Author Archives: Meg
How My Mind Works
Caitlin and I decided to do NaNoWriMo, the novel-writing insanity. I’ve been doing really well on the daily wordcount goal, but I’m not so great with the discipline. Since I set out to write a novel, I’ve now completed two … Continue reading
Househunting
A couple weeks ago, I went to look at a potential apartment. The apartments I’ve been viewing were all basically the same, but the neighborhood seems to change pretty dramatically over a few blocks of walking. It was late evening as … Continue reading
Secret Spotify
In this month’s piece for Dialect, I admit to naming playlists after crushes and ex-boyfriends, having embarrassing musical taste, not reading the fine print… and still end up feeling smarter and superior. When someone’s online activities come back to embarrass … Continue reading
Future
“Oh, you know,” I tell Eric, after a long discussion about our lives and our future plans, “I just want to work in games and not be worried about money.” “Yeah, well, I want to be an immortal sorcerer,” he … Continue reading
Missing Lightsaber. $100 Reward.
Just in case you can’t read all the text, it seems the New York Jedi lost his custom lightsaber to a nefarious criminal described here as “Mr. Jerk”, but he will forgo the expected Jedi vendetta if the thief brings … Continue reading
Why I Wear Headphones At Work
Caitlin: Hey Meg? I had a question for you about your *system proposal*. Meg: Sorry, what? I was evacuating the dance floor over here.
Bohnhoff
Stick lived in Germany for a couple years before we met, but he was on an American base, so the only German he knows is Where is the train station? and potato. (Ed. note: Stick would like you all to … Continue reading
Communicating By Voice
Harold recently switched to an iPhone, because he really wanted to get Siri, the voice-activated assistant. He set it all up, and then showed me how well the voice commands and speech recognition work by sending me a voice-activated text … Continue reading
