Monday afternoon...a very bleak time sure..but i cant keep the smile from my face!
There seems to be a wave of happiness washing over me today...dont ask me why..i dont care..im riding said wave until i fall off the board!
Ok..enough with the surfing analogies..im thinking this blog should be a good place to start posting short stories that enter my head when i get bored...and thats a lot so there will be a lot of them in time!
Keep an eye out.
I've always wondered...if im here and your there..and Istanbul is the capital of Turkey..then who the hell is Starr Jones??
Monday, February 16, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Profoundness Through Experience
Life is like a trip down a long stretch of road. The things that happen to us in our life however minor are like the landmarks on that road whereas some events are like towns along the road. Some will be just fleeting but every now and then, we will pass one that will be less than fleeting and will stick with us forever.
I think what i'm trying to say is that life is made up of experiences great and small and while some experiences / people will be instantly forgettable, for some people, they will always remember them.
I know I will.
I think what i'm trying to say is that life is made up of experiences great and small and while some experiences / people will be instantly forgettable, for some people, they will always remember them.
I know I will.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Friday Musings
Havent updated this in ages..figured it was about time.
Nothing much has changed really.
I know after such a long delay between posts i should have something incredibly interesting to say but the truth is nothing much has changed. Those that know me know that i'm still writing my book, and those that don't i just told you.
Its a slow and steady race with a lot of content going straight into what i've come to call the "not even worthy of Stephen King pile".
The problem with being a "part time" writer is that all the other stuff gets in your way. Work takes up at least twelve hours of each day, what with travelling to and from and actually being in work. If i don't get my eight hours i get cranky so that leaves 4 hours in the day. Subtract the necessary time for showers, food, relaxation and socialising and your left with very little, theres always the weekends and i find i do get quite a bit done when im not doing anything else but again, most if not all of it ends up in the Stephen pile!
Not too long ago i had 14 and a half chapters, i know have 5. Some people say that this is a tribute to my perfectionism while others say my standards are way too high, especially given that i'm a first time writer. I don't necessarily agree with either. When i sit down to write i look at what i'm writing from the perspective of being a reader and what i would consider fresh and edge of your seat and whether by the end of a chapter i would really want to read on. the minute i sense i don't want to know whats happening next is the minute i throw that piece out.
On a side note, i'm off to New York tomorrow for 7 days, its gonna be great. I have a full list of things that need to be seen and done and we're going to a Rangers game (they're a hockey team for those that dont know!). Flying out tomorrow at half ten (hopefully anyway, if the weather gets bad again tonight, i may be delayed or even cancelled!).
Lets see, what else is new. I moved back to dublin for my new job. Living in Rathfarnham again. Started off in a house with two girls but the landlady was the weirdest thing this side of the shannon and one of the girls was so anal retentive she made my skin crawl so i got out of there as quick as was possible.
Living up behind Marley Park now with a guy I went to college with. Good guy, bit on the quiet side though. But all is good.
Have taken up Tae-Kwon-Do recently and am loving it. Job is ok, i wish i was back in Microsoft or had a classroom full of students i could teach English too but you have to start somewhere i guess. Reviews are coming up but i've been kicking ass the last 2 weeks so i dont foresee a problem there at all.
It'll be nice to get out of here for a week though!
There's obviously other stuff going on but i've never been one to pour all my personal stuff into a blog so it'll have to stay generic for now!
Signing off..and you know the rules when im gone! No bitches after 11!
Oh and Obama is the dude!
Nothing much has changed really.
I know after such a long delay between posts i should have something incredibly interesting to say but the truth is nothing much has changed. Those that know me know that i'm still writing my book, and those that don't i just told you.
Its a slow and steady race with a lot of content going straight into what i've come to call the "not even worthy of Stephen King pile".
The problem with being a "part time" writer is that all the other stuff gets in your way. Work takes up at least twelve hours of each day, what with travelling to and from and actually being in work. If i don't get my eight hours i get cranky so that leaves 4 hours in the day. Subtract the necessary time for showers, food, relaxation and socialising and your left with very little, theres always the weekends and i find i do get quite a bit done when im not doing anything else but again, most if not all of it ends up in the Stephen pile!
Not too long ago i had 14 and a half chapters, i know have 5. Some people say that this is a tribute to my perfectionism while others say my standards are way too high, especially given that i'm a first time writer. I don't necessarily agree with either. When i sit down to write i look at what i'm writing from the perspective of being a reader and what i would consider fresh and edge of your seat and whether by the end of a chapter i would really want to read on. the minute i sense i don't want to know whats happening next is the minute i throw that piece out.
On a side note, i'm off to New York tomorrow for 7 days, its gonna be great. I have a full list of things that need to be seen and done and we're going to a Rangers game (they're a hockey team for those that dont know!). Flying out tomorrow at half ten (hopefully anyway, if the weather gets bad again tonight, i may be delayed or even cancelled!).
Lets see, what else is new. I moved back to dublin for my new job. Living in Rathfarnham again. Started off in a house with two girls but the landlady was the weirdest thing this side of the shannon and one of the girls was so anal retentive she made my skin crawl so i got out of there as quick as was possible.
Living up behind Marley Park now with a guy I went to college with. Good guy, bit on the quiet side though. But all is good.
Have taken up Tae-Kwon-Do recently and am loving it. Job is ok, i wish i was back in Microsoft or had a classroom full of students i could teach English too but you have to start somewhere i guess. Reviews are coming up but i've been kicking ass the last 2 weeks so i dont foresee a problem there at all.
It'll be nice to get out of here for a week though!
There's obviously other stuff going on but i've never been one to pour all my personal stuff into a blog so it'll have to stay generic for now!
Signing off..and you know the rules when im gone! No bitches after 11!
Oh and Obama is the dude!
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