Finally, an update
Okay! I know I haven't updated this in forever, but certain people have been getting on my case about updating, so I guess I'll give everybody the update on my life.
Work stuff:
-I am officially working for Tokyopop! Scrapped Princess volume 4 is officially all mine -- Maggie had a scheduling conflict, and since her editor knew I had experience on that series, she offered it to me. I'm currently working on the first run through of the rewrite, and I think it's going pretty well.
School stuff:
-I am graduating this semester! I got really sick and tired of spending so much time filling useless requirements at Central, so I transferred to this great little school called Charter Oak College that's designed for people like me, people with too many credits they can't use. They're completely online and they accept transfer credits much more readily than Central. They looked at my transcripts unofficially, and it looks like I only need 2 courses to finish -- both of which I've already signed up for this semester.
Personal stuff:
-I got my wisdom teeth pulled yesterday. This is much less exciting than the other stuff I've been talking about, but it's distracting me kind of a lot right now. Stupid mouth stitches, I can't wait until I can eat normal food again. Eating ice cream three times a day sounds like a good plan at first, but it's starting to make me really sick. Also, I hate Vycodin.
Geeky stuff:
-I love One Piece! We've been watching a lot of it lately, and the last two story arcs are really, really good. Seriously, One Piece is by far the best shounen series I've ever seen. Most shounen series suffer from weak character relationships and repetitive story elements, but One Piece does both of those things incredibly well. I actually like every single one of the main characters, and most of the humor in the series springs from their relationships with each other -- plus, the jokes keep changing, unlike so many manga and anime that recycle the same few jokes over and over again (I'm looking at you, Fullmetal Alchemist and Saiyuki.) The plots are also really creative -- even when it's following a cliched shounen formula like a fighting tournament, there's always a ton of original material. Plus, the latest arc -- the Water 7 arc, for anyone who actually knows recent One Piece -- is amazingly creative and involves plot twists that the average shounen adventure story would never risk in a million years. It's so, so good.
So, that's about it.
Work stuff:
-I am officially working for Tokyopop! Scrapped Princess volume 4 is officially all mine -- Maggie had a scheduling conflict, and since her editor knew I had experience on that series, she offered it to me. I'm currently working on the first run through of the rewrite, and I think it's going pretty well.
School stuff:
-I am graduating this semester! I got really sick and tired of spending so much time filling useless requirements at Central, so I transferred to this great little school called Charter Oak College that's designed for people like me, people with too many credits they can't use. They're completely online and they accept transfer credits much more readily than Central. They looked at my transcripts unofficially, and it looks like I only need 2 courses to finish -- both of which I've already signed up for this semester.
Personal stuff:
-I got my wisdom teeth pulled yesterday. This is much less exciting than the other stuff I've been talking about, but it's distracting me kind of a lot right now. Stupid mouth stitches, I can't wait until I can eat normal food again. Eating ice cream three times a day sounds like a good plan at first, but it's starting to make me really sick. Also, I hate Vycodin.
Geeky stuff:
-I love One Piece! We've been watching a lot of it lately, and the last two story arcs are really, really good. Seriously, One Piece is by far the best shounen series I've ever seen. Most shounen series suffer from weak character relationships and repetitive story elements, but One Piece does both of those things incredibly well. I actually like every single one of the main characters, and most of the humor in the series springs from their relationships with each other -- plus, the jokes keep changing, unlike so many manga and anime that recycle the same few jokes over and over again (I'm looking at you, Fullmetal Alchemist and Saiyuki.) The plots are also really creative -- even when it's following a cliched shounen formula like a fighting tournament, there's always a ton of original material. Plus, the latest arc -- the Water 7 arc, for anyone who actually knows recent One Piece -- is amazingly creative and involves plot twists that the average shounen adventure story would never risk in a million years. It's so, so good.
So, that's about it.