The Ancient Shark Of Despair's blog

Monday, January 29, 2007

Yeah, I've been called weird. But I think people are going to get me this time.

David was here today. He just came round to collect the rest of the money that I promised him for the TV games. I didn't have it. I told him. He was cool though. He knew I was cool too. That helps.

I asked him to chill for bit. Play a round of TV games. He could play first. I didn't mind. He said that he couldn't stay for long. I didn't mind.

"David, I've been meaning to talk to you about something."

David's eyes grew very serious. You can tell that he looks up to me.

"David, it's just that... I don't think she's right for you." I let him think about this. "She doesn't get you."

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Well, I saw you two playing outside. I saw the way she was with you. The way that she had you performing." I sat down and allowed all the sadness I could to boil up to my eyes. Faintly, I said, "No."

We spoke a little bit. I didn't mention about how she teased me for the Burzum. this wasn't about me. This was about him. I told him about how she was using him. I knew this sort of stuff. I've been married. I've got a child. I told him this but I got the feeling that he already knew.

"Do you wanna stay a bit longer and play TV games?" I sounded very considerate.

"No. No. I..." He looked a bit startled. " I'm not in the mood to play. I'm just... I'll just watch you play."

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User comments

Arbot

I have been called wierd too..
still
I lose

Posted by Arbot on Monday, January 29, 2007 at 9:32 PM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

No! That's the beauty of it. Give it some time and this community will really take off and then you won't lose anymore, it'll be cool. No one can lose then. Not anyone in the community at least.

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 12:28 AM

Arbot

does that mean we can't win either?

Posted by Arbot on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 1:48 AM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

Well, you can still beat people. In fact you're beating people all the time, because they're not in the community. Do you see the beauty in this all?

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 11:01 AM

Arbot

I suppose
you done a head count on this community?

Posted by Arbot on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 11:10 AM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

Well, there's you and me and Chu Tu and Niel and Ry-En and Maxi and Roxi and theres that one guy who just has a face and no profile name (The people on his blog call him Pempi). There's people, it's just I don't konw who is in or who is out. There is east side erin. There is Stefan.There is definitely Murray. Well, these are just the ones who have commented recently.

Thing is, in this community you don't have to be the least shy person ever. You can just be cool and know that you're part of it and that's cool. I guess at some point you're gong to have to say that you're part of it so that people don't pick on you because they think you're an outsider.

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 11:32 AM

Murray

I'm totally part of the community. But I've been away. And now I'm back.

=)

What cool stuff do I get out of this community then? Do people leave me blog comments or something; because that would be pretty cool.

Comments are the best.

Posted by Murray on Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 4:38 PM

chu tu

why do you call them
TV games
instead of
video games
like everyone else does?

Posted by chu tu on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 2:43 AM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

I didn't know that other people called tham video games. I could probably call them video games from now on but I probably won't be able to break the habit.

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 10:57 AM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

In fact, how do you know that we're talking about the same thing here?

Tv games are when you plug these boxes into your TV and then you kill guys.
Maybe video games require like one of those boxes that let you watch tapes. I haven't got one of those. But these are definitely more fun. It's probably the first time in history that people have been able to just kill people for the fun of it.

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 11:03 AM

chu tu

'video games' is a term used for most games
in which you can kill people both the kind
that you plug into your tv at home and
the ones you play in the arcade or that
you can buy as freestanding games for
the home, although those are much larger
and less common in the home

Posted by chu tu on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 6:33 PM

Arbot

I'm glad the knife is back
the skeleton was good
but I like to be able to see the knife

Posted by Arbot on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 4:38 AM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

I'm glad she's back. I was scared she wasn't going to come back.

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 11:24 AM

Maxi

you're beautiful :)

Posted by Maxi on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 6:42 AM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

You're all beautiful!

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 10:58 AM

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

David came around today, just to check if I had that cash yet. I don't think that is why he came though. He's probably given a lot of thought to what I said about that girl yesterday. he's probably all shaken up inside. I told him about Roxy.

"She's great." I said, smiling. "She is better than that other girl."

He was looking at the picture on my computer screen. "So, she's an octopus?"

"No, she's normal. She just drew that for me because she knows that I am a shark."

"Okay."

We chatted for a bit and after a while he told me that he hadn't spoken to that girl since before we spoke about her. He hasn't even replied to her messages.

"Kinda like how you didn't reply to my message?" I was still kinda smiling. He wasn't looking at me though, so it didn't matter.

"What? No. It's not the same. I didn't even know that it was from you. It was just a letter on my lawn." He looked frustrated. "Anyway, you said that you were a young girl. You said you were that girl."

He was talking about the photos that I had taken of Celene when we first moved to South Africa. I had bought a Polaroid Camera with the money her dad had sent us. I had included some of the photos in my first letter.

"It's alright." I smiled at him again. This time he was looking at me.

"I'm going to organise a party for us. All of us. No old people." I counted in my head quickly. "I'll invite Moe and Monopoly. And Roxy. I'll get Moe to bring pizzas. They've got this special recipe that only the staff get. It's awesome."

He looked down at his feet. He didn't look like he was going to say anything.

"Cheer up, Chugger."

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User comments

niel

hey! I also want to come to the party! but if you dont want to invite me, because i am too old...i understand...

Posted by niel on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 4:28 PM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

Hmmm. okay. No you're not too old. It's just that this is turning into a bit of a man party. I think we need more girls.

Um.

Can you bring girls?

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Tuesday, January 30,

Should I bring fruit juice?

Posted by on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 8:13 PM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair
Ummmmm.... Yeah!

Can you bring guava juice? Or strawberry juice? Those are my favourites.

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 10:14 PM

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

I drew this about the party that we're going to have.

What you don't see is that Moe is just sitting on the bed next to Monopoly. He isn't eating the pizza. Only Monopoly is eating the pizza because he is being rude and hasn't given anyone else the chance yet. I've got my own in the kitchen though. But that's for later when everyone leaves.

Also, I thought it would be cool if I kept it blurry about who was speaking in each panel. It's supposed to be the person in the panel says the caption underneath, but it looks like I am saying everything. I chose to have it like this.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

I'm worried that Roxy might fall in love with me instead of David. Think about it. I'm the guy hosting the party. I'm the guy that everyone knows. And I'm the shark. I've got better perspective than everyone else. That's why I get people so easily.

I thought about maybe inviting Celene round for the party to stop this from happening., but come on, think about it. She's so old. She can't even speak English. She'd just sit there all awkward and wouldn't even eat the pizza or anything because she wouldn't know what it was. No, thanks.

I've decided on Saturday. That way I can tell Moe on Friday and then he can tell Monopoly. I'm sure I'll see David before then and I'll just make sure that he doesn't bring that girl with him.

I can get hold of Roxy through MySpace. She's the one with the blue dinosaur in front of the purple background. She's in my top friends. Also, I'm sure that any of you guys can come as long as you aren't too old. Also, maybe bring girls.

I also need to remind David to bring Moe's CD so that we can listen to that when everyone is here. It'll be awesome. I wonder if he'll know that it's his music playing.

Ooh, a big problem is that I'm going to need to get the landlord to help out. I don't want to be held back from my role as host just because I need to serve drinks or sweets. Speaking of which, I'm going to need to get a lot of supplies. Roxy is bringing juice and Moe will bring pizza. I need to get sweets. Sweets and hats and ribbons for the walls.

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User comments

Arbot

Sounds like a blast Sharky, I'll bring the tequila, the good stuff too, none of that crap they give you to shoot in bars.

Posted by Arbot on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 10:50 PM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

Okay. You can come... but no weird stuff Arbot. Okay?

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 11:06 PM

Arbot

Thats not really fair you know, to just assume I would.
Plus its not really fair to limit me so at a party, cause to be honest, I don't try and be wierd. I don't know if what I'm doing is wierd untill someone tells me. Now I'll have to be all self concious if I go. I'll probably jsut play the video games and not talk to anyone, so I don't have to worry, and I don't wanna be that guy, I usually see how many things I can balance on that guys shoulders (and head depending on hair, or hats) without him noticing.

Posted by Arbot on Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 3:19 AM

Maxi

how did you know my greatest dream is to superglue ribbons to a wall. i'm being deadly serious, i've been wanting to do it for about 5 months now. you're psychic

Posted by Maxi on Saturday, February 03, 2007 at 9:41 AM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

I thought it would look nice.

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Saturday, February 03, 2007 at 9:58 AM

Wednesday, January 31, 2007