Category Archives: Life

Japan trip: Prologue

Ewe and I raced down from Katoomba as quickly as we could. Well, we raced as fast as public transport would allow us. We had stuff to do before I flew out. To be fair, it was not much we … Continue reading

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Five-hundred Word Challenge 45: Looking for Somewhere to Eat

So I wasn’t planning on writing about being in Japan until I was home again, but I felt this story was a little too good to pass up the opportunity to tell it. The brother I’m here with and i … Continue reading

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Five-hundred Word Challenge 43: Where I Wrote the Fastest

So I decided to look at the times of the last fifteen challenges and work out, on average, which was the location I could write faster in. Eyeballing it would point to my desk at work. It turns out that … Continue reading

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Five-hundred Word Challenge 42: Just Stuff

This evening I find myself sitting here, feeling as though part of me may or may not be missing. I’m not sure as to which would be more accurate. In either event, here I currently am, sitting in front of … Continue reading

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Five-hundred Word Challenge 41: Journey for Lunch

Today I am writing from my office. It is raining outside. Actually looking out the window makes me think it might be more accurate to say that it was raining outside as it appears that, within my viewing range, it … Continue reading

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Five-hundred Word Challenge 40: Saturday Evening Thoughts

I didn’t like how lacking in stream-of-conscious content the last post was so I thought I’d follow it up immediately with another one. Also, I wasn’t happy with how flat it seemed. That probably has to do with my being … Continue reading

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Five-hundred Word Challenge 39: Jumping off a Rock into the Ocean

I’m feeling quite tired right now as a great lack of sleep and being out in the sun today have decided to meet at a crossroad and keep traveling together. Due to this, I apologise if this post goes a … Continue reading

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Five-hundred Word Challenge 38: an Old Friend

I saw an old friend of mine after work today. It was the first time I saw them in almost five years. For me, it was a fairly good time. We worked together in 2006 and 2007, doing ticket sales … Continue reading

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Five-hundred Word Challenge 37: Parts of my Weekend

I’ve had to force myself to write tonight as it’s been a week since I put a challenge here (or anything other than a post that includes a photo of some kind), and if I don’t write my physical being … Continue reading

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Five-hundred Word Challenge 36: Not Much to go on

I’ve been sitting here for about thirty minutes now, not knowing what to write. I had an idea I got part of the way through but I ran into a brick wall of sorts. I’ll see if I can complete … Continue reading

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