Throwing books, Supanova, diet, and loans

A friend of mine and I were discussing books, and when it is justified throw books at walls. He said: "I guess I'm just more verbal when it comes to exploding at people who push me too far - must be the hammy thespian side of my personality that comes out when I'm angry - though as I said, I have thrown books at walls out of anger for them being so bad. You'll be happy to know "Twilight" was one of them."

  I replied: "Oh good! I only read the books because everyone else was reading them, and so I was naturally interested as to what all the fuss was about. The first two were...bearable...although I thought the author had no real talent at all, and simply had a knack of stringing words along, and used a lot of unnecessary synonyms. I read the others because I had hoped the would get better.....but alas, they're all books that are made to be thrown at walls." 

 

  So this got me thinking: how bad does a book have to be for it to warrant being thrown at a wall? Obviously, books can get away with stereotypical plots, otherwise 'Eragon' would have ended up in a pile of smouldering ashes. And dedicated readers (such as myself) can push aside the lengthy prose of 'The Lord of The Rings', the camping in 'The Deathly Hollows', and the plot holes ridiculous quests in the 'Spellsinger' series. But there are some books which are just written so bad, or have such horrible character development, that they are worse than a hippy guitarist and a talking otter, or a seemingly endless trek to drop a ring into a volcano. Of course, many people throw books if they are upset with the ending, but how angry do you have to be to hurl it across the room like a ticking time bomb? Do you have to feel immense hatred, or does your heart have to break? What do you have to feel to throw a book so hard the pages literally fall out of the spine? I think the only time I have thrown a book what when it was being used as a weapon. Even then, I was more concerned about the book rather than my victim. 

  One the subject of books, I've been reading 'A Clash of Kings', and all I can think about is 'The Red Wedding'. Robb's just brought home his new wife, so I know it's going to happen soon. It's gonna suck so bad. I am glad that I have caught up with the series, so now when I read ahead I'll know all the horrible things that happen before the new series starts. Also...on books, and TV shows, and all  things entertainment, I just bought two tickets to Supanova!! I'm so excited! I'm a little concerned because it's so close to my end of year examinations, but it'll be so fun! There's so many great people going. I know it will be an awesome way to celebrate end of semester. I'm almost finished my degree, and will be working more towards my major next year. So....I guess I will look forward to crows feet and hair loss. Yay! Go me!

One of the things I am not looking forward to is going on my diet. I've just started getting back into the gym and my trainer said I need to lose about half of my weight. I'm around a size 14 at the moment after having Isobelle, and I need to get down to a size 10-12. This means going on a diet! It's going to be so hard because I drink a lot of Chai Latte's at uni, which are full of sugar. I also have to stop eating sushi. I had no idea it was so bad for you. So yeah...not looking forward to that. I think I also need to stop binge eating. That's one of my main problems regarding weight loss. I just don't eat 'till the afternoon. I guess now I have to start eating breakfast :( Apart from that, everything is going well with uni, however I have been having a bit of trouble trying to get a loan. My credit check revealed that I had a debt, so I rang the phone company and found out that they had cancelled my payments! Who the fuck just cancelled someone's payments? Luckily I did have a payment history, so I had to prove to the credit agency that I've been slowly paying it off (and that the payments have recommenced). I kept getting redirected to stupid people who couldn't help me, reconfirming that telecommunications is the worst industry in the world. I don't know why people can't find this information? I mean, you'd assume if they know your name, your birthday, and have your bank details, that surely they can figure it out! Apparently not. So now I'm just waiting to hear back from the credit agency so I can reapply for my loan. I just want to go to people's weddings!! Is that so hard to ask for??

Anyway, the photo of the day is... *da da da dummm*

Spirited!! Awesome show. Sucks that it got cancelled :(

Holloway House, Murder, Search Factory, and Tony Abbott

At the moment I'm working on my novel. So far it's called 'Holloway House', but I'm sure the name will change, since the events that take place don't all occur around Holloway House itself. It's a murder mystery, however the reader knows who the killer is all along. One of the harder things with writing it is that it is told from several points of view, most of whom are indirectly connected to each other in some kind of way. Kind of like how Game of Thrones is written :) The murderer is obsessed with fairy tales, and kills women who remind him of his mother (although I don't know why yet), and I am really enjoying finding creative ways to kill people off. The last woman was killed by being shoved into a toilet, repeatedly kicked into the mouth so that several of her teeth fell out, having her Achilles heel sliced open, her chest cut open, and pieces of her face and vagina cut off and consumed. I'm completely sane. Honest. I guess I like researching how far one human can go to ridicule another. It's an interesting subject.                                          



  I think I like writing about murder because you are able to look into the depth of people's soul, and to find the one thing that makes them snap. I like to question why some kill to accomplish a specific goal and others choose less lethal methods. We know that people kill for power and control, and because they have some kind of antisocial personality disorder. We know it's a result of physical and emotional trauma. No one is born a bad person, not internally, at least. They become bad because of certain triggers in their environment and surroundings. Repressed feelings can be exasperated when someone's coping methods can be removed, causing them to snap and turn to murder. People with suppressed hostility are more likely to snap than others, and that suppression usually includes humility and emotion. I like reading about people who snap. The act of murder, of course, is horrible, but nobody can deny it's not interesting                                                 .

  Aside from murder, I've started at my new job. Search Factory is pretty good :) I like the articles they send me to write, since they're pretty easy. Apparently they were all supposed to be monotonous and boring to test my writing ability, and to see if I will snap. Hmm....all this writing about murder can't be good haha

  I've been ranting about Tony Abbott lately, no surprise there!From a post on my facebook: It is understood that Tony Abbott is a major misogynist douche. I am not just biased against him because I think we should coup against the current Liberal government. I'm biased against him because he has clearly shown that he has a problem with women. He can laugh all he wants about being ‘misunderstood’ and ‘misquoted’, but it’s pretty clear that he think women belong in the kitchen. Not only does his parliament consist of 90% men, but it has less women than the cabinet of Afghanistan, and there’s no minister for science. Is this because of his religious views? Being a member of parliament is about looking out for EVERYONE’S interests, not just your own. It’s time to coup. I don’t care how much people hate Kevin Rudd, Tony Abbott is a moronic, horrible human being. I’ve got my protest sign ready ;)  (Well, metaphorically speaking!) And have you heart about his new cabinet? It seems they forgot a few things!
1) There's only 1 out of 19 female ministers!
2) There's no ministers for Science, Climate Change, Energy, Youth, Disability, Status of Women, Aged Care, Mental Health, Early Childhood, etc!






The photo of the day is.....
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Just started reading it. I'm dreading The Red Wedding.....nooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Why I hate Tony Abbott, Ai Weiwei, and It's Coup Time

I'm sure by now that everyone is aware of our new Prime Minister - Tony Abbott.
 
I didn't vote for him, and I never will, but majority rules in this case, and there's nothing we can do now but coup, or plot to overthrow the government. Joking. But maybe not. Many people have asked me, "why do you hate Tony Abbott so much?" and I respond by asking, "why don't you." For those who are pro-Abbott, or on the fence, or simply curious as to why one person would hate someone they've never met so much, then let me fill you in through a few quotes our new Prime Minister actually said.

Yes, Tony Abbott really said that... #1:
On immigration:
1) ‘Jesus knew that there was a place for everything and it’s not necessarily everyone’s place to come to Australia.’
2) ‘These people aren’t so much seeking asylum, they’re seeking permanent residency. If they were happy with temporary protection visas, then they might be able to argue better that they were asylum seekers’

Yes, Tony Abbott really said that... #2:
 On rights at work:
1)‘If we’re honest, most of us would accept that a bad boss is a little bit like a bad father or a bad husband … you find that he tends to do more good than harm. He might be a bad boss but at least he’s employing someone while he is in fact a boss.’

Yes, Tony Abbott really said that...#3
 On women:
1) ‘The problem with the Australian practice of abortion is that an objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother’s convenience.’
2)‘I think it would be folly to expect that women will ever dominate or even approach equal representation in a large number of areas simply because their aptitudes, abilities and interests are different for physiological reasons’
3) ‘I think there does need to be give and take on both sides, and this idea that sex is kind of a woman’s right to absolutely withhold, just as the idea that sex is a man’s right to demand I think they are both they both need to be moderated, so to speak’
4) ‘What the housewives of Australia need to understand as they do the ironing is that if they get it done commercially it’s going to go up in price and their own power bills when they switch the iron on are going to go up, every year…’

Yes, Tony Abbott really said that...#4
  On the crisis in Syria:
1)‘It’s not goodies versus baddies, it’s baddies versus baddies’

So I think you get the picture....
Let me just remind everyone that THIS MAN IS OUR PRIME MINISTER. Yep. This idiot rules our country. Sure, Kevin Rudd is a bit of a prick, but at least he thinks women are people and he cares about the indigenous people of our country. This is the reason I want to coup. And if I get enough people on my side I will seriously consider doing it.

Perhaps I shouldn't dwell on such angering matters....let's move on to  Ai Weiwei.
 
 For those who are unaware of this amazing individual, Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist, active in sculpture, installation, architecture, curating, photography, film, and social, political and cultural critic. In 2011 he was arrested and detained for falsified tax evasion. Ai's supporters widely viewed his detention as retaliation for his vocal criticism of the government, and not because of his so-called tax evasion and sex crimes (these were all made up by the government to detain).  In June 2012, Ai's bail was lifted. Although he is allowed to leave Beijing, the police informed him that he is still prohibited from travelling to other countries because he is 'suspected of other crimes', including pornography, bigamy and illicit exchange of foreign currency. What a load of shit. Ai Weiwei is just another example of a silenced activist. I think it is extremely important for any political activist to watch the documentary, 'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry'. It is an amazing story of how one man can care so much about his country and government, and the lengths that government will go to to silence him. It's so awesome. 

I think it's so important to stand up for your rights. Ai Weiwei is so inspiring, because he gives me hope that I will one day have the courage to stand up to my own government. Without rights, we are a stateless country. We may as well be barbarians. Or simply coup. If enough people got together we could oust him from his position.We want Coup!

The photo of the day is.....