vacation is almost here. i can’t wait.
yes, that means even less frequent posting from me than usual. *sigh*
i used to write entries a lot more often. hell, i used to write ANYTHING a lot more often. hence, the vacation.
i’m hoping to come back with renewed energy, not for work, but for my writing and art. […]

why?
because it’s about julia child and cooking.
because it’s about buffy the vampire slayer and one-year-post 9/11 new york city.
because i thought i might gift my mom with a copy, but decided against it when i found that the author uses the word ‘fuck’ almost as often as i do.
because sometimes, when you can’t seem to […]

neuromancer is the first book in my ’sci-fi classics’ project. it will be followed by titles such as ‘left hand of darkness,’ ‘the sparrow,’ ‘dune’, etc.
i’m very much enjoying the book so far. i had heard that ‘the matrix’ owes almost everything to this book and i can now attest to that fact. while being […]

the second book in my crusades research project. volume 1 was finished over the course of many months. volume 2 is shaping up much the same. it’s not lack of interest in the subject and the writing in here is not as dry as one would think. it may be that the information presented is […]

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