Thursday, June 29, 2006
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Tuckered. Tuckered Out.
Ahahahah, that'd be a good name.
Worked another 8 hours today. Loads of fun. It's a shame they don't recognize Thursday clothes as a part of the uniform. Except for the Thursday tie. That worked just fine.
Not much else has happened this week except for work. It's a little depressing. ^^
But next weekend is the AX!!!!!!! Me and Carolyn and Jacqi and Jennifer and Jacqi's friends Greg and Evan are going down to Anaheim and are gonna spend the whole four days! It think it's the first time for any of us to stay all the days. We're pretty excited about it.
Except it also means we only have a week left to finish (or ..start) our costumes, and that's crazy, since we've had all year. XD Want a list of who we're gonna be, even though you don't know anything about anime? Alright:
Me: Kurogane, Aizen
Carolyn: Syaoran, Ichimaru Gin
Jacqi: Tomoyo-hime, Rukia
Jennifer: Fai, Kira
Greg/Evan: I'm not sure exactly?
The first one for each are all from Tsubasa Chronicle, the second from Bleach. We're into the group cosplay. I'd round up some pictures if I wasn't so lazy. But there'll be pictures of us after, and I'll be sure to post some reference pics for your viewing pleasure.
I kinda feel like sleeping now. ._.
Oh, but maybe here's a sorta glossary:
AX: Anime Expo. A convention held in Anaheim, New York, and Tokyo once a year for anime fans to come and geek out and spend money on anime junk.
Bleach: An anime/manga about "shinigami," some samurai-type people who fight monsters and rescue Rukia.
Cosplay: Literally "costume roleplay." It's where over-enthused fans create costumes of anime characters and wear them in public, where other fans take pictures.
Tsubasa Chronicle: Also Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle. Anime/manga (the manga was first and is way better) about some people who are traveling to different worlds to gather all the bits of Sakura's heart, which turned into feathers and scattered to all worlds.
Anime: "Japanese cartoons"
Manga: "Japanese comic books"
Happy Thursday!I look forward to killing you soon!
-Steph
PS:
Askaninja.com
Worked another 8 hours today. Loads of fun. It's a shame they don't recognize Thursday clothes as a part of the uniform. Except for the Thursday tie. That worked just fine.
Not much else has happened this week except for work. It's a little depressing. ^^
But next weekend is the AX!!!!!!! Me and Carolyn and Jacqi and Jennifer and Jacqi's friends Greg and Evan are going down to Anaheim and are gonna spend the whole four days! It think it's the first time for any of us to stay all the days. We're pretty excited about it.
Except it also means we only have a week left to finish (or ..start) our costumes, and that's crazy, since we've had all year. XD Want a list of who we're gonna be, even though you don't know anything about anime? Alright:
Me: Kurogane, Aizen
Carolyn: Syaoran, Ichimaru Gin
Jacqi: Tomoyo-hime, Rukia
Jennifer: Fai, Kira
Greg/Evan: I'm not sure exactly?
The first one for each are all from Tsubasa Chronicle, the second from Bleach. We're into the group cosplay. I'd round up some pictures if I wasn't so lazy. But there'll be pictures of us after, and I'll be sure to post some reference pics for your viewing pleasure.
I kinda feel like sleeping now. ._.
Oh, but maybe here's a sorta glossary:
AX: Anime Expo. A convention held in Anaheim, New York, and Tokyo once a year for anime fans to come and geek out and spend money on anime junk.
Bleach: An anime/manga about "shinigami," some samurai-type people who fight monsters and rescue Rukia.
Cosplay: Literally "costume roleplay." It's where over-enthused fans create costumes of anime characters and wear them in public, where other fans take pictures.
Tsubasa Chronicle: Also Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle. Anime/manga (the manga was first and is way better) about some people who are traveling to different worlds to gather all the bits of Sakura's heart, which turned into feathers and scattered to all worlds.
Anime: "Japanese cartoons"
Manga: "Japanese comic books"
Happy Thursday!
-Steph
PS:
Askaninja.com
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Wow Guys, Did You Know...
That I've been writing this thingamajig for a year now? A calendar year on the ninth, last Friday. But my first email was to you all before I ran off to graduation, remember? And now here I am, after going to my very own lil' sis' graduation, and it's been a year of Thursday messages.
That's like, unbelievable.
That means I've had access to a computer and the internet on EVERY THURSDAY of this year. It also means I've sent out half of a hundred messages. And that I've worn this same shirt once a week for most of the whole year. I think there was maybe one or two times where I wore a different shirt. And I've also said aloud the phrase "Happy Thursday" on each one of those days. That's probably a world record or something. I should be famous.
Yesterday I started work at Vons. So come in on Sat and Sun and say hi to me. I can see three things happening at this job: 1) I just go and come home and it doesn't bother me, 2) I really start to hate it and resent food, or 3) Something happens to make me really like it. So come and say hi to me, help stem the tide of inevitable disgruntlement.
ST:BWLB (see last post if you're confused) is actually making motions of writing new eps, so I'm excited. The founder and guy in charge, Jeremy, scrapped his pitch for the next ep, so now we all have a say in what it's going to be. And after that is the season finale, which will mark the start of the "new staff" breaking away from the path the orginal staff had in mind, and the second season will be completely ours. I wish that I could garner fans or appreciators from this. The project really could use some love. It's good stuff, but I understand it's not for everyone, and that's a shame. In any case, my debut as a teleplay writer is rapidly approaching.
In a similar vein, I'm also planning my own series. It's a story idea that I actually cultivated as a tv concept, not a short story or novel endeavor. Seeing that people write scripts for others to *read* prompted me to start thinking about it, and any day now I'll start writing the pilot. I still have to grind out more details about where I want it to go, but I think it's very promising. I'll tell you what it's about, so maybe you'll be interested and supportive:
An alternate world, where protected Classes were developed somewhere in time. Classes like Pirate. Ninja. Cowboy. The Classes are made up of Houses; different families that carry on the distinguished line. But each Class sees itself as the best, and practically scorns the others. Sick of this prejudice and pointless self-promotion, a young Pirate man leaves home to settle in the new world of equality, throwing away his family ties and the responsibilities attached to them.
He becomes Dante, small business owner in a major city on America's famed West Coast, and is able to blend into common society. He befriends an ex-Cowboy who becomes Paul, a man with an uncertain past. Together, they run The Corner Store, your local video rental shop. One day, their lives change again, to include a young Ninja who has been hunted by her own. She becomes Kuno, a new name for a new life. Together, they will show the world that you are not who you were born, but who you will make yourself to be.
And it'll also be funny, I promise.
Other Classes include Knight, Samurai, Viking, and Indian. There may be more. I'm having fun with this project, and I hope it becomes a hit with you. And maybe one day America. (It would air on Thursdays, of course)
Happy Graduation, Michelle and Others, and Happy Thursday to All!
-Steph
Although, Michelle and Others are partying their brains out at Grad Nite, so they won't be able to see this til tomorrow. Don't hit the Pixie Stix too hard, guys. You won't be able to go in the Bounce House. *knowing nod*
That's like, unbelievable.
That means I've had access to a computer and the internet on EVERY THURSDAY of this year. It also means I've sent out half of a hundred messages. And that I've worn this same shirt once a week for most of the whole year. I think there was maybe one or two times where I wore a different shirt. And I've also said aloud the phrase "Happy Thursday" on each one of those days. That's probably a world record or something. I should be famous.
Yesterday I started work at Vons. So come in on Sat and Sun and say hi to me. I can see three things happening at this job: 1) I just go and come home and it doesn't bother me, 2) I really start to hate it and resent food, or 3) Something happens to make me really like it. So come and say hi to me, help stem the tide of inevitable disgruntlement.
ST:BWLB (see last post if you're confused) is actually making motions of writing new eps, so I'm excited. The founder and guy in charge, Jeremy, scrapped his pitch for the next ep, so now we all have a say in what it's going to be. And after that is the season finale, which will mark the start of the "new staff" breaking away from the path the orginal staff had in mind, and the second season will be completely ours. I wish that I could garner fans or appreciators from this. The project really could use some love. It's good stuff, but I understand it's not for everyone, and that's a shame. In any case, my debut as a teleplay writer is rapidly approaching.
In a similar vein, I'm also planning my own series. It's a story idea that I actually cultivated as a tv concept, not a short story or novel endeavor. Seeing that people write scripts for others to *read* prompted me to start thinking about it, and any day now I'll start writing the pilot. I still have to grind out more details about where I want it to go, but I think it's very promising. I'll tell you what it's about, so maybe you'll be interested and supportive:
An alternate world, where protected Classes were developed somewhere in time. Classes like Pirate. Ninja. Cowboy. The Classes are made up of Houses; different families that carry on the distinguished line. But each Class sees itself as the best, and practically scorns the others. Sick of this prejudice and pointless self-promotion, a young Pirate man leaves home to settle in the new world of equality, throwing away his family ties and the responsibilities attached to them.
He becomes Dante, small business owner in a major city on America's famed West Coast, and is able to blend into common society. He befriends an ex-Cowboy who becomes Paul, a man with an uncertain past. Together, they run The Corner Store, your local video rental shop. One day, their lives change again, to include a young Ninja who has been hunted by her own. She becomes Kuno, a new name for a new life. Together, they will show the world that you are not who you were born, but who you will make yourself to be.
And it'll also be funny, I promise.
Other Classes include Knight, Samurai, Viking, and Indian. There may be more. I'm having fun with this project, and I hope it becomes a hit with you. And maybe one day America. (It would air on Thursdays, of course)
Happy Graduation, Michelle and Others, and Happy Thursday to All!
-Steph
Although, Michelle and Others are partying their brains out at Grad Nite, so they won't be able to see this til tomorrow. Don't hit the Pixie Stix too hard, guys. You won't be able to go in the Bounce House. *knowing nod*
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Star Trek: Beyond What's Left Behind
Any Trek fans? Among those, any DS9 fans?
I am! And I have a new "job" of sorts that fits me good.
There's a whole net society interested in "virtual series," fan-made continuations/reduxes of cult hits. There's a decent number for Trek alone, that I know of. TrekOnline.org sponsers a few; a continuation of Enterprise, a redo of Enterprise, and a continuation of Deep Space Nine, among others.
Star Trek: Beyond What's Left Behind is a look at what happens to those left on DS9 after the series ended. They have a whole season written (for the most part), and for the season finale and season two, I'm on the staff. That is, I'll be writing episodes for them in the near future. 've already pitched one.
Not to be filmed and actually seen on the tv; there's no one to do that. It's just like a big, involved fanfic exept in script form, not prose.
All in all, I'm excited, 'cause it'll teach me at least something about the whole thing that is tv writing. Even if it is just some amateurs not getting paid for it. I'm seeing it as an internship--it's exactly what I want to do for a living, just for fun.
Another fun thing that sorta got run off the road by this Star Trek thing, is my little online game. One of those "you're in a dungeon. What do you do?" things. If you're bored: http://www.geocities.com/hideousdoom/ . When you get to a graveyard link, go ahead and click it, 'cause it'll go to the guestbook.
Oh, yeah, the main site for BWLB is here: http://trekonline.org/bwlb/ .
Oh, and I got hired by Vons, still waiting for the drug test to come back so I can come to work.
Other than that, I gotta eat.
I am! And I have a new "job" of sorts that fits me good.
There's a whole net society interested in "virtual series," fan-made continuations/reduxes of cult hits. There's a decent number for Trek alone, that I know of. TrekOnline.org sponsers a few; a continuation of Enterprise, a redo of Enterprise, and a continuation of Deep Space Nine, among others.
Star Trek: Beyond What's Left Behind is a look at what happens to those left on DS9 after the series ended. They have a whole season written (for the most part), and for the season finale and season two, I'm on the staff. That is, I'll be writing episodes for them in the near future. 've already pitched one.
Not to be filmed and actually seen on the tv; there's no one to do that. It's just like a big, involved fanfic exept in script form, not prose.
All in all, I'm excited, 'cause it'll teach me at least something about the whole thing that is tv writing. Even if it is just some amateurs not getting paid for it. I'm seeing it as an internship--it's exactly what I want to do for a living, just for fun.
Another fun thing that sorta got run off the road by this Star Trek thing, is my little online game. One of those "you're in a dungeon. What do you do?" things. If you're bored: http://www.geocities.com/hideousdoom/ . When you get to a graveyard link, go ahead and click it, 'cause it'll go to the guestbook.
Oh, yeah, the main site for BWLB is here: http://trekonline.org/bwlb/ .
Oh, and I got hired by Vons, still waiting for the drug test to come back so I can come to work.
Other than that, I gotta eat.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Not Interesting
I have nothing interesting to say.
Some would say I never have.
It's not my fault we have different interests; we are different people.
I'm going to write about whatever I feel like, and maybe for once not feel like I'm being judged for it.
This doesn't really have to live up to your expectations, or be interesting to you.
Because you're not a captive audience.
So if you don't feel like reading this, then do us both a favor and don't.
Since I think that the majority of this audience of mine has drifted away in disinterest by now, anyway.
I don't have to cater to you, invisible people.
I don't have to worry if my post is "good enough."
I've been doing this for about a week shy of a year straight, and I'd be lying if I told you I completely looked forward to it every week.
Shouldn't be a duty.
"Happy Thursday" has become a part of my life, and I suppose I asked it to become a part of yours, but it didn't seem to take.
So I wish you all a happy Thursday, because I don't let a Thursday go by without wishing it aloud to somebody.
Because that's just who I am.
-Steph
Some would say I never have.
It's not my fault we have different interests; we are different people.
I'm going to write about whatever I feel like, and maybe for once not feel like I'm being judged for it.
This doesn't really have to live up to your expectations, or be interesting to you.
Because you're not a captive audience.
So if you don't feel like reading this, then do us both a favor and don't.
Since I think that the majority of this audience of mine has drifted away in disinterest by now, anyway.
I don't have to cater to you, invisible people.
I don't have to worry if my post is "good enough."
I've been doing this for about a week shy of a year straight, and I'd be lying if I told you I completely looked forward to it every week.
Shouldn't be a duty.
"Happy Thursday" has become a part of my life, and I suppose I asked it to become a part of yours, but it didn't seem to take.
So I wish you all a happy Thursday, because I don't let a Thursday go by without wishing it aloud to somebody.
Because that's just who I am.
-Steph
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