Hello there to all the people who reads my blog, and I have started Nanowrimo again. I know I am going to Europe in the middle of the month, but just can't help to jump on the same band wagon as thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of authors who participate in Nanowrimo every year. It's time to drink coffee, smoke cigarettes, chew candy, or scratch your head for plots. It's time to find the perfect murder weapon, cutest guy, exotic places to make your story better. Who can resist the lure of writing a good novel? It's so much fun just to participate and if I get to the word limit then fine, if I don't, it's still a story worth writing. Who said that a novel has to be certain length? I am sure my story will be fine.
I had a good Friday because Chris and Frank met with me to discuss what I will do in the future and I suddenly realised that I am doing discovery science. It's easy to lose the big picture when I am doing everyday experiment, and that got me very excited. I had to tell Kelly and Richard, but still can't reveal why I am excited. That's the problem with my job, you can talk about general things but anything specific is forbidden.
I went for a quick walk with Kelly, we talked about what music we like. There's a song called "Bubbly" out. It's a happy and healthy song, like Destiny's Child. Songs have to have good lyrics and melody, meaningful words instead of mumble jumble. We have picked several good artists on our walk and they are certainly good for keeping us motivated when we are doing the 10,000 steps challenge.
Richard and I went to the Warehouse to get fireworks, we had so much fun there! He found a polystyrene sword and we start hiding from each other and fight when we meet. It was exhilirating, and I had gained a few steps and ran until slightly puffed. Bevan and Haylie went to see what kind of plants they can put in their garden, and try to find a new lock for the door. The locks are not very expensive.
Richard and I went to the toy section to check out different outfits you can put on for Halloween and dress up parties for kids. It was fun to wear pink pigtail and scary facemasks. Richard was trying to scare me, and one of the mask was quite scary. However, I am not easily scared so he didn't get the desire effect...I think he has to do it suddenly, if I wasn't expecting to get shocked then I would probably scream. Haha. It was so much fun hanging out in the Warehouse.
We picked Roman Candles and let off some in the evening. It was fun looking at the stars that we have created under the cloudy sky.
The weather packed in on Saturday so I did some housework. I was still tidying up everything in my room when Richard got to my place. We packed and checked what we still have to get, and went to town to buy Richard a larger quick dry towel. We then wrote down where I really want to go in Europe and put prioritised pawns on the spots where I want to go in Europe. It's almost like I am going to conquer Europe! That's exactly what I am gonna do, isn't it? We figured that it will take too long to do Eastern Europe, so we have decreased the number of points and give more days for sightseeing on each point. I have a better idea about where to go and how to get to each points now. I just have to figure out the logistic details, for example, if I want to get from Berlin to Amsterdam in the evening then I have to find the time the train departs from Berlin to Amsterdam, and whether we can take the sleeper train to save money for hotels.
Fuzzy and I went to Brooke Fraser's concert on Saturday. It was awesome! I love her songs. Op Shop was also good, they started us up with rock songs. The concert was two-in-one. Brooke's part was conversational, she talked about her engagement to the Australian and made lots of jokes about her future. I really like it. I will probably go to another one if she comes to town again.
Richard and I went to have dinner in Lone Star last night. I was so full with Lasso of Hog, however the salad wasn't so good. We watched Casshern the movie after dinner and that was quite interesting as well. They don't make movies like that very often, it was imaginative and beautiful, sad and quite depressed as well. Japanese directors have a knack of making anti-war movies, probably because of the history of Second World War. I think the generals had ambition to take over Asia, and people in power wants more power when they can get it, they ignore the human suffering in war. Generals stand upon thousands of rotten bones, and this is certainly true for many Japanese generals who waged war on China and South East Asia. Was it right for Japan to start the war on China? Was it right for us to fight back? I think citizens in the country just want to preserve their way of life, and if you are invaded, will you let people take away what you hold dear and kill the ones who you love? I think not. Wars are not right because there's never a legitimate reason for it, but people should be allowed to defend their country, their way of life, their culture, and work on ways to prevent wars. There's always going to be differences in the world, like different religions, ethinicity and cultures, and we still have to learn how to live with one another even if we are different. We still have a long way to go on this issue, there's still wars and conflicts, and ultimately, we can avoid these by more negotiation, understanding of different cultures, and tolerance.
I am going to have dinner with Richard in town tonight. Romantic? I hope it is.
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