infinity zone

It's not even Christmas yet and I have something to add to my resolutions for 2010:

Revise and finish that Silverberg drabble collection.

It was initially going to be 100 drabbles, but I think things fell through the longer I worked on it and realized I was having trouble fitting in themes with the overall story.

I was looking over the old tags for it last night and I realized it's been over a year since I wrote a new drabble. :( I found things that need to be fixed, like references to Kooluk in the present tense and uses of the Conqueror Rune, as well as ... well, bad grammar on my part.

Some things would need to be rearranged... Others completely removed. I'd also need two lists for it -- one with the preferred reading order, and the other with the chronological order.

I was kinda amused with how coherent the story is when it's read in the preferred order. Things have a very neat impact when a character's death is referenced before you actually read about it happening. (The same goes with reading about those final coherent thoughts, then another drabble where the final damage of Raging Nostrum is shown.)

All the foreshadowing surprised me too, since I really don't remember having planned out the series in the first dozen drabbles or so. Leon showing interest in Albert after the war, the nature of Yuber's interest in Albert... Yeah. Surprising.

I never got into the really weird/damning parts of the series, either. Albert learning about his and Caesar's maternal grandparents. Tir and Gremio interacting with Caesar's kids. Albert and Caesar growing apart as teenagers. The brothers' relationships with their parents. Leon's last encounter with Yuber. Not to mention what happens to Albert and Caesar's kids in the long run.

Blah blah blah blah. This isn't even a fraction of the stuff I've apparently jotted about the drabbles over the years. I need to finish it. I know how it's supposed to end, dang it. Then maybe I can finish those Legendia drabbles, too.

Travian stress. Will not go into it. Hopefully the intervention from my other server leader will help me stop stressing over the damn game. If not? Maybe I'll just freaking delete and leave the group to wallow except I'd feel pretty guilty about it.

Fanfiction archiving. I've made a community, edges_of_sanity, for the slow archiving of all my fanfics. I've got several oneshots uploaded now. The multichapter fics are going to be the ones that make me want to kick things. Donkey Madness and Darkness Bloom skdflsdkfjsldf

Because I don't want to do my work right now, I'm going to make a list of all the fandom characters I've ever RPed -- through LJ, e-mail, or IM. I've probably done this before, but meh. Updating it.

( RPed Characters )

Legendia has brought back a creative spark. It makes me very happy. Never mind the fact that I haven't written a single canon story and already have sprawling ideas for an AU world.

Hey Griff! A picture for reference!



I'm working from home today, which has its upsides and downsides. Yay internet with not corporate blocks! Boo internet distractions! Oh well. I'll enjoy it anyway. ^^

My brothers have their graduation ceremony today -- older brother with master's and younger with bachelor's. And my brother presented his thesis on Tuesday, so I treated him out when we went to Cheesecake Factory. I think the plan is to go back there again tonight, after the ceremony, and then head back to our parents' house for the graduation party / housewarming. Fun fun.

At my parents' house cleaning my room today. So many memories in these old papers, and over 10 years of old writing... Geez, I was so obsessed with FF7 that I printed out stat sheets, wrote all over my notebooks, and printed out my own fanfiction. Yikes.

I also dropped out of suiko_rpg last night. It was a long time coming... I think Vortexx is looking to be the next casualty (probably gonna drop Luxord, at least). That or Discedo. >__>

So many songs inspiring me right now.

"Queen of the Night" - Yuber & Red; drabble aftermath
"Wake Up Call" - Yuber & Red
"Voodoo" - Albert & Yuber maybe?

Will keep adding to list as I keep clean.

Young Albert and Futch playing tiddlywinks. Or pogs. Or something. Futch was winning. Why I dreamed of Futch I will never know. But I want more Suikoden dreams. They're randomly nifty.

While playing Suikoden II, a lot of Albert and Leon-centric drabbles came to mind. I also really want to explore the idea of nine-year-old Albert being up in Highland with Leon, but I'm confined to just thinking about it because my writing has been ... terribly lacking lately. But it's an appealing idea. Lots of room for interesting encounters and conversations.

-- Albert and Pilika talk; Pilika wants to play with someone her own age.
-- Leon and Albert talk about Yuber. Or Luca Blight. Or maybe both.
-- Luca Blight scares the crap outta Albert.
-- Leon takes on the Knightdom of Matilda. He is SO DAMN COOL.
-- Leon and Jowy talk about his collapse before the L'Renouille campaign. Leon promises to take care of the Beast Rune for Jowy.
-- Tabularasa
-- Yuber and Leon talk about Luca Blight. Yuber shows creepy interest in him.
-- Jowy and Albert talk about children during war. Or maybe about family names.
-- Culgan and/or Seed talk to Albert about loyalty.
-- Albert meets Bishop Sasarai.

... I just realized that I didn't see the Luc and Sasarai thing during my playthrough of Suikoden II. Either that or I don't remember seeing it this time at all. Strange.

So, I'm done with classes for the quarter. I intend to use the time replaying Suikoden and Suikoden II, RPing, writing, and chatting. And that's when I'm not off maybe-learning-to-drive and working. I really want to know if our abstract was accepted into the symposium, and I've forgotten when to expect an acceptance/rejection e-mail.

In other news, I finally updated my AIM on my profile page and added a link to my entry tags. I personally like going through my old entry tags dear god they need to be updated and reorganized, and I thought I'd make them available for people that might want to hunt down my drabbles and fics.

Fics that are pecking at my brain (all Suikoden unless noted):
Move Along
Shards
Healing ~ False Dawn
Half a dozen drabble/ficlet/vignette things for my Silverberg collection (Sana-Albert fic, Yuber-Leon, Yuber-Albert, young Albert-Caesar, AlbertII-Tir-Gremio, spirit talk)
Guide My Hand

Yay, I'm so glad this came out all right... This wasn't really what I learned Visio for, but ... who cares? I enjoyed every moment of making this. It'll also help me for future ficlets.

( Fictional Silverberg family tree--cut for huge image size )

Is it disturbing that Yuber/Leon has invaded and almost taken over my mind?

Someday, I will get around to finishing all of those drabbles. Chronicles, really. Yuber/Leon really makes sense in the context of the chronicles ... because Yuber is utterly infatuated. And Leon never marries. And because I have been inspired by fanart to think that Albert looks a lot like his grandfather.

I really want to just write everything down because I may never write/finish the storyline. I'm sure other writers on my list can relate...

Ugh. Screw this.

( Leon stuff )

... And now I'm tired. *goes off to doze*

We went down to San Francisco and Fremont today. It took us three hours to fight through traffic into the city (bottlenecks to the tollbooths on the Bay Bridge and whatnot), and then we spent an hour and a half in Golden Gate Park. Weather in San Francisco is amazingly different from the area just outside; being near the water, San Francisco can have huge amounts of fog even when the sun is beating down everywhere else.

We saw the Transamerica Pyramid, Treasure Island, Golden Gate Bridge, and Alcatraz Island coming into the city, and also the Twin Peaks and Sutro Tower, though the Sutro Tower was largely covered by the fog... Mm ... what else? We went to the De Young Museum and Japanese Tea Garden over in the Park, and I took pictures of the little pagoda, bridges, and other things around. I was largely amused to just have been able to see Alcatraz Island from a distance, even if I couldn't take pictures from the car.

We went to Fremont afterwards to meet with one of my Mom's old classmates from middle school. We ate at an Asian buffet over there that was actually quite nice. They even had a chocolate fountain, which a lot of kids were abusing by sticking their ice cream into the stream.

Plan for tomorrow is to go boating with the couple that my older brother is a tenant to. Apparently he told them that we were in town for a few days and they invited us to spend a day on their boat. We went and bought a pair of life jackets to bring onto their boat prior to heading to San Francisco. If we were on some sort of schedule for this trip, I doubt we would have had this kind of opportunity. I'm glad we're just winging this entire thing.

( JS stuff )

Started getting caught up with Ouran. Hee hee, Kyouya's not a morning person. I'm still not fond of Haruhi, though I don't hate her by any means.

My brother finally managed to fix his PS2. First thing I immediately played was Pop'n Music 12, since I've been having this mad urge to listen to the music in recent weeks. I'd still like to get my hands on the Contemporary Nation music, but I get the feeling the Pop'n Music soundtrack won't have full versions of the songs (which I want). I can't even look up the artist because I don't understand the kanji. Bleh.

Started making a list of ages and occupations for the Suiko modern fic. With so many different years and majors for college, it's hard to keep track mentally. Some things are still tentative, but ... well, everything's tentative until I write it into the story.

-- Albert Silverberg, age 20, senior, business administration major (marketing); undergrad research assistant (Fragmentation of Public Trust in Organized Agencies [FPTOA project])
-- Lilly Pendragon, age 20, sophomore, communications major (journalism/broadcasting); undergrad research assistant (FPTOA project)
-- Apple Goulden, age 22, graduate, psychology major (behavorial sciences); graduate research assistant (FPTOA project)
-- Shu Miyazaki, age 26, postdoctoral (Ph.D) candidate, political science/economics double major; research scientist (FPTOA project)
-- Mathiu Silverberg, age 33, assistant professor of psychology (social psychology/personality focus); FPTOA head investigator

-- Meg [no last name yet], age 18, freshman, electrical engineering major
-- Juppo [no last name yet], age ??, assistant professor of electrical engineering (not in Crystal Valley)
-- Sarah Bach, age 18, freshman, undecided

Need suggestions for tackling Odessa, Chris Lightfellow, and possibly some of the other Zexen Knights. Debating whether or not to have Sierra be a modern vampire.

Edit: Thanks for the lovely suggestions so far. ... I just had the totally random image of Chris being a police officer. *blinks* And I can't honestly say it wouldn't be fitting. Maybe I'll have Wyatt be a police officer or detective.

More characters:
-- Viktor "The Bear" [insert last name here], age 26, professional football player
-- Graham Cray, age 35, former industrial inspector (currently on welfare, possibly)
-- Alexander Cray, age 11, fifth-grade student (Caesar's classmate, Graham's son)

Another edit: Masa, you just killed me with awesome. XD

And now I'm imagining Chris smack dab in the middle of ... Phoenix Wright. "Objection!!" *falls over*

... And Gizel would be the prosecuting attorney with the over-the-top wardrobe... And Leon would be the always-frowning judge... *runs away before these weird ideas consume her*