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O British Columbia, to you I raise my glass of conium maculatum.
I voted yesterday. It was the provincial election. I registered weeks ago, changing my address online, in preparation for this day. I was even going to advance vote last week, but I didn’t get a chance to make it to the polling station before I headed away from my town for the weekend. So I…
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The “Just Don’t Read it if You Don’t Like it” fallacy and other arguments that lack critical thinking
Literary criticism is a good thing. Let’s just get that out of the way right now. We need to be able to criticize literature. We need to be able to discuss fiction. We need the freedom to do that in various ways, including fanfic. We need to adjust our thinking to accept that you can…
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Vlog: Kat’s back, and zie shares how zie deals with a bad day.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjVfbPt_DBY] I’m back after several months away! In this vlog I talk about a lot of stuff, including how I deal with a bad day, in response to Jenny Trout’s Roadhouse video from May 3rd. And, you know, I swear like a sailor, assuming sailors swear a fuck of a lot.
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Zombie Bugs III: Redux
Those of you who have been around for a while probably remember my fight with the zombie bugs here in the apartment. If you don’t, you can read episode one here and episode two here. After the Raid-bomb they disappeared for a while. For months I rested, content in the knowledge that I’d murdered every…
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We Have Become the Future (thoughts on technology-reliance)
I’m just going to start off by saying that I hate that the word technology has become short-hand for “computer-and-internet-related tech” specifically. The thing is, technology actually refers to all the things we humans use to get along in the world. Clothes on your back? Technology. Fire to cook your food? Technology. Housing? Technology. But…
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Deadlines and me
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. –Douglas Adams I had several deadlines this month, and I think I missed half of them. I’m not entirely sure, as I never wrote them down in my own calendar, but I did announce them to other people. That was probably…
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Mental Breakdowns, Medication, and Optimism
I keep questioning myself on how open and honest I should be on my blog. Sometimes I think I should share everything, hold nothing back, and just be myself. Other times I think I should keep as much private as possible — only show the good sides, only have positive, uplifting things to say. I’ll…
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Why Wolff isn’t coming to SMF this year
You’re probably aware I’ve been doing some fundraising to help my mom and myself, or Kat & Wolff, get to Spring Mysteries Festival this year. Well, mom can’t come anymore. It’s just going to be me. (I could still use any financial help y’all are willing to give, however. I just barely made my registration…
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Knock, Knock, Knock
I have this recurring dream. It’s only been coming since I moved into the apartment. (At least, I think it has. It’s possible it happened at the old place in Nanaimo, too, and I just don’t remember. Let’s not forget that I’ve had way too many concussions in my life, so my memory is not…