Career Interrogations... Do you want an honest answer?

They keep asking... "What college do you want to go to?" What major will you take? What career will you go into?


Well, I have no idea.


But if they really want an honest answer....


1.--My real dream job would be working as a detective or spy.
2.--I want to psychoanalyze everything the world doesn't know about itself.
3.--My dream is to take over the world, and then get trapped inside my own fictional universe.
4.--I know that I'm good at math, but if you tell me one more time that I should go into engineering or computer sciences I will... I will.... Ummmm..... Do something. Not good.
5.--I'm an introvert and I like change and exploration. And giving speeches. Your argument is invalid.


So yeah. I think that these societal tyrants should be deposed. Anyone with me?

How to Fix the World

I think the world would be a better place if everyone just had a simultaneous case of amnesia.

A Fond Fare-thee-well to My Laptop

Yes, I would like to give a moment of silence to my dearly departed laptop.


Yes.


My precious.... has departed from this mortal plane. It was, indeed, all my fault.


Indeed, we have been through much together. Laughing hysterically, crying exaggeratedly... indeed, where thou hast gone, you carry a piece of my soul with you.


Haha. No. But seriously, my laptop changed my life. Mostly for the better, a lot for the worse.


Looks like I lost all of my files too. Now I'm kind of glad I didn't spend all of that time finishing Nanowrimo. *whistles innocently*


If anyone actually read this far, I salute you.


An explosion for your enjoyment.

The Forgotten Four - The Last of the Main Characters

At last, we come to my favorite part of my novel. Perhaps this is the true story out of it all. These four will play an important part from the shadows.
Age is relative. They appear somewhere within the teenage years.


They have lost their names. Their personalities have altered significantly since their former days. They do not belong in this world, and certainly not in this time.

The Forgotten Four. The last remnants of a bygone day, and an age that can no longer be returned.

Their lives have been lost, forever.

November~

Second and Third Character - Ashes and Anarchy

  Jasper Jones

Sounds like an alias, right? Who really alliterates names like that?
.....Well, you may be correct.
Maybe.
Age - 27
Brown Hair, Brown Eyes, Native American/European
Occupation - Currently, None.
Affiliations - Anarchy Trio, Main Quintet, Confederate States of America (Former), Chataklow Tribe,  League of Engineers - General (Honorary)
Personality - Brilliant, Haunted, Easygoing, Intuitive, Extroverted, Cautious yet Adventurous

Element Affiliation - Earth




 
Sylvester Smith
Two alliterating names?!!??
In a word - Yes.

Age - 53
Gray/Brown Hair, Beard, Mustache, Abnormally Tall
Occupation - Tavern Keeper
Affiliations - Anarchy Trio, Main Quintet, Neutral
Personality - Authoritative, Clever, Practical,
Strict yet Rebellious, Stubborn, Wise enough...

Element Affiliation - Water

Next Time - Introducing the Girls

Thaddeus Grogan - Ashes Only

 In which I introduce the main character.

Haha, and you thought I'd forgotten....
....well I did.

Thaddeus Eugene Grogan

Male, Age - 24


Auburn Hair, Brown Eyes, about six feet tall
 Occupation - Detective
Affiliations - Anarchy Trio, The Mene-Teqel Alliance (Former), Gaellic League of Engineers (Temporary), Main Quintet.
Personality - Schizophrenic(subject to change with more research), hot-tempered, rational, skeptical, disorganized, independent, wishful, introverted, etc.
Element Affiliation - Fire









In London, Thaddeus wears a long, concealing overcoat whenever weather permits. In summer, he switches to a frock coat.
Underneath, however, he stays true to his inventor self and carries around his trusty flamethrower, gadgets, equipment, incendiary devices, and anything he might possibly need on a case...

If he is on a case with the mafia Alliance, he tends to be less discreet and wears all of his gadgetry out in the open.

I own none of these pictures.

Nanowrimo begins in 3 days~

Goodbye till tomorrow!
Na na~ Na na na na~ Hey, hey, hey, goodbye~

Introducing my Nanowrimo Novel, "To Ashes and Anarchy"

November is coming up soon, which means it's time to think seriously about what I'll be writing, more than just the fragmented imaginings of my mind.

If you've never heard of Nanowrimo, well, formal introduction. National Novel Writing Month - November. Writers of all sorts can head to http://nanowrimo.org to write 50,000, yes, 50K words in one month. There are thousands of others taking the challenge, and the website has writing tips, forums, virtual-write-ins, and official merchandise~!

Whatever thought induced me to try, this will be my second Nanowrimo. Last year I ended up with about 22K of my fantasy novel, A Kingdom Divided. It has remained at that amount to this day. However, I aspire to greater... aspirations.... this year! 50K! All the way! Optimism! Energy! Enthusiasm! ........Riiiiiiiiiight.

And so, I introduce to thee....

A Steampunk Mystery~

Thaddeus Grogan - A short-tempered Irish detective with a his flamethrower and a suspicious connection to the mafia.

A mysterious portrait of four friends, smiling with the joy of being together... until one of them disappears.

The Phantasmagoria, a reanimated ancient ship hosting an international diplomatic assembly... where one of the delegates is discovered dead.
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The characters and world will be introduced more thoroughly at a later post. For now...

Saber Veritas. Over.

Na naaaa~ na na na naaaaa~ Hey, hey, hey~ Goodbye~

On being an Independent Thinking, Conservative WELS Lutheran (Teen perspective)

 

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod  - WELS all the way, my friends.

 For the less informed, you may have gotten us mixed up with the ELCA - Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.
Keep reading, or you will never have any conservative Lutheran friends. Ever.

For the slightly more informed, you may have thought of us as a branch of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS).
A more forgivable mistake, if you missed "The Schism" of 1961. There are a lot of religious schisms to keep track of...

You may have heard some stereotypes about us. Love singing and standing up and down at random points, but are afraid to play anything in church but a pipe organ or speak during the service. 
Change is forbidden. 
In one word - Coffee. (And beer, for whom it may concern) 
From the more direct opponents, you may hear we're offensive, narrow minded and stubborn, intolerant, exclusive, unloving, boring, etc...

I found a lovely article on how irrational Conservative Christians are:
"The More Conservative the Church, the Less Likely it is to be True.
The more conservative the church the less it accepts the results of science and reasoning.
The more conservative the church the less it accepts the virtue of tolerance.
The more conservative the church the less it accepts the separation of church and state.
The more conservative the church the less it is community-minded
The more conservative the church the less ecumenical it is by rejecting other churches.
The more conservative the church the more it claims to know the truth about everything" 
http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-more-conservative-church-less.html

Sheep! Do they think that we're sheep?!!??! (Well, actually... Isaiah 53:6. But that's another topic.)
Is it really an oxymoron for a Conservative Lutheran to say that they are an independent thinker?

"The more conservative the church the less it accepts the results of science and reasoning."
Here's a thought. 
You will never, ever be able to prove 100% for either Evolution or Creationism.
-On the one side, you are dealing with a theory that changes with every new fossil or particle uncovered. There's always a new way to explain something away. You're only limited by your imagination.
-On the other side, you have the omnipotent God. If you have an all-powerful God, who can and will do as he pleases, how could creation, a worldwide flood, or miracles be considered irrational? The rules of science are irrelevant. He created it. How can you disprove this?

Therefore, we can accept any facts they throw at us. Monkeys have a similar skeletal structure to humans? Oh, really? Were you expecting wheels?

Despite this, Creationism is not allowed to be taught in public schools
As Lenin would say, "Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted."
The Jesuit founder Ignacius of Loyola also said, "Give me a child for the first seven years, and I'll give you the man."
The principle is the same. Education at a young age will shape who you are for a lifetime. Therefore, how could Evolution be considered Independent Thinking if there's no independence in it at all anymore?

 
"The more conservative the church the less it accepts the virtue of tolerance.
The more conservative the church the less it accepts the separation of church and state."

The second case is quite simply not true. As Roger Williams said, "Enforced uniformity confounds civil and religious liberty and denies the principles of Christianity and civility. No man shall be required to worship or maintain a worship against his will."

As for tolerance... Tolerance is a major point of contention between the WELS and the ELCA and LCMS, especially with regards to the Sacrament of Communion. It isn't just a matter of opinion, in 1 Corinthians 11 it reads, "So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves."

Simply tolerating the sins of those around you shows a true disregard for their eternal welfare. We have a duty to speak, as fellow sinful human beings, to our brothers and neighbors who are following a path to destruction. God said to Ezekial in chapter 3 verse 18, "When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood."

"The more conservative the church the more it claims to know the truth about everything" 

 “What is truth?” retorted Pilate." John 18:38
" Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth." John 17:17

 Being a Conservative Lutheran isn't just about believing what you're told. It is a gathering place for those who search the scriptures for themselves. It's about believing the Bible in its entirety. It takes a very strong faith to disregard the "wisdom" of this world for the "foolishness" of God. Because, despite what you've been told, it really does make sense.

Well, that was a LOT longer than I was intending... Thoughts? Comments? Hate letters? Go ahead! :)

This Is An Intro (Or is it?)

Yes, the many disguises of an amateur author.

You might pretend to be an expert. You might pretend you know what you're doing.

You might hide the secret love of manipulating and torturing fictional characters up to their demise.. or resolution. Your choice.

One might even be able to convince the general public that you are one of them.

Like that, this is... something. Something unknown. Something in disguise.

And it's disguised as a blog.