So... my big news is that Resident Geek was nominated for the 'Edward you wish was your boyfriend' Bellie of the new Twilight awards, the Eddies and Bellies.
You can check out my reaction to the news in the 8th episode of the Temptation podcast. I still grin uncontrollably every time I think about it.
Let's see. What else...
I'm slowly writing the next RG chapter. But I accidentally stumbled into a new series of books from Laurell K. Hamilton, which I already read one of her series, the Anita Blake one. I started the Meredith Gentry series and just finished book 7 this morning. This is the main reason why you haven't heard from me in a while. A book or so a day takes up a lot of time. ...not that this is news to me since I've read a lot since the day I figured out what the alphabet was.
That's about all I got.
Thursday, February 19
Tuesday, February 10
Holy Headache, Batman
I'm getting sick.
Gah!
I can feel my nasal passageway closing by the second and the headache that won't die pounding away between my temples. And what really sucks about all of this? I have to pull a 10 hour work day tomorrow.
Anyone want to trade places?
On the RG front, I found and downloaded a copy of the Player's Handbook and I'm slowly making my way through it. I have to stop every five pages or so because my head starts hurting too much. (Partly from the headache and partly because D&D is too damn confusing when you first start out.) I just thank my lucky stars that I played WoW for as long as I did and can understand the basic jest of it right away. It's the little things that drive me up a wall. Like, the three basic principles from which all over rules stem from. One) Simple rules, many exceptions. Meaning, there may be a rule that says you can't learn advanced sword skills without first learning basic skills, BUT if you're a... whatever you may innantely know advanced sword skills. Two) Specific rules beat generic rules. Basically, if there's a rule that says you can't use a power when it's charging and you have a specific rule on your arcane blast that says you can. Then you can. Three) Always round down with fractions. (This one I'm actually fine with.)
It's freakin' principles one and two that make my head spin.
So... what they're trying to say is anything can go, as long as you keep track of it and know when you can break the rules.
Which is confusing as hell to me.
Rules are rules, people. You're not supposed to have so many damn exceptions to every rule. If you do, then they shouldn't be called RULES. They should be called guidelines.
...I may feel a little strongly about this, in case you couldn't tell.
Anyhoo, the chapter is inching along. I think I'm going to focus on IBL4Y whenever I get stuck on something for RG and have to wait for Dolle to get back to me.
Oh, and the seventh episode of the podcast is up. (The one where I get interviewed. Egads!) We got some awesome graphics up on the page now. Makes us seem more legit.
Gah!
I can feel my nasal passageway closing by the second and the headache that won't die pounding away between my temples. And what really sucks about all of this? I have to pull a 10 hour work day tomorrow.
Anyone want to trade places?
On the RG front, I found and downloaded a copy of the Player's Handbook and I'm slowly making my way through it. I have to stop every five pages or so because my head starts hurting too much. (Partly from the headache and partly because D&D is too damn confusing when you first start out.) I just thank my lucky stars that I played WoW for as long as I did and can understand the basic jest of it right away. It's the little things that drive me up a wall. Like, the three basic principles from which all over rules stem from. One) Simple rules, many exceptions. Meaning, there may be a rule that says you can't learn advanced sword skills without first learning basic skills, BUT if you're a... whatever you may innantely know advanced sword skills. Two) Specific rules beat generic rules. Basically, if there's a rule that says you can't use a power when it's charging and you have a specific rule on your arcane blast that says you can. Then you can. Three) Always round down with fractions. (This one I'm actually fine with.)
It's freakin' principles one and two that make my head spin.
So... what they're trying to say is anything can go, as long as you keep track of it and know when you can break the rules.
Which is confusing as hell to me.
Rules are rules, people. You're not supposed to have so many damn exceptions to every rule. If you do, then they shouldn't be called RULES. They should be called guidelines.
...I may feel a little strongly about this, in case you couldn't tell.
Anyhoo, the chapter is inching along. I think I'm going to focus on IBL4Y whenever I get stuck on something for RG and have to wait for Dolle to get back to me.
Oh, and the seventh episode of the podcast is up. (The one where I get interviewed. Egads!) We got some awesome graphics up on the page now. Makes us seem more legit.
Sunday, February 8
I'm going to kill my internet
I swear, I am. It keeps dipping in and out. About every five seconds, it looses connection. And then gets it back. And this just keeps happening, over and over and over... and over.
GRR.
VERY frustrating.
I even tried to overcome this crappy internet connection by going to Panera Bread to use their free internet for the podcast episode recording. But Panera Bread failed me. Apparently they kill their wireless around their 'busy time' (ie, lunch time) to make the freebie lurkers move on.
Double GRR.
And I'm not kidding or exaggerating. My internet connection died while I typed this up.
Yeah... not cool.
I've been writing a little of RG's next chapter. It's pretty slow going because every new paragraph brings five to ten questions with it that I have to ask Dollegirl (my D&D expert). And there's a certain scene that comes along later in the story which will not get out of my head, so I had to write it all down. Very unusual for me to write an entire scene like that outside of the story sequence.
The boyfriend's out of town today. I miss him. *sigh*
Anyhoo, that's all I've got.
GRR.
VERY frustrating.
I even tried to overcome this crappy internet connection by going to Panera Bread to use their free internet for the podcast episode recording. But Panera Bread failed me. Apparently they kill their wireless around their 'busy time' (ie, lunch time) to make the freebie lurkers move on.
Double GRR.
And I'm not kidding or exaggerating. My internet connection died while I typed this up.
Yeah... not cool.
I've been writing a little of RG's next chapter. It's pretty slow going because every new paragraph brings five to ten questions with it that I have to ask Dollegirl (my D&D expert). And there's a certain scene that comes along later in the story which will not get out of my head, so I had to write it all down. Very unusual for me to write an entire scene like that outside of the story sequence.
The boyfriend's out of town today. I miss him. *sigh*
Anyhoo, that's all I've got.
Thursday, February 5
RG Updated!
Yeah, I know. I was shocked too when I finally finished a chapter.
The response I got in the last 18 hours astounds me. I am literally astounded.
Right. Now.
I started working on the next chapter. It's kind of slow going since every two minutes I come upon yet something else I have no idea about and have to email Dollegirl with a buttload of questions. (And in case you were wondering, a buttload is more than a load, but less than a boatload.)
The response I got in the last 18 hours astounds me. I am literally astounded.
Right. Now.
I started working on the next chapter. It's kind of slow going since every two minutes I come upon yet something else I have no idea about and have to email Dollegirl with a buttload of questions. (And in case you were wondering, a buttload is more than a load, but less than a boatload.)
Tuesday, February 3
Eek
I forgot to post the last two days. My bad.
So, we recorded a new episode of the podcast. It's up and everything. We had a special guest on: withthevampsofcourse! She's rock awesome and I love her to death.
Also, I've been working on the next chapter of RG and I'm almost done with the pre-edited version. Just two more steps to go through and you'll get a new update!
Caitlin was interviewed for the Twilighters Anonymous Podcast and she briefly talks about our favorite fanfictions and plugs our podcast. Her interview is in the first part, near the end. Check it out.
That's all I got. Later.
So, we recorded a new episode of the podcast. It's up and everything. We had a special guest on: withthevampsofcourse! She's rock awesome and I love her to death.
Also, I've been working on the next chapter of RG and I'm almost done with the pre-edited version. Just two more steps to go through and you'll get a new update!
Caitlin was interviewed for the Twilighters Anonymous Podcast and she briefly talks about our favorite fanfictions and plugs our podcast. Her interview is in the first part, near the end. Check it out.
That's all I got. Later.
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