Corner of solitude

The latest installment, Child of might, in my online fiction has the said child with the same name as me. You might say it’s egotistical but you know what? I think you’re right. Anyone who makes the name of the hero the same as theirs has to be thinking that sunshine comes out of their arse. Har Har Har.

This story, just like part one, was first written a long time ago, this one is probably the fifth version I’ve done. I wanted to write a superhero’s origin story, which was what the first version of this narrative was like.

But I decided to make this version base on a scene of the first Superman movie by Christopher Reeve. The scene in particular is probably one of the most memorable not only in film but also in the Superman mythology.

It’s when the infant first lands on earth, and is discovered by the Kents. Jonathan is reluctant to take him in while his wife, Martha wishes to fulfill the void in her life, that is to have a child to call her own. During the exchange between the Kents, the infant hero seeing Jonathan trying to change the tyres, lifts the vehicle off the ground with ease. And both Kents dumbfounded just looks on in awe.

Where in hell is Sataneous Demoneous? is the first chapter to my online fiction the Post modern fantasy. The title is a play on Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Which was a pseudo detective slash educational computer game that everyone was fond of playing when I was in primary school. Hence this chapter is set up as a detective story, like I mentioned on a previous post it’s kind of like a cross between or more of an amalgamation of the Maltese Falcon and Indiana Jones.

I have been too lazy (like always) to update it. But this weekend I am going to add another chapter, that is if I don’t get too lazy. Yes folks you heard right, this weekend it’s going to happen. I initially wanted the Post modern fantasy to be something that I could add to, write whatever was in my head at the time, anytime I liked. It was going to be made up of chapters with serialised stories that have a different plot arc each. Not only was it going to be an adventure slash detective story, but also fantasy, of the wizards and dragons kind.

The next chapter will be the first introduction to a super hero growing up story arc. It will not be told through the eyes of the main protagonist, although the hero does play a major role in it. Instead the view will be that of the hero’s father who is awed by the powers of his child.

So why do I write stuff up that seem crude, rude, bigoted and make totally no sense at all? It’s all in the name of sarcasm, irony and most important of all, fun. In the immortal words of Dennis Leary “we spend alot of time…talking about death and disease and cancer and catastrophe and we do it because, well, I think it’s fucking funny…” I do too.

For those who are wondering who the hell I am, this is for you, apart from having sex my current interests are as follows.

• Book I’m reading: The colour of magic by Terry Pratchett, like I said I wanted to start reading all his novels from first to last.
• Music I’m listening to: The classic album by Anthrax; State of Euphoria.
• Movie I saw recently: Alvin and the Chipmunks, you know what folks? I was an Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoon tragic when I was growing up.
• Dessert that I love the most: Pavlova, it’s food’s personification of heaven.
• I go on the net: For five minutes a day to check my email, or ten to do a blog post
• Living in: Cronulla, near the beach.
• In my spare time: I like to jog of an afternoon, or sit down to do something creative, or do completely nothing at all.
• Working as: An Electrician/Fitter.
• Watching sport on Tv: Cricket, go INDIA!
• I’m a: Proud Christian, so get away from me you Infidels! less I smite thee, Har Har Har.
• I generally like to: Make a fool of myself, like develop a twitch in public and make people nervous.