Tag Archives: enthusiasm
Day 6
By today, if I’d been on track, I would have had 10 002 words. I’ve got 7053, and have spent a bit of time today procrastiplanning developing the plot, the outline of the story, where the characters will appear and … Continue reading
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Book Fairy?
Do book fairies exist? I don’t mean like Tooth Fairies, more the opposite; the Book Fairy would bring books, rather than take teeth. Does bring books, actually, because I think I’ve got one. In recent times (concurrently with Neuromancer, actually) … Continue reading
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The Significant Mundanities of Today
It has been one of those days. It seems like so much has happened, but then I think it over and realise that no, actually I can’t recall a single significant event. Though of non-events there’s been a few. (Whatever … Continue reading
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History Repeats Itself… again.
I’m just repeating myself, but: AAAAHHHH! I leave in two days! I’m not organised! Since this trip to Morocco is a (semi-)guided one though, I figure I’ll be fine. Nothing could be worse than sitting on a plane to Auckland … Continue reading
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16th -or- a Mini-Manifesto
Hey, it’s (almost) Christmas. This is what I would like, neatly wrapped and served under a tree: A world where people settle for obtaining and maintaining a medium level of material wealth, and then start looking outside their own little … Continue reading
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The Icon and I
This is the story of how we first met officially. (You should probably read it first, the rest of this post may make little sense otherwise.) I say “officially” because there was actually a bit before that. And I for … Continue reading
Filed under books, Norway, Uncategorized
The Possibility of an Island
While in London, I read this book by Michel Houllebecq. It alternates between the story of Daniel1, a stand-up comedian living approximately in the present, and the stories of Daniel24 and Daniel25, his neo-human descendents (who live approximately 2000 years … Continue reading
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District 9
Did I mention I saw District 9 a while back? I quite liked it, apart from getting utterly bored in the action sequence in the middle. I also wanted to review it here, but soon discovered that my so-so feelings … Continue reading
Filed under movies, Question of the Day, Uncategorized
Emotions
Oi’m ængry, oi’m very very ængry! Not really. The sun is shining and the birds are singing and people are walking down the street with monitors instead of heads; how could I possibly be angry? However. In the Abnormal Psych … Continue reading
Filed under Norway, Question of the Day, thoughts
