Archive for September, 2007

Play Frankenstein

Sunday, September 30th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

The faces of Ayumi Hamasaki and Zhang Ziyi combined together.

The faces of Ayumi Hamasaki and Zhang Ziyi combined together -

I shall call her Ayumi Ziyi. Isn’t she cute! It’s equally easy to create ugly looking beasts at morphthing.

More morphs:

The faces of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera combined together - Christina Aguilera's Face Combined with Ashlee Simpson - The faces of Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie combined together - Marilyn Monroe and Christina Aguilera Faces Combined Together - Marilyn Monroe and Scarlett Johansson -

Why are you here?

Saturday, September 29th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

They say that curiousity killed the cat, but I doubt that my curiousity in this matter will have such dramatic results. I’m curious about why you come here, and what you come here for. The results probably won’t have much impact on my future writing as I tend to write according to my whims and urges, but it would be fascinating to me.

Of course, due to my site stats programs (Sitemeter and Mint) I have some idea of the searches that bring people here, but I don’t always know if they find what they’re looking for, or if I’m just another stepping stone on the way to the solution.

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And for your amusement, here are some of the interesting search terms that have brought folks to my humble blog in the past week: (more…)

Been there, done that, sold the T-shirt

Thursday, September 27th, 2007 | Posted in music

You Should Play the Guitar


You’re very independent – both in spirit and in the way you learn.
You can teach yourself almost anything, even if it makes your fingers bleed.

You’re not really the type to sit patiently through a music lesson – or do things by the book.
It’s more your style to master the fundamentals and see where they take you.

Highly creative and a bit eclectic, you need a wide range of music to play.
You could emerge as a sensitive songwriter… or a manic rock star.

Your dominant personality characteristic: being rebellious

Your secondary personality characteristic: tenacity

13 Books for Writers

Thursday, September 27th, 2007 | Posted in reading, thursday thirteen, writing

how to be a writer

Here are some of my favourite writing instructional books, in no particular order.

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Interesting Linkage: Part 2?

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

1. Does the fact that Katie Price’s novel is outselling the entire Booker shortlist mean that the discerning reader of “quality fiction” is no more?

Crystal by Katie Price Katie Price

2. Horror movies as an exploration of the eternal conflict between introvert and extrovert? Interesting theory. I try not to watch horror movies unless they’re more silly than scary. (I know what you did last night…in the pub toilets, with the landlady…)

Freddy

3. A tip I could have used all those times that I’ve had “wardrobe malfunctions” (thankfully none as embarrassing as you-know-who’s): how to turn a paper clip into a safety pin.

Liz Hurley in Versace Safety Pin Dress