A fairly wide and open expanse.
I like the layering and the strong sense of distance.
I also like how this feels very quiet. It almost seems as though the area is abandoned.
At the time of this photo, it was apparent that the area hadn’t seen much rain. It would probably appear less dry if there hadn’t been as much vegetation removal.
I hope you enjoy.
Well, it’s the morning.
Taking the day off from responsibility so I can look at the moisture on the inside of the room that is forming on the window. It’s a little concerning, but I’m sure that if the window is opened, then the moisture will disappear over some amount of time.
If it doesn’t disappear, then it will have to pay the rent. There are no freeloaders here. We all need to pull our weight to keep the roof over our heads, but if things were “perfect”, then keeping people housed in the name of profiteering wouldn’t be a thing.
It is a little bit dark. I do wish there was more light from the sun contained within the room of the bed, but then if that were the case I’d probably never go into the room of living and instead remain here, bashing away at things that matter not. Then again, I am constraining myself to this one room currently and there is a bed in it, so perhaps I am going to remain in the darkness. Perhaps over time I shall evolve to cope with the darkness and be able to hunt for my food whilst moving very slowly in order to conserve energy.
Maybe one day, but today is not that day. Today is a day of the catching up on the things that I need to do, but there shall be no catching. There may be the downing of the delectables, but there will be no going up stairs.
Now that I think about it, there may actually be a going up of the object known as “stairs”, as there needs to be some traversal completed at some point today in order to go from one location to another. I need to ruminate on this, as if I do not, then there is a chance that I have not properly thought out the day that is ahead of me. This is a serious issue that I need to tackle in some manner.
I need to grip it in my hands and wrestle it to the ground. Sure, it will kick and buck and try to throw me off, but this is a serious thing that I need to make sure I have taken care of before I make any attempts to – as they say – leave the house.
I don’t want to leave it for too long, however. It might move on. Maybe I shouldn’t leave the house. I don’t know if this is a good idea. Why would I want to leave the house for stairs? I mean, sure, the stairs have escalation, but the house has slight elevation.
This is something I need to think about. I need to think deeply. I need to look inward, then look outward, then look at something else. Then there may be some more looking inward. There may be none of that silliness.
The only way that I will be able to tell is if I go out.
The time it took to write five-hundred words: 06:35:02
At some point I latched onto something and it led to whatever this bit of text became.
This was really easy to write. It just flowed.
I’m not going to read over it.
Written at home.
So I woke up early this morning, although that’s no different from usual. Decided I was going to write before going to work rather than attempt to write whilst at work, but in sitting here I’ve realised that I don’t know what to write about even though the whole point of this challenge is to get the stream-of-consciousness writing going rather than sit down with a subject at hand.
Now, I know that I don’t want to write about not knowing what to write about as I don’t feel like writing about that, but then again, I don’t know what to write about. Thus, I’m going to write about not knowing what to write about in order to avoid writing about not knowing what to write about.
Well, at least that is what I’m going to assume I’ll write about. At the end of the morning, I could end up writing about anything. The thing is, I don’t know what it is that I will indeed write about. There are so many avenues in which I could pursue and therefore I should try and pursue one of them, or something.
However, if I go down the wrong one, I may instead end up in a cul-de-sac. If it is a particularly long one, then it could be a while before I come back.
In any event I’d have to turn around and get out of that dingy place in order to go down another route and see even more of a dingy place. It would be the same dirty area. It would just be more expansive as it would lead to other possibilities, of course.
There are so many things to consider here. Why am I using lazy metaphors? That is one of the things that need to be considered. Are these even worthy for being considered metaphors?
Well, I sit here, drinking my COFFEE and beavering away. Probably waiting for something, but whatever that something is, I do not know.
Maybe I’m waiting for the inspiration to strike me, but then again maybe I’m just waiting until I feel it is the right time to get off of this couch and get ready.
Maybe I’m just waiting for a time when I can say that I’m going to go back to sleep instead of going to work. I do certainly wish that at times I had that kind of power, and to be fair, I always do. However, in this instance it is the wish to have that kind of power and not feel like I have to rethink budget due to the consequential reduction in pay for not going to work.
Well, I guess that I’ve made my point, or something. I know that I have made something. It’s not very pointed. Need to stop holding back on the ranting, I think. Probably been holding back a little too much.
Well, I am sure that somewhere down the track I’ll explore that possibility.
Either that, or I won’t.
The time it took to write five-hundred words: 07:46:31
Well, this is the most productive I’ve been shortly after waking up in a while.
Wasn’t a good bit of text, but I think that for a while I should probably work toward doing more when I wake up. Maybe.
Written at home.
I imagine getting a shot closer to street level would’ve made for a better capturing.
Now that I think about it, so would having taken a shot in an area that provided a more expansive view.
This was taken when the power in Burwood Plaza went out.
It’s a shot that shows some changes in Burwood, such as out of place tall buildings among other things. However, it would be difficult to know what has changed and is changing without being familiar with (some of) the history of the area.
Before moving back to the Inner West (a far more expansive area than what some people think, as it goes a bit beyond Newtown and Lewisham, despite what many people would like to believe), I hadn’t been to Burwood in a while. There was one time in 2016 when I went to buy new jeans, and another when I was cycling to Burwood Station after getting this photo. Those were brief excursions where I didn’t really check anything out or pay attention to how the suburb had changed. The last time I had been in Burwood for an extended period of time would’ve been some point between 2012 and 2014.
Now that once more I’m living near Burwood, the changes are more apparent to me.
I think some of them are fantastic and some are bad, but overall it’s an area different, yet familiar to me.
This is a small cityscape showing off Burwood as it currently is. There’s a lot more to see and I might start capturing some of that.
I like how the overcast sky helps to contrast against the area and make it appear more striking.
Whilst I don’t like the obtrusiveness of the taller buildings, I do like that the unevenness they introduce to the shape of the area in this photo.
This is my submission into The Lens-Artists Photo Challenge.
The theme this week is “Your Choice“.
This one is kind of a small celebration of this event being around for a year.
It’s a fun weekly event and one I’d recommend checking it out and considering submitting.
The challenge is hosted by four people and cycles weekly:
Week 1 – Patti
Week 2 – Ann-Christine aka Leya
Week 3 – Amy
Week 4 – Tina
This week is hosted by Tina and next week’s will be hosted by Patti.
I said the same last week, but I seem to have slipped off track at some point.
Edit: As per Tina’s comment, this challenge is hosted by everyone.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy.
As that is pretty much what it is.
So this shot shows both regrowth and “fully grown” vegetation.
I think it’s interesting as to how the road feels more like a separator of the areas rather than a road for convenience.
Obviously there’s more regrowth area visible, but you do get a good suggestion of a large area of taller trees.
The light on the horizon reminds me a little of bloom lighting.
This is my submission into Leanne Cole‘s photo challenge for this week.
The theme for this one is “Parks”.
This is a state forest, but I feel it fits the theme as (as far as I’m aware), this is an area part of The Blue Mountains National Park.
I suggest checking out Leanne’s photography, as well as checking out what other people submit into the challenge.
You can find the challenges here.
I hope you enjoy.
I think I’ve taken this shot before, but from a different angle.
I think the shot gives a good view of the tracks and how they kind of feel tangled.
I also think that the tracks fit with the autumn-affected vegetation.
Not much else to say.
I hope you enjoy.
This was the second review I wrote last year for Cool Try.
I don’t think I wrote enough about the album.
I’ve skimmed over this and it feels more like a quick blurb than a review (or critique) that gets deep enough into the album.
Other than two spelling errors, I’ve left this as it is.
My colleague and I are working on growing Culture Eater so we can cover more stuff whilst taking the pressure of continually putting out content off of ourselves; Hence our going onto Patreon.
We’re looking at what we can give to supporters as we don’t want to set up a one way relationship, so suggestions are welcome. Please consider supporting, or at least sharing the Patreon page with others.
Please also check out what our wonderful contributors are contributing.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy.
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A bit of a break leads to a group coming back together and releasing a new album, confirming that, indeed in certain circumstances, NO_ONE EVER REALLY DIES.
At this stage in their career, N*E*R*D really needed to work on making sure that they were delivering solid music. Their albums had been producing consistently diminishing returns and whilst that doesn’t mean the albums were bad, it seemed to indicate that N*E*R*D were not a group that had the ability to deliver their ideas well.
Well, NO_ONE EVER REALLY DIES is a step up from the past few albums.
There’s many lyrics about societal ills brought in by both N*E*R*D and their guests counterbalanced by a by some really upbeat, fun melodies.
Many of the songs sound pretty relaxed and free whilst also being quite tight and precise. There’s a nice, even blending of a few different sounds and genres and whilst some of the songs really could have benefited by being much shorter than they are, overall the album is fairly smooth and cohesive.
The lyrics work well and generally do a good job of not allowing their subject matter to be revealed without a bit of work, but in conjunction with the happy, upbeat music this can diminish their impact. It was likely an intentional decision as you don’t feel like you’re being beaten over the head and it keeps the mood light whilst still getting something across, but the message is a little too easy to look past.
Other than that, the guests are appropriate for each song and deliver their lines with much aplomb. It’s hard to tell if there were concessions made to fit them in or not, but they do slot in nicely into each section they inhabit.
NO_ONE EVER REALLY DIES is a better release than N*E*R*D’s past few albums. It has a lot more focus and cohesion. Whilst there are some moments that meander, the album works well as a whole and shows that N*E*R*D can deliver.
There still are a few vantage points accessible by the public that allow for a good view around Sydney.
This was taken at one of those vantage points.
I think that this photo turned out well, but overall it’s kind of average.
I like how all the shapes, lines and angles come together.
I also like how the area feels… well, not dirty, but something similar.
I like how well the bus was captured, but I feel this would’ve been better without the moving vehicles. It would’ve done more to show a quiet scene, I think.
I hope you enjoy.
It’s been a few days and all I can wonder is “Where has the time gone?”.
Well, it’s gone into not doing much. A better way to put it would be doing a lot of very little.
It has been a lazy fog in which I have been navigating and trying to find my way out of, which may suggest that I need a break. However, it may also suggest that being lazy is not the path in which I need to go down, for maybe I’ve just been a lazy so-and-so, which is not necessarily a good thing, but at least I’ve gotten some hours in stuff that doesn’t matter to anyone unless I share those glories; something I don’t feel like doing, so therefore I am not going to do so, so you’re just going to have to guess or something.
Either that, or you don’t have to guess at all, as what that would be doing is just playing into my game of guessing and there may be no correct answers. There may only be correct answers. I may be misleading everything and everyone and therefore you’d never know if you got the correct answer. I am the holder of the answers, and perhaps I don’t want to give them out.
Gaming. It’s been a lot of gaming.
I’ve been run down and need to rest, but instead of resting I’ve been mindlessly draining myself by sitting down and not moving much, like a lizard trying to be invisible to the eye despite it being quite clearly not visible if it is in the right conditions that prevent it from being invisible.
Now, with all of that said, I need to get up and get into the doing of the things.
I need to do some writing. There are reviews that need to be written. There are words that need to be edited. There are a lot of things that need to be done, so instead of going on, I think I shall make some sort of non-humble attempt at imparting words of wisdom, and then some
Alright, are you all ready for this?
When it is raining and your pants are drying, yet they are inside your residence rather than outside, it may be better to not put them on and go outside. Despite them being wet, they will get even more so without all the precautionary protection. If you have the precautionary protection, then the slowly-evaporating moisture will get trapped and you’ll still have to deal with the water.
When the sun eventually comes out and the rain subsides, go for a stroll alongside the nearest river and be careful to not walk into the river. Walking into the river will lead to your clothes being wet, and unless that is the desired result, it is recommended that such a situation is avoided as much as possible.
Well, there you go. There are some words of wisdom, and then some.
Actually, maybe there were none.
The time it took to write five-hundred words: 07:02:90
I feel like I’ve lost a few days to nothingness and it’s not pleasant.
Well, back to more writing.
Written at home.
Another shot taken in The Blue Mountains.
It was a brisk morning, and it was one that featured a little exploration.
With this shot I think I was aiming for a contrast between the light and the shadows. I think I may have also been aiming to find something striking.
I do like how the contrast came out. The shadows are really strong, and work well with the sun.
I think that I should’ve found a better spot to obscure the sun, but overall I think the image turned out nicely.
The colours are a bit on the softer side and help make the image feel a bit more peaceful.
This is my submission into The Lens-Artists Photo Challenge.
The theme this week is “Serenity“.
The challenge is hosted by four people and cycles weekly:
Week 1 – Patti
Week 2 – Ann-Christine aka Leya
Week 3 – Amy
Week 4 – Tina
This week is hosted by Tina and next week’s will be hosted by Patti.
Please check out the challenges and consider submitting and seeing how other people interpret them.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy.
Stupidity Hole 