"Why can't my brain write stories in a linear fashion instead of scattering scenes everywhere?" ~ Me
Blarg. As I sit here feeling sick, I realized this would be a great time to update my blog. I'm spending the day recovering from a bout of...Well, I'm not entirely sure. Most likely it's food related. I don't seem to have a fever, but it's hard to tell when my thermometer won't work. Damn it's silly need for battery energy. So, I sit here in my new "She who sleeps with dogs" pajama set that my parents gave me at Christmas, which is true considering every time I go home my dogs join me in bed every morning. XD I've also opened the blinds in my room, which is unprecedented *gasp*, to watch the massive snowfall we've been having all day. I know I'm out of it because it took me at least fifteen minutes to realize that the reason my bread was still bread because the damned toaster oven wasn't plugged in. Indeed, an epic fail of awareness.
Anyway, things have been good. My classes are going well and I managed to get through January without missing class, which is truly a record for me. I've been writing a lot lately because my muses threw a cactus at me and it stuck...Unfortunately, they're most active after midnight, causing some issues with my sleep. I've been bouncing between my rewrites of Aoitsuki Yurai and Fallen Angel. I've done a little bit of work on my Guardians story, but not much. I have been working on my webcomic characters...All of them have last names and a few have first names. I also finally got around to deleting all the chapters of Aoitsuki Yurai and have started posting the new ones. I was pleased that the old reviews weren't deleted, which I worried about because people went through the trouble to leave them. The fanfics are what gets the attention right now, but that's where my inspiration is. I'm going to spend some of today going over chapter 4 and then posting it. Fanfiction.net seems to enjoy removing my italicized text, so I have to go through the chapter again and put the italics back.
**Warning: A rant born of frustration ahead skip down to the "RAWR" if you don't want to read it**
Paleo finally kicked things off after several months of planning and work. Almost immediately it came to a screeching halt (I should've expected this), so people fail at convincing me they were excited about starting. We're still waiting for one person to check in their character and everyone seems to refuse to interact with each other. I'm the only person who has posted again in the thread and I've at least gotten my character out in the open. I'd love to initiate interaction with other characters, but that's difficult to do since I've made a character who is anti-social and doesn't really want to be there. I wouldn't be so frustrated if the thread didn't say this:
"Players are free to continue this thread as a meet and greet, and/ or create separate log threads with other PCs to detail their initial exploration of the Lunar Palace and reaction to one another. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH will be your last opportunity to utilize these introductory threads as plot WILL begin via the Inaugural Ceremony Ball in a new thread on Saturday."
Um...It's the 8th now and nothing has happened. Even the mods aren't obeying their own rules nor has there been a mod post about this either. If I were a mod, I'd give an extension and then harangue the people who still haven't checked in. Another thing that bothers me is the fact that two players (one of whom is a mod) haven't done what the rest of us had to do. Character sheet and rewriting stuff to cut out all connections to Sailor Moon. One player is exempt from my frustrations because she has a lot going on in real life and her characters' absences are part of the plot.
Then again, it is polite to wait for others who have to participate. *Shrug* Meh. The thing that bothers me is that I see these people online! I see them online and they're not doing anything. Why?! It's not a good sign when the mods are ignoring their own statements and deadlines. This is pretty much the opposite of our issue last time we had this RP. Last time we had issues with people posting too fast and too much without waiting for others. I've learned to be patient, but it's starting to wear thin. It almost feels like there's no effort. "Oh look, I posted. I'll ignore things now." That's probably not really the case, but it's the impression I get. *sigh* I'm starting to think no one wants to actually interact, which is weird considering Liz was all excited about having Thalia react to Zanka's plant.
Once again, I gave people the benefit of the doubt and once again I've been disappointed. I mean, if there's going to be a delay in starting then post something about it! That's the job of the moderators! You can't just let it sit there and be implied! If you want this RP to succeed then you have to be serious about participating, which means putting some time (even if it's just 10 minutes!) aside to pay attention to the RP. If you really, truly want to do something you MAKE time for it. You MAKE time. *sighs* AUGH! It's just frustrating. This rant is probably fueled by the fact that I feel like crap, too.
Perhaps I should stage a coup because the mods don't appear to be doing anything. Now they could actually be doing something, but we'll never know because they don't keep the rest of us informed unless we the non-moderator players ask them. This is the rule of being a mod: YOU are the action taker. YOU have to keep players informed. YOU have the responsibility of making sure the players know what the hell is going on. It's not the players' job to find things out for themselves. *sigh* Okay, maybe, just maybe, if this RP can't get off the ground by the time I graduate, I'll stage a coup. I hate being a leader, but apparently, I'm good at making people get off their asses and do their jobs, which is weird considering I'm a slacker myself. Perhaps I just have this air of: "Get to work before I kick your ass". >>;;
*sigh* Maybe there's more crap going on in their lives than I know, but the least they could do is put a post up that things will be slow or sommat. Don't just leave players in the dark. Jeez.
I shall release one more primal scream of frustration and then I'm done: RAWR!
Okay I'm done. I just really needed to get that out. Other than the frustration with Paleo, things are pretty good. Though it is annoying that my brain won't write linearly. XD However, at least I'm writing anything at all.
Catch ya' on the flipside, mates
~Marty / Shin~
((Now I present a section that shall become permanent with each blog entry))
Current Writing Projects:
Aoitsuki Yurai - 3 rewritten chapters posted (soon to be 4). Currently rewriting chapter 14.
Fallen Angel - Bits and pieces of chapters 1-5 have been rewritten. The old story is still posted, but that will be remedied as soon as I actually finish chapter 1. 2 and 3 are pretty much completely done. 4 is okay, but two scenes need to be connected. 5 is just getting started. I finally have a real plot. XD
Webcomic - Character development stage.