Ratcarver! Cheers!
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Thank you Ratcarver for those elaborate and informative words you left us with.
He would also like to state that he likes glitter.
Happy Halloween everybody... Bleugh!
Oct 30, 2011
[RBS] - In lack of a better headline ... bleugh!
Heyhey there... just wanted to pop in for a few things I wanted to say/share.
I'm still trying to convince myself to let today count as half a day off from writing, but it didn't really work out that well during the last 15 hours - though I didn't manage to get a lot done, it's still some major things I managed to make up my mind about.
Also: more convertion issues - yay! None of the pc's I know of, that are in the possesion of either me or a family member close to me are able to deceipher, let alone open something written on one of the other maschines ... let alone even open it. Ever since windows dropped the two-diget numbers the easy ways don't really want to work anymore... But well... could be worse I guess as I usually still manage to 'solve' the issue... not like my new-ish laptop who just doesn't even tries to acknowledge the pure existence of my mom's printer.
Which brings me to my laptop, which still is on holiday. ... probably partying every night, getting drunk off his harddrive, erasing data along the way.
On other news: had a nice night out with friends on Friday and got some zombie-killing-action going yesterday. Though I'm still not in my personal comfort zone with the zombies!!! game ... I've still not really figured out a typical "Marc-combo" ... and I'm starting to doubt there is one. But meh... time will tell.
For right now I think I'll head into the Dungeons of Dredmor for a while, killing off my current charakter and afterwards I'll either continue to tend to my story or maybe I'll re-watch The Godfather Part II.
I already watched the first one at the beginning of the week when I had my connection issues, so I might as well continue on with the other two. They are just so frikken long...!
tl;dr: I've got nothing really interesting to talk about, got some more work done - yay - and now I'm debating with myself on my spare time.
Anyways... have a great weekend and of course a frightful Halloween tomorrow.
Marc, the Rambler of Ramblings
I'm still trying to convince myself to let today count as half a day off from writing, but it didn't really work out that well during the last 15 hours - though I didn't manage to get a lot done, it's still some major things I managed to make up my mind about.
Also: more convertion issues - yay! None of the pc's I know of, that are in the possesion of either me or a family member close to me are able to deceipher, let alone open something written on one of the other maschines ... let alone even open it. Ever since windows dropped the two-diget numbers the easy ways don't really want to work anymore... But well... could be worse I guess as I usually still manage to 'solve' the issue... not like my new-ish laptop who just doesn't even tries to acknowledge the pure existence of my mom's printer.
Which brings me to my laptop, which still is on holiday. ... probably partying every night, getting drunk off his harddrive, erasing data along the way.
On other news: had a nice night out with friends on Friday and got some zombie-killing-action going yesterday. Though I'm still not in my personal comfort zone with the zombies!!! game ... I've still not really figured out a typical "Marc-combo" ... and I'm starting to doubt there is one. But meh... time will tell.
For right now I think I'll head into the Dungeons of Dredmor for a while, killing off my current charakter and afterwards I'll either continue to tend to my story or maybe I'll re-watch The Godfather Part II.
I already watched the first one at the beginning of the week when I had my connection issues, so I might as well continue on with the other two. They are just so frikken long...!
tl;dr: I've got nothing really interesting to talk about, got some more work done - yay - and now I'm debating with myself on my spare time.
Anyways... have a great weekend and of course a frightful Halloween tomorrow.
Marc, the Rambler of Ramblings
Oct 28, 2011
[ST] - h LôøF´rùf
At least that's what I believe it is called.
Greatings everyone to a brand new Friday with a new 450 word-long story for you. Yay, wooh or at least yeah... I hope.
My internet connection seems to has stabilized again after finally managing to d/l the update for my router from the respective update-server yesterday at around 11 a.m. Thankfully running smoothly ever since... aaaaand hopefully continuing to do for quite a while ... although I probably jinxed it now, haven't I? Darn it... I really should learn not to talk about such things all in public...
ANYWAYS as I was saying today is Friday - a great day in the week actually... so calm and relaxing, knowing the weekend's only a few more hours away... yeah. For me this day hasn't quite as much meaning as for others... for one thing because I'm a student (let's face it... which day isn't part of the weekend for a student?) and probably mostly because writing stuff doesn't really bother about week days. And even if sleeping in from Monday night 'till Wednesday morning is nice and all... sometimes you gotta get some work done.
*Hint* *Hint*
Though I highly doubt I'll get Loner's Peak finished still before the end of the month, but I'll try get as far as possible. I can safely say it's only a matter of days as the pieces of the puzzle are now all fallling into place rather nicely, making working on it a lot easier. At least that's how it works for me.
BUT enough of that and let's head over to the Flash-Fiction of today! Enjoy!
(Did I just hear a 'yay' somewhere? No? Hmpf...)
*~*
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What are you talking about? Can't read it? But it's perfectly fine... isn't it?
Oh I forgot...
Ah well... at least my laptop should be a-okay with this text as it is, he was the one who decided to convert the original one to this after all... Silly little helicopter...
Just give me a second.
*~*
The blades of our two swords crash together, sending a shock through my arms.
The sounds they produce are dull, hinting on the condition of the weapon.
I have to admit, mine is far from being as sharp as it once should have been but if you’d manage to land a clean hit, it would surely still do the trick nevertheless.
A flash of light tears the moment apart as we gather momentum for the next strike. When lightning burst down from the heavens like this, it usually isn’t a good sign.
It’s a bad omen for a fight...
The claymore rests firmly in my hands. A fine weapon, crafted to be lead by one hand only, yet if you so desire it can be wielded with both to strengthen the blows dealt. The thin wooden shield I had been carrying was discarded quickly. Now it rests somewhere on the ground far to my right. But why keep it if it serves no real purpose in this battle other than throwing me off my balance? Besides if my enemy is wielding a two-handed sword it won’t offer much protection in the first place.
The weapon of my foe would just smash through the frail barricade.
My opponent is fierce and his strikes are backed up by power as we trade blows. I take a turn to my left as I dodge his weapon, dragging my own one behind. As his blade cuts through empty air I pull my arm up, leading my weapon in a high arc as I am aiming for his head.
Easily he avoids it trapping myself in his little dance of blades. I parry his first counter attack with ease. Within a single second my own attack has been turned around, leaving me no choice but to fend off his strikes. I try to get into my routine again. If he strikes high, dodge it. When he attacks low, a short parry should do. And if he goes directly for your centre..., well block it, dodge it... It doesn’t matter that much.
Or maybe start a counter? A swift kick to the guts would surely break it up for him, if I...could just... find... the right moment to...
I underestimate his next attack. It is only a quick step to the right for him to avoid my foot. I on the other hand lose my balance. It’s over. His sword hits my right shoulder. It doesn’t cut but it sure hurts as hell. I land on the ground where I remain for a moment as he steps over to me. The tip of his blade is now directly next to my throat. ... He retreats his weapon. This isn’t about blood anymore.
The sheer number of flashes suddenly erupting indicates how many photos are being taken right now. The crowd cheers as I get back to my feet and we take out little bow. It’s all about entertainment.
He usually beats me.
But I’ll get him next show, even if it’s the last thing I’ll do!
*~*
Determination!
Now after that has been cleared up, I hope you enjoyed the actual text ... if you liked the first one more, feel free to tell me, the computer surely would appreciate it.
Also don't be shy, feel free to check out the previous Story Times, if you haven't already.
As always thanks for reading! Have a great end of the week.
Marc, the °Ä °Ä Ä?
Greatings everyone to a brand new Friday with a new 450 word-long story for you. Yay, wooh or at least yeah... I hope.
My internet connection seems to has stabilized again after finally managing to d/l the update for my router from the respective update-server yesterday at around 11 a.m. Thankfully running smoothly ever since... aaaaand hopefully continuing to do for quite a while ... although I probably jinxed it now, haven't I? Darn it... I really should learn not to talk about such things all in public...
ANYWAYS as I was saying today is Friday - a great day in the week actually... so calm and relaxing, knowing the weekend's only a few more hours away... yeah. For me this day hasn't quite as much meaning as for others... for one thing because I'm a student (let's face it... which day isn't part of the weekend for a student?) and probably mostly because writing stuff doesn't really bother about week days. And even if sleeping in from Monday night 'till Wednesday morning is nice and all... sometimes you gotta get some work done.
*Hint* *Hint*
Though I highly doubt I'll get Loner's Peak finished still before the end of the month, but I'll try get as far as possible. I can safely say it's only a matter of days as the pieces of the puzzle are now all fallling into place rather nicely, making working on it a lot easier. At least that's how it works for me.
BUT enough of that and let's head over to the Flash-Fiction of today! Enjoy!
(Did I just hear a 'yay' somewhere? No? Hmpf...)
*~*
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What are you talking about? Can't read it? But it's perfectly fine... isn't it?
Oh I forgot...
Ah well... at least my laptop should be a-okay with this text as it is, he was the one who decided to convert the original one to this after all... Silly little helicopter...
Just give me a second.
*~*
The blades of our two swords crash together, sending a shock through my arms.
The sounds they produce are dull, hinting on the condition of the weapon.
I have to admit, mine is far from being as sharp as it once should have been but if you’d manage to land a clean hit, it would surely still do the trick nevertheless.
A flash of light tears the moment apart as we gather momentum for the next strike. When lightning burst down from the heavens like this, it usually isn’t a good sign.
It’s a bad omen for a fight...
The claymore rests firmly in my hands. A fine weapon, crafted to be lead by one hand only, yet if you so desire it can be wielded with both to strengthen the blows dealt. The thin wooden shield I had been carrying was discarded quickly. Now it rests somewhere on the ground far to my right. But why keep it if it serves no real purpose in this battle other than throwing me off my balance? Besides if my enemy is wielding a two-handed sword it won’t offer much protection in the first place.
The weapon of my foe would just smash through the frail barricade.
My opponent is fierce and his strikes are backed up by power as we trade blows. I take a turn to my left as I dodge his weapon, dragging my own one behind. As his blade cuts through empty air I pull my arm up, leading my weapon in a high arc as I am aiming for his head.
Easily he avoids it trapping myself in his little dance of blades. I parry his first counter attack with ease. Within a single second my own attack has been turned around, leaving me no choice but to fend off his strikes. I try to get into my routine again. If he strikes high, dodge it. When he attacks low, a short parry should do. And if he goes directly for your centre..., well block it, dodge it... It doesn’t matter that much.
Or maybe start a counter? A swift kick to the guts would surely break it up for him, if I...could just... find... the right moment to...
I underestimate his next attack. It is only a quick step to the right for him to avoid my foot. I on the other hand lose my balance. It’s over. His sword hits my right shoulder. It doesn’t cut but it sure hurts as hell. I land on the ground where I remain for a moment as he steps over to me. The tip of his blade is now directly next to my throat. ... He retreats his weapon. This isn’t about blood anymore.
The sheer number of flashes suddenly erupting indicates how many photos are being taken right now. The crowd cheers as I get back to my feet and we take out little bow. It’s all about entertainment.
He usually beats me.
But I’ll get him next show, even if it’s the last thing I’ll do!
*~*
Determination!
Now after that has been cleared up, I hope you enjoyed the actual text ... if you liked the first one more, feel free to tell me, the computer surely would appreciate it.
Also don't be shy, feel free to check out the previous Story Times, if you haven't already.
As always thanks for reading! Have a great end of the week.
Marc, the °Ä °Ä Ä?
Oct 25, 2011
[SUM] An interwebz made of jelly
Wouldn't it be a strange thing to imagine? As if imagining something as untangible as this wasn't hard enough to begin with, but it being made of jelly too? Go ahead, try - it's fun... hrhr. And... mhm... jelly-internet... somebody get EMT on the job!
Anyways... the reason for my blabbering are the constant connection problems I had today - yay for providers. (Chances are I'll lose mah interwebz at least once while typing this blogpost... anything less would surprise me.) As far as I can see my router is trying to d/l an update for its system that was played onto the servers last night but it usually only kills my connection and starts flashing in a nice bright red, telling me the d/l server didn't want to share his secrets. Gonna be a fun afternoon/evening I guess...
For a good side-effect, the loss of internet brought me to do a lot more writing than I had originally intended on doing today, because I'm still tired from yesterday evening.
But I'll keep the ramblings to a minimum today as I never know when I'll get thrown out of the web again...
Here you go:
*~*
As a matter of fact - I've got big-time company backing me up. A whole squad is fitting into the cramped space next to me, just like in the days. Almost makes me feel special and even a bit homesick I think for myself whilst barely hiding away a sleazy grin from my face.
Now that's something that didn't happen for quite a while, I believe.
*~*
It's just a short one for today. The story is heating up and as I've already explained a while back, I don't want to spoil too much of it.
And I still don't know how my other laptop's doing... He's on holiday without me and doesn't even write a postcard back home. :<
As always thanks for reading and have a great Tuesday!
Marc, the Haunted... haunted? by what you ask? This.. yeah...
EDT.: And I did lose connection just before getting done... Go Foresight, GO
Anyways... the reason for my blabbering are the constant connection problems I had today - yay for providers. (Chances are I'll lose mah interwebz at least once while typing this blogpost... anything less would surprise me.) As far as I can see my router is trying to d/l an update for its system that was played onto the servers last night but it usually only kills my connection and starts flashing in a nice bright red, telling me the d/l server didn't want to share his secrets. Gonna be a fun afternoon/evening I guess...
For a good side-effect, the loss of internet brought me to do a lot more writing than I had originally intended on doing today, because I'm still tired from yesterday evening.
But I'll keep the ramblings to a minimum today as I never know when I'll get thrown out of the web again...
Here you go:
*~*
As a matter of fact - I've got big-time company backing me up. A whole squad is fitting into the cramped space next to me, just like in the days. Almost makes me feel special and even a bit homesick I think for myself whilst barely hiding away a sleazy grin from my face.
Now that's something that didn't happen for quite a while, I believe.
*~*
It's just a short one for today. The story is heating up and as I've already explained a while back, I don't want to spoil too much of it.
And I still don't know how my other laptop's doing... He's on holiday without me and doesn't even write a postcard back home. :<
As always thanks for reading and have a great Tuesday!
Marc, the Haunted... haunted? by what you ask? This.. yeah...
EDT.: And I did lose connection just before getting done... Go Foresight, GO
Oct 23, 2011
[RBS] - What a beautiful day it is
..., indeed I dare say.
The week's drawing to a close, the world is turning colder by the day (at least on the northern hemisphere) and Christmas approaches! Yay!(Guess it hasn't been linked often enough already this year) But not to forget that Halloween's also still on the list. Just a little bit more than a week from now... Even more YaY!(Got to love that movie.. should really take the time and watch it again..., maybe around next week.)
As for I now I'm currently editing a few things on Loner's Peak - so nothing out of the usual and I'm trying to get into the mood for writing more of the actual storyline. I already have the next few chapters all layed out for me in the back of my head, but sometimes it gets a bit tedious. So nothing out of the usual there. And as I already start with the writing stuff again even though I tried to secure the Sundays of the week for more bloggish stuff it seems not to really work out for me. Hrmpf...
Anyways, yesterday I took a day off the writing and editing and went to the anual "Freimarktsumzug" in Bremen. The "Freimarkt" is a two-week long fun fair typical for Bremen, taking place during the last two weeks of October each year. And there is usually a festive procession on one of the weekends during that time - I'm not too sure about the actual sheduling to be honest.
So we had some plain old fun, looking at the different floats, listening to bad music most of the time and standing in the cold. Could have been better - but could have also easily been worse. (There was free beer... if you were quick.)
Also: Spending hours and hour on searching texts and articles for wonderful topics like migration.. or integration.. or education of young children is kinda fun... ... ... No, not really. You got me on that one. But helping out members of the family is a good thing, amiright?
And as a final statement, I'd like to throw out that I still think lots of the things Blizzard Entertainment announced on this years Blizzcon for the upcoming expansion of WoW sounds like late (or early) April's Fools jokes.
But I grew maybe just a bit bitter over the last year or two concerning that particular game... ^^
But enough about me, more thinking about Jonathan Mortinson lies right ahead.
As always thanks for reading my ramblings and have a nice rest of the weekend and a great start into the next one. Adventures await!
Marc, the strawberry-flavored - maybe blood-flavored, but that doesn't quite sound as tasty...
The week's drawing to a close, the world is turning colder by the day (at least on the northern hemisphere) and Christmas approaches! Yay!(Guess it hasn't been linked often enough already this year) But not to forget that Halloween's also still on the list. Just a little bit more than a week from now... Even more YaY!(Got to love that movie.. should really take the time and watch it again..., maybe around next week.)
As for I now I'm currently editing a few things on Loner's Peak - so nothing out of the usual and I'm trying to get into the mood for writing more of the actual storyline. I already have the next few chapters all layed out for me in the back of my head, but sometimes it gets a bit tedious. So nothing out of the usual there. And as I already start with the writing stuff again even though I tried to secure the Sundays of the week for more bloggish stuff it seems not to really work out for me. Hrmpf...
Anyways, yesterday I took a day off the writing and editing and went to the anual "Freimarktsumzug" in Bremen. The "Freimarkt" is a two-week long fun fair typical for Bremen, taking place during the last two weeks of October each year. And there is usually a festive procession on one of the weekends during that time - I'm not too sure about the actual sheduling to be honest.
So we had some plain old fun, looking at the different floats, listening to bad music most of the time and standing in the cold. Could have been better - but could have also easily been worse. (There was free beer... if you were quick.)
Also: Spending hours and hour on searching texts and articles for wonderful topics like migration.. or integration.. or education of young children is kinda fun... ... ... No, not really. You got me on that one. But helping out members of the family is a good thing, amiright?
And as a final statement, I'd like to throw out that I still think lots of the things Blizzard Entertainment announced on this years Blizzcon for the upcoming expansion of WoW sounds like late (or early) April's Fools jokes.
But I grew maybe just a bit bitter over the last year or two concerning that particular game... ^^
But enough about me, more thinking about Jonathan Mortinson lies right ahead.
As always thanks for reading my ramblings and have a nice rest of the weekend and a great start into the next one. Adventures await!
Marc, the strawberry-flavored - maybe blood-flavored, but that doesn't quite sound as tasty...
Oct 21, 2011
[ST] - Oh twists, you so silly
Ah yes, another Friday and another story that wants to be told. Gather around me, young and old, as for I am happy to be... uhm... bold?
That didn't go quite as planned but never mind me, just the usual shenanigans. As for the past days - After I stopped complaining and left the grumpy Marc behind, I - in this case meaning the other 682 selves I have - quickly managed to find a way how to continue my 'work' and went on making progress with 'Loner's Peak'. Hurray ... cheers ... yaysorz.
You cannot stoppeth me wit thee foul attempeths, boldeth laptopeth!
But as today seems to be Friday, rather than Sunday I shall rather commence with the story scheduled for today, leaving the rest aside for now.
So please - enjoy!
*~*
What’s that you’re asking?
...
Oh yes, you heard me right. I’ll be going to Alaska on my own!
...
Why I’m doing something like this? Well I’m sick and tired of hearing other people telling me what I should do. So I figured if I ever wanted to get out of this situation any time soon, then I would just have to leave this place behind once and for all.
I just can’t hear it any more. All those people trying to push me into a place that they see fit for me. It’s the end of the line for me!
And I guarantee to you, I wouldn’t be able to stand this any much longer.
...
Oh, don’t make me laugh! Me? Too young? You have to be kidding me. How old do I look to you? Like a little kid? I’m turning 21 next week! So back off, will you?
If anything, I’m too old. I should have done so a while ago already. When they first started to tell me I should do it like this or do like that and then maybe in 20 years I would become CEO of something major. Blah, blah...
No! No thank you. I’ve given up on being dragged around.
...
I’m not totally sure yet. Maybe I’ll be an artist. I always had a kind of talent for that. Oh, and I’d love to be an actor. But there sure are a lot of people out there following this stupid dream of theirs. And I’m no good at lying either. So maybe I’ll just be the local snowplow-driver. Well... figures? Alaska’s always been a cold hell hole....
...
Oh yeah. Everything is already prepared. My motorbike’s waiting for me. I’m all set to head out! Another ten minutes or so, that way I can get me another drink, if I’ll feel daring maybe even a beer and then I’m finally going to take off from here.
...
Yep, that moment forth it’ll be just me and the road. Oh I won’t be able to wait for this any much longer. My freedom is right out there, patiently waiting for me. And I’m not going to let it wait anymore!
...
Uh...? Wait a minute... What?!
...
Damn that freaking mirror! The next time it wins an argument I will smash it to bits...
*~*
Still with the arguing, with the clichés and still with a somewhat similar thought behind it. But no worries it won't be the single theme behind all of them, .. and just to be sure and make things clear, it's not about me either. But like this it kinda fits the idea behind it all a little bit better, I believe.
(No offense to the people of Alaska btw :s)
Nevertheless, I hope you enjoyed todays piece of Flash-Fiction as it tore you away from reality for a moment and placed you in a part of your own imagination far away from any place somebody else could have ever seen.
As always, thanks for reading!
Marc, the Eager
P.S.: Kittens still amiss...
Sometimes strange music is the best.
That didn't go quite as planned but never mind me, just the usual shenanigans. As for the past days - After I stopped complaining and left the grumpy Marc behind, I - in this case meaning the other 682 selves I have - quickly managed to find a way how to continue my 'work' and went on making progress with 'Loner's Peak'. Hurray ... cheers ... yaysorz.
You cannot stoppeth me wit thee foul attempeths, boldeth laptopeth!
But as today seems to be Friday, rather than Sunday I shall rather commence with the story scheduled for today, leaving the rest aside for now.
So please - enjoy!
*~*
What’s that you’re asking?
...
Oh yes, you heard me right. I’ll be going to Alaska on my own!
...
Why I’m doing something like this? Well I’m sick and tired of hearing other people telling me what I should do. So I figured if I ever wanted to get out of this situation any time soon, then I would just have to leave this place behind once and for all.
I just can’t hear it any more. All those people trying to push me into a place that they see fit for me. It’s the end of the line for me!
And I guarantee to you, I wouldn’t be able to stand this any much longer.
...
Oh, don’t make me laugh! Me? Too young? You have to be kidding me. How old do I look to you? Like a little kid? I’m turning 21 next week! So back off, will you?
If anything, I’m too old. I should have done so a while ago already. When they first started to tell me I should do it like this or do like that and then maybe in 20 years I would become CEO of something major. Blah, blah...
No! No thank you. I’ve given up on being dragged around.
...
I’m not totally sure yet. Maybe I’ll be an artist. I always had a kind of talent for that. Oh, and I’d love to be an actor. But there sure are a lot of people out there following this stupid dream of theirs. And I’m no good at lying either. So maybe I’ll just be the local snowplow-driver. Well... figures? Alaska’s always been a cold hell hole....
...
Oh yeah. Everything is already prepared. My motorbike’s waiting for me. I’m all set to head out! Another ten minutes or so, that way I can get me another drink, if I’ll feel daring maybe even a beer and then I’m finally going to take off from here.
...
Yep, that moment forth it’ll be just me and the road. Oh I won’t be able to wait for this any much longer. My freedom is right out there, patiently waiting for me. And I’m not going to let it wait anymore!
...
Uh...? Wait a minute... What?!
...
Damn that freaking mirror! The next time it wins an argument I will smash it to bits...
*~*
Still with the arguing, with the clichés and still with a somewhat similar thought behind it. But no worries it won't be the single theme behind all of them, .. and just to be sure and make things clear, it's not about me either. But like this it kinda fits the idea behind it all a little bit better, I believe.
(No offense to the people of Alaska btw :s)
Nevertheless, I hope you enjoyed todays piece of Flash-Fiction as it tore you away from reality for a moment and placed you in a part of your own imagination far away from any place somebody else could have ever seen.
As always, thanks for reading!
Marc, the Eager
P.S.: Kittens still amiss...
Sometimes strange music is the best.
Oct 18, 2011
[SUM] - Murphy's Law in Action right here, right now...
Hello to everybody out there who found his or her way to this post. Unfortunately I can't really great you with an more upbeat spirit as my day's been going from bad to worse and back again to bad so it could start all over again.
In short: The stuff I should be writing about on Sundays usually happens between Monday and Tuesday.
In other words and a bit more serious-ish: My pc - or well, my laptop rather - is currently unavailable, please try again later.
And now let me ask you something - what did you do this morning at 5 a.m.?
I for my part was searching for a slip of paper, holding the guarantee for the laptop I bought roughly one year ago. Luckily I managed to find it after a while, and that without even having to panic beforehand. And even better - fortunately the stupid thing decided to do that right about now, because in a couple of weeks that guarantee wouldn't have been worth anything... So... I took the thing back to the shop, they had a brief look at it and decided to keep it in. But they'll have to send it to the manufacturer ... so this will take a while... 2 to 3 weeks was the estimate they gave me. They also politely let me know that in case of a software error, for whatever reason there may be for one, it is expected that the data on its harddrive will be lost - go, Sony go, I guess?
Again, luckily for me, as not the idiot most people believe me to be, everything of actual importance has a backup somewhere else - a completely different data carrier entirely. At least that worst-case-scenario-preperation-nonsense came to use at some point, right? In other words: non of my texts, shorts, stories etc will be lost. (But I guess I couldn't say the same for most of my music, pictures and... save-game-data *cry*)
So, how comes I'm writing to you right now? I have a second laptop in my apartment, it's as simple as that. Unfortunately this fella right here is .. well... a bit old. He's turning 9 next spring and ... his vents are bent to a degree. He'll try to imitate a helicopter every once in a while, I'm jus' sayin'...
So let's hope he wont fail me too during the next weeks, until I'll get my other laptop back - hopefully fully functional again.
As for the Short-Update-Madness... oh there he goes ... trying to lift off as if he's on a helipad right now... erm... where was I? Ah yes... I didn't have the chance to prepare too much for today, so I don't even have an excerpt at hand for this post, but give me a second - maybe I'll find something...
Ah there we go, that should do...
*~*
And it was already in 1980 that travelling outside the city was deemed to be fatal. From then on out you couldn’t even leave this place anymore. The world started to slowly break apart, communication didn’t always manage to hold up as areas to live grew scarcer around the planet. Only the big cities survived. But then..., even that day came. When one of those perished. The message of Vegas travelled around the world quickly.
The whole city... it just... died.
It happened overnight.... It didn’t really get through to us why and checking out what had actually occurred was impossible. From that moment on, we all started huddling up together even more. I still remember that day. The filters alone wouldn’t cut it anymore. A bitter realization to come to. No-one knew what to do at first. Everybody was helpless. But then some smartass came around out of nowhere and presented the solution for all our troubles. Of course the authorities blindly jumped for it without investing any further thought at all. They all feared more for their own lives than those of others.
*~*
I promissed something on the likes of a short timeline for the background of the story a while ago, and this partial even has it's little cliffhanger in the end. Should fulfil it's purpose at least.
You see, I have a copy of Loner's Peak on this pc too, unfortunately the non-existant backwards-compability completely screwed it over in terms of its type face. So yeah - I'll have to figure something out, so that I can continue my work on the story. I wanted to get it as close to done as possible till the end of this month... but this'll throw me off a bit. Ah well... It's merely a setback! (obvious reference is obvious)
But as I mentioned the whole thing flung itself back to worse as I now sit here with a blanket(!) keeping me warm after I almost spilled a whole glass of water onto my little helicopter friend. I guess I just shouldn't touch anything for the rest of the day... Can't be sure anymore... Something even more terrible could happen...
Let's just hope that computer's gonna break thingy isn't turning into an anual fad... last year around this time my old HP kicked it for a few days too...
Oh and by the way! Keep your fingers crossed! The last day of entry for the Blizzard Writing contest was on Saturday - let's hope my 'Lament of the Wolf' will draw some attention!
I'll leave it at that for now, hope you're having a better day than me.
As always thanks for reading.
Marc, it's always 'bout the bitching around!
P.S.: No kitteh today - the laptop took that one along on his 'holiday'
In short: The stuff I should be writing about on Sundays usually happens between Monday and Tuesday.
In other words and a bit more serious-ish: My pc - or well, my laptop rather - is currently unavailable, please try again later.
And now let me ask you something - what did you do this morning at 5 a.m.?
I for my part was searching for a slip of paper, holding the guarantee for the laptop I bought roughly one year ago. Luckily I managed to find it after a while, and that without even having to panic beforehand. And even better - fortunately the stupid thing decided to do that right about now, because in a couple of weeks that guarantee wouldn't have been worth anything... So... I took the thing back to the shop, they had a brief look at it and decided to keep it in. But they'll have to send it to the manufacturer ... so this will take a while... 2 to 3 weeks was the estimate they gave me. They also politely let me know that in case of a software error, for whatever reason there may be for one, it is expected that the data on its harddrive will be lost - go, Sony go, I guess?
Again, luckily for me, as not the idiot most people believe me to be, everything of actual importance has a backup somewhere else - a completely different data carrier entirely. At least that worst-case-scenario-preperation-nonsense came to use at some point, right? In other words: non of my texts, shorts, stories etc will be lost. (But I guess I couldn't say the same for most of my music, pictures and... save-game-data *cry*)
So, how comes I'm writing to you right now? I have a second laptop in my apartment, it's as simple as that. Unfortunately this fella right here is .. well... a bit old. He's turning 9 next spring and ... his vents are bent to a degree. He'll try to imitate a helicopter every once in a while, I'm jus' sayin'...
So let's hope he wont fail me too during the next weeks, until I'll get my other laptop back - hopefully fully functional again.
As for the Short-Update-Madness... oh there he goes ... trying to lift off as if he's on a helipad right now... erm... where was I? Ah yes... I didn't have the chance to prepare too much for today, so I don't even have an excerpt at hand for this post, but give me a second - maybe I'll find something...
Ah there we go, that should do...
*~*
And it was already in 1980 that travelling outside the city was deemed to be fatal. From then on out you couldn’t even leave this place anymore. The world started to slowly break apart, communication didn’t always manage to hold up as areas to live grew scarcer around the planet. Only the big cities survived. But then..., even that day came. When one of those perished. The message of Vegas travelled around the world quickly.
The whole city... it just... died.
It happened overnight.... It didn’t really get through to us why and checking out what had actually occurred was impossible. From that moment on, we all started huddling up together even more. I still remember that day. The filters alone wouldn’t cut it anymore. A bitter realization to come to. No-one knew what to do at first. Everybody was helpless. But then some smartass came around out of nowhere and presented the solution for all our troubles. Of course the authorities blindly jumped for it without investing any further thought at all. They all feared more for their own lives than those of others.
*~*
I promissed something on the likes of a short timeline for the background of the story a while ago, and this partial even has it's little cliffhanger in the end. Should fulfil it's purpose at least.
You see, I have a copy of Loner's Peak on this pc too, unfortunately the non-existant backwards-compability completely screwed it over in terms of its type face. So yeah - I'll have to figure something out, so that I can continue my work on the story. I wanted to get it as close to done as possible till the end of this month... but this'll throw me off a bit. Ah well... It's merely a setback! (obvious reference is obvious)
But as I mentioned the whole thing flung itself back to worse as I now sit here with a blanket(!) keeping me warm after I almost spilled a whole glass of water onto my little helicopter friend. I guess I just shouldn't touch anything for the rest of the day... Can't be sure anymore... Something even more terrible could happen...
Let's just hope that computer's gonna break thingy isn't turning into an anual fad... last year around this time my old HP kicked it for a few days too...
Oh and by the way! Keep your fingers crossed! The last day of entry for the Blizzard Writing contest was on Saturday - let's hope my 'Lament of the Wolf' will draw some attention!
I'll leave it at that for now, hope you're having a better day than me.
As always thanks for reading.
Marc, it's always 'bout the bitching around!
P.S.: No kitteh today - the laptop took that one along on his 'holiday'
Oct 16, 2011
[RBS] - Teh real stuff... for realz!
The weekend's still on its way strong (or already over, depending on where you live) and I'll try to use this blog post/afternoon to return from my own world of fantasy and back into the real world for a change.
But as per usual - nothing is as it seems and so I guess it was rather the other way around this week.
The last few days have been stream-tastic for me, as the IEM-Challenge of the ESL has been enriching these past three days of my live with afternoon/evening entertainment in terms of E-sports.
Yes I did it again! Though without the playing with hearts bit or losing at the game (Or did I? In fact, what is the game?) Currently it's my equivalent to watching football (soccer - for my American friends out there) on TV - though I'd still prefer the World Championships in (Beach-)Volleyball. But I don't think they're streaming that at all... Makes me miss having a TV once every year for a couple of days... And yes - you've read it right. I don't own a television.
Sadly the real world isn't as exciting as it could be right now, so I preferred to head back into the L.A. of my own alternate history timeline today, getting another page done and a few more re-edits going. I had the pleasure of rewriting a whole chapter during the night from Thursday to Friday - but I hinted at that in the last 'Story Time'. Fortunately the rewrite turns out to be as good as perfect - until I find something new that I don't like about it, that is...
On a different note: I'm still trying to outrun my family-curse, but it seems to be slowly catching up to me. Curse I say? Yes curse I saythest! I don't want to be a teacher D: Help!
As I'll be continuing to panic about that over the rest of the day, I should probably go ahead and give my plant (yes...singular) some water by the looks of it. Yeah just caught that from the corner of my eyes...
And yet again it is more pointless ramblings and less focused than I had hoped for it to be. Maybe I'll rethink this format for Sundays again, maybe not... I should give it a few more weeks. Life's not all that exciting at the moment unfortunately, haven't seen any new good movies, played new games, read new book or whatnot.... aw well... suggestions are appreciated.
That said I'll leave you guys and girls alone again for the time being (at least 'till Tuesday). In the meantime feel free to check out Friday's Story Time if you haven't already.
Some more random music for you to enjoy, and off I am.
As always thanks for reading - have a great day (even if it's Monday)!
Marc, Lord of various Clans of Brackets
P.S.: Yet another new Kitteh incoming
But as per usual - nothing is as it seems and so I guess it was rather the other way around this week.
The last few days have been stream-tastic for me, as the IEM-Challenge of the ESL has been enriching these past three days of my live with afternoon/evening entertainment in terms of E-sports.
Yes I did it again! Though without the playing with hearts bit or losing at the game (Or did I? In fact, what is the game?) Currently it's my equivalent to watching football (soccer - for my American friends out there) on TV - though I'd still prefer the World Championships in (Beach-)Volleyball. But I don't think they're streaming that at all... Makes me miss having a TV once every year for a couple of days... And yes - you've read it right. I don't own a television.
Sadly the real world isn't as exciting as it could be right now, so I preferred to head back into the L.A. of my own alternate history timeline today, getting another page done and a few more re-edits going. I had the pleasure of rewriting a whole chapter during the night from Thursday to Friday - but I hinted at that in the last 'Story Time'. Fortunately the rewrite turns out to be as good as perfect - until I find something new that I don't like about it, that is...
On a different note: I'm still trying to outrun my family-curse, but it seems to be slowly catching up to me. Curse I say? Yes curse I saythest! I don't want to be a teacher D: Help!
As I'll be continuing to panic about that over the rest of the day, I should probably go ahead and give my plant (yes...singular) some water by the looks of it. Yeah just caught that from the corner of my eyes...
And yet again it is more pointless ramblings and less focused than I had hoped for it to be. Maybe I'll rethink this format for Sundays again, maybe not... I should give it a few more weeks. Life's not all that exciting at the moment unfortunately, haven't seen any new good movies, played new games, read new book or whatnot.... aw well... suggestions are appreciated.
That said I'll leave you guys and girls alone again for the time being (at least 'till Tuesday). In the meantime feel free to check out Friday's Story Time if you haven't already.
Some more random music for you to enjoy, and off I am.
As always thanks for reading - have a great day (even if it's Monday)!
Marc, Lord of various Clans of Brackets
P.S.: Yet another new Kitteh incoming
Oct 14, 2011
[ST] - White Powder ... You mean snow, right?
Another week - another Friday - another story to tell.
Yes it's already one week after the first 'Story Time' and I'm back for more - just as promised (or threatened, depends on how you want to view it).
What's that? It's not yet Friday everywhere? Uh... yeah, you're right I guess, but as a matter of fact there is not a single moment in which everywhere in the world is the same day, so why bother too much?
Never mind me, just was getting distracted by my own brain. Spacing out and talking to myself there for a second. he... he...? Aw well, let's get this party started before it happens again, shall we?
This weeks story takes us back into the past. A rough past, not that long ago actually. But you'll see for yourself once you read it. Enjoy.
*~*
*~*
I'm still in need for a suitable title - so I'll leave that open for now, but I'll probably add one later on. The whole idea was inspired by a rather well-known movie (did I just hear somebody yell rip-off?) and I'm sure you'll all figure out which one it is on your own. Should be easy enou... oh wow... spacing out again... Not a good sign... not at all. Maybe that's my queue to go back to bed again (fyi it's 11 a.m. in Germany right now).
Gotta love starting to "work" at 4 a.m. ...
But now I'm just starting to bitch around - I really should stop right here before it only gets worse. I hope you enjoyed this weeks scrap of text and have (had?) a great Friday. Weekend's near! Yay!
(As for the content of upcoming Flash-fiction stories: The next ones will be great! I promise - this is all still warm-up!)
As always thanks for reading.
Marc, Keeper of the Honey-Grizzly
P.S.: New Kitteh incoming!
Yes it's already one week after the first 'Story Time' and I'm back for more - just as promised (or threatened, depends on how you want to view it).
What's that? It's not yet Friday everywhere? Uh... yeah, you're right I guess, but as a matter of fact there is not a single moment in which everywhere in the world is the same day, so why bother too much?
Never mind me, just was getting distracted by my own brain. Spacing out and talking to myself there for a second. he... he...? Aw well, let's get this party started before it happens again, shall we?
This weeks story takes us back into the past. A rough past, not that long ago actually. But you'll see for yourself once you read it. Enjoy.
*~*
The history of my family has always been rather colourful.
I used to love how my grandfather told me tales of his youth. How he and his parents had first set foot into this country and how they had to struggle to find their place amongst the people already living here.
Just try to imagine how life must have been for them for once. It is as a fascinating thought as it stirs up a kind of fear and restlessness inside of me. I’m not sure whether I would have been able to do something like they did at that time.
They left everything behind you know.
They just left in order to pursue what appealed to them as their piece of fortune in life that they still had to claim for themselves before somebody else took it.
All those countless stories I had listened to when I was a child. It is strange how a lot of them have only recently started to make sense to me.
During the time when I was still younger I never thought about many of the things that were told to me. Like a sponge I just kept on soaking up everything that he talked about.
But here is a question for you. How exactly did you managed to secure something for yourself in rough times like those?
You got involved with illegal activities or you had to do the dirty work for other people. Either way, what an atrocious time it must have been for my great grandfather.
I can recall the story of how they had managed to open up their first own business. They had a simple carpenter’s shop in the beginning. But this alone just did not cut it. Then one of my great grandfather’s friends had the idea. He was also the one who organized their first meeting with people from this this strange, kind of dodgy group in town. It had not taken long for them to come up with a deal suiting both sides equally.
Soon afterwards those people showed up again at the shop, small bags of white powder neatly hidden away in their pockets.
Smuggling drugs has always been a problem in this country.
But after coming to know all of this how can I look at it that negatively?
Do not get me wrong. In no way I would support something like this, but thinking about it. This was exactly what made a living for my grandfather and his parents those days.
Hadn’t it come this way..., well then I would probably still live somewhere else in the world. If I had ever been born in the first place, that is.
*~*
I'm still in need for a suitable title - so I'll leave that open for now, but I'll probably add one later on. The whole idea was inspired by a rather well-known movie (did I just hear somebody yell rip-off?) and I'm sure you'll all figure out which one it is on your own. Should be easy enou... oh wow... spacing out again... Not a good sign... not at all. Maybe that's my queue to go back to bed again (fyi it's 11 a.m. in Germany right now).
Gotta love starting to "work" at 4 a.m. ...
But now I'm just starting to bitch around - I really should stop right here before it only gets worse. I hope you enjoyed this weeks scrap of text and have (had?) a great Friday. Weekend's near! Yay!
(As for the content of upcoming Flash-fiction stories: The next ones will be great! I promise - this is all still warm-up!)
As always thanks for reading.
Marc, Keeper of the Honey-Grizzly
P.S.: New Kitteh incoming!
Oct 11, 2011
[SUM] It's that time already, it seems.
And with that time I mean preview-time! Yeah!
Well, sort of at least. In the spirit of the original Short-Update-Madness-update-thingy I will try to keep my ramblings to a minimum and present to you even more of my most recent endeavours.
As it proves most difficult sharing nothing of major importance for the plot of 'Loner's Peak' this far into the story, I will turn my attention and the longing to share at least something to another vile creation of my brain.
Which in this case would be - my personal take on another more loopy tale of horror - a bit more of 'Nightingale'.
I already posted my ideas for a prologue for said story a while ago on the blog and the things you are about to read should be taken as the start of the first chapter following immediately afterwards. It is again told from a first-person view (I just love using it - despite the usual scorn you receive for doing so. The element of chaos and chance that come with it - I love it! ... But yeah, people do tend to complain.). Yet the story will be presented as a retrospect for most parts.
It is a good bit of text, though not taken directly from the chapters beginning, stripping it a bit of the context - intentionally as I may add. So for now just plainly ... enjoy!
*~*
*~*
I have my ideas for that story - but as I also mentioned earlier on this blog - I will probably only finish the first chapter over the next one or two weeks or so and then put it to rest until the stuff I'm actually working on is finished. Yeah I'm repeating myself a lot.
So I will leave you with this for today.
As always, thanks for reading.
Marc, Melter of Lands
Well, sort of at least. In the spirit of the original Short-Update-Madness-update-thingy I will try to keep my ramblings to a minimum and present to you even more of my most recent endeavours.
As it proves most difficult sharing nothing of major importance for the plot of 'Loner's Peak' this far into the story, I will turn my attention and the longing to share at least something to another vile creation of my brain.
Which in this case would be - my personal take on another more loopy tale of horror - a bit more of 'Nightingale'.
I already posted my ideas for a prologue for said story a while ago on the blog and the things you are about to read should be taken as the start of the first chapter following immediately afterwards. It is again told from a first-person view (I just love using it - despite the usual scorn you receive for doing so. The element of chaos and chance that come with it - I love it! ... But yeah, people do tend to complain.). Yet the story will be presented as a retrospect for most parts.
It is a good bit of text, though not taken directly from the chapters beginning, stripping it a bit of the context - intentionally as I may add. So for now just plainly ... enjoy!
*~*
This frail reality you still cling to so vigorously even until now, this projection of a world in which you believed it to be the ultimate truth is nothing but a mere shadow, a shade of the bleak wish for something able to be grasped as your understanding first started failing you within the utter darkness that is this realm.
Everything you experience or might have thought to have experienced in the past is about as meaningful and redundant as a forgotten dream during the morning hours in the eye of the impending nothingness around us. And still, even though we are only hanging over this chasm by a worn-out thread, it is our mind that keeps us afloat, that keeps us somewhat sane by incessantly feeding us these pictures of happiness and hope, begging that our consciousness never would start questioning them.
As the land might melt, the sea shall burn and the sky will fall, but even then the mind will remain to be eternal. A divine gift bestowed upon us by creation. A gift we never deserved or even been meant to receive in the first place.
It is a true miracle created solely by our imagination that we are still able to sustain ourselves and survive in this nightmarish place we call home so dearly. A light haze cast upon us, serving but only our lowest instincts.
Yet once you have discovered this sacred veil and dared to explore beyond its reach, everything will remain without color nor taste for you. Only your very soul will feel the drought which you have brought upon yourself before it is already too late to turn.
It seems these words would roughly sum up to be my story. But your black eyes filled only with emptiness already tell me that you need more... They scream it at me violently. You need more to fully understand me and I shall grant you this one wish. You haven’t got much time left in you, haven’t you? And neither do I..., I guess at least.
*~*
I have my ideas for that story - but as I also mentioned earlier on this blog - I will probably only finish the first chapter over the next one or two weeks or so and then put it to rest until the stuff I'm actually working on is finished. Yeah I'm repeating myself a lot.
So I will leave you with this for today.
As always, thanks for reading.
Marc, Melter of Lands
Oct 9, 2011
[RBS] - The blogginging carries on
And here we are in the third (but not final) new subsection.. 'Random Bloggy Stuff' and yeah I know... the abbreviation could also mean something different... yeah I noticed it - but never mind! We will just carry on without EVER questioning it... Yeah... As if that would happen.
Yet on to the none-existing topic for now... it feels a bit awkward dedicating a whole post to this stuff and it's the more strange as I don't really know what to write about today (the more comical after all the blogging in between the actual updates I used to do), but last week was rather slow I guess. I spent a good amount of time with getting up at 4 o'clock in the morning only for watching a stream on the interwebz - of course after writing it, it feels even more pathetic. Aside from that there really wasn't much going on - I was mostly caught up with the usual stuff... getting on with the story-development of 'Loner's Peak' and the following parts as well as taking down notes for the other stuff I working on. (Plus trying to also do a bit o' studying on the side of it all)
As of most recent event I spent a really great afternoon yesterday with a couple of friends at a Rock Contest in the community center of one of Bremen's city districts, because they performed there. Even though they did not win the grand prize (a strange little award which was 'not too big but it glows' as the supervisor of this little event put it), I personally think they did a great job - we all really enjoyed the afternoon and their performance was really great in my opinion (Band name: 'Jet Elmer'). This opinions is not biased at all... NOT AT ALL... (but in all honesty - I really like their music)
So... now that I'm through with all that and there is nothing left to write about... let's talk about the weather for a bit: It's f***ing freezing... 'nuff said...
So yeah - I think I will leave it at this for today and I'm sure there will be lots and lots of wonderful, colorful things and actual randomness happening in my life in the near future that I can write about and annoy you with.
Hrm... I do feel kinda tempted to put something up from the stuff I wrote for 'Nightingale' today as I tried to get the first part done for that, so I can put it to rest for another half year or so. But I guess I'll keep that in store for Tuesday. *harhar*
As always thank you very much for reading (my pointless ramblings today). Have a great rest of the day.
Marc, the so very very confused.
P.S.: Classic kitten coming up.
Yet on to the none-existing topic for now... it feels a bit awkward dedicating a whole post to this stuff and it's the more strange as I don't really know what to write about today (the more comical after all the blogging in between the actual updates I used to do), but last week was rather slow I guess. I spent a good amount of time with getting up at 4 o'clock in the morning only for watching a stream on the interwebz - of course after writing it, it feels even more pathetic. Aside from that there really wasn't much going on - I was mostly caught up with the usual stuff... getting on with the story-development of 'Loner's Peak' and the following parts as well as taking down notes for the other stuff I working on. (Plus trying to also do a bit o' studying on the side of it all)
As of most recent event I spent a really great afternoon yesterday with a couple of friends at a Rock Contest in the community center of one of Bremen's city districts, because they performed there. Even though they did not win the grand prize (a strange little award which was 'not too big but it glows' as the supervisor of this little event put it), I personally think they did a great job - we all really enjoyed the afternoon and their performance was really great in my opinion (Band name: 'Jet Elmer'). This opinions is not biased at all... NOT AT ALL... (but in all honesty - I really like their music)
So... now that I'm through with all that and there is nothing left to write about... let's talk about the weather for a bit: It's f***ing freezing... 'nuff said...
So yeah - I think I will leave it at this for today and I'm sure there will be lots and lots of wonderful, colorful things and actual randomness happening in my life in the near future that I can write about and annoy you with.
Hrm... I do feel kinda tempted to put something up from the stuff I wrote for 'Nightingale' today as I tried to get the first part done for that, so I can put it to rest for another half year or so. But I guess I'll keep that in store for Tuesday. *harhar*
As always thank you very much for reading (my pointless ramblings today). Have a great rest of the day.
Marc, the so very very confused.
P.S.: Classic kitten coming up.
Oct 7, 2011
[ST] - First Reflexions
Welcome to this first go at my 'Storytime' segment of this blog.
As already briefly explained last time in the SUM of Tuesday, I want to use my Fridays to get a bit new original content onto the site in form of Flash-Fiction (and probably also short stories later on) on a regular basis and not only on random occasions as it has been until now.
I already have a couple of texts prepared for you and I think it'd be easiest to just start off and get today's update, the first of said texts, on the way.
And just to be on the safe side: Each of these very short-short stories I'd like to present to you, has a very individual theme to it. They may not be incredibly fancy as they start out, because of their rather basic nature at the beginning. But I believe they shall entertain you nonetheless (as they also grow more wacky and wonky over time).
Not all of them have titles at the moment, but I may add those later on.
But for now: all the talking aside, enjoy the first flash fiction in this little series.
*~*
Reflexions
*~*
There you go. I hope you liked reading this little scrap of text taken from my mind. The theme I chose for this one... well yeah... it should at least be pretty self-explanatory.(Hint: look at the poorly chosen headline! and yeah BE - why you ask? well... because my brain felt like it I guess. In all honesty..., I don't have too much right to have a say in most matters.)
Also: "The land shall melt, the sea shall burn and the sky shall fall... but still the mind remains to be eternal."
Taken from my notebook for 'Nightingale'. ...HarHar...
As always, thanks for reading and enjoy your day.
Marc, the non-reflecting Mirror
P.S.: Kinda Kitty on the way for you.
As already briefly explained last time in the SUM of Tuesday, I want to use my Fridays to get a bit new original content onto the site in form of Flash-Fiction (and probably also short stories later on) on a regular basis and not only on random occasions as it has been until now.
I already have a couple of texts prepared for you and I think it'd be easiest to just start off and get today's update, the first of said texts, on the way.
And just to be on the safe side: Each of these very short-short stories I'd like to present to you, has a very individual theme to it. They may not be incredibly fancy as they start out, because of their rather basic nature at the beginning. But I believe they shall entertain you nonetheless (as they also grow more wacky and wonky over time).
Not all of them have titles at the moment, but I may add those later on.
But for now: all the talking aside, enjoy the first flash fiction in this little series.
*~*
Reflexions
What is it to life that makes it so incredibly difficult?
Even when you put the ‘Why am I here?’ aside for a moment, it does not ease up anything at all. There is always somebody putting pressure onto you. And although most of these people only seem as if they want to help out, they never stop expecting something in return.
Those people tell you that they only want the best for you, but in secret most of them are only trying to shape you according to themselves. This is something that I had to realize the hard way and I am not proud of it.
What a treacherous habit for any human to have, indeed.
They cover you in sweet words and expect you to swallow them because it is their pure good will which carries you on your way through life. Sadly not even age is able to stop them. They just keep on telling you what would be best to do according to their imagination even after you have grown out of the role as a child or teenager.
I’m growing tired of it all. I’m growing tired of being used by somebody else as his or her canvas.
And after a while it stops mattering whether it is your friends, your father, mother or even your grandparents who are pushing you towards something you don’t want. Despite the love you feel for them, you just can’t take it any longer. And that is exactly where the problem remains to be.
To realize your own dreams and not those of somebody else is what is making ‘living’ so difficult and sometimes furthermore ... straining.
Yet getting those close to your heart to accept something as trivial as this is often harder than you might imagine. It is sad how stubborn people can be although they are only trying to help somebody out.
Then again, we should be grateful that we are allowed to even think of this as a ‘problem’ in the first place. In many eras of the past it would have been unthinkable to raise such a question, to raise these thoughts. You were expected to blindly follow the direction given by your family or sometimes by people you did not know at all. Considering this we are incredibly lucky.
We are lucky that we have the opportunity to stand up for ourselves. Pushing on is the only thing that will ease the process.
It might not be easy and it might just sound like another lie, but there is no other way.
Leave this place behind and start living your life to the fullest.
*~*
There you go. I hope you liked reading this little scrap of text taken from my mind. The theme I chose for this one... well yeah... it should at least be pretty self-explanatory.(Hint: look at the poorly chosen headline! and yeah BE - why you ask? well... because my brain felt like it I guess. In all honesty..., I don't have too much right to have a say in most matters.)
Also: "The land shall melt, the sea shall burn and the sky shall fall... but still the mind remains to be eternal."
Taken from my notebook for 'Nightingale'. ...HarHar...
As always, thanks for reading and enjoy your day.
Marc, the non-reflecting Mirror
P.S.: Kinda Kitty on the way for you.
Oct 4, 2011
[SUM] All scheduled up!
Well hello there everybody and welcome to the first post of October and with the new month also the new 'system' I try to get running for this blog.
You see the thing I did with the title? Yeah, I guess you did. I'm trying to indicate that this here post is a 'Short-Update-Madness' post - hence SUM as an abbreviation before the actual title I chose.
Some of you might be asking yourself right now, why I'm trying to commit to such shenanigans all of a sudden. Well the answer to that is quite simple as it stands right now:
The blog is now up and running for nearly half a year and in all honesty, a schedule for the updates of this blog would not necessarily be needed at the time being, even if it somewhat pains me to admit that. (But we all know that the first (few) year(s) is(/are) always the hardest!) Yet on the other hand it is a great way of getting the updates more frequently onto the site, plus they offer a kind of topic differentiation on top of that. And that is just what I want to achieve.
To give you a general idea of my plans for the future, in other words the schedule:
Monday ---
Tuesday 'Short-Update-Madness'
Wednesday 'Beni's Kitchen' (every 3 to 4 weeks)
Thursday ---
Friday 'Storytime'
Saturday ---
Sunday 'Random Bloggy Stuff'
The next thing to ask and wonder is of course what to expect from the various topics.
'Short-Update-Madness' will include - as the name hints on - short updates on what I'm currently working on, planning to do concerning my stories as well as this here blog - therefore this post fits perfectly into my plan.
'Beni' Kitchen' which will supposedly sneak its way onto the site every three to four weeks - contents completely up to the bear (yet this 'column' will not start directly tomorrow).
'Storytime' is going to be something special for you guys and girls reading my blog... at least I hope so. Which means starting this week I plan on uploading one Flash-Fiction with a length of approximately 400 to 500 words each Friday. So just as the name suggests - each Friday a new story for you.
And finally, the 'Random Bloggy Stuff' is reserved for the Sundays of the year. I'll use that as a place to ... well... express all the random bloggy stuff I feel I want to publish.
(On a side note: the Kittens will not be affected by the schedule - they'll just be put online whenever I feel like it - just as before.)
This should give an idea of what I'm planing. Currently I still have a head start concerning the flash fiction, so that part shouldn't give me any troubles getting this all started and in gear.
There you have it, my first 'Short-Update-Madness' in the new format, this time mainly focused on the blog itself. Concerning the stuff I'm working on... 'Loner's Peak' is going strong, with all the re-editing and rewriting as I go through stuff written a few days ago. Still I'm only barely half-way through it (yeah that's how much time I wasted already... at least it feels that way for me... darn it... I probably need a deadline as I currently don't have one).
I also got a single page for the first chapter of 'Nightingale' done on an evening I just couldn't really come to a rest. And why not directly write it down? For safe-keeping or whatever...
I still do not plan on working on those two projects simultaneously though - and I really need to get 'Loner's Peak' done.
That should be all for just now.
As always thanks for reading!
Marc, the schedulized
You see the thing I did with the title? Yeah, I guess you did. I'm trying to indicate that this here post is a 'Short-Update-Madness' post - hence SUM as an abbreviation before the actual title I chose.
Some of you might be asking yourself right now, why I'm trying to commit to such shenanigans all of a sudden. Well the answer to that is quite simple as it stands right now:
The blog is now up and running for nearly half a year and in all honesty, a schedule for the updates of this blog would not necessarily be needed at the time being, even if it somewhat pains me to admit that. (But we all know that the first (few) year(s) is(/are) always the hardest!) Yet on the other hand it is a great way of getting the updates more frequently onto the site, plus they offer a kind of topic differentiation on top of that. And that is just what I want to achieve.
To give you a general idea of my plans for the future, in other words the schedule:
Monday ---
Tuesday 'Short-Update-Madness'
Wednesday 'Beni's Kitchen' (every 3 to 4 weeks)
Thursday ---
Friday 'Storytime'
Saturday ---
Sunday 'Random Bloggy Stuff'
The next thing to ask and wonder is of course what to expect from the various topics.
'Short-Update-Madness' will include - as the name hints on - short updates on what I'm currently working on, planning to do concerning my stories as well as this here blog - therefore this post fits perfectly into my plan.
'Beni' Kitchen' which will supposedly sneak its way onto the site every three to four weeks - contents completely up to the bear (yet this 'column' will not start directly tomorrow).
'Storytime' is going to be something special for you guys and girls reading my blog... at least I hope so. Which means starting this week I plan on uploading one Flash-Fiction with a length of approximately 400 to 500 words each Friday. So just as the name suggests - each Friday a new story for you.
And finally, the 'Random Bloggy Stuff' is reserved for the Sundays of the year. I'll use that as a place to ... well... express all the random bloggy stuff I feel I want to publish.
(On a side note: the Kittens will not be affected by the schedule - they'll just be put online whenever I feel like it - just as before.)
This should give an idea of what I'm planing. Currently I still have a head start concerning the flash fiction, so that part shouldn't give me any troubles getting this all started and in gear.
There you have it, my first 'Short-Update-Madness' in the new format, this time mainly focused on the blog itself. Concerning the stuff I'm working on... 'Loner's Peak' is going strong, with all the re-editing and rewriting as I go through stuff written a few days ago. Still I'm only barely half-way through it (yeah that's how much time I wasted already... at least it feels that way for me... darn it... I probably need a deadline as I currently don't have one).
I also got a single page for the first chapter of 'Nightingale' done on an evening I just couldn't really come to a rest. And why not directly write it down? For safe-keeping or whatever...
I still do not plan on working on those two projects simultaneously though - and I really need to get 'Loner's Peak' done.
That should be all for just now.
As always thanks for reading!
Marc, the schedulized
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