What's in a name - Ernest Beauregard

Ernest Beauregard's story just came to me in an instance... the idea of an angmor sticking a ear pick into his eye was a bit violent and interesting. Ernest's name was chosen with care.

Ernest is also spelt "EARnest" so it's quite apt. According to thinkbabynames.com...

The boy's name Earnest \e(a)-rne-st, ear-nest\ is a variant of Ernest (Old German), and the meaning of Earnest is "serious; battle to the death".

"Beauregard" apparently, according to thinkbabynames.com...

The boy's name Beauregard \be(au)-regard, beaur(e)-ga-rd\ is of French origin, and its meaning is "beautiful gaze".... The name can also mean "easy on the eye".

Catatonia - Mr Bu

Mr Bu began with a sudden urge to name my characters. Most of my characters don't have a name, i find it difficult to name them - perhaps that the stories are so short that they are strangers to me - and i'm, we're just eavesdropping into their lives, so they don't need to have names.

Well, i suppose I need to try harder.

Catatonia is a psychological condition/disorder, described in wikipedia as:

Patients with catatonia may experience an extreme loss of motor skills or even constant hyperactive motor activity. Catatonic patients will sometimes hold rigid poses for hours and will ignore any external stimuli. Patients with catatonic excitement can die of exhaustion if not treated. Patients may also show stereotyped, repetitive movements. They may show specific types of movement such as waxy flexibility, in which they maintain positions after being placed in them by someone else, or gegenhalten (lit. "counterhold"), in which they resist movement in proportion to the force applied by the examiner. They may repeat meaningless phrases or speak only to repeat what the examiner says.

Awakenings starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro is a really nice show about some catatonic people... (it was adapted from a book). I highly recommend watching it.

A friend on facebook had asked me to try to continue the story. But at this point in time, I don't know how. Though I would really like to try...

Lavender bush - Lavender Remedy

Lavender Remedy - This is how lavender bushes look like.


I think it'd be funny to have 2 of these hanging from your face.

Observation - Traffic Allergic to Rain

Traffic Allergic to Rain was obviously based on my observations that there's always a traffic jam whenever it rains. It's like Singaporeans dunno how to drive in the rain, or something like that.

If it's a heavy downpour, then okay I understand, you know.
but even if it's a light drizzle, there'd also be some hold up.

Maybe soon, they'd jack up the ERP prices on rainy days.

Random updates

Recently I am:

1. Wishing that i have more time/pieces to write for both meekfreak and sneak
2. 27 years old
   
3. Amused by my peperomia which:
   a) is growing tall and upright so that it can reach the sunlight at the window which is about 3 metres away from it.
   b) has almost all its leaves turning to face the window.
   c) now houses a spider (with webs and all) dunno for what, like i don't think there's a lot of traffic on my table... but okay whatever, maybe "Peppy" is just putting him/her up just for tonight.
4. Feeling like growing more plants. Perhaps a tomato plant.
5. Bored.