Friday, June 27, 2008

Important questions

I was recently on a business trip to Singapore and was holed up in a neat (but overpriced) hotel called the Swissotel. As I munched on my American breakfast, fully equipped with both coffee AND orange juice, I had an epiphany.

The sunlight streaming in must have illuminated my stunned face as I asked this to myself; "Which is worse? Having a good hot cup of coffee go cold on you, or a good cold orange juice go warm?"

I sat there for a few minutes, paralyzed because I could not decide which drink to focus on. Life really can get tricky on you when you least expect it.

From that day on, I vowed to order one after the other. I suggest that you do to. ;)

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Dreams to order

About a week ago I had an amazingly cinematographic dream. Without going into too much detail, it involved transformer like robots, crazy chase scenes and some pretty spectacular camera work. Needless to say, I had fun. =)

Perhaps already covered in sci-fi films, I was thinking it would be awful cool if someone could first figure out a way to find out what really influences dreams. From that, an invention could be made to create the dreams you really want!

The feeling of waking up after a great dream really is special. Imagine if you could pre-program yourself to dream a specific scene up.

I'd say it would probably look like a pair of VR goggles you strap on before bed time. Play a 5 minute clip to condition yourself, then remove them before bed. Next thing you know, you're romping through Mayan ruins with Angelina Jolie.

Sweet.

Friday, June 6, 2008

Story #10 - Lovemonster

This story stemmed from the words 'love monster', which I heard somewhere. This might be the most random and nonsensical of my stories, but it was fun writing it. ;)

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Lovemonsters are rare and passive creatures. As a species, they’re not as popular as their more violent brethren; trolls, basilisks, dragons and orcs. We believe this could be attributed to their lack of ability to inflict mortal wounds. Non-confrontational, they tend to attack only in territorial disputes. When the rare fights occur, the action is swift. Exchanges of hugs are followed with a flurry of kisses. The clear loser bows out of the fight by emitting a series of yelps. To the untrained ear, it comes across like a whine. However, seasoned hunters are adamant that it sounds like giggling.
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