“Torn”

(Originally posted to LJ November 16, 2006. I’m reposting it here so I don’t lose track of it.)
Astonishing X-Men, “Torn”
I just re-read the whole arc.
I normally don’t care too much about the plot in my obsessions. I know people who argue that Season Seven Buffy is the worst because it had the weakest [...]

Best moments in fandom, 2008

These the moments in 2008 that had me yelping, swearing, and muttering. The moments when I couldn’t sit still, whether I was in the theater or on my couch or in the parking lot at the comic store. The fist-pumping, whooping moments of glee and triumph, the sniffling moments of transitive loss.
10. [...]

Meet Miranda

A lot of people ask me about my computer. I have an Eee PC 900 by Asus. It’s small and cute. I refer to it as “the wee precious,” but her name is really Miranda. Miranda Zero, if you must know. Net-tops are getting to be all the rage. [...]

Left Behind

I remember the day I stopped being a libertarian. I was sitting in the entry to the Art Building in Macalester College’s Fine Arts compound. My then-girlfriend was there, performing her work-study task of after-hours building monitor, signing people in and out. We were there with some other friends, ostensibly doing [...]