That's right, kids. my most recent deviation "My Own Little World" ([link]) has undoubtably been the most fun piece that I have ever had the pleasure of writing. I wrote it for ~TeaRabbitWorks and the competition they are holding under the topics of "Halloween" and "Alice in wonderland" and, because of this, I made it a man who has a horror film type trip on some magic mushrooms (make your own opinion on that link...). The main thing is that I was surprised at how much I actually enjoyed writing in the point of view of someone who's tripping. It meant that I could literally throw any random old thing in there and it could be explained. This being said, I may have to do some more of this...

Having finished my University application recently, I realised that I had quoted a book that, actually, I haven't read. Now, this isn't much of a problem, as I now have the book and am frantically reading it for my interviews. But I do feel quite embarrassed. The whole problem spawned from my having been to the Isaac Newton Institute of Mathematical Sciences and having read a book there called "Winning Ways". This book is a mathematical way of looking at the strategy behind chess. I then proceeded to forget completely the title and author. I wanted to quote it, so I searched some phrases that were in it on the internet and came up with the book "Games of No Chance" by "Richard Nowakowski" (what a name...). It turns out that this book is a compilation of many papers on the subject and it contains an extract from the book that I've actually read. So now I'm in trouble...

Today, in fact just now, I rode my dad's bike to my girlfriend's house and back. We live about 8 miles away from each other. Now this may not seem like any major feat, but for someone who spends most of his time working, I was not only surprised how quickly I got there and back, but I'm also quite worn out and cold and wet. It's good fun really. Fortunately, I was welcomed into her house with a cup of hot coco and some pumpkin soup, so it's all worth it.

In other news, I am entering a talent show at my school, and the auditions are tomorrow, the next day and the next. And yet, I don't have any backing for my singing. I have a song and I have the chords of the song, but I have no idea how to play a backing on the piano!! I'm going to have to force my dad to teach me. I hope I can do it by the audition time...

The reason I have been pulled into writing a journal is because of my featured deviations, actually. Today I clicked on another daily deviation, and it is by far the most breath-taking thing that I have ever seen. So here goes:

MATTE PAINTING - Babel Myth by ~fstarno - Nice name, by the way. This is an old-style background painting, like those commonly used in sci-fi films and the like, and, as I say, it is absolutely brilliant. So brilliant, even, that I have put a framed print of it on my christmas list. The detail that has gone into this painting is out of this world.([link])

Angler Pumpkin by ~HighBornTalon - If, by some chance, you don't think that this pumpkin is the coolest pumpkin you have ever seen, you are hereby proclaimed clinically insane. I can't even beging to imagine how someone would go about carving something like this and I just wish that I had had the sheer brilliance needed to create something like this. It's another picture that I found on daily deviations. ([link])

naix the life stealer by ~Wellarts - As far as I know, no one would get this reference. The picture is of an undead hero on DotA of Warcraft 3. In fact, it's one of my favourite heroes on the game. I like how the simple grayscale shading of this picture can still manage to make something as hardcore as this. Having found this while searching DotA heroes at school (I was quite bored), I would tip my hat to this man. Very good. ([link])

Well that's me for today. For now, I'm in nice, warm, clean clothes and I'm thanking god it didn't get completely dark before I got home (for my dad's bike has no lights on it...). Until next time, people.