Requiem for a Dream

That is an incredible name, no? Requiem–lament for the dead. I came across it after spending ages looking for that blasted theme tune, you know, the one that plays in the background of every memorable trailer? Lux Aeterna or The Eternal Light. Anyhow, I find myself listening to that more and more these days. Not sure why, to be honest. It’s a reasonably depressing theme yet full of hope.

Two Characters

Requiem for a Dream is most memorable by the music from the film, based on a recent book of the same name. It sees the hopes and dreams of four amibitious people destroyed as their drug habits escalate, and some are forced into less desirable positions in society. I have not seen the film myself, but by good intention I would like to. It seems similar to Ever Wayward (name pending) and the type of deep, symbolic, pretentious crap I write. Aedomir sees his dream to be free with his companions crushed in a split second.

My ramble for today, but seriously, great name.

Requiem for a Dream

Writing = Gamble

I found this a while ago via stumbleupon. Lulu, a self-publishing website believes that with its program it can tell whether your book will go directly to the publisher, or the dung heap. To be fair, it’s fairly accurate. I tried out Lord of the Rings (undoubtedly a bestseller) and it came up with 41.4% chance. Alright, it’s bad. But certainly, give it a go and see what it comes up with!

I tried a few more:

• Ever Wayward by Me, achieved a disappointing 22.9%.
• Harry Potter by JK Rowling, got 45.6%.
• sense and sensibility by Jane Austen, received 37%…

For incentive:

Your book in the future.

Next Stop, London! London’s 2012 Eight Minutes

I just got round to watching the Beijing closing ceremony this morning, and I have to say, London’s performance was brilliant. The animation was great–really pictured the United Kingdom and above all, the iconic red bus!

I still can’t believe I’ve never been to London (shameful, I know) but the red bus I loved! David Beckham coming on I thought was little over pointless but the dancing, glamour and sport–excellent!

Sorry for rambling, but it was such a great moment when the bus transformed. That surprised me a lot. And to think we are now the hosts–the Mall’s 2012 party was all too snazzy also…

But yay! The first city ever to have the Olympics hosted three times! Can’t wait. And to think, in 2012 I will be leaving sixth form and it will take place in most likely the best summer of my life until that point… I mean, I can’t wait! Just makes you proud to be British. We may no longer be the most powerful nation in the world but we can put on one hell of a show.

To see a London red bus turning around 20,000 Chinese performers with billions of viewers, gave no less than an immense rush of pride.

Apparently we blew up, but I seriously disagree. They can go stick ‘emselves in a cool red postbox.

London, here we come!

I personally saw no negativity–aside Beckham who can now only dream of winning a world cup…  might have been nice to have a little more iconography but hey!

The Fantasy Novelist’s Exam

Written by David J. Parker, the fantasy novelist’s exam is a fairly accurate way of depicting how original your novel truly is. Ever since the likes of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis created the world’s of Middle-Earth and Narnia, every reader on the block believes they have what it takes to match, or even, better them.

If you get a single ‘yes’, looks like you need to go back to the dungheap. If you find no ‘no’s, go back and do it again, truthfully. If still, you’re good to go!

Ah, if only Paolini had this, eh?

#1 Evil on Earth: Analysing Literature

Someone said this recently on YWS, and I agree. Completely.

Literature isn’t meant to be analysed! When Shakespeare wrote The Tempest he didn’t think,“Ya know, I think another usage of an extended metaphor to broaden how good I am before the 12 syllable iambic pentameter would be great.”

OK!

Well, perhaps I just need a reason to procrastinate. I don’t know. But it’s just what I hate in school; is it just to fill the curriculum, or what? If Shakespeare truly did that, just to piss off the descendants in 500 years, then guess what?

I believed in you, and you let me down!

I should really get back to my English coursework. Oh, by the way, not that anyone cares but I got an A* in my ICT GCSE (how?)!

Rhyming

I am a great poem. I shall emphasise:

Roses are red,
violets are blue,
most poems rhyme,
but this one doesn’t.

Where was your book made?

Well a while ago I was doing a school project on… something or other on worldmapper.org, and I cam across this map:

Shows the amount of books published in the world... and where!

I always knew the UK was good for something. It looks like some random blog on the top… Anyway, just shows Europe’s dominance over America once again! It’s funny really, there aren’t that many UK writers I know on the web. Meh, a book is meant to be 50 pages or over. We like big fonts.