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Literary magazine

A literary magazine is something special to me, probably because I’ve seen so few. My old school did one when I was in seventh grade, but nothing of mine was in it. (I have a copy of it somewhere, though.) Also somewhere around here is a copy of Pompano Beach High School’s 2002-2003 literary magazine. (Yes, my first year there was 2003-2004, but they were giving away copies at the 2003 open house, when I first checked the place out.)

Yesterday on the school’s morning show, I heard that Miss Turek, my English teacher from last year, was collecting written works for an upcoming literary magazine. I decided to submit a recent short story (“The Prisoners“) and poem (“A Strict Country Life“). So I went to Miss Turek and asked what the limit on short stories was (2-3 double-spaced pages) and whether I could use a pseudonym (yes). If you wrote that story and that poem, you’d want a pseudonym too. But I might just use my real name, partly because I can’t think of a good pen name. I’ll submit my works next week.

In other news, my accidental reign as #1 in the class has ended. I am now back in my place as #3 out of 237, which I’ll just as gladly take. But I should fondly remember that for about five days, I was #1 due to some kind of error.

This would be funnier if I had seen The Shining, but it’s still funny: It’s a fake preview (direct link to .mov) for the film, but it’s edited… differently. Anecdotally, Michelle wanted to show this to us while we were filming her movie, but she couldn’t find it anywhere.

Here’s a list of succession to the British throne, naming the first 887 people in the line to become king or queen. The Windsors are related to just about all of the royal families in Europe due to intermarriage back in the day. The King of Norway is #60, the King of Sweden is #182, the Queen of Denmark is #208, the former king of Greece is #421, and the Queen of the Netherlands is #421. If they weren’t Catholic, the King of Spain, the King of Belgium, and the Grand Duke of Luxembourg would also be eligible. I bet if you’re a rich WASP then you’re probably within #5,000.