Category Archives: Life

Five-Hundred Word Challenge 82: Today is one of Those days

Today is one of those days. It’s one of those days that has a transition between daytime and nighttime and vice-versa. It may not necessarily be in that order though. It is a day where things must be done and … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 81: Preparing to Study at UNSW Library

After two false starts (one where I was going to go on an angry rant but changed my mind and another where I started writing and then became side-tracked), I’ve decided to write now and hope that I can get … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 78: At Least the Wine is Good

It’s dark, I’m drinking wine and thinking of an endless expanse of wasteland. Well, I’m not actually thinking of an endless expanse of wasteland, or an endless expanse of anything for that matter. I have been thinking about writing for … Continue reading

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End of 2015

What a year. There was a lot that happened. The first half was a weird continual semi-assault on my being for a while as many things seemed to go wrong. The second half picked up significantly. I’m not in the … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 73: A Lack of Ideas

“Here I sit… because I am actually sitting instead of standing elsewhere in this room of intrepid design”, he thought to himself as he sat there, in front of his laptop, furiously typing away in an attempt to churn out … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 72: Feeling Lazy

I’ve been sitting here, being bored for a while, with plenty to do but avoiding doing it because I’m hoping that it will all go away or my ass will set itself to meltdown and I’ll tear off into the … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 70: The Great Thing About Rain

There is a man outside in his underpants, standing and looking at the sky, yelling “where’s the rain?! Where is the rain?!”. He is shaking his fist and stomping one of his feet against the ground as he is doing … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 68: A Guitar String Broke

Last night I tried to write some sort of “surreal” piece of fiction, but unfortunately I was a little too tired to be able to do it easily and gave up, choosing to go to bed instead as that seemed … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 67: To Bondi Beach for the Sunrise

I woke up before my alarm went off this morning. About ninety minutes before. I still somehow managed to get enough sleep to be functioning. I started getting ready at about 3:55 (giving myself to boil water to fill a … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 66: The Plan for Tomorrow Morning

Alright, I have to write this one really quickly as I’m meant to be getting to sleep right now as I now have my camera back which means that, despite repeated failed attempts to get up early to get the … Continue reading

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