While there have been many skeptics in the past few years about the honesty of global warming, it has become a widely accepted fact that carbon emissions and fossil fuels have altered the natural weather and led us to what we now call ‘Global Warming’. However, every now and then, a politician or a lone scientist will stand up and oppose this theory with new claims that global warming is in fact, a figment of our imagination.
So what about the decline in temperatures during the winter, or the extremely noticeable increase in temperatures during the summer?
Data now shows record low temperatures appearing all over the globe. China has witnessed blizzards and Baghdad has felt the touch of snow.
Does this mean that global warming is not real? No. Many scientists say that this is just good old weather mixed with a cold current from the Pacific, the La Niña effect, which tends to lead to a decline in temperatures, as apposed to the El Niño effect which increases temperatures.
Regardless, this is still unusually cold weather. So, why did this particular current give us such unusual weather patterns across the globe? Could it be because the lowering or melting of the polar ice caps has caused water temperature to drop and sea levels to rise?
Maybe.
Similar cool winters have occurred previously, 1988, ’91, ’92 and ’98, but the trend of the past few years has been an increase in temperature, instead of a decline.
So if the winters are becoming colder, why are the summers becoming hotter? No proof has currently been found that the burning of fossil fuels is causing the planet to warm, although research is still underway.
The planet is definitely warming though, that we can be sure of. Globally, temperatures have risen, on average, 5 degrees celsius. No one can argue with that fact. But historians and geologists claim to know that ice sheets once covered large portions of each continent. These ice sheets have alternately retreated and risen again as the Earth has cooled then warmed in cycles that may span thousands or millions of years.
Historical data from ocean sediments and ice cores indicate that between each major Ice Age a warm period called an Interglacial Period occurs. These Interglacial Periods may span anywhere between 15,000 and 20,000 years. We are currently thriving in an Interglacial period and - although some may say overdue – are due for the 100,000 year long Ice Age that awaits us.
On average global temperatures have risen about 5 degrees celsius since the previous Ice Age. So, from a historical perspective, ‘Global Warming’ has temporarily saved us from an Ice Age. Scientists, and for that fact, most humans, would probably agree that it is the ‘greenhouse effect’ that is causing ‘Global Warming’.
The ‘greenhouse effect’ is the term used to describe atmospheric gases such as gaseous water vapour, carbon dioxide and methane which help to trap radiant heat in the Earth’s atmosphere from escaping into space. Without the ‘greenhouse effect’ the average global temperature would drop dramatically to -18 degrees celsius.
Humans did not cause the ‘greenhouse effect’ though; as we are lead to believe. 95% of the ‘greenhouse effect’ is due solely to natural water vapour. Of the remaining 5%, only 0.2% is due to carbon dioxide and other gases produced by human resources. This is an understood fact by all scientists, but rarely publicised.
So, if we are in fact in a ‘Global Warming’ crisis, even the most costly plans for limiting the production of carbon dioxide emissions would have an undetectable effect on the climate.
If ‘Global Warming’ is in fact a crisis in today’s society, it is a natural one. History and science both show that human intervention will have little effect in climate change, and that no matter how much we are lead to believe; ‘Global Warming’ is as natural as giving birth.
Global temperatures are not rising at rapid rates.
Carbon dioxide has not caused ‘Global Warming’.
‘Global Warming’ will not cause storms and other weather extremes.
The Earth is a variable. The Western Arctic may be getting warmer due to events in the Pacific Ocean, but the Eastern Arctic and Greenland are getting cooler. Temperatures will rise and fall, but there has always got to be someone or something to blame.
At the moment, we are pointing at one piece of the puzzle, without having looked at the display given of the finished product.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Love
Love.
What is love? An emotion? A simple feeling that every human will experience in their lifetime? No. Love isn't simple. It's anything but simple...
...People live off love. People loathe it. Some people don't find it, or grab hold of it. Other people are denied it. is love a luxury that every human being is entitled to? I think it is. I think that every human should be able to feel love, and witness how fragile it is.
Every human is allowed to love. Every human will love, no matter what they do to stop it appearing in front of them. You can't stop love, you can just ignore it, and even that is a feat not many people would want to acheive.
Personally, I believe the meaning of life to be love. That one word, one simple word, four letters, can cause so much grief, so much suffering. How many people have died because someone important broke someone elses heart? How many nations have fallen because someone special fell in love with the 'wrong' person? Too many.
Why is it, that whenever someone feels love, they also feel hope, despair, courageous, confident and shy all at the same time? How is someone able to feel so many different emotins all at the same time?Another mystery of love...
...Love can take any person into a world that they have never experienced before. Love can take them out of that world just as quickly as well.
Love is a four letter word. Love is magical. Love is...everything...
Without love there is no life. Without life...love cannot exist...
What is love? An emotion? A simple feeling that every human will experience in their lifetime? No. Love isn't simple. It's anything but simple...
...People live off love. People loathe it. Some people don't find it, or grab hold of it. Other people are denied it. is love a luxury that every human being is entitled to? I think it is. I think that every human should be able to feel love, and witness how fragile it is.
Every human is allowed to love. Every human will love, no matter what they do to stop it appearing in front of them. You can't stop love, you can just ignore it, and even that is a feat not many people would want to acheive.
Personally, I believe the meaning of life to be love. That one word, one simple word, four letters, can cause so much grief, so much suffering. How many people have died because someone important broke someone elses heart? How many nations have fallen because someone special fell in love with the 'wrong' person? Too many.
Why is it, that whenever someone feels love, they also feel hope, despair, courageous, confident and shy all at the same time? How is someone able to feel so many different emotins all at the same time?Another mystery of love...
...Love can take any person into a world that they have never experienced before. Love can take them out of that world just as quickly as well.
Love is a four letter word. Love is magical. Love is...everything...
Without love there is no life. Without life...love cannot exist...
Monday, June 16, 2008
Well...
Ok. So I haven't been on much recently. Don't fret though, the drought will cease, with this post of course. Let's start off with goals...
Write a minimum of 1,500 words towards Resurrection.
And possibly...Critique 2 stories on CC
I wrote, roughly, 700 words towards Resurrection, but I critted 3 stories on CC, so half and half I say.
Today was odd. I'm meant to have two weeks of Work Experience, one of the two weeks being this week, but unfortunately I only have one week, which is next week. So, I was told to go to school today, and, whilst at school, the few students of Year 10 who hadn't received Work Experience had to search through the Yellow Pages and find places to do their Work Experience. We were given a deadline of 1 o'clock to have been accepted into somewhere. I phoned Coles Supermarket and was given a place there just before 10.
I made the deadline, but tonight before I work I must go down to Coles, find the manager guy, and have a form filled out, then tomorrow morning I must make my way to school again, hand in the said form, then the remainder of the week is the first week of my Winter Holidays.
So, here I am, sitting on my computer, at 2 pm, instead of being at school, phone in my ear, listening to annoying 'on hold' music. Haha! One of the guys I was with was put on hold for about 20 minutes! Damn that was funny...
Write a minimum of 1,500 words towards Resurrection.
And possibly...Critique 2 stories on CC
I wrote, roughly, 700 words towards Resurrection, but I critted 3 stories on CC, so half and half I say.
Today was odd. I'm meant to have two weeks of Work Experience, one of the two weeks being this week, but unfortunately I only have one week, which is next week. So, I was told to go to school today, and, whilst at school, the few students of Year 10 who hadn't received Work Experience had to search through the Yellow Pages and find places to do their Work Experience. We were given a deadline of 1 o'clock to have been accepted into somewhere. I phoned Coles Supermarket and was given a place there just before 10.
I made the deadline, but tonight before I work I must go down to Coles, find the manager guy, and have a form filled out, then tomorrow morning I must make my way to school again, hand in the said form, then the remainder of the week is the first week of my Winter Holidays.
So, here I am, sitting on my computer, at 2 pm, instead of being at school, phone in my ear, listening to annoying 'on hold' music. Haha! One of the guys I was with was put on hold for about 20 minutes! Damn that was funny...
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
NANO
NANO or Nation Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30, and, this year I shall enter!
The other day while watching TV I came up with an idea for a novel. The news report was of a body that was found floating down a river. Immediately I jumped up, dashed into the kitchen, only just missing the corner of a head high cupboard, and began joting down whatever came to my head after my original idea.
That was last Wednesday. By Wednesday night I had written one A4 page of notes, currently I have over 4 A4 pages full of notes. And while doing research last night I have already come up with a suitable title for it.
Signature.
I love it because it already fits what shall happen in the story. I've already made many notes and I have also begun outlining chapters although that is a bit difficult.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to come up with a name for my MC yet. 'Tis a crime novel and my MC is a local cop, not an FBI Agent or anything special, just a local cop. He has a partner who I have discovered the perfect name for. The name fits her and everything, and right now I can't imagine her with another name. Her name is so good! Oh right! You're probably wondering what the name is. Maybe I'll tell you later, or it might just slip into another post. Who knows?
Anyway, I can't wait 'till November so I can get started on this awesome project. I am in love with it already!
Yes. Resurrection may become jealous but he should know that he's got until November before he may get covered in dust. Let's hope he does good things until then.
DISJTUJOB SPESJHVFA
There you go. Cracked the code?
The other day while watching TV I came up with an idea for a novel. The news report was of a body that was found floating down a river. Immediately I jumped up, dashed into the kitchen, only just missing the corner of a head high cupboard, and began joting down whatever came to my head after my original idea.
That was last Wednesday. By Wednesday night I had written one A4 page of notes, currently I have over 4 A4 pages full of notes. And while doing research last night I have already come up with a suitable title for it.
Signature.
I love it because it already fits what shall happen in the story. I've already made many notes and I have also begun outlining chapters although that is a bit difficult.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to come up with a name for my MC yet. 'Tis a crime novel and my MC is a local cop, not an FBI Agent or anything special, just a local cop. He has a partner who I have discovered the perfect name for. The name fits her and everything, and right now I can't imagine her with another name. Her name is so good! Oh right! You're probably wondering what the name is. Maybe I'll tell you later, or it might just slip into another post. Who knows?
Anyway, I can't wait 'till November so I can get started on this awesome project. I am in love with it already!
Yes. Resurrection may become jealous but he should know that he's got until November before he may get covered in dust. Let's hope he does good things until then.
DISJTUJOB SPESJHVFA
There you go. Cracked the code?
Monday, June 9, 2008
The Other Half
Ok. Week's over and I've barely been on here at all. Exams are annoying, even if I am only in Year 10, I still don't like them!
What were my goals? Oh that's right!
Complete all my exams and feel happy with each of them!
Continue reading my L's book. Perhaps finish it,
Start on my next book, The Artic Event by James Cobb,
and...Write 500 words towards Resurrection.
I am...feeling...kind of happy with my exams, not all of them, but most of them.
I have been reading my L book and I've done a few practise tests online as well.
I got 12 pages into the book then threw it aside...
I wrote 2,175!!!
So...hm...I think that's a pass, but only just.
The only goal I want to give myself for this week is:
Write a minimum of 1,500 words towards Resurrection.
And possibly...Critique 2 stories on CC
But that's it. I'm just happy exams are over and I can't wait for my results. Hope I do well. There is a few things I'd like to talk about on here by the weeks end but I'll do that another time because right now I am freezing cold. It's what? 12 degrees? Celsius! Maybe 10 degrees!
Doesn't matter! To me it feels like 3 degrees! And I'm wearing a jacket, jeans and a t-shirt! But I'm still freezing!
...oh no...Rant coming...about global warming...eep!
What were my goals? Oh that's right!
Complete all my exams and feel happy with each of them!
Continue reading my L's book. Perhaps finish it,
Start on my next book, The Artic Event by James Cobb,
and...Write 500 words towards Resurrection.
I am...feeling...kind of happy with my exams, not all of them, but most of them.
I have been reading my L book and I've done a few practise tests online as well.
I got 12 pages into the book then threw it aside...
I wrote 2,175!!!
So...hm...I think that's a pass, but only just.
The only goal I want to give myself for this week is:
Write a minimum of 1,500 words towards Resurrection.
And possibly...Critique 2 stories on CC
But that's it. I'm just happy exams are over and I can't wait for my results. Hope I do well. There is a few things I'd like to talk about on here by the weeks end but I'll do that another time because right now I am freezing cold. It's what? 12 degrees? Celsius! Maybe 10 degrees!
Doesn't matter! To me it feels like 3 degrees! And I'm wearing a jacket, jeans and a t-shirt! But I'm still freezing!
...oh no...Rant coming...about global warming...eep!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Exams!!!
Yay! I'm now over half way through my mid-year exams after today!
Today I had, um, English, P.E then Visual Communication and Design.
Ok. I think I've aced English. I had to write a 400-450 word essay on how the main two characters of Two Way Cut by Garry Disher responded to harrassment that they had each received and how the said harrassment changed their lives. Then I had to answer 6 questions about a newspaper article including stuff like: Find an example of a rhetorical question, find an example of a generalisation, what is the contention of this article and so forth. I found it quite easy and was very happy with what I wrote for my essay.
P.E...well...I answered every question (there was about 40), and I was very pleased with the answers I gave. The bulk of the marks will come from questions about Alcohol, Coaching and Drugs and there'll be a few that come from a newspaper article we had to read.
VCD, don't even get me started! I skipped about 3 questions, had no idea how to answer about 5 of the and I imagine that the drawings I had to do will get low marks because the drawings were shocking! ...I didn't like that exam...
So, now I only have two more exams to attend. One tomorrow at 10:50 (Advanced Maths) and one on Friday morning at 8:50 (Biology). Can't wait till they are over because in two weeks I have work experience at the Leader Newspaper! That will be so much fun!
Well, that's in about 3 weeks, up until then I guess the only thing I can do is write...
Today I had, um, English, P.E then Visual Communication and Design.
Ok. I think I've aced English. I had to write a 400-450 word essay on how the main two characters of Two Way Cut by Garry Disher responded to harrassment that they had each received and how the said harrassment changed their lives. Then I had to answer 6 questions about a newspaper article including stuff like: Find an example of a rhetorical question, find an example of a generalisation, what is the contention of this article and so forth. I found it quite easy and was very happy with what I wrote for my essay.
P.E...well...I answered every question (there was about 40), and I was very pleased with the answers I gave. The bulk of the marks will come from questions about Alcohol, Coaching and Drugs and there'll be a few that come from a newspaper article we had to read.
VCD, don't even get me started! I skipped about 3 questions, had no idea how to answer about 5 of the and I imagine that the drawings I had to do will get low marks because the drawings were shocking! ...I didn't like that exam...
So, now I only have two more exams to attend. One tomorrow at 10:50 (Advanced Maths) and one on Friday morning at 8:50 (Biology). Can't wait till they are over because in two weeks I have work experience at the Leader Newspaper! That will be so much fun!
Well, that's in about 3 weeks, up until then I guess the only thing I can do is write...
Monday, June 2, 2008
Did I Fail Or Not?
Ok. It's Monday evening, I had one exam at school today, Electronics. Out of the 29 questions I had to answer, I answered 23. I'm happy with that. I did some Math while waiting for time to run out and figured out that I'll probably get between 65% and 80%. I'd be very happy with anything over 70%.
So, how did I do on those goals of mine?
Complete the first draft of Toy Terror (I'm kinda stuck, and I can't turn to CC for help on this either),
Write atleast 1 paragraph towards Resurrection, or, re-write the last paragraph I wrote, Remember to study for my first exam, Electronics,
Read over half of the book I'm about to start (Shatter by Michael Robothom),
And... Just be nice!
I finished the first draft of Toy Terror, yay!
I wrote a whole 200 words towards Resurrection!
Studied and have completed my Electronics exam,
I, in fact, finished reading Shatter. I had only read 206 pages by Sunday morning, and by Sunday night I had finished the book. I read 260 pages on Sunday alone.
Be nice?...Nope. Failed this one...
Ok, How about I write goals for this week?
Complete all my exams and feel happy with each of them!
Continue reading my L's book. Perhaps finish it,
Start on my next book, The Artic Event by James Cobb,
and...
Write 500 words towards Resurrection.
Yeah. I'm happy with all that. Well, I'll keep you posted with how my exams are going this week. Until then...
So, how did I do on those goals of mine?
Complete the first draft of Toy Terror (I'm kinda stuck, and I can't turn to CC for help on this either),
Write atleast 1 paragraph towards Resurrection, or, re-write the last paragraph I wrote, Remember to study for my first exam, Electronics,
Read over half of the book I'm about to start (Shatter by Michael Robothom),
And... Just be nice!
I finished the first draft of Toy Terror, yay!
I wrote a whole 200 words towards Resurrection!
Studied and have completed my Electronics exam,
I, in fact, finished reading Shatter. I had only read 206 pages by Sunday morning, and by Sunday night I had finished the book. I read 260 pages on Sunday alone.
Be nice?...Nope. Failed this one...
Ok, How about I write goals for this week?
Complete all my exams and feel happy with each of them!
Continue reading my L's book. Perhaps finish it,
Start on my next book, The Artic Event by James Cobb,
and...
Write 500 words towards Resurrection.
Yeah. I'm happy with all that. Well, I'll keep you posted with how my exams are going this week. Until then...
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Monthly Goals
Ok. So it's the end of another month. I had no goals for May, but, with the recent inclusion of this here blog of mine, I have decided to give myself monthly AND weekly goals. So, monthly goals for June?
Pass ALL my exams (they're this week),
Submit Toy Terror, finished,
Write a minimum or 2,000 words towards Resurrection (a nice goal to have considering I used to make daily goals of 1,000 words),
Read a minimum of 3 books (including the current one I am reading now, Shatter by Michael Robothom),
Critique over 5 pieces on CC,
Ok, I think that's it.
Anyway, today I have written nothing towards Resurrection, but, currently I am editing the first draft of Toy Terror, even though I have already submitted it into CC. The word count for Toy Terror has to be between 900 and 1,000 words but the first draft has clocked up 1,318. I need to do a little bit of editing, obviously, and that's what I'm doing.
Well...
I'm off now.
Pass ALL my exams (they're this week),
Submit Toy Terror, finished,
Write a minimum or 2,000 words towards Resurrection (a nice goal to have considering I used to make daily goals of 1,000 words),
Read a minimum of 3 books (including the current one I am reading now, Shatter by Michael Robothom),
Critique over 5 pieces on CC,
Ok, I think that's it.
Anyway, today I have written nothing towards Resurrection, but, currently I am editing the first draft of Toy Terror, even though I have already submitted it into CC. The word count for Toy Terror has to be between 900 and 1,000 words but the first draft has clocked up 1,318. I need to do a little bit of editing, obviously, and that's what I'm doing.
Well...
I'm off now.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Once Finished, What Do You Do?
So, you've just finished a piece that you've been working on for some time. Whether it be a novel or a short story or anything, you've just finished it after all the planning you have done and now the first draft is complete. Well, what do you do know?
At the moment you have a beginning and an end, with some characters thrown in and a plot for some strange reason. Now you turn those 100,000 or so words into a novel.
Some parts of the first draft will appeal to you, others won't. So make sure you know which parts of your story you like and if you need to edit one of those partsm then so be it. If it will make your story become better, then by all means do it. But a writer should always be happy with their work. You won't publish a novel if you think it's a load if sh*t.
Ok. So a first draft is a first draft. First drafts are written to be either thrown out, or revised and created to be wonderful. The second or third drafts won't be perfect either, or complete, but that is why writers edit, that is why writers revise.
So, first draft is done. Where to now?
Ok. Honestly, I haven't finished a novel of my own yet so I can't answer that with a personal anecdote, but, I have done research and now I know that there are many things to do once a first draft is finished. Check grammer, check spelling, make sure the plots flows, make sure the timeline doesn't skip days or miss days, there are many things you could do.
This is a list composed John Hewitt at http://www.poewar.com/.
At the moment you have a beginning and an end, with some characters thrown in and a plot for some strange reason. Now you turn those 100,000 or so words into a novel.
Some parts of the first draft will appeal to you, others won't. So make sure you know which parts of your story you like and if you need to edit one of those partsm then so be it. If it will make your story become better, then by all means do it. But a writer should always be happy with their work. You won't publish a novel if you think it's a load if sh*t.
Ok. So a first draft is a first draft. First drafts are written to be either thrown out, or revised and created to be wonderful. The second or third drafts won't be perfect either, or complete, but that is why writers edit, that is why writers revise.
So, first draft is done. Where to now?
Ok. Honestly, I haven't finished a novel of my own yet so I can't answer that with a personal anecdote, but, I have done research and now I know that there are many things to do once a first draft is finished. Check grammer, check spelling, make sure the plots flows, make sure the timeline doesn't skip days or miss days, there are many things you could do.
This is a list composed John Hewitt at http://www.poewar.com/.
Read the novel as it sits from start to finish while taking notes but not editing
Perform a “light edit” (spelling and grammar) on the novel
Reorder the novel so that it follows a chronology
Read the novel again while taking notes AND editing
Assemble a Style / Information Guide
Re-evaluate the novel and determine goals
Create a revised plot outline
Write new scenes
Revise old scenes
Edit with an eye toward continuity
Have someone I trust read and evaluate the novel
Go through the whole process again
Ok. So now you may have some idea of what to do. Some agents tell you to place your novel down and just read and broadly or as widely as you can. Read as much as you can. This is because while writing your novel you will have read you're own writing a lot and to read someone else's work is very good for your mind and how you write. You discover new techniques or new phrases as you read and these may be picked up by yourself as you write.
Don't read for too long though. If you put your novel off for too long you may forget about it or lose the love of writing that drove you to complete the first draft. Don't just let it sit at the bottom of a draw, collecting dust or being used as a weight.
Once a first draft is finished, whether it be on computer or written by hand, it should always be stored in a safe place. If typed on a computer, save a copy to the computer, perhaps many copies, and save a few on seperate CD's, as backups. If you wrote your novel on paper, store all your writing in a folder and place the folder on top of your desk or in a safe if you are really protective about it. Just place it somewhere where you'll remember it and is safe from anyone that may break into your house or any unwanted intruders reading your novel.
That said, I think I may go read a bit myself. I plan on writing more towards Resurrection on Friday night and the weekend, whenever I have time, but I am mad with books and once I begin a book I must get passed the first few hundred pages before the feeling of curiosity wears off. That feeling is the driving force for the first few chapters of reading a book but yes, it does wear off, no matter how good the book is, unless the reader is intrigued by the story for a long period of time, it is likely that he/she may put it down and forget about it or just become too lazy to pick it up again and continue reading.
Well...I guess this is bye.
Monday, May 26, 2008
No Not Those Goals!
Ok. So, it's the beginning of a new week, so I thought I'd write up a few goals for me to try and achieve by the end, Sunday. So, what goals should I have?
Complete the first draft of Toy Terror (I'm kinda stuck, and I can't turn to CC for help on this either),
Write atleast 1 paragraph towards Resurrection, or, re-write the last paragraph I wrote,
Remember to study for my first exam, Electronics,
Read over half of the book I'm about to start (Shatter by Michael Robothom),
And...
Just be nice!
Well, I like those goals, how 'bout you? I'll write again on Sunday whether I've completed those goals or not, and obviously I'll have a few rants or share some of my ideas throughout the week. And I need to link a few more people don't I. More CC's. Shall do...sometime...and I have to crit atleast 1 story this week on CC!!!
Ok. Now I'm done.
Complete the first draft of Toy Terror (I'm kinda stuck, and I can't turn to CC for help on this either),
Write atleast 1 paragraph towards Resurrection, or, re-write the last paragraph I wrote,
Remember to study for my first exam, Electronics,
Read over half of the book I'm about to start (Shatter by Michael Robothom),
And...
Just be nice!
Well, I like those goals, how 'bout you? I'll write again on Sunday whether I've completed those goals or not, and obviously I'll have a few rants or share some of my ideas throughout the week. And I need to link a few more people don't I. More CC's. Shall do...sometime...and I have to crit atleast 1 story this week on CC!!!
Ok. Now I'm done.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Toy Terror
Toy Terror
A sadistic Elmo plush toy, kills a dog, Brett's pet, but, unfortunately for Brett, it's 4 o'clock in the morning, and he's trapped inside his house...
Meh. Little blurb about my current short story, Toy Terror. I'm submitting it into an American contest in a few weeks and I hope to win. Why would I enter if I didn't want to win?
Stupid question.
Anyway, that story, Toy Terror, is, obviously meant to be a horror story and finished by the end of July. I should have it finished by the end of this month actually, then I shall submit it on CC and let my fellow Critters rip and tear at it till they think it's as perfect as it's gonna get. Then, after another draft, submit.
Two months later I hope to be told that I have won and that the story will be in the Sep/Oct issue or whenever it will be in. I can't wait until I've finished the final draft, I'm going to be so happy!
I still have not written anything this month towards Resurrection, partly because my focus has been on Toy Terror, and partly because I'm a lazy bastard.
But unfortunately I have exams in a few weeks time, my first exams ever, and I want to make a very good start with them, so a lot of my time will be taken up for homework and studying time. I am very annoyed though because on the Tuesday, the second day of exams, I have twenty minutes between my English exam, and my P.E/Sport exam. Not a lot of time!
Oh well, I'll get over it. Oh crap! I have to get ready for work in a minute!
Monday, May 19, 2008
-18p² - 8p² = ???
Someone please explain to me how this simple math question can turn into a rant. Because that's what it is going to become!
Okay, so today in fourth period, Mathematics, we are given the question...um...ok so I forgot the whole question. BUT! I remember the important part, oh how could I forget the important part! It's so important!
The important part: -18p² -8p² = +26p²
How does that work?!?!
It doesn't! Okay, so the Math teacher was wrong. Not the first time. She's not a great Math teacher and is very hard to understand, but, my point is, that answer is wrong! Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think that is wrong!
-18, okay, now, take away another 8. So, -18, -19, -20, -21, -22, -23, -24, -25 and -26. There we go! It should be -26! Not +26!
Okay, so I went through many stages of thinking in class because I was sure I was right, but every tiny, little change made me think differently. At one stage I thought the question was: -18p² - -8p². So the answer to that would be -10p². So at that time, I was writing down -10p² everwhere! Then I looked properly and I discovered that I read the question wrong so there goes that theory.
I ended up at the beginning of my search, at -26p² or +26p²? So, call to my fellow classmates for help? Sure why not? All that came out of my mouth was undecipherable blab. I couldn't understand what I was saying and neither could they.
So, once again, back to square one, except now I have a bunch of friends wondering why I can't talk properly.
Ok. So finally I go to ask the teacher what has happened - hey I got a email...oops, off topic there. Anyway, I ask the teacher and I get halfway through my question when she walks off and explains that apparently I have been misbehaving and have been disrupting the class. All because of this one sum!
So, once again, back to square one.
I wait till class is over, and, in the most unlikely way possible, I pick up a marker, and I write: -26p², erasing the + and writing instead a -. Problem solved!
Well, that's what I thought. I still have the 'disrupting class' problem to attend...
Okay, so today in fourth period, Mathematics, we are given the question...um...ok so I forgot the whole question. BUT! I remember the important part, oh how could I forget the important part! It's so important!
The important part: -18p² -8p² = +26p²
How does that work?!?!
It doesn't! Okay, so the Math teacher was wrong. Not the first time. She's not a great Math teacher and is very hard to understand, but, my point is, that answer is wrong! Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think that is wrong!
-18, okay, now, take away another 8. So, -18, -19, -20, -21, -22, -23, -24, -25 and -26. There we go! It should be -26! Not +26!
Okay, so I went through many stages of thinking in class because I was sure I was right, but every tiny, little change made me think differently. At one stage I thought the question was: -18p² - -8p². So the answer to that would be -10p². So at that time, I was writing down -10p² everwhere! Then I looked properly and I discovered that I read the question wrong so there goes that theory.
I ended up at the beginning of my search, at -26p² or +26p²? So, call to my fellow classmates for help? Sure why not? All that came out of my mouth was undecipherable blab. I couldn't understand what I was saying and neither could they.
So, once again, back to square one, except now I have a bunch of friends wondering why I can't talk properly.
Ok. So finally I go to ask the teacher what has happened - hey I got a email...oops, off topic there. Anyway, I ask the teacher and I get halfway through my question when she walks off and explains that apparently I have been misbehaving and have been disrupting the class. All because of this one sum!
So, once again, back to square one.
I wait till class is over, and, in the most unlikely way possible, I pick up a marker, and I write: -26p², erasing the + and writing instead a -. Problem solved!
Well, that's what I thought. I still have the 'disrupting class' problem to attend...
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Release The Pain From Me
Ok. There is no way in the world that I would be able to start a blog and not post a poem in the first post so here it is.
Whatever happened to that fairytale?
Lost in our entwined tongues?
Never to be found again,
Now a twisted tale beyond belief.
A toast to the horror?
Drink to the betrayal?
No,
A mistake never to be made again.
The thought never to be thought again.
The life of one lost,
The lives of two ruined,
Path of disloyalty left where my footsteps last touched the Earth.
I couldn’t control myself,
What did I become?
A savage? A beast?
No mirror is ever the same.
Why did I continue?
I already felt like I would die.
What made me keep on going?
The lust? The desire?
No,
It wasn’t me,
I wasn’t thinking,
I just wish it never happened.
My heart stopped beating,
Shattered from the inside out.
And if you make it to Heaven,
Don’t expect to meet me there.
I should be a ghost,
So I can’t hurt you anymore,
But Hell is where I belong,
And now is when I’ll disappear...
That particular poem is about cheating on the one you love, the guilt and remorse felt afterwards, and the feeling that the only way to escape the pain is to die.
Hope you like it.
Anyway, currently I'm writing a novel called Resurrection and this month I have written absolutely nothing towards it. How bad is that? 18 days into a month and nothing written towards it at all! Terrible.
Well, complaining about it on here won't help.
Whatever happened to that fairytale?
Lost in our entwined tongues?
Never to be found again,
Now a twisted tale beyond belief.
A toast to the horror?
Drink to the betrayal?
No,
A mistake never to be made again.
The thought never to be thought again.
The life of one lost,
The lives of two ruined,
Path of disloyalty left where my footsteps last touched the Earth.
I couldn’t control myself,
What did I become?
A savage? A beast?
No mirror is ever the same.
Why did I continue?
I already felt like I would die.
What made me keep on going?
The lust? The desire?
No,
It wasn’t me,
I wasn’t thinking,
I just wish it never happened.
My heart stopped beating,
Shattered from the inside out.
And if you make it to Heaven,
Don’t expect to meet me there.
I should be a ghost,
So I can’t hurt you anymore,
But Hell is where I belong,
And now is when I’ll disappear...
That particular poem is about cheating on the one you love, the guilt and remorse felt afterwards, and the feeling that the only way to escape the pain is to die.
Hope you like it.
Anyway, currently I'm writing a novel called Resurrection and this month I have written absolutely nothing towards it. How bad is that? 18 days into a month and nothing written towards it at all! Terrible.
Well, complaining about it on here won't help.
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