Starting tonight, there will be two updates to the Diary per evening -- but only until we mesh the day of the week. So Wednesday night we'll fall back to only one entry per night. The date and such will still be shifted a bit over 8 months, but it will then be synced up with the day of the week it's written on.
Okay. The recent limerick thread caused me to respond in kind. But it gave me 2 ideas for twisted Arthurian tales... one set in modern times in the US... and the other set in the standard Arthur setting of Camelot, of course with all the twists and turns I can manage.
Now, I had originally not planned on this series. But, as folks seem to like it, it'll continue. How it continues, however...
Okay, I will endeavour to post one entry per day. The question I have for folks is do they want this 1 per day to be the standard or an "at least" situation?
So, my mother recently found a list of names that were being contemplated when she was pregnant with my twin sister and I. They were absolutely convinced that they were having a girl, so they really only picked out one name (which my twin sister got, being the first-born). However, the list she found was the list my father's side of the family suggested -- they were suggesting male and female names, being cautious and such. I thought folks might get a kick out of seeing the top ten list from my Japanese/Other-Asian family. Keep in mind, this was before the anime and manga with these names for characters were even conceived of.
Ranma
Akane
Tenshi
Sakura
Ito
Makoto
Hibiki
Futaba
Shion
Megumi
For those of you that don't 'get it' -- every name on the list is the name of a character from anime or manga that is either TG or constantly mistaken for the other gender or some other type of gender 'hilarity' in the story.
Edeyn Hannah Blackeney
Wasn't it Jim Henson who said, "Without faith, I am nothing," after all? No, wait, that was God... Sorry, common mistake to make...
Seems to have been changed, and I can't figure out where! So, it's all very... readable... right now, and causing breaks were there weren't any before.
I wanted to have through Sk8r Grrls Episode 26 (end of Book III) finished for today. Today being the Anniversary date of the first posting of Sk8r Grrls. Due to recent occurrences and guests this weekend and homework overload this weekend... I didn't get that done. I also wanted to get the Character Codex done for posting today. Another failure... however... thanks to the wonderfulness that is Heather Rose Brown... I do have something for all of you today. It'll be posted later -- around 10am Eastern time.
Are currently out having a wonderful dinner at a uniquely Kansas City restaurant. I begged off on the grounds of head being achy. They'll be back this evening so I'll be off and on as I begin to deluge the site tonight.
Yeah. So. I had some issues with my ISP. Practical upshot was that I had 15 essays, a quiz, and a 10-page research paper that I couldn't turn in. So Thursday night, I finally get the okay from my professor to turn them in late and still get full credit. However (gotta be a catch, right?). She has to turn in grades Saturday evening. So she gave me until noon Saturday (My time, Central... She's in Pacific) In about 2 hours time I did all the essays (which I'd done the readings for when assigned) including citing sources, as well as taken the test. So. Tonight was for working on the Research Paper. I find myself doing anything BUT working on it, and it's a full quarter of my grade for the class! Here I am writing a blog about writing the paper instead of writing the ding-dang paper. The topic is an engaging one, though, and I find myself having difficulty keeping emotion out and objectivity in. Bride Burning.
Sk8r Grrls Episode 1 was posted nearly a year ago -- in fact, Sunday (25 May, 2008) will be the Anniversary Date -- and I just went and looked, and we've hit a major milestone!
Which of course, delineate the way in which everyone is free to earn Profit. It has been suggested to me that I could bundle Sk8r Grrls into a sellable product. That there might indeed be an audience for it, like the success that Cathy is starting to reap for Headlights Girl. I dunno. I mean, I love to write and would love to make it a way that I earn my living... but... okay. I know I'm good at words. I know that I (somehow) have developed an actual fanbase here... but realistically. Do you all think I would stand a chance? I've made bits of cash for years writing this'n'that for local newspapers, selling a few scattered short stories in scattered minor markets. What is the opinion of folks whether or not I'd be able to actually make a go of it?
Edeyn Hannah Blackeney
Wasn't it Jim Henson who said, "Without faith, I am nothing," after all? No, wait, that was God... Sorry, common mistake to make...
I am asking for a small group of folks to bounce a story off of. It is NOT finished, but I'm just getting into the writing of it. Wrote what's there in about 20 minutes today. Any takers?
So, when I was talking about posting the pieces of this story I wrote as a sort of fanfic, The Violet Ajah, I was proud of the fact that I had actually gotten James Rigney's permission to write it, as well as the fact that he liked the first 4 chapters of it when I sent them to him. [NOTE: James Rigney is the real name of the author known as Robert Jordan]
I just spent 3 hours putting together a page of information for tomorrow's holiday, only to have a quirk of Firefox delete the entire thing for me. I am not in a great mood and will be unavailable the rest of the day.
Edeyn Hannah Blackeney
Wasn't it Jim Henson who said, "Without faith, I am nothing," after all? No, wait, that was God... Sorry, common mistake to make...
So. The naysayers that wanted the project killed are going to be happy, at least. I received a total of 7 nominees. I wanted at least 1 nominee per category -- I didn't think it was too much to ask.
For clarity's sake, no, I haven't gotten "lazy" lately. I've been having issues with life. The last time I shared something personal here, I said I'd not do it again because of the reaction I received -- which very nearly made me leave and not come back.
I will be catching up on the shortcuts tomorrow. Sorry about the couple of day lag there, to make up for it, there will be a couple of days with an extra-large Shortcuts box.
My Judges helped me finalize the Category list, and we've broken it into three areas of interest: Character Categories, Genre Categories, and Overall Categories
Okay, just so you know the general types of folks doing the voting, so you can make assumptions of their tastes (whether you're right or wrong to do so!)
I have... a cunning plan. It's so cunning you could pin a tail on it and call it a weasel. It's so cunning it could... er... enough stealing lines from Rowan Atkinson. I have... an idea!
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