Tuesday 2 April 2002

Pic of the day: Screenshot from The Sims. Since I inconveniently forgot to photograph myself while sleeping.

Late entry

Meh. I napped away the whole evening in my chairs. Not that I could do much productive stuff anyway, my hand hurts. New of the day is that my right foot hurts like there's some splinter under it, which there isn't. And my digestion has been acting up again. Meh indeed. So no extensive writing, playing, walking or eating.

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It's been a nice enough spring break / Easter holiday. I've finished the first section or arc of my new online feuilleton (in the meaning "novel published in installments"), Shadow of Cneko. 8 fairly short chapters. Not all the world, but I feel a certain sense of accomplishment. I have gathered a group of characters, introduced them to each other and to the readers, and outlined the scope of the story. Most threads are gathered, making ready for the next part. If any.

Technically, I feel it is one of the better works so far. But I can't exactly say that I like it. I mean, I feel that I have come fairly close to my goal of making it readable on different levels. But one of those levels is kind of perverted. I mean, it has this pretty teenage boy who is captured, chained, carried and dragged all over the landscape. From what I understand, some people really like that. The character does not enjoy it, though, and characters are people too. Oh wait, they are not really. It just feels like it.

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OK, I'm on IRC and it's late at night and we are coming up with mix movie titles. Like "Saving Private Matrix", "Lord of the Menace" and "Night of the Living Dalmatians". I guess it is time for bed.

Wait, really briefly. Why are teenagers as horny as goats in heat? Because, dude, for most of human history the life expectancy was like 40 years! And given that kids had less food and vitamins and reached puberty like two years later than now, they had better get going not too many years after that if their tribe / village was to survive. How hard is that to understand? And now suddenly they're supposed to ignore it. It's so unfair. We should make drugs that dealy the onset of puberty, and give it to all kids unless we are willing to deal with the fact that they're freaking Ordered By Their Creator to go forth and multiply and that in a hurry.

OK, so it is really late. Good night.