16 November 2014
01 November 2014
Story time!
I've been struggling in my research to find inspiration to really make my troy story unique. I've written a couple more chapters but I kept feeling like it reminds me of this or that authors story about troy, or i'm trying too hard here to make this character different from this or that one...anyway it has been really hard to find that spark lately to keep it fun and exciting. I know this is silly but one of the things I love about writing is that I can come up with great scenes and fall in love with my characters, or one of them tells a joke and i think it's the funniest thing ever until I remember I'm just laughing at my own joke. Anyway, I found this dumb article about Amazon warrior names and was all I should ignore it. No Jackie, this is important. You don't ignore research. The Amazons come to aid Troy, and you haven't read much about them yet. Okay fine. So I read it and turns out they had awesome nicknames, which makes them all together much more fun and much less serious than I was making them out to me. A lot of the Greek and Roman stories also sexualize them so I always imagined them in skanky Xena outfits. This will be much better to work with. Yaay! Here's the article in case you want to give it a quick look.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140923-amazon-greek-vase-translations-science/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20140924news-greek&utm_campaign=Content&sf4783391=1
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140923-amazon-greek-vase-translations-science/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20140924news-greek&utm_campaign=Content&sf4783391=1
NaNoWriMo
Wow I haven't written in a while. Tomorrow is the Day of the Dead, which means one thing. NaNoWriMo. Can I do it?
29 August 2014
Sometimes
Sometimes when I walk down the street or sit on the bus I come across a person who is smiling. I dub these the "Smiley People," or for the sake of having to type less, the "SPs." SPs are alone. They are not on the telephone. Why are they smiling? I hope they just have something to be happy about. That would be nice. But SPs don't just look happy, they look like they are smiling about something in particular. I shouldn't overreact. Everyone has a great day once in a while where we all walk around as SPs. Yet this is unusual. Most of us aren't walking around with a giant grin because we don't want to look like idiots, and we don't want people to think we are laughing at them. This is my biggest problem with SPs. Did they just happen to think of a funny anecdote as I walked by? Or is there something on my face? Did the SP just get that joke Steve told her yesterday? Or is she snickering at my outfit? I just don't get it. Maybe one day I'll ask an SP "I'm sorry, did I do something worth laughing at? What are you smiling for?" and he'll say "No no, my wife just packed me a lunch today with a really cute note in it," and my mind will be at rest. Or he'll say "ya, you've got a giant boogie," and I will know it's me they smile about. Until then, I will not know what brings SPs into the world.
Sometimes I really crave a food. I spend time of money getting all the ingredients. I cook it all up or put it together. Then, a I sit down to it, I'm like "nope, I really don't want this at all. In fact, this is the last thing I want to see right now. Ugh." Then I get really upset about it and don't know what to do.
Sometimes I wonder if tin-foil would actually keep aliens out of your head or not.
Sometimes I come up with something amazing. The single best line for the single best poem ever. The rhyme, the metre, the metaphor...it's all perfect. The perfect twist for a story I'm working on. An image in my head that I am just itching to draw and put to paper. But I'm at work, or school, or walking somewhere. Then when I get home I have forgotten it all. What a waste. Then I get really upset about it for like 10 minutes. Then I stop being upset and eat food and watch TV.
Sometimes I really crave a food. I spend time of money getting all the ingredients. I cook it all up or put it together. Then, a I sit down to it, I'm like "nope, I really don't want this at all. In fact, this is the last thing I want to see right now. Ugh." Then I get really upset about it and don't know what to do.
Sometimes I wonder if tin-foil would actually keep aliens out of your head or not.
Sometimes I come up with something amazing. The single best line for the single best poem ever. The rhyme, the metre, the metaphor...it's all perfect. The perfect twist for a story I'm working on. An image in my head that I am just itching to draw and put to paper. But I'm at work, or school, or walking somewhere. Then when I get home I have forgotten it all. What a waste. Then I get really upset about it for like 10 minutes. Then I stop being upset and eat food and watch TV.
05 August 2014
Pringles
I bought some pringles. 3 cans. Hey, they were on sale. The top of the can said I could get a free retro pringles beach towel. Sweet. Oh darn but I need 5 of them. Okay, let's go get two more pringles cans. Be careful, the reduced fat ones give you a t-shirt instead. I want this towel. Full fat pringles. Oh shoot I needed the foil tops for the free beach towel! I threw away the first three! I don't care I'm committed now. I'll buy three more pringles cans. Mailed in my tops to get the towel. So many pringles. I would like to thank Eric and Charlotte my flatmates, Eric's gf Shannon, and my bf Chris for helping me on my pringles beach towel quest by eating pringles with me. Your efforts are much appreciated. There are still two cans left though. Ugh.
Added:
I would like to note that yes, I did notice the irony of posting this after my healthy dinner.
Added:
I would like to note that yes, I did notice the irony of posting this after my healthy dinner.
Healthy food?
My mum made a turkey chilli one time. It was good. I donno what she did but I made this:
1 lb-ish of turkey. Butcher had ground turkey breast and thigh, so I got half of each; only since thigh is cheaper obv.
1 half an onion. Chopped.
>Cooked onion in olive oil, added turkey and more olive oil as needed. Cooked turkey. Added salt and peppah. Added:
1 cup of water
2 cans of beans. I had 1 can of black beans and 1 can of great northern beans on my shelf, so I dumped out the water, rinsed and used those.
1 big can of diced tomatoes.
The frozen corn that was left in my freezer. Probably about a cup or so.
1 tbsp of tumeric. It's good for you.
1 tsp of cinnammon. It's good for you.
1 tbsp chilli powder. This is chilli.
1 tbsp cayenne pepper
2 big long giant squeezes of sriracha. I put this in at the end. It needed more spice. Needed more salt, too.
Once it was boiling I turned the burner to low and left it for an hour stirring when I remembered it.
Turned out really yummy. Fed me and chris and had three ziploc tupperwares of leftovers. It's a bit watery though, maybe skip the water part? Or add rice to it. Oh you could add rice and make it into burritos. That would be great. Nom Nom.
1 lb-ish of turkey. Butcher had ground turkey breast and thigh, so I got half of each; only since thigh is cheaper obv.
1 half an onion. Chopped.
>Cooked onion in olive oil, added turkey and more olive oil as needed. Cooked turkey. Added salt and peppah. Added:
1 cup of water
2 cans of beans. I had 1 can of black beans and 1 can of great northern beans on my shelf, so I dumped out the water, rinsed and used those.
1 big can of diced tomatoes.
The frozen corn that was left in my freezer. Probably about a cup or so.
1 tbsp of tumeric. It's good for you.
1 tsp of cinnammon. It's good for you.
1 tbsp chilli powder. This is chilli.
1 tbsp cayenne pepper
2 big long giant squeezes of sriracha. I put this in at the end. It needed more spice. Needed more salt, too.
Once it was boiling I turned the burner to low and left it for an hour stirring when I remembered it.
Turned out really yummy. Fed me and chris and had three ziploc tupperwares of leftovers. It's a bit watery though, maybe skip the water part? Or add rice to it. Oh you could add rice and make it into burritos. That would be great. Nom Nom.
01 August 2014
Really liking the Trews this week
Pt 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_m98GAdqKM&feature=youtu.be
Pt 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v5WlY8Uf5U&feature=youtu.be
Really enjoying Russell Brand calling out Hannity. Also, he was married to Katy Perry? Weird. I wish more people called out Fox for turning war into entertainment. Jon Stewart I guess.
Pt 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v5WlY8Uf5U&feature=youtu.be
Really enjoying Russell Brand calling out Hannity. Also, he was married to Katy Perry? Weird. I wish more people called out Fox for turning war into entertainment. Jon Stewart I guess.
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