Snow Go!

So, we have almost a foot of snow here right now. I haven't seen it so bad since the day I got married, almost 18 years ago. My back's still bad as well, so I'm having a quite miserable time at the moment. I got some anti-inflammatory tablets, but the side-effects were almost as bad as the reason for taking them, so I gave up on them after 3 days. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to go anywhere and that's a major problem when there's a shortage of food in the house. Anyhow, I did manage to go to the local supermarket this morning, but my back was hurting pretty bad the whole time, worse than normal.

I think I can see a pattern emerging in the weather. The last three Summer's here have all been wash-outs, no real extended nice spells and last Winter was our worst for a long time. This one is already making last year's look ordinary. Things are definitely changing. Where it's all heading though, we can't know for certain. Maybe it's better that we don't know. All I can say is, global warming is only making Scotland's climate worse as far as I've seen.

So far this Winter is the Winter of my discontent. I've had failed interviews, a bad back, time off my work which I won't get paid for, and soon enough I will be out of work. I'm not really sure which way to go next. I have ideas obviously, but more than likely something will turn up, as some Dickens character played by David Jason on TV once said.

Inward Looking Outlaw!

One of these days I'm going to write a book, and it will be a proper book with a start, middle and end. A proper ending, one where all the sub-plots are resolved, you know like in Martin Chuzzlewit. Clearly the finest piece of writing Dickens ever committed to paper!

Do I have any ideas? You bet I have. I've had a bunch of notes written more than 10 years ago, lying gathering dust, all set to be brought to life in the tale of a Highland outlaw that makes Rob Roy look tame. What's more, it's a true story with lots of dramatic twists and turns and a rather surprising ending. I don't want to give too much away, you might steal my idea.

I could have other ideas for a story I suppose. I have toyed with writing a work of complete fiction, but the areas of fiction which I like are fairly well trodden already I'm afraid. I quite like the idea of a Sci-Fi story, there's so much freedom to take it where you want to go, but it would have to be something really wild to amuse my brain. Modern Science Fiction doesn't have the same punch as the tales Sci-Fi authors of the 60's were mass producing. I suppose, that since Space Exploration was taking place then, authors were inspired by that. Now there's very little truly inspiring in the World, worth writing about. It's a shame, we've become so inwards looking, that we've sort of abandoned the idea that anything exciting could exist out there!