I wish I were sine² and you were cosine²

I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date.

2008-11-18T01:14:46Z

The next chapter of HS is up! (Or will be in like ten minutes)

(Thank you, Sammy, for your epic proofreading skills)

I got to wear my Obama shirt today. It says "Enough is enough Obama '08." It was kind of exciting because he's president-elect now, so I can wear the shirt for the next four (or eight?) years and be like, Yeah, I voted for that one. You know. The cool one. I'm liking the bipartisan cabinet. I just hope he keeps the rest of his promises, too.

Love you guys!

Fictionpress, I'm not impressed!

2008-11-17T03:03:21Z

WHY ARE YOU FAILING? WHY?

Seriously. FF gets all the good stuff.

On a side note, the stories are going surprisingly well. Expect updates soon.

Harder, better, faster, stronger.

2008-11-14T23:42:14Z

I redid the HS playlist. There's about ten new songs. Hope you enjoy. :)

Playlists for Jaded and Equinox will be up shortly.

P.S. I GOT INTO THE UNIVERSITY I WANT!! WOO!!

All I want for Christmas is you.

2008-11-13T22:18:14Z

I can't believe it's almost December. Oi.

Posted a photos of a beautiful poster someone made for me. It's posted on the Freewebs site (free website? huh, wut?). Check it out. ;)

xcandidx @ 2008-11-09T21:25:00

2008-11-10T05:30:13Z

I DID IT. I got the word count up to 3.5k words, and polished it to the point where I can stand to read it without cringing. :]

I have a theory that disney songs sound better song in the language from their alleged country of origin.

Exhibit A: French version of Frollo's Hellfire.

Exhibit B: Chinese version of Mulan's I'll Make a Man Out of You

Exhibit C: Greek version of I Won't Say I'm in Love (this is actually my favorite)

Am I a nerd with too much free time? You betcha! -insert wink a la Sarah Palin-

I heer u liek mudkipz.

2008-11-09T22:19:44Z

Do you?

So I got HS up to 3,000 words. I still really hate it, though, so I think I'm going to work on it some more before I send it off to my beta. Otherwise, I'm going to freak out about how horrible it is, and end up revising all nine pages. D:

But it should be up within a few weeks. Yay!

Oh, and I did some work on Jaded, too, so you're not allowed to yell at me. :D

edit//: Okay, I switched around some scenes so one thing that was supposed to happen in this chapter has been pushed to the next, and vice versa.

Don't mind me. I just consumed a whole packet full of sugar. @_@

I'm addicted to yes, and I'm allergic to no. So what's it gonna be?

2008-11-09T01:50:22Z

Chapter 13 of Horrorscape is 2,286 words long. It's still very, very rough, though. In this chapter you will find: moider, alternative uses for jewelry, and declarations of a profoundly strange nature.

You have been warned. :B

The chapter after this one is my favorites because it involves one of the characters going batshit with a firepoker.

I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way.

2008-11-08T05:09:27Z

Horrorscape is 789 ~~pages~~ words. This next chapter will be... very intense. I have a feeling that it will make people very happy.

I'll try to update Jaded by the middle of December. I'm really, really busy right now, so it's hard to focus on the stories I'm not presently interested in. But I do realize I haven't updated the story in three months. There's a reason for that. But I'll try to update as soon as I can.

We Barack'd the vote.

2008-11-05T16:54:24Z

Barack seems like such a wonderful, sincere man. I couldn't ask for a better candidate. When he won, and they panned the audience, I literally started crying. It's a huge leap for the Civil Rights Movement, but not only that; for the past eight years, our foreign relations, economy, and everything our country had ever stood for (peace, freedom, equality) has slowly been going down the tubes. Paranoia has been high, and wallets have been empty. I'm so happy that Obama won by such a landslide because this means that people share this opinion across the continent. The final tally was 349:147, and several states that hadn't voted democratically in years voted for Barack.

I'm not sorry McCain and Palin lost--I swear to God, if Palin became president, I'd be taking the next 747 to Canada--but McCain's concession speech was really good. It must be hard to campagin that hard and find out in the end that you lost to your opponent. It was a positive side I'd never seen before, becuase his whole campaign had been so negative. When I heard about that call Palin & McCain were putting out to Cuban-Americans in Florida, saying that Castro was endorsing Barack Obama, I laughed. The presidency should not be about political parties and popularity; it should be about making promises and keeping them, improving the state of our country, and bringing the troops back home.

Here's to change.

Election 'o8.

2008-11-04T23:18:04Z

I voted! :3

Ew. NaNoWriMo. I don't want to do it. :|

Caveat lector.

2008-11-02T01:04:20Z

NaNoWriMo story is up. It's called Shadowsphere. ;)

1k words. Woo hoo!

You're all just a bunch o' Halloweenies.

2008-11-01T01:15:45Z

But I love you anyway.

Horrorscape status: 1oo words or so.

Jaded status: 5oo words. Not going too well.

Equinox status: FAIL.

WHO'S EXCITED FOR NANOWRIMO?

Good grace from hood spacious!

2008-10-29T23:15:24Z

I can't believe it. I just got an e-mail from the Time is Running Out Awards saying that I've been nominated for best veteran (old) author. I can't believe it. So, a big thank you to whoever did that! I suggest checking out the site. It's new, I think, and there's a lot of great stories there.

It's a bird! It's a plane!

2008-10-28T08:40:07Z

No, it's chapter 12 of Horrorscape. It's finally posted, and 6k words long.

It's finished. And so are my four bloody papers.

I'm going to go collapse from exhaustion now. Excuse me.

Edward is a FRUIT.

2008-10-27T23:00:13Z

No, seriously.

In one of the later chapters of Breaking Dawn, Carlisle reveals that vampires have 25 chromosomes. This is the same amount of chromosomes as a pineapple.

edit//:

It has also come to my attention that Jacob, as well as all the other werewolves, must have Down's Syndrome, since they have 24 chromosomes.

Liek omg bffs forever!

2008-10-27T05:32:09Z

I wrote a new one-shot. It's called Best Friends, Forever. It's a feel-good, and a bit more serious than most of my one-shots.

Check it out! I'm gonna go attempt to work on my research project. ;D

Procrastinationwide.

2008-10-25T20:03:36Z

Deleted posts: 2.

Hours spent in bed: 3

Work done: 0%

I did finish the ALTERNATE ending to HS. I think it'll come as a surprise to those of you that read the original since it paints Val in a better light and is considerably more fucked-up. I'm also in the process of rewriting middle game -- all SIXTEEN PAGES of it. The chapter's a little lacking in scenery descriptions & transitions though. I think this chapter might very well top twenty pages when I'm done.

I also managed to add a bit to Jaded. I'm still blocked as fuck, but I've managed to increase the page count from 1/2 to 2 1/2. So that's good, I suppose. I also have about three pages done from the story in Michael's POV, though this will not be posted until I start rewriting Jaded -- which needs rewrites and beta-ing QUITE BADLY. But, as usual, I'm going to try and finish the story first. There might even be an update in November if I can get my ass in gear.

Thirdly, I came up with a title, summary, and an outline for the prologue of my NaNoWriMo story. SEVEN DAYS.

Christmas is two months from today. Is that scary or what?

On a side note, I found this great band called "The Like." It's like a cross between The Cranberries, Eisley & The La's. I love them. :]

La entrevista.

2008-10-23T22:13:12Z

Rules:
1. Comment on this entry saying you would like to be interviewed. I'll write 5 questions for you.
2. Post the questions and answers in your journal with instructions for your friends.

1. You are told that you can only take three of your most valuable items from your home/room. You don't know why, but you have to pick only three. Later, when you come home you realize it's because they burned down your house... which items had you picked originally? And would you have chosen different items if you would've known that they'd be burned and lost forever?

Um. I'd save my computer, my alto flute, & the pink blanket my mom crocheted for me when I was a baby.

2. You meet an androgynous person. Due to shyness you're afraid to inquire about their sex and their name doesn't help since it's an unisex name. You find that if this person were male, you'd end up liking them. Do you let the friendship continue, or do you stop it before it's too late?

Let the friendship continue. :]

3. If you could erase one color from the existence, which would it be and why?

Urine green. And yes, that totally is a color.

4. How many people do you know who talk to imaginary people, and are NOT little kids?

No one really, unless you count prayer.

5. If you had the power of making one law -- without anyone being able to oppose -- which law would you make and pass? Why?

A federal law legalizing gay marriage, because to do otherwise is an infringement on the freedom of the people. You can argue that a civil union has just as many benefits as marriage, but this isn't true. Hospital visitation rights sometimes do not apply to civil unions, nor does the granting of U.S. citizenship to international couples, or even certain insurance benefits.

Close encounter of the nerd kind.

2008-10-20T16:35:28Z

Rewrite is currently 3,750 words. I'm so excited about this chapter, I momentarily forgot how to spell excited! Lame.

And, may I say, that for those of you that didn't like James before, you're going to positively hate him now. Ha ha ha ha HA.

plz don't hate me.

I just had a huge scare from my stupid psychology teacher. He sent out an email saying that the due date for my huge paper had changed and I was like, ACK! HE CHANGED HIS MIND AND MADE IT DUE ON TUESDAY AGAIN. But no, it's still due on Thursday and I have a good three days of procrastination. Except, not really, because I'm going to work on it today.

I have an rough draft due on Wednesday, an essay due on Thursday, an essay due on the following Wednesday, and a project & a presentation due on Monday. Plus my term paper is due next month and I haven't even started it yet. I'm doing a report on the social and biochemical aspects of love. Isn't that romantic?

Oh, and I decided on a title for my NaNoWriMo story. I'm not sure what the storyline will be about yet, though.

What you don't know about me.

2008-10-19T17:28:06Z

The problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away.

Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you.

If you post in this entry, consider yourself tag'd. ;)

edit//:

I finished Middlegame. Yes!

I believe in unicorns, decent men, and other mythical creatures.

2008-10-18T05:17:19Z

I found some amazing chess icons at xiicons that perfectly matched my layout. -THRILL-

Two important bits of news:

1. Sent out HS. It's under five pages but unfortunately a necessary segue.

2. I've started (sort of) rewriting HS II. Actually, I'm just writing random scenes.

The rewrite is going to be much, much darker-- in more ways than one. -wink wink-

No. Seriously. I even scared myself. Eek.

Also, I've been getting asked this at least once a week. Has HS ended? Should I read the sequel now?

No, HS has not ended. Really, does it really seem like it would end with James lying unconscious on a floor? No.

The only reason HS II is up is because it is the rewrite to the original HS. People asked me not to take it down and, given my updating history, I thought this was a far enough request. Please do not read the sequel if you have not already finished HS. It doesn't tie into the story very well and I'm horribly embarrassed by the quality of the last couple chapters or so.

I hope to have the sequel posted by late winter/early spring.

You spend so much time in my dreams I should charge rent.

2008-10-17T02:57:15Z

Chapter thirteen of Horrorscape is almost done. I'm putting the final touches on it, before I send it off.

This chapter is a transition scene meant to lead into the climax, so it's a bit short-- however, I think you'll agree that there's plenty of action. I thought about combining chapter thirteen and what will soon be chapter fourteen, but it doesn't make as much sense. ;)

Procrastination sounds like more fun than it is.

2008-10-15T07:39:21Z

I'm STILL working on my segregation paper. I'm really cheesed off right now because my teacher passed out a slip last week informing us that we had a paper due on 10/15. However, since we haven't finished the book-- and the paper is about the main themes-- I assumed that the due date would be postponed until we finished the book next week. Sounds logical, right?

However, the teacher informed us on Monday that this would not be the case. Along with the 100 pages of assigned reading, we ALSO have to write this analysis based on the 187 pages that we have already read. I don't get why she is having us write a paper about the book's main points when we haven't even finished the book in question. But it's really, really late (or early) and I only have half a page of words-- and that's with one inch margins AND double-spacing. Man, oh, man. Am I screwed.

My goal for this week is to get started on my cult paper ahead of time. No more last minute papers.

On a fickshunpress related note, while I was headdesking over my essay fail, I dabbled on the next chapter of HS. It is currently ONE THOUSAND words, which isn't a lot, but after several days of only achieving a few meager sentences, I'm willing to take what I can get. I'm hoping to have the chapter up before the end of October. I still haven't decided whether middlegame will take place during this chapter or the next. If I do incorporate both, I think chapter thirteen might be longer than fifteen pages-- which, at approximately 8k words-- will be the longest chapter I have ever written. Ever.

Letter meme.

2008-10-13T22:53:33Z

Dear dollsoflace,

I don't really know how to tell you this, but I dislike you. I think I realized it when I saw the shrunken head at the Hare Krishna graduation and I saw you sit on the crazy monk. I'm sure you're cowardly enough to understand that Santa doesn't exist. I'm returning your ring to you, but I'll keep your suicide note as a memory. You should also know that I never will forget the incarnation as an eskimo.

Go and drown yourself,

xcandidx

tagging: amusexbouche moonlitpromise naproxenne randomlaughter simonexsays

RULES:
Do the "Letter MEME". Tag no less than 5 other people, and leave them a comment, informing them that they have been tagged. Then copy the "How-to" Letter Meme, and finish your Journal entry.

-> How you do the Letter Meme:
Answer these -- pick only one & plug into the letter at the end.

1. What's the color of your shirt?
Blue - Our romance is over
Red - Our affair is over
White - I'll join the monastery
Black - I dislike you
Green - Our horoscope doesn't match
Grey - You're a pervert
Yellow - I'm selling myself
Pink - Your nostrils are insulting
Brown - The mafia wants you
No shirt - You're a loser
Other - I'm in love with your sister

2. Which is your birth month?
January - That night
February - Last year
March - When your dwarf bit me
April - When I tripped on sesame seeds
May - First of May
June - When you put cuffs on me
July - When I threw up
August - When I saw the shrunken head
September - When we skinny dipped
October - When I quoted Santa
November - When your dog ran amok
December - When I changed tennis shoes

3. Which food do you prefer?
Tacos - In your apartment
Pizza - In your camping car
Pasta - Outside of Chicago
Hamburgers - Under the bus
Salad - As you ate enchilada
Chicken - In your closet
Kabob - With Paris Hilton
Fish - In women's clothing
Sandwiches - At the Hare Krishna graduation
Lasagna - At the mental hospital
Hot dog - Under a state of trance
None of the above - With George Bush and his wife

4. What's the color of your socks?
Yellow - Hit on
Red - Insult
Black - Ignore
Blue - Knock out
Purple - Pour syrup on
White - Carve your initials into
Grey - Pull the clothes off
Brown - Put leeches on
Orange - Castrate
Pink - Pull the toupee off
Barefoot - Sit on
Other - Drive out

5. What's the color of your underwear?
Black - My best friend
White - My father
Grey - Bill Clinton
Brown - My fart balloon
Purple - My mustard soufflé
Red - Donald Duck
Blue - My avocado plant
Yellow - My penpal in Ghana
Orange - My Kid Rock-collection
Pink - Manchester United's goalkeeper
None - My John F. Kennedy-statue
Other - The crazy monk

6. What do you prefer to watch on TV?
Scrubs - Man
O.C. - Emotional
One Tree Hill - Open
Heroes - Frostbitten
Lost - High
House - Scarred
Simpsons - Cowardly
The news - Mongolic
Idol - Masochistic
Family Guy - Senile
Top Model - Middle-class
None of the above - Ashamed

7. Your mood right now?
Happy - How awful I've felt
Sad - How boring you are
Bored - That Santa doesn't exist
Angry - That your pimples are at the last stage
Depressed - That we're cousins
Excited - That there is no solution to this.
Nervous - The middle-east
Worried - That your Honda sucks
Apathetic - That I did a sex-change
Ashamed - That I'm allergic to your hamster
Cuddly - That I get turned on by garbage men
Overjoyous - That I'm open
Other - That Extreme Home Makeover sucks

8. What's the color of your walls in your bedroom?
White - Your ring
Yellow - Your love letters
Red - Your Darth Vader-poster
Black - Your tame stone
Blue - The couch cushions
Green - The pictures from LA
Orange - Your false teeth
Brown - Your contact book
Grey - Our matching snoopy-bibs
Purple - Your old lottery coupons
Pink - The cut toenails
Other - Your memories from the military service

9. The first letter of your first name?
A/B - Your photo
C/D - The oil stocks
E/F - Your neighbour Martin
G/H - My virginity
I/J - The results of your blood-sample
K/L - Your left ear
M/N - Your suicide note
O/P - My common sense
Q/R - Your mom
S/T - Your collection of butterflies
U/V - Your criminal record
W/X - David's tricot outfits
Y/Z - Your grades from college

10. The last letter in your last name?
A/B - Always will remember
C/D - Never will forget
E/F - Always wanted to break
G/H - Never openly mocked
I/J - Always have felt dirty before
K/L - Will tell the authorities about
M/N - Told in my confession today about
O/P - Was interviewed by the Times about
Q/R - Told my psychiatrist about
S/T - Get sick when I think of
U/V - Always will try to forget
W/X - Am better off without
Y/Z - Never liked

11. What do you prefer to drink?
Water- Our friendship
Beer - Senility
Soft drink - A new life as a clone
Soda - The incarnation as an eskimo
Milk - The apartment building
Wine - Cocaine abuse
Cider - A passionate interest for mice
Juice - Oprah Winfrey imitations
Mineral water - Embarrassing rash
Hot chocolate - Eggplant-fetishism
Whisky - To ruin the second world war
Other - To hate the Boston Celtics

12. To which country would you prefer to go on a vacation?
Thailand - Warm regards
USA - Best regards
England - Good luck on your short-term leave from jail
Spain - Go and drown yourself
China - Disgusting regards
Germany - With ease
Japan - Go burn
Greece - Your everlasting enemy
Australia - Greetings to your frog Leonard
Egypt - Fuck off now
France - In pain
Other - Greetings to your freaky family

Now that you answered the questions -- plug in your answers to the below:

Dear (the last person who left a comment on your journal/tagged you):

I don't really know how to tell you this, but ___1___. I think I realized it ___2___ ___3___ and I saw you ___4___ ___5___. I'm sure you're ___6___ enough to understand ___7___. I'm returning ___8___ to you, but I'll keep ___9___ as a memory. You should also know that I ___10___ ___11___ .

___12___,
-Your name-

I want to violate you like a parking meter.

2008-10-13T01:41:26Z

I currently have just over 300 words for the next chapter of Horrorscape. In this chapter you will find conspiracies, CSI references, & torture. >>; I may or may not end up splitting this next chapter into two separate chapters depending on on how long it gets in Open Office-- although, considering my past history concerning updates, it certainly couldn't hurt to have longer chapters.

I've also, as I mentioned in the previous post, started tinkering with HSII. Like Jaded, this story is incredibly rough (it is, after all, a first draft & I am a firm believer in the "third time's a charm" philosophy). I am also considering some serious changes for this story. These are things that have been pointed out by my readers and I happen to agree with them.

1. There's something about Mary.

What is it? Oh, yes, she seemed to completely disappear after chapter sixteen. Um. Yeah. Oops. GM kinda... ate her.

2. Vance's disappearing act.

What happens to him? Well, it's kind of gnarly, but in my original draft GM tortures him and then leaves him in a ditch to die. I may or may not incorporate this in the rewrite.

3. It's totally fitting that the theme is flowers in this story, because Val acts like a total pansy.

I realized, after finishing the story, that both characters are somewhat watered down. That's because, in the original HS, GM was MUCH more OOC. And, unfortunately, the sequel corresponds to the original HS. This is probably the reason why some things don't match up. In the rewrite, GM will be his sexy, badass self and Val will be... well, more passive-aggressive, if not aggressive.

4. Seriously. Val is such a moron. It's like she enjoys being mindfucked.

~~Well, if GM was in charge of the fucking, wouldn't you enjoy it, too?~~ Eek. *FLAIL* I'll get right on it. Next question, please.

5. I know you know that I know you know that I still know what you did last summer.

Psycho Killer, qu'est-ce que c'est? Yes. It is painfully obvious that the killer is Vance. The sequel will be fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better-- and several new characters will be added.

6. Sex seen?

I can't write sex scenes. I just get embarrassed and then they suck. But both Val & GM are totally out of character in chapter 11 so the rewrite will probably be focused on fixing that chemistry and keeping their relationship in cahoots with the previous installment. But hey, it'll be a couple months until the rewrite begins, so maybe I'll have it down pat by then. After all, I never used to be able to write make out scenes, either.

7. GM: International man of mystery?

HSII was supposed to sort some things about his past that were never mentioned in the first chapter. But then I decided I'd put it off 'til HSIII, which I then decided I didn't want to write (but am seriously considering at this point) because I needed to rewrite both HS's, so if I DID write HSIII it would be one big mess. Um. So basically, the last couple chapters of HS and the entirety of HSII will lead to more character development on GM's part -- like the three year gap between his senior year and Suicide Chess, his past relationships (one of whom, I might add, ended up comitting suicide), and his family. Especially his mom. You'll love to hate her. I promise.

Have any suggestions for the list? Questions? Concerns? Comments? Feel free to add them here. I'll be posting a link to this entry on my FP.