Life in general! Movies, writing, art, a little introspection
I decided if I felt so guilty about not making a post to LJ and upset that my flist traffic has died down so much, then I should make a post to LJ. :P~~~
I finished the rush lettering job for the new (to me) publisher, and celebrated by going to see Wreck-It Ralph on Thursday night. I had to wind my way around the campers waiting for the final Twilight film's midnight opening--and there were a lot of them. O.o Anyway, I really enjoyed the movie and am completely stuck on one of the game's theme songs, Sugar Rush. The chorus is so catchy! ye olde youtube link. No, Youtube, I do NOT want my real name on my channel, "slr2moons" is NOT hard to read thank you very much, and why do I need a stupid channel anyway? I just want to watch random videos a couple times a month! Lose the FB layout, too. Ugh!
I decided to start lettering the logo portion of Skip Beat title pages in vol 31. I can't finish the pages without the script's translation of each chapter title, but I can definitely do the logo part. ^^ Nothing like getting a head start! Especially since the first two chapter title pages in this vol are complicated pink ones. Wheee!
Friday was my first write-in for Yuletide this year. I met two new people, had one IRL friend surprise, and pretty much had a fantastic time. I drove to the pub, whereas before I've always taken the train. And you know what? It's nice to have a quick trip home after dark, but the drive there through heavy rush-hour traffic--made worse Friday night by a Blazers game (Basketball)--and finding parking was just not worth it. *splat* I'm taking the train next time. We've scheduled for another Friday in two weeks. (Amusing story: I exited the highway and ended up on a four-lane one way street. I needed to be in the far left lane, but didn't realize it until too late. I was stuck in the far-right lane, a right-turn only one. I took the turn, then the first left to be parallel to the street I wanted. This street was EMPTY of traffic, so I zoomed down, found a cross street, and turned neatly into the street and lane I wanted, thanks to all the traffic being stuck at the first light behind me. HA!)
I only finished my canon review of my Yuletide assignment fandom a few days ago. I hadn't written a word before Friday, but I did have lots of canon and fic notes, and a general outline in my head. I did write the first 50 words or so at the write-in, and all the writers know the beginning is the hardest part. :3 I worked on it last night during dinner and until bed, and have scribed 1,330 words! The Yuletide minimum word count is 1,000, so I'm covered. I'm also pleased with what I have so far! This fic will be character-driven. I can't plot out everything like I normally do. I'm just letting the characters tell me what to write, and poking them in the general direction of the story I want to tell. They're cooperating nicely so far. ^^
My parents are flying in on Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with me, and I'm looking forward to it, even though it means I have to get my place Mom-clean. *wince* I'm tackling one area a day. Today it's all the boxes and books in the middle of my living room. Tomorrow it's my bathroom, then Tuesday it's the floors. Ugh. I hate cleaning. I mean, I love having a clean place, but I haaaate making it get that way. ><
Back to writing: it's been almost a year since I posted any new stories. I've been doing art instead, which is how it should be, I suppose. But damn, I do love writing! The first chapter of my first crossover fic (Skip Beat/Summer Wars) (I've mentioned it before) is with my beta. She's neck-deep in NaNo, though, so I can't ask her about it. *flop*
Star-chan, my BFF, has suggested I start drawing mini-comics--or as she called them, "drabble comics" (I like that a lot more than "mini-comics")--to build up my confidence with sequential art storytelling. I do have this incredibly foolish complex about making comics, and the only way to get over it is to prove to myself that I can do it.
Time to get started on that Skip Beat title page. Act 183, here I come! And I have more cleaning to do, to. Ugh.
(I need to set up the mirror posting thing to Dreamwidth. Something else on my to-do list. But for now, copypasta!)
ETA: Actually, I CAN completely letter this page of Skip, because it has the same title as the previous few chapters from vol 30. Nice. :D
I finished the rush lettering job for the new (to me) publisher, and celebrated by going to see Wreck-It Ralph on Thursday night. I had to wind my way around the campers waiting for the final Twilight film's midnight opening--and there were a lot of them. O.o Anyway, I really enjoyed the movie and am completely stuck on one of the game's theme songs, Sugar Rush. The chorus is so catchy! ye olde youtube link. No, Youtube, I do NOT want my real name on my channel, "slr2moons" is NOT hard to read thank you very much, and why do I need a stupid channel anyway? I just want to watch random videos a couple times a month! Lose the FB layout, too. Ugh!
I decided to start lettering the logo portion of Skip Beat title pages in vol 31. I can't finish the pages without the script's translation of each chapter title, but I can definitely do the logo part. ^^ Nothing like getting a head start! Especially since the first two chapter title pages in this vol are complicated pink ones. Wheee!
Friday was my first write-in for Yuletide this year. I met two new people, had one IRL friend surprise, and pretty much had a fantastic time. I drove to the pub, whereas before I've always taken the train. And you know what? It's nice to have a quick trip home after dark, but the drive there through heavy rush-hour traffic--made worse Friday night by a Blazers game (Basketball)--and finding parking was just not worth it. *splat* I'm taking the train next time. We've scheduled for another Friday in two weeks. (Amusing story: I exited the highway and ended up on a four-lane one way street. I needed to be in the far left lane, but didn't realize it until too late. I was stuck in the far-right lane, a right-turn only one. I took the turn, then the first left to be parallel to the street I wanted. This street was EMPTY of traffic, so I zoomed down, found a cross street, and turned neatly into the street and lane I wanted, thanks to all the traffic being stuck at the first light behind me. HA!)
I only finished my canon review of my Yuletide assignment fandom a few days ago. I hadn't written a word before Friday, but I did have lots of canon and fic notes, and a general outline in my head. I did write the first 50 words or so at the write-in, and all the writers know the beginning is the hardest part. :3 I worked on it last night during dinner and until bed, and have scribed 1,330 words! The Yuletide minimum word count is 1,000, so I'm covered. I'm also pleased with what I have so far! This fic will be character-driven. I can't plot out everything like I normally do. I'm just letting the characters tell me what to write, and poking them in the general direction of the story I want to tell. They're cooperating nicely so far. ^^
My parents are flying in on Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with me, and I'm looking forward to it, even though it means I have to get my place Mom-clean. *wince* I'm tackling one area a day. Today it's all the boxes and books in the middle of my living room. Tomorrow it's my bathroom, then Tuesday it's the floors. Ugh. I hate cleaning. I mean, I love having a clean place, but I haaaate making it get that way. ><
Back to writing: it's been almost a year since I posted any new stories. I've been doing art instead, which is how it should be, I suppose. But damn, I do love writing! The first chapter of my first crossover fic (Skip Beat/Summer Wars) (I've mentioned it before) is with my beta. She's neck-deep in NaNo, though, so I can't ask her about it. *flop*
Star-chan, my BFF, has suggested I start drawing mini-comics--or as she called them, "drabble comics" (I like that a lot more than "mini-comics")--to build up my confidence with sequential art storytelling. I do have this incredibly foolish complex about making comics, and the only way to get over it is to prove to myself that I can do it.
Time to get started on that Skip Beat title page. Act 183, here I come! And I have more cleaning to do, to. Ugh.
(I need to set up the mirror posting thing to Dreamwidth. Something else on my to-do list. But for now, copypasta!)
ETA: Actually, I CAN completely letter this page of Skip, because it has the same title as the previous few chapters from vol 30. Nice. :D