tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873Thu, 29 Aug 2024 20:13:48 +0000spontaneoustechnologyvirussillinesshorrorsemi-plannededitorialfully-plannedvampiresWimbledonactionadminboritbushfirescfadrunk-russiansemofootballi'm-a-big-girl's-blouseinsomniarunningyuriCreative writing blog for a bunch of experiments to see if I've got any clue :) Please take a read, and comment.http://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)Blogger18125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873.post-5019715912528668155Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:59:00 +00002009-04-20T01:34:09.812-07:00fully-plannedtechnologyvirusK, it's been a while, apologies for those three of you who're regular readers. Life has been busy. Might put it in an editorial post if you pester me enough. Anyway, without further ado... Second last episode!Quickly coming to, Evan pushed his thoughts forward to a fairly obvious conclusion - Steve's server was safe, and would not be discovered for some time yet. After all, if it was stuck behindhttp://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/2009/03/plans-bit-vii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873.post-4269302937350992254Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:47:00 +00002009-03-09T17:58:09.954-07:00editorialfootballWimbledonI'm a bit of a football tragic (as in, the world-game type of football, the one some countries call "soccer"), and like many football nutters, I have a wishlist of games I want to see.I've been going over a list of football clubs around the world that I *really* want to see play at their homeground someday. Amongst your usual Manchester Uniteds, Barcelonas and of course the club I actually http://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/2009/03/afc-wimbledon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873.post-6635325769918837505Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:15:00 +00002009-03-03T04:03:46.477-08:00emoi'm-a-big-girl's-blousespontaneousSorry for the lack of writing lately, folks... I'm working on it, though :) Problems with leading a very busy life :?Hopefully this might make up for it some. Oh, and for those who keep asking me: a new Plans bit is coming soon. :)This is my attempt at an exercise in trying to grab on to a feeling and describing it, kinda like running the pain away was...DesolationShe was left with an open wound http://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/2009/03/desolation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873.post-5474445541759164772Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:28:00 +00002009-02-23T18:40:39.271-08:00sillinessspontaneous...apologies to Joss Whedon.This sheer idiocy is the result of stupidity occurring within emails. But hey, it was entertaining enough to get a minor laugh. So, henceforth, and so on, I present to you, the Note of Concern for the Welfare of Friends in the Face of Dire Invasion from Peoples of Nasty Persuasion.My friend,I write to you with grave concerns for both your welfare, and my own. In http://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/2009/02/whats-with-all-those-carrots-what-do.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873.post-2375333305798047729Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:49:00 +00002009-02-26T01:11:28.336-08:00actionhorrorspontaneousI want to write a battle scene, perhaps a fight for a (potential) book I'm writing...Here goes...Dargu raised a bloodied fist and planted it firmly into Penwicke's face. He did this several times before kicking off the gnat's that Penwicke called associates from his body. Dargu reeled, looking for a weapon, but all he saw were enemies. He swept the closest man's legs from under him with a kick,http://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/2009/02/battle-scene.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873.post-7103852452595966794Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:33:00 +00002009-03-04T04:51:26.906-08:00fully-plannedtechnologyvirus...part of this story is based on the classic IT story "Server 54, Where are you?" from several years ago. This bit gets rather technical again. Please let me know how I'm going with the explanations - I'll make a network engineer of you all yet :)Evan barged down the corridor like a madman, his heart racing. He couldn't explain why, but he felt like he was witnessing a murder - an organised http://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/2009/02/plans-bit-vi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873.post-1805686364413813891Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:23:00 +00002009-02-18T22:19:21.981-08:00horrorspontaneousvampiresk, just gave blood, and saw a video clip of the Prodigy's "Breathe" the other day (hence the title), also the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chaos Bleeds game - particularly the contraption in the blood factory lol... so it's all mishing in my head...There's no excuse for pain.You could bleed and bleed and bleed yourself out into that little plastic bag of life for someone, but there's no excuse for http://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/2009/02/bleed-with-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873.post-5147237051564983608Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:19:00 +00002009-02-16T14:40:06.325-08:00semi-plannedtechnologyvirus...k, this story has been getting a bit more involved, so it's now becoming a bit more planned, each episode.Please let me know what you think. To check previous episodes, look up the tag "virus" :)"Hello? Please, we don't have time for this...""Uhm, hi, my name is Evan, and I'm calling for a Mr I J Elves...?" "I'm sorry, we're not interested in anything you're selling.""No, wait!" Evan was http://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/2009/02/plans-bit-v.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873.post-155221497240643331Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:26:00 +00002009-02-11T09:48:26.090-08:00insomniasillinessspontaneousRight now all I know is insomnia...The small voice opened his eyes a crack with a crowbar applied with brutal force. His own personal little alarm clock, he called her. At least, that was one of the more affectionate names for his daughter.He struggled up to get to her room, wondering what was wrong - what in the hell was the time again, bloody 3:30 AM??? She'd never woken up at this time, in allhttp://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/2009/02/insomnia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873.post-3981836195112877632Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:44:00 +00002009-02-09T21:10:34.036-08:00bushfirescfaeditorialspontaneousAnyone who's had an eye on the news in Australia is aware that we're on fire right now (in a very, VERY bad way) - we've just had the most intense fires ever on Feb 7th 2009, resulting in a death toll of 173 people (at approx 3:30 PM AEST on Feb 10th, figure still climbing), hundreds of homes destroyed (including a mate of mine) and an estimated damage bill of $2 billion (AU)Facing this down at http://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/2009/02/cfa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873.post-2693783579541938884Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:15:00 +00002009-02-08T01:43:12.337-08:00semi-plannedtechnologyvirusIt had been two days of frustration for both Greggy and Evan as they sifted through logfile after logfile in the company proxy serve. They had managed to keep the info about their "pet" AI - whom they'd started calling Steve (well, Evan had, anyway). For some reason, Evan didn't feel right about telling anyone else, and Greggy didn't want to get in trouble, or worse, have everyone think he was http://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/2009/02/plans-bit-iv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873.post-5812587787444838265Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:40:00 +00002009-02-03T18:28:21.544-08:00boritdrunk-russianssillinessspontaneousyuriK, not sure how this will work... An awful stereotype that won't leave my head, and I perversely find vaguely amusing. Having known Russians, they are actually wonderful, beautiful and cultured people, and most of them are actually not drunk. But tell me if it's too much. I am being very peurile with these two guys, because they're a bit of me that wants to behave like a flaming imbecile all the http://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/2009/02/drunk-russians.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873.post-5845490763221500702Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:45:00 +00002009-02-03T17:38:25.558-08:00spontaneoustechnologyvirusGreggy startled at Evan's "Whoa.""What, you think you're Keanu Reeves, going all Matrix on me? When do we see some karate chop action on this... whatever it is?"I resent that."Shut up, you. What, you think because you *think* you can talk that gives you a right to *anything*???"All I am asking is that I be put in touch with the person who created me. My author, if you will. Or, if you prefer, thehttp://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/2009/02/plans-bit-iii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873.post-4286967866293159766Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:01:00 +00002009-02-02T16:41:31.106-08:00admintechnologyShort note to put out that I'm now RSS feeding this using FeedBurner at:http://feeds2.feedburner.com/ TheSquawkboxing...Subscribe, or I'll come visit you... and stuff...I'll get more work done on Plans pretty soon.Subscribe in a readerhttp://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/2009/02/note.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873.post-1967728033032581601Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:03:00 +00002009-02-01T03:27:14.641-08:00spontaneoustechnologyvirus"...yeah, Hi Mac, It's Evan from NOC here, you know anything about this server, 10.194.38.7? ...no? ...who would do you know? ...k, thanks anyway, Mac..." Evan hung up the phone in frustration. "Any luck?" asked Greggy hopefully."Nope. Mac doesn't know, Benny doesn't know, Sandeep doesn't, nobody. Nobody runs that server.""Then can we take it off the network, please?""We can't do that, you know http://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/2009/02/plans-bit-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873.post-6466136718827354090Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:00:00 +00002009-01-28T00:25:15.059-08:00spontaneoustechnologyvirusk, here's the deal:I work in technology.You're supposed to write about what you know.Theoretically, I should be able to write about technology.Right?Well... here goes. This one may evolve over several posts.PLANS...they say the best-laid plans... well, you know.Greggy had a problem. He always had problems, but this was actually someone else's problem. He had a bizarre network traffic fluctuation http://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/2009/01/plans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873.post-2618006782380060286Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:38:00 +00002009-01-26T17:10:28.957-08:00horrorsemi-plannedsillinessvampiresThis is just a silly idea which occurred to me last night....she saw him standing like a bloodied crow on the windowsill. It was the moment she'd been praying for for years. He was here. He had come to take her away into the night. Grace got up from bed and walked over to him, fingering her necklace nervously."My dark Lord, I am yours!"He sneered with joy at her and leapt to her neck, his fangs http://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/2009/01/vampire-silliness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401827341459907873.post-8569967274135129745Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:02:00 +00002009-01-26T05:11:47.722-08:00runningspontaneous...so this is the start of something... maybe.I'm intending this to be a bit of a creative writing blog.I need to commit to a frequent update - I have no idea how frequent.But I figure if I'm going to start this creative writing shenanigan, then I'd better practice.Oh, let me know what you think - be more constructive with your feedback however if you're planning on writing "d00d, UR lik, TEH http://squawkboxing.blogspot.com/2009/01/running-pain-away.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (squawkbox)2