Norse Mythology - and life...

I thought I would start off the day today by adding a few spice-ups to this blog. That shouldn't really be too difficult. Following that I was to do a bit of research and then get down to the business of writing Chapter 3 of my book.

So, I logged on and got to work. And in the end what really got done today?

To be honest, not that much.

Did I do a lot of creation on my writing? No.
Did I get a lot of research done? No.

So what did I do? Where did all those hours in the day go?

The truth of that is that I spent a large amount of time trying to get my head around the subject of Blogging. For those of you who are relative newbies in this field I think that you will be able to appreciate my frustration.
Let it never be said that I am web-wise, for I'm most certainly not. In fact only yesterday I was very proud of myself for learning how to download videos for my iPod!

Pathetic, isn't it?

Well, the one good thing that happened was that, in researching my story, I needed to look up a number of websites having to do with Norse Mythology.
While I didn't find anything that I was looking for I did find the following site.

This guy's an artist of note. Here are some samples of pictures on his site. Aren't they absolutely gorgeous?!

Site address: http://www.howarddavidjohnson.com

Anyway, there you have it. No actual work done, but I'm happy I had the chance to view these pictures.

What do you think?

A Touch of Poetry...

Ok, this is not really an update but rather just a bit of stuff I thought you might find interesting. Check out this bit of poetry that I composed.

I was learning Portuguese a number of years ago and decided to see if I knew it well enough to write some poetry in it. I think it turned out quite well.
The English translation doesn't really do the piece justice, but you can get the idea from it.

Let me know what you think:

Você é… (You are…)

A Deusa do meu céu,
The Goddess of my Heaven,
Uma viva salvação.
A living salvation.
A Diaba do meu inferno,
The She-Devil of my Hell,
A encarnação da tentação.
The embodiment of temptation.


Tua beleza é a arma
Your beauty is the weapon
Almodada p’ra me assassinar,
Fashioned to assassinate me,
Porque quando eu te vejo
Because every time I see you
É suficiente p’ra me matar.
It is enough to kill me.


Tua existência é o caçador
Your existence is the hunter
Que me quer perseguir.
That wants to stalk me.
Tua aparência é a isca
Your appearance is the bait
P’ra minha morte me atrair.
To my demise, it attracts me.


Teu olhar é a rede
Your gaze is the net
De que não consigo escapar.
From which I cannot escape.
Teu rosto é a cacete
Your face is the club
Que me pode incapacitar.
To me, it incapacitates.


Mas teu sorriso é a espada,
But your smile is the sword,
O último retoque teu,
Your final finishing touch,
Que penetra no meu coração
That penetrates my heart
E apaga o fôlego meu.
And takes my breath away.