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11 years ago
Well, there's actually a lot to talk about. I'm tempted to post some of my 2+ year old sketches, because contrary to what I thought (and what I thought I'd think in the future...???) some are actually decent, especially by my standards.
My writing has been stalled for... yeah, I'd say over a year. Maybe I'll do NaNoWriMo this year (there's an issue with that, and I'll explain in a sec). I have to work up the willpower to complete old projects and actually pursue new ones (it didn't help that my new laptop didn't come with word, so that's $140 gone). I also realize, looking back, that my characters do things for stupid reasons. I really suck at motivations and I find myself just throwing something together to move on to the next interesting bit.
So, now for IRL issues. I'm in the Navy, right? Well, back in 2012 I started my career by going to school to be a linguist. After being there a year (halfway through my studies) I failed out of the classes and was sent instead to do grunt work on an aircraft carrier. I swore I'd get all qualified and super professional so I could go back to that school and try again. One year after that (i.e. now), I'm still doing grunt work, still no closer to getting back there, and now that i'm halfway through my enlistment I'm starting to wonder if I'll even do another. It doesn't help that I'm getting deployed next month for ten frigging months! (Hence why NaNoWriMo will be complicated)
I guess that's the biggest issue right now: I'll be gone for sooooo long.
Q&A Time?
Q&A Time.
Will you still be around? - I'll still be able to get on FA, but their computers for some reason break certain pages, so images might pop up all the same, or transpose whole sites for a single icon from the navigation bar. (dafuq?) So I can't view submissions, except maybe writings. I can get Notes, though.
No attending streams or meets (obviously).
Can't skype because I can't install anything on navy hardware. Same with SecondLife.
Email: yes.
In fact, the most effective method of communication turns out to actually be Facebook (bleh). I may have to exhume my account and wade through all the drama to stay in touch. At least their IM system works with speed comparable to real internet.
The fact is, I may not get much time to do so, but I'll try to get on every day.
I'm going to need people to send
Yuki_Arika_Muze some love, though. Shi doesn't like it when I have to go, and shi doesn't use email or facebook very often.
Is it dangerous? - Uhh... maybe? Quite honestly, there's not much chance of laser death battles while I'm out. I mean, the last little trip we took was a month long, and a jet kind of crashed. That was pretty much it.
Do you want us to send you anything? - Heh, I'll bet not a single person is actually wondering that, but no. I don't have room for the stuff I already have. :P I'm trying to stock up on steam games, music, and various other stuff to keep me occupied.
Well, that's all I can think of for now. when i go I'll probably make some special icon that says "deployed" or something across it, and edit my profile so people don't go nuts waiting for responses.
My writing has been stalled for... yeah, I'd say over a year. Maybe I'll do NaNoWriMo this year (there's an issue with that, and I'll explain in a sec). I have to work up the willpower to complete old projects and actually pursue new ones (it didn't help that my new laptop didn't come with word, so that's $140 gone). I also realize, looking back, that my characters do things for stupid reasons. I really suck at motivations and I find myself just throwing something together to move on to the next interesting bit.
So, now for IRL issues. I'm in the Navy, right? Well, back in 2012 I started my career by going to school to be a linguist. After being there a year (halfway through my studies) I failed out of the classes and was sent instead to do grunt work on an aircraft carrier. I swore I'd get all qualified and super professional so I could go back to that school and try again. One year after that (i.e. now), I'm still doing grunt work, still no closer to getting back there, and now that i'm halfway through my enlistment I'm starting to wonder if I'll even do another. It doesn't help that I'm getting deployed next month for ten frigging months! (Hence why NaNoWriMo will be complicated)
I guess that's the biggest issue right now: I'll be gone for sooooo long.
Q&A Time?
Q&A Time.
Will you still be around? - I'll still be able to get on FA, but their computers for some reason break certain pages, so images might pop up all the same, or transpose whole sites for a single icon from the navigation bar. (dafuq?) So I can't view submissions, except maybe writings. I can get Notes, though.
No attending streams or meets (obviously).
Can't skype because I can't install anything on navy hardware. Same with SecondLife.
Email: yes.
In fact, the most effective method of communication turns out to actually be Facebook (bleh). I may have to exhume my account and wade through all the drama to stay in touch. At least their IM system works with speed comparable to real internet.
The fact is, I may not get much time to do so, but I'll try to get on every day.
I'm going to need people to send
Yuki_Arika_Muze some love, though. Shi doesn't like it when I have to go, and shi doesn't use email or facebook very often. Is it dangerous? - Uhh... maybe? Quite honestly, there's not much chance of laser death battles while I'm out. I mean, the last little trip we took was a month long, and a jet kind of crashed. That was pretty much it.
Do you want us to send you anything? - Heh, I'll bet not a single person is actually wondering that, but no. I don't have room for the stuff I already have. :P I'm trying to stock up on steam games, music, and various other stuff to keep me occupied.
Well, that's all I can think of for now. when i go I'll probably make some special icon that says "deployed" or something across it, and edit my profile so people don't go nuts waiting for responses.
