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[9/21/2010] First daily journal and more! Please read!
15 years ago
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So I'm going to start up a new habit, for no discernible reason.
I'll be trying to do a journal per day. Most of it will be random stuff about my daily life, while others might be questions posed at those watching me, or memes stolen from other furs. Remember, these are mostly for me, as a way to catalog my day, so if they bore you, skip them!
Today was a pretty low-key day. Finished reading Waterways, and loved every moment of it. Then I slept until the afternoon.
Played a few games of Defense of the Ancients (and totally stomping face as Tauren Chieftain) before settling in to do some studying.
I've got a midterm early on Wednesday (Operating Systems x.x), which I'm not looking forward to. Because of the exam, I had to miss out on Bar Trivia tonight with my fraternity, so I am t3h sadz.
One of the pictures in my texbook makes no sense. Its discussing how users of an OS might view their system. Students might see it as an interface to the web, programmers as a collection of tools for creating software, a businessman as a means to use their company software, and non-specific technicians ... see it as a crocodile eating a city. Don't ask me, that's what the book uses for a picture.
In other news, I'm super-excited. This previous Friday, I got my first car and its super shiny and awesome <3 I love the color, the interior, everything. My parents are paying the monthlies while I finish up school and for a while after that, and when the lump sum payment comes in 5 years, that'll be my responsibility, and the car will be mine.
FOR THE WATCHERS:
I am tinkering around with three stories. I am at an impasse because I don't know what I'd rather work on. I'm mostly just outlining things now, so nothing's quite in prose form yet.
Idea 1: A darkly themed Pokemon fan fiction following the exploits of a human scientist caught up in a sinister series of experiments, before he becomes one himself. Non-sexual.
Idea 2: A Megaman X fan fiction set in a slightly alternate universe, during the events of Megaman X5. This would be heavily based on my IRC RPG I run (speaking of which, if you're interested in joining, ask). May contain some sex.
Idea 3: A completely original story set in a yet-unnamed world filled with anthropomorphic characters. It will center around a young adult porcupine who is tasked with replacing his father as village chieftain, and a bloody war that sweeps the world and drives friends and nations apart. Sexual things of a sexual nature 99.7% guaranteed.
I'll be trying to do a journal per day. Most of it will be random stuff about my daily life, while others might be questions posed at those watching me, or memes stolen from other furs. Remember, these are mostly for me, as a way to catalog my day, so if they bore you, skip them!
Today was a pretty low-key day. Finished reading Waterways, and loved every moment of it. Then I slept until the afternoon.
Played a few games of Defense of the Ancients (and totally stomping face as Tauren Chieftain) before settling in to do some studying.
I've got a midterm early on Wednesday (Operating Systems x.x), which I'm not looking forward to. Because of the exam, I had to miss out on Bar Trivia tonight with my fraternity, so I am t3h sadz.
One of the pictures in my texbook makes no sense. Its discussing how users of an OS might view their system. Students might see it as an interface to the web, programmers as a collection of tools for creating software, a businessman as a means to use their company software, and non-specific technicians ... see it as a crocodile eating a city. Don't ask me, that's what the book uses for a picture.
In other news, I'm super-excited. This previous Friday, I got my first car and its super shiny and awesome <3 I love the color, the interior, everything. My parents are paying the monthlies while I finish up school and for a while after that, and when the lump sum payment comes in 5 years, that'll be my responsibility, and the car will be mine.
FOR THE WATCHERS:
I am tinkering around with three stories. I am at an impasse because I don't know what I'd rather work on. I'm mostly just outlining things now, so nothing's quite in prose form yet.
Idea 1: A darkly themed Pokemon fan fiction following the exploits of a human scientist caught up in a sinister series of experiments, before he becomes one himself. Non-sexual.
Idea 2: A Megaman X fan fiction set in a slightly alternate universe, during the events of Megaman X5. This would be heavily based on my IRC RPG I run (speaking of which, if you're interested in joining, ask). May contain some sex.
Idea 3: A completely original story set in a yet-unnamed world filled with anthropomorphic characters. It will center around a young adult porcupine who is tasked with replacing his father as village chieftain, and a bloody war that sweeps the world and drives friends and nations apart. Sexual things of a sexual nature 99.7% guaranteed.
Anyway, enjoy your random hobby! As always you have my full support, but I'm going to cut this particular comment off here before I feel any sillier about saying it when you're literally like right there.
I would not say that there's no particular reason for the journals. If nothing else, it guarantees that you'll write something every single day. Which, as a fan of Mr. Gold's work, you should remember that he fills his day with writing. I sort of look at it like this:
If you take a large, plastic jug and dump a bunch of big rocks in it, you might think of it as full. But then you come along and pour a fine gravel into it, letting the pebbles fill in the spaces between the rocks. And then an incredible fine sand after that...then water....
That's rather like what I've seen him do. Every spare moment....he's writing. I envy him that trait tremendously. I could do it....but honestly, I don't have that strong a sense of commitment. And that failing is entirely mine.
Anyway, with regard to the three story ideas, I'm tempted to say that you should do the completely original one. The Pokemon story sounds as though it would be relatively easy since you're already fairly familiar with the universe. The Megaman story sounds as though, being based around IRC, is more of a collaborative work with input from several people. In neither of those two cases is the content uniquely your creation. Now, that's not to say that you shouldn't do those stories. It depends upon why you want to write them. For practice and establishing good writing habits like what's listed above? To entertain others who might which to read them as well?
Go for it.
But if you want to write a story that showcases your work...use original content. (And please save yourself the agony of falling into the habit of overusing ellipses the way I do. It's a royal bitch to crawl out of this hole)