Brain Dead
No, your feed-reader isn’t malfunctioning: this is actually a new post for all three of you who might be hanging around wondering if I’ve dropped off the face of the earth. At first I just couldn’t access my site: it was down. That excuse was valid, but once it came back up and I could log in whenever I wanted, I had no idea what to blog about. Hell, right now I don’t even know what to blog about, I’m just typing randomly, making a fool of myself, but who cares? My mind is numb, as it is at the beginning of any given week. I feel like a zombie, then when I finally wake up, I collapse into the weekend, beginning the zombie cycle all over again come Monday. Am I the only one tired of that monotony? Although, it admittedly can be reassuring to have some sort of routine, it just gets old. And right now, I need a jolt of something to wake my brain up because I feel as if I am going into an intellectual coma.
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Egads!
Well I finally found a use for that potent-as-hell bathroom cleaner. I spent half the bottle wasting it on this mofo, (after squealing like a girl and hiding in a corner for a few minutes of course):
It took it awhile, but it eventually went down for the count. I would’ve used my hairspray/lighter method, but I wanted to get my security deposit back for the flat at the end of my lease.
Oh yeah, I’m going to be checking my flat for these things for weeks now. Did I mention I’ve a bit of arachnophobia? I’m still waiting for the “flight” adrenaline response to subside: this shit is better than caffeine on a narcoleptic.
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Post du Jour
I just made kick-ass Irish Soda Bread and had it piping hot out of the oven. Just add a little butter and honey and polish it off with a cuppa and you’ve a winning combination.
Jealous?
Come on, admit it. You know you are!
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Blurbs
-My schedule at work means that by the time I get home in the wee AM hours, the only things on the telly are infomercials, preachers, and anime on Adult Swim. I succumbed to watching the anime and as a result am addicted to it. I thank the youtube and torrent gods on a regular basis, because without them I’d have to wait until mid March for Volume 9 to come out. My favourites thus far are Blood+, Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist, Death Note, and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
-I am addicted to peppermint mochas at Starbuck’s. It helps that my sister is a barista there, because I score discounts on the necessary products to satiate my cravings.
-I’m writing. Alot. It is like I am possessed. I’ll start to fall asleep and that is when an idea hits that I absolutely have to get down on paper because it is so good I don’t want it to slip away. As a result I am having fun falling asleep lately.
-I’ve been a royal bitch at work lately. Of course it more than likely stems from the frustration that I am surrounded by idiots there who react more so than stop to think things through. People are too lazy to engage their minds these days.
-It annoys me when characters in a telly series are from, say, France, and instead of speaking French with each other and there being subtitles, they speak heavily accented English with each other. Combine that with the fact that they’re father and son, and it makes me want to turn the show off. I guess the majority of the target audience is either illiterate or just lazy. Regardless, I think it is stupid.
-I am going to go immerse myself in 20th century tales of espionage now. I’d tell you more, but then I just might have to kill you.
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Finding My Way
So I truly didn’t mean for it to happen, but writing for the MTC was such a blast for myself that I decided to go forward with an idea that I’ve been sitting on for some time now and write a novel. The best part? I don’t know what the hell I am doing. I mean I think I know how to write, but am unsure. Furthermore, I could just be setting myself up for disappointment putting weeks into something and it just ends up being tossed in the “To Be Shredded” pile at some publisher’s/editor’s office. It isn’t like I have a whole lot of free time on my hands, but it simply isn’t a desire to write, it is as if the restraints have been removed and it is all I am compelled to do. I’ve got uni papers to write and I’d rather hurry and write what I’ve been dreaming and seeing in my head before it slips away. I seriously need to seek professional help, I think.
Anyways, I believe I will need people to be readers for the manuscript as it develops. I love my family but they’re a bit biased to say the least. I need people who like to read and aren’t afraid of being critical. And if someone out there knows something about this, which I know basically nothing about, HELP!
If anyone is interested drop me a . There is no set time frame for this. It could be a few days or a few weeks before I get the first parts out.
If you think I’m nuts, please slap me, now!
Thanks!
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A Dream
In visions of the dark night
I have dreamed of joy departed-
But a waking dream of life and light
Hath left me broken-hearted.
Ah! what is not a dream by day
To him whose eyes are cast
On things around him with a ray
Turned back upon the past?
That holy dream- that holy dream,
While all the world were chiding,
Hath cheered me as a lovely beam
A lonely spirit guiding.
What though that light, thro’ storm and night,
So trembled from afar-
What could there be more purely bright
In Truth’s day-star?
-Edgar Allan Poe
Lazy Holiday
I have been burned out from work, so I gave myself a five day weekend. I go back in tomorrow. I was going to be ambitious and actually get stuff done, but all I ended up doing is reading books for fun, visiting with family, and playing on the net. Actually, I think this picture summarizes my holiday perfectly.
In other news, don’t forget to vote (the poll in the sidebar) for a winner of the Mystery Topic Challenge, preferably after reading my post and the posts of others. They’re taking votes until the 26th of January. I’ve read them all and they’re good.
Now, can anyone recommend a good FTP client that works with Mac OS X Version 10.4.11?
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