Yeah, I am, although it's Wednesday morning, 8:17 am to be precise (I almost called it Monday morning but well... my sense of time is totally screwed up right now...) and I'm back from holiday.
That would be great, but yeah ... I'm off again in about an hour. Yet I promise this time won't take me as long to come back ... Wacken Open Air's calling for me... harhar. Should be a busy few days up ahead, but it won't take longer than Monday.
On a different note: the last month was quite productive. I filled about half a notebook with ideas, outlining etc for Loner's Peak and the two more parts of it's storyline following up, as well as parts of a second notebook for a new standalone story.
If you ask me, it's been quite a productive holiday, I should get on with writing as soon as I'm back in Bremen.
But for now, I'm off again - got to catch my train.
And a fun little quote from Loner's Peak for you while I'm on my way:
"Did I ever tell you the story of the little swallow searching for its place in life? [..]
No?[..]
IT DIDN'T FUCKING CARE! The End."
As always thanks for reading,
Marc, the kidnapper of sand
P.S.: New Kitteh incoming!
Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Aug 3, 2011
Jul 17, 2011
The Veil of Secrecy drops...
...like the curtain made of lead that he/she/it is (and tragically hits the participants feet).
Let's make this a part of the short-update-madness series in which I give you an idea of what we had in mind for these secret-ridden summer holidays and of what it turned out to be.
First the interesting part - what we wanted to do:
The original plan was something alongside this: taking bus or train to Oberwiesenthal (southern Saxony, Germany - near the Fichtelberg for those interested in foreign(?) geography) and then walking to Kap Arkona (the northern-most piece of land of Rügen (large Island north of Germany) in about 2 1/2 to 3 weeks time.
This would have summed up to about 540 km (roughly 335 miles) on foot.
What happened:
Neither the weather nor the health of the participants seemed to agree to this little venture of ours, so despite the thorough preparations that had been made for this trip - we decided to cancel it after a few days time. For the better of all - or something on the lines of that.
What came after the first failure:
Waves of depression... nah... just kidding - we were a bit down for a few days, as it usually is when facing defeat like this, especially after the high hopes that we had for this whole thing, but we quickly came up with a new idea.
What it turned out to become:
We chose a different means of travel - the by far easier sounding one: car ... BUT ... it really only sounds easier.
So now we are going about the length of a daily route we had in mind by car and are having a good look at the local sights. Although the really interesting, or rather the really depressing thing about this all is how godforsaken some regions turn out to be...
I'm sitting here, just after having finished breakfast in a small... well... tiny village in midst of Brandenburg, roughly 40 km north of Berlin and yeah... You could say there is nothing around here. Just a big cloud of nothing.
To be fair south of Berlin was worse - and it's kinda funny when finding out that a road which is even found on larger road maps turns out to be nothing but a way made of sand and clay leading through a forest (and yes - it really was the right track - it even had the signs pointing out this thing was supposed to be the right road)... so good times to be had by all
On the bright side of it all - this way I've got a lot more time to go through my previously done writing and to get on to new stuff. I finished a timeline for the events previous to the storyline of Loner's Peak yesterday and I intend to upload this in a few days, or at the latest when I'm back home again.
There ya go and there I go for now.
Thanks for reading, I'm off for the day. Onwards! TO THE NORTH! *smacks the none-existing horse*
As always thanks for reading.
Marc, the devourer of nothingness
P.S.: Internet connection too slow to upload a new kitteh... maybe in a few days or so...
Let's make this a part of the short-update-madness series in which I give you an idea of what we had in mind for these secret-ridden summer holidays and of what it turned out to be.
First the interesting part - what we wanted to do:
The original plan was something alongside this: taking bus or train to Oberwiesenthal (southern Saxony, Germany - near the Fichtelberg for those interested in foreign(?) geography) and then walking to Kap Arkona (the northern-most piece of land of Rügen (large Island north of Germany) in about 2 1/2 to 3 weeks time.
This would have summed up to about 540 km (roughly 335 miles) on foot.
What happened:
Neither the weather nor the health of the participants seemed to agree to this little venture of ours, so despite the thorough preparations that had been made for this trip - we decided to cancel it after a few days time. For the better of all - or something on the lines of that.
What came after the first failure:
Waves of depression... nah... just kidding - we were a bit down for a few days, as it usually is when facing defeat like this, especially after the high hopes that we had for this whole thing, but we quickly came up with a new idea.
What it turned out to become:
We chose a different means of travel - the by far easier sounding one: car ... BUT ... it really only sounds easier.
So now we are going about the length of a daily route we had in mind by car and are having a good look at the local sights. Although the really interesting, or rather the really depressing thing about this all is how godforsaken some regions turn out to be...
I'm sitting here, just after having finished breakfast in a small... well... tiny village in midst of Brandenburg, roughly 40 km north of Berlin and yeah... You could say there is nothing around here. Just a big cloud of nothing.
To be fair south of Berlin was worse - and it's kinda funny when finding out that a road which is even found on larger road maps turns out to be nothing but a way made of sand and clay leading through a forest (and yes - it really was the right track - it even had the signs pointing out this thing was supposed to be the right road)... so good times to be had by all
On the bright side of it all - this way I've got a lot more time to go through my previously done writing and to get on to new stuff. I finished a timeline for the events previous to the storyline of Loner's Peak yesterday and I intend to upload this in a few days, or at the latest when I'm back home again.
There ya go and there I go for now.
Thanks for reading, I'm off for the day. Onwards! TO THE NORTH! *smacks the none-existing horse*
As always thanks for reading.
Marc, the devourer of nothingness
P.S.: Internet connection too slow to upload a new kitteh... maybe in a few days or so...
Jul 6, 2011
Tripping along the road...
So here it is, the promised update. And it's all about current affairs...
First of all... I'm still with my family in Saxony / Germany, having a good time, relaxing and occasionally kicking an old bed to shreds. (Which is, in fact, the truth... I actually kicked the old bed of my grandma's into pieces yesterday - it proved to be the easiest way of taking it apart.)
Nevertheless all these oh-so-great things will come to an end tomorrow, as the actual holiday-part of this visit is going to commence in its 3 1/2 weeks of glory, together with all of its horrifying beauty and strain...
What's that? Huh? Tell you more about it?
I'd love to, but yeah, sorry... I'm still not 'allowed' to talk about it as freely as I'd prefer. But no worries, I will be taking my laptop along with me and should we come along a hotspot I will (at least theoretically) be able to get one or two updates on to the site during the next few weeks.
I will however give a bit more detail on the actual trip as we go along or at the latest once I'm back home in Bremen.
First stop tomorrow: Oberwiesenthal / Saxony. (For those curious: Go look it up... google is your friend)
That's all I guess... a short update before going into this semy-hiatus. Oh, oh no, wait a second... I got an interessting business proposal yesterday evening... nothing set into stone at the moment, but probably a great opportunity.
Addmittedly it kinda sucks when everything persistently remains to be as vague as this, but I'm sure something will change soon enough. I'm not the kind of person to get too stressed out about things like that (or about anything in general). But I guess that's a good thing in this part of the industry.
Now I'm sure I'm done with everything.
As always thanks for reading!
Marc, the slayer of old furniture
P.S.: I know they've been out for a few days now, but the new Celldweller songs are plain awesome! :o "I can't wait" rocks!
P.P.S.: Upping nu Kitteh
Seemingly unrelated songquote:
"Welcome to a world where the air I breath is mine. Nothing to overwhelm me and nothing to cloud my mind. Be anyone, do anything I'd ever want to try. Time does not exist here. I will never die!"
First of all... I'm still with my family in Saxony / Germany, having a good time, relaxing and occasionally kicking an old bed to shreds. (Which is, in fact, the truth... I actually kicked the old bed of my grandma's into pieces yesterday - it proved to be the easiest way of taking it apart.)
Nevertheless all these oh-so-great things will come to an end tomorrow, as the actual holiday-part of this visit is going to commence in its 3 1/2 weeks of glory, together with all of its horrifying beauty and strain...
What's that? Huh? Tell you more about it?
I'd love to, but yeah, sorry... I'm still not 'allowed' to talk about it as freely as I'd prefer. But no worries, I will be taking my laptop along with me and should we come along a hotspot I will (at least theoretically) be able to get one or two updates on to the site during the next few weeks.
I will however give a bit more detail on the actual trip as we go along or at the latest once I'm back home in Bremen.
First stop tomorrow: Oberwiesenthal / Saxony. (For those curious: Go look it up... google is your friend)
That's all I guess... a short update before going into this semy-hiatus. Oh, oh no, wait a second... I got an interessting business proposal yesterday evening... nothing set into stone at the moment, but probably a great opportunity.
Addmittedly it kinda sucks when everything persistently remains to be as vague as this, but I'm sure something will change soon enough. I'm not the kind of person to get too stressed out about things like that (or about anything in general). But I guess that's a good thing in this part of the industry.
Now I'm sure I'm done with everything.
As always thanks for reading!
Marc, the slayer of old furniture
P.S.: I know they've been out for a few days now, but the new Celldweller songs are plain awesome! :o "I can't wait" rocks!
P.P.S.: Upping nu Kitteh
Seemingly unrelated songquote:
"Welcome to a world where the air I breath is mine. Nothing to overwhelm me and nothing to cloud my mind. Be anyone, do anything I'd ever want to try. Time does not exist here. I will never die!"
Jun 28, 2011
Summertime ... wooh
It shouldn't be a secret anymore... it's sunny and warm outside. (Stating the obvious like a pro...)
But summer isn't only about warmth or sunshine or ice cream or sun or whatnot but sometimes also about vacation!
I know; I know... not too much actual information included, but yeah... what did you expect? I got through my marketing seminar and the test connected to it last weekend and what should I say? Our lecturer was an awful lot of fun. Great person and also a good teacher. So at least one of the two days were fun. (Except for maybe the 2 hours of train ride for each getting there and back home again.)
Now concerning the nearest future: I'm going home to my family during the week, probably on Thursday - which includes another whooping 4 hours of train riding. This also means that "family-vacations" coming up for me - which in this particular case means something on the line of "roughly 3 to 4 weeks without" Internet and therefore no updates throughout most of July.
Of course it will be picking up again afterwards around the beginning of August, by then I will also start sharing my experiences from the trip. Should be either a lot, or nothing at all...
I got a bit of writing done over the last few days, yet unfortunately I haven't been able to copy it over to the computer. It's still lying around somewhere in my apartment in my dreadful handwriting. So I should be getting onto that...
For now I'll stop here and let you all run off into the more or less warm summer in your area.
As always, thanks for reading.
Marc, the Traveller
P.S.: uploaded the kitteh promissed last time just now, so next one coming up in a day or so
P.P.S.: also finished my nostalgica-flash this morning with getting through a Let's Play of Final Fantasy VIII ... uh I so loved that game when I was younger... I know a lot of people literally hate it, but I personally think it's the best part of the series. As always... personal opinion, so feel free to argue with me about it.
But summer isn't only about warmth or sunshine or ice cream or sun or whatnot but sometimes also about vacation!
I know; I know... not too much actual information included, but yeah... what did you expect? I got through my marketing seminar and the test connected to it last weekend and what should I say? Our lecturer was an awful lot of fun. Great person and also a good teacher. So at least one of the two days were fun. (Except for maybe the 2 hours of train ride for each getting there and back home again.)
Now concerning the nearest future: I'm going home to my family during the week, probably on Thursday - which includes another whooping 4 hours of train riding. This also means that "family-vacations" coming up for me - which in this particular case means something on the line of "roughly 3 to 4 weeks without" Internet and therefore no updates throughout most of July.
Of course it will be picking up again afterwards around the beginning of August, by then I will also start sharing my experiences from the trip. Should be either a lot, or nothing at all...
I got a bit of writing done over the last few days, yet unfortunately I haven't been able to copy it over to the computer. It's still lying around somewhere in my apartment in my dreadful handwriting. So I should be getting onto that...
For now I'll stop here and let you all run off into the more or less warm summer in your area.
As always, thanks for reading.
Marc, the Traveller
P.S.: uploaded the kitteh promissed last time just now, so next one coming up in a day or so
P.P.S.: also finished my nostalgica-flash this morning with getting through a Let's Play of Final Fantasy VIII ... uh I so loved that game when I was younger... I know a lot of people literally hate it, but I personally think it's the best part of the series. As always... personal opinion, so feel free to argue with me about it.
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