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I’m Considering How To Best Explain My Current State of Mind Without Resorting to a Long Winded Diatribe That Meanders On Pointlessly for Quite Some Time Before Breaking Down Into Unintelligible Swearing But I’m Failing Miserably…F#$king, S&*t, A$$, F@#k, B!^%h!
13 days
by kilian
in Random Normality
Because, as is often the case when I am very, very upset, I have no one to blame but myself. And isn’t that just the worst, really? When you want to go and just punch some asshole in the mouth for totally fucking with your shit but the reality of the situation is that, oh hey, you’re actually the asshole in question and you’re not really “down,” as the kids say, with kicking your own ass.
Perhaps explanations are in order…perhaps not…but I will provide them nonetheless.
Ebooks Should Not be Feared in the Same Manner as Axe Wielding, Midget Clowns
26 days
by kilian
in Random Normality
I’m going to preface this whole post by saying I just got back from the gym and, excepting the last two weeks, I haven’t regularly exercised for…how old is my daughter…oh yeah, five. Suffice it to say, I’m still in the “my limbs feel like jelly and my brain is akin to a bowl of gruel” stage when I’m done, so this may not be the most coherent post ever on the ol’ NR. Not that the bar is set particularly high, mind, but just know you’ve been warned. Furthermore, this entire strain of thought was prompted by a facebook post to which I was going to respond.
I generally log into facebook, say, every half year or so. Today I was prompted to do so by one of those “so and so has requested to be your friend” emails, but the person who was supposedly making said request wasn’t someone I recognize. So I logged in to see this person’s profile, only to not actually see the aforementioned request. Then, before I could get the hell out of there, I happened to see a post in which a person referenced this guardian article where Jonathan Franzen talks about how he’s afraid of digital books. I was intending to simply add a comment and be on my merry way…but, well, my mind doesn’t really operate in “facebookz” comment friendly sizes.
It’s not like Franzen is afraid of digital books in the same way he might be frightened by axe wielding, midget clowns. His actual quote is:
Word Count: 23,475
166 days
by kilian
in Random Normality
It is, perhaps, odd that I write a post today. There isn’t really a compelling reason for me to be posting something today…or, at least no more compelling reason than just about any other day. And, sure, I could just be posting one of those bs “let me catch you up on shit” kinda things but I’m much too tired for that. And while the comic there is old…I’m not working on my thesis, obviously, at this moment I resemble Kilian there much more than is probably healthy.
So why am I even posting something?
That’s a valid question…
A Brief Plea for Help
3267 days
by kilian
in Random Normality
Assuming this missive reaches any out there in the ether known as the interwebz, I humbly submit the following request.
Let’s say, hypothetically, that I was taking part in a sort of social experiment. Said experiment is cheifly populated by writers, and readers, and possibly writers who read, and maybe even readers who write from time to time. As part of this experiment I am given some amount of “space” to present certain bits of information about myself such as:
- Favorite Font: Century Gothic
- Favorite Place to Write: Does this hypothetical place serve coffee?
- Favorite Place to Read: Anywhere, really, because I often find myself reading even when to do so is seen as rude by others
I’m Cheap…but, Not Really
3270 days
by kilian
in Random Normality
I had previously wondered whether or not I could concievabley spend $15 a month for HBO in order to watch Game of Thrones. It turns out that, for reasons wholly unrelated to HBO (more on that later), I can’t. There are, of course, other ways to “watch” a show, and so I have indeed seen all four episodes that have aired. I have no moral qualms about seeing episodes of a series on a “pay channel” without paying for said channel. This is due to the already admitted (on my part) fact that I will purchase the season one blu-ray the day it comes out. As I write this, I have a House Stark stein ($20 US) sitting on my desk that I will likely be purchasing tonight.
For Many Reasons, I am Optimistic
2297 days
by kilian
in Random Normality
As I wrote the other day, I have free time this week. I could be cleaning the kitchen, or mowing the lawn, or doing any number of productive things with my time. Technically, I’m not working for six days. Yesterday, however, I actually did do a number of things that would be considered work while also driving all over the greater Puget Sound area. And while I haven’t worked on the novel at all this week, I have been working on a short story which, if I finish it, will be up here on the ol’ NR sometime soon.
The End of an Era…Wait, Nevermind
0300 days
by kilian
in Random Normality
Many of you are aware, I’m sure, about the quasi-doom of my employer, Borders. At present, the company is in a Chapter 11 reorganization. Total store closures will be in the 225ish range. None of this is news anymore as the first 200 closures were announced in mid-February. I bring it up now for a number of reasons.