Schedules

Feature Tomorrow

If things go according to schedule, then I’ll have up my gift suggestions tomorrow. Of course, things aren’t actually likely to go according to schedule, but we’ll improvise. I’ll make sure to get it out by the week, though, so that there’s still time to shop.

The First Amendment

And that’s what makes the kind of work you don’t like, or don’t read, or work that you do not feel has artistic worth or redeeming features worth defending. It’s because the same laws cover the stuff you like and the stuff you find icky, wherever your icky line happens to be: the law is a big blunt instrument that makes no fine distinctions, and because you only realise how wonderful absolute freedom of speech is the day you lose it.

Neil Gaiman replies to a letter regarding the CBLDF and defending the freedom of speech of stuff you disagree with. [via Neil Gaiman's Journal]

I’m Poor

I am a poor kid. I have about three hundred or so to mess around with for the month though, which includes two big Christmas gifts and one birthday present. And I still have to get some books, a video or two, and maybe a bit of music. Finances make me sad.

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Back In Business

Exams Are Over

And the verdict is… I think I did okay overall. I messed up my paper on Monday quite badly, but other than that mostly without incident. I just hope the results don’t go awry either. We’ll find out in a few weeks.

Write!

I’ll be reading Flann O’Brien during the holidays. I’ll also be going through The Absolute Sandman. Many  big changes to implement in The River. And some shopping to do. But mostly, it’ll be just those few things.

I might be editing some essay work for people too. And with some luck I might earn a little pocket money by taking that on as a part-time job, though that’s yet to be confirmed. All looks very uneventful and normal for the holidays, though, which I guess is a good thing.

Oh, I scrapped my Roth reading plans because there simply are too many books for me right now.

22 Days

To Christmas of course! I’ll be coming up with a short guide on gift ideas some time this week, I think. It’ll be just books, if things go according to plan. I’ll aim for the weekend.

Otherwise, have a good week, and it’s great to be back. Blogging service will resume from here.

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