6th Dec 2008
Spent 9.5 hours shopping today. Went out with Chandra and Danielle to shop for our office holiday party. Poor Danielle had the hardest time finding anything that fit her properly and looked good at the same time. Finally did succed though, and Chandra and I had already found everything we were looking for. Then we went to Hot Tamales for dinner and margaritas. It was, in all, a really fun day.
Edit: Just read Kat’s comment from last post and that is a great idea.
I’m going to order, in a few months, my first Asian Ball Joint Doll. I’m doing a physical representation of my personal muse, Rhys, as I see him in my mind. After a lot of hemming and hawing I have for various reasons finally decided to go with a Luts KD Bory boy. He will have a long lavender wig and violet eyes, clothes undecided as of yet. Check him out on www.eluts.com under Kid Delf. I’m getting the real skin normal version.
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4th Dec 2008
I missed yesterday. Oh well.
I forgot to mention the other day that I got myself a copy of Shortbus (do you underline movie titles or quote them?) which is my favorite movie of all time. Check it out, but find out what it is before you watch it, it’s not for everyone.
Not sure what else to say today, so I’ll sign off for now and hopefully have a better update tomorrow!
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1st Dec 2008
So Kat now has me doing some national bloging month, and since I failed at NaNo once again I figure; what the hell, it should be something I can successfully accomplish. I just have to blog every day this month. x.x
I will put up what I did get done this year, as well as all the general worldbuilding info I’ve been working on. Oh! Some plugging here: anyone in the newhaven area can come see the Greater New Haven Community Chorus perform our holiday concert at Battel Chapel in New Haven on December 13. Tickets are $20 at the door, $15 if you can find someone to buy them from in advance.
That’s all I can think of for now. Promised story stuff will come within a few days, two weeks tops ;P
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29th Sep 2008
NaNoWriMo starts in about a month. So far I have a list of main characters, a vague family dynamic, and a vague “urban/suburban fantasy” theme. Kat gave me a list of questions to answer to help me get to know my MC’s better, and I’ll be posting both Q’s and A’s in the near future. Once NaNo starts I also intend to post any excerpts I don’t think are complete crap.
Character concepts and Q&A:Part 1.1 tomorrow!
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6th Sep 2008
Well. I meant to post several times lately and every one, well, I didn’t. I’m a lazy bastard. Anyway, I realized today that I have less than two months to figure out what I’m doing for NaNoWriMo this year. I have a few projects in the works, but none that I feel are ready to start writing. I don’t know what to do. What I really need are some characters. Thats where I always start. Hmm.
In other news, I made a huge Facebook goof and accidentally outed myself to my family. >.< That’s what I get for giving in to peer pressure. The real irony is, if my pattern holds, now that I finally got a Facebook page, all my friends who’ve been bugging me to get one are gonna stop using it. Happened with LiveJournal and MySpace. We’ll see.
Ciao for now.
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29th Jul 2008
Well, I had posted a 101 update, but I took it down till I have time to type the whole damn thing in, since I can’t figure out how to fix the double spacing from copying it over from word. Very, very frustrating. *grits teeth* I’ll get it back up soon though.
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25th Jul 2008
I don’t really feel like going through every little thing, so as far as 101 in 1001 goes, I’ll just say that I’m doing well on some goals, and not so well on others. I’m going to be cracking down on my health goals soon, because I now weigh over 140 lbs, which wouldn’t be a big deal if it was muscle but it isn’t. It’s the also the most I’ve ever weighed, so it’s a bigger deal to me than it may seem to other people. Plus I gained an inch around my waist so a few of my pants don’t fit so well anymore, which sucks.
I’ve decided to completely rewrite Timekeepers. I’ll probably retitle it to since just calling it Timekeepers is kind of lame. I’m supposed to go for a walk with Kat tomorrow, so I’ll probably bounce some ideas off her. Hmm, just had a thought, I may take Timekeepers and Immortals and slam them together into the same story, or at least the same world. Worldbuilding, yay! I haven’t done that in ages. Great, now I’m going to be up till 4 brainstorming. Oh well.
I’ve been looking at taking online courses to maybe finally finish college. I’ve been looking at paralegal programs, and I’m fairly excited about the whole thing. I’ve ben considering a career in law for a while and paralegal seems like a good springboard in. We’ll have to see if I can swing it financially though, that’ll be the biggest obstacle.
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29th May 2008
No progress in Entertainment, but I do know goals 11 and 12 should be done this July. Good so far with goal 13, though that has more to do with being broke than self restraint! So far I’m doing pretty well on goals 24, 29, and 30. I’m going to start work on goals 35, 36, and 40 next week, I just want to get through my chorus concert first. Check one walk off goal 48! I had a blast exploring Cat’s woods with her and Justin yesterday. I still have to do goal 49, because it’s important for several other goals. It’s pretty much top of my to-do list right now. I’ll probably do that and 50 today. Doing well with goal 60, though I wish I was sleeping and waking up a little earlier. Nothing to say so far in possessions. I’m changing goal 79 to any instrument in Rock Band. I’m working on the Bass right now. Cat’s got about 26 goals or something like that so hopefully I’ll be checking off 81 soon. Workning on 88 now! I’ve been working on 96 a bunch too.
And that’s about it for now! I can’t wait for the concert on Saturday. Doesn’t count towards goal 82 since I’m in it though. XP
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24th May 2008
Starting May 25th
Entertainment
1. Watch the whole “Law & Order” series.
2. Watch the whole “Law & Order: SVU” series.
3. Watch the whole “Bleach” anime series.
4. Re-read Shakespeare’s complete works.
5. Re-read my Neil Gaiman books.
6. Read American Gods and Anansi Boys.
7. Re-read Sabriel, etc.
8. Finish reading books I put down half way through.
9. Finish the Wheel of Time series.
10. Raise a Sim to adulthood, including University.
11. Have a Rent sing-along.
12. Have a movie marathon.
Financial
13. Eat out no more than once a week.
14. Pay off my GSM&R bill.
15. Make 3 consecutive car payments on time.
16. Get car fixed.
17. Save for a tattoo.
18. Save towards restarting my violin lessons.
19. Save towards a BJD.
20. Save towards photography equipment (camera/camcorder).
21. Keep my savings account balance above $300 for six months.
22. Don’t overdraw my checking account for six months.
23. Move out of my parents’ house.
Health
24. Walk every day for a half hour.
25. Stretch for 15 minutes twice a week.
26. Learn basic Yoga positions and practice for 15 minutes twice a week.
27. Practice Tai Chi for 15 minutes twice a week.
28. Exercise three times a week for 3 months.
29. Reduce soda drinking.
30. Drink more water.
31. Keep a food journal for one month.
Learning
32. Start learning French.
33. Start learning Irish.
34. Study Music Theory.
35. Practice my fiddle for 30 minutes every day for three months.
36. Master 5 songs on the fiddle.
37. Tune the piano.
38. Learn the basics of Piano.
39. Master 3 songs on the Piano.
40. Learn the basics of Tango.
41. Learn Sphere play.
42. Learn to spin Poi.
43. Learn to crochet.
Spiritual
44. Meditate for 10 minutes three times a week.
45. Participate in guided meditation once a month.
46. Finish developing my path.
47. Celebrate 3 consecutive path holidays.
48. Walk/run in the woods 15 times.
Organization
49. Create a schedule for practice and exercise.
50. Clean out my car.
51. Clean out my room.
52. Vacuum my room.
53. Organize my books into keep, donate, and sell groups.
54. Donate or sell unwanted books.
55. Go through my sewing stuff.
Physical Improvement
56. Dye my hair.
57. Get my haircut.
58. Get triskele tattoo.
59. Get vardo tattoo.
60. Stop oversleeping.
61. Tone up my abs.
62. See the ear doctor every four months.
Possessions
63. Buy a digital camera.
64. Buy a digital camcorder.
65. Buy a BJD.
66. Buy the rest of the “Charmed” series on DVD.
67. Buy the rest of the “Nip/Tuck” series on DVD.
68. Buy the “Celtic Woman” songbook.
69. Get my books back from Staci.
70. Get my books back from Melody.
71. Get my boots fixed.
72. Buy sneakers.
73. Buy sai.
Social
74. Audition for a solo in chorus.
75. Stay up all night singing show-tunes 3 times.
76. Get in touch family members I don’t see much.
77. Take a relative out to lunch/dinner.
78. Get a boyfriend.
79. Learn drums for Rock Band.
80. Start my own RP.
81. Get one other person to participate in 101/1,001.
82. Go to 2 concerts.
83. Go to a play or musical.
84. Take a vacation, if only for a few days.
85. Go to a club or bar 10 times.
86. Visit relatives in Florida.
87. Visit Cat at school twice.
Creative
88. Update my website once a week.
89. Finish prepping Painful Embrace and start writing.
90. Write 10,000 words for Immortals.
91. Write 10,000 words for VoLaD.
92. Write 10,000 words for Timekeepers.
93. Reach 20,000 words in National Novel Writing Month.
94. Write lyrics for 3 songs.
95. Compose 3 pieces of music.
96. Write a basic BJD character outline.
97. Make a costume for an anime convention.
98. Start sketching again.
99. Make a dream catcher.
100. Make a chain belt.
101. Start a ‘Captain’s Log’ scrapbook for Captain Bentley’s crew.
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11th Mar 2008
So I’ve decided to use the outline Kat and I had for the book for the graphic novel script. She gave me the OK to use her characters, Kira and Isabelle, so I decided to stay with the original premise. Of course, things will have to change to adjust for Alan (probably) being the focus character instead of Kira, and Kira and Isabelle’s personalities will be different with me writing them. I’m also expanding their family a bit, I want to go into more detail about their bloodline than we really planned to for the book. I’ll do character mini-profiles tomorrow. I can’t put the thoughts together straight just now.
I’m watching all the old Batman movies, and Michelle Pfeiffer was a way, way better catwoman than Hallie Berry. And for the movie being like, 10 years older, the original costume was still hotter. Also, I find it amusing that in those 10 or so years, Christofer Walken hasn’t aged a day. Like, seriously, that guy’s gonna outlive us all. Like a cockaroach or something.
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