Saturday, May 7, 2011
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Wednesday's and Thursday's posts.
Yikes! It looks like I've been working on my story so much that I couldn't do Wednesday's post!
So, I'm doing it on Thursday.
The first one (tell a random story): Well, my mom and I were out walking, mainly to keep in shape and also to chat, which you can't do very well when your mother is painting all day and you yourself are programming/writing all day.
The truck grumbled along the road, coming up to the turn. And, right in the middle of the side walk, just in front of us, out of a pipe in the back came a huge splat of number 2.
We stopped and stared.
"Is that poo?"
"Yes, I believe it is."
"I think you had better make a detour."
***
Thursday (a random act of kindness): Well, for this, I think I might go for a random act of kindness that I believe should be done. And for this, I think I need a Peanuts Without Rerun:
So, I'm doing it on Thursday.
The first one (tell a random story): Well, my mom and I were out walking, mainly to keep in shape and also to chat, which you can't do very well when your mother is painting all day and you yourself are programming/writing all day.
We were well on our trip back when a strange truck lumbered by. We figured it was a sewage truck, partly because of some distinctions on the truck, but also by what happened next.
The truck grumbled along the road, coming up to the turn. And, right in the middle of the side walk, just in front of us, out of a pipe in the back came a huge splat of number 2.
We stopped and stared.
"Is that poo?"
"Yes, I believe it is."
"I think you had better make a detour."
***
Thursday (a random act of kindness): Well, for this, I think I might go for a random act of kindness that I believe should be done. And for this, I think I need a Peanuts Without Rerun:
Monday, July 19, 2010
Friday's post (a bit late)
Well, this is a tad late, because of the absolute lack of faults this writing class bears. However, I figured I should probably to it, anyway.
The only slightest fault I can find is what Jeni said: more MIP time. However, I gotta remind myself that you had a family emergency, so that complaint instantly goes out the door. I guess I have to say what Sarah says; I just really appreciate being in this class! All of the friendly people, opportunities to flex my writing muscles, learning to tolerate carpal tunnel (just kidding), and things are just awesome.
No complaints at all!
The only slightest fault I can find is what Jeni said: more MIP time. However, I gotta remind myself that you had a family emergency, so that complaint instantly goes out the door. I guess I have to say what Sarah says; I just really appreciate being in this class! All of the friendly people, opportunities to flex my writing muscles, learning to tolerate carpal tunnel (just kidding), and things are just awesome.
No complaints at all!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Favorite Article of Clothing?
Unlike other posts, this post can be summed up in one word:
BLUE!
BLUE BLUE BLUE!
Bluebluebluebluebleblueblueblueblueblue!
I don't care if it's a sweat shirt or a t-shirt or a pants or shorts or a snowsuit or shoes or a hat or my tongue after eating a bag of blueberries, just so long as it's BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE!!!!
There, I said it! *whew* Even I have a dark, secret clicheness deep down there, under the weirdness/geekinesss.
Plus, Puppy Linux keeps on working great. I'm trying to install it on another computer with only 256 megabytes of RAM, and so far, it's been great. It's also running on my super-cool "green thumb" flash drive :).
BLUE!
BLUE BLUE BLUE!
Bluebluebluebluebleblueblueblueblueblue!
I don't care if it's a sweat shirt or a t-shirt or a pants or shorts or a snowsuit or shoes or a hat or my tongue after eating a bag of blueberries, just so long as it's BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE!!!!
There, I said it! *whew* Even I have a dark, secret clicheness deep down there, under the weirdness/geekinesss.
Plus, Puppy Linux keeps on working great. I'm trying to install it on another computer with only 256 megabytes of RAM, and so far, it's been great. It's also running on my super-cool "green thumb" flash drive :).
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
When this was a mining town...
...Well, the place would sure be very strange. The main purpose of this place would be being underground, for goodness sakes! It's a whole different world down there, below the surface. The sun never breaks through, the world only lit by the candlelights on the miner's helmets.
Read City of Ember to get a bit of idea of what that would be like. Electricity (in the old days, candles) is the one thing that keeps everyone and everything going! Half a life, always enveloped in darkness, the only bright things being the light bulbs way up there, dumbed down, thinking that Ember is the only living place... ...Jeez, I love that book! Just so... spine tingling. Should probably get around to reading the rest of People of Sparks, too. And Prophet of Yonwood, and Diamond of Darkhold.
Gotta love the Ember saga, and all of the underground-ish stuff.
Read City of Ember to get a bit of idea of what that would be like. Electricity (in the old days, candles) is the one thing that keeps everyone and everything going! Half a life, always enveloped in darkness, the only bright things being the light bulbs way up there, dumbed down, thinking that Ember is the only living place... ...Jeez, I love that book! Just so... spine tingling. Should probably get around to reading the rest of People of Sparks, too. And Prophet of Yonwood, and Diamond of Darkhold.
Gotta love the Ember saga, and all of the underground-ish stuff.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Poor and Happy, Rich and Miserable?
Poor and happy is 100% the way to go for me. You see, being rich and miserable is just as useless as poor and miserable; if you're that unhappy, what good are those green slips of paper, really? Sure, they can buy you some great stuff, but to what length can this purchasing go? You can buy new cars, houses, pool tables, computers, clothes, things like that, but if you're really, truly miserable...
...you can't buy happiness. The cars are just for idle transportation, the house is just a place for you to inhabit, pool tables are simply there for the purpose of mindlessly knocking balls into pockets, computers are just there for the lights on the screen, clothes are just to keep you warm, everything just loses its appeal. There is an illusion of luxury, but it's a weak one.
Really, you aren't rich. In a ton of aspects other than money, you are broke. Terribly.
Being poor and happy is VERY much better, in my opinion. Although you are weak in one aspect (money), nothing says you can't be extremely strong in other ones. J.K. Rowling was very poor, but she was also very good at writing. She wrote Harry Potter. It was rejected by a ton of publishers, but, finally, one little company in Scotland accepted.
And what happened when people read it? They loved it! The world went Harry Potter crazy, and J.K. Rowling became the fifth richest person in England.
Poor and happy for me.
...you can't buy happiness. The cars are just for idle transportation, the house is just a place for you to inhabit, pool tables are simply there for the purpose of mindlessly knocking balls into pockets, computers are just there for the lights on the screen, clothes are just to keep you warm, everything just loses its appeal. There is an illusion of luxury, but it's a weak one.
Really, you aren't rich. In a ton of aspects other than money, you are broke. Terribly.
Being poor and happy is VERY much better, in my opinion. Although you are weak in one aspect (money), nothing says you can't be extremely strong in other ones. J.K. Rowling was very poor, but she was also very good at writing. She wrote Harry Potter. It was rejected by a ton of publishers, but, finally, one little company in Scotland accepted.
And what happened when people read it? They loved it! The world went Harry Potter crazy, and J.K. Rowling became the fifth richest person in England.
Poor and happy for me.
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