I stifled a yawn as the numbers on the elevator dinged slowly upwards. I glanced at my watch – eleven minutes early. That should make my boss happy, I thought grumpily, wishing I’d gotten a coffee after all. The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open, revealing my boss standing there, a …
Driving can be so much fun sometimes. Not the actual act of driving but of getting places. The freedom that comes with owning your own car is genuinely unparalleled, since it means that I can pretty much go wherever I want, whenever I want. After years of walking everywhere and relying on my friends for …
Ever since I was a teenager, I’ve had this image of a dragon in my mind. I’m not sure where it first came from, but it seems to have stayed. I dream about it almost every single night, this massive, hulking dragon with deep green scales fading into black. It flies through my mind, breathing …
I’m out of energy. I can’t be bothered doing anything and I wish that I could just relax for the entire day. You know sometimes when you wake up and you just want to go back to sleep? That’s how I feel. Really badly. Unfortunately, I can’t do that though because I need to discuss …
It’s Valentine’s Day on Monday and I haven’t planned anything for me and my girlfriend to do. It’s not that I don’t want to do anything, I’m just lazy and it’s quite an effort to plan things. I know that sounds bad but I really do love her and I wish that I could do …
My boyfriend and I have decided that we are done with suburban life. It’s too chaotic, too loud. We want a change. That’s why we recently bought a tiny house and are moving to the country. It’s still in Victoria and is just outside of Melbourne, so if we do ever need to get into …
Being a small business owner is hard. I have to deal with so much more than people would expect. People only scrape the very surface of what it’s like to have to run a business. Not only do I have several weekly, monthly and yearly expenses, I also have random one-off costs and problems arise …
I think tattoos are so cool. Of course I do; I’m an artist, so I will naturally tend to appreciate any sort of artistry. Sculpture is awesome. Painting is even better. Tattoos? They’re just another form of art. The fact that the skin is the canvas only makes it even cooler, since that way it …
Lorcan stood and followed the crowd of vikings out of the hut. Gunnar ushered them along a narrow path to the shoreline. As the group clambered down the rocks, Lorcan put his mind to keeping track of the landmarks they passed. He usually had a keen sense of direction, but this terrain had defeated it. …
Ronaldo’s mission to build a rat car started after he injured his leg at work. He had been scurrying through the New South Wales sewer network, delivering bedding supplies like feathers and hay to his customers, when he came across a cluster of cockroaches. There had to have been at least a dozen of them, …