I watched “The Doctor’s Daughter” today and noticed this for the first time. I’ve heard some theories are out there about this but, well…a picture is worth a thousand words, so I made this “meme” about it. What do you think?
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Stop telling me to compromise on my dream!
**WARNING** The following blog is a vent session. If you’re allergic to venting or have the propensity to consider any public vent session as “whining,” then please do not read. I don’t want to hear you whining about my venting. Thank you.
Being an author is a fickle ambition. It is full of ups and downs…mostly downs, because it’s never exactly what one might expect after breaking the glass-ceiling of publication. And every time I get a glimpse at just how hopeless the career seems, it never fails that people come out of the wood-work to tell me to “remember why I started writing” or “remember who I’m writing for” or “it’s not about being successful, it’s about doing what God tells you to do.”
For those who have told me that at one point or another, allow me to respond in this way: Stop telling me to compromise on my dream!
And you shouldn’t compromise either.
7 reasons why Skyward Sword is NOT the best Zelda game ever…
Anyone who gets to know me quickly finds out that The Legend of Zelda is probably my favorite video game franchise of all time. I haven’t in any way played ALL the games in the franchise, but I’m pretty familiar with the major ones. I’ve played through most of the original Legend of Zelda and Link’s Adventure, though I didn’t beat either of them probably because I was too young and ADD to put up with the frustration. I played and beat Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, and Twilight Princess multiple times. I came close to beating Majora’s Mask, but something came up and I never got back to it. I’ve never played Wind Waker, but I know a lot about it because I’ve completed most of its direct sequel, Phantom Hourglass, and Wind Waker is on my radar to get for the WiiU this fall.
I’m also a fiction writer, and fantasy is my first love. It’s the story and mythology of Zelda that really draws me in. There’s something captivating about these stories, something I’d like to emulate one day in a novel.
Recently I finally completed Skyward Sword. I know people have been raving over this game, raving that it’s probably the best Zelda game ever. That’s quite a tall claim. In fact, I firmly do NOT think it even comes close to the best Zelda game ever. At best, I’d rank it as #3 or 4. And here’s why…
Another menial “Year In Review” type blog…
I know it’s been a while since anything has been posted on my website. But I kinda felt obligated to at least do this. There’s things brewing though, so just wait. This website should get kicked back off soon.
Here’s my menial (mostly) year in review of some of the things that happened to me and my family over the past year.
1. One of the biggest things that would eventually define a lot of the year, was that my wife and I began to talk and really give ourselves over to “Never telling God no.” This mostly centered around the possibility of my becoming a pastor and her becoming a pastor’s wife. It was an idea that we’d been pretty adamant against for some time. But last January we realized withholding even this from God was wrong of us. She was already serving at a church as music minister and I was serving at the same church as associate pastor. Being willing to do whatever God asked was the next step in our Christian life.
Waiting on God…
This post may turn out to be more of a venting, or rather more like me just pouring out a little of what’s on my heart.
Have you ever had to wait on God? I’ll be honest. It sucks. There’s something just a little frustrating about knowing what God wants you to do and being stuck waiting on Him to make it happen.
