Success in art, failure in expression.

Well, today was a great day. I have a lot to say, and I'm up pretty late, so I'll do my best not to take too lone. First of all, I went out for dinner today with my sister, and we chatted for a while. Iced hot chocolate is pretty sweet. <^^> And I got this bitching new set of headphones. I had almost forgot what bass was. They're glorious.

Next. I spent a lot of the evening networking. You know, figuring out where people were and meeting some more. The platform I need looks absoltely solid, and everything's going good on that front. In other words, when I'm finished these stories, I'm confident that I'll find the people that will enjoy them. I'm really very happy about that.

Next. Mom's coming into town tomorrow morning. I won't have much sleep, but I'll live. I'm just so pumped right now. It's great! I think the kids are calling it "sick" these days. I've been meaning to start saying that, but I'm so stuck in my ways. <^^>; Anyway, onto progress report.

(PR-1): One Way Phoenixes - 75%

- I'm so close to finishing this one, I can taste it, and it's very good. I'm very impressed with the forth act. It's all coming out so naturally. It feels great. Unlike the other three acts, the dialogue is really carrying as I hoped it would.
- I would be thrilled if I could sprint and bang out the rest of the rough draft tomorrow night and celebrate. I have some research to do first, but I'm very confident that if I put in 4-5 hours, it'll be done. Fingers are crossed.
- Once done, it'll be kind of a long process of backtracking to make sure that the theme that I have set out at the end matches up with the theme I have at the start. Maybe 3-5 hours. Then squeeze it through the spellcheck and read over ten times. Once that's done, off to the focus group, and publish. Phew. <^^> Friday.

(PR-2): Day of Anger - 10%

- No progress.

(PR-3): TBA - 10%

- I've been thinking. It'll be risky. It has things in it that are, you know, unique to me, and I don't know how they'll go over. I think that I may decide to take the course of not circulating it, but rather just placing it at Deviant Art. Maybe, maybe not. Now that I think about it, there's really absolutely no difference to it. Well, at any rate, it's different, and I'm marching to the beat of my own drum here, as always, but this time it feels different. I can't explain it till it's done. I'll spend a half hour more on conceptualization of it tonight, and then hit the sack tonight, I think.

Final Thought: I don't know. <^^>;;; I was going to say something, but I second guessed myself. Well, no. I've been pretty bold and fearless lately, so why not? I'm 25. I've had crushes on people that I know I can't have. They're persistent, though, but it makes me feel bad when I give into the feeling, because I know god damned well there'll be no reciprocation. You spend time on it, but then you think to yourself, my God, why am I doing this to myself. Oh wait. Better yet, my God, why am I doing this still? Or again? Or at all... You lose track of the people that, you know, deserve better than what you give them. And so, to finish this all up, if you're still reading this, or reading it at all, you're awesome, Chorca. <^^> You're on my lookout list.

Aaron