I’m currently at 50% completion for installing…

I blame it all on Karista and Justin for buying me a 2-month game card to reactivate my account, and Keith, for buying the new expansion for me… XD;;;

I guess it’s hard to kick an old addiction when you have addicted friends who just won’t let you quit!! LOL!!!

LEVEL 80, HERE I COME!!! *doomwiggles* <3

Have you ever woken up from a dream before, literally laughing, because it was that ridiculous and you knew it, even in such a groggy state of half-consciousness? I just had to roll myself out of bed to get this one down before I forgot it. Though I’ve already lost the vast majority of the events that took place into the recesses of my mind, the hillarious encounter I still remember in vivid detail.

I was at some kind of party that I’d thrown at my own house. It was open to pretty much everyone and anyone who wanted to come, and there was tons of food gallore; turkey, fruit wheels, sammiches, soft drinks, salmon, steaks; all of the yummy stuff you probably can’t find in a third world country! So anyway, all throughout the party, there were these two girls; one whose name I did not know, and another that went by the name of “Miranda”. They were both talking amongst each other quietly as they sat at one of the many food-covered tables… snickering and looking my way, every so often. I could ignore it at first, because 1.) I wasn’t sure if it was really me they were laughing at, and 2.) even if they were, it wasn’t that big a deal; granted, this was probably my conscious sensibilities seaping between the cracks of my mind and into my dream.

As time progressed, they continued to do this and I was getting more and more aggitated. I found Miranda to be particularly annoying, in part because she seemed to be more aggressively obnoxious in her mannerisms, and also just because she looked really prissy. God I hate prissy bitches… or at least I did in this dream..? Anyway, she was bleech blonde with really tan skin, her hair cropped short so that it barely brushed her shoulders. She had on a tiny white sweater, a pink t-shirt, and jeans. I was in the living room chatting with some guests, where I sideglanced to see if the two girls were still laughing to each and looking my way — and indeed they were.

By this point, I’d had enough. I waltzed right over to them and with an angry swing of my left hand, I batted the open fruit wheel off the table and onto the ground. I then slammed both my hands on the table, looked Miranda dead in the eye, and asked what was so damn funny, to which she replied, “I just hate you!” with a sneer.

“Oh, really?” I ask.

“Mm-hmm!” was her response, with an exaggerated nod and a mock-smile.

I lashed out with my right hand, slapping her hard across the face with a closed fist. She gasped in surprise as the hair on the left side of her head was knocked to the right side in a cowlick with the force of the blow. I waited a short moment for retaliation. Both girls just stared at me, speechlessly — the first time I’d seen them quiet over the course of the evening.  When a returned swing did not come, I simply told them both to “Stay tha fuck away from me or my sistas from the hood would bust a cap in they ass,” then I rambled on as I walked away with things like, “Bitches be trippin’ up in this shit, yo” and “Dis be how we do sucka what’cha gon’ do son” etc. etc. Basically, I think from that point on my I.Q. was meeting a steady decline. It was pretty awesome.

After I got done being very, very ghetto and pwn, I later found out that they up and left. I sure showed them.

…And that’s about when I woke up. I really should change my diet or something… XD

The costume I ordered to be professionally made finally got finished and all situated; just in time for Halloween!!! Despite all the hassle involved in getting the costume finished, it turned out to be an overwhelmingly huge success. It was SO exciting!! I walked around my neighborhood with a few friends and all of the little kids that saw us were shouting “Peach! Peach!” and it was really cute. I’m so happy it made their Halloween special. One little girl even gave me a hug. <3 ^^

After walking around for a bit around the neighborhood and then winding down to some Super Smash Bros: Brawl, we went downtown, since there was a lot going on. Every couple of seconds, someone would shout out of their car things like, “The princess is in another castle!”  and people walking the streets would stop to take pictures. It was a LOT of fun! I think someone even whistled at me… Which was, er, kind of embarassing… >.>;; rofl

But yeah! Take a look at the photos in the gallery. ^-^ They’re all up now. Enjoy! <3

I just took The Writer’s Mary-Sue Test to see how much of a “Mary-Sue” Vigana is! She is my beloved original roleplaying character, as most of you who come to read this blog are aware of.

For those of you who aren’t aware of what the term “Mary-Sue” implies where written works are concerned, it’s basically how ridiculously and unrealistically (and annoyingly) perfect a character is! Those types of characters are referred to as Mary-Sues. Here’s what the test said about Vigana:

“Vigana Videl is suspiciously similar to you as you’d like to be. She may be popular, or she may not, but no matter what she’s impossible to ignore; she stands out… just the way you always wanted to. She may have sometimes thought that she was special, or destined for greater things, but probably dismissed the idea as a fantasy. She’s had more than her fair share of hard knocks, and probably spends more time than she ought moaning about it. And you’ve been sparing with the free handouts: whatever she gains, she’s worked for.

You may have let yourself get a little too close to Vigana Videl. Maybe she’s you as you wish you were, or maybe you’re just afraid no one will like her and are trying to give her a free ride. Have some confidence in your writing! Vigana Videl is a good character. Give her room to be herself before you stifle her.”

Score Breakdown
She’s Got My Nose — 13
Yo! — 12
I’m Destined For What? — 8
Angst R Us — 17
Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child — 7
Total: 57

I found this test to be pretty damn accurate, even where the negative aspects are concerned. xD;; If any of you out there enjoy writing, you should totally take the test and see where your characters fit on the scale. I’m relatively pleased with the outcome I got for Vigana. ^-^ hehe, so I guess this means she’s not as Mary-Sue as I thought she might be! Yay!

Though 57% is more than half… So I still count that as being kinda up there. LOL! Ah well. xP

I had a Halloween party a couple of days ago. I put the finishing touches on my Poison Ivy costume at the very last second, and the party turned out to be a great success! It was such a good time. A few of the pictures are up in the gallery right now, so go check ‘em out!

So for the past…… since I last blogged, to now…… all of my recreational time has been spent pixeling myself retarded. And I am SO exhausted and bored with Vigana, having drawn her over and over and over again that I seriously cannot wait to move onto other characters.

So far, there are 70 FRAMES of Vigana Videl. @_o;;; And I STILL have to draw each of her special attacks which will be around as many frames as it took for her to jump (12 of them)… each!! LOL, I’m going just a little bit crazy with this. At any rate, here are the characters that will definitely appear in the game thus far:

   
(left to right: Vigana, Corsac, The Dervish, & Taari)

Vigana is my own character concept, whereas Corsac was Ryan’s creation. The Dervish is my boyfriend’s contribution to the game, and Taari is Kat’s character she’s been building and putting together the history of for the past 5 years. There’s lots of development that goes into each of these characters, and I can’t wait to set them into action. Ryan’s already started programming the engine to run the game and it’s looking SO good!!! I’m thrilled with all the progress we’ve made. We’re off to a really promising start.

So far, I’ve recorded Vigana’s voice tracks as well as Taari’s with the help of Will, who was kind enough to lend us use of his own vocal talents. We have 4 solid characters, and we will be releasing 4 more at some point as we move along in this project. Constructive suggestions are always welcome, and if you wish to do any voice acting, please don’t hesitate to drop me a line and let me know. =)

I’m teaming up with my programmer friend Ryan, and my musical composer friend Kat, and together we shall be combining our talents and making a computer game!!! This is a project that will likely take months upon months to complete… But I’m already really excited! The game will be your standard fighting beat ‘em up entertainment with a character roster of about 6-8, each having their own personalized special abilities. The main combatant will be Vigana Videl, my roleplaying character!! =) I’m currently working on her move set, creating frames that will make up animations of each of her controls and abilities, pixel-by-pixel. It’s proving to be quite tedius work! And I have to do this with a median of around 7 other characters..!! x__X;;; *headdesk* But… I think I’m managing fairly well, and moving at a decent enough pace! More will be soon to come. For now though, I’d like to present you guys with a bit of what I’ve been working on:

Vigana walking—
  

Vigana jumping—
  
(eventually, she moves into a flip)

Other various poses—
  

So there you have it. A small taste of what I’ve been working on these past couple of days… haha. I hope to have more soon to come. Feedback and suggestions are appreciated. <3

…T’was the title of one of the spam emails I got today.

I cracked up really hard.