Early End of Fall Semester and Plans
I was hoping that this post would come in mid-December, but that was not to be. As I mentioned in my last post, I was barely scrapping by in Advanced MedSurg, with my chances of passing resting on two...
View ArticleWriting A Female Protagonist
The novel I am writing for this year’s NaNoWriMo features a female main character. What’s more, it’s written in first person, so not only am I writing a female character, I am writing her from inside...
View ArticleBeing A Method Writer
There’s a very popular style of acting called Method Acting, in which the idea is that the actor embodies the character to be played, and draws on his or her own experiences to achieve a better...
View ArticleThe Greatest Story
I came across this remix of Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know,” a song that I really like and about which I have written before. Take a look....
View ArticleUsing Pinterest For Your Novel
NaNoWriMo 2012: Deirdre Pinterest Board Pinterest is a fairly new social network where you can create virtual pinboards and collect images and videos. Though it is very popular with people into cooking...
View ArticleThe End of NaNoWriMo
This year, unlike last, I did not “win” NaNoWriMo. On November 30, I ended up with a reported 29,170 words out of the 50,000 needed to complete the challenge successfully. You know what, I’m perfectly...
View ArticleA Recipe For Coquito
This creamy drink might camouflague as eggnog but it is something all its own. The mixture of evaporated and condensed milk with the coconut milk and cinnamon water produces a sweet flavor that is a...
View ArticleTired
I cannot properly convey how tired I am. It’s just about the end of the first half of the semester, the end of Advanced MedSurg, and I am wiped. You may see me up and about doing stuff (I try to do my...
View ArticleAdvanced MedSurg: Round 2
Today I find myself in the same spot I was a few months back. Tomorrow I take the final exam in Advanced MedSurg for the second time, and for the second time it all comes down to this test. It’s very...
View ArticleSigns of Life
I am alive. I am well. I graduated nursing school; yes, I am a nurse. Not licensed yet, but a nurse. I’m looking into a solution for this website which may mean it’ll move again in the next few days....
View ArticleChanges
It’s a time for change. The year is ending, we have a new Doctor Who, so what better time than right now, then? This has been a year of changes. Big changes. Life-altering changes. I began the year in...
View ArticleNew
There’s a lot of new things in my life lately, from a new city, a new job, a new apartment, and now a new cat gotten just a day before the new year. New surrounds me. It’s fitting; in many ways, I am a...
View ArticleCincy
On December 30th, while I was working and prepping to pass the afternoon meds, one of my residents walked inside the unit and said, “There’s a kitten outside.” I sighed. It was lightly snowing that...
View Article[Game Idea] Wizarding Resistance
2 May, 1998. Outskirts of Hogsmeade, Scotland. The Battle of Hogwarts is over. The school lies in ruins, ancient stones that had seen generations of wizards and witches now lie in rubble, many covered...
View ArticleA Bad Day
Yesterday was a bad day. Not only was I already feeling sick, when I went to work I found out State was all over our facility. I had a surveyor follow me during my morning med pass, and although I...
View ArticleOrigins 2014 Part 1: You Can’t Go Back Home
This past weekend I attended Origins Game Fair in Columbus, OH, because a) it’s been years since I’ve gone to a game convention, and b) it’s just 2 hours away from my new home in Cincinnati! I tagged...
View ArticleOrigins 2014 Part 2: The Games
I went to Origins to play games, and to ease back into the gaming convention world. I accomplished both these goals, and I had fun to boot. On the gaming side, I played three different roleplaying...
View ArticleGoodbye 2014, Hello 2015
This past year, 2014, was interesting, to say the very least. I started it in a new city, hundreds of miles away from everything I had ever known, during the start of what would be a bitter winter,...
View ArticleGoals for 2015
A few years ago I stopped making New Year resolutions, because in all honesty, I suck at seeing them through. I do like the idea of goals, however. They are more attainable, and my ratio of achieved...
View ArticleNoah, A Review
I’ve wanted to see Darren Aronofsky’s NOAH since it was first announced, and last night I finally got around to doing so. I’ve seen lots of criticism for the movie, but I wanted to watch it myself and...
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