This is the original version I submitted to the bulletin; the version that actually came out in print I posted on the Read or Die blog.  Clicky.
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Who’s Preying on Whom?: Two Experiences

 
 
By M. S. A. Sereno:
 
When I first read Mga Ibong Mandaragit I was fourteen, a high school senior with bad study habits and even […]

by Mia on 11:41 am, May 24, 2008 in writing (2) spoke

This morning I took my PI100 final: an oral exam featuring 63 questions/theses, one of which I would have to answer in two minutes. I dipped my hand into the question bag, pulled out a scrap of paper, and– what do you know, I got the most interesting question of them all: Talk about a […]

by Mia on 1:42 pm, May 21, 2008 in projects none spoke

More pictures at the sneak peek Multiply album.
Notes to come, kind of sleepy. Miamor is currently undergoing tweaking, please excuse the mess.

by Mia on 7:16 pm, May 18, 2008 in projects, visuals none spoke

Gift for my mother. A bag charm in pearl, abalone, crystal, glass, and silver wire.
Notes: Helloooo huge jump rings! I’ll probably buy more — sterling silver ones this time — when I move on to making bracelets. I used white and purple freshwater pearls strung on silver wire (the rings the pearls are hanging on […]

by Mia on 12:30 am, in projects, visuals none spoke

Acrylic on illustration board. First in a series featuring short poems or snippets of poems.
Is it true that the meteor
was a dove of amethyst? (Pablo Neruda)
I did it tonight in a rare burst of energy. The baselines are tilted and I really wish I could re-do the placement, but it still makes me smile. It […]

by Mia on 9:37 pm, May 16, 2008 in visuals none spoke

by Mia on 11:52 pm, May 6, 2008 in potpourri, visuals (1) spoke

You are tired
e. e. cummings
You are tired,
(I think)
Of the always puzzle of living and doing;
And so am I.
Come with me, then,
And we’ll leave it far and far away—
(Only you and I, understand!)
You have played,
(I think)
And broke the toys you were fondest of,
And are a little tired now;
Tired of things that break, and—
Just tired.
So am I.
But […]

by Mia on 8:44 pm, May 3, 2008 in echoes none spoke

I was looking at the Fandom Secrets and Roleplay Secrets communities a while ago and– wow, there are a lot of insecure people on LJ, aren’t there? So many lonely people, too. It would be very funny if it weren’t somewhat sad.
I’m not really a fan in the “member of FANDOM IN ALL ITS GLORY” […]

by Mia on 10:55 am, May 2, 2008 in thoughts (2) spoke