Okay,
So, I haven’t updated in nearly a month. I haven’t died, but my life’s become extremely busy, and much busier than I ever expected. Taking three one-credit elective classes in place of one three-credit was likely my biggest mistake last year, but here I am. Taking 90 minutes of tennis classes every day, reporting two days a week for the DEN, maybe three, copy editing the fourth night, and somehow managing to factor in school assignments into it all. Oh yes, and sleep. That’s a rather rare commodity lately.
So big and good news: I’ve quit raiding. Officialy. No joke, and it’s not gonna last just a week this time. It’s the end of the schebang and I’ve ensured it by pretty much severing my ties to my World of Warcraft raiding friends. Harsh but necessary. So ya. No more raiding four hours every night. I know I know, It’s about fucking time. Obviously, having all of the classwork and journalism work stated above, I can’t afford to let twelve hours of my life go by each week just to take a break.
I’m writing a screenplay that is an adaptation of the stories I’m writing with Aidan Tan (aka Calcifer Rauthe, or Relaeth on xanga). The stories of Shinryu, Silverheart, Calcifer, Impi, Bahamut, Tiamat, and the others – theyre all getting a big showcase in the screenplay I’m writing as a one-act. It kinda sucks, all the work I have to do… and yet, it is the greatest pleasure. Class, obviously because it’s mandatory, has motivated me to move forward with these ideas at full speed. No longer are the AIM chats shared with Calcifer just recorded transcripts – they are moving their way into full first-draft scripts. So the news for today is… I have 120 pages of the rough draft still to write by Wednesday. I am thankful that I am not copy editing or reporting late nights tonight and tomorrow night.
Hmmm I have a new dragon for that matter. Silverheart is giving way on center stage to Tiamat, who is both the villain and the love interest in the dragon circle Calcifer and I weave. She’s vastly intelligent, devious, seductive, powerful beyond measure, and playful in the right (and wrong) ways. Recently, though not to spoil too much, she is undergoing a potential transition of becoming the protagonist of my writing. Redemption comes to mind. Who knows – Aidan and I are exploring the details every few nights when we have time away from work and class. And sleep – we love sleeping, yet get so little of it.
A first-draft coloring of Tiamat, drawn by Aidan Tan himself. Studying the behavior of women is becoming quite interesting. Anyone care to help?
I am very hungry. I’ve run out of cash again and need to go to the bank, but it’s closed after I get out of class. Grrrrr. Now going to Thomas-Andrews for pizza and hopefully breadsticks. I need my roommate to pay me back the $20 I lent him – some Domino’s pizza for the next two nights might give me some badly needed brain food for all the script writing I have tonight.
I have to get going on both of those things. Just wanted to thank the few people who still read this – rediscovering friends after quitting WoW is among the many things on my to-do list. Thank God that Aidan stuck with me through it all – he’s been the most patient friend I’ve known all these years. Thank you, Aidan, and we’ll take later tonight after I break for a rest in my writing.
Till next time, fellow bloggers,
~ Chris Walden
