Lost and Stuff.

Published on February 11, 2010 in Lost, Novels and Original Characters. 0 Comments

Dude. I haven’t posted on here in AGES. Right?

Sorry about that. I’ve been caught up in a lot of things – revision, exams, university stuff. …Ebay.

And Lost. Can’t forget Lost.  I’m already wishing away my week off, just to get Episode 4. Srsly. Flashsideways is a terrible idea, if they do what I think they’re going to do and pull a “And the alternate reality becomes reality” bit…which let’s face it, if they’re running with that ending, they might as well make Jack wake up  and call it a dream. (Dallas, anyone?)

That aside, I’m eager to find out what happens in the next episode. I’m grateful that they juxtaposed a Locke episode after a torturous hour with Kate, though. God, I hate her character.

Anyhow. Not a lot going on at the moment. More revision to do…a biology EMPA to think about; and J.S. Mill’s “On Liberty” to read over. Knowing me, I’ll procrastinate and pick up where I left off with Sartre.

Or the less productive (for education purposes) plan. The novel.

Oh sure, I’ve done about 50 different drafts now…and none of them are quite what I’m looking for…but at least I learn an awful lot with every draft. I can now honestly say that I have my main character’s personality perfected – to the point where, if I were a 36-year old Cuban man, I might be able to pull off a convincing Rico and seriously creep people out at my overly vague nature. As for the plot…that’s under the knife at the moment. I’m trying out a few things, and it’s going quite well. Once I realised that sky pirates weren’t really compatable with a terraformed world of bizarre ordeals, I think things started to work a little better.

In the spirit of talking about writing…I’m going to go and do just that. <3 Adios.

Snowwwwwwwww.

Published on December 19, 2009 in Skye and Updates. 0 Comments

…To coincide with nature’s release of “Snow” across the globe…I’ve had some installed on my blog.

Not much to say at the moment. College has finished for 2009, and I have a hell of a lot of revision to get through. Philosophy mocks x 1000, biology mocks to find, biology AS unit 1 to revise, and the new A level unit…and Critical thinking – although I don’t think the latter will be difficult at all. I’ll probably end up stuck with a horrific ‘B’ grade again though. I really need to shake this string of Bs I keep being stuck with. It’s rather depressing to look at your report card and see a string of Bs. Makes me feel like a failure.

Anyhow, that’s what the new year’s for, right? My resolution and all – getting a good AAB for my A levels; and to crack down on the plot of my novel. Seriously, 40 drafts later; and I’m still asking if I should run with Rico’s past, or his present. Srsly, I don’t think I’m going to meet my “It’ll be done by the end of 2010″ quota. At this rate, I’ll still be scribbling chapters when people are looking up at the sky for the so-called apocalypse in two years time. LOL. I’m looking forward to the aftermath of  that – the transition between terror and the mocking of the naive for the rest of time.

Glad to see I’m on the Optimism boat now.

…Wait, how’d I get here? D: I was talking about snow! Uhh. Well, yeah. I guess I don’t have much to say. Making the most of the weekend, since I’ll start doing mock philosophy questions on Monday, and probably wont stop til Xmas. <3! I should get back to writing…

Snow! <3

Ich bin ein Blog-Posten

Published on December 13, 2009 in Skye. 0 Comments

…That title sounds like something I made up, doesn’t it?

LOL.

I haven’t posted here in a LONG time…in fact, I haven’t submitted any art in a while, either. But then, I haven’t been doing much of it, between revision and questioning “Where the hell is my life going?” I’m sure I’ve come to a conclusion that will maximise my capacity of knowledge-obtaining…but I’m also sure than in five years, I still wont be satisfied, and will probably be grasping at all sorts of things to learn more. But there has to be a cut off point, right? I’d say that over ten years of university study is more than enough of a reason to make that cut-off point. And if I’m really that desperate to “learn everything”, I can start picking off languages, or mastering chess.

As far as being the next scientific ‘prodigy’ goes…I think I’ve discarded the idea. I’ve had people talk to me all my life as though I’m supposed to be the next member of MENSA…but, I think I’m just fine with playing the normal card. Is it really smart to distance yourself further? And do I really have what it takes? I don’t think I’m quite willing to jump off that high horse just yet. I like that line of thinking…but I’m not confident enough to believe it. I’m not even sure if it matters if I do anything ‘extraordinary’ with my life. Who will remember? What good will it do? The future of our whole system – of our planet, our species and our culture – is uncertain. I don’t see much of a point to sacrificing my potential happiness for causes which might be in themselves, futile. Not when I can just as easily sit back and contemplate matters of life through the eyes of a philosopher, as I have been doing for the last ten years.

It still takes a lot of time, effort, patience and focus to get to where I’m heading…the biggest question for me now is if I’m capable of standing in front of a bunch of students from 9-5, teaching them without making them fall asleep. I’m confident that I can stand there. (In the last year, I have to be honest…I think I’ve become rather a spotlight-snatcher). I’m just not confident that I’m interesting enough.

When people talk to me, I feel as though there’s something about what I’m saying, or the way I’m saying it, that makes them fall asleep. To be honest, only a few friends and my teachers seem willing to sit and listen to me waffle on for fifty minutes about nothing. I don’t know if that’s because both the former and the latter are obligated, by position, to listen to a friend/student…or if they’re genuinely interested. I’d like to think the latter, but lacking self esteem says the former.

I guess the internet is a  different story. You can’t see me. You can’t hear me. If you get tired of what I’m saying, you can search for the ‘Tl;dr’, or just skip ahead…

Perhaps university will boost my confidence…but, when it’s A level students I want to teach…if I’m boring them to death, do I really stand a chance? Philosophy, and Physics, respectively, aren’t the most easy of subjects to grasp. I’ve seen first hand that a lot of people seem to be quite uninterested in the extraordinary fundamentals of Philosophy…and I can’t imagine that anyone would be much different with a restricted core such as A level Physics.

I’ll have to wait and find out, I suppose. Until then…I’ll always have my potential quest for a M.Sc. in Physics; and my unquenchable thirst for knowledge.

Fail.

Published on October 5, 2009 in Skye. 0 Comments

You guys…you, passers by…whoever you are. You have my permission to verbally, or virtually throw things at me in disgust if I continue to use Americanisms.

I have myself to blame, for choosing a Puerto Rican as my main character, I guess. It’s a given that I’m going to start talking about aluminum foil; and the amazing assortment of ‘colors’ I can make out of a few prismalos. Oh; and…it seems as though I’ve been using a lot of Zs when I shouldn’t be, too.

Srs bsns, this. I’m BRITISH. I must type like a Brit…Although, I mean that in the most literal sense of “born in Britain”, hence, obey British language laws.

LOL. LAWS. I’m starting to sound like a grammar Nazi.

…maybe talking like an American isn’t such a bad thing? I’ve become a little sick of people telling me I make typos; when I’m actually typing their language as it was supposed to be written.

…Damn internetz.

…Or maybe I should just rethink the structural origins of my character.

That seems like the logical thing to do.