... them I made them. He looks at me, and he looks like he’s on the verge of tears, and informs me the clown is gone, and he didn’t get a balloon animal. So I, terrified he may burst into ... belittling me is just perfect. He abandons the recorders and tin whistles he’s been examining to look at picks. He informs me that he is going to start a collection of guitar picks, and this is as good a place as ...

Escape to reality.

... top of Alex and smiles down at him. ‘You know, this is like something out of twilight. Lying in the forest and everything’ Alex giggles. ’I don’t sparkle though..’He points out. Jack shrugs, and informs Alex that sparkling is over-rated anyway. ‘Is that so?’ Alex laughs, and Jack answers by attaching their lips together firmly.   He slips a hand under Alex’s shirt, his other one tangled in Alex’...

2009 retrospective: health & fitness

...the cargo pants I've been favouring for the past couple years now require a belt to keep them up, and I can fit comfortably into a pair of 501s that I haven't worn for about two years. ( abigor informs that I'm also losing ass, though what's there is better toned.) I'm also having less twinges in back than I used to, because of the weight loss and better core muscle strength. I'm currently...

FIC: Put My Poker Face On [Adam/Kris]

...Oh my god," Kris says, incredulously, looking at the outfit from top to bottom, eyes widening when he sees the shoes. "Oh my god!" Allison shrieks gleefully. "He'd like to try this on," she informs the salesgirl. // Despite a quick prayer in the fitting room, the outfit fits like it was made for him. "Of course it does," Kris sighs quietly to himself. His feet hurt already, and he looks glumly ...

Doctor Who: The End of Ten

... some humans… and then faces off with The Doctor. As the dawn breaks on Christmas Day, Timothy Dalton informs us that this is the last day of planet Earth. The Master is kidnapped by ‘some people’. Some .... Wilf gives The Doctor a gun which he refuses to take until The Master comes on that radio and informs him that he has the diamond and he is going to bring back The Timelords. The Doctor helped by...

Kirsten Prout's 'Eclipse' Character Seems to Be an 'Innocent' Victim

Gushing on the character of the female vampire is the actress herself, who later informs that she will turn 'into something a lot more sinister' during the forthcoming 'Twilight' film. In October 2009, Kirsten Prout has confirmed her involvement in "The Twilight Saga's Eclipse" to take on the part of vampire Lucy. In a recent interview with IESB, the depicter of Abigail "Abby" Miller in 2005 "...

The Aughts in Review

...because of our country's bloodthirsty reaction to it. 2002. I go on the job market and land a great tenure-track position at Fresno State. Three weeks before my thesis defense is scheduled, my advisor informs me that my central result is wrong and that my entire thesis will need to be rewritten. I decide to move to Fresno anyway and return the following summer to finish my degree. Meanwhile, I ...

Happy New Year!

...post-alcohol. Not only that, but I fell on him. I am horrified, to be honest. I don't think I have ever done that before, even during my crazy hardcore raver days and drunken absinthe nights in London (Paul informs me it is because he was usually there to prop me up for the latter). I am also informed that I fell on the table (I do think I remember that since that was the most painful, I am sure) ...

The Suck Heard Round The Store

... procedure. Well, she didn’t check her email. I don’t think it would have mattered even if she did. Crazy Lady comes in later in the day and asks for her book at the register. The register worker informs her that there’s no book on hold under her name and asks if she got a confirmation email. She says she doesn’t know, she didn’t check her mail. Bookseller says, sorry, they must not have found ...

My World, Let Me Show It To You: (Through the eyes of this other Lady)

... are here to stay, but our babies and toddlers and preschoolers are gone as fast as they can grow up and we only have a short moment with each.” I will try to remember this the next time Henry informs me—with as much frankness and as little apology as anyone his age can—“Me no like Mama sing song. Hurt me ears.” About the Author: Elizabeth Lyons received a B.A. in Japanese from Ohio State ...