Things are pretty okay

So things are kind of nice right now, aren't they? I mean, admittedly it was a while ago, but I don't remember people caring much about the minutia of Bush's inauguration (possibly because everyone was busy on the issue of if he'd been elected in the first place). And Obama is actually doing stuff already, and it's the stuff he said he'd do, and it's stuff I want to happen. Amazing.

My brother made the mistake of making his new years' resolution be to cook, and then he made the bigger mistake of telling me. Right now we/he are working our way through a jello cookbook. It's additionally a bit hilarious in light of the copyright capitalization arguments, because the official Jello stance on the matter is that it's written JELL-O Brand Flavored Gelatin. And that is the standard format - you've never supposed to be using a brand name as the thing itself, it's supposed to precede a generic description of it. And be in all caps because the CEOs of the companies have invested heavily in capital letters.

I'm going to try to reword my thread for review requests so that people will have a better chance of realizing they shouldn't ask me to review. I'm also going to remove the fake copypastes. Satire that only perpetuates the problem is satire that is a shameful and horrid failure.

I'm also going to try to post one thing a week, in the hopes of chipping away at all the stories I have to write. Of course, the next thing is probably going to be Monsters, because that's what's done, even though it's not even on the poll.

Monsters Ch2

Monsters Ch2 is up. No chapter titles for whatever reason.

It actually is an interesting challenge to write. The thing about high school is that although it's certainly something most people have experience with, this never translates into being able to write about it well. I think it's the burning need to give your thoughts on yaoi the failures inherent in the schooling system. Because you're there a lot. And bored. And thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking, and all those thoughts are along the lines of "I'm bored" and "This is so stupid". And at the same time, you've thought those same thoughts ten billion times to the point you have no idea where the starting point is, and barely even notice your surroundings.

So I'm going to try to describe the setting a bit, while keeping the ramblings on school in general more under control. None of it's really relevant yet - I'm just kind of going to throw stuff up and see what sticks.

Some stuff I have ideas for after writing it, and others I don't. So, the heating thing is going to kind of tie into the story at some point, but it's included because my dominant school experience was that it's fucking cold and who the hell designed this?

I have the feeling people are going to misunderstand the author's note, since it's a pile of nested qualifiers and negations.