Visit me over at Wordpress 30 Jun 2011 | 03:59 am

Hello friends! I've been having fun playing around with a Wordpress blog lately. (No, I'm not exactly defecting to Wordpress yet... just... experimenting.) Come visit me over at http://emilygyoung.c...

Review: J.J. Abrams' "Super 8" is the best movie of the summer 20 Jun 2011 | 10:58 am

As I watched “Super 8,” I kept thinking, I haven’t had this much fun in a movie since “Star Trek.” Oh right. That was J.J. Abrams’ last movie. “All the spectacle in the world means nothing if there’...

rebuilding 7 Jun 2011 | 05:04 am

They walked along a skeleton street, arms linked, surveying the charred shell of somebody's flat. The empty window frames gaped, but somehow the front door still swung on its hinges. Jack thought it w...

you might be an alien if... 5 Jun 2011 | 02:09 am

1. You spontaneously turn into a human flashlight in the middle of class 2. Your family beagle has a habit of transforming into a Jurassic Park monster 3. You find it difficult to open your locker d...

Nail Polish 25 May 2011 | 01:41 pm

To steal an idea from Glamour, what color are your nails right now? Mine are lavender, which felt like a happy color for the beach. (I just discovered the wonder of pedicures.) Now I need to learn how...

midnight visitor 19 May 2011 | 11:03 am

Annie woke up at midnight to the sound of someone pounding on the front door. She still wasn't used to waking up in a strange house. She crept out of bed, the floor cold against her bare feet, and ti...

Four reasons you should see "Thor" starring Chris Hemsworth 17 May 2011 | 01:39 pm

1. Have you ever wondered what a Norse god would do if he walked into a pet store? "Thor" is at its best when it's funny. Chris Hemsworth has a good sense of comedic timing as he portrays the larger-t...

Magpie Tales: when the rebels came 17 May 2011 | 01:17 pm

I didn't cry when they burned my father's books and I watched the pages wither in the flames; even the family Bible, with the birth and death of my mother and my little brother recorded inside. I didn...

Untitled 14 May 2011 | 08:24 am

Lucius decides that being killed by Picts is better than a sleepless night 12 May 2011 | 07:04 am

When Lucius first joined his legion, he'd thought there was nothing worse than latrine duty. Wrong. Guard duty was a waking nightmare. After he'd marched until his heels bled and dug trenches until ...