Recruitment drive for stories and poetry in The Post
4 Days Ago
Right you wonderful people, I'm looking for anyone and everyone - no matter what they think their skill level is in regard to writing and poetry - to start writing fiction and/or poetry for The Post! 
With the Post back in its weekly slot, we're running out of stories faster than usual, so I thought now would be a good idea to start a recruitment drive. Now sadly I suspect that at least half my friends list has now Elvised. So if anyone knows or suspects someone who might want to write a story for the post (long or short) or write poetry, then please point them this way. Or even better write your own journal asking people for stories, if you feel so motivated!
So let those creative juices flow, its writing time! 
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Head Explode *splat*
6 Days Ago
Its annoying.
I've 101 things to do, not to mention things I want to do for people on h2g2 *waves at friendly post people*. But my brain is so full of stuff to do with doing a 5000 word essay for my Masters degree, that I'm somewhat paralised.
Yeah I know, I'm lucky. I'm in education in a time of economic crisis - people are hardly going to feel sorry for academic boy. Although the money situation is hardly cut and dried, but that's hardly the subject for h2g2.
I have a problem with focus. Okay anyone who has ever dealt with me on h2g2 probably has that vague idea. To clarify I appear to have a problem focusing on more than one thing. My girlfriend seems to do this rather well - she volunteers for so many things I've almost lost track! And that's the problem - I like to volunteer for things, but in contrast I seem to struggle. I get - for want of a better word - scared. For want of an even better word I get terrified.
What's bizarre is that my h2g2 time was born out of a period when I was in the midst of education. Some of my best stuff was when I was a student first time around.
However wisdom has granted me the perspective to see that I have some fairly major gaping flaws. I wish that I could just control when the motivation can actually produce something productive. Well the rediculous thing is - is that it is entirely possible for me to control it. I just seem to let my emotions get the better of me. Sadly I am not a vulcan - not even half of one. I'm half Irish and half English, so I should at least be half lucky. So something should come up.
The most annoying thing is I find it rediculously easy to write this sort of crap, instead of something useful. This in a way is, I guess a way of procrastinating. And a good procrastination is sometimes needed to get the intellectual juices flowing.
I just wish I could just switch it on and off at times, you know? But then perhaps I wouldn't be human. I'd be a machine. Still, this is why I returned to education. To get my brain working again. To challenge myself. And by and large its worked! I just hate essays. Unless of course, it's something that I've done myself - but then isn't that what all the great historical figures in science have done? Write about their own work - not someone elses!
Okay I'm moaning now. Trying to make excuses. Better just get back to looking at that word document and hope that words magically add themselves... it only has to be in on Monday! 
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For the glory of Kronk
Oct 27, 2009
I have no idea what Kronk is, or stands for. It is currently a name with a huge void behind it. The idea of building this up to something huge amuses me, so I thought I'd see what people thought Kronk could mean (other than certain Disney characters I randomly found while searching google)...
For the Glory of Kronk!
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Apologies to Stargate SG1 and Atlantis fans...
Oct 14, 2009
...I wasn't a fan. That sounds a horrible confession, considering I loved the Stargate film. The film actually really inspired me, and I had high hopes for the SG1 series, though I'm not sure why, I didn't really like it. And I didn't really see much of it. I have to confess though, Stargate Universe has me quite excited. I've seen three episodes so far and very much liked what I've seen.
Admittedly it's being compared to the more recent incarnation of Battlestar Galactica - of which I was mostly a fan so that's not a bad thing necesarily. Though I think Stargate Universe has a very different world - they're not trying to find a new world, they've got one, they're just trying to get back. And theres the comparisons to Star Trek : Voyager of course - except Voyager didn't really seem to use the concept enough. They didn't seem that worried to be that far away from home, as the ship was pretty much luxury accomodation anyway, and they spent most of the time preaching to those in the other quadrant how great the federation was - don't get me wrong I liked a fair number of Voyager episodes, I just think it could have been much much better.
I don't really comment much on TV stories in my journal, maybe I should more.
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The Post - What Communities are you in?
Oct 12, 2009
I've already asked a few communities about what people like about them - although I've been distracted in the last few weeks with real life commitments. However I still would like to get some more information before I put anything together.
So really I thought I'd ask in my journal, for those who read it - or those who stop by - where do you reside when you're on h2g2? And why do you enjoy it?
I'm hoping ultimately to try and link communities in the post... although there is a fine community element there already - I would like to see proper links with the communities.
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