So job searching sucks. It seems like DC is the only place with employers who understand that "I can't talk about what I did then" is not actually code for "I was in prison". Literally had an interviewer ask me point-blank if I was covering for a felony conviction. Knew then and there that I wasn't getting that job, but I stuck out the interview regardless. Might have to fall back on some of my old university contacts, but who knows what they can do with a resume that has a 5-year "classified"

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To quote a very nice lady I met abroad, "If you take your eye off the world for a moment, you won't recognize it when you look back." She meant it in a much more profound way, and I don't want to talk politics, so I'll confine this to pop culture. Seriously, what the actual FUCK happened since '14? I had a brief period back in the real world two years ago, but I couldn't do much outside of visit family and friends before getting called back, so I'm basically 5 years out of touch and it looks

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If anyone here actually remembers me, that would be kind of a miracle.

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The rain has just started to filter down through the thick trees overhead. Despite the feeling of queasy dread building in your stomach, you quicken your pace towards the house. Loose gravel and blacktop crunches beneath your shuffling footsteps. Somehow, to your dismay, it's clearly audible above the rising din of the storm. Your eyes keep flicking between the faint light in the window and the shadowy outline of the front door. Why aren't you just heading home? What's compelling you to go to

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You've been out too late. The beer made you fuzzy, and the whiskey's put you in a downright haze. Nobody's going to have to ask if you've been drinking - you can smell the liquor on your own breath. This is going to be a long walk home.

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It's back.

Who's this guy popping up in my newsfeed? Aqua Fortis? Uh... I think that rings a bell... Maybe he's written something famous? Lemme check... no, everything's pretty modest in terms of views. What are his favorites? Lots of stories by this Imploding Colon guy...

THAT'S where I know him from! He used to comment on those things, like, every day! I totally forgot about him. He kinda disappeared a couple months ago. What was up with that?

/clairvoyance

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It appears that I signed up a year ago. How about that. Sure felt like less.

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It took me two months to finally put together the effort to get it done, but Chapter 1 of RAID has been extensively modified to be slightly less ridiculous. A few changes have been made to make it clearer that Rainbow Dash represents a unique case to the organization, requiring a little less cloak-and-dagger to introduce itself. Now I can get back to abusing her in writing Chapter 8. Hopefully it's done before I get distracted with fireworks.

This is mostly administrativa, but RAID will go On Hiatus after the next chapter is uploaded. The reason for this is that I will be rewriting the first chapter. As Jake The Army Guy pointed out, the initial premise of how Rainbow Dash joined RAID is, well... ridiculous. See his comment for exactly how this is. To address this, I will rewrite a fair chunk of the first chapter so it is not so absurd. Given my busy schedule, this will

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