that joke work over text? I guess the more important question is whether that joke works considering I drove to-and-from Fullerton instead of flying, but nobody knows that. And if I have my way, they never will. Anyway, today was …