Tuesday, December 9, 2003
Not feeling particularly well. I’ve been rather depressed for the past couple of days, actually. New anime didn’t even do much to help, though it was a temporary psychological lift. Yes, my Bootleg Anime Extravaganza package came yesterday, complete with Turn-A Gundam, Earth Defence Family, the first volume of Macross Zero, Barefoot Gen, and a few random things that looked interesting. I watched the first episode of Turn-A […]
Sunday, December 7, 2003 — Pearl Harbor Day (USA)
Our server was hacked into last week, so we decided to wipe it clean and restore it from backup. ‘Twas the only safe course. The various sites hosted on the server have been coming back online steadily for the past few days, thanks to Brennen‘s hard work. The anime music download link is down, since we decided not to restore all my anime mp3s. I’ll begin re-uploading […]
Tuesday, December 2, 2003
Last night, instead of our normal Monday Group, a few of the regulars went out for sushi at a local restaurant. I had a great time, eating plain octopus and a delicious salad. Y’know, just six months ago, I would’ve been terrified of this. Let’s run down the list: I was feeling a bit under the weather, thanks to some mild food poisoning. I’d never been to the restaurant before. I didn’t have much time to get […]
Monday, December 1, 2003
I woke up on Saturday morning with that wonderful feeling that comes from knowing that you have nothing planned for that day. Of course, with me, I never have nothing planned. Saturday was my opportunity to write. Up until a few months ago, I would’ve pushed myself to write all day, and been disappointed with myself if I hadn’t. Now, I had enough inner grace to give myself plenty […]
Friday, November 28, 2003
“Violence needs to have consequence, lethality, and authenticity, but not necessarily relish.” — Edward Zwick, film director (Legends of the Fall, Glory) Here’s the next writing challenge: Write a five-hundred-word scene in which a character monologues coherently for the entire scene. Use the character’s body language to enhance the monologue. Purpose: Sustaining the reader’s interest during a long speech. The previous challenge is available here. Please post your response. Thanksgiving‘s over, […]
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
I haven’t written anything new on Wine yet, though that’s hardly surprising. I have so little energy to write in the evening, which is why I’m doing all my errands over the course of the week, so I’ll have Saturday free. I plan to write — Wine and other things — for pretty much all of Saturday. Wish me luck there. In other news, I did a rather odd thing on Monday; I stumbled upon […]
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
Spent much of last night fretting over Wine to Those in Anguish, which is…rather hard to define in a few words. It’s an anime idea I had years ago, and put into pre-production, only to deep-freeze when I realized I had no script. I’ve never abandoned it. I believe that it’s a strong work. There’s emotion in it; it has the stuff of life. But I never could write the script. It never came […]
Monday, November 24, 2003
Well, I certainly enjoyed the con. Lots of fun. Here’s what I bought: Grey lain bag from Mythwear. Plenty big enough for my laptop, with plenty of pockets. I’m thrilled. Someday’s Dreamers DVD 1 Last Exile DVD 1 Mobile Suit Gundam DVD 3 Someday’s Dreamers Soundtrack CD Trigun Soundtrack CD Spirited Away Soundtrack CD Haibane Renmei Soundtrack CD Rurouni Kenshin OVA 2 […]
Friday, November 21, 2003
Here’s the next writing challenge: Describe a character, physically and psychologically, in one sentence. Purpose: Clarity of description. I note that nobody has posted their own response yet. Go on. It’s anonymous. It’s the cool thing to do. Weird day today. I actually managed to get up early, so I could be at work before a 9:00 meeting. Yes, that’s early for me. Yes, I’m okay with that. The meeting […]
Thursday, November 20, 2003
I’ve completed my writing exercise for this week. Go to the Writing Challenge webpage to read it and add your own result. I’ll debut next week’s exercise tomorrow. Meanwhile, I’ll be at an anime convention this weekend, Godwilling; it’s very close to my house, which I think is awfully considerate of the con organizers. This is the con’s second year, and I didn’t go the first year, so I’ve no idea what […]