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Journal Entry: Thu May 15, 2008, 2:48 AM
Discovered that attempting to read fanfiction after watching and re-watching Yahtzee's "Zero Punctuation" vids (Google it) for more than an hour is a terrible idea. Amusing since I'm spaced out and half-awake, but all in all, having the voice in my head when I'm trying to read a yaoi fic speaking in a quick, clipped sarcastic tone and with the images in my mind having little battles in wonderous 2D with occasional flashes of words is not conducive to the real purpose of the story.

...Aside from that, the only real reason I'm updating is to get the comment meme off of my main page and because we finally had a sunny day today so after cleaning for four hours straight in my boxers while blasting Gnarls Barkley I can finally walk around the apartment again with an intense sense of satisfaction instead of an itching neuroticism. It makes me happy, so I put it here, since this is apparently the only journal I touch anymore.

I'm trying really hard to tie this back in to art somehow so I don't feel like an idiot. Art, girl, think art! ...Or think anything at all. I keep going into a trance-like state where I stare at the little digital representation of time on my computer wondering why I'm writing this instead of crawling into bed like I should. I think it's because I keep hearing songs on Winamp I like, and then decide that really, that's more important than sleep.

Ah well. Cleaning won out today over doing anything else, but it was worth it.

For anyone looking at this journal out of some sense of mild curiosity if they found me through fanfiction, just edit out the part where I said I spent four hours cleaning and replace it with 'writing' and we'll both feel better. *waves*

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  • Listening to: Cowboy Bebop OST - Don't Bother None
  • Reading: Sweet Silver Blues - Glen Cook
  • Drinking: Water

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~Vashkunthestampede:iconVashkunthestampede: May 15, 2008, 10:09:33 AM
that's ok Doumi everyone needs a break from writing every once in a while. My first DN fanfiction experience was slightly flawed as per the horrible attempt at in plot drabble and cursing the continuing rabble of Mary sues starting to populate on the site. So don't look too much into the horrible quality of it if you read it, that is not how I usually write I assure you. I'm trying to come up with a suitable sense of artistic liscence on drawing backgrounds for your picture because i will not be satisfied until I have a decent looking picture.

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Vash: Hey Nick......Nice cross you compensating for something?
Nick: WTF STFU Vash! *whacks him with it*
Vash: can I take that as a yes? X___X.
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~Duomi:iconDuomi: May 15, 2008, 3:09:23 PM
I hadn't even noticed Mary Sues popping up...! But I don't give a lot of fics a chance-- if I can't handle their formatting or writing I leave, so if there were a few Mary Sues hidden in those I wouldn't have noticed. I've meant to read yours but haven't gotten to it yet! I will, though, probably when I get home from work.

On a plus side, I have chapter 9 done-- I just need to read through it and do the editing, replies and whatever.

Yaay you're making the picture! I'm quite happy with that. Backgrounds are my least favorite parts of drawing usually-- I'm crap at perspective for the most part, it takes me hours and I usually see things wrong with it when I look back. But good luck! I'm waiting in anticip...ation. (RHPS reference? *hopeful*)

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"She said, 'Don't confuse your beauty with the insolence of youth. You can move through time in one direction-- sad, but it's the truth.'" - Darren Hayes ~ The Future Holds a Lion's Heart
~Vashkunthestampede:iconVashkunthestampede: May 15, 2008, 7:35:13 PM
I will try my best to get it done and yay for he imminent update i look forward to reading it! X3

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Vash: Hey Nick......Nice cross you compensating for something?
Nick: WTF STFU Vash! *whacks him with it*
Vash: can I take that as a yes? X___X.
~nittle-grasper:iconnittle-grasper: May 16, 2008, 2:09:29 AM
Zero Punctuation, yay! What time did you get to bed yesterday morning? O_o

EFF! That reminds me, I need to update LJ. ToT;;; What's the point of a paid account if I don't use it? XD

Why tie it back to art? It's deviantArt but it doesn't have to be about art-- it's just a blog. ^_^; And writing is art. Journaling is an art. You're fine.

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[link] ← My Shikamaru/Neji account ♥
~Duomi:iconDuomi: May 16, 2008, 6:35:16 PM
Can't remember what time I went to bed! =D I heart Zero Punctuation. ^__^

Updating LJ is a good plan, babe.

Hmmmm that's true! Journaling is usually more like a compulsion than an art, but drawing and coloring is a compulsion too... XD; So it makes sense, yeah. I just feel guilty if I don't tie it to art somehow, like I'm wasting the time of anyone who glances at it. *grins*

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"She said, 'Don't confuse your beauty with the insolence of youth. You can move through time in one direction-- sad, but it's the truth.'" - Darren Hayes ~ The Future Holds a Lion's Heart
~Hellagoddess:iconHellagoddess: May 16, 2008, 9:23:00 PM
So I'll remove the cause...*slow smirk* BUT NOT THE SYMPTOM!!

(sorry couldn't resist!)

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I'm thinking of what Sarah said...
~nittle-grasper:iconnittle-grasper: May 17, 2008, 11:59:47 AM
If they have your journal updates alert them, it's their choice to read whatever you may have to say. ^_^;

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~Duomi:iconDuomi: May 19, 2008, 11:41:44 PM
No worries! The fact that you got it and commented makes me happy!

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"She said, 'Don't confuse your beauty with the insolence of youth. You can move through time in one direction-- sad, but it's the truth.'" - Darren Hayes ~ The Future Holds a Lion's Heart