A Writer’s Hierarchy of Needs

For The New York Times Book Review. 

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So I cleaned my shelf up and I decided to lose these babies. The problem is that I no one to give them to, so~~

Reblog/reply to this post if you want to have ALL or ANY TWO. I’ll be randomly choosing winners on the First of September!

PS: This is open only to residents of Philippines. Wanting ALL means you’re up for a meet-up, entering the giveaway means you’re okay with giving me your name and mailing address. (:

Attention MacroLites in the Philippines…

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PLEASE IM THE GIRL WITH THE CUP

Most-used word in each US state.

the amount of people in the notes that haven’t read the fucking map is astonishing

I’ve got a new word for fanfic writers to use, brought to you by todays word of the day:

example sentence: she gazed into his smaragdine orbs

obama chuckled. “you mean the chaos smaragdines?”

This questionary was inspired by a lot of things going around lately and it’s a collaboration of a few people from different teams. We are quite interested in what you think. It’s anonymous, so don’t be afraid of what you’re thinking. You’re not going to hurt anyone in particular.

If you have 5 minutes to lose, please click here.

Also, Apparently, many groups do that sort of things… i didn’t know about that.

Team China open media day news roundup, 6/20/17

Interview with Zhao Hongbo on his appointment to head coach of the Chinese national team, and the state of Chinese skating. Summary:

Yao Bin has retired; Zhao Hongbo is now officially head coach of the Chinese national team and in charge of all four disciplines. There are personnel changes among the coaches. Head coaches for each discipline: Jia Shuguang (Yan Han’s former coach) and Liu Wei for ladies, Xu Zhaoxiao and Fu Caishu (Jin Boyang’s coaches) for men, Han Bing and Guan Jinlin for pairs, Huang Guiyu and pending foreign coaches for ice dance. The team is focusing now on the Pyeongchang Olympics, but their long-term goal is the 2022 Beijing Olympics. They have added young athletes to the national team who will be age-eligible for the Olympics in 2022.

All of the pairs teams have already completed new choreography in Canada, as well as Jin Boyang, Li Zijun, and Li Xiangning. The pairs already started training a month ago. They will work on fixing issues from the previous seasons. They will not reveal their new music yet.

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Bioluminescent Plankton

Scientists have only recently discovered that this type of plankton glows when they are moved because of stress - ironic when you consider how relaxing the sight of the shimmering waves are in the dark night. Bioluminescence is used as a defence mechanism to draw predators towards the creature trying to eat the plankton. The tiny flashes of light also disorientate and surprise the predator.

These tiny organisms produce light using a chemical called luciferin. The process of creating a bioluminescent light, which is simply light produced within a living creature, differs between organisms. Some need a particular food or another creature for the effect to happen. But this type of plankton, called dinoflagellates, produce luciferin on their own. The light the tiny plankton emit is called ‘cold light’, meaning less than 20% of the light generates heat.

Huge areas of the ocean can become populated by glowing plankton but the effect is especially common in warm-water lagoons that have narrow openings to the sea. This causes the plankton to gather and become trapped, causing the water to turn orange.

Image credit: Will Ho / Kin Cheung / Landscapes Maldives & eyegami

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Bookish Weaknesses

Me: this looks like a really interesting book with a great plot, awesome characters, and a beautiful writing style!

Inner me: skip to the last page and read the ending.

Book borrowing is the biggest form of true love it’s like, “Here’s a piece of my soul that I think you would enjoy.“ 

SCREAMING

Some girl just walked into my local book store with her boyfriend and said “Buying books is a waste of money”. She starts complaining and whiny about how she wants to leave. He then looks at her for a long time and says “I want to break up.”

This is beautiful

Storytime.