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This is something I think about on a fairly decent basis. Is my writing the next chaucer? Or is my writing just crap fluff that just exemplifies the problems with writing being so easy that anyone can do it? I know I fall somewhere in the middle range and my overall writing ability isn't what this post is about. What I want to know is: How do I recognize which of my stories is well written and which need more editing? Any of my stories most likely could use more polishing as I simply haven't been writing that long and I imagine that if I do continue writing I will look back at these stories in much the same way as starting artists look at their first drawings... with a small shudder and thankful that I've improved that much. But I don't know how to tell if my stories are well written. For example in the 6 short short stories I've got posted on the right. I -feel- that Payment and Garden shadows are my better works while Meeting and Paying rent need a LOT more w...

/post exam rant I hate exams with 5-10 problems. I often overlook small simple things on exams that I catch immediantly on homeworks. I just got out of my calculus test and while the test was ridiculously easy for the most part(7 of 9 problems) I somehow let trig identities float out of my head and right after the test saw my mistake and wish I could go back in and fix it. Here is the mistake: Find the limit as x goes to zero. tan 3x ----------- = 1. tan 4x which it isn't. the answer is 3/4. I'm not even going to go into how I got the stupid answer. Lets just put it at sin 3x doesn't equal 3sin x. I should know this. It is simple. But retarded. That cost me 5 points. I probably lost another 10 for the other trig ident problem. I'm frustrated because this is the 2nd test where simple math errors have cost me fairly major points. I slow down and double check my work but still missing things. want to kick face self beat angry. /post exam rant off

Alice was 33. She was the head personal maid to her Ladyship the Duchess. She obtained this illustrious position because she was clean, organized, neat, and prompt about her duties. She obtained those attributes by always looking forwards to the next task. Never daydreaming, never being distracted by life's hopes. Always anticipating what would happen next. That was why she was at the ball. As a young girl she used to daydream of princes and castles. That ended when her parents disappeared one night. After a week of waiting the uncaring town officials had her packaged up and sent to an orphanage. There she learned many things. That her name was Alice. That she was to be a servant. That she had been abandoned and did not deserve the love that normal children received. She was told she had better be productive or she’d find herself starving on the highway. Tonight thoughts of her childhood had been bustled up by the business of life and shoved into a clo...

I'm a huge fan of not making waves. Don't attract attention unless it's for a stellar paper or a test with nothing missed. If you have problems with the teacher/class wait until the semester is over and talk to the Dean. Learn how to cope with that horrible teacher. Don't say anything to antagonize them and make it worse. That's how I've operated successfully for quite a long time now. Until yesterday. You see, I finally feel that I have established a loose toe-hold on chemistry. It was trying to elude me but now I have grabbed that icky hairy toe and I am not letting go. But chemistry lab is a totally different monster. At first it lulled me into thinking I had it-I actually love typing up lab reports and who doesn't understand how to weigh something 10 times because we need to make sure we know precisely what it weighs? But then they-professors, TA's, I'm not sue who "they" is-started throwing labs at us out of sequence. And the lecture...

Down a worn wood floor hallway on the third floor of an old but well kept wooden building there are several doors. From the stairs, at the fourth door on the left there is a young student today. He has a medium build with a bright complexion and light brown almost golden eyes. Bright. Something about him seems to give off light and energy. He has just recently knocked on the door and is patiently waiting for a response. “Yes?” “Sir, you called for me?” Yaslovan gestured for the young man to come in and sit down. “Tsun, I think I have finally found a sparring partner for you.” “Really?” “Yes he is a new transfer student-candidate. His Aunt sent him here to get him out of trouble. His fighting style is … extremely unorthodox but I believe it will challenge your defense more than your current method. You will still practice with me to work on your offense. Get sleep tonight you’ll need it.” Hiding a smirk Tsun tried to come up with the most respectful res...

The site is very well done I think. I wrote a post over there. I tried all weekend to think of something to write about. I suck at this. So anyways... run over there. Glance at my post but mostly go read all the great short stories that my guildies have come up with.

Your gear doesn't affect your groups ability to do things that horribly much in wrath . Okay... if you have crafted blues it doesn't. If you are wearing level 70 greens at 80 then maybe it will :P. Anyone can tank heroics. I know I've healed enough low hps tanks. Heck a tank with almost no hps can still -speed- tank heroics if his dps is good. Anyone can dps heroics. This means ANYONE AT ALL if the rest of the group is median skill level*. This means anyone with 1k+ dps if the rest of the group has the wow population mean skill level. Anyone can heal heroics. But you'll have to drink a lot if their gear is low. I hear all the time people talking about gearscores etc via blogs. I have never been asked about my gear score. I have never heard anyone talk about a gearscore in game. And I've never seen anyone inspect another persons toon and quit party.** I healed random heroics in blues and greens. Heck three pieces were below iLevel 150. Gearing up...

Me, Mooncadence(now a guy toon which is weird)(still a guy in RL), and Malcik got Wulfa a bronze drake last night. All sorts of yay happy happy. You know whats odd. I've gained like.... 200 emblems total I think(2 idols = 50, 2pT9 = 60, +27... okay so not 200). So like 137 or so. 90% gained by the random heroic function. Thats like 4 a heroic = 30 heroics or so. Randomly generated. And I had never even seen the Culling. And it is a fun instance, easy easy bosses.. nothing tricky... lovely trash everywhere for rage gen. I wish it popped more regularly. Knowing that it takes roughly 25 min is also nice. It helps you plan out your evening very nicely if you are doing it purely for emblems. Which I sometimes do. Thats it for now folks. Have a great monday. Unless you are Ruune in which case your Monday is like 90% over by now. Her and Pie and the rest of them earlybirds can have a great tuesday!