The Aegis

a Fight!

2008-10-04T02:05:48Z

Finally hit 70,000 words. let's see if I can make it to 100,000. Still writing this monstrous story that is requiring much more attention than I intially envisioned. There are a lot of pieces missing still, but I'm trying to fill them in in the most backwards writng project that I have ever done. I intended it to be nonlinear, but now it is and I'm writing sections rather than going in chronological order. Here's a breif snippet of a battle sequence in what I'm guessing to be the last third of the book. Of course, it's unedited and I have written it just as it comes out. When the story is done, it'll get polished up.

               Namir lunged towards Aeron, so she called a shadow to grab his leg to trip him. He pooled the shadows around him on the ground. Instead of falling, he sunk into the darkness. Aeron’s adrenaline pumped wildly in her system causing her heart beat to increase and making her lose focus. She fought the rage that normally came to her in these battle situations trying to think clearly. Another moment passed, Aeron knew he was toying with her hoping that she would revert to her old Demon Spawn persona. She breathed deeply and sensed the shadows around her. Walking slowly, she saw a small shadow and reached into it. She yanked him out and used the shadows to propel him out of it. He shot up in the air, but flipped and landed on his feet.

                The shadows twisted around her feet, but she quickly calmed them. He shrugged unconcerned that his attempt failed. Skimming the surface of the ground, Aeron rapidly floated towards him on a sea of darkness. She aimed her kick for the ribs. He caught the kick between his elbow and knee in a cross block.

                “Stupid Girl. I can break your leg now, Demon Spawn.” He brought his elbow down harder in an attempt to break the bone.
                His elbow felt a hard surface like armor. He glanced down to see the shadows molded around her leg protecting her from his block. The shock was evident on his face, but he still held her leg where it was while he decided what his next move should be. Aeron did not waste any moments of hesitation. She extended the shadows around her leg to past her feet and dozens of spikes shot out to impale Namir. He let go and dropped to the ground while he clutched his gut and the blood poured between his fingers. He gasped and fear filled his eyes as he realized that these were the last moments of his life. Aeron stepped away from him and turned to where Arabella and Caedmon’s body were.

Summary of the Last Five Years

2008-09-28T05:56:46Z

"Summary"
I love the Fall, but I hate this time of year.
The memories of the past haunt me in every golden leaf.
Tears spring to my eyes with a residual image ingrained on my soul.
Cold lifeless brown eyes piercing my heart
I can't understand why this all happened
The belief that everything will turn out the way that it is
supposed to
keeps me going
even if it hasn't gotten there yet.
The years have built up layers around me that I no longer
see my true self in the mirror
If I even have a self left in me
The sadness comes in September
I hated myself for simply trusting every word that she said to me
The lies crumbled to ashes and I was left to defend myself.
Completely unequipped for the ensuing battles
Frightened at the growing number of battles
Home became a mere illusion and I was imprisoned in that house
Words that I never should have heard were said to my face
with no remorse or regret.
They hurt in their bluntness and truthfulness.
The deep pain that can only be caused by people that you love.
This is what love can do
give people the power to hurt you
All I wanted was to be left alone,
To cut all ties and rebuild my life
But they were not just ties, but chains that I have been hacking away at
Saying good bye to all that was known to me
Slowly carving out my heart wondering if there is indeed
anything left in there.
And why would I still want it.
I hate my birthday and all the memories inside the Fall.
the brown eyes, the airport terminal, the kitchen table,
sadness filling every corner of that place
yells, screams, sitting there taking it, hours in the
basement hiding from life, crying in my friend's Jeep at the
gas station, the total darkness at night.
These are the memories that haunt me in the fall.
I wonder when it is that I will have cried my last tear
When I will say again that i love this time of year.

athena_zois @ 2008-06-30T19:36:00

2008-07-01T00:50:47Z

This is just irking me, so I've got to put my two cents in the pot. In all these sci-fi shows and books that I read, there are aliens and the aliens usually are under a single unifying government whether it be a democracy or dictatorship. I say usually because maybe there is a story out there that isn't like it but I haven't heard of it. Now when I say aliens, I also mean something that is not humanoid or human like for example the grey and green aliens that people typically think of.. People on this planet had different ethnicities and beliefs. Why wouldn't aliens follow suit? Just because they are aliens? They are supposed to be so different from us. Plus why would one government on Earth have interactions these aliens. If aliens do exist, I bet they would have treaties and contracts with multiple governments on Earth. That's part of my premise on the new story. The aliens have different cultural backgrounds within their planet. Different groups form different alliances with nations on Earth. Each government wonders what other countries know about the aliens. The aliens' eventual goal is to be brought into the United Nations and have full disclosure on their planet with their species. To create a united nations on their planet.

I imagine this scene in my head where the main character first sees the alien and realizes that the secret project was much more than she imagined. She stares in disbelief and then later when she on their planet, they stare at her. A sort of nice juxtaposition. Just a thought.

More Poems

2008-06-27T17:36:06Z

I found these poems in an old notebook.

"Fear"
Why am I so scared of people?
Talking to people scares me.
What are they thinking?
Are the judging me? Condemning me?
Do they think that I am crazy or weird?
They manipulate me to get what they want.
Sometimes, I'm not important enough
bottom of the totem pole
Insignificant
unworthy to talk to.
They don't like me
They're not really me friends
The are just pretending.
Posers. Liars. Fakes.

I'm scared of people.
I can hear the judgment in their tone
If this is their attempt to make me feel better
Well, it failed!
I'm not scared of people per se
I'm scared of how they make me feel
I feel too much too deeply
Wearing not my heart on my sleeve, but my emotions
All of them
So many people in this world and they all terrify me.

"The News"
First came disbelief
Shocked by the news
The grand lies paraded in front of me.
Next I thought,
Gullible.
I'm so gullible.
I'll believe anything people to say to me.
What other lies had I just believed and accepted?
The burning hate of myself
that I'm so gullible.
Life changing self destroying
My carefully constructed identity was decimated
Who am I? What am I?
The words that I used to define myself mean nothing to me now.
I'm stripped down to nothing.
I have to rebuild myself and
I don't know where to start.

I may have posted this last poem before, but I can't remember and I don't want to take the time to search for it and see.

"Beat"
I looked at myself in the mirror.
Peeling away the layers of skin and soul
It was all laid open for myself to see.
I needed proof,
once and for all.
Confirmation of my suspicion.
I stared at me open chest with my heart where I could see.
My heart had no beat nor movement.
It was a lump of black decay.
Slowly, eaten away by time and bugs.
When did my heart die?
It's been so long.
I can't remember when I last felt its beat.

athena_zois @ 2008-06-08T22:57:00

2008-06-09T04:03:36Z

"Warmth"
Four walls can't contain my soul.
I crave the wide open spaces,
A blue cloudless sky
to feel the sun's rays sink deep
into my pores to the
core of my being.
My ancestors worshipped the god Apollo.
The summer sky beckons me outside.
Straining my head to see a little heaven
A piece of comfort like a friend's hug
I WANT the sun!
The golden warmth reigning down on me.
Running running running until I catch it.
That moment of warmth and sublime happiness.
I record that moment in my mind
cherishing it later for all
the other times when I'm frozen.
Frozen in the winter,
Frozen in the heart,
Recalling that once upon a time
I felt something stirring in me
under the sun.

"Tension"
Nervous anxious energy fills me
A tinging sensation starts at my toes
rising up through my legs
to the top of my head
like a shaken soda bottle
waiting to spill out
Spread the chaos onto all the bystanders
A sticky mess.
I snap my jaw shut and walk away.

The Killer Kosplayer

2008-06-02T04:49:46Z

I nearly finished the ending to the Killer Kosplayer. I'm so excited. I just need to add a few more things and tie up some plot points. I would have to say that I think it is about 75% done in terms of actually plot. It's still very rough. It just needs a few edits though. I felt inspired to finish writing the ending today after watching the movie Drillbit Taylor. Though it's kind of weird that that inspired me since it's a comedy and my story is borderline horror/ but oh well.

I'm working out descriptions for my next story. It will involve aliens. We have a teachnology exchange with them. We're using their technology to create stealth aircraft based on psionics. So it scrambles the person's brain to think that they aren't seeing anything. They are using our stealth technology from the stealth planes and to create things like radar and sonar. They don't have vocal cords since they use telepathy. THey have hearing, but it is very limited and not very good. They are going to be so cool. They don't have thumbs since they use telekineses. Anything that they want to move or put on they simply use their minds. There will be no real distinguishing aspects to the male and females. They have pouch to carry babies. The females carry babies for 5 months and then the males carry it for 5 more months. It'll have something to do with enzymes that the baby needs. I think that it should be an interesting story. I don't typically do a lot of science fiction, but that's partly because I'm not very sciency and I can't really fake that intelligence.

finished lyrics

2008-04-15T00:11:17Z

My roommate and I wrote lyrics for a NebrasKon theme song. It should be intresting to see how this all works out. She's working on creating the music for it. I hope that people will like them. It hits on the key selling points of the Kon.

[Chorus]
We’re going to Nebraskon,
To play some games and watch anime a lot.
Don’t you wanna join us at Nebraskon?
No con has got what we’ve got!

1234

Why die of boredom on your couch, you know it’s such a crime
We’ll save you at Nebraskon one otaku at a time
You can chat with special guests about the industry
Dance into the night and sing some karaoke
Come watch the Awesome Rangers being very awesome, dude
Black, white, yellow, blue who’s always eating food
Pink fighting off the bad guys by dating them instead
Hey, destroy those bad guys until they’re really dead.
(yeah, they’re really dead)

[Chorus]

If you feel creative try your turn at A.M.V.s
Include some spicy beagles topped with lots of cream cheese, please
Cosplay as your fav from an anime or game
Dominate the contests and win all of the fame
And if the zombie catgirls try to make you zombies, too
Call out for Husker ninja, he’ll show up to rescue you.
If you see packs of rabid fangirls in search of good romp
Watch out for the squeeeeeeeeeeeeee that come comes before the glomp

[Chorus]

So come with all your chums and get a move on
Bid for a date if you’re solo; hey, this ain’t yo momma’s con
Why would you stay home and wash your socks again?
When you can party with 900 of your closest friends!

[talk-sing]

Share some pocky with your friends

(share some pocky with your friends)

It’s over nine thousand

(it’s over nine thousand)

Play cool video games

(play cool video games)

Watch lots & lots & lots & lots & lots & lots of anime

(watch lots & lots & lots & lots & lots & lots...)

Alcazar's Assassin

2008-04-11T03:39:26Z

I've decided to title an untitled piece Alcazar's Assassin. It Isounds cool and it is exactly what the title is. I've had to revive this old story from a notebook of mine since my computer hates me and I cannot use it for an extended period of time. I'd rather being doing some type of writing than nothing. It felt so good to hold that pen in my hand and write with my horrendous penmanship. Sometimes, I like to do things the old fashioned way. So I will see how this all goes and hopefully my brother will have an idea of what to do with this fickle machine.

Basic plot line of the story. A girl uses ley line to channel magical energies and perform spells. Most people have to use incantations to focus the energy. She uses finger twitches and thus can fire off a rapid succession of spells like no one else can do. There is a horrible war and she agrees to kill the leader of the other country since he is a powerful magician that no one can get close to. The captain of a squad takes her to help stop the war. He has an older brother who is an a coma for using too many spells at once in a short time. A common fate of the magicians of both countries. So there will be fights and battles with magic and without. Hopefully, I can make it exciting.

athena_zois @ 2008-04-03T22:33:00

2008-04-04T03:40:16Z

I haven't posted in awhile. Lots of excuses. My computer is having problems again. I haven't done that much writing. I got really sick and I haven't felt like writing. It's so hard to be a creative person in the bland world that I live in. The only thing that I have been working is writing song lyrics for a con theme song. My friend is writing the music and we are working on lyrics together. Other than that I wrote some atrocious poetry that probably is better off not seeing the light of day. Sometimes I think that it sucks to be an adult with all these responsibilities, but I may find my inspiration again when summer comes around. I just want to see the sun. I want to sit outside and feel the ray's of the sun hugging me. I want to find more positive people to be around, too. Everyone is so depressed right now that it is hard to not feel negative.

Otaku Picnic Commercial

2008-03-06T01:43:05Z

Cast:

ANIME NEBRASKON CHOIR

Scene: The CHOIR is wearing anime shirts, cat ears, and various cosplay outfits. Someone in front is holding a sign with Anime Nebraskon's website throughout the song. Either inside or outside.

ANIME NEBRASKON CHOIR sings “Otaku Picnic.” It is to the tune of “The Teddy Bear's Picnic.”

If you go down to Lincoln today.
You're sure of a big display
If you go down to Lincoln today
You'd better go in cosplay.

For ev'ry fan that ever there was
will gather there for certain because
Today's the day the otaku have NebrasKon.

If you go down to Lincoln today
You'd better go with your all your friends
It's fun down in Lincoln today
So much fun, no one wants it to end

Fo ev'ry fan that ever there was
will gather there for certain because
Todays' the day, the otaku have NebrasKon

NebrasKon for Otaku
All the otaku are having a lovely time today.
Watch them, catch them unawares
As they eat their pocky at the Kon

See them gaily gad about
They love to play and shout;
They never have any care;

On Sunday their mummies and daddies,
Will take them home to bed,
Because they're tired little otaku.

If you go down to Lincoln today.
You're sure of a big display
If you go down to Lincoln today
You'd better go in cosplay.

For ev'ry fan that ever there was
will gather there for certain because
Today's the day the otaku have NebrasKon.

A Fangirl's Favorite Things Commerical Revised

2008-03-06T01:39:54Z

Cast:

SINGING FANGIRL
OTAKU A
OTAKU B

Scene: SINGING FANGIRL is wearing cat ears. Other cast members wearing anime shirts, cosplay, or cat ears. Can be inside or outside.

SINGING FANGIRL:
(tune is to the sound of “My Favorite Things”)

Tear drops on faces and hello kitty.
Vegeta screams over nine thousand.
A nine tailed fox sealed in a boy
These are a few of my favorite things

Light writes some names and Ryuk eats an apple.
Ichigo fights with the Hollows.
Kero flies with the moon on his wings.
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in sailor suits fighting for love.
Lain wearing her bear pajamas.
Bishies with flowing white hair.
These are a few of my favorite things

When the spoiler comes
When the cosplay sucks
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad

OTAKU A: One of my favorite things is Anime NebrasKon in Lincoln. NebrasKon has fun panels about my favorite anime.

OTAKU B: There are crazy contests sush as cosplay contests and an AMV contest.

OTAKU A: Don't forget about the dating auction, cosplay chess, and Create Your Own Ninja Contest!

OTAKU B: Anime NebrasKon is like a giant party with all my friends. They have exciting industry guests such as Tiffany Grant and Matt Greenfield.

SINGING FANGIRL: I loved her Hello Kitty Panel!

OTAKU B: Anime NebrasKon will be November 14^th to 16^th in Lincoln, NE.

OTAKU A: (holds paper with address) For more information, please visit www.animenebraskon.com.

ALL: We'll see you there!

Story Title changed

2008-02-15T19:25:12Z

I did decide that I'm going to change the title after all. The Killer Cosplayer. I think that it sounds better and I renamed all the files. I have to write about four more death sequences left. Seth and Jim are going to die with equipment falling over on top of them. I think something with Jim's speakers being toppled over. Of course, I'm going to have to change their names, too and I haven't thought of their new names yet. Mace is going to die with a Ramune bottle being smashed over his head and it broken bottle being shoved into his heart and the little glass marble will be shoved up his nose or something. Lastly, will be Mallory since she is also suspected of being the Killer. The ending is still not quite meshing well. I've got about ten thousand words. I don't want to make it into a full length novel because then it will get boring. I want to keep people on the edge of their seats. It's about 33 pages double spaced. I may do some sketches of characters and the cosplay outfit and include that. Then there is what do I do with it when I'm done, but I'm more worried about finishing it first than anything else. I hope it comes out cohesive and disjointed like it is in my head.

endings

2008-02-13T22:19:15Z

I can't think of a good ending. I want an ending that will leave people speechless and thinking that I have a twisted mind. But it's not meshing very well. It's gotta be a spectacular ending. This sucks. I'm worried about discussing it with some friends so when they read it, it'snot given away,but I may have no other choice. I've decided that I definitely want the Killer to get away. I'm also thinking about changing the name of the story from Cosplayer Killer to Killer Cosplayer. It just sounds better. But anyways, there's the classic the sword was cursed and made me do evil things, the second the sword was cursed or so they thought, but it was just a cover. The third is that somewhere along the way a twisted lackey offers help and gets all the blame. I'm not going into the deaths too much because I don't want it to be too gruesome. That's going to turn people off. Several deaths happen off camera and the bodies are found later. I also made up the main anime series that the people are obsessed with in the story. I took it off another story that I was writing. I got to start planning the ending.

Here's the scene for the first death.

Stan left his panel early disgusted by the unintelligent questions of the kongoers. He walked out in a huff to the surprise of all attending. He also had a bowl of candy with him. It was another reason for his disgust because he asked that all the purple candies be taken out. The purple ones made him sick. He was going to find someone on staff and yell at them about his poor treatment.

Finally, he saw someone in cosplay and she had a staff badge. The cosplay character was Nyla, the main character of Fairy Wings.

“You, there! This is unacceptable! This treatment. I specifically told everyone that I would not eat any purple candies. Look at this!” He shoved the bowl under her nose. “These are purple candies. Everyone knows that you don't feed Stanford Maxwell purple candies.”

“Not my problem,” came the response in a low voice.

“It is! If you want me to continue doing panels for the rest of the weekend, you better take notes. Otherwise, I'll seriously consider not coming back next year!” He threw his tantrum wishing that he had a bigger audience than this one person.

She walked away. He threw the entire dish of candies at her. She turned slowly around in a cold smooth movement. Stan took a step back away from her. He wondered what that look in her eye meant. He moved closer to the stairs.

“You should apologize,” She suggested.

“I don't have to apologize. This entire staff should apologize to me. I deserve better treatment. You are all a bunch of incompetent fools attempting to run a convention! You're useless!”

She continued to move forward, but he didn't step back further.

“You can't do anything to me! I'm a special guest. Many people came just to see me! Ha,” He laughed in her face. “This convention is so much better because I'm here. No one would have come if I didn't.”

Her hand shot out suddenly startling him into taking another step back. She placed it on his shoulder and he gulped a moment. He was close to the edge of the stairs. She stared into his eyes and watched the fear in his eyes feeling a power that she never felt before in her entire life. She put all her strength into her arm and into that push. He tumbled down the stairs banging his head on the railing. By the time that he reached the bottom step, he was dead.

The Horror

2008-02-08T04:37:13Z

It's a lot harder to write this horror story than I thought. Don't get me wrong, I rather enjoy writing all these death sequences. I sort of feel like Light in Deathnote. It's trying everything, but throwing out red herrings to distract people. It's established that the killer is female. I maybe have to throw in a crosplayer to throw things off. I don't know. I don't want to shove it down the throat of the readers. I may have to distance the reader from the main character, so they might not be so sympathetic to her. Of course, it's still a work in progress. It's just under 8,000 words long. So it's an infant of a story. It's going to need major work. I don't know if I'm dedicated enough for that type of work. Caedmon Staff is coming along. It's about 55,400 words long. I didn't do any writing for a week since I was sick. But I'm working on making up for that time. My new schedule with my new job is just kicking my butt. I must focus and have discipline. Of course, the overwhelming horror right now is the fact that I may have to grow up. Not looking forward to it. Push away all the thoughts and think about my life right now. I'm not looking behind me again. I can't live like that. My work and projects is the only thing that matters now. It's gotten a little off topic, so I'll shut up now.

My Favorite things Commercial

2008-01-28T05:18:19Z

Here's another NebrasKon commercial that I wrote using the new lyrics that I created for "My Favorite things" It's not nearly as complicated as the last one commercial with the Husker Ninja. So it maybe more feasible to record.

Cast:

FANGIRL 1

FANGIRL 2

Scene 1- in an apartment/dorm room which has anime/ gaming memorabilia cluttered around the room. The FANGIRLS are dressed in normal clothes.

FANGIRL1: I love that anime series! That was great!

FANGIRL2:I know. Didn't I tell you that it would be awesome! What's your favorite type of anime?

FANGIRL1: I don't know. It's hard to pick one as my favorite.

FANGIRL2: I know what you mean. Anime is one of my favorite things in the world.

Scene 2- outside in park area, there's a blanket on the ground with random anime stuff scattered on the blanket. FANGIRLS are dressed in cosplay or anime shirts or cat ears.

FANGIRLS sing:

Tear drops on faces and hello kitty.

Vegeta screams over nine thousand.

A nine tailed fox sealed in a boy

These are a few of my favorite things

Light writes some names and Ryuk eats an apple.

Ichigo fights with the Hollows.

Kero flies with the moon on his wings.

These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in sailor suits fighting for love.

Lain wearing her bear pajamas.

Bishies with flowing white hair.

These are a few of my favorite things

When the spoiler comes

When the cosplay sucks

When I'm feeling sad

I simply remember my favorite things

And then I don't feel so bad

FANGIRL 1: Come join us at Anime NebrasKon in Lincoln.

FANGIRL 2: There will be lots of exciting panels and contests including an amv and cosplay contest

FANGIRL 1: We'll also have amazing industry guests. Check our website from more information at www.animenebraskon.com.

FANGIRL 2: Hope to see you there!

THE END

Commercial

2008-01-21T03:51:28Z

Here's the script for the Anime NebrasKon commercial. All I have to do is work into it the dates and locations. I don't know if I should have the people talk about it or just let it have a slide at the end with the information written on it. I'll let modernmuse42 decide on that one and maybe the Kon staff. I'm just the writer.

Cast:
PERSON A- bored otaku
PERSON B- apathetic otaku
PERSON C- slightly crazy otaku
HUSKER NINJA
ANIME NEBRASKON CHOIR- dressed all in cosplay, cat ears or anime shirts

Scene I- a college dorm room, anime memorabilia cover shelves, anime posters on the wall, and some gaming system. Person A, B, and C are all in regular street clothes.

PERSON A: I'm so bored.
PERSON B: Yeah, there's nothing to do.

(Figure darts past doorway. It is Husker Ninja, but are unable to tell at first.)

PERSON C: Wait. Did you see that?

(A and B look at door, but there is nothing there. They look at C like C is crazy. A circles finger to the side of head in the universal crazy sign. B rolls eyes.)

PERSON A: What do you want to do?
PERSON B: I don't know what do you want to do?
PERSON A: We could play a video game or watch some anime.
PERSON B: I don't know. (Shrugs) Whatever.

(Husker Ninja again darts past the open door. )

PERSON C: I'm telling you that something strange is going on out there.
HUSKER NINJA: (bursts through the open door) I know what you can do that will be fun and exciting. It's Anime NebrasKon! Just follow me!
(They all exit)

Scene II- outside park area with some trees, Person A, B, and C are in cosplay or cat ears.

(Person A, B, and C are chasing after the Husker Ninja. Husker Ninja hides behind trees. They find him and more people suddenly join in on the chase)

All CAST and ANIME NEBRASKON CHOIR except HUSKER NINJA sing (it is the tune to “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” from A Wizard of Oz):

Follow the Husker Ninja. Follow the Husker Ninja
Follow follow, follow, follow.
Follow the Husker Ninja.
Follow the Husker Follow the Husker
Follow the Husker Ninja.

We're off to see NebrasKon. The Wonderful NebKon of the world.
You'll find it is the best of all cons. If ever a con there was.
If ever oh ever a con there was! Anime NebKon is one
because, because, because, because, because,
Because of the wonderful panels at the Kon
We're off to see NebrasKon. The Wonderful NebKon of the world.

PERSON C: Look!(points to something off camera)
PERSON A and B: What?!
PERSON C: There it is! It's incredible! (awed)
HUSKER NINJA: That's Anime NebrasKon. You'll have the best time in your life!

Slide with information about NebrasKon such as date, location, some events and guests.

The End

Closing Credits

My Lacking Ability of Musicality

2008-01-10T04:03:31Z

Well, I created the final show stopping number song in the finale of my mostly unwritten musical. I've taken another one of my favorite songs and modified it. I left some parts still in there as an homage to the original since I love it so much. I think another song that would be fun to revamp would be "You're never fully dressed without a smile" to something like "You're never fully dressed without cat ears" It would be funny. That song would have to go in the second act of my musical disaster. Why does my muse hate me to give me all these random ideas strewn loosely together. Anways. The Finale will be a "The Otaku Picnic" which is of course done to the song "The Teddy's Bear Picinic" I've edited out some parts of the song because I didn't want it to be too long.

If you go down to Lincoln today.
You're sure of a big display
If you go down to Lincoln today
You'd better go in cosplay.

For ev'ry fan that ever there was

will gather there for certain because
Today's the day the otaku have NebrasKon.

If you go down to Lincoln today
You'd better go with your all your friends

It's fun down in Lincoln todayI
So much fun, no one wants it to end

Fo ev'ry fan that ever there was

will gather there for certain because
Todays' the day, the otaku have NebrasKon

NebrasKon for Otaku

All the otaku are having a lovely time today.
Watch them, catch them unawares
As they eat their pocky at NebKon

See them gaily gad about

They love to play and shout;
They never have any care;

On Sunday their mummies and daddies,

Will take them home to bed,
Because they're tired little otaku.

If you go down to Lincoln today.
You're sure of a big display

If you go down to Lincoln today
You'd better go in cosplay.

For ev'ry fan that ever there was
will gather there for certain because

Today's the day the otaku have NebrasKon

my musical

2008-01-09T04:37:22Z

Well apparrently, my muse will not be happy until I have the run with this insane musical idea. Stupid muse! *shakes head vigorously* I tried really hard today to get some writing done with one of my novels. I had so much trouble focusing. Partly because, I finished reading a book that I end up hating! Sadness T__T I wanted to reword songs and think of other songs that I could reword to change them into anime related songs. I am such a geek. But no mind. I've done three songs including "My Favorite THings" The show opens up with a fangirl waiting for her boxset to come in the mail. She sings "I'm waiting for my boxset" which is done to the music of "Walking on Sunshine" She watched the anime and sings "A Fangirl's Favorite things" and then wants to go out and meet other fans like herself. She encounters the Husker Ninja who tells her about Anime Nebraskon. She tries to follow him to get there and meets new people and sings a couple more sings and then NebraKon. Yay! Will the ideas ever stop in my brain? I will surely go insane with all these thoughts. Sign me up for a padded room, I think.

hmm.. all these ideas

2008-01-06T07:35:43Z

Well, the overall feedback from my revamped version of favorite things was pretty positive or just plain stares of people who thought I was weird which I consider as a compliment. My brain is still chugging away at all these ideas that keep coming into my head. I'm having a lot of problems focusing on a single project and I may have just made it worse. Several things, I want to finish the story the Cosplay Killer this year by May or June. Caedmon's Staff, I hope to finish by March, but it will take lots of discipline on my account. Not made easier by the fact that as of MondaY I will officially be working three jobs. Yeah, if I stop moving, I will probably die. I'm now considering rewriting "We're off to see the Wizard of Oz (Follow the Yellow Brick ROad)" into an anime version which is now turning into a possible commercial for Anime NebrasKon or working on a few more songs and create a mini- musical. My roommate wants to write a musical and wants my help with it. So I'm going to see how it all goes down and pray that I can create a quality piece. In terms of an anime musical, it won't be quality, but that will be kind of the point.

A Fangirl's Favorite Things

2007-12-29T19:27:12Z

I keep hearing the song "My Favorite Things" at where I work. I like singing it, but I thought that I don't like a lot of the things mentioned in the song. Wouldn't it be more meaningful to sing about things that I like? Then I took it to the fangirl aspect and created this wonderful medley. It doesn't fall beat to beat, but will stretching out some of the syllables. It works out half decently. I may try to get some people to sing it and record it. I'll have to see what I can organize.

"A Fangirl's Favorite Things"
Tear drops on faces and hello kitty.
Vegeta screams over nine thousand.
A nine tailed fox sealed in a boy
These are a few of my favorite things

Lights writes some names and Ryuk eats an apple.
Ichigo fights with the Hollows.
Kero flies with the moon on his wings.
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in sailor suits fighting for love.
Lain wearing her bear pajamas.
Bishies with flowing white hair.
These are a few of my favorite things

When the spoiler comes
When the cosplay sucks
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad

Author's Note

2007-12-19T06:04:14Z

I couldn't get the whole story posted in one shot. Umm, I just copied from my document into livejournal, so it appears that the formatting doesn't look that great. If you want me to e-mail you the story if you are interested. I can do that. it's about 8,000 words long and it's just a rough draft, too. It still has much finessing to do. I'm going to bed now.

"Bad Enough" and "Light Pole"

2007-10-26T03:39:57Z

"Bad Enough"Since I already feel bad,
why don't you,
Slice open my chest
poor salt into the wound
rip out my hear
chop it into little pieces
puree it in a blender
dump it on the ground
light it on fire
and dance on its ashes?

Because I'm sure that would
make me feel so much better.

"Light Pole"
I don't want to keep looking over my shoulder
Because if I do,
I might run into a light pole.
So like all things that I must do in life
Baby Steps.
My life is reduced to baby steps.
One small decision at a time.
Feeling confident in that small decision
Before I make a big one.
Will I ever really be able to make a decision again?
Baby Steps.
Today I will wear...
I will eat....
I will watch...
I will smile...
I will stay.

survival

2007-10-04T18:25:38Z

I have just finished up the craziest month of my life. I hope that I won't have to deal with all of that again in a single month. On the upside I survived. I have spent the last several days catching up on my much needed sleep. I am ready refocus and commit to writing again. I wrote this little poem. It's called "Disconnected"

Never would I have thought that
you would be the one to leave.
I watched you pack and go
When you decided to fly away,
I made the decision to stay.
I became a tree
Planted my roots
You were a bird soaring high.

Will there ever be a day that I won't look back
wondering why
I never knew how much that you hated this place
until you left
In a new place now, my heart is sick
Nothing is familiar
Your presence doesn't touch this place at all
An ache of sadness squeezes my heart.
Dis
connec
ted
from you.

It's a sort of left over feeling that I got onmy birthday a couple weeks ago. But I'm moving past that since I can't keep looking over my shoulder. In honor of Halloween, I will attempt to write a horror story. I got inspired by all the crazies that I know and a little bit of wishful thinking. It'll be centered around an anime convention. I've never done horror or mystery before. But I had been reading some James Patterson. I might be able to pull it off.

Life in the Fish Bowl

2007-08-31T02:12:21Z

This is a piece called Life in the Fish Bowl AKA Customer Service. It's a dramatic monologue. I performed it for a drama group that I am in a couple months ago. I was very nervous to perform it because it was my own work. I rushed it a bit, but the people were rolling in the aisle with laughter. It was a good feeling. Since I needed a little cheering up, I thought that I would resurrect it..

(Picks up phone) Customer Service, how may I help you? Our store hours today are 10 am to 9 pm. Thank .... (Picks up phone) Customer Service, How may I help you? Our store Hours today are 10 am to 9 pm, Today we have our big one day sale. There are a lot of items that we have on sale right now. Is there any specific department that you need? I'd be more than happy to transfer you. If you look at our flyer than you have see for yourself what we have on sale. Each department has their own sales. They can explain yo you more about what deals that they have. Can I transfer you to department? Just one moment. (Files nails with a nail file)

(Picks up Phone) Customer service, how may I help you? Our hours are 10 am to 9 pm. (Long pause. Twirls cord while rolling eyes) Without a receipt for a return, you'd get in-store credit. We can't give you cash back without a receipt. It's our policy. I'm sorry. Sure, I can get a manager. They would tell you the exact same thing except with out a smile. (Puts a piece of gum in mouth and starts chewing loudly)

(Picks up phone while chewing gum.) Customer Service. I'm sorry I can't tell you what you owe on your card. We don't have access to any account information. I can't pull up anything about your account. Because believe me if I could, I would go on a shopping spree and buy myself a whole new wardrobe. (Picks up phone) What? We're open 10 to 9. No, we aren't open late because of the sale. Why not? I'll tell you why. Because I don't want to be stuck here any longer than I have to be answering questions from people like you.

(Phone Rings) We're open now to 9 pm. But you would know what our hours are if you bothered listening to the recording that comes on when you first called! (Picks up phone) The store is closed. No one's down there. What am I doing here? I live here. I have a cot in the back and I stay here all night to answer the phone because I really enjoy talking to people like you.

Hmmmm

2007-08-24T03:03:29Z

So I finally finished the rough draft to The Nephilim. I'm going to give it a run through and then post it in its entirety. Caedmon' s Staff is now 51,032 words long. Yay! I passed the 50 thousand word mark. That's very exciting! It really doesn't matter how many words a novel is because the only thing that matters is that it is good. Which may or may not be the case in this. But the only way that I will get better is if I keep writing. Many people don't even the discipline to write a single novel. So I can feel proud of myself in that respect. Sometimes, I think that it won't matter if I get published or not. I just love to write and write. The ideas that float in my head can't be stopped.