Author Notes

Friends...

2006-10-25T03:45:14Z

Well, I think that from now on most of my posts will be friend locked. I think the motivations for this are quite clear. It's not really my ideal situation but I guess It's pragmatic. I suppose I won't do it for all of them, just the ones which contain any personal information. I guess saying that I'm worrying about what I will write for NaNoWriMo (because, yes, I saw people were doing it, and yes, like a lemming, I followed ;) Hmmm...

Victory!

2006-10-04T04:21:25Z

On behalf of all those who fought side-by-side in this glorious conflict, I'd like to say cheers! Open a bottle of Veuve Clicquot and let's celebrate. Wars don't last forever, and we succeded spectacularly in this one. Once again, congragulations!

Me me me! The stolen meme!

2006-09-21T18:41:47Z

Oh, and if anyone could tell me what dirty or clean means, I'd be greatful!

1. Your Middle Name:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favorite Movie:
5. Favorite Song:
6. Favorite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:

And the questions:

1. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
2. What's your philosophy on life?
3. Would you have my back in a fight?
4. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
5. What is your favorite memory of us?
6. Would you give me a kidney?
7. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
8. Would you take care of me when I'm sick?
9. Can we get together and make a cake?
10. Have you heard any rumors of me lately?
11. Do you/have you talk(ed) crap about me?
12. Do you think I'm a good person?
13. Would you drive across country with me?
14. Do you think I'm attractive?
15. If you could change anything about me, would you?
16. What do you wear to sleep?
17. Would you come over for no reason just to hang out?
18. Would you go on a date with me if I asked you?
19. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
20. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you?

Remeber Xena?

2006-09-14T04:41:56Z

Remember the recently discovered "dwarf planet" affectionately dubbed Xena by it's discoverers...Well, we can't get away with that anymore. Because it has been officially named Eris (technically 136199 Eris according to Wikipedia). Eris, if you like me have never heard of this Greek goddess, is, "Eris (Greek Ἒρις, "Strife") is the goddess personifying that quality, her name being translated into Latin as Discordia. Her Greek opposite is Harmonia, whose Latin counterpart is Concordia."

Well, I thought Xena had a bit more flair but oh well.
Here's the links if you're interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/136199_Eris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris_%28mythology%29

Ground Zero

2006-09-12T00:11:20Z

I saw today that there was a new design presented for the future buildings to go in at the WTC site. The centerpiece of the project, the Freedom Tower, remains unchanged, but the surrounding buildings seem to have a bit more character than the last design.

Personally, I'm in the camp that says that we should rebuild at Ground Zero. If for nothing more than to show the terrorists that they didn't succeed in one of their main goals. We can't forget that the al-Qa'eda's reason for targeting the Twin Towers was for what the stood for just as much as their size and the people in them. They wanted to destroy American business; they wanted to take out these two pillars of the American economic miracle. And though they did destroy the towers, that doesn't mean that we should let them win by turning the whole area into a park. Don't get me wrong, though, I completely understand and sympathize with those who oppose building at the site. I've been there twice and I know what a sacred place it is in American history, and that should NEVER be forgotten. But I think it is even a more powerful symbol still to build these great edifices and show the terrorists that life goes on in America, and that the American dream lives on.

It's not for me to decide, but I'd be happy to visit this site someday. And lastly, I may be the only person in the United States who still likes President Bush, but I just think he deserves some kudos for keeping us safe for the last five years!

KOTOR III--Update

2006-08-17T02:20:12Z

As I wrote in a previous post, I was hoping that KOTOR 3 would finally be announced at May's E3. Yeah, so much for hoping. Nonetheless, even without an official statement from, well anybody, there are several good signs that suggest that the game is truly in developement. If I had to assign a "Magic 8-Ball" answer to the question, "Will there be a KOTOR 3 and in is in production?" it would probably be, "Signs point to Yes".

What signs might these be you ask? Consider this hopeful bit of information...IGN.com, a reputable gaming site with quite a few connections believes that KOTOR 3 is in development enough so that they have it list under rumored games for Xbox360, PS3, and for PC. This note is attatched to the link:

NOTE: This game has not yet been announced or officially confirmed by the publisher. Exact plans for which platforms this title might release on are also unconfimed at this time. Unofficially, the game is expected to be one of three next-gen projects in the works at developer Obsidian Entertainment.

There was also an article speculating about some features of the game but I wasn't able to find it. There's also the clipping from an interview with a LucasArts representative,

"Q: Ok, I'm going to throw out some more titles, and you can
comment, or react to them however you like. Knights of the Old Republic
III?

A: That's a great idea. [Poker face]"

And then Feargus Urquhart saying in March of 2006, "We have been talking with LucasArts to do KOTOR3 since August 2004 and we hoped to do it since KOTOR2 was done. LucasArts is thinking what they want to do with it and we would happily make KOTOR3, if that's what LucasArts wants to do."

My sources are pretty good. Anyways, it seems the logical choice to make. Logical enough that I'm thinking it might be a good idea to start up an LJ group for KOTOR 3... Anybody else with me??

Long Time No Post

2006-08-15T23:22:26Z

Meh... That's pretty much me and writing lately. I've done a little but I'm in a bit of a--I can't think of a word to describe it--you know one of those times when nothing you write comes out like you'd hoped it would. The fact that I cannot even come up with a word to describe what this is, is an indication of how it is. And the fact that my writing is completely incoherent is just another testament to my 'meh' feeling. It's not writer's block. Oh well, I'll give it a week.

I was starting to write something for that challenge. I had actually had the idea of writing something about my Exile's pre-KOTOR life ever since I read "Lunatic Fringe" by Cadillac Cowboy. It inspired me to write about that time period. But don't hold your breath.

In other news (well, this will need an explaination) our Japanese exchange student finally left today. So, my brother went to Japan in July on a foreign exchange trip through a sister city program. He loved Japan and had a great experience with his host family. I must give him credit too, because he is truly interested in Japan (not in the anime-otaku way though). He has been studying the language on his own for sometime and has really done as much as he could to learn about the culture. Unfortunately, when it came time for us to host a Japanese student in exchange we got Yoshiro Inagaki. I truly wonder why he even came to America. It began when he just about never spoke to us. Language barrier we said, but on occasions when he need to get something from us, his English was quite good. Okay, one flaw...wait there's more! You see during the week, he and the rest of the exchange students are visiting places of interest around the Seattle area (where I live) and on the weekends the host family's are supposed to take their students to places they find interesting... We thought that the tour of the Boeing plant in Everett--the world's largest building by volume, where they build 747s and 777s--would be interesting. Not for him. He complained the entire time to my brother and said that he would rather go to this booth thing set up by the city of Hekinan, Japan at some festival so that he could do calligraphy there. I'm sorry, calligraphy is very interesting by why come to America to do it? We let this one go too. But then on another day, he had asked to be taken to another host family's home so that he could play basketball with his friend who was staying there. Once again, why travel like 10,000 miles to play basketball, but oh well. But wait the worst is yet to come, he asked the host mother of his friend to take the two of them to another outdoor market thingy (it's Seattle we're really into organic outdoor summer hippie markets) the host mother (who is Japanese, and teaches it a local high school, in is EXTREMELY nice) graciously offered to take them at 10 am and pick them up at 1PM. At noon, she later told us, he called her up on a pay phone and told her in Japanese, "We're really bored, come get us now." I know! This is getting long I know, and I could go on for a while but I'll just say that on top of that Yoshiro, was also a very dirty person who had no qualms whatsoever about leaving trash (candy wrappers, empty cups etc) on the floor of my brother's room. I am an 18 year old guy, so you can just guess how nasty his room had to have been (after just 2 weeks) if I'm bringing it up. ARGGGHHHHHHHH... But as I said, mercifully, he's gone.

Oh, what the hell, I'll be an optimist today and say that maybe dirty, rude Yoshiro will save me from my 'meh' block, because I've got to apply some of those undesireable characteristics to a character or two in my fiction. :O

Viva L'Italia (and America)

2006-07-10T21:45:36Z

Sono tornato!!! I'm back!!! I'll be posting pictures and a general summarization of my trip in, oh, let's say a week... But I wanted to say that I'm here and congragulate the Italian team for winning. I was really sad to miss the final game. Living in Italy for three weeks made me a real fan. Once again more details in a few days, but first about Monsieur Zidane... I would describe him as a "Figlio di Puttana" or Son of a Whore. That dirty French terrorist, l'audace!1 Materazzi was never my favorite player, but the poor guy didn't deserve that. Regardless, Forza Azzuri! Bravo Totti, Zambrotta, Toni, Pirlo, Materazzi, BUFFON, Grosso, Gattuso, Del Piero, and of course my personal favorite because he has the constant look on his face like his about to start crying Alberto Gilardino!

P.S. I'm really happy to be back in the USA!! SUVS & Minivans, big drinks, cookie-cutter houses... among other things, you have been missed.

FOUR DAYS

2006-06-14T06:24:09Z

YAY!! I'm leaving for Italy in four days! I won't be back until July 10th, but hopefully I'll get access to a computer so I can read some of your posts and stories. That and I'm gradutating from high school in 3 days.

I'm curious, where did you come up with the names of the characters in your story? Are they of any significance?

KOTOR VOTERS

2006-05-20T23:54:03Z

I know I'm not the only one who has wondered about the political affiliations of our favorite KOTOR (I & II) characters... I'll make my little list of who I think is Democrat/Republican/Other/Nothing. Tell me what you think.

KOTOR I

Carth--Orange-Collar Democrat
Bastila--Hmm...Card Carrying member of the GLCU (Galactic Civil Liberties Union) Democrat
Mission--Too young to vote
Zaalbar--Libertarian ;)
Canderous--GRA (Galactic Rifle Association) Member/Republican
T3-M4--Neither
HK-47--Republican also GRA member
Jolee--Independant, likes John McCain

KOTOR II

Kreia--Independant, concered with Medicare's prescription drug plan
Atton--Would never vote, if he did, however, he'd be a Republican
Bao-Dur--Democract, opposes the contracts on Telos given to Czerkaburton
Brianna--I don't even know
Mira--Kick-ass Republican
Hanharr--Convicted Felon, can't vote
Mical--Wussy Democrat
Visas-- Her vote is yours...
G0-T0--Libertarian, supports drug legalization

A Thought(s)

2006-05-11T04:42:15Z

The more I think of this idea that has been bouncing around my head the better it sounds... I'm thinking that I'll break up my current fic After the Darkness into two perhaps three sub-units. The leading reason for this is because I want to get the plot in full gear and then take a little break, work on other writings, and of course enjoy my graduation from high school and subsequent trip to Italy.

Digression: Yay! I'm going to Italy for three weeks...Isn't that great! I'll be mostly staying in one area with my family so I'll really be able to soak up the culture of North Eastern Italy. If anybody's curious, my family lives near Trieste which is right by Slovenia and Croatia, and about two hours from Venice. Trieste is really and interesting city with a rich history as a crossroads of civilization. It is really the only place in Europe where the continent's three great ethno-linguistic groups converge; those being Germanic, Romantic, and Slavic peoples. If you remember your history it was mentioned in Winston Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' speech as one of the edges of the curtain. AND it's been a really big locale for artists and authors, the most famous being James Joyce (who I'll admit I haven't read) Anyways...It's a really interesting place and I'm thinking I'll be able to draw inspiration from it.

Here's a picture nice picture from Wikipedia:

End of digression. Did you like the little HK touch?

Yeah, so I think that I'll write the next two chapters of After the Darkness; retitle it; do the above stuff, and then, hopefully return to the and finish the story as a slightly more mature author. Even if I don't get a chance to finish it completely, I'll at least make a somewhat satisfying conclusion.

I will say that as of now I'm crafting my as yet unnamed villain who I think is a rather good one. He'll do the usual outlaying of his plans, however, he'll be concious of it. He'll be driven by cool calculating logic rather than firey passions, which I hope will make him all the more scary!

I should really learn how to 'fake cut'. I now how to find out but I'm just lazy :)

Author Notes?

2006-05-04T05:28:47Z

I think I've just figured out the mystery of the century. A/N...someone must have written it out. You could keep the wool over my eyes forever. It stands for 'author notes', right. Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't bother commenting otherwise. This is a really useless entry, so don't feel obligated to write anything. It is I who need to be leaving comments and reading Humorfic stories. So far they've been great! Humorific!

I think I'll name my journal Author Notes, just because of this whole epiphany.

Will work for Icons....

2006-04-26T04:51:05Z

Yeah, funny title...took me all of half-a-second to come up with. However, it's vaguely true. I really need an icon for my lj, everyone elses is so nice...Since this blog is mainly about my writing I think I'd better have something related to that. Any suggestions?

P.S. One thought, I know that the big rule for writing is show don't tell. But it's pretty hard to 'show' the history of something like a planet. Arghh.

E3--KOTOR3--?

2006-04-19T23:51:56Z

Well, I'm hoping they announce the next series in the franchise at the E3 Convention. It's coming soon (May 10th-12th) so well all find out whether its in the works or not. It seems like a smart idea to produce KOTOR III. The first two games were very successful, and the second was pretty much with out an ending, so there's a lot of material to work with. SERIOUSLY! I sequel could rake in loads of cash!