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Changes

I’ve realized that a lot of people don’t know what’s going on with me right now, so I thought I’d write this post to give everyone an update and try to start blogging more regularly. I was working at a nursery in Sharjah. I came home at the beginning of the summer, mostly because theContinue reading “Changes”

Electricity is an Enigma

Whenever something happens in my life, I end up telling three or four people about it personally and then I feel like I don’t have anything left to say. I’ve been in Sharjah for a few weeks now, and I’ve been home twice since I got here. There have been all kinds of house-related bugsContinue reading “Electricity is an Enigma”

On to Sharjah

Every year I tell myself that I’m going to leave the UAE, and every year I end up staying longer. In September I’ll have been here for four years. That was never part of my plan, but… I’m moving to Sharjah. For those who’ve never heard of it, Sharjah is an Emirate and a city thatContinue reading “On to Sharjah”

Musical Theater Month (Year 2!)

Last February I decided I needed to educate myself on musicals. I’d been into Hamilton for a little while, so I was starting to follow people that were more from the musical side of tumblr than the history side. I picked February because it’s the shortest month, and I made a list of what IContinue reading “Musical Theater Month (Year 2!)”

Rough Draft: Done

I finished out November with 50,318 words. I was so close to the end of my story, too. I figured it would take a few days to completely finish everything. Well, I just typed “The End” yesterday, almost a month and 18,000 words later. 18,000 words in one month is pretty sad compared to November’sContinue reading “Rough Draft: Done”

NaNoWriMo Year 8

Today is November 20th, meaning that National Novel Writing Month is 2/3rds of the way over. I wrote my first novel when I was 13. I’d never written anything but short pieces of fanfiction, and I didn’t know anything about writing. But, it seemed like a good idea. I sign up for the adult program,Continue reading “NaNoWriMo Year 8”

A Friend Again

I haven’t done much Pathfindering since I taught the Flags honor to the Abu Dhabi club. I got overwhelmed with planning for my trip to Russia, and it probably seemed to the Pathfinders staff that I dropped off the face of the earth. Now that I’m back, though, I’ve been trying to fill in theContinue reading “A Friend Again”

Tumblr History Community Survey Results

A month ago, I was struck by a whim to make a survey for people who post about history on tumblr. I wrote it up and posted it without a lot of editing and without any second opinions, so some of the questions are badly phrased. More than 200 people took it anyway, and I’dContinue reading “Tumblr History Community Survey Results”

I Have a Job

I mean, I’ve been working for a while. But now I have a job that is slightly more official, in that I go to a place and take orders from a boss and stand around taking people’s money and managing a business instagram account for six hours, five days a week. My original plans forContinue reading “I Have a Job”

Finding a Green Thumb

The last time I tried to grow vegetables, I put them out on my balcony so that I could keep an easy eye on them without actually leaving the house. I kept the curtains closed and didn’t check on them for one day. When I looked again, they were dead. It isn’t easy to growContinue reading “Finding a Green Thumb”