Just a Lark

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Entries from June 2008

My First Rejection Letter

June 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

I’ve received my first rejection letter, and in only three weeks! Of course, it looks nothing like what’s above (though I wouldn’t mind getting that either), but all in all I’m actually quite pleased with myself. What I got in the mail wasn’t a form letter, but rather a personalized letter from the editor. He […]

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Metal Gear Solid 4 World Tour 2008 - San Francisco

June 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Friday night was quite the night for me. Along with a bunch of friends and co-workers, I got a bleacher seat at AT&T Park to watch the Oakland Athletics play against the San Francisco Giants. I’d never seen a baseball game live before, and so I was looking forward to it, but ultimately it wasn’t […]

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Writing is serious business

June 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I’ve always thought of myself as a writer of sorts. I remember making Choose Your Own Adventure fiction in the fourth and fifth grade in lieu of reports, which were presumably accepted because they were somehow still tangentially related to the topic assigned. I remember daydreaming of my own bizarre plots […]

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