Weekend Update
Almost done playing for the night a cool online rpg type game called kingdom of loathing www.kingdomofloathing.com. I've been playing since mid October 2004.
I don't feel in the mood per se to update but I have to. I have reached a critical mass of information to share.
First a professor who will remain nameless hasn't graded my last IF so I don't officially graduate. Once he does get around to grading it whenever it's convenient for him, I'll have to reapply for graduation. The thing that pisses me off the most is that he won't reply to my email inquiries. So that's new. My hands are tied at the moment.
I got screwed out of a temp job this week. I was "hired" and went to the temp agency the morning of the job and filled out paperwork and they conveniently recieved a call that said they didn't need me. Bastards. They didn't say why and all they gave me was a lousy tshirt.
I finally heard back from the USPTO today. They said I wasn't qualified for the job. They said I didn't meet the educational background. This is BS and I will be calling them on Tuesday.
I'm still unemployed but will soon have a job in a couple of weeks. We're still negotiating the salary stuff.
Oh my car is paid off this month!
Now that I'm done ranting you get to hear some good stuff and wisdom I've accumulated recently.
First I was able to write on my "novel" for around 4 hours this week and finished 10 pages. I have to type up the last 5 as I wrote them today. I also haven't edited anything that I've written on it since I resurrected it. But a couple of weeks ago I fleshed out at least the general direction with some pretty good details of the rest of it. I also fleshed out the next short story but Paatentim keeps coming back to mind. I may have left too big a mess and I might want to clean it up as it ends very sadly and something is left unresolved (at least in my mind).
Now I don't write descriptive stuff very much and I am trying to do better. I'm am learning my trade still and I need to work on beats too so you'll be seeing more of that in my writing.
I decided I can't wait around for feedback on my writing before starting the next thing. It's a waste of time. You give stuff to people and they don't read it in a timely manner and it's frustrating. So I'll keep sharing stuff but won't wait or be disappointed when they don't read it quickly. I guess that was a bit of a rant.
I'm also forming my own rules for writing. What makes my standard my standard. One rule so far is "Is it clever?" if it isn't then rewrite or toss it out. I've also been able to notice hiccups in my writing where there's like a skip or a jolt and something doesn't transition smoothly in a scene. I'll be working on that too.
I already had a testimony of the power of words. It has increased though. Take a look at the word addiction. If you have a serious problem and you use that word it gives power to the word. Yes it's good to acknowledge the word but saying it gives some mystical power to it that may defeat you in your attempt to defeat it. This is similar to why you don't say the devil's name aloud as it gives him power. I've taken to saying serious problem over a word like addiction.
I'm also beginning to believe that I have the tools and the talent and I don't need any more education. At least education that you have to pay for at a university. I'm tired of them and don't want to spend any more money there unless someone else is fitting the bill and I *never* have to pay it back. I can do anything I want. I just need to be calm and logical.
I'm learning Macromedia Flash and have a few projects in mind. I've also been hanging out with the CU Game Development Club. I have a friend (she's president) and I've given a tutorial on Fuzzy Logic and will do one on Basic Probabililty this week. I am still interested in AI and will try to do stuff to keep that interest alive.
As I have become more serious about writing it has made me become more serious about life. I am trying to learn my trade better and in doing so I am paying more attention to conversations especially body language and gestures. This will help me with beats in my dialogue. It has helped elsewhere too but I don't care to elaborate right now.
Lastly, I realize that I have more insight than wisdom. I have the knowledge but I don't apply it so I am lacking in wisdom. I'm lousy at applying my insight.
A few weeks back I bought a couple of books to help me with my writing (I already bought Strunk and White's Elements of Style a couple of months back). I got one on self editing, called Self-Editing for Fiction Writers and the other is Robert's rules of writing. I have finished reading them and I have learned and hope to continue to learn from them.
I guess I was in the mood to write tonight.
So long and thanks for all the fish.
P
I don't feel in the mood per se to update but I have to. I have reached a critical mass of information to share.
First a professor who will remain nameless hasn't graded my last IF so I don't officially graduate. Once he does get around to grading it whenever it's convenient for him, I'll have to reapply for graduation. The thing that pisses me off the most is that he won't reply to my email inquiries. So that's new. My hands are tied at the moment.
I got screwed out of a temp job this week. I was "hired" and went to the temp agency the morning of the job and filled out paperwork and they conveniently recieved a call that said they didn't need me. Bastards. They didn't say why and all they gave me was a lousy tshirt.
I finally heard back from the USPTO today. They said I wasn't qualified for the job. They said I didn't meet the educational background. This is BS and I will be calling them on Tuesday.
I'm still unemployed but will soon have a job in a couple of weeks. We're still negotiating the salary stuff.
Oh my car is paid off this month!
Now that I'm done ranting you get to hear some good stuff and wisdom I've accumulated recently.
First I was able to write on my "novel" for around 4 hours this week and finished 10 pages. I have to type up the last 5 as I wrote them today. I also haven't edited anything that I've written on it since I resurrected it. But a couple of weeks ago I fleshed out at least the general direction with some pretty good details of the rest of it. I also fleshed out the next short story but Paatentim keeps coming back to mind. I may have left too big a mess and I might want to clean it up as it ends very sadly and something is left unresolved (at least in my mind).
Now I don't write descriptive stuff very much and I am trying to do better. I'm am learning my trade still and I need to work on beats too so you'll be seeing more of that in my writing.
I decided I can't wait around for feedback on my writing before starting the next thing. It's a waste of time. You give stuff to people and they don't read it in a timely manner and it's frustrating. So I'll keep sharing stuff but won't wait or be disappointed when they don't read it quickly. I guess that was a bit of a rant.
I'm also forming my own rules for writing. What makes my standard my standard. One rule so far is "Is it clever?" if it isn't then rewrite or toss it out. I've also been able to notice hiccups in my writing where there's like a skip or a jolt and something doesn't transition smoothly in a scene. I'll be working on that too.
I already had a testimony of the power of words. It has increased though. Take a look at the word addiction. If you have a serious problem and you use that word it gives power to the word. Yes it's good to acknowledge the word but saying it gives some mystical power to it that may defeat you in your attempt to defeat it. This is similar to why you don't say the devil's name aloud as it gives him power. I've taken to saying serious problem over a word like addiction.
I'm also beginning to believe that I have the tools and the talent and I don't need any more education. At least education that you have to pay for at a university. I'm tired of them and don't want to spend any more money there unless someone else is fitting the bill and I *never* have to pay it back. I can do anything I want. I just need to be calm and logical.
I'm learning Macromedia Flash and have a few projects in mind. I've also been hanging out with the CU Game Development Club. I have a friend (she's president) and I've given a tutorial on Fuzzy Logic and will do one on Basic Probabililty this week. I am still interested in AI and will try to do stuff to keep that interest alive.
As I have become more serious about writing it has made me become more serious about life. I am trying to learn my trade better and in doing so I am paying more attention to conversations especially body language and gestures. This will help me with beats in my dialogue. It has helped elsewhere too but I don't care to elaborate right now.
Lastly, I realize that I have more insight than wisdom. I have the knowledge but I don't apply it so I am lacking in wisdom. I'm lousy at applying my insight.
A few weeks back I bought a couple of books to help me with my writing (I already bought Strunk and White's Elements of Style a couple of months back). I got one on self editing, called Self-Editing for Fiction Writers and the other is Robert's rules of writing. I have finished reading them and I have learned and hope to continue to learn from them.
I guess I was in the mood to write tonight.
So long and thanks for all the fish.
P
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