Well, for a lot of reasons I won't go into here, I enlisted in the United States Army. Since I've got some college I get to go in as an E-3 (Private First Class) instead of a basic Private.

Also, the MLP movie and the new Bladerunner are both great. Go see them.

New chapter is 2,200+ words so far. It's very dialogue-heavy at the moment (1,500 words split between two conversations alone) and although I'm trying to trim it down to make it more concise, the chapter's probably still gonna be mostly talking even after editing.

If things go as planned, you should see something of a breakthrough in the understanding of how humans interact with some of the various manifestations of magic on Equis. So, lore.

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So, I haven't died or anything. Writer's block and real-life stuff have kind of screwed my writing, but I'm getting back on the saddle. New chapter is 6,334 words so far.

My laptop has trouble connecting to WiFi and that's been going on for a while. So I'm writing and posting this from my phone.

Also, I might write a post on what happened last Tuesday night and what happens from there.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) - known in the organization's other official language as OTAN (Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord) - is a mutual defense pact. It's not a monolithic entity meant for all conflicts, where if one nation goes to war for any reason every country in NATO has to follow along. On the most basic level, it's defense and counterattack only.

Article 1

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On January 7th, terrorists broke into the offices satirical news magazine Charlie Hebdo, proceeding to kill 10 of the staff, and 2 members of the National Police assigned to protect them, as well as wounding 11 others. Charlie has been known for its highly provocative satire, mocking politics and religion alike. Charlie Hebdo has been especially infamous for frequently drawing Islam's prophet, Muhammed.

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I'm bouncing between three stories right now. My Ghost Recon story, which is open right now, my Republic Commando story, and the sequel to my Halo fic, tentatively named Halo: The Intruders.

Russia
Well, the Russian economy is going down the shitter for several reasons.

*Sanctions hitting hard
*Gas prices falling (it costs me just $40 to fill my black Ford Crown Victoria up from near-empty)

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History never repeats itself, but it does tend to rhyme.

This shit's heartbreaking.

Live St. Louis police scanner stream.

- Little Caesar's is burnt down
- Toys-r-us being looted
- Walgreens being looted
- Dude livestreaming the chaos got his phone stolen

And more.

Like the title says, my writing is making progress. Work and school are easing up a bit, and the finals for my classes shouldn't be too difficult.

In any case, my World Politics class is what leads me to the meat of this post.

Why is the UN dysfunctional, and what can be done to fix it?

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It's fucking surreal. We've gotten nothing since the shitty cliffhanger at the end of Episode 2.

Valve has enough money to buy a country and they won't make a sequel to a highly-regarded game. Why?

Several reasons actually.

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College is taking up a lot of my time, and isn't leaving much time for writing. The fact that I can't get a regular work schedule -or even a schedule at all until Mondays - and have to haphazardly alter my homework schedule around work because of that makes things worse. Even playing video games has to be limited to weekends, and my home internet connection is unreliable, making a lot of that a pain.

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