So, Yeah: The “HELLO” Edition
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railentheI’m going for another word sprint today. I set myself up for half a failure when I set a goal of 4k words a day, I realize, but I also realized a few other things during the last three sprints:
- I write better either heavily caffeinated or slightly drunk. HELLO BOTTOMLESS LATTES.
- I can quite easily make 2k words a day if I sit down and actually sprint in bursts of an hour and a half at a time. HELLO PROGRESS
- I am most productive when I am supposed to be sleeping. Of course this means morning grogginess. …HELLO BOTTOMLESS LATTES.
- Video game music remixes done in the style of a theatrical score are positive catnip for the muses. HELLO BLACK OMEN REMIX.
- Heavy writing is, despite the amount of sitting on my narrow ass, does count as a physical activity…if the way I feel wiped out after a surprise 4k sprint is any indication. No wonder I’m having blood sugar issues during this thing. …HELLO HOMEMADE WAFFLES.
- HELLO LEARNING SPELLCHECKER: Placed at the front because this one is so damned important: I can set Scrivener’s spellchecker to learn names. This doesn’t seem that important at first
aside from removing that blasted squiggly red line that pops up everyone someone new speaksuntil you realize that, combined with the Autocorrect function, you can make names with extra ornaments—like my healer’s name, Richéa, which requires a full stop to type so that you can hit “ALT+0233”—autocorrect to what they’re supposed to be just by lazy typing: the e becomes é right off the bat and you don’t have to think about it at all! HELLO, INDEED, LEARNING SPELLCHECKER. - I work better when I can stop and eat every half hour or so. Which is why noon will be spent preparing for a sprint session beginning at 1 PM.
Another PLAN?!one eleventy
I’m still about 5k words behind the average. If I write 2k a day, I’ve caught up in four days or so (because the extra 400 words in four days adds up to a free day earned. Ladies and gentlemen, the second thing that makes me do math. The other one is cooking). But I have to have a plan. I have to have not just any plan. I have to have a cunning plan. AND HERE IT IS.
- COOK MANY THINGS.
- Decant concentrated espresso coldbrew concentrate.
- Place the MANY THINGS THAT WERE COOKED in a warm oven so that they’re warm whenever I stop to eat.
- EAT.
- HAVE A LATTE.
- WRITE.
- Stop for fifteen minutes.
- REPEAT STEPS FOUR FIVE AND SIX.
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Date: 2011-11-16 06:58 pm (UTC)Here would be my realisation count for typing up the 'Favourite Voice' meme entry:
(1) Some voices get mixed up in my head due to not listening to certain Japanese characters much so I end up unable to remember what I'm talking about exactly. *eyes PSP and Dissidia JP box*
(2) There are a few characters I don't know too much about so I really have to put a bit more thought into how the actors are portraying them and how I think the character was originally intended to come across. THIS MEANS TO STOP DEVIATING TO ALL THOSE 'RESEARCH' VIDEOS AND THINK. (YES, AKIRA ISHIDA HAS A VERY NICE VOICE AND I'M FAR TOO FOND OF IT - I DON'T THINK I NEED TO PURSUE THIS LINE OF STUDY ANY FURTHER)
(3) I have to try and decently weigh the strengths and weaknesses of both performances for every character - this of course is something I have to persist at in order to properly complete because otherwise I break off and find it very difficult to continue that line of thought. (WHY TOSHIYUKI MORIKAWA ALSO HAS A VERY NICE VOICE---FOCUS!!!)
(4) I also have to try putting as much thought into characters I don't play/listen to much as those I am interested in. This means ignoring Ishida, Paku, Sakurai and Morikawa's vocals and actually bothering to try and decide if Ali Hillis or Maaya Sakamoto is a better Lightning. (NO, TOFFEE, DON'T GO BACK TO THAT BERSERK VID---BAD TOFFEE! NO! NO MORE MORIKAWA AND ISHIDA FOR YOU!)
(5) Once done I'm going to most likely have to censor my jabs at Steve Burton's performance so that it's less mean spirited (even if it is for humorous purposes) and more professionally critical. (Claiming that polystyrene cups give more to a performance is probably a step too far...)
(6) STOP REPEATING THESE VIDEOS! YOU KNOW THESE GUYS ARE AMAZING SEIYUUS ALREADY--- YOU DON'T NEED TO LISTEN TO THEM ANY LONGER!
*FACEPALM*
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR SPRINTS!
AH YES. RESEARCH
Date: 2011-11-16 09:29 pm (UTC)His Imperial Hamminess's ultimate spiritual ancestorDavid Bowie with his inflection and delivery. Ah well, HINDSIGHT.ALSO LOL EDWARD ELRIC!
SPRINT ONE IS DONE. 900 words.
*breaks for coffee and meat* before restarting*
...EVEN THOUGH I ALREADY KNEW EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY ABOUT THOSE CHARACTERS BEFOREHAND...
Date: 2011-11-16 09:54 pm (UTC)I say the reason behind Zidane not having as huge a growth spurt as Kuja between FFIX and Dissidia was due to him not drinking his milk. (I'm really depressed that the height change never comes up; Kuja was only a BIT taller than Zidane in FFIX! Now he's almost a foot taller! What the hell?)
HURRAH! *blows party streamer*
CAPSLOCK DRABBLE
Date: 2011-11-16 10:08 pm (UTC)IT WASN'T UNTIL HALF-WAY THROUGH THE LAST ARGUMENT ABOUT WHO PUT AN EMPTY BOTTLE BACK IN THE FRIDGE THAT KUJA REALIZED THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE TO STAND ON HIS PRETTY LITTLE GENOME TIPPY TOES TO ARGUE. THIS SHOOPUF HAD MUCH POWER, AND THUS, WITH THIS INFORMATION IN TOW, HE DECIDED TO SHARE IT WITH HIS DEAR BROTHER.
"...YOU SEEM SHORTER" WAS NOT THE GREETING HE'D INTENDED TO USE ON HIS BROTHER...EVEN IF IT WAS TRUE.
CAPSLOCK APPLAUSE!!!
Date: 2011-11-16 10:12 pm (UTC)*WILD, RAPTUROUS CLAPPING*
(AND NOW I'M PRETTY SURE THE REASON HIS HAIR FEATHER IS EVEN MORE RIDICULOUSLY BIG WAS AN INITIAL ATTEMPT TO TRY AND LOOK TALLER. BEFORE HE BEGAN MILKING THAT SHOOPUFF STUFF.)
Re: CAPSLOCK APPLAUSE!!!
Date: 2011-11-16 10:26 pm (UTC)KUJA'S FIRST ATTEMPTS AT LOOKING TALLER WERE DONE WITH HEELS. HE GAVE THAT UP WHEN HE REALIZED THAT THEY DESTROYED HIS FEET. THEN HE DECIDED TO TRY HAIR STYLES. BUT HE LOOKED RIDICULOUS WITH HIS HAIR TEASED SO HIGH.
THEN, GLORY FROM THE HEAVENS, HE DISCOVERED SOMETHING SO FINE, SOMETHING SO GLORIOUS, THAT IT SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN A GIFT FROM THE GODS THEMSELVES: A LOVELY FEATHER, EVEN MORE MARVELOUS THAN THE ONE HE'D PICKED UP FROM THAT HABERDASHER AT ALEXANDRIA, THAT WOULD SURMOUNT HIS LOVELY SILVER LOCKS AND MAKE HIM APPEAR TALLER.
OF COURSE ALL OF THIS HAPPENED BEFORE HE DISCOVERED THAT LOVELY SWEET TREAT: CHOCOLATE SHOOPUF MILK.
Re: CAPSLOCK APPLAUSE!!!
Date: 2011-11-16 10:37 pm (UTC)AND WHEN HE LACKS A PEN TO COMPOSE SONNETS WITH, THE FEATHER CAN ALSO BE USED AS A HANDY QUILL! (MY LEGITIMATE THEORY ON THE FEATHERS IS THAT THEY ARE HIS REAL HAIR BUT CHARMED SOMEHOW BECAUSE HE WANTED TO STAND OUT FROM ALL THE STRAW-HEADS WITH PAGEBOY HAIRCUTS.)
IT WAS A DELICIOUS YET FATTENING MISTRESS! FOR EVERY CM THAT WENT TO HIS HEIGHT, ANOTHER GREW AROUND HIS WAIST! (THERE WAS EVEN A PERIOD WHEN HE WAS FORCED TO WEAR GRANNY PANTIES BECAUSE THE CODPIECE WOULDN'T FIT UNTIL HE WENT ON A DIET!)
Re: CAPSLOCK APPLAUSE!!!
Date: 2011-11-16 10:44 pm (UTC)EXCEPT HE WAS EVEN SORTER WITHOUT SHOES OF ANY SORT. SO THAT WAS RIGHT OUT.
THE ONLY THING ABOUT THAT FEATHER THAT HE HAD TO REMEMBER: RINSE BEFORE REINSERTING INTO HAIR. HE WOUND UP WITH BLUE HIGHLIGHTS ONCE WHEN HE FORGOT, AND WHILE THIS DREW COMPLIMENTS FROM SOME GARISHLY MADE-UP HARLEQUIN, HE DECIDED THAT IT WAS NOT IN HIS TASTE. (WITH HIS POWER HE COULD DO THAT. I BET THAT'S NOT FAR OFF THE MARK.)
AND THE OTHER WAYS IT CONSPIRED AGAINST HIM! THE DEVIL THAT WAS TRIPLE-VEINTE SHOOPUF-MOCHA-LATTES! HE LOVED THE SUGAR! HE ADORED THE CAFFEINE! …HE WAS NOT A FAN OF THE LARGER BELT SIZE. WHATEVER WAS A SHORT GENOME TO DO? HE WANTED TO BE TALL, NOT ROUND!
Re: CAPSLOCK APPLAUSE!!!
Date: 2011-11-16 10:55 pm (UTC)CONSIDERING HOW BAD THIS WAS WHEN HE FIRST TURNED UP IN DISSIDIA AND WAS MISTAKEN FOR A SHOTA, THE BOOTS COULD NOT GO.
DYEING HIS HAIR IS SUCH A METICULOUS PROCESS. HE HAS TO BE SURE THAT NOT A TRACE OF THAT VILE DIRTY BLOND BESMIRCHES HIS HAIR BUT THOSE FEATHERS MUST BE TREATED WITH THE UTMOST CARE. TOO MUCH FORCE WHEN COMBING IN AND THEY'LL BE YANKED RIGHT OUT! (HE EVEN GOES TO THE TROUBLE OF DYEING THE TAIL SO THAT THEY MATCH EVEN THOUGH NO ONE IS GOING TO SEE IT.)
THE MILKSHAKE WAS THE WORST! DAMN RIGHT IT WAS BETTER THAN YOURS!
Re: CAPSLOCK APPLAUSE!!!
Date: 2011-11-16 11:17 pm (UTC)HE GOT TIRED OF HAVING TO SHOUT "I AM NOT A LITTLE BOY!" AT EVERY TURN. HE WOULD RATHER DIE THAN BE MISTAKEN FOR A CUTE LITTLE SHOTARO BOY AGAIN!
Re: CAPSLOCK APPLAUSE!!!
Date: 2011-11-16 11:34 pm (UTC)THERE WAS THAT ONE TIME HE GOT MISTAKEN FOR AN ONION KNIGHT. AS WELL AS ALL THOSE OCCASIONS HE RAN INTO JECHT AND LAGUNA AND THEY WOULD START MUMBLING ABOUT HOW KIDS THESE DAYS DRESS LIKE HOOKERS AND WONDERED WHAT THE HELL CHAOS WAS DOING USING A RUGRAT. THOUGH THE REAL INSULT WAS KEFKA CALLING HIM "BABY" AND TRYING TO STICK A DIAPER ON HIM.
Re: CAPSLOCK APPLAUSE!!!
Date: 2011-11-17 12:18 am (UTC)BY EVERYONE.
Re: CAPSLOCK APPLAUSE!!!
Date: 2011-11-17 12:33 am (UTC)Re: CAPSLOCK APPLAUSE!!!
Date: 2011-11-17 01:02 am (UTC)ABS OF ADAMANTITE.
Re: CAPSLOCK APPLAUSE!!!
Date: 2011-11-17 01:22 am (UTC)HOWEVER IT STILL DID NOT PREVENT LAGUNA COMMENTING ON HOW A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL LIKE KUJA SHOULDN'T BE RUINING 'HER' FIGURE BY ATTEMPTING TO GAIN MUSCLE MASS.