Archive for July, 2011
Buy these.
I need to buy things. Or want to. The line between them is quite thin sometimes. For this post, let’s just pretend that it’s “want”.
I want to buy an autoharp. A good one. Does anyone know where I can find a good autoharp in Singapore?
I want to buy a chess set. I have no idea what sort of chess set I want, but I do know that I’ll recognise it when I see it. It’s that sort of thing.
I want to buy a typewriter. I’ve wanted to for ages. It’s just never happened. This is somewhat a good thing because it means I don’t yet have to worry about where to put it.
I want to buy a computer. I think it will come in useful in the coming months, what with school and work and all that. That said, it always seems like that before you actually buy a computer, doesn’t it?
I want to buy a record player. It is the main thing keeping me from starting an LP collection.
I want to buy a nice personal tea-making device. That makes it sound really fancy, but I just mean a teapot or a cup with the associated technological contraptions.
All this, of course, on top of basic survival spending and the other usual expenses (books, music, shows, and other products that I fancy). Also, I’m saving up for two things: travelling, and a rainy day.
I don’t expect to see more than one of these items showing up in the house in the next six months. In fact, it’s probably more likely that I’ll dither about and not buy anything until the 2012 rolls around, and then I’ll tell you all about this again.
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Clumsy at it.
I drafted this whole blog post just now and it ran about 400 words before I stopped. It was about school, about change, about age and aging, and about other silly things. It was really bad. I deleted it.
I think part of it has to do with being away from this for so long. All my fault, of course. But it does feel awkward trying to write up a quick post again. The words stumble out, the sentences are clumsy, and the topics are bland or trite or some blend of both.
I hope this doesn’t last. I hope it’s just a rust thing and that I’ll be able to commit to writing posts properly again soon. I don’t know.
Another possibility that strikes me is that this might not be for me any longer. I’ve run a personal blog for more than five years. Maybe six, approaching seven, even. The older versions don’t exist any longer, but I’ve been at this for a while. For a long time, I’ve considered–and I still consider–the idea that my approach to blogging might not be the best, that I’d run out of steam or things to say, that I’d just be really bad at sticking with it. But I did, kind of. There were always periods of greater and lesser motivation, but I stuck with it.
But what I’m getting at, however, is a possibility that I missed. Change. The world around us is changing (of course), my life is changing (whether it be new challenges, new worries, or new happinesses), and even I’ve changed much more than I could ever have imagined. Naturally, one would expect that my relationship with and perspectives on blogging have changed as well. My approach to it, however, has stayed pretty much the same through the years. Maybe it shouldn’t.
Who knows! We’ll see what happens in the next couple of months, and maybe we’ll have a better idea then.
Meanwhile, the charitable gamers among you might want to know that there is a third Humble Indie Bundle. Show your support! [via Humble Indie Bundle]
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Really back. Promise.
Yes, I know I’ve zipped in and out of here all too infrequently in the past month or so. This isn’t about to become a graveyard, though. I just did a lot of travelling (Europe, as you know, then Hong Kong, and more recently, Korea), but I’m back for good and hope to get things back up and running again in the foreseeable future.
Don’t take this as a complaint, but it hasn’t helped that I’ve been besieged by a bunch of different commitments. That’s all clearing up now, and I’m glad to be going back to my work (well, I haven’t been at it yet but I can feel it coming) and also to be back here. It also means that school is starting again, and with it a whole new door of opportunity and adventure opens. Yes, that sounds really goofy, but it’s true in the sense that it’s a time of big change and I’m quite committed to not taking it passively. That is, I’m going to try to make the most out of it, and fingers crossed, things will be great.
So, just a brief hello again. It’s nice to be back.
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The Unadventurous Adventures of Daryl L.
Oh hello.
My photos from Europe and Hong Kong are up.
Here are a very select few.
Big Ben:
At the Emirates Stadium:
Parking my TARDIS in London:
View of the Eiffel Tower:
Saying hi to an old friend:
Here’s the Louvre:
My very first Goya’s:
And finally…
Meanwhile, you can go over to flickr for the photos. [Europe] [Hong Kong] Many more over there.
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