A typical, or maybe not-so typical blog

Nothing to say

2008-12-29T14:34:00.002+10:00

I probably don't post more than I want because I don't have much to say. Nothing that doesn't have the air of negativity, anyway. I probably don't have much more to say about my life beyond the many cases of disappointments and terrible luck. Whether it be through my own inaction or a force I'm not aware of, I always seem to be let down most of the time. I seem to be unable to succeed when I

Dreams of the new year

2008-12-18T17:43:00.002+10:00

The end of the year is always full of reflection. Thoughts of your dreams, desires, and whatnot. Gift giving and friendliness, et cetera. Christmas and the New Year always seems to be a lonely time for me. It's a strange feeling, where, despite knowing you have people beside you, and friends you may reach if you call for them, you still feel alone. Like you can't connect that strongly to them. I

A late update

2008-12-17T14:24:00.002+10:00

I wonder why I'm posting again. It's been so, so long since I last made a post. I can't really seem to stay that long, or that dedicated if I don't believe in something. That's a feeling that exists in all people. No one probably reads this thing that much, or at all.I think one must wonder, though: Why am I posting here, of all places? Why don't I start afresh and make something new, or wipe it

Living in an incredibly unique house, part 1

2008-02-15T18:57:00.003+10:00

I live in an incredibly unique house. I've lived here for about 11 years and thinking back, this house has always been very unusual.A peculiar thing about it, is that this house was fairly cheap. It was in fairly bad condition, and very old. Now, the house is in an even worse condition, as we haven't really been taking care of it. In addition, the house as been painted, and part of a stairway

A truth that I don't think anyone wants to think of

2007-10-15T17:18:00.000+10:00

I don't really know what to do for Blog Action Day. What can I write? You could say that I'm a young, inexperienced kid. I can't give advice, and there are many other people who could do a better job than me. Right now, I can't write anything beyond my personal experiences and thoughts on this theme.Well then, lets follow my train of thought.The word "environment" covers alot of things.

Blog Action Day

2007-10-09T17:55:00.000+10:00

width="300" height="180" alt="What Kind of Blogger Are You?" border="0" />Blog Action Day is on Monday, October 15th, less than a week from now. It was proposed two months ago, and blog listings began at that time, also. I signed up a few days after that. The above picture is the result of a "blogger personality quiz of sorts", and although some answers did not exactly apply to me, I did it to

A financial worst case scenario, with the works

2007-09-10T18:26:00.000+10:00

I'm in a worst case scenario, financially, and perhaps in everything else. That, or I'm pessimistic. Maybe both. This is my story of an extremely bad situation, which starts over 25 years ago...Actually, it encompasses much more than finance. This is basically half of my life story.Before placing it here, I emailed this story to Trent, from The Simple Dollar. He also responded on his blog. This

Loyalty, acting noble

2007-08-21T22:53:00.000+10:00

One time, in an IRC chatroom, someone called me noble. It was after I explained my reason for doing something: simply because I wanted to help. Now, I don't know whether I'm being humble or telling the truth, but that word's a little strong for me. Though it does describe me well enough in a single word.At this very moment, just like many times before, I am sitting here, late at night, waiting

Finding myself

2007-08-16T22:22:00.000+10:00

Not being sure what to do, how and why, I have to take the journey of self discovery. I think everyone encounters this stage, at a certain point in their lives. I've always been thinking, and not acting, wondering why not.I come across a number of blogs, many I find value in. There's The Simple Dollar, with money tips, Steve Olson's blog, for those pursuing freedom. And there's Living in my own

Possible sources of my depressed mood

2007-07-18T20:52:00.000+10:00

Depression. wow. I'm pretty sure in an early post I posted about how common it is among teenagers and such. I don't really look at my older posts though.. I think it's probably a good idea to write down the likely sources of my depressed mood, for better access. After all, part of the reason I made this blog was to write down my thoughts and share them, even if not many people are reading it.The

Desires and Depression

2007-07-17T23:30:00.000+10:00

I lack direction. Actually, I believe many people lack direction. I recall reading or hearing somewhere that many students, upon leaving the systems of education, have insufficient experience to get on with "real life". To put it one way, these people have knowledge, but no wisdom. They know many things but have no idea on how it can be immediately applied to something.I don't know if that's

Nintendo DS Connection Tour 07 - QLD Day 3 + Roundup

2007-07-14T18:55:00.000+10:00

I need to stop procrastinating. It's been a week since I posted about Day 2. As a result, very long post! I only made brief posts before. Still, in the end I didn't get as many pictures and information as I would've liked.Instead of Carindale it was at Garden City today. Not a very good location, since it can get a bit cramped compared to the very roomy centre court of Carindale. Not only that,

Nintendo DS Connection Tour 07 - QLD Day 2

2007-07-07T20:33:00.000+10:00

Same time, same place. A little more crowded but the area was still spacey. The winner today is ButtonBasher, another member from TEC. I also had the chance to play Jam Sessions a bit more, since I had my headphones.Also, a witnessed fair amount of stuff being damaged. Not the DS touch screens and such, but the furniture. The signs on the signposts were easily knocked off, and they were low in

Nintendo DS Connection Tour 07 - QLD Day 1

2007-07-06T20:59:00.000+10:00

My sleep cycle has been shifted a fair bit and I had trouble waking up early, so I ended up arriving about a half hour beforehand. I also managed to cut in line again with the help of a couple friends, since I wasn't interested in joining the Pokemon Diamond and Pearl tournament. I was mainly interested in observing the event and seeing the demos.Not much of a big turnout today, since it was a

Notes to self

2007-07-05T21:41:00.000+10:00

1: Post more often2: Stop being timid (see 4)3: Check that easy method of moving from Blogger to Wordpress and do it4: Start commenting on other blogsI'm clearly lacking self confidence. It was only today I checked my blog on a whim and noticed Shira79's comment. I somehow have a bit more confidence, though it still needs some work. I even checked the UTF Gamers and Aussie Nintendo forum again,

Depression in Gifted People

2007-05-15T23:34:00.000+10:00

On reddit there's this really popular thing at the top, about Existential Depression in Gifted Individuals.Does this.. describe me? I am stuck in a loop, undecisive, with my time running out. I suppose I could define myself as an existential person.. I've always felt that I could see more of the world compared to others, and I always sense a great amount of untapped potential in my mind, all for

The terrorists won on September 11, 2001

2007-05-12T16:19:00.000+10:00

The very definition of terrorism is to create fear and terror in people. It's been nearly six years, and I've always seen many people in The USA completely paranoid on anything remotely dangerous, anything that is a hint of violent behavior. Security has tightened to extremely high levels, and everyone is afraid. That is exactly what terrorists want people to be. Afraid. We'll destroy ourselves

Who is the more wise?

2007-04-29T15:44:00.000+10:00

I recall this conversation I once had with my friends. It was probably around the time I was ten years of age. A friend of mine, around a year older, said that he watched the news and current affairs with his parents at home, and he liked watching those things on ABC with political debates and stuff at Parliament.I remember responding by saying that those things is stuff for adults, and he

Empathy towards a common housefly

2007-04-28T16:33:00.000+10:00

I've destroyed hundreds, perhaps thousands of lives over the course of my life. No one really thinks much about it, but seeing something today made me reminded me or what I was doing.I think everyone has stepped on an ant before. Crush it with a single finger, placing some kind of bug killing thing near them.. maybe you used to carefully step or jump on them, making sure they don't get on you.

If Wikipedia was a country...?

2007-04-26T20:25:00.000+10:00

I think that the processes that occur in Wikipedia, would be my ideal country. It's not perfect yet, but the philosophy and ideas behind it is what I want to see.Everything is decided by community consensus. It's easier over the internet, as we can hide our faces behind a screen, but everyone is regarded as equal. Even the administrators. Admins on Wikipedia are just people with a few extra

Hidden Genius? or Complete Failure?

2007-03-13T21:23:00.000+10:00

I'm quite lazy when it comes to school, yet people somehow regard me as an intelligent person. I dislike both. I don't really like school, and I don't think I'm very intelligent, though evidence seems to suggest otherwise, for the latter.I find school fairly boring and redundant. Half the time we revise older things, and in the other half, most of the teachers are not very good at explaining the

Prophetic Dreams?

2007-03-13T18:15:00.000+10:00

I tried making a dream journal once and I neglected it. I've decided to incorporate it with my blog as well. This just adds another topic to my blog...Dreams are a strange thing. I think that they are a by-product from our subconcious mind, usually processing memories and emotions, sorting it all out so we remember and forget the right things. I think that sometimes our subconcious mind tries to

Advertising, why I won't use it

2007-03-12T20:46:00.000+10:00

I'd really like to get more traffic than an average of probably <2 a day. And something over a <5 second stay. I'm mostly getting those, according to my hit counter. I should do something like advertise my blog somehow. But when I think about the possibilities, I can't bring myself to do it. I see most advertising as intrusive. I'm sure the people who are lured by advertising will never have that

Ten things Wikipedia taught me

2007-03-11T22:17:00.000+10:00

Wikipedia is a pretty interesting place. It is 100% completely operated by volunteers. Hundreds of thousands of people in a great community, working together towards a common goal. I view the entire operation as some sort of wierd centralised-de-centralised thing. I'm a part of this too.I've mostly been a "WikiGnome" over my two years at Wikipedia. (That's a type of Wikipedian who fixes minor

An Open Mind

2007-03-04T20:44:00.000+10:00

I wonder who has a truly open mind in the current world we live in. But before I can answer that, I first need to ask, what is an open mind?It's a state of mind where one is able to accept any and all opinion. For this to be possible, that means one must be completely free of opinion. No ordinary human is able to perform this feat.Therefore, in answer to the first question: No one has a truly