Friday, June 3, 2005
Thank you

Lets be honest if your reading this you have access to a computer and a net connection, you have the money to pay for either in a cyber cafe or from a shop. Given the luxury nature of browsing a web forum its safe to assume you also have time. On top of this one superb human being has supplied you, for free, with the best sf&f forum in the world. Anything you get from it, anything you receive via the site in terms of prizes, information, help or just making friends costs you absolutely zero. Nothing. So why then are there so many people out there who don't whichside their bread is buttered on?It amazes me, you are not on to a good thing, you're on to a great thing yet its always a hassle, alwayssome grief, take a deep breath andthink how great you have it.

Posted by Owen Jones 2005-06-03 20:14:41

Thursday, June 2, 2005
To a head

In my sad little world of sports and whingeing everything is approaching a turbulent weather front. The Lions play their first game in NZ tomorrow morning, Ricky Hatton fights for a true world title against the undisputed champion of the division, Wales play the US ... in rugby (chortle) the olds are on their way back from Cyprus, Alfonso just got beat in the Contender and the final section of my job/training is close at hand. Oh and summer is here and the ashes will follow soon ... maybe. So in a productively non-productive way I have just discovered I want to write science fiction more than I do fantasy. Despite all my recent efforts being fantasy I am drifting heavily towards sf after reading the genius that is Peter F Hamilton. I even have an idea for a story that will in all likelihood lead to me to further damnation in literary hell but I'm halfway there, so why do things by half measures.

Posted by Owen Jones 2005-06-02 20:03:54

Wednesday, June 1, 2005
Gradually

Change never seems to happen this way, at least not in my experience. It may actually be happening gradually but for some odd reason I only seem to see it in flashes. For instance I've been on a massive training rush for the last month but didn't seem to be getting anywhere, then yesterday after an hour's skipping I was posing in the mirror (sad I know) and the guy in the mirror looked in mean shape. I was chuffed let me tell you, even though the scales say my weight hasn't moved in three weeks -something I find hard to believe. Then I started wondering how I didn't see it before, where was the warning? So if your busting a gut and it doesn't seem to be working, have hope - it is and when you get that moment of 'catch-up' it'll all be worth while.

Posted by Owen Jones 2005-06-01 19:04:17

Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Age

I know it sounds strange, most of my blogs do, but for the last few months I keep thinking I am two years older than I am. Freaky I know but for some reason I feel like I should be older and have managed to partiallyconvince myself I'm older than I am. Anyone convinced themselves ofsomething like this?

Posted by Owen Jones 2005-05-31 18:42:49

Monday, May 30, 2005
Drunks in conversation

How entertaining are drunk people! I love talking to people whohave tasted too much sauce when your relatively sober, the things that come out of their mouths are sometimes genius - unless its not words :) The most compelling thing about drunks is how honest they are, the most gruff, monosyllabic people become emotional wrecks at the drop of a bottle or ten. So amongst other things does alcohol remove the facades we parade around in each day, or does the inability to control yourself simply mean we witnesscondensed stupidity? The jury is out.

Posted by Owen Jones 2005-05-30 17:53:13