Sunday, March 9, 2008

Brawling

So I've got Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and I really want to play it right now, but my tv is in use.

Granted, I did play it for like six straight hours earlier today, but it's just not enough.

I'm not sure what I should be doing next. I haven't even done the Subspace Emissary bit, though I'd like to see how many characters I can unlock without that, and then I can go in and take care of that.

I've also got only a few more custom stages to make before I've got all the stage builder parts. And the one I really want is in that final set. But I've got some awesome stages. A couple aren't terribly remarkable, though they have potential.

Monday, March 3, 2008

By the way

I don't know if anyone's actually read this, but I forgot to mention something cool that happened last Thursday.

Basically, I've got a Comedy writing class, which is basically like a primer in how to do a sketch comedy show. Anyway, I've basically been trying really hard in this class because I really feel like it's something I need to do for myself.

Now, the thing is, not everyone can have one of their own sketches in the final show, because that would be too cluttered, though obviously everyone's expected to do a little work on something or other. But only a few sketches can actually be picked.

So, anyway, one of the first selections, by overwhelming votes, was one that I'd written. And I have to say, it's pretty damn good.

I've also apparently been the first person definitively cast in a particular role. I mean, I know who I want to cast in the one I wrote, and a couple of the other sketches have consistently been read well by volunteers, but I'm the only one that has unanimously been cast by the entire class in a particular sketch.

I need to keep reminding myself of this because right now it's the best thing I've got going for me.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Surprisingly

I have no regrets about how drunk I got last night.

Seriously, it was probably the happiest I've been to be sitting around doing nothing in quite a long time. I'm not sure when that last time was, but I know I've occasionally enjoyed sitting at home, alone, doing absolutely nothing, while completely sober.

Just not a lot lately.

Anyway, I managed to get past the problem in my story that I was rambling about last night. Right now, it's all about the order of events that I've got to work on. I don't quite know how I'm going to get my characters from point A to point B (point A being a plot point that should be coming up eventually, and B being the final confrontation).

Saturday, March 1, 2008

I managed to remember my password

Is it strange that I manged to do that while so drunk that a bad pun is hilarious to me? Seriously, I couldn't remember that that last sentence needed to be ended with a question mark.

I also seem to be just sober enough that I can remember how to spell words properly.

But only just.

Seriously, I finished off a carton of sake before nine, and I probably shouldn't have. Except I'm actually feeling very happy right now, even though I'm not talking to anybody but my blog, and anybody who bothers to read it. Seriously, I am very drunk and if I had anywhere to go, I should not be allowed to drive.

What's impressing me is my restraint. Maybe, yes, I'm being a little bit drunk, and I nearly typed "drink" instead of "drunk" there solely because I lost my balance because I usually (even when sober) sit at my computer while balancing only on the back legs of my chair and this time I nearly lost my balance, but other than that, I'm keeping a surprisingly good track of my spelling on this.

Seriously, I might not even regret this while sober.

Also, could anybody help me with something? I've been writing a novel, the kind of thing that's been sitting inside of me, not just a writing project, but a real big deal. I'm involved in the characters. To the point, I'm in the minds of the characters. Which is really awesome, because even the smaller characters are really cool, and I'm really developing them.

The thing is, this is also my current weakness, as I'm stuck on a scene in which a character is unsure of what to do. You see, she's leading a space colony. Her government has a form of the "prime directive" from Star Trek, and you can wikipedia it if you don't know, but anyway, it turns out her son hasn't violated it, but a species that should otherwise be left alone has violated it, by contacting her son. Also, this story is kind of a counterpart of other sci-fi stories, so sort of Darth Maul-type character is looking to take something from that same son.

I'm not sure what I'm looking for. Basically, there's a complicated political and security situation, and I'm not sure what my character needs to do. I know what she would do, though, which is feel confused until she realized she had to make a decision. She's very level-headed and always in favor of balance, as such and so on. I'm just not quite sure what decision she's going to make. And she's not going to make the wrong one, of trying to make sure the previous status quo (before her son was involved) is maintained, because she's not like that.

Anyway, please comment or respond if you read this if you've got some advice, or anything, and I'd say more, but I'm basically typing in a completely different universe than my brain is in, so I can't really risk saying much more right now.