Things I wanna paint:
Firestorm (and other Kiirstemlen kalmaei)
Wayrift folks
Mini-doll avatar things
comic pages : P
Flairé and me rocking out on kitchen implements
All after I finish my script! And stop feeling weird!
P.S. And Jeff Davis, who is a great singer and is as cute as Joshua Bell. : D
Hi! Working rather furiously on Hindemith and Script Frenzy. It’s a little late at night for Hindemith so right now scripting. I’m technically halfway through.
Wanted to blog about acquiring a particular song today. I finally went on the iTunes store and bought a song called Kings and Queens, by a band called 30 Seconds to Mars (pretty awesome title if you ask me). Anyway, my only real contact with this song is that on last year’s Tour de France, they played the day’s/segment’s highlights to that music. It was pretty inspirational. Unfortunately, I never found any of these clips on YouTube, which would have been awesome. Maybe they’re there now and I never checked. Oh well. I’m only out $1.30, and I have the whole song now!
Even more unfortunately, I found it has associations to something much, much stupider… When I was flying back from London, ON, I saw a girl watching a movie about CG owls a few seats ahead of me. When I got home, I looked it up. It’s called Guardians of Gahool or something like that. It looked kinda fun and doofy (until they started fighting with swords and stuff. What??) though the reviews were not so great. Then I went to their official site and watched the trailer and AUGH THE SONG WAS THERE. Soooo… both song and movie kinda ruined for me now. The song doesn’t belong in that movie. Only Viking music belongs in that movie, imo. I didn’t get to hear the sound; remember I was on the plane and you can only use headphones to get sound and I didn’t feel like searching for it on their TV thingy. And now the song is a little less “EPIC HUMAN EFFORT” because it has a touch of owl association. Am I making sense? I better get back to scripting. While listening to this. I know inspirational rock and roll has less to do with AU (alternate universe) Victoriana than it does with CG owls. But IT KEEPS ME WRITING WHOOOOOOOO
EDIT: One reason I like this song, I have realized, is that it uses the same bass progression as another of my favourites, the Kyrie by Mr. Mister. It’s a simple I-II-[I6]-IV-V-I. Or something like that.
Got the urge to do that thing where figments write letters to their author. Good times.
Note: may be spoilers, but whatever.
Flairé: Well, I write you all the time anyway, soooo not much new to say. Basically, take care o’ yerself and see you around, and PLEASE get back to drawing webcomics because I’m feeling a leetle neglected? Like, we chat every day, but you need more of a nudge to keep drawing than that? Anyway, luv ya, bye!
Flaria: I want to complain about the imaginary ‘gender issues’ you have inserted into the Adhemlenei. Basically, no one I know has any problem with me being a stay-at-home princess who likes sewing and cooking and cleaning and staying out of the way and being supportive and helpful and dislikes hacking at things with swords. Mom can do whatever she feels necessary but she’s not doing it just because she’s a kalla. And you can tell anyone who thinks I’m reinforcing a negative stereotype to bite my sparkly silk-slippered heel. Okay, see you, honey!
Menad: Would be obliged if you’d remove more references to my ‘ego’ in your histories. I do think about other things than my convenience and entertainment, you know.
Marteth: Stop telling people about that thing. It’s not any of their business. In fact, you may as well leave that entire scene out of your history because it never actually comes up again.
Bayn: Hello. I was wondering… could you possibly convince my brothers to, you know, leave me alone once in a while? I haven’t had proper peace and quiet for several weeks and I’m starting to get annoyed. Thanks.
Gullac: Heyo Illinia, tell Bayn to lighten up! (giggles)
Mathaning: Hi Illinia, I think you need to get outside more! It’s just gorgeous out here! I know you want to use your computer for all the lovely things it lets you do, like drawing and writing, but there’s a whole world out here with sun and grass and wind and stuff like that! Sincerely, your friend Math
Leslie: Hey, I don’t want to be a bother or anything… but weren’t we going to watch a movie?? =D
Tam: Look, I died, okay? Stop trying to resurrect me because I am the most awesome character you ever made. (sings) I can face the faaaaacts…
Jalril: Um… um… I don’t want to criticise anything but could you please rewrite my scenes? They’re not what actually happened. I think Master Flairé told you them wrong. I think he forgot. Thank you very much!
Flaer: Please figure out what my duties are before making me king! And stop watching me while I’m being lovestruck. It’s hideously embarrassing.
Zela: …Why did I do any of these things? They are not illustrative of my hatred of injustice. They’re just me being irritated. Change please.
Tseo: Many apologies for bothering you, but I am wondering when you will get around to actually chronicling the founding of the Aarhckemlen. It is rather important, despite being rather painful to myself. Kirstril is busy but he sends his regards and his agreement, and Shlaes has not said anything but she looks it. Thank you for your consideration.
Yoeath: Respectfully requesting more scenes from non-kalmaeirin points of view. I know it’s mostly the kalmaei who are the focus of the war, but others influenced it and were present in it. I am not asking for more scene-time; only that you don’t forget about the dragons and griffons and us.
Muila: You’re showing me all wrong. I could never be so bluntly unsubtle as you have portrayed me. I am very offended and would like you to set the record straight. Also, I love him, and I always will. Stop insinuating otherwise.
Lyrestan: Not complaining about the lack of my face in your histories, I mean, it’s not important and I don’t care that much, but I do feel that I seem rather extraneous in them. I did stuff too! Also – I want to complain that when the cities were being built, my father and brother were much more popular than you seem to have shown them being. I mean, it was only a few twits on the council, not the whole flippin’ council. Just so you know. I can introduce you if you like. Why not we all go for dinner sometime? That’ll be nice and genial, and let you dress up! I know you like dressing up.
Gyoriing: Ma’am, I would like to suggest that being the Commander of the Lilemlen, I had more responsibilities than just being Flaer’s bodyguard. I feel this is important to emphasise, and I thank you for your attention to this matter.
Ffweiless: Hey! Hey! You need fewer pretty guys and more pretty girls. Yum. [note: I could not find Ffweiless after this letter, and several people went around with dark looks for several days]
Yoia: Want to know when my people’s exploits will get writted. Also when you’re going to figure out the name of my commander. Thx!
Things to do today: FINISH that silly journal thingy that has been annoying me for the last two weeks, go to church/rehearsal/concert, write more on Agnus Dei, draw tomorrow’s comic page and the day after’s, go out and buy office junk
Things I want to do soon: finish reading Cleo’s blog (ALL OF IIIIT), scan notebook doodles from the entire year, split up other doodle dumps in case some of them are good and I want to find them without sifting through giant spamdumps.
Things I will end up accomplishing: reading Cleo’s blog (all of iiiiit? maybe, dunno), church/rehearsal/concert. Boo. And some homework because I am actually working on it right now.
And, of course, sugar.
Sooooooooo I am cleaning my room and it’s going okay (the biodegradable bag was an interesting discovery, tho) and my stream-of-consciousness is completely whacked out like I’m on drugs or something and maybe I shouldn’t get sick you guys I’m pretty sure that’s what’s causing it but anyway I have giant piles of paper (and other things) that I don’t really want to get rid of (HEY IT’S MY LETTERS TO KIRA FROM LIKE TWO YEARS AGO AND ALSO AN ARTICLE ABOUT PETER BUTTERFIELD AND OTHER RANDOM STUFF) but that I really don’t need around… I’m tempted to get a large plastic box and dump everything in it and forget about it, but… there is some actual garbage mixed in with the letters-to-Kira-and-Butterfield-articles, and I’m just too attached to it to throw it away yet and just dumping it in a box will only encourage my packrat habits that I’ve had all my life I am not even kidding you should have seen my fridge-sized cardboard box I had when I was four. So yeah. I feel I should go through brutally now and dump everything that is not ACTUALLY emotionally connected to me anymore. On the other hand, that will take prolly on the order of weeks.
BRB going to haul everything useless out of my closet.
Like, do I even need the Sibelius6 box? But it’s a really nice box, and it holds the installation CD just great (and that’s all that’s in there). See how much I need help?
One idea: put everything I’m considering for dumping, everything that is actually useless, in a garbage bag and wait for a few months, then throw it out without looking in it again. I mean, I never look at the stuff anyway. But… but… what if I still have memories attached to that paper thing with the star on top that I’ve kept since I was eight for whatever reason (probably because it has a star on top)? I…. don’t……. get……….. me.
EDIT 2: WHY DO I KEEP KEEPING MY GRADE 8 ENGLISH HOMEWORK? AM I AFRAID THERE IS SOME EARLY EVIDENCE OF GENIUS IN THERE?
EDIT 3: Basically I really don’t know how I’m going to reorganize my life right now. And I’m not really sure that sleeping on it will help. What do I use that third drawer for, once I’ve removed all the paper/old Tolkien calendars/Easter ornaments from it and stored them somewhere else? Because that drawer is excellent storage space for something, but I think it should be more important somethings than Easter ornaments. Lego, maybe. And then use the Lego space for magazines. Yeeeaaaah. I’ll do this. Of course, the first thing to do is figure out HOW MANY TONNES OF PAPER CAN I TOSS WHOOOOOO? I could probably recycle my own weight in paper and not miss it, until I go back to look for ‘x’ and can’t find it and go ‘oh. Right. That cleaning binge.’ and hate myself forever get over it? What am I keeping all this stuff for? Besides the emotional attachment. Like, am I hoping to show it to people someday? “Here’s a thingy I wrote when I was 12!” (12 is not necessarily a brilliant age for art, no matter how much I love acting the age itself) “This old textbook will surely come in handy sooner or later!” (not in the back of your closet, it won’t – also: your Mus170 textbook? really?) “Having the cardboard part of my Star Wars action figure packaging is just cool to me!” (…………) I can understand keeping, like, the elf helmet (that was kinda cool). But… maybe I can get rid of the… no… I can’t. Bah. Not even the origami. (But what am I going to do with iiiiiiiit)
Btw: I don’t actually know the difference between ‘tons’ and ‘tonnes’ and I don’t feel like Googling it (golly, how lazy can I get while still being insanely active?). I just put it in to make it clear that I was talking about a measurement.
Also: need new CD organizer, preferably one that handles DVDs as well. Mm. Shopping trip tmo. Hope folks are open on Holy Thursday.
Do I need Lord-of-the-Rings-themed Games Workshop bags? No, no, I don’t. But if I get rid of them I will never EVER have them again. …Halp?
Ooh, finding money in my backpack is nice. Also a disposable fork. Wat. Well that I can throw away with an (almost entirely) clean conscience, anyway. (“You’re throwing away something you didn’t uuuuuuuuuse, Jeeeeen. You’re waaaaasting iiiiiiit.”)
Maybe I can find a nice big box to dump everything in and then I won’t have this snark-filled session until next decade. That would be nice. Truly clean room would be nice. Neat and organized clean room would be nice. Well, I got my new picture montage hung, which is nice! It took the place of my calendar but that can chill on my bulletin board until I figure out where to hang it, which won’t be until like next year or something.
(But I do already have two medium-sized boxes of crap, not counting the ‘fore-mentioned drawer, and… well… the rest is just sort of haphazardly stacked. I’m gonna need like a 4×4 packing box. And then it will be impossible to move and the silverfish will get in it. So I need a 4×4-sized plastic box. And it will still be impossible to move, but at least the junk in it will stay intact.)
(…HALP)
And yet, really, I don’t want help. I want to keep all this stuff and love it. And have it out of the way. WHARE MAH CAKE. I’MMA EAT IT AND STILL HAVE IT AFTERWARDS. MMMM CAKE.
Semi-sweet chocolate chips taste to me like honey.
Need any more cracked out babblings? I’m sure I can provide you with some when I do my taxes later tonight. And edit my KeyLit homework that was due last week but I’m still ‘getting around to’. Just stay tuned.
EDIT 4: Hooooly cats but peanut butter chips are a bazillion times better than honey-flavoured-semi-sweet chocolate chips. NEED. MOAR. Also I keep listening to this and it is awesome. I wish I could get the CD but I’m not sure where. I know there’s a CD. Wikipedia says so.
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