"Yes Sephiroth you're sooo bad ass with that sword. Too bad about the mommy complex."
"Bah. I still love ya' anyway. =D " The entire thing doesn't fit in the title slot. XD
I made that comment while going through the first flashback story sequence for Nibelheim. I got to watch the like 4000 HP Sephiroth kill giant dragons with that long ass sword of his and/or his level 3 magic. Then there's Cloud with his dinky little sword that does almost no damage, his 140 HP, and pretty much no magic. It was hilarious and Sephiroth knew he was awesome. XD Sephiroth would be a total bad ass villain if it weren't for that mommy complex. He's still one of my favorite villains. =D Taking over the planet 'cause he believes he's an heir or sommat works just fine, but talking endlessly about mommy is kind of the opposite of being a bad ass. XD He still manages to be up on that level pretty nicely though.
Let's see... The only stuff that has happened lately is:
1.) I got to see Rent on Tuesday with Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal reprising their original roles of Mark and Roger. =D Total fangirl moment with Lacey when they came on stage. Mark's my favorite character because I can relate to him the most. I'm the watcher. Anthony Rapp is doing a book signing at Puddin' Heads and unfortunately I will be gone that day, but I was able to reserve a book for him to sign. Yay! Though I really wanted to meet him. *sigh* Maybe another time. If there ever is another opportunity.
2.) Saw La Boheme tonight. =D Yeah... Rent and La Boheme in the same week. Freakin' awesome. The performance was amazing. All the singers were spot on and their voices were wonderful. It was interesting to see it in English. I saw it last year at Union Avenue in Italian. I was able to get more of the story this time because I wasn't moving back and forth between the translation screen and the stage. =D
I've finished a lot of stuff for my History of Psych class. Behavior Mod has started, but I don't have to actually deal with any tests until the 17th. whee.
I leave for Colorado tomorrow. Vacation and Carolyn's wedding on the 13th. I'm excited because it's an outdoor wedding that allows casual attire. Mostly because the festivities afterward are a picnic and games. XD I love it.
I'm taking my computer with me this time to work on my online courses, so I'm hoping to write vacation entries each day. I'm really nervous about it though... I've never traveled with my computer like this. However, I'm going to back up my files in case anything DOES happen to it.
I've also been playing Final Fantasy 7 whenever I can. I've gotten to the point where I'm just leveling up the materia and getting limit breaks for characters. I have an über Aeris. XD She's the same level as Cloud, knows Great Gospel (I haven't even gotten the keystone yet!), and can kick major ass. Aeris isn't my favorite, but she holds a special place in my heart because she's the character that inspired me to create my first original character... Cassandra... Who then became Danielle. Then she evolved into Sailor Atlantis and then Avalon Shikaro. They've all now been split into different people. Cassandra and Danielle exist no more. Sailor Atlantis is now named Jenna and completely different from before. Avalon is now called Raven and she's also quite different. Many characters were spawned from that single character, but the majority of them have also been retired. XD
In the process of playing FF7, I've also been rewriting my fanfic. I'm not very interested in fanfiction anymore, but... Well... My original projects are either at a standstill or they're really big and vague right now. My FF7 and FF9 fanfics are really the only ones I still work on though. I've rethought my Lord of the Rings one, but I haven't had much inspiration for the story. I don't really know who the main villain is nor his/her motivation, so I don't have much of a plot. That's where a lot of my stories get frozen. My FF7 and FF9 fanfic plots are skeleton at best. I'm just writing. I know the basics of what I want to do... I just have to make a true plot before I write more.
Needless to say... I've been writing a lot lately. I like it. I feel more energetic when I'm able to write at least once a day. It makes me happy. =D I need to start scheduling my time so I have time for my courses, writing, and art for Natsucon. That way I won't get overwhelmed.
I also bought a new book. It's by Neale Donald Walsch. The title is When Everything Changes, Change Everything: In a Time of Turmoil, a Pathway to Peace. I think it's a book I really need to read because that's what my life has been a lot this year. Lots of changes. Lots of turmoil of sorts. Inner turmoil at least. I'm not good with change... Especially since it's been for the worse a lot this year. Perhaps this will help me get some of my focus back.
I'm reading Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl for my history of psych course. It's quite interesting. I'm not looking forward to the Freud book though. *sigh* He's amusing, but I personally think Freud is a hack who loved his mommy a bit too much and wanted to try to justify it through psychology. >>;;; Anyway. I gotta get two quizzes done for it. If I miss the discussion board thing, no big. I'll just discuss the other two books and I'll get the majority of the points. However, I think we'll get to a place with internet access in time for me to post on the board. From the looks of it I don't have to write a lot. I just have to express my opinion.
In the past two weeks I've come to understand the things I learned in Positive Psych about nuturing your passions. With all the writing I've been doing... I've felt much happier and a bit more energetic about the day. The reason why I sleep until noon is because I feel like I have nothing to get up for. That's going to change after vacation. I want to get up at 9am (8am if I get ambitious enough). I want to get course work done in the morning, work on art in the afternoon, and leave the evenings open for whatever needs to be done and if there isn't anything like that then I get to play. =D The vacation is going to be a great way to reset my internal clock.
I don't know... *sigh* There's a lot going on in my head right now... A lot of emotions, thoughts, and other stuff... I'm sort of on a rocky, cliff path right now. If I fall then I'll probably screw up and add unneccessary stress to myself. I need to tread carefully and cling to the path if I stumble. Determination is key.
Though I will say I'm feeling rather smug because I'm way ahead of the game in many things. The Frankl book is the only part I'm behind in. The other stuff, I'm way ahead and I'm doing well with the course. =D I've also got a new fun art project that's related to FF7. There's an iffy FF9 type project, but I'll have to see if it pans out.
Time to get back to work. Kind of ironic (in a way, I guess) that I've switched to my FF7 soundtrack to resume playing it through for a third time and the track it was on was boss fight music. XD
I am a little saddened though. Mookie has signed up for Otakon, which means he can't come to Natsucon... Though I don't know if the staff even invited any of the webcomic people I suggested. *sigh* Well, hopefully he'll be invited to Anime STL again. =D
Catch ya' on the flipside, mates.
~Marty / Shin~
I made that comment while going through the first flashback story sequence for Nibelheim. I got to watch the like 4000 HP Sephiroth kill giant dragons with that long ass sword of his and/or his level 3 magic. Then there's Cloud with his dinky little sword that does almost no damage, his 140 HP, and pretty much no magic. It was hilarious and Sephiroth knew he was awesome. XD Sephiroth would be a total bad ass villain if it weren't for that mommy complex. He's still one of my favorite villains. =D Taking over the planet 'cause he believes he's an heir or sommat works just fine, but talking endlessly about mommy is kind of the opposite of being a bad ass. XD He still manages to be up on that level pretty nicely though.
Let's see... The only stuff that has happened lately is:
1.) I got to see Rent on Tuesday with Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal reprising their original roles of Mark and Roger. =D Total fangirl moment with Lacey when they came on stage. Mark's my favorite character because I can relate to him the most. I'm the watcher. Anthony Rapp is doing a book signing at Puddin' Heads and unfortunately I will be gone that day, but I was able to reserve a book for him to sign. Yay! Though I really wanted to meet him. *sigh* Maybe another time. If there ever is another opportunity.
2.) Saw La Boheme tonight. =D Yeah... Rent and La Boheme in the same week. Freakin' awesome. The performance was amazing. All the singers were spot on and their voices were wonderful. It was interesting to see it in English. I saw it last year at Union Avenue in Italian. I was able to get more of the story this time because I wasn't moving back and forth between the translation screen and the stage. =D
I've finished a lot of stuff for my History of Psych class. Behavior Mod has started, but I don't have to actually deal with any tests until the 17th. whee.
I leave for Colorado tomorrow. Vacation and Carolyn's wedding on the 13th. I'm excited because it's an outdoor wedding that allows casual attire. Mostly because the festivities afterward are a picnic and games. XD I love it.
I'm taking my computer with me this time to work on my online courses, so I'm hoping to write vacation entries each day. I'm really nervous about it though... I've never traveled with my computer like this. However, I'm going to back up my files in case anything DOES happen to it.
I've also been playing Final Fantasy 7 whenever I can. I've gotten to the point where I'm just leveling up the materia and getting limit breaks for characters. I have an über Aeris. XD She's the same level as Cloud, knows Great Gospel (I haven't even gotten the keystone yet!), and can kick major ass. Aeris isn't my favorite, but she holds a special place in my heart because she's the character that inspired me to create my first original character... Cassandra... Who then became Danielle. Then she evolved into Sailor Atlantis and then Avalon Shikaro. They've all now been split into different people. Cassandra and Danielle exist no more. Sailor Atlantis is now named Jenna and completely different from before. Avalon is now called Raven and she's also quite different. Many characters were spawned from that single character, but the majority of them have also been retired. XD
In the process of playing FF7, I've also been rewriting my fanfic. I'm not very interested in fanfiction anymore, but... Well... My original projects are either at a standstill or they're really big and vague right now. My FF7 and FF9 fanfics are really the only ones I still work on though. I've rethought my Lord of the Rings one, but I haven't had much inspiration for the story. I don't really know who the main villain is nor his/her motivation, so I don't have much of a plot. That's where a lot of my stories get frozen. My FF7 and FF9 fanfic plots are skeleton at best. I'm just writing. I know the basics of what I want to do... I just have to make a true plot before I write more.
Needless to say... I've been writing a lot lately. I like it. I feel more energetic when I'm able to write at least once a day. It makes me happy. =D I need to start scheduling my time so I have time for my courses, writing, and art for Natsucon. That way I won't get overwhelmed.
I also bought a new book. It's by Neale Donald Walsch. The title is When Everything Changes, Change Everything: In a Time of Turmoil, a Pathway to Peace. I think it's a book I really need to read because that's what my life has been a lot this year. Lots of changes. Lots of turmoil of sorts. Inner turmoil at least. I'm not good with change... Especially since it's been for the worse a lot this year. Perhaps this will help me get some of my focus back.
I'm reading Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl for my history of psych course. It's quite interesting. I'm not looking forward to the Freud book though. *sigh* He's amusing, but I personally think Freud is a hack who loved his mommy a bit too much and wanted to try to justify it through psychology. >>;;; Anyway. I gotta get two quizzes done for it. If I miss the discussion board thing, no big. I'll just discuss the other two books and I'll get the majority of the points. However, I think we'll get to a place with internet access in time for me to post on the board. From the looks of it I don't have to write a lot. I just have to express my opinion.
In the past two weeks I've come to understand the things I learned in Positive Psych about nuturing your passions. With all the writing I've been doing... I've felt much happier and a bit more energetic about the day. The reason why I sleep until noon is because I feel like I have nothing to get up for. That's going to change after vacation. I want to get up at 9am (8am if I get ambitious enough). I want to get course work done in the morning, work on art in the afternoon, and leave the evenings open for whatever needs to be done and if there isn't anything like that then I get to play. =D The vacation is going to be a great way to reset my internal clock.
I don't know... *sigh* There's a lot going on in my head right now... A lot of emotions, thoughts, and other stuff... I'm sort of on a rocky, cliff path right now. If I fall then I'll probably screw up and add unneccessary stress to myself. I need to tread carefully and cling to the path if I stumble. Determination is key.
Though I will say I'm feeling rather smug because I'm way ahead of the game in many things. The Frankl book is the only part I'm behind in. The other stuff, I'm way ahead and I'm doing well with the course. =D I've also got a new fun art project that's related to FF7. There's an iffy FF9 type project, but I'll have to see if it pans out.
Time to get back to work. Kind of ironic (in a way, I guess) that I've switched to my FF7 soundtrack to resume playing it through for a third time and the track it was on was boss fight music. XD
I am a little saddened though. Mookie has signed up for Otakon, which means he can't come to Natsucon... Though I don't know if the staff even invited any of the webcomic people I suggested. *sigh* Well, hopefully he'll be invited to Anime STL again. =D
Catch ya' on the flipside, mates.
~Marty / Shin~