So I turned 18 last November, now some of you might think this is a good thing but I am here to tell you it is not. First things first turning 18 means that you gain this thing called responsibility, apparently your supposed to do things for yourself, who decided that, maybe I like not having pressure put on me, did anyone think of that. This pressure is especially annoying when it's something like, call this person up, I take forever to get back to my friends so tell me why am I going to get back to some person I don't know about something that's not important?
There are other annoying things, like getting a job, I know a lot of people when they were in high school got part time jobs well my friends and I didn't. This has given me time to watch T.V. catch up on my videos and play video games. I feel like I must ask why does this need to change. Now I know money makes the world go round and all that jazz but I still get money from my parents for doing chores around the house, at a decent hourly rate as well. To add onto this I don't have a car, and with both my parents working this means I'd have to catch public transport, this would be a very bad idea. For those uninitiated this is because I am prone to moments of forgetfulness and wouldn't be surprised if I missed my bus stop and then proceeded to leave my phone and wallet on the bus.
So what I am saying is that if your still a kid treasure every moment you can, I did and I'm still complaining less that fourth months after the change.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Fanfiction
Well I figure my first post should be about something I really like, and considering I spend most of my spare time reading it I must really like fanfiction. Now for those of you not in the know fanfiction is stories that people, of various writing skills, write set in already created fictional words, like that of Harry Potter or Power rangers. Naturally the results vary wildly, from My Immortal, a story that is so immensely stupid it has been reported to make people dumber just by them reading it, to Nightmares of futures past, a brilliant time travel story involving a Harry who's lost it all going back in time to fix things. With that out of the way let's dig into fanfiction some more.
There is fanfiction for almost any show you can name, or at least for those people still remember. Of course there are exceptions and a lot of the collections are quite small but usually there will be at least a couple of fics. I'm lucky in that most of my fandoms contain a fair amount fanfictions, Harry Potter actually has the highest amount of stories on fanfiction.net, so I have a fair amount to choose from. Unfortunately this is where the main problem with fanfiction shines through. It can best be explained by Sturgeon's law, now sturgeon's law says that 90% of everything is crap. Why is fanfiction such great proof of this? Well simply with how easy it is to get a fanfiction on the Internet any guy and their dog, and some look like they were written by a dog, can put there story on the Internet. Let me tell you there is a reason there are so few so published authors out there, because some people have no talent. Don't get me wrong there are many diamonds in the rough but these are of a small number compared to those written by a thirteen year old on a sugar high whose closest idea of a plot is, these two get together and have sex.
Anyway I'm done ranting, for now, so lets move onto what makes this format great. Well one reason is it allows for aspiring authors to work on a story and not have to do a huge amount of world and character building and just focus on their writing style. It also allows for continuations of cancelled series which can be useful for fans disappointed in not having more seasons, books, etc. But my personal favourite reason is that it allows stories to take place that couldn't normally be done. To explain this I'll use an example. The Power rangers fanfic 'rangers in retrograde' is a fine example, it's a retelling of Operation overdrive that can only be done because it can ignore things like budget, or actor availability or even sentai footage.
Anyway I'm done here for now, if I think of anything I might post a part two but for now See ya.
There is fanfiction for almost any show you can name, or at least for those people still remember. Of course there are exceptions and a lot of the collections are quite small but usually there will be at least a couple of fics. I'm lucky in that most of my fandoms contain a fair amount fanfictions, Harry Potter actually has the highest amount of stories on fanfiction.net, so I have a fair amount to choose from. Unfortunately this is where the main problem with fanfiction shines through. It can best be explained by Sturgeon's law, now sturgeon's law says that 90% of everything is crap. Why is fanfiction such great proof of this? Well simply with how easy it is to get a fanfiction on the Internet any guy and their dog, and some look like they were written by a dog, can put there story on the Internet. Let me tell you there is a reason there are so few so published authors out there, because some people have no talent. Don't get me wrong there are many diamonds in the rough but these are of a small number compared to those written by a thirteen year old on a sugar high whose closest idea of a plot is, these two get together and have sex.
Anyway I'm done ranting, for now, so lets move onto what makes this format great. Well one reason is it allows for aspiring authors to work on a story and not have to do a huge amount of world and character building and just focus on their writing style. It also allows for continuations of cancelled series which can be useful for fans disappointed in not having more seasons, books, etc. But my personal favourite reason is that it allows stories to take place that couldn't normally be done. To explain this I'll use an example. The Power rangers fanfic 'rangers in retrograde' is a fine example, it's a retelling of Operation overdrive that can only be done because it can ignore things like budget, or actor availability or even sentai footage.
Anyway I'm done here for now, if I think of anything I might post a part two but for now See ya.
Welcome
So I have decide to finally cement my status as a complete and utter nerd by starting a blog, albeit one no one will read. First I would like to talk about what this blog will be about. Well I have a lot on my mind a lot and sometimes I just need to get stuff off of my chest, and this is what this will be used for, whatever I'm feeling like.
Now onto about me, well I don't usually reveal stuff about me on the internet I figure as no one will read this it's fine to give away as much as I like. My name is Robert Hedley, though you can call me Random, and I'm a sarcastic, cynical, and insane Australian. I'm an incredibly lazy, so don't expect many updates, and list procrastination as one of my hobbies. I like a range of thing from Stargate to Harry Potter, from Doctor Who to Power Rangers, from Fanfiction to wrestling, from video games to Batman. While my posts won't just contain these thing there likely to be the most common subject choices. So, nobody, allow me to take you on a journey about how a nerd views tye world.
Now onto about me, well I don't usually reveal stuff about me on the internet I figure as no one will read this it's fine to give away as much as I like. My name is Robert Hedley, though you can call me Random, and I'm a sarcastic, cynical, and insane Australian. I'm an incredibly lazy, so don't expect many updates, and list procrastination as one of my hobbies. I like a range of thing from Stargate to Harry Potter, from Doctor Who to Power Rangers, from Fanfiction to wrestling, from video games to Batman. While my posts won't just contain these thing there likely to be the most common subject choices. So, nobody, allow me to take you on a journey about how a nerd views tye world.
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