It almost feels as if I will negate its power by putting it in writing, but serendipity has a habit of finding its way into my life. I applied for an internship at MITRE out of pack mentality; everyone else was applying, saying it was a good place, so I figured why the hell not. […]
Author: stevenli
I stumbled upon you and gratefully basked in your rays
Yesterday had temperatures that felt like summer. It made me feel like a college student, rather than a little boy all bundled up in jackets and scarves.
With friends kind enough to finish my food and drink in my name
They all warned me. Cider was different, they said. Fermentation process, absorbed differently by your body, yadda yadda. All I knew was that it tasted a hell of a lot better than beer. I drank the wussy cider, Strongbow, decried by just about everyone I met who cared about alcohol. I didn’t understand much about […]
Where everybody knows my name
The French intern at my summer job learned English through British schools, and while he could passably converse with the rest of the Brits in the office, he found our American accents to be a rather big hindrance to comprehension. This amused me to no end. I miss England sometimes. The company, too. Perhaps it […]
Guarding my grill is not enough
The funny thing is, I did everything right. I did not jaywalk in front of the stopped bus, because I would have had a hard time looking at the traffic. I did not start walking once the light started changing away from green. I did not cross before cars had pulled to a stop. I […]
Rurik von Diesel, duskblade
Written for Elliot’s Dungeons and Dragons campaign as a snippet of the backstory to my character, Rurik von Diesel. The campaign is set in Eberron, but it could easily have taken place anywhere. Rurik is one of my recurring characters, used for dwarven fighter-types. Honey is my other recurring character, used for innocent, saccharinely sweet […]
PATA PATA PATA PON
First day of Ballroom Dancing, and while the teacher explains the BOOM CHIK CHIK CHIK beat all I can think of is Patapon. I had to stifle many grins and laughs, which would have made me look a little silly in front of all the girls. I say it like I was on show in […]
The morning after
Also known as, get your shit off of Mike’s side of the room before he moves in.
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I broke three digits. Thank you, English diet.
Excuses excuses…
I saw my first rainbow today. It was awesome. The weather went from a downpour to cheery sunniness within the space of five minutes, and we were treated with some welcome warmth as well as that marvelous arc. The pictures today would have been of that lovely sight, but my camera broke about a week […]
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