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April 9th, 2012
 | 11:26 pm - Writing, RPing (or not), conning, and working on being okay
Hello again, LJ friends. Hope you're all doing well, yes? Been keeping myself somewhat busy myself. Part of it's because I've been participating in this awesomeness.
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif?v=92.1) writerverse
A team competitive writing challenge community
Profile | FAQ & Rules | Sign-up Post
This is for anyone who wants to stretch their writing muscles with all sorts of fun challenges! Writerverse is midway into Phase 2, but there's still plenty of time to join and be sorted into either team of ready writers. The more challenges you complete, the more points to earn for your team, and who doesn't want their team to come out on top? The challenges range from prompt tables, graphics, critiquing, etc. Members are required to participate in one challenge every two weeks, and you're not obligated to do all of them -- just the ones that speak to you.
Piqued? Come on over and check us out! If you do decide to join, tell them ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) erifnosmirc (my writer's handle) referenced you. I've been in it for about two months now, and I love it. It's really helped me out of my writer's blocks. I hope you consider signing up and joining the fun!
( LJ-cutting the rest of my life for entry cleanliness, hahh. )
Current Mood:  thoughtful
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March 2nd, 2012
 | 06:57 pm - writerverse Pimpage!
writerverse
A team competitive writing challenge community
Profile | FAQ & Rules | Sign-up Post
This is for anyone who wants to stretch their writing muscles with all sorts of fun challenges! Writerverse is just starting Phase 2, pitting two teams of ready writers against each other for most challenge points. The challenges range from prompt tables, graphics, critiquing, etc. Members are required to participate in one challenge every two weeks, and you're not obligated to do all of them -- just the ones that speak to you.
Piqued? Come on over and check us out! If you do decide to join, tell them erifnosmirc (my writer's handle) referenced you. I just joined, and I'm having lots of fun so far. I hope you do too!
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January 11th, 2012
| 12:36 am - Resolutions, rue, and roaches
So I've made two sort-of resolutions. I say "sort of" because I kind of don't have a lot of faith in my ability or willingness to see them through. Lol, isn't that nice, self? Anyway, those would be as follows:
01) Read more, because as a "writer" I don't do enough of that.
02) Get a piece published in a lit mag before the year ends.
I picked up a book of Anton Chekhov's short stories from the library and The Secret Garden from my friend Stephanie to kick-start me on #1. But it's #2 I've been thinking of more recently. I think attending literary, fiction readings would kind of do that to a gal. But anyway, Stephanie was updating me on her work stich since she quit the company I'm still with. She'd pretty much said, "Eff it, I'm just going to write & just get it published on paying magazines." Which led to me telling her about my sort-of resolution, which seemed to get her excited, so I guess I have to go through with it now that we both agreed we'd do it. Guess it's true -- you are more motivated when you do things in groups. Make sense. That way, there's someone checking in on you.
More so than that, though, one of my university professors was at the reading I went to today. Expected, since it was held at my alma mater. We talked, caught up on what I'd been doing since I graduated, was introduced to some professors I didn't have when I was still in school. The thing was, she kept lauding me for being this amazing, talented fiction writer. Which lol, nice ego boost, but at the same time, I didn't feel like I deserved to be called such. I haven't seriously worked on my own writing since then, when I was being graded to write. Back then, I had a concrete motivation. Left to my own devices, though, I've gotten lazy, or I've let thoughts about my own inadequacy dissuade me. "Nah, I'm really not that good. Mediocre, at best." I came out of our conversation feeling pretty ashamed that for all her belief in me, I had nothing to show for it. It's very much the feeling you get when you're (fill in school year) reunion's coming up and you're freaking out about whether you've "made it" enough to prove yourself to all your old classmates. But I guess it's a good thing I felt that way, too, because now -- at the very least momentarily -- I feel all the more motivated to try to get things written and sent out. Hopefully published, but that's really up to the magazines' editorial staff to decide, ne? I guess I just have to put more faith in what I do if I want to get this resolution done. Or maybe just guilt myself into further shaming my prof if I don't do it, ha ha. Or both. That works. Either way, I know writing and being published have been near life-long goals. It's pretty much what I've wanted for my career, as undefined and vague as my occupational outlines are. "I know I want to write for a living! I just don't know doing what yet, hehh." I don't know. Maybe this is my year. Maybe I'll make this my year. I can't say for sure. I'm too insecure to say most things in absolutes. But I do know for sure I want these, writing and publication. If my friend and one of my fave profs believe I can do it, just maybe I can. It's a start, anyway. I can use that. Dag knows the hardest thing for me when I try to do anything is starting it, ha ha.
My prof offered to have me send her anything I'm working on if I ever need a second opinion on it. Something we could discuss over scholarly coffee, ha ha. I still do have my creative writing journal and my OneWord account linked on it. I wonder if I should shoot the link over to her? I don't know, hmn...
Oh. Totally random, but Papa Roach's "Burn" is encroaching overplayed on the radio territory and it's bugging me. Ha ha, bugging, Papa Roach. I mean okay, I kind of like the song. But I kind of have to O.o;; when I hear it on the round trip between home and school. Lol, you may proceed to judge my taste in music now. I'll allow it. I don't pride myself in having good taste in anything, really. XD;;
Current Mood: thoughtful
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January 1st, 2012
 | 06:09 pm - Just a little New Year's prayer
This will be a good year. God will help me push through the trials and be thankful for all the joys.
-- AMP
Only lit one firework this New Year's Eve, but wrote this on a scrap of paper to burn with it. Been an interesting year, 2011. Maybe it comes with the whole turning a quarter-century territory, I don't know. Either way, seems like I'm approaching a turning point, and I have to decide whether I want to move forward or come to a standstill. I know which one I have to do but I also know which one's going to be much easier to fall into. But it's a new year, new start. I don't buy this Mayan end of the world stuff, but hey. Why not make 2012 count regardless?
Current Mood:  contemplative
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November 10th, 2011
 | 12:42 am - Housekeeping!
Oh wow. I really needed to edit my journal profile. Not 23 anymore, and haven't RPed Shinobu from No More Heroes properly in almost a year. Not really big things in the long run, but still. Kind of hit me how much I've neglected this poor here thing. New link there too for my OneWord account, if anyone's curious for some reason what writerly poetic -- read: narcissistic, emo babbling -- I can transfer from brain to keyboard within a minute.
Speaking of not being 23 anymore, lol birthdays. Here's to hitting the quarter-century marks. It's been a fun one, hah. Celebrating it was though. Always nice to be around friends and family for those days and such.
Ummm, Shadocon's in two days. I'm not 100% positive I'm going or not. Probably, but I'm very last minute with decisions. It's a bad character trait. I don't know, these days I'm even less sure about crap than normal. Freaking quarter-life crises, cripes. I might as well buy a Harley, drive it to the Grand Canyon while blaring MIKA's "Kick-Ass (We Are Young)", and bungee-jump off one of its cliffs. While still riding my hog, oooooh yeah. XD I am rockin'.
Current Mood:  pensive
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July 13th, 2011
| 04:28 pm - I will challenge myself with self-imposed... writing
I'm still always amazed at how much time's passed between my entries these days, which is silly because well, I hardly update anymore. Been meaning to post about Metrocon this year, but I am lazy, so maybe later. With pics and vids and such.
I was kind of in a creative mood last night. Dad was borrowing my laptop, so I passed the time reading Hippolytus in a book of tragic plays I got a year ago but am just now really getting into. That made me want to jot down a ditty in my "writing" notebook. When I was done with that, I browsed through some old stuff I did for a writing class. Just before she went to bed, Sis told me she was challenging herself to draw something everyday and posting it to her Tumblr as kind of "proof" she did so. I kind of like that idea, except swap her drawing with me writing, even if it's something little that never develops into a piece. Or not right away, at least. Don't know how I'll do, but when I woke up today I jotted this down. Sis suggested I get a Tumblr for these ditties if I keep up with it, since she'd want to follow me and has since abandoned LJ. I might, who knows? I think I'll see how well I follow up to the challenge before I do so.
Anyway, this is what I wrote:
( July 13, 2011 )
It sounds like I was trying to be scientific, but all the "facts" were pulled from memory and might be totally wrong. I mean, I was letting my mind wander, but at the same time I was trying to stick to whatever tone I felt like I was conveying. It's more than just pondering, but I can't find the right word for it. My vocabulary's lacking like that.
Well, that's that. See you guys in another three months. Hopefully sooner, but considering my track record nowadays... ^.^;;
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March 24th, 2011
 | 07:55 pm - Mmm, that boy... But not the one you think it is.
I've been pretty scarce on LiveJournal besides RPing these days, and the few times I do update I'm being boring and emo and clearly going through some quarter-life crisis, which I don't blame you for thinking is pretty old by now. Can't say if that'll change anytime soon, but have this bitty reprieve from my lameness.
Been collecting the Young Justice McDonald's Happy Meals for my niece's birthday, and my lovely HawtAqualad was the last one I needed to get, so I had to commemorate it somehow. Yerp.
Current Mood:  silly
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February 27th, 2011
 | 01:11 pm - A zombie to the world, TV, and manga
My sleeping schedule's been super off the past month, and I think it's profoundly affecting my mood. I've been waking up at like 5 p.m. and not sleeping until 9 a.m., which pretty much means I'm awake just to go to work and be unproductive when I get home around 4 or 5 a.m. I don't get to spend as much time with family this way, which is bothersome because they're the people I should be closest to, but because I messed up my sleeping I'm depriving myself of time with them. Add that to the inferiority complexes I'm feeling at fire practice and work, and you have a very blue Ashi. Blue Ashi is not very fun at all, but nothing I've done so far has been able to fix at least my sleeping pattern. I tried pulling an all-nighter a few times to no avail. I end up napping mid-day and staying up about as late as I normally do. By some miracle today I woke up around noon, so hopefully I can go from there and adjust to a normal schedule? Or as normal as possible when you're a night shifter. Maybe I should try working out again like I did to prepare for Metrocon tryouts? Being active is supposed to be good for upping your spirits. I don't know, either way I need to do something about my screwed up biological clock.
Been kind of watching more TV lately, maybe because of my job. I didn't watch much of it on my own time, but now sometimes I'll pass those nights I can't sleep right away watching Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, House, and Sportscenter for NBA news, lawls. I'm not trying to catch up on the first two shows really, but they're an okay way to pass time, and Tay-face watches them both and ships Stabler/Benson and I think House/Cuddy, lol. In that little way, I feel closer to her since she lives across the country now. But shows I'm actually trying to keep up with are Cougar Town (Don't judge, it's good Bill Lawrence and ensemble cast fun! XD;;), Glory Daze (Adorable for a show about a frat house, and *SPOILER ALERT* the main character and his love interest, who's dating a NOT total jerk, decide to just be friends -- so refreshing!), Nikita as much as I hate The CW (It's cool to see girls kick butt and have an Asian lead, plus everyone is ridiculously gorgeous in this show, I don't even), and Young Justice (which is so much fun even when it's not making me nostalgic for Teen Titans and OMG, I think I adore Aqualad and soooo can't wait for next week's episode). Sis is sort of getting me into Sym-Bionic Titan and Travis Touchdown's little brother Generator Rex, which I watched regularly before the first mid-season break when I didn't work Friday nights yet, but haven't had much time to watch the recent eps. lately.
Also been getting my mainstream shounen on by following the recent chapters of Naruto and Bleach. I fell behind on Naruto because I'm really bored by the Akatsuki, who've been the main villains in Part II, but this Shinobi War arc is kind of interesting, what with bringing back all these dead characters and focusing on shinobi of other villages. Plus, evil, subtly snarky Kabuto = WIN. He's much more interesting than all of Akatsuki combined. I really liked Darui's fight, even though the taboo word thing was a little silly. I guess I relate to him on being apologetic, hehh. I like his laid back, dull-this dull-that personality, too. Team Asuma shenanigans seem to be up next. I do hope the next chapter doesn't turn into The Shikamaru Show though. It bugged me the next week's chapter blurb said "Shikamaru's Teacher, Asuma" when Asuma was Chouji and Ino's too. Granted, Team Asuma was probably my least favorite of the original Konoha genin teams, but all the spotlight Shikamaru gets compared to the rest of the team is annoying.
I started reading Bleach on a whim really. I've read the first four volumes and seen dotted eps. here and there, but I'm far from a proper fan. But this two-year timeskip that's trendy in shounen series these days seemed easy enough to start from, and I have this dumb, fleeting hope that the current focus on powered humans might mean Tatsuki and to a lesser extent Keigo and Mizuiro will finally be relevant like apparently Urahara hinted a million chapters ago. Lol, dumb hope is dumb, and in the likelihood that doesn't happen, well at least I'm in the know about a major manga/anime? XD I did love the bit where Chad talked about using his dark skin as his Fullbring because he has so much pride in his mestizo blood. It was just so sweet and inspiring.
Erm, this turned more tl;dr than I intended, but I guess the most recent entries in this thing have all done that on me. Hah.
Current Mood:  hungry
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February 5th, 2011
 | 08:30 am - Some sort of turn of events or something
Well tonight was a fun night.
It started -- well no, the "fun" started after I finished writing the survey for my last show of the shift, which was Supernatural. This is only the second time I've watched it, and the last time was also for work, but I think almost any person involved in fandom knows that a large portion of its fanbase loves their brotherly loving. Apparently, my editor for the show does as well. She's one of the editors I can be less formal with, so I slipped in our IM window just to be funny a passing comment about the Wincest, and she was like, "That's the best part about the show! ... "Wincest." I wrote back basically laughing that she knew the fandom term for it because how often does fandom discussion come up at work? So basically we were joking about Wincest and how our company supports its fans because we left in a question/answer set that could be interpreted as homoerotic.
So after that, I drive for home. Hour-long drive, no big, used to it by now. Just as I'm nearing the turn to get on the interstate, though, the car starts making a weird rumbling noise whenever I press the gas pedal. Pull into a gas station, turn the car off to let it cool some. Start the engine, and smoke starts spewing from under the hood. Repeat a few more times, same result. Call Dad to let him know I'm basically stuck and wait in the car for him to come. While I'm waiting, people are being loud and obnoxious about I don't know because by then I was freaking out internally that something horrible is going to happen and I'm going to get mugged or attacked or something. Then I look at what intersection I'm on, and one of the streets is Nebraska Avenue, which is apparently notorious for prostitution. Yay... The cashier comes in for his shift and asks if I'm okay. Obviously not, but I'm too panicked and nod because right now I just don't want to deal with people until Dad gets there. I pray to God that he'll protect me while I'm waiting because my paranoia isn't doing me any good, and I honestly am afraid for my life at this point. I read a poetry book I carry around for whenever I get some free time while I'm out, glancing out the window increasingly more as time passes looking for Dad. He comes. Soooooo much relief. I give him the lowdown, he guesses we need to put water in the radiator, so I go in the store to fill some water bottles. Cashier directs me to a nearby faucet and says, "I asked you if you were okay," and I tell him I was waiting for Dad. I still don't really want to deal with people right now. Dad tells me to get more water, so I go back inside. Cashier offers to let me use a bucket so I don't have to keep walking in and out, then brings it outside to Dad for me. Um, a lot of theorizing what's up with the car goes on, and we're basically taking turns pouring water into the radiator while the engine is on. Cashier suggests driving the car around the block to see how it goes, Dad does so, and I lock the doors because I am still terrified of not having Dad around and wait for him in the SUV. He comes back, opens the hood. I unlock the doors, and whoop-de-doo, I set off the theft alarm somehow! As if I wasn't freaked out already and we had enough to deal with. Okay, alarm's easily taken care off, but now the car is overheating. Turns out we have to leave it there for the night and get it towed to the shop the next day. Suck butt.
So... some time, man. Start with incestual fictional brothers and end with getting stranded along Prostitute Place.
Oh yeah.
Happy New Year, folks!
Current Mood:  distressed
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October 29th, 2010
 | 10:18 am - TL;DRML. Beware.
Lol, LJ-cutting this like nobody's business. I ramble when I'm sleep-drunk.
( Crazy nocturnal sleeping habits, )
( caused by having a proper job! )
( Which leads me to angst about my age complex )
( and my birthday. :\ )
Um. Guess I'll round this out with bullet point blurbs. Because I now know how to make them!
- I'm getting more active in LJRP again. Ish. I'm in four games, two in which I'm part of a cast. I usually play Lone Canon Warriors because the fandoms I'm confident in playing from are obscure. So being in a cast is kind of a Big Deal for me. In one of them, someone even reserved my character before me, which didn't happen before because I'm usually The Only One who plays my characters. Obviously, they didn't make good on their reserve because heh, guess who's playing that character now, whut?
- Apparently, I like capitalizing random terms for added ~*~irony~*~ right now.
- Most of my RP-related updates are over at my Plurk, if you're part of the LJRP
cult fandom and are curious about my shenanigans for whatever reason.
- Metrocon's sis
conter convention, Shadocon is next weekend. I might be going to it? I mean, I kept the possibility of going there in my mind, but I haven't really made a decision. I work Fridays, so maybe it'll just be a Saturday/Sunday deal? Be nice to have that bit of a break from reality and see some of my Metrobuds or whatev.
- Kind of want to go as either NMH1!Shinobu or Yagiri Namie from Durarara!! but. Both need work, and I don't want to do it if I end up not actually going. I'd just have to redo Shinobu's skirt and pretty up my bokken to look like Three Girl Rhumba's sword, and if I go the Namie route it's a pretty darn simple outfit, I already have the shoes
and the creepy Seiji love, and could probably filch one of Dad's old lab coats.
- Kiiiiind of digging someone right now, even though I don't plan to ever make a move because we're too opposite to work out. And even though I have decided I am okay with admiring from afar, it still drives me mad to see him update Facebook about how awesome his girlfriend is. /SHOT
- I still have a massive, giant, dork-crush on Christopher Mintz-Plasse. You know, because crushing on some celebrity you will never meet in person and have no chance with is totally not as creepy as liking someone you do know in person and theoretically have a chance with. My logic -- behold.
- Have Trapt's new album in my possession. Must listen and plan AMVs to it I'll never actually make like I do with all their songs. Teh sad.
Current Mood: contemplative
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