Sunday, July 22, 2007
Interview with Terrance Gerald Ford
My Interviewing my sister Kristy-Lee about her friend Terrance Gerald Ford
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
The Silent Truth (Short Story)
The Silent Truth
No one really remembers when exactly it started, Or even why. But we all remember the day they broadcasted the news worldwide. The news, that finally one hundred percent of the worlds population was mute. It was the first silent news flash I had ever witnessed. Even though I personally lost my voice about 6 years prior to when the news broke, there was always hope that maybe a baby would be born and grow up to speak. Or maybe like every other problem we faced in the past 'they' would fix it-whoever 'they' are. But that never happened, and slowly but surely, one by one we all started to lose the ability to speak. Until finally, on December the 3rd 3129 A.D no one could speak.
You could almost hear the silent screams on the streets as the news broke. The President of the world, Robert S Truefield, bravely faced the camera's to deliver the message to the world, Only this time instead of his usual charismatic voice, we heard the empty and lifeless buzz of a voice synthesiser.
Everyone had their own theory on why it happened. Some said it was a virus that mutated and jumped host from monkeys to humans. Other's claimed it was an adaptation of human evolution, "we spend so much time in virtual realms on the Internet, that evolution seen no reason for us to be able to talk in reality" they said. Religious folk were convinced this was the hand of god, damning us to a world of silence, so we could no longer collectively take his name in vane. Whatever the reason, society broke down, and then it got worse, and then it got worse again, until all hope of a cure was forgotten. The stock market crashed, we forgot how to make things, families broke down, local governments were overthrown and civil unrest boiled over to almost outright civil war. And then, well... Things got better. Not quickly, not even noticeably at first. But they got better. With no ability to talk, people started to listen-and by listen I mean the theory of listening-there was nothing to actually listen to. We gave up on the idea of voice synthesizers almost immediately. But people started to take in other peoples idea's, most things were written an submitted and then read through and then a response was written back and so forth. This slowed the pace of communication immensely but it gave people time to really think other people's opinion over, and having to write back, usually eliminated any hot headed replies that speaking usually provided.
Like I said the changes were slow and gradual but all these things added up and soon there was no war, no fighting, weapons were not even manufactured anymore. There were no army's, no murder, no crime, families were starting to last lifetimes. Total peace worldwide was declared on the 27th of April 3249. And now today, I sit in my hospital bed awaiting my CPCE or 'compulsory population control euthanasia' one day after my 201st birthday and still, nobody knows the truth. The truth is I can speak. I could always speak, but four years into the epidemic I just decided to stop speaking, I never really had many important things to say anyway. Six years later the news came the whole world could not speak, and I considered letting the government know that I was capable of speaking but I decided against it, I was convinced that if everyone would just take the time to listen to other people instead of only listening to themselves speak, maybe, just maybe this world would be better off. I was right. I will never know why I am the only person still able to speak in the world but I do know one thing, the best thing that ever happened to the world was when we all shut up, for good.
Copyright © 2007 by Brendan Budworth. All rights reserved.
No one really remembers when exactly it started, Or even why. But we all remember the day they broadcasted the news worldwide. The news, that finally one hundred percent of the worlds population was mute. It was the first silent news flash I had ever witnessed. Even though I personally lost my voice about 6 years prior to when the news broke, there was always hope that maybe a baby would be born and grow up to speak. Or maybe like every other problem we faced in the past 'they' would fix it-whoever 'they' are. But that never happened, and slowly but surely, one by one we all started to lose the ability to speak. Until finally, on December the 3rd 3129 A.D no one could speak.
You could almost hear the silent screams on the streets as the news broke. The President of the world, Robert S Truefield, bravely faced the camera's to deliver the message to the world, Only this time instead of his usual charismatic voice, we heard the empty and lifeless buzz of a voice synthesiser.
Everyone had their own theory on why it happened. Some said it was a virus that mutated and jumped host from monkeys to humans. Other's claimed it was an adaptation of human evolution, "we spend so much time in virtual realms on the Internet, that evolution seen no reason for us to be able to talk in reality" they said. Religious folk were convinced this was the hand of god, damning us to a world of silence, so we could no longer collectively take his name in vane. Whatever the reason, society broke down, and then it got worse, and then it got worse again, until all hope of a cure was forgotten. The stock market crashed, we forgot how to make things, families broke down, local governments were overthrown and civil unrest boiled over to almost outright civil war. And then, well... Things got better. Not quickly, not even noticeably at first. But they got better. With no ability to talk, people started to listen-and by listen I mean the theory of listening-there was nothing to actually listen to. We gave up on the idea of voice synthesizers almost immediately. But people started to take in other peoples idea's, most things were written an submitted and then read through and then a response was written back and so forth. This slowed the pace of communication immensely but it gave people time to really think other people's opinion over, and having to write back, usually eliminated any hot headed replies that speaking usually provided.
Like I said the changes were slow and gradual but all these things added up and soon there was no war, no fighting, weapons were not even manufactured anymore. There were no army's, no murder, no crime, families were starting to last lifetimes. Total peace worldwide was declared on the 27th of April 3249. And now today, I sit in my hospital bed awaiting my CPCE or 'compulsory population control euthanasia' one day after my 201st birthday and still, nobody knows the truth. The truth is I can speak. I could always speak, but four years into the epidemic I just decided to stop speaking, I never really had many important things to say anyway. Six years later the news came the whole world could not speak, and I considered letting the government know that I was capable of speaking but I decided against it, I was convinced that if everyone would just take the time to listen to other people instead of only listening to themselves speak, maybe, just maybe this world would be better off. I was right. I will never know why I am the only person still able to speak in the world but I do know one thing, the best thing that ever happened to the world was when we all shut up, for good.
Copyright © 2007 by Brendan Budworth. All rights reserved.
All Your Corn Does Belong To Me
I want a cat that eats corn from the cob. Why don't I have a cat that eats corn from a cob ? aww.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
It's Been A While
There is so many things to report-but I don't really want to even start. The arduous task of explaining things in detail,when the subject doesn't really matter-just really doesn't interest me. Anyway so I purchased a PSP, It's shiny-It's black- I like it :) (everybody knows if it's shiny and black - it's good!)
So you all know that time when you walk down the road or your walking to the shop or your in a shop- It doesn't really matter where you are, but you accidentally catch someones eye, and you stare at each other, most times it doesn't matter and you just keep walking. But sometimes you have that connection, or that moment where you wish you could just push the pause button on life and bottle the electricity in the air. So why do we keep walking? why don't we stop the person and say 'wow, wasn't that amazing.' Are we that isolated as a species now that we can't admit when we feel a connection? - I don't know, maybe you know, maybe nobody knows but I would like to know when exactly we lost the ability to speak to a total stranger without them thinking something is not right.
So you all know that time when you walk down the road or your walking to the shop or your in a shop- It doesn't really matter where you are, but you accidentally catch someones eye, and you stare at each other, most times it doesn't matter and you just keep walking. But sometimes you have that connection, or that moment where you wish you could just push the pause button on life and bottle the electricity in the air. So why do we keep walking? why don't we stop the person and say 'wow, wasn't that amazing.' Are we that isolated as a species now that we can't admit when we feel a connection? - I don't know, maybe you know, maybe nobody knows but I would like to know when exactly we lost the ability to speak to a total stranger without them thinking something is not right.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
I Quit My Job
I finally quit my job today, my last day is on the 21st of this month, so now, I'm a free man-well soon anyway. It is a great feeling to know that the job you hate is no longer your responsibility-so if anyone out there is sick and tired of their job. QUIT ! I did :)
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