Flower magic

Alright, here is a really cool idea for a magic system that I came up with while hanging out with friends.  I have no idea exactly how it came up, I just know that it did. What if you had a magic system that was based entirely on flowers?  I just don’t mean recycled My… Continue reading Flower magic

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Making it up on the weekend

Yesterday, as I was writing a small paper (~500 words) for PLSC 201, I realized that I would be FINISHED with classes this week today at three o’clock and I wouldn’t really have to worry about homework.  What a delicious breath of freedom! So today, after I slept through the four hour-and-a-half classes that I… Continue reading Making it up on the weekend

Letter to the Daily Universe

My roommate Matt wrote this awesome letter to The Daily Universe last year (scroll down to the heading “Message for Sisters” to read his letter), and garnered some incredibly hilarious responses from the BYU community. He struck a tightly strung chord in this community, something that everyone here at BYU spends a lot of time… Continue reading Letter to the Daily Universe

New job!

This past week I just started a new job at BYU.  I’m a writing advisor for the FHSS (Family of Home and Social Sciences) writing lab.  It’s GREAT!  I help students work on their papers and work on their writing skills, and I really love it. How I got this job is an interesting story. … Continue reading New job!

Goals update…and it’s freaking late…

Man, I’ve been really bad about my writing goals this month.  I set a whole bunch of goals right as school started, and I don’t think a single day has gone by where I’ve kept all of them.  Blegh, that’s disgusting. So today I took some time to rethink things and reevaluate.  I figured that… Continue reading Goals update…and it’s freaking late…

AI birth…through spam?

What if the first truly autonomous, self-aware, sentient AI emerges from spam detection software? What kind of an outlook on life and the world will this newly birthed AI have? What kind of mythology would a society of these budding AIs create? What would be their thoughts and opinions on mankind? The idea for this… Continue reading AI birth…through spam?

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