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Interview with Terrance Gerald Ford

2007-07-22T19:32:00.000+10:00

My Interviewing my sister Kristy-Lee about her friend Terrance Gerald Ford

All Your Cats

2007-07-21T10:05:00.000+10:00

The Silent Truth (Short Story)

2007-07-17T15:05:00.000+10:00

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.

All Your Corn Does Belong To Me

2007-07-17T08:56:00.000+10:00

I want a cat that eats corn from the cob. Why don't I have a cat that eats corn from a cob ? aww.

It's Been A While

2007-07-14T08:51:00.000+10:00

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.

God Speed Your Love To Me

2007-07-11T22:42:00.000+10:00

Time Goes By....So Slowly....But Time... Can Do-So Much.

I Quit My Job

2007-07-10T14:29:00.000+10:00

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 :)

Just A Little Thought

2007-07-10T14:26:00.000+10:00

Our Bacon Binge(CENSORED)

2007-07-09T11:13:00.001+10:00

More Crazy Friends Of My Cousin (Jordan)

2007-07-09T10:42:00.000+10:00

Tour Of My Apartment

2007-07-08T14:08:00.001+10:00

For the people who emailed and asked for a tour of my apartment, here you go :-)

OK Rule Time

2007-07-07T22:33:00.000+10:00

So this is my rules... Due to alot of crazy emails from people I have never met or spoken to before I need to just put something out there... you know I'm not telling you how to live your life, so if I put a recipe on how to cook something on my website and you burn yourself that is not my fault, I did not burn myself when I cooked it.. and in no steps in the recipe did I say burn yourself... ok next if there is a video on my website that has a big logo on it that says YOUTUBE where do you think I found the video ? Ok so apart from that the rest of the emails you guys send me are funny and I enjoy them.

Filly The Kay-Rad Printer

2007-07-07T18:03:00.000+10:00

This is my cousins printer friend, her name is filly and she has a twin brother called fill. They are pretty much the best printers in the world, they enjoy swimming, horse riding and going out with friends.

Clever

2007-07-07T08:17:00.000+10:00

A clever way to stop your truck from being hijacked.

Broncos Beat Titans

2007-07-07T08:04:00.000+10:00

Brocons scoring their try to even the match 18-18 all. In golden point extra time the Broncos skipper Darren Lockyer put over an amazing field goal to win the match for the Broncos 19-18.
The official crowd figure for that match was 48,621 apparently my cousin Ben was the 1!!! lol. In good news no one got stabbed !! and we all got free milk from a new brand of iced coffee and then I got interviewed on camera by the promotional guys...

Broncos vs Titians NRL

2007-07-06T11:39:00.000+10:00

Tonight I am going to Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane with family to watch the Brisbane Broncos play the Gold Coast Titans. I think I'm the only one going for the Titans tonight but that's OK, if Broncos win I don't mind because I like the Broncos as well. Having said that I have a certain cousin who wants to stab every player in the Titans (She's a die hard Broncos fan) I don't have my digital camera with me so no pics of the game sorry!!! anyway that's all for now.

Human Evolution From The Eyes Of Two Rocks

2007-07-05T19:45:00.000+10:00

Very clever short film, if you watch the whole thing.

This Litte Guy Is Cute

2007-07-05T09:17:00.000+10:00

Do not hate this little Naked-Mole-Rat he loves you. Actually this little guy was found in America, my guess is, a not to be named take-away store had him all prepared to sell as 'Honey Chicken' but I guess he got away !!!

Tonights Dinner

2007-07-04T17:23:00.001+10:00

Tonight's dinner was Thai Green Curry Chicken with Rice and Cashews. To prepare this amazing dish yourself, follows these simple steps.

1. 400g Organic Chicken
2. 500ml Bottle of organic Thai green curry sauce
3. Capsicum
4. Carrot
5. Celery
6. Cashew Nuts
7. Rice

Cut chicken breast up to your liking and let it marinate in Thai Green Curry while your at work all day (in the fridge!!). When home cut capsicum carrot and celery to your liking and mix with chicken and curry, let this sit in the fridge. Cook rice and let simmer. Fry your Thai green curry mix for 10 minutes or so on medium heat adding cashew nuts as you stir. Once rice is cooked strain through a strainer with cold water running through it from your tap, this allows the rice to separate so it is not sticky. Next mix together on a plate and enjoy !!!

Silverchair and Powderfinger Australian Tour

2007-07-04T12:32:00.000+10:00

OK so to all the cool cats out there who are going to the Joint Silverchair and Powderfinger tour, I'm wondering, because Silverchair are playing before Powderfinger, how many people are just going to leave after Silverchair finish ? I know I will.

Cup O Soup Myth

2007-07-04T08:25:00.000+10:00

So I found out this morning that instant Cup-O-Soup is a myth and does not work by any stretch of anyones imagination. First of all, the temtping image on the front of the box in NO WAY resembles what you will achieve in your cup at home. Secondly, once you do actually make it at home you will quickly relise that 99% of the contents of this so called soup is actually your own water from your kettle. So basically Continental charged me $3.48 for, four sachets of soup that makes up 1% of the over all contents of my cup.

Beautiful

2007-07-03T20:07:00.000+10:00

This is like the best video on youtube I have ever found.

Cat Fights

2007-07-03T15:43:00.000+10:00

So I've decided girls fight over the weirdest things... and I've also decided they take it VERY seriously. Something that would make two males laugh ... is something that could end a relationship between two girls......

The Start

2007-07-03T11:48:00.000+10:00

OK so this is my blog... I'm not a writer.. or a poet .. or anything cool like most of you blog people. I'm from Australia, I'm 22, I use to have two cats but my ex took them. I play guitar and know stuff about paint. Also apparently you need an iPhone to be a cool cat these days... :) I don't have one.

Day 1 Pt1

2007-07-03T10:45:00.000+10:00

As I wake up I notice a red rose pinned to my chest. This is a sign. A sign that I have been marked for death. As the unwelcome sunlight breaks through my black-out curtains it reflects from the silver frame that holds my favourite chair together.

The bathroom greets me with the usual salutations and I smile at my reflection to bid it good-morning. I've decided to wear my mark of death as a trophy, a triumph, a mark of absolution. There is no better feeling in the world than that of impending or imminence, if the universe is nice enough to let you know that something is going to happen with out question then it does not matter what you do in between now and when that event happens. This content feeling I now feel makes way to the very familiar sensation of mint strip toothpaste.

My door bell rings and an instant headache follows. I've tried so many times to change the melody it plays but to no avail. I greet Stacey. Stacey is a cat. I'm not sure how or why she is a cat but she stands bi-pedal just like you and I. I've never questioned her on this fact and she has never questioned why I am human, so I leave it at that. As Stacey ushers herself into my lounge room she comments on my paintings and mutters something to herself about loose change.

My fridge reminds me of things past, World War 1, World War 2 and assorted confectionery from my childhood. Why these three descriptions come to mind, I've no clue, however I forget this to concentrate on pouring Stacey a nice bowl of full fat milk.

Hours pass but the fairy dust that Stacey brings me makes the hours feel like minutes. Just as my mouth starts to move , I assume to talk or to make some kind of noise, the only spare chair in my lounge room catches my eye. Usually this would not be of great interest but today my spare lounge chair says 'Hello'

'Excuse me ?' I say with some kind of facial expression only Picasso could capture in it's true form. 'I said, um, HI !' the chair continues. 'Oh Hello' I say back instantly looking for more fairy dust or liquor or anything that will make the rest of this conversation make sense.