Category Archives: Life

Five-hundred Word Challenge 35: Forcing Myself to Write

Here I find myself once again at the end of a shift where I have worked overtime. Once again I find myself not feeling hungry but at the same time feeling hungry and now I’m writing gibberish. I’m currently forcing … Continue reading

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Five-hundred Word Challenge 33: Balloons and Birds

There is currently a large pile of balloons sitting in front of me. The only thing preventing their chaotic descent upon my very being is a small divider as they are currently consuming the space of someone’s cubicle. I am … Continue reading

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Five-hundred Word Challenge 30: Cycling and Chicken Feet

What a day! Not much was done. I spent most of it trying to draw chicken feet. This morning was quite busy though. I haven’t cycled for a couple of months and I had a bit of a hankering to … Continue reading

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Five-hundred Word Challenge 28: Writing Speed

I was going to write about my working on music over the weekend but I ended up changing my mind. I’ve been thinking (very briefly over the last couple of hours) about what affects my writing speed. It seems that … Continue reading

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Five-hundred Word Challenge 27: On Mondays and Being Busy

So I was going to make this post about how Mondays were invented by some evil alien lizard race from some living planet in order to enslave the human race to do their evil bidding without us knowing but I … Continue reading

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Five-hundred Word Challenge 26: Redundancy

Heading up to Katoomba was cancelled due to the weather. It’s not the most annoying thing to happen in the world. I wouldn’t have been able to get a good shot of Mount Solitary. Ewe and I would have been … Continue reading

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Five-hundred Word Challenge 23: It’s cold

It’s cold today. Really cold. I’m somewhat glad that my office has air conditioning. It’s useful as a temporary reprieve but I don’t like how it gets your body used to a temperature that is only going to be temporary. … Continue reading

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Five-hundred Word Challenge 20: On my Entry to University

I didn’t get into university from completing school as I never completed my HSC. I didn’t complete year ten either, so I don’t have an SC. I attempted to obtain an equivalent through TAFE via home schooling the year after … Continue reading

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Five-hundred Word Challenge 19: Being Sick Sucks

Today I’ve decided to see if I can be significantly faster than yesterday, so I’ve also (unintentionally) set up a playlist that is about thirty-one seconds shorter than the time it took me to write yesterday. I really don’t enjoy … Continue reading

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Five-hundred Word Challenge 18: a Failed Attempt at Writing Random Thoughts

I thought I’d try to do another stream-of-consciousness post as a challenge but it’s left me thinking if I’m capable of doing such a thing or not. Generally when I try this, I end up writing about my inability to … Continue reading

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