Operational Personal Entry, 25-January

...insist that it continue, if for no other reason than to ensure she gets good sleep. Not that it'll come to that. Even she told me as much that she enjoyed our new sleeping arrangement. Hmm, I'm sort of foundering here. Don't really have much else to say. Guess I'll just end it here, then. This electronic recorder has a bad power source so I can never tell when it's going to go out. Maybe it won't...

waiting for godot, excerpts.

...these conditions, and constrain us to beguile them with proceedings which--how shall I say--which may at first seem reasonable, until they become a habit. You may say it is to prevent our reason from foundering. No doubt. But has it not long been straying in the night without end of the abyssal depths? That's what I sometimes wonder. You follow my reasoning? ESTRAGON: ( aphoristic for once ). We ...

...able to ever see Cybertron again, dead as it was. If he would feel the signal of a friendly spark pinging off his sensors. Of a lover left long ago, that he'd never forgotten. Almost foundering, now that the driving presence behind their blood- and battlelust was gone... Another five minutes ticked by in that vein, before he growled and shook himself on his shocks, not noticing the old lady that ...

"Economist" endorses Obama

...huge budget surplus. Nobody foresaw the seismic events of the next eight years. When Americans go to the polls next week the mood will be very different. The United States is unhappy, divided and foundering both at home and abroad. Its self-belief and values are under attack. For all the shortcomings of the campaign, both John McCain and Barack Obama offer hope of national redemption. Now America...

Sketches!

... estimate that up to three hours a page--these sketches are pretty sparse. This may very well be a time commitment I can handle, especially as several of the groups I was part of last year are either foundering or disappearing altogether, giving me a little extra time that I can fill. By the way, I apparently cannot see my own newest deviation in my gallery...I had to do a search on dA to find it...

...so ironic to me, because I always thought Tiananmen was a failure.) Having struggled for a century to escape the straight-jacket of family ties and social obligations, young people in China's cities are now foundering in the isolation of individualism. The previous pace of life was too slow, for sure.But now it's too fast. In traditional China, people were taught zenme zuo ren, how to be a person...

Percy/Nico | Too Strong a God: Like Pieces of a Puzzle

.... We’d been following what looked like mountains up to the north and east for a while. “… Oh,” I said slowly. “Yeah.” I didn’t want to admit it, but he was right. Flying our mounts to foundering wouldn’t do Nico any good. But every time I thought about him sitting around alone at camp, I heard the Oracle’s words about death and my stomach would suddenly fill with acid all over again. I’d spent ...

Twilight Fanfic: Juxtaposition, Part 14

... any wires that were exposed. Arcs of electricity bit my fingertips and I hissed in pain, but just kept at it, clawing at every surface within reach. Apparently I'd hit something vital, the helicopter was foundering when it lurched over the rooftop. Letting myself drop, I kept a tight grip on the landing skid. As soon as my feet had leverage, I grit my teeth and pulled with all my strength. ...

How Suzanne Schnetzler of Rocking S Farm Ripped Me Off

... is expensive. It's high in protein, and generally should be given to horses in training, growing foals, lactating/pregnant mares and breeding stallions. Navarre never got any alfalfa hay, particularly after FOUNDERING. Not for 20 weeks. Not ever. Let me add a little to this: (this next section is partially factual and partially speculative) Right after I gave her the three grand, I observed ...

Idol Thoughts: Top 8 Ladies

... the outfit is DISTRACTINGLY bad. But best performance of the night so far. Kristy Lee Cook. "Faithfully," In the Style of Journey. A Journey ballad can be a proverbial ace up the sleeve of a foundering Idol contestant. Kristy's vocals are good, if twangy, but her hair and makeup are a fright, making her look 10 years older and 5 times less attractive. Her blouse? Also bad. She pretty ...