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There was never much hope. Just a fool's hope. ~Gandalf I'm not going to lie to you I don't have a plan for this blog, but a purpose does seem to be slowly emerging. I'll give my thoughts on this and that: maybe politics, a little religion, and talk about cultural touchstones that are important to me. Overall though I am going to be as personal as I feel comfortable sharing with the internet. This is going to result in some raw ideas coming up that may need to be cooked for longer, but I am not trying to write a perfect tome at the moment. Okay, listen up. Umm...You're a bunch of dirty misfits. But you're all that's left, so you'll have to do. ~Cayde-6 Writing is my passion and working on this blog has become a therapeutic source to me. I owe a lot to everyone who has read this blog; I don't know what interest first brought you here, however, I thank you for the time. Do or do not. There is no try. ~Yoda |
| Hello there, Well, imagine my surprise to login in today to see a notification that Wordsmitty ✍️  has tagged my blog in "Blogging Bliss Newsletters Published"  . This truly humbles me. It's just an entry in a list of new blogs, but to me, it means a lot. I couldn't help but share the news with my family. I felt absolutely energized, so I went through all the blogs I found myself listed with commenting where I thought I could say something.In my tour of the blogs and portfolios that were also featured in this newsletter, I came across a group called "Invalid Item" . Their mission statement is "[...] to help each other reach our goals." That seemed to be something I need so I submitted my three goals: #1. to write a review once a week with the deadline being Saturday #2. do ten sit-ups every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday #3. write and read a poem each month. I'll be self-reporting my progress on the daily and weekly here and giving a bi-monthly update over there on the second and fourth Sundays of the month. I talked about the first one in my last post, and I think the second is an obvious one to understand. However, the third one, I think, deserves a little explanation on my part.You see, I've never been good with poetry. I don't really know why. Barely anything regarding poetry remains in my mind from school, and beyond that, I have had very little exposer to the art form. A good amount of the blame for that lies undoubtedly with myself. I have read and dabbled a little in writing my own in the past, but lately, I have been getting the itch to really take a plunge into the world of prose, rhythm, and rhyme. I have a couple of books on my shelf now of poems by a couple of authors, and I will be reading from those as I experiment with my own writing. It has been an exciting day, a new week has begun, and January is almost over. Deus Vult Gratia, KS |
| Hello there, It has become plain to me that I have not been deliberate in participating in the communities and circles that I run in. Whether it be church, friends, or the community of WdC, there is a severe lack of involvement on my part. To use WdC as an example, I use to put out a review every week and would respond to requests in a day or two. There were about five or six fellow writers that I would engage with on a regular basis, and at times it felt like we might become friends. Similarly, I had a tight circle of friends and felt completely at home at church. But a few years ago my problems caught up with me and I let things fall away as I went to a hard place. I'm not going to get into it all, but I'm struggling forward having already found the bedrock. I want to get back to that place where I use to be and then grow beyond it. I've been having a hard time finding a way to get this one review done, and maybe I need to do something different. One thing that would certainly be different would be getting back into practice. Reading often and giving honest, thoughtful reviews. I once had an idea to start a contest, but I think I'll keep that on the back burner for now. But I think I will start an interactive story soon so keep an eye out for that. Little fun something that everyone can get involved in. Deus Vult Gratia KS |
| Hello there, I love this country, I really do. To be a Canadian in this weather fills me with national pride. The temperature has been -29 to -30, consistently around -35 with the wind chill, and below -40 for how it feels. It's like I'm flexing when I go to work as if it's barely an inconvenience. There is an ice castle that I want to go to, but I'm just not sure when I'm going to have time. Despite the cold, work has been getting busier. But enough about that. I've almost got my backlog of expired review requests done. This last one that I have read is one of those hard ones to review: there's nothing really wrong with it, but it just not particularly good either. It makes difficult to review when there aren't any threads to grab onto. Deus Vult Gratia, KS |
| Hello There, So, here I am again. I've been trying to write this all weekend. Nothing has been working for me, but I want to write something tonight. Just can't seem to fall asleep. I've been having a lot of late nights, actually. I don't know. Just not excited to go to sleep, I guess. Maybe I'll elaborate. I use to have interesting and cool dreams, but they've become few and far between over the course of the last several years. And the last couple of dreams that I remember having have been of the blissful kind. But these dreams end and I am left with more a feeling of what happened than any proper memory to draw upon. Like, I know what happens, but I don't know how to explain it to anyone. Love getting messages from my sister. Her spelling has never been the best, and when you combine that with auto-correct, it is just utterly beautiful and comedic. I don't think I'll share any particular examples right now, but sixty-nine is a colour. The more you know, and knowing is half the battle. Deus Vult Gratia, KS |
| Hello there, To say that there is a lot I am looking forward to in the new year would be an understatement of the highest order. I have simply never felt so much like a chapter of my life was ending, and a new one was about to unfold before me. Not since graduating high school anyway. I'm ready for a major change and a lot of it. And there isn't a better time to start than now. Usually, I look at the clock and decide that it is to late to do much of a hygienic routine, but this time I said, "Screw it, I'm still awake, and I want to be a man." So I shaved and brushed my teeth, and for the first time in a while, I'm going to bed feeling happy. It's such a small thing, but I haven't felt happy going to be in I don't know how long. Some where along the way I bought a lie and have thought of myself as not worth the effort, but if there has been one lesson that the Lord has been trying to drive into my head for the last few years is that: His grace is sufficient for me, and that makes me worth it. Jesus said, "Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets." The implicit understanding is that you want good for yourself and that you should then also extend that goodwill beyond yourself to, but that starts with you having proper care for yourself. God bless the new year and the new decade to come. May the love of God find you where ever you are. Here's to the future ahead of us all. Welcome 2020AD! Deus Vult Gratia, KS P.S. Here is a little music recommendation for you. I absolutely love Red; they always seem to have a song the suits my mood no matter what my mood is. This particular song is a favourite of mine. I can literally listen to it at any time and on repeat for days at a time. My family was so happy when I finally got my own set of headphones.  |
| Hello there, So being the completionist that I am, I just finished watching Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, and that has got to be the most expensive fanfiction I have ever seen. I'm not even upset or disappointed; I'm almost amused at the mess presented to us. I mean if I paid someone fifty-three cents to rip off as much Star Wars material as possible and put it all in a single script, I would give that person an extra four and a half cents for not including space whales. There's just not much here that is original, or interesting, or creative. For as much as I dislike The Last Jedi, I have to admit that it was creative and better shot than Rise of Skywalker. I think I would have honestly had more fun laughing at a pirated copy at home than in the theatre. I just don't know what's worse right now The Last Jedi, Rise of Skywalker, or Attack of the Clones. The Phantom Menace is definitely better. To quote my sister, "Fight me!" We can set up times and do a round or two in Destiny or Stellaris. Or throw down old school in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. Lately, I have been thinking about LotR:BfME, but currently I'm a country mile off-topic... DM me. Coming out of the movie me and my brother both agreed that this just doesn't have much regard for the art of world-building and character motivation... actually it just doesn't have much regard for the art of storytelling in general, but it does concern itself quite a bit with damage control from tLJ and wrapping everything up. I just can't be mad at it, but I cannot recommend this sequel trilogy to anyone who hasn't watched past Return of the Jedi. Part of me wants to just dissect all nine films because I think it would be an interesting case study of the good, the bad, the stylish, and the substance. I don't know what this is. It's not a review, it's barely an opinion. Chalk the whole thing up to it being too late at night with a bad cup of instant coffee (instant regret). Deus Vult Gratia, KS |
| Merry Christmas, everyone! The snow has fallen pleasantly here, and the trees on my block look gorgeous. The temperature is excellent here as well: just a few degrees below zero and not getting too much colder than that for the rest of the week. Honestly, winter is my favourite season. I love the cold, the snow, and everything associated with this time of year. I got a new set of comfy pyjamas and a notebook with a set of pens that honestly has me rebuilding one of my old stories from the ground up. Actually, I've been revisiting a lot of my older stories lately. I don't know just been feeling nostalgic this year. Once I've got things redone, I'll be revising the story and updating it here. I do have a quick point of housekeeping that I think I should make public: I've let a lot of review requests expire, and I wish to correct this injustice on my part. So, I will be going back a reviewing everything that was requested of me for free, and if any of the items are no longer available, than I shall review another item from the requester's portfolio. Once I have gotten to everyone, then I shall publish a post with a public review of each piece here. Merry Christmas KS |
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