Something Once Forgotten-The Manga Page 3

The third and final page of this story.
Side note: This actually happened to me, and after that I didn't see this guy for almost 2 months!

First World Problems

"First World Problems" is a meme that caught my eye and made me think a little. There are pictures usually depicting a caucasian male or female crying and have text on them such as "McDonald's doesn't deliver" or "I left the remote on the other side of the room".

 For instance:

So this spurred me to think of problems I have in my daily life that really wouldn't be a problem if I wasn't so privledged.


Printing double sided is hard- I always try to print on both sides of the paper to save the environment, but every time I use a printer I spend a few minutes trying to think "this is the front of the paper... so this will have to go face-down..." ect. And almost 50% of the time I still muck it up and have to use more paper than I had originally had anticipated. Damn.

Toilet paper is rolled wrong direction- Yep. It's the silliest pet peeve but I always have to fix it whenever I see this.  (Even if it's not my house) 

 

I read once that you typically use less paper when it's rolled the correct way, and this makes sense to me. To tear it with one hand you generally have to tear it one square further when it's rolled the incorrect way. If you want to challenge me on this, I've prepared a lengthy debate. 

I missed the bus- Yeah this one really sucks. But honestly, the fact that I have good sturdy shoes on my feet and a solid diet should mean that I can withstand a much longer walk than a less equiped human. I guess I'm just a wimp. 

The waiting room at the clinic takes too long. - Wait. Damn. Did I just complain about my free health care? Sorry about that. 

My internet is too slow- The average cell phone has more computing power than the room-sized computers of the 1960's. And I'm complaining that my tiny (by comparison) laptop can't load a youtube video? Man.Perspective is a kick in the pants. 

My class is boring- Sometimes it's really hard to pay attention in class because of the nasaly voice of the professor, the classroom being too warm, or the class being scheduled too late/early in the day. I snap back to reality when I realize how lucky I am to even have a seat in that class. Skipping classes is totally out of the question. 

 

Addendum:

Brian qualified as the Reader of the Month for January! Thanks for getting me hooked on reddit! -_-

Search Terms

I checked out recent search terms that had my blog pop up.

"you have any ideas for future" was one of them . It's odd because I typed the same thing into Google and wouldn't find it, even within the first 40 pages or so.

Other intresting terms included:

    skyrim argonian ale (4x)
    brown haired breton woman-skyrim (1x)
    preservatives in Kraft Dinner (2x)
    bathroom was located (3x)

So here's a quick post that will actually make those search terms more legitimate.


On day I was sitting alone at the pub and I thought to myself, "Do you have any ideas for future?" I hadn't really put thought much into it before so I pensively sipped my Skyrim Argonian ale, a rare import. I looked to my left and saw a  brown haired Breton woman slumped over the bar. She mumbled something into the lacquered wood. I reached over and gently turned her head to face me.

I leaned in and asked her,"What did you say?"

Her thickly lashed eyes opened slowly. She wore too much makeup.

"There's too many preservatives in Kraft Dinner" she drunkenly slurred. 
Suddenly she shot out of her seat, hand over her mouth and eyes wide open. I pointed her to where the bathroom was located, finished my ale and walked out of the pub.

Something Once Forgotten-The Manga Page 2

SOF-The Manga! Page 1

I'm trying something new today... I've been reading some manga and it inspired me. Let me know what you think! More pages to come asap

Socially Networked

So I made a "tumblr". I had to check three times to tell if I was spelling it correctly.
Basically I threw up some art (drawings, sketches and paintings) that have been stored on my computer and are now free for the viewing public. I figure I might as well put out as much spam into the internet void as I can before the SOPA or ACTA or whatever copyright legislation closes down the internet.

Anyways if you want to follow me on tumblr you can find the site at: http://somethingonceforgotten.tumblr.com/

(I'm real creative eh?)
 

Also it appears that my twitter has been twatting all of my posts to tumblr, so if you haven't already you can follow me on twitter here for posts about the tumblr and the blog.

Friends Forever!

AND for those of you who aren't in the loop with twitter or tumblr there's the good old Facebook page here.

Gosh I'm so into these social networking sites... maybe now I can make some real friends! Not that my old friends aren't great, they just get a little...stuffy.

Hah. Hah. Pardon the pun.

BAM. Meet Reader of the Month for December, Jesse the Tortoise Jockey.

Thanks for tweeting me today!

Stephen King could take a page from John Green

 Stephen King is one of my favourite authors and until recently, the only author I've read on a regular basis (excluding of course, my yearly refreshment course on Harry Potter)

If you don't know of him, please politely climb back down into that hole you've been living in.

I've noticed a trend in my last ~10 years of reading his books. He always writes about writers. For instance:

1978: 'Salem's Lot

1987: Misery
1990 Secret Window, Secret Garden

1997: Desperation

1998 The Dark Half

1998: Bag of Bones

2005: The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower

2006: Lisey's Story

 

I recently was reminded of this trend as I watched the "horror" flick on television based on the story Bag of Bones. The fact that he often writes about a male author that often shadows his life leads me to believe that he is writing less fiction than we may think. This doesn't mean I believe in his world of aliens and ghosts.. but something surely is amiss with him. In more recent years his writing has become, for lack of a better word for is, BORING. Likely due to the medication he's been prescribed. (Lisey's Story is the one book that I own and still have not read it cover to cover)

Speaking of reading, a book I recently picked off the shelves at a local Chapters is "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green. 

I felt a little creative today so I doodled my own version of the cover. Except mine actually has a lovely yellow sticker on the front that says "signed copy". 

Let me preface my review by the fact that it is categorized as teen fiction in the bookstore. 

That doesn't really apply to anything, I was just shocked at the level of vocabulary in a "teen fiction" so much that I am feeling I should especially dot my t's and cross my i's while writing about it. (Scratch that. Reverse it.)

The author himself if quite unique. He's part of the vlogbrothers (look them up on youTube), leader of nerdfightaria (google this) and will always remind you to DFTBA (don't forget to be awesome). Look these terms up if you're interested in becoming a nerdfighter, donate to a great charity (they always have something going) or purchase neat swag. He's also the author of Looking for Alaska, the book I will probably read next.

I am going to reread this book soon, and this time look up each word that I don't recognize. For instance, hamartia. This is one of the words that particularily stuck in my mind. It means:

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms)  the flaw in character which leads to the downfall of the protagonist in a tragedy

 I won't spoil the story, but the basic plot follows a 16 year old girl, Hazel, who has cancer. But this isn't really a cancer book. It's a romance, a tragedy, and a comedy. I haven't laughed and cried so much in a single weekend in a long time. 

For those of you who might not want to purchase the book, I'll be happy to lend you mine. 

Thanks to Sam who awkwardly did homework on the opposite side of the room and tolerated my sudden mood swings while reading this book!