the ramble dump

'University!' said I, looking ahead with mixed excitement and anxiousness.

'Indeed,' said the Floaty Wise Thing. 'Think of all the opportunities! The life experiences! The pursuit of vast knowledge! The academic triumphs! This is a time when you can really make something of yourself, if you go about it in the right way.'

I nodded several times, lost in my own trail of thought. 'Drinking!' I said.

'Drinking?' questioned the Floaty Wise Thing.

'Yes!' I declared. 'I hope to be unconscious by the end of the week.'

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# posted by Chris @ 6:40 PM 0 comments

Finally, it's here!

Wow!

Yay!

Huzzah!

Today is the first of the three launchdates, and I bringeth you three sparkly new City of Anarchy chapters.

Chapters One and Two of City of Anarchy have undergone a lot of change. Descriptions have been fleshed out, the structure has been smoothed out, and rubbish characters have been thrown out and replaced with better characters. These newly revised chapters generally do a much better job of setting the stage for the story than the original ones did. There's a lot of old stuff I've kept in, but nothing has gone without being updated, and there are some additions that really help add to the tone, making the creepy bits creepier, the dark bits darker, and the insane bits all the more insane.

Chapter Three is completely new. It wasn't until I'd finished writing it that I realised it has very little dialogue, especially compared to the first two chapters. It's an action chapter, and I'm pleased with the way this one turned out more than any of the others. It really gets the pace going, and there's a nice dose of suspense in there too. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Although there's been a fair amount of problems and difficulties writing these, in the end I've managed to overcome or get around most of them, and they've generally turned out as well as I'd hoped. If you've read the old versions of the first two chapters, I strongly recommend reading the newer versions before you move onto Chapter 3, because they are quite a bit different.

There's also the first chapter of The Aberration, which is pretty much the same as the version I put online back in September, but because of major changes being made in the subsequent chapters, there have been a few things changed, and you might want to read it again so you don't feel completely lost when you read the next chapter.

There's also a little something under About, and be sure to check out the other sections, too. Except Sketchbook, which won't be online until Wednesday.

The biggest of hugest thanks to Melia, who made FMIT's MEGA-ROCKIN' design. I love it, which is why our wedding is still on in Octember.

Until Wednesday...peace out!

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# posted by Chris @ 8:12 PM 0 comments

'My very very long summer was not nearly long enough,' said I. 'Floaty Wise Thing, do I have to go back?'

'Would you really rather stay here, going nowhere and doing nothing with your life?' asked the Floaty Wise Thing.

I pondered this for a moment. Then I said, 'Yes.'

The Floaty Wise Thing looked at the journey ahead. 'It doesn't look that bad.'

I sighed irritably. 'It is the worst metaphor I have ever experienced,' I said. 'And what are you supposed to be, anyway?'

'A thing that is floaty and wise,' said the Floaty Wise Thing. 'I thought that was obvious.'

'Pfft,' I said. 'And I suppose you're going to abandon me again?'

'Look,' said the Floaty Wise Thing, a little testily, 'you can't have a metaphor for examinations where there's a Floaty Wise Thing at your side! That's called cheating.'

'Pfft.'

'Let's get going,' said the Floaty Wise Thing. 'I'm in a bad mood and don't feel like talking anymore.'

'What's that a metaphor for?'

'Shut up.'

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# posted by Chris @ 6:47 PM 9 comments

Oh wow, look, it's June.

I just thought I'd issue a public whimper before I'm thrown into the final and quite possibly toughest two and a half weeks of my GCSE examinations.

And it is of utmost importance that I also issue this statement:


Thank you.

See you in two and a half weeks.

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# posted by Chris @ 8:47 PM 0 comments

'Wow,' said I. 'The road ahead is long and boring-looking.'

'Of course it is,' said the Floaty Wise Thing, floating wisely before me, its lights twinkling. 'But you'll be so busy doing things, time will just fly by.'

'It will not,' I said. 'See that tall, dark, ominous cluster of jagged architecture over there?'

'Yes.'

'Examinations.'

'I know that,' said the Floaty Wise Thing. 'I am the Floaty Wise Thing, after all.'

'How am I going to get past them?'

'With determination and a lot of hard work.'

'Oh, I can't be bothered with all of that,' I told it.

'A couple of hours of extra work a day. What can it hurt?'

'Millions.'

'Millions?' it asked. 'That doesn't even make sense.'

'Yes it does,' I said. 'You're just not wise enough to understand how.'

'Well, whatever. You've still got to do it.'

I sulked.

'Sulk not,' said the Floaty Wise Thing. 'You'll have a nice, long summer at the end of it.'

'Yay,' I said, but without much conviction. I looked ahead. The horizon past the gloomy shadow of the examinations looked so very far away. I sighed. 'I'd better get on with it, then. Goodbye, Floaty Wise Thing.'

'Farewell.'

And so I set off.

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# posted by Chris @ 7:18 PM 0 comments