Ave, peoples!

Why is the “megaton of TNT” a unit of energy equal to 4.184 petajoules? Or why does taping paper to trees seem like morbid cruelty? And why does VORPAL sound so cool and yet so aggravatingly complicated?

I selflessly welcome you to the Arbitrary World (aka: the randomness of my spontaneous updates). What do we (as in “I”) do here? Updates, queries and arbitrariness, peoples! And why not throw in some cake while we’re at it!*

So, what’s on my Sufficiently Long And Perpendicular list today? Hmm. First off is an update concerning the (presently) incomplete short story, Of Light and Metal: The Droplets Fall!

Unfortunately, Part 2 is still in-the-works. I didn’t finish it nearly as fast as I initially wanted to, and thus I haven’t posted it here nearly as fast as I initially wanted to. Rest assured I am trying to complete it ASAP, but lack of ambition, distractions, and real-life happenings has been giving me a run for my money, so to speak (the irony of saying that right now is that I have a twenty dollar bill next to my hand here). When can you expect Part 2? I can’t answer that question with full confidence, because I have no idea; and, as we’ve seen in the past, I’m sadly not very good at sticking to things when I say I’ll continue with them (I’m very sorry about all that). Generally speaking, Of Light and Metal: The Droplets Fall is an  experimental, short-story side project that I decided to put some effort into and post here–to show you guys I’m still alive in the realm of writing and all that. 🙂 We’ll see where it goes from here.

Moldy potato chip break!

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Annndddddd, we’re back!

What’s next on the list… Ah yes! It’s query time, with Professor Pat!

*Ahem* I’ve noticed recently that there is a substantial lack of critique on the site, excluding Munchkin’s comments. The P.Y.W.G. exists as a group of young individuals who came together to share ideas and manuscripts, have writing-based conversations, and offer support and constructive critique to one another. Unfortunately, critique and feedback seem to be neglected. Busy lives and important events may keep the writers from being ever-present and always giving of their time to read over another’s work and then inform them of their thoughts on it, but only a bare minority have actually conversed here in recent posts! I believe the group can do better; don’t you?

That’s all for now from Professor Pat.

Oh dear… someone suffered an irreparable stomach disease from the moldy potato chip break! Moment of silence.

And now I present to you, Strawberry Fishes**:

Thank you for reading the first Arbitrary World post. I hope you like 1598/1599 plays, and have a fantastic day. 🙂

*The cake is a lie!

**Strawberry Fishes comic is not original by Munchkin. Source: The Sanctum Facebook Page.