Category: Random

  • Beauteous Destruction

    Each point of change is an opportunity to alter the element’s next state, so that you are in essence, redefining the future. Or pulling a specific future to the element, depending on your view. The free flow is beautiful, but also a weakness that can be exploited by the right hands – one that can reach between the infinitesimal time and space can then manipulate the next form in the next moment, and I am compelled to see an unravelling, for doing so is also is an art, both in its elegance as well as the genius in the careful reverse engineering. Destruction does not kill, it still flows in the timeline as the element’s future as it is always meant to be, and the goal is not the perfection of the final result, but the perfection of the deconstruction to the most basic element, allowing the force of freedom to recreate from the very beginning – so that, in mortal terms, each creation is as significant as the birth of a star.”

    “Very good. That is what our master is; he only destroys to allow chaos to create, facilitating freedom in its purest form. As he is an Immortal, his limits are clearly defined, so how will you decide what is to be changed by your hands, and what is to be left alone?”

    “Balance. I too, am made of the very elements I have described to be susceptible to destruction, so my death is waiting for me out there. As I am me, I do what I will with this consciousness and hence conscience, for only when I no longer believe, will I lose myself and therefore have become death, and thus reborn.”

    Yep I write some crazy stuff sometimes.

  • That one really weird dream

    That is actually many random dreams all smooshed into a single night’s REM session after consuming kudu loin dressed with strawberries….

    It all started with a whole bunch of peole and myself, and possibly two old people who were tourists, all gathered around a bus or ferry terminal trying to determine where to go. After much thought, I’m sure I some of us ended up swimming around to whatever destination we were after. Unlike most dreams where I interact with water, I didn’t actually feel wet after the swim in this one.

    A scene jump happened, and I ended up back home, only to greet my mum in the middle of a cockroach infestation. I was hiding behind a couch while my mum was on the other side of it, stamping some big brown cockroaches as they landed after flying around – the ground was a mess! Some came out from beneath the couch while some were in the air. I also killed a few, but the more we squished, the more that spawned, until I eventually fled the scene.
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  • Look, a squirrel! Plus some

    First thing’s first – a cronut!

    “French toast” – smoked bacon, apple, maple pecan, mascarpone, butterscotch – Jason’s Bakery

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  • What a different world

    Before I came here, I was reassuring everyone that Cape Town wasn’t that dangerous and wasn’t plagued with ebola. This is still true! It is a pain having to be so much more cautious and placing a curfew on myself so that I’m not alone outside after the sun sets, but I’m still having a lot of fun!

    I am starting to get a little over high end food though, but because of how spoilt I’ve been, I continue to cringe when I receive badly prepared food – which means I have a very narrow range of places to visit that will satisfy me and not break the bank.

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  • Hello, Cape Town

    Having a job that takes me places is super cool, so here I am on my 5th continent visited. I had no idea what to expect in terms of costs, people, food, or anything, since my decision to visit was a very spur of the moment thing. Being the wannabe foodie that I am, I was super curious to go cafe hunting – restaurants not so much. Since I have a goal to save money, I was more interested in the mid-range food bracket than high end. Turns out there are some tasty places here!

    First thing’s first – Table Mountain!

    Cape Town

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  • Bookworming

    If November was all about drawing, then December has been full of reading! Never before have I been compelled to read books until I saw a fictional adorable psychotic bookworm who has tea with madeleines and knows how to fight with a knife and is so not my type. And now I am hideously backlogged with a lot of books. And spending a lot of money on books. Maybe I should get a library card, but I hate returning books so much that I prefer to buy them. Even though I didn’t want to buy books since I plan to travel/move as frequently as I can over the next few years because it sounds like a great adventure.

    I now feel a little more educated but I NEED TO DRAW AND WRITE AND DRINK TEA AND COFFEE AND COOK

    i have plenty of mery axmas cooking planned!

  • Psycho-Pass is amazing

    And he is the most adorable amazing psychotic bookworm I’ve ever had the fortune of meeting.

    He’s so not my type…

    But he dunks madeleines in tea!

    Now I have a craving for reading books.

  • New camera, new world

    So after coming back from travels, what do I end up doing but upgrading all my tech! Which included a new camera, the Sony Alpha 6000, just cause. I know nothing about cameras, so I bought it and hoped for the best. It’s supposed to be pretty good so I’m trying to figure out how to use it properly, and now I also want new fancy lenses.

    For some reason I feel that when I walked around testing out my brother’s camera, the shots came out nicer, but after a little practise I think I’m starting to like mine too.

    Here are some pretties!

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  • Japan, September 2014

    Ah, Japan. The place I’ve wanted to go to ever since discovering the world of anime. What an amazing place, and I’d actually say I enjoyed it the most on  my trip, probably because I had the least expectations for it. I should figure out how to eliminate expectations for everything that I want to do, because it works wonders.

    I was pretty delirious from having been awake since morning in London, then getting only a few hours sleep on the plane because I was enjoying the in-flight entertainment too much and its manga feature plus some space pirate movie which was pretty awful, and then spending nearly a full day exploring Tokyo again. (Did I mention there was reindeer meat in the form of a sandwich on the Finnish leg of our flight? There wasn’t much actual meat I think, so I couldn’t taste it at all)

    Japan 01

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