About

Hello internet stranger, this is my blog. I don’t know how you found this site, but I promise you this: now that you’re here, I will not let you leave! Here are a few currently known facts about me: My name is Michael. I’m 22 years old. I’m currently learning Japanese. Whenever I’m not procrastinating I’m procrastinating. I love to read books, and write stuff. My goal is to make a living as a writer somehow. I have another blog where I post book reviews and short stories - pimpfreud.com. I’ve been playing guitar for the past 8 or so years, and will continue playing till the day I die. My favourite band is the Grateful Dead. My personality type is INFP. I enjoy travelling, camping and skiing. I am scared of spiders, but I think snakes are cool. I have a pet tree frog - update: it died :(

my pet frog (RIP)

This is my site, and in a way it’s yours too… but not really, it’s actually mine. Having a space on the internet that I can call my own helps motivate me to write and also doubles as an online presence of my work. Inside you will find everything about nothing in particular. I’m in the middle of completing a psychology degree, and am also in the process of seeing the world and finding my place in it. Writing is my passion and I am using this site as incentive to sharpen my skills and to organise my thoughts and ideas. I don’t have any set in stone plans for the future, but I am currently showering twice a day and attempting to get 8 hours of sleep every night. This site is loaded with content and gets updated on the regular, so have a look around.

Me tree skiing through deep powder in Niseko, Japan!

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28 thoughts on “About”

Michael Cargill on October 6, 2011 at 3:28 AM said:

You should give self-publishing a go. I use a website called http://www.smashwords.com – you upload the file and they convert it to various digital formats. They then manually check it and get it pushed out to the Apple, Sony, Barnes and Noble, etc. stores if the formatting is good.

I am making my first few available free that way.

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- Shantelle on December 30, 2012 at 2:02 AM said:
  
  Thank you for all you have done for the evolution of mankind. Your willingness to freely share what you think and know is, in my opinion, unmatched. You are love personified.
  
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caramellokoala on October 6, 2011 at 3:50 AM said:

Thank you for the advice, I will definitely check it out. Few questions though, what happens to your work after you self publish it online? Do you still have the rights to publish it later if it receives enough attention? Also is the site mainly used to publish short stories or full length novels? Thanks again

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- Michael Cargill on October 6, 2011 at 3:56 AM said:
  
  You retain all rights to your work – Smashwords are simply a retailer. The manual checks I talked about are purely to make sure that the book is readable in all formats on all ereaders, they aren’t interested in the content as such and won’t help with spelling mistakes, etc.
  
  People use it to publish short stories, collections of short stories, non-fiction about whatever subject they are interested in, or complete full-length novels.
  
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caramellokoala on October 10, 2011 at 12:50 AM said:

I’m relieved to know you retain all the rights to your work, for some reason I thought you wouldn’t be able to publish your work with a different publisher further down the road. Are there any costs involved? What was the process like for you? Are you planning on making money out of your self published stories or are you going to keep them free? By the way, I read your short story ‘Shelter From Thunder’ and I really liked it. I particularly enjoyed the final scene, I thought it was clever how you created the contrast between the innocence of childhood and the bleak adulthood of war. However; I think the story would have been better if you made the reader sympathise with the child more, and maybe not have his friend die so close to the finale. But anyway, keep up the writing and good luck with your future projects if you have any.

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- Michael Cargill on October 10, 2011 at 2:20 AM said:
  
  There are no costs at all for putting your stuff up on Smashwords but any sales you make through them they will take a small percentage (can’t remember how much it is). The process is very easy but there are some formatting ‘rules’ that you need to be aware of when uploading the story. There is a guide that tells you how to setup Word so that the conversion process from .doc to all the other formats goes smoothly. I took me about an hour to go through the first time but after you have done it once, the settings are saved so you don’t have to worry about it again.
  
  Glad you liked my story and thanks for the feedback. I have another one that I am going to be publishing in about a week or so, again for free. I am planning on releasing future stories for a small fee in the future but will release them as a collection rather than individual stories.
  
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Becoming Bitter on November 25, 2011 at 12:15 PM said:

I’m never shy.

Hey there Micheal. Thanks for the confirmation on the post vs page email notifications.
I’ll be posting a series of something positively evil next month. Each post will build on the other.
So I thought of just making a page with an index and then have links to the posts on that page. That way people can read my stuff in order.

So does everything in this “About” page of yours still hold true? Sometimes people forget to update their stuff – that’s why I’m asking. You’re getting psych degree… cool. Psychology is a very interesting subject. I think the only book I’ve read related to some type of psychology (neuropsychology specifically) was “The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat”.

By the way, nice blog you have here.

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- caramellokoala on November 26, 2011 at 2:21 AM said:
  
  Hey there.. you. No problem! Yeah I do that with a lot of my pages, it’s a good way of organising stuff.
  
  Yep, everything on this page is the truth. I’m a second year psychology student and I’m 21; technically I should’ve finished already but I slacked off big time first year and dropped out, took a year off then changed uni. Psychology is very very interesting, by studying it you find out a lot about yourself, and how we share more in common with others than we tend to think.
  
  I’ve heard about that book, but I never read it. I read a book that seems similar called Mummy at the Dining Room Table – it’s basically a collection of psychologist’s first person accounts with their craziest patients, and how they ‘cured’ them. For example, one patient in the book had a relationship with a cow..
  
  If you’re interested in psychology I suggest you read some of Carl Jung’s books, he was one of the big dogs in the psychoanalytic world, and psychoanalysis is the most interesting aspect of psychology in my opinion.
  
  Thanks for stopping by, your blog’s cool too!
  
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  - Becoming Bitter on November 26, 2011 at 3:59 AM said:
    
    You can call me Bitter, Bitte (It’s a German word and No I’m not German), or Bittersweet. Do not call me BB. It makes me think of the gun. I’ve heard of Carl Jung, but never read any of his books. Cool, well good luck on finishing your degree Micheal.
AimeeLovesYou on April 3, 2012 at 6:24 AM said:

Thank you for your comments on my blog Sunday Is For Lovers.
I really enjoyed & appreciated them. :)
Much love & thanks,
A.

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- endofthegame on April 3, 2012 at 1:01 PM said:
  
  No need to thank me! I don’t usually comment on something unless it is well written and thought provoking, so you might as well thank yourself! But for the record, I enjoyed your responses very much too.
  Peace!
  
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Ng Chan Chiew on May 28, 2012 at 1:07 AM said:

Great work there. Thanks.

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- endofthegame on March 15, 2013 at 6:50 PM said:
  
  Thank you!
  
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CàM on July 15, 2012 at 11:04 AM said:

I have a book that you must read being a psyc student and psychedelic enthusiast:

http://www.rawilsonfans.com/downloads/prometheus.pdf

This book details a model that can help you understand both conventional and psychedelic dimensions of the mind from a psychological and biophysics perspective. It’s also rather comedic at times.

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- endofthegame on January 3, 2013 at 5:47 PM said:
  
  Thanks for the book suggestion! It looks really interesting and I’m going to start reading it right away!
  
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hafiz on October 4, 2012 at 4:12 AM said:

Hey man,

Great site you have here. I’m trying to learn guitar, so I really appreciate the lessons! Also love the overall content of your site. Keep it up man!

Regards from Malaysia :D

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- endofthegame on October 4, 2012 at 10:17 AM said:
  
  Thanks mate, I appreciate it :) Expect more guitar lessons in the future!
  
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Joseph on November 8, 2012 at 8:35 AM said:

End of the game > Peter Green album :) > very much enjoyed your site, i have very similar interests, music/spirituality etc…will come back and check on it now and again ,

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- endofthegame on November 8, 2012 at 10:45 AM said:
  
  Great to hear from someone who knows the Peter Green album! You have good taste :)
  
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visakanv on December 28, 2012 at 6:00 AM said:

It’s a pleasure to encounter someone else with a broad range of interests! I enjoy your passion and excitement. Cheers

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- endofthegame on January 3, 2013 at 5:42 PM said:
  
  Thanks mate :)
  
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Shato on March 4, 2013 at 12:58 AM said:

Hello Michael
Very nice work you been doing about shrooms information and I certainly appreciate to know that “we are not the only ones”, I do live in mexico city and I been picking my own shrooms since 1970 psilocybe aztecorum and cubencis and mexicana and i been sharing what i know about them with lots of brothers and sisters that I encounter in my hollogram, thanks a lot man and SMILE WIDE.
I don’t have a website but I hope to get one soon.
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE

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- endofthegame on March 15, 2013 at 6:54 PM said:
  
  Hey mate, we certainly aren’t the only ones! Good to hear you share the same philosophy as me on the subject of mushroom picking. As they say, sharing is caring, and what is more important than sharing something profound rather than keeping it to yourself! Knowledge is power! If you ever get a site let me know, peace!
  
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Kris on April 29, 2013 at 6:48 AM said:

there are different bebop scales here? please explain :)

http://www.jambole.com/scales/bebop-scale/

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- endofthegame on April 29, 2013 at 4:41 PM said:
  
  What’s different about them?
  
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Kris on April 29, 2013 at 10:33 PM said:

This site’s bebop major scale has a chromatic passing tone between the 5th and 6th notes, #5 ~ b6, whereas at the other site, the additional chromatic tone is a #4th. This completely alters the shape of the scale.

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- endofthegame on April 29, 2013 at 10:36 PM said:
  
  Good spot, I believe the other site has made a mistake.
  
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  - Kris on April 29, 2013 at 11:05 PM said:
    
    thanks: think all their bebop scales do this? luv the diagrams tho – specially yours – can’t read – chord and scale boxes are music to my eyes :)