Blogs are so passe

So the need to post floats up again, mostly via the joy I have been having over the watching of 'A Game of Thrones' and the pain it is to read the forum linked just so and the idiots seemingly infinite ability to whine that the show is not the book, which strangely it is not.

Then again they are probably american, so we should not be surprised... They can celebrate the death of a person, even if that person apparently orchestrated the most evil act known to the western world... and I mean all my qualifiers in that sentence...

Anyway, A Game of Thrones is 3 episodes deep and is doing a very good job at portraying the story, though I would very much like to find someone who has not read the books but who has watched the shows so far to talk to about it to find out how good it really is, or is it just me filling in blanks myself, or being able to read the writing behind the acting or what. Of course the wailing and gnashing of teeth that goes on in the forums is something showing the other side of the opinions of those who have read the books and consider those the most holy of all holy relics, perfection in all they are... The changes that have happened mostly have been done with good reason, though there are a few which I feel could of been done better, and some that upset me but which have to be the way they are due to technical and legal reasons, such as Daenerys not having purple eyes and being 18. The 18 bit more rubs as wrong as the character is meant to be a naive young girl to start with, though the sex scenes pretty much mean she had to be 18. Still doesn't stop her portrayal at the start of the series to be wrong to me.... And the purple eyes are important! Dammit!

Anyway it is only my ramblings....

Long time no write...

I had a thought to write a post here, and so I have, as you can plainly see...

I had a thought about the books that are in my mind in an attempt to get out. I had a thought about Emperor even, where I should change the general background, or at least events happening because of Lucas' rule where I will move him from being a good ruler, to a tantrum throwing party boy (though no so out in the open) whose rule is basically sending the country backwards, though it is hard to tell because of the good state it was in at the end of his fathers rule. Which will change some of the peoples real alignments, though not necessarily their apparent alignments or methods. I may even look to find my old writing and change a few things... I might even put it up on google documents for people who care to take note.... not that i am likely to write too much... I think I have noted before that I am not exactly a writer, just someone who sometimes wishes he was...

Imagination, it's all we need....

So have had an idea for my #NANoWriMo concept, which is a good first step... writing 50,000 words of bullshit is a bigger step.

I could write an un-authorised auto-biography for the oracle and my fictional band, though I need the details from her, since she was the one to write it down...

So Discord, please email them through?

I think I will write it from the perspective of the body double for my part of the band. Which should be fun and allow me to make fun of myself plenty. Plenty of meta-fiction and self references and in-jokes.

And yes, I forget the name of the band.... or my character, or anything....

I did however find my notebook from those years at uni so i have my songs all written out, if somewhat un-worked. Also reading through my notebooks (avoiding the ex-girlfriend years) gave me some hope at being able to write... I mean I write poorly and my skill level is pitiful, but it means I can do it... It gave me hope....

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire

Home today, to sore for work... stupid marathon, why did i run it? Oh yeah shiny... Apparently The Red Lady of Lin is to blame. Her effots in the half marathon many moons ago inspired my lady to also set herself the goal of doing the half-marathon, which lead directly to her desire for the shiny medals, given she didn't get one and all the marathon runners did.

The marathon itself was a roller-coaster of emotion... the mind playing tricks before the event with the "do we really want to get up at 3am just to run 42km?" to the pre-start high of excitement. The start of a bit of boredom about 1hr into the event with the realisation you will be out here for at least 4 more (or 5 more as the case turned out to be.) The annoyance at my body for needing to pee every drink station, the tiredness of the hills on the devonport side, and the bridge which goes up and up... The worst was to come, 30km mark the legs started to fail, pain through my knees and hips when I ran, cramps in my calves and thighs when I walked. I kept myself moving, despite the very real desire to pull out, mostly thanks to Karen and her desire to keep going. Somehow I made it back along the water front, back to victoria park and the finish line, with the joy and near-tears of completing the marathon, with the knowledge I need never do that again.



Other things that have happened this past week is NumberNine trying to convince me to sign up to #NaNoWriMo, the NAtional NOvel WRIters MOnth, where you challenge is to write a 50,000 word novel in a month. He seems to be committed (as committed as he gets) to a post-modern semi-fictonal account of his life... I was wondering if i could write a meta-fictional commentry on his novel, though really I have less time than him to do it.... I was just considering using the excuse of #NaNoWriMo to work on my other projects instead.... I shall think about it...

Legs = Pain

So today I ran 42km in 6hrs 12min... what did you do?

Somethimes I can't remember why we decided to do this, and then through the pain swims the word "shiny." We did it because we are magpies and wanted the shiny medal that you get at the end, and the satisfaction to say you have done it, that I, Adam Schofield, along with my beautiful Fiance, Karen Li, ran the Auckland Marathon.

Excuse me whilst I die a little more