I'm leaving in a couple days to visit aunt/uncle/cousins in Portland. And I finally finished the last of my plushie orders, so I can send them off (except for one, which seems to be having trouble with payment).
~*~
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Fern Pony Plushie
I'm leaving in a couple days to visit aunt/uncle/cousins in Portland. And I finally finished the last of my plushie orders, so I can send them off (except for one, which seems to be having trouble with payment).
First Stories
On Sunday, Mom had me go through a bunch of papers from elementary school so that I could get rid of anything I didn't want.
When I reached 1st grade, I found some very interesting stuff.
Stories! Some of the very first things I ever wrote!
Man, it was so funny to read them.
The ones from first grade were really hard to read, unsurprisingly. Later grades (up to 5th, though there were fewer each year - they had us do less fun stuff than writing stories and making pictures) were a bit better.
Most of them were very short. Just a few lines. The longest ones were no more than several lines.
A lot of them went something like "I'm a dolphin. My name is Tara." And I laughed very hard when I wrote something about me being the Easter Bunny.
And then a lot of them stated at the end that they were based on a true story (although it was usually spelled "Bast on a true story). A couple of them may have been, but some of them definitely were not. Like the one where I said I had two ghost friends, and one of them lived in a hole under my bed (There is no hole under my bed, nor has there ever been). Or the one where a giant dragon lives in the sky, and his mood will affect the weather.
Looks like I've been interested in writing about dragons for a long, long time.
Some day I gotta scan (and translate) these.
I'm glad I still have them.
When I reached 1st grade, I found some very interesting stuff.
Stories! Some of the very first things I ever wrote!
Man, it was so funny to read them.
The ones from first grade were really hard to read, unsurprisingly. Later grades (up to 5th, though there were fewer each year - they had us do less fun stuff than writing stories and making pictures) were a bit better.
Most of them were very short. Just a few lines. The longest ones were no more than several lines.
A lot of them went something like "I'm a dolphin. My name is Tara." And I laughed very hard when I wrote something about me being the Easter Bunny.
And then a lot of them stated at the end that they were based on a true story (although it was usually spelled "Bast on a true story). A couple of them may have been, but some of them definitely were not. Like the one where I said I had two ghost friends, and one of them lived in a hole under my bed (There is no hole under my bed, nor has there ever been). Or the one where a giant dragon lives in the sky, and his mood will affect the weather.
Looks like I've been interested in writing about dragons for a long, long time.
Some day I gotta scan (and translate) these.
I'm glad I still have them.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you have a great day!
Did you guys hang out with family? Get anything cool?
Did you guys hang out with family? Get anything cool?
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Trade
So, Ellen, Crystal and I spent much of yesterday evening figuring out trades between all of us.
Though I'm leaving a few days after Christmas, so I might not be able to work on them for a while.
It kinda feels like they'll be hard to do, since they're not really my original ideas. Especially Crystal's, which is based off a very thought-out world, and I don't know that world or the characters like she does. I've only read a handful of scenes based off of that world and these characters, so it's not like something where I've read an entire book or seen a whole series. And the scene sounded complicated before I even knew I'd be writing it.
I haven't finished reading all of the notes for my trade with Ellen, but it does look quite a bit easier, since it could be set in this world and the characters are much more flexible.
I didn't really know what to ask them to write, so I just asked them to write something with the characters from my Katani story. Either re-write an existing scene, or make up a new one. I don't know what Crystal's going to be doing, but Ellen's going to do a scene with Katani, Youka, Len, and Garrett at their little beach. I mention that the scene happens but I don't actually write the scene, so that should be interesting. I need to get more character info to Crystal, since my first draft of the story has very bad character development for Katani's team. I don't really have any physical notes on them either. It's all in my head. Which is great for me. Not so much for them. Youka, Len, and Garrett have at least been mostly fixed, so Ellen should have enough to work with. I gotta re-write the scene where Katani "meets" Melly, Tri, Dominic, and Saris. Which reminds me, are there any other characters you want to know about? Either of you? And let me know if you have any questions.
Though I'm leaving a few days after Christmas, so I might not be able to work on them for a while.
It kinda feels like they'll be hard to do, since they're not really my original ideas. Especially Crystal's, which is based off a very thought-out world, and I don't know that world or the characters like she does. I've only read a handful of scenes based off of that world and these characters, so it's not like something where I've read an entire book or seen a whole series. And the scene sounded complicated before I even knew I'd be writing it.
I haven't finished reading all of the notes for my trade with Ellen, but it does look quite a bit easier, since it could be set in this world and the characters are much more flexible.
I didn't really know what to ask them to write, so I just asked them to write something with the characters from my Katani story. Either re-write an existing scene, or make up a new one. I don't know what Crystal's going to be doing, but Ellen's going to do a scene with Katani, Youka, Len, and Garrett at their little beach. I mention that the scene happens but I don't actually write the scene, so that should be interesting. I need to get more character info to Crystal, since my first draft of the story has very bad character development for Katani's team. I don't really have any physical notes on them either. It's all in my head. Which is great for me. Not so much for them. Youka, Len, and Garrett have at least been mostly fixed, so Ellen should have enough to work with. I gotta re-write the scene where Katani "meets" Melly, Tri, Dominic, and Saris. Which reminds me, are there any other characters you want to know about? Either of you? And let me know if you have any questions.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Write Yourself
Ok, so I'm pretty sure this is the last thing I can think of from the book Poemcrazy.
Basically, write yourself.
Start writing what you look like, what your hobbies are, what you're good at. Keep going for as long as you can. See what happens.
You don't need to show anyone else. It will probably be the most interesting and informative if it gets to the point where you don't feel like you can show it to anyone else.
I don't think I got as far as I planned on mine.
Basically, write yourself.
Start writing what you look like, what your hobbies are, what you're good at. Keep going for as long as you can. See what happens.
You don't need to show anyone else. It will probably be the most interesting and informative if it gets to the point where you don't feel like you can show it to anyone else.
I don't think I got as far as I planned on mine.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Become the Winter
Just after noon, I finished my last paper.
So I am finally FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
It feels so strange though. Knowing I don't have to go back to school. Until I walk for graduation at the end of next semester, at least.
I wish I would know sooner than March whether or not I'll get into the grad program. Part of me really wants to get in, and part of me almost doesn't want to...
Bleh. I want to see Rise of the Guardians again. Like How to Train your Dragon and Howl's Moving Castle, I can't wait until they come out on DVD! It's an uncommon phenomena. Which is good, because for a while after seeing a movie like that, it will eat my brain.
But I'll have to wait. Because there's several other movies that are out that I haven't seen yet. Like The Hobbit. Can't wait to see that one.
And I saw Life of Pi with my parents yesterday. I gotta read that book.
There are more interesting movies out this month than there have been all the rest of the year... Why all at once?!?!?!
I want to get an Easter Bunny figure or plushie or something. But there really isn't any merchandise for the movie. Which I'm kind of happy about, because they're not getting obsessed with marketing and money. Legend of Korra did this too. And also, a lot of toys and things for these sorts of movies can be very bad quality (like that hideous official Toothless plushie). Though then again, I am rather spoiled by those nice anime character figures. So while part of me is glad that they don't get hung up on marketing and stuff,another part wants stuffed animals or figures of Pabu, Naga, and the Easter Bunny! (And then I figure out that There's McDonalds toys for ROTG. I take it all back. McDonalds is about the worse kind of toy. Cruddy quality toys that advertise really unhealthy food for kids, not to mention horrible animal treatment).
Also, I'm glad that I designed my God of Ice before I saw this movie. Because the two of them did end up being rather similar in a couple ways. This way I can say that I did not copy Jack Frost.
Anyway, I've been tiding myself over by looking through part of the surprisingly massive collection of Rise of the Guardians fanart on DA, and watching random things on youtube, like this scene.
And then I got an idea of something to write. And since I am finally free from the bonds of homework, I decided to write something for myself. (I can start writing Katani and my fanfic again! And doing the blog posts that have been piling up)
So, I might as well post it here. If you haven't seen the movie yet, you can read it now if you want. (any spoilers will be vague, but they are there, just to warm you) But definitely read it after you see the movie.
Hopefully this will help get some of the movie craze out of my system.
First I hear the cracking. I can feel through my bare feet the hair-thin lines spreading across the ice. And then everything beneath me vanishes.
I fall, plunging into the icy blue depths, and watch, helpless as the jagged frame of pale light slowly slips further away.
I reach out towards the watery light, even as my fingers lose all feeling.
The cold presses in, seeping past my skin, spreading through my bones and into my heart.
But even as I sink, feeling my blood become ice, I close my eyes in relief, because she is safe.
Everything else fades away.
Except the cold.
It is the cold more than anything else that is suffocating. Pressing in, closing out all else. Taking away the light.
And it doesn’t go away.
It seeps in, past my heart, beyond my blood, into my very soul.
And now my soul is slipping away, melting into the frozen water.
Memory becomes liquid and flows away.
Then I feel it.
The touch of cool, silvery light. A touch I know well, but never noticed.
The touch of the moon.
But when I open my eyes, there is only darkness.
And I am afraid.
I barely notice the cold. It is around me, and it is in me.
And I am the cold.
But the darkness I cannot handle.
I want to cry out.
Then I am moving up, and I feel myself pressing against a surface, solid and smooth. And it gives way for me, shattering like fragile glass and falling away as I move upward.
The moon is there. And I can almost feel it reaching out for me. The light from the moon lifts me from the darkness and the ice.
I gasp for breath as the water slips away from me. And the air is cold.
It feels nice.
The rays of moonlight wrap around me, and my fear melts away.
When I feel my feet touch the slippery surface of the ice, a voice whispers out to me.
The voice of the moon.
Jack Frost.
So I am finally FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
It feels so strange though. Knowing I don't have to go back to school. Until I walk for graduation at the end of next semester, at least.
I wish I would know sooner than March whether or not I'll get into the grad program. Part of me really wants to get in, and part of me almost doesn't want to...
Bleh. I want to see Rise of the Guardians again. Like How to Train your Dragon and Howl's Moving Castle, I can't wait until they come out on DVD! It's an uncommon phenomena. Which is good, because for a while after seeing a movie like that, it will eat my brain.
But I'll have to wait. Because there's several other movies that are out that I haven't seen yet. Like The Hobbit. Can't wait to see that one.
And I saw Life of Pi with my parents yesterday. I gotta read that book.
There are more interesting movies out this month than there have been all the rest of the year... Why all at once?!?!?!
I want to get an Easter Bunny figure or plushie or something. But there really isn't any merchandise for the movie. Which I'm kind of happy about, because they're not getting obsessed with marketing and money. Legend of Korra did this too. And also, a lot of toys and things for these sorts of movies can be very bad quality (like that hideous official Toothless plushie). Though then again, I am rather spoiled by those nice anime character figures. So while part of me is glad that they don't get hung up on marketing and stuff,another part wants stuffed animals or figures of Pabu, Naga, and the Easter Bunny! (And then I figure out that There's McDonalds toys for ROTG. I take it all back. McDonalds is about the worse kind of toy. Cruddy quality toys that advertise really unhealthy food for kids, not to mention horrible animal treatment).
Also, I'm glad that I designed my God of Ice before I saw this movie. Because the two of them did end up being rather similar in a couple ways. This way I can say that I did not copy Jack Frost.
Anyway, I've been tiding myself over by looking through part of the surprisingly massive collection of Rise of the Guardians fanart on DA, and watching random things on youtube, like this scene.
And then I got an idea of something to write. And since I am finally free from the bonds of homework, I decided to write something for myself. (I can start writing Katani and my fanfic again! And doing the blog posts that have been piling up)
So, I might as well post it here. If you haven't seen the movie yet, you can read it now if you want. (any spoilers will be vague, but they are there, just to warm you) But definitely read it after you see the movie.
Hopefully this will help get some of the movie craze out of my system.
First I hear the cracking. I can feel through my bare feet the hair-thin lines spreading across the ice. And then everything beneath me vanishes.
I fall, plunging into the icy blue depths, and watch, helpless as the jagged frame of pale light slowly slips further away.
I reach out towards the watery light, even as my fingers lose all feeling.
The cold presses in, seeping past my skin, spreading through my bones and into my heart.
But even as I sink, feeling my blood become ice, I close my eyes in relief, because she is safe.
Everything else fades away.
Except the cold.
It is the cold more than anything else that is suffocating. Pressing in, closing out all else. Taking away the light.
And it doesn’t go away.
It seeps in, past my heart, beyond my blood, into my very soul.
And now my soul is slipping away, melting into the frozen water.
Memory becomes liquid and flows away.
Then I feel it.
The touch of cool, silvery light. A touch I know well, but never noticed.
The touch of the moon.
But when I open my eyes, there is only darkness.
And I am afraid.
I barely notice the cold. It is around me, and it is in me.
And I am the cold.
But the darkness I cannot handle.
I want to cry out.
Then I am moving up, and I feel myself pressing against a surface, solid and smooth. And it gives way for me, shattering like fragile glass and falling away as I move upward.
The moon is there. And I can almost feel it reaching out for me. The light from the moon lifts me from the darkness and the ice.
I gasp for breath as the water slips away from me. And the air is cold.
It feels nice.
The rays of moonlight wrap around me, and my fear melts away.
When I feel my feet touch the slippery surface of the ice, a voice whispers out to me.
The voice of the moon.
Jack Frost.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Rise of the Guardians
So, just got back from watching Rise of the Guardians.
It was pretty good!
It was the kind of thing I needed.
I got home yesterday evening, tired, with a headache and a burnt tongue and sore throat. This was the kind of movie that perked me up. There are some movies that leave you feeling light after the first time you see them. And I've noticed that it never really works quite as much your second time, and as many times after that.
It gave me the energy to continue working on my very last paper.
And after I got out, it was one of the times where the cold felt really nice. So I pulled off my jacket and enjoyed it.
So, can you guess who my favorite character was?
It's hard to miss all the Jack Frost fan art all over DA. And I did like Jack a lot. He was a very cool character and I like his design.
The little tooth fairy hummingbirds were really cute too!
And the reindeer were cool! Wish there were more of them.
The yetis were neat too. Though they looked a bit like large, round, gray loraxes.
The night mares were cool! I used to have a night shirt that said "night mares" on it, with pictures of black horses bounding around it. I loved that shirt. I wore it every night until it started to fall apart. I still have it hidden away, for nostalgia purposes. My night mares protected me from nightmares. ^-^
But my favorite character. I can tell you've been waiting with bated breath. So here it is!
The Easter Bunny!
Hell yeah!
With Watership Down as one of my favorite books, and a rabbit living in my room, how could he not be?
An awesome, boomerang-throwing, kick-ass Easter Bunny!
Plus a really cool design! And he was funny too.
And the little one! Awwwwwwww!!! It was so cute and fluffy! You know you wanted to hug it.
I kinda wished they called him something else besides Bunny all the time. Couldn't they give him a name?
Man, this is really going to ruin Wolverine's reputation.
It was pretty good!
It was the kind of thing I needed.
I got home yesterday evening, tired, with a headache and a burnt tongue and sore throat. This was the kind of movie that perked me up. There are some movies that leave you feeling light after the first time you see them. And I've noticed that it never really works quite as much your second time, and as many times after that.
It gave me the energy to continue working on my very last paper.
And after I got out, it was one of the times where the cold felt really nice. So I pulled off my jacket and enjoyed it.
So, can you guess who my favorite character was?
It's hard to miss all the Jack Frost fan art all over DA. And I did like Jack a lot. He was a very cool character and I like his design.
The little tooth fairy hummingbirds were really cute too!
And the reindeer were cool! Wish there were more of them.
The yetis were neat too. Though they looked a bit like large, round, gray loraxes.
The night mares were cool! I used to have a night shirt that said "night mares" on it, with pictures of black horses bounding around it. I loved that shirt. I wore it every night until it started to fall apart. I still have it hidden away, for nostalgia purposes. My night mares protected me from nightmares. ^-^
But my favorite character. I can tell you've been waiting with bated breath. So here it is!
The Easter Bunny!
Hell yeah!
With Watership Down as one of my favorite books, and a rabbit living in my room, how could he not be?
An awesome, boomerang-throwing, kick-ass Easter Bunny!
Plus a really cool design! And he was funny too.
And the little one! Awwwwwwww!!! It was so cute and fluffy! You know you wanted to hug it.
I kinda wished they called him something else besides Bunny all the time. Couldn't they give him a name?
Man, this is really going to ruin Wolverine's reputation.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Still Not Done
So, today was my last day of classes.
EVER.
Until I get into that grad program.
Problem is I'm still not done. I have a research paper due (online) in a couple days. I really wanted to finish it before today, so that I could feel like I was really done when I came home this evening. But I wasn't able to, since it took a while to finish the stuff that WAS done today.
So, done with the long commute. But not quite done with my schoolwork.
Hopefully tomorrow.
If not, the day after. Most likely.
EVER.
Until I get into that grad program.
Problem is I'm still not done. I have a research paper due (online) in a couple days. I really wanted to finish it before today, so that I could feel like I was really done when I came home this evening. But I wasn't able to, since it took a while to finish the stuff that WAS done today.
So, done with the long commute. But not quite done with my schoolwork.
Hopefully tomorrow.
If not, the day after. Most likely.
Monday, December 10, 2012
Evil Evil Final Stuff
There's a whole list of blog posts I want to write but I must refrain. Wednesday is when almost all my my final project stuff is due. And there's a helluvalot of it.
I've spent the entire day at my computer, sneezing my brains out because I think I developed an allergy to my rabbit, who lives in my room.
So, I'll have to do some post catch-up after Wednesday.
Bleh. I hate my nose. And my butt hurts from sitting in this chair.
I've spent the entire day at my computer, sneezing my brains out because I think I developed an allergy to my rabbit, who lives in my room.
So, I'll have to do some post catch-up after Wednesday.
Bleh. I hate my nose. And my butt hurts from sitting in this chair.
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