Just applied for this job (despite the fact that they want me to have a Swiss work permit. heh. Honestly, I love applying for all these UN-related jobs in Geneva. It’s a real kick to my ego, even if nothing ever comes of it). It inspired me to open up my MA dissertation for the […]
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I just asked our graphic designer to send me a PDF copy of the final versions of the last two brochures I’ve been working on. One is a Services Proposal we prepared to give to another financial services company to pitch a partnership with them and another is a trade show brochure advertising our franchising
How to make bit characters interesting who are loved and adored by your secondary character but who are going to get killed in about, oh, three chapters. I mean, I know *he* likes them quite a lot, but, you know, *I* don’t want to get attached, because then they’ll try and figure out a way
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This week must be even longer than I thought.
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Why is it I find it so difficult to write happy family scenes? I mean, I actually had quite a wonderful, happy childhood. It’s not like I don’t have material to draw from. I think I just don’t find happy childhood scenes all that interesting.
The National – “Slow Show” Standing at the punch table swallowing punchcan’t pay attention to the sound of anyonea little more stupid, a little more scaredevery minute more unprepared I made a mistake in my life todayeverything I love gets lost in drawersI want to start over, I want to be winningway out of sync
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The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has announced the discovery of a mass of crystallized carbon formerly known as star BPM 37093, now known as the biggest diamond in the galaxy, fifty light years away from Earth in the constellation Centaurus. The diamond is estimated to be 2,500 miles across and weighs approximately 10 billion-trillion-trillion-carats –
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