Muse Attacks

2003-09-13T00:03:00.000-04:00

12 September 2K3

So. Did I ever mention I was trying to write a one-act for the school performances?
That's not happening. Not in time for this year, anyway. But I am co-directing.
Trying to get back into the swing of things on one of my truly crazy ideas. We shall see, we shall see.
(This blog now has an LJ counterpart. Most of the updates have been going there lately.)

2003-04-08T21:46:00.000-04:00

8 April 2K3

I have some people over at the board (you know the one) trying to convince me to write a follow-up to one of my Dariafics.
See, it started as a Dariafic Iron Chef contest, which over there isn't really surprising. (Same concept as the cooking show, just without the cooking. And with the writing.) This time the secret ingredient was finding a different common interest for the Fashion Club. First thing in was chess, and the replies were many and varied from there.
I didn't actually write anything for it, but someone else, in reflection of the contest, reffed (and recced!) my fic. On the grounds that the easiest way to tinker with the FC is to change the membership. First, I'm surprised that I was cited as the example, and second, I'm surprised that these people LIKE it as much as they do.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I like that one. Think it's one of my better Dariafics. But, but, when the people egging me on are bloody brilliant in their own right, it gets kinda... kinda... eep. ::dives for table::*
I did have a continuation of it, but I scrapped that (no idea which notebook of my many thousands it's in, either). And Miranda's been rather at odds with Dariafic since I managed to get the crossover done. So I don't know if it's possible. The thing's over a year old as it is...
Actually, the guy praising this thing beta'd Slight Return for me - said he didn't understand the story completely having not read GO, but he thought I wrote very well. (And he apparently didn't know I was behind the story I've been talking about the rest of the time. Weird.)
Then again, if there's actual... like... demand for it, I guess I could try and write something. Would have to get back in the mindset though.
eep.

*The table is a looong-standing board joke. May have started at the Outpost Daria board, which hasn't existed for... three years this July, so, yeah, a while. I think Canadibrit had sole rights to it for a while, but then she disappeared and I borrowed the thing. It's to hide under when you're getting a bunch of compliments.

2003-03-30T16:27:00.000-05:00

30 March 2K3

Am back.
GO/AG crossover ficlet: Storm. War. Technical boy. Argument. Impending Apocalypse. Oh, just go read the thing.
Other various interludes here: Precious (LotR, from the ring's POV), Books (Good Omens, Crowley and Aziraphale talking), and Teleport (er, LotR/Hitchhiker's Guide. /me is still scared of it). Storm is atop the post because it wasn't in its own file at the time.
Award-winning original fiction (really!): Harmonious Madness. Argument over the future of music. In about 1982. Second place in the library's writing contest.
Other creative outlet: LJ Icon Repository.

2003-02-20T21:44:00.000-05:00

20 February 2K3

(Shh... I'm not s'posed to be online for myself.)
Just making sure the blog is still functional and whatnot. Oh, and I wrote a Good Omens/American Gods ficlet the other day, but due to this sorta-exile thing you won't see it till practically April.

2003-01-24T21:22:00.000-05:00

24 January 2K3

Started writing up the extended version of my exam satire yesterday.
Nearly three pages into it, I've made the same basic points I made in two paragraphs on the exam. I find that interesting.
Something to read for any of you who are familiar with TLAS. Tres funny.

2003-01-15T22:01:00.000-05:00

15 January 2K3

That which is begging for background has a title, as of the day after I first mentioned it here - "Love is a Battlefield". Really nothing to do with the song.
Have to write satire as part of English exam. Target: MTV. Will be writing a longer version to be added to writing files.

2003-01-02T20:35:00.000-05:00

2 January 2K3

Oh, and I posted some Christmasy Horsepersons fic around one in the morning on New Year's.
Then I turned off the computer, remembered I should've written in something about light pollution, and added it yesterday afternoon. See, I forgot about it in the first place because you hear so little about it, but it's just... so him. Which is why I went back and added it.
All the Pestilence refs throughout this one (and a couple in "I Really Admire Your Shoes") are positively begging for background. So now I'm attempting to sort them out. I think I'm the only person who's actually written Pestilence into something thus far (Iron Horses). And here he is again. Fancy that.

2002-12-31T16:55:00.000-05:00

31 December 2K2

Put the story up after that post Sunday. It's Horsepersons fic. It's surprisingly Christmasy. Read it.
According to afrai, I am a Respected Authority on Horsepersons. XD
Got another GO-fic idea which is actually more like three ficlets in one package. Somewhat behind the holidays, I know, but that's what it deals with anyway. Why? Because I can, that's all.

2002-12-29T21:29:00.000-05:00

29 December 2K2

"I Really Admire Your Shoes" is done. But not up 'cause I'm lazy.
And now I'm getting plot bunnies regarding what the Horsepersons think of Christmas... gah. (Kinda sorta a good kind of "gah", seeing as the world does indeed need more Horsepersons fic.)
Found out where the board got to. Link changed appropriately.

2002-12-23T22:45:00.000-05:00

23 December 2K2

Oh, and perhaps I should've mentioned:
I've got another Good Omens fic(let?) underway. It's just War this time. She's watching the Brits make stupid mistakes during the American Revolution. And she attempts to explain it all to someone who's shaping up to be one of Big Ted/Grievous Bodily Harm's ancestors, because that's funny. XD
Working title "I Really Admire Your Shoes" because Roxanne is a wonderful movie.
On a semi-related note, I've noticed that whenever I write War she tends to say "eh" a lot. (But at least not trying to make a question out of things. Don't know how much she'd appreciate that characterization from me. XD)

2002-12-21T20:55:00.000-05:00

21 December 2K2

You know how I said I'd post a fanfic for y'all?
Here it is.
Explanations of both fandoms linked at beginning. That's why "Daria" and "Good Omens" are in blue, they're links.
Share and Enjoy!

2002-12-21T16:01:00.000-05:00

21 December 2K2

Still don't know what I want to write, but I think I'm going to release "Slight Return" later. And there was much rejoicing. ::yaaay::

2002-12-08T20:16:00.000-05:00

8 December 2K2

I wanna write something! Problem is, I don't know what...
My lead on "Any Side's Up" vanished nearly as quickly as it showed up, but the scene is nearly finished. "Slight Return", being done, is a non-option. I don't have any (ANY!) leads on my Dariafic, including "Asphyxiation By Ivy", which *desperately* needs an update. The thing with the oddly-named characters choked on itself, I think. I'd try to analyze my dream from the other night, but that's far too easy. I overdosed on Bill and Ted. XD
The one thing is coming back, this time armed with a title ("There Once Was a Note"), but I'm trying to save it for one of those novels. Maybe I can start writing up characters, picking out random songs to quote, etc.

2002-12-05T22:35:00.000-05:00

5 December 2K2

The plot device warehouse provideth again:
"A schedule listing the exact dates and times that the Spanish Inquisition will appear."
"A skeleton lock; any key in the world will open it."
"A book entitled 'Pocket Universes for Dummies.' A sticker on the front says 'Free kit included!'"

2002-11-28T22:57:00.000-05:00

28 November 2K2

Ooh... dare thread!!
This thing is insanely fun. And I do mean insane - wrote the "What did you do with my squid?" line down in my notebook of random snippets.
Will have to start one at that thing linked below. Dare on mind at moment: Have a character call someone else a "great Southern pansy." Does not apply if the character in question is from Good Omens. XD (I made that my Real Life (tm) goal for last Friday, and actually got it done. People blocking aisle on interim day in order to work together when teacher is calling people up to talk to them. Great Southern pansies, both of 'em.)

2002-11-26T21:49:00.000-05:00

26 November 2K2

Somebody tell me what I got myself into...
Wrote up the scene for the problem character last night. I think he's less of a problem now.

2002-11-25T20:52:00.000-05:00

25 November 2K2

One of my characters, now that I think about it, is kinda boring. He needs to get a life.
Perhaps if I get him in a scene *without* Azrael...
And the chronic-absentee thing? She's insisted on picking up a name that I'd originally only had in as a minor cameo from someone's NaNoWriMo story. I'll probably wind up changing the last name slightly.
That new link over yonder? It's pretty cool. They have little writing challenge things, just to get a scene of something out, every day. Sunday is the official Talk To a Character Day. So I wrote up an argument with the semi-villain from the comic book thing. I might retrieve it and paste it here. There was another one about belief systems, and while I may have misinterpreted it slightly, it gave me a *lot* of background on Azrael. So.

2002-11-21T21:24:00.000-05:00

21 November 2K2

Dumped the blog for that one story. I haven't updated it since September, and I haven't written much more on the story lately. (Though by the last place I stopped, I had managed to get the umvillain in there. XD)
New project with strange character names rolling right along. It feels like I haven't done much today, but I wrote a full page and a few lines to either side in Spanish today. (While paying attention at the same time. I can do that.) Still not entirely sure what time of year it's set, but I at least figured out who the other person in the one dream sequence I wrote out is. And I'm putting a chronic absentee's lack of attendance to good use.

2002-11-20T21:09:00.000-05:00

20 November 2K2

A random quote from "Slight Return":
"It had never been Scarlett’s style to beat around the bush - she much preferred just shoving the damn sword straight through the small animal hiding inside it."
I just love that line. Not to mention it fits her. A few tweaks to be made, and two (three?) lookers-at still at large, though I did give them till Sunday. 'S hard to wait for feedback when you're expecting it. One of them who did get back loves my lines about the CHOW (tm), even though he's never read the book. XD
...That reminds me. I need to throw together a people-explanation for those poor legions of Daria fans. I was going to do a summary-type object for SVD anyway.

2002-11-19T22:10:00.000-05:00

19 November 2K2

Not much to say tonight, other than I'm not writing about anything remotely involving killer Furbies any more. (Just after I'd found a way to tie the plots I had together, too. :b)
Anyway. This is proof #42 that Miranda is psychotic, and proof #387 that my characters like torturing themselves in the name department. She's changed ideas again, and what's more, the female lead in this one is named after the angel of death.
Yes, you read that right. Azrael Fisher. She will eventually be living up to her name, and probably in as literal a sense as is possible. (She's definitely NOT going to be an assassin, I can tell you that.)
It gets better.
My male lead's first name is *Bentley.*
See, I told you it got better.

2002-11-17T19:37:00.000-05:00

17 November 2K2

Most of the lookers-at have gotten back. They are in general very confused (could be because there's only one who's read the book), but they like my writing. Yay for ego boosts! ^_^
Random ideas for that one-act floating about head. They aren't really to do with killer Furbies, either, but my great character name is in (he goes by Zife for short). I think he was named along the same lines Anathema Device was. And that Justin Case would have been, except in that case the mother hated it. (My parents knew that kid's parents, I think.) So whoever gets the part will have to live with it.
The plot device generator contiues to provide:
"The head of a pin. If placed under an electron microscope, many tiny demons can be seen, doing the rumba."
Crowley was on it yesterday. I swear! I've posted that one in a couple of places. Someone else got an antipope on it. When it comes into contact with a real pope it explodes. XD

2002-11-16T20:38:00.000-05:00

16 November 2K2

Beta-ers should have the fic in their mailboxes by now.
Some random links, brought to you by NaNoWriMo:
This sounded cool, but I haven't looked into it yet, because I was at:
This thing. Pretty neat little plot device generator thingy. A good one from here that I may have to use yet:
A map of North America, dated 1994. The political boundaries are slightly different, but most significantly, the major cities are very different. Population seems to be concentrated at the higher altitudes, with coastal (and other low-altitude) regions being virtually unpopulated. The U.S. capital seems to be Denver, Colorado.

And while I'm here, Everything I Need to Know About Writing and/or Directing a Play I Learned from One-Acts 2K2:
*If it has some sort of "moral message," make sure there's at least one character who just refuses to have the point pounded into their skull. (That's my one problem with the musical one-act. Too bloody preachy. They all "see the light" in about five minutes of the time they start talking about their messed-up lives. Life doesn't work like that. And I *know* it's unlikely to get a "moral message" out of Attack of the Killer Furbies, but you never know...)
*Do the casting for the people who deserve it. Not just because their seniors, not just because it's the kid's first time out and not getting a part might crush their gentle spirit, not just because they only walk onstage in a Dutch-boy outfit for the class one-act. (Which is actually quite funny, watching all those seniors act like five-year-olds, and there's no Dutch-boy outfit yet, but I digress.) Understudies included in this thought.
*The understudies WILL KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING!!! They will be at as many rehearsals as the actors are required to be at - ideally all, but there's a buffer space of three practices in case something comes up. They will watch when they're not acting and do it themselves, at each practice. (This is most of the point from the argument this afternoon.) Oh, and they won't be expected to learn two major parts, if I can help it.

2002-11-15T20:10:00.000-05:00

15 November 2K2

Opened beta-er volunteering this afternoon, after a bit of marathon type-copy-paste-HTML last night to get the last few scenes up.
Random note: Xiphoid Process would make a great character name. (If you've taken physiology or CPR, that should sound familiar.)

2002-11-14T21:14:00.000-05:00

14 November 2K2

"Slight Return" is now officially Very Nearly Done. Not sure whether the end really is the end or not, so I'll accept lookers-at feedback on that.
Once I've picked/accepted/whatever lookers-at, that is. There's definitely one person on (prolly wants to know how the expletive I did a Daria/Good Omens crossover in the first place... XD).
Two more scenes to type up, and then HTMLing the end of it. Said HTMLing is mostly done, Dramatis Personae included. And no, I'm not giving out the URL this time, since there's a few bits I'm not certain about - the end-or-not, a one-sided phone conversation, etc. At least if the end turns out to not be the end, I've got an epilogue idea floating about my brain.

2002-11-04T21:46:00.000-05:00

4 November 2K2

As stated, I am *this close* to wrapping up "Slight Return"... and throughout the land there was much rejoicing. *yaaay*
If you want to see the very much organized Dramatis Personae, this is the place.
Just when I thought the Horsepersons were out, two of them popped back in for a side conversation before they go back about their respective businesses. I'm not all that surprise. There's a reason I have two Horsepersons fics out already. She's got a red motorcycle... XD

2002-11-03T15:39:00.000-05:00

3 November 2K2

"Slight Return" is close to being done, if I ever go back and finish it off. Roughy over half of it typed up - might get it and do some more.
(Note to self: Sign up for NaNoWriMo next year.) I think it's a little late to do so now, though I did start a story last night that I hope to have done by the end of the month regardless of quality at that point. Same principle just without the word count thing. Official site is far too much fun, might I add.

2002-10-28T21:54:00.000-05:00

28 October 2K2

If anyone was planning on reading "Slight Return" as your Halloween Dariafic this year, you'll have to forget it. It won't be posting-ready till sometime in November. Lookers-at should be relatively soon, though. (Erin, you still top my list of people for it, mainly because you know both fandoms.) 'S not really Halloween fic anyway, as I've said.
Probably promo plan: Give it to Outpost Daria first, then post it on my other sites *after Saunter Vaguely Downward is open.* La la la, promo fan fiction, la la la. XD

2002-10-22T22:14:00.000-04:00

22 October 2K2

Added some stuff to "Any Side's Up" over the past week or so, but Miranda has started being her usual pyschotic self and has flipped back over to "Slight Return". Not that that's a bad thing. (If there's one thing I've learned it's that you *don't* get your muse pissed off at you.)
Someone at the board asked if anyone has holiday-themed Dariafic in the works... I suppose you could say "Slight Return" has some Halloween-ish elements, even though that's not what I'm really aiming for. All I wanted to do was write a crossover. It only *happens* to have the Horsepersons and a demon and something that vaguely resembles possessed people but isn't really. (Reffing a line that was in Mark I, but I scrapped it: Usually when you possess someone, you know why you're there.)

2002-10-14T20:08:00.000-04:00

14 October 2K2

While the three or four snippets of "Take On Me" in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's music-videos thing were nowhere NEAR enough, they might have set Miranda back on "Any Side's Up". Don't know yet, though. I'd really rather finish off "Slight Return" first, but... you know. Miranda.

2002-10-10T21:51:00.000-04:00

10 October 2K2

Block de-blocked.
There are jokes in this thing aimed at the Good Omens people and jokes aimed at the Daria people. There'll be a couple of head-scratches to either side, but I think most of them should sit well with everybody.
And yes, at first glance a few people are a little off-character. But due to the nature of the story that sort of had to happen - I think you'll all deal. ^_^
The jokes thing is part of the reason I want some beta-ers to be from one fandom or the other. That way I'll know what to footnote.

2002-10-09T22:10:00.000-04:00

9 October 2K2

Hit the 19-page (written out) mark and am slightly stuck.
The next scene definitely involves the Spiral in some manner. And will end with Trent finally leaving Casa Lane. (If you must know why he's been in the house for a month and a half... it's Trent! That and the Spiral hasn't managed a full practice in roughly the same length of time. Aparently their digestive tracts outweigh their dreams. XD)
Crowley has stayed in, as has "Bohemian Rhapsody" (that's all I know lyrics to offhand - they're different from the ones in the book, if you must know). But with a slight twist in how they're involved. Big question for the lookers-at will be whether the one-sided phone conversation makes any sense. (And it's only one-sided for the previously stated reason that I'm not going to try writing the other side.) And I have a poke at Crowley's driving/parking habits that I only recently came up with. See, a couple kids at school apparently won a reserved parking spot at school... (I'm sure some of you know what comes next. The rest will have to read it, I guess.)
DEATH's involvement remains uncertain.
Am not sure how the parking poke and what else I have in mind for... related stuff meshes together, but I'll think of something.

2002-10-07T22:15:00.000-04:00

7 October 2K2

Something I've noticed about "Slight Return": I'm writing an awful lot of scenes with Scarlett in them. This particular time, it's loads of fun. She's messing with everyone else's minds.
...Well, so are the other two. Actually, Pollution's messing with (make that messing up) the football field. And Famine... *he* hasn't made it out of the house yet. And this is... five or six weeks into the plotline. XD
But *still* - Quinn and Scarlett sharing? It's a riot, trust me.
Went ahead and wrote up Dramatis Personae in no truly organized state. Might well be throwing the Spiral in, just to get some of my point across. Let's see... Daria and Jane, the FC, two of the J's, the Spiral, all four Horsepersons and Crowley would be about as many people as I'd put in. (I'm not *about* to try writing Aziraphale - I can't get a mental image on him for anything, so it'd probably suck. I did come up with one thing he might say, and could always try to work it in.)

2002-10-05T22:45:00.000-04:00

5 October 2K2

Progress on Slight Return Mark II is slower than it was, but still going.
I asked at D&F if I should do a Dramatis Personae (cast of characters, in other words - there's one in the book) for it. If so... I'll need to start working on it now. Daria and Jane, the entire Fashion Club, two-thirds of the J's, Trent, three Horsepersons (heck, possibly all *four*), and, if things work out, Crowley. So. (Would've asked about it here except D&F is the blog with the comments.)
Also I need to figure out how I'm going to get beta-ers. Current plan has Erin as a member of the group, mainly because she's the only person I can think of who knows both Daria and Good Omens. From there I'd recruit a Daria-only fan and a Good Omens-only fan (at least one from each group) to make sure it'll make sense to everybody. The writing makes sense to the author, but does nobody any good if there's no audience.

2002-10-03T21:52:00.000-04:00

3 October 2K2

"Slight Return" is in for repairs. Some things are changing, some things are staying, some are being completely scrapped. In the same notebook as Mark I, so I can still refer to it when necessary.
Don't know whether Crowley will stay in it. Probably, but nothing definite at the moment (on that front, anyway).
Theological debate of the story (as introduced in the rehashing): "If I say there's no God, do I lose my job?" (One of the Horsepersons. Any guesses as to which, find some way to get them to me.)

2002-09-22T20:56:00.000-04:00

22 September 2K2

Trying to combine the music-inspired idea from last night with a sentence that's been floating around my head for a few days. Said sentence is now the first one:
"And to top it all off, her week had been absolutely filled with people who didn't know how to hiss properly."
Haven't quite decided what to do with that tidbit... no, wait, here comes something. Title will either be "Signal to Noise" or "Her Own Drummer" - haven't decided yet.

2002-09-21T23:58:00.000-04:00

21 September 2K2

Make up your MIND, Miranda... geez!
*"Slight Return" still hasn't gone anywhere, though I do have a Point B.
*The thing with Eris (she's the chaos goddess, donchaknow) fizzled out.
*Semi-inspired by some music we bought today. "Wavelength" GOOOOD! (It's by Van Morrison. Everyone go download it. *Now.* XD)
*Possibly some artwork hiding in there as well. Not sure yet.

2002-09-18T20:16:00.000-04:00

18 September 2K2

Eh... Miranda seems to have changed projects once again. Just as well, "Slight Return" was starting to lose it.
You remember that chaos goddess I mentioned a while back? I was going to throw her into a Good Omens fic? She's getting her own story now. Possible title "Chaotic Neutral".

2002-09-10T22:02:00.000-04:00

10 September 2K2

Story now contains red-themed camouflage. Three guesses as to who's wearing it.
random: The spellcheck apparently doesn't have a problem with "unfood", fake word that it is. Don't remember making it learn the word or indeed having to.
The Pizza Place Convergence ought to be coming up soon.
I really should update the Current Projects listing so it gets all this.

2002-09-09T21:33:00.000-04:00

9 September 2K2

Bentleys and CAPS-speak (not DEATH though) and CHOW(tm), oh my!
That ought to hold some of you who're wondering how "Slight Return" is going. For those who aren't satisfied, a few explanations of the above:
*Yes, that first does mean Crowley is in. One-sided phone conversation. And yes, I pulled a cassette gimmck (why not?).
*The CAPS-speak is along the same lines as the radio/TV thing. Those with the book should be able to figure out what that means. Those without the book should locate a copy as soon as possible.
*I hit on the CHOW(tm) bit the other night, but only just (and I do mean *just*) made it official. "Umfood" has long been a saying-of-note in Dariafic (as with several other things, it's all Canadibrit's fault, or at least that of her continuum). I was going to write that in reference to the cafeteria food, and "unfood" popped into my head. That having been used in the Good Omens Burger Lord scene, I thought it was more fitting. And on top of that, it gave me a lead-in for later on.
As for what's about to happen... all I can really say is I think something big's gonna go down at Pizza King/Prince/Whatever. After a scene or so more, as the only fighting in Quinn's presence has been two-thirds of the Js. (Read my character comparisons if you want a vague idea of where the other third is.)
I've got everything typed except for the couple of bits I just wrote, if you're wondering.

random note: I was browsing Sick, Sad World (it's a Daria fansite) for no particular reason last night and cam across a now-interesting alter-ego picture of Quinn. Maybe she joined the Chattering Order? (It's the last one on the page...)

2002-09-07T23:05:00.000-04:00

7 September 2K2

I meant to say something last time, but forgot it. I have my better reason for my Pollution - Jamie White comparison.
You know how Quinn always messes up his name? I figured the other night he sort-of gets pushed into the background by the other two Js. So. There you have it - he's background! (Those who have the book handy - if you don't remember where "background" comes up, check the Horsepersons bits at the beginning. It's mentioned.)
Anyway. I *just noticed* that I never changed the link in the sign-off line to Renfier Erop Short Films, Inc. when I moved the site. That are being fixed now.

2002-09-07T22:23:00.000-04:00

7 September 2K2

"Slight Return" now listed as a Current Project.
Look what I found: Horsepersons fic by someone else!!! The Horsepersons Research Institute greatly appreciates the help with their efforts. XD Seriously, go read it. It's great.

2002-09-05T16:51:00.000-04:00

5 September 2K2

Haven't added anything to "Slight Return" (the Daria/Good Omens crossover) for a while, but... you know. Life, the Universe, Everything, really. Random ideas still floating abowt head.
"Any Side's Up" has been positively languishing as of late, I know, I know. The project be's not dead. Stop Panicking, if you were.

2002-09-02T21:21:00.000-04:00

2 September 2K2

Haven't written anything for a bit. Life's been... life, y'know? If you want the full scoop, thou shalt read it at D&F. I'm not retyping it.
Still debating the Crowley debacle. (Along with the Point A Complex making an appearance...)

2002-08-29T21:55:00.000-04:00

29 August 2K2

To include Crowley, or not to include Crowley... hell of a question, ain't it?
Nothing much has happened, but I've made progress. Progress good. (Even though I was sort-of making said progress at an hour wherein what gets written may not make that much sense. XD Well, maybe not *that* late, but you get the idea.)
"Who Are You" is most definitely soundtrack material. And if I *do* put Crowley in, "Now I'm Here" will likely make an appearance. (That's a Queen song. Gotta do it. ^_^)

2002-08-28T21:46:00.000-04:00

28 August 2K2

Sometimes it feels like I lose my inspiration on something as soon as I tell other people about it. But then I remember there's just school crap getting in the way.
I'm trying to figure out how to best work out aforementioned crossover. It's going about as well as can be expected. Still haven't picked a setting so far as time goes. (The Quinn stuff I had in my head last night seemed more like pre-IIFY Quinn, but I don't think the story would work back there...)

2002-08-27T22:22:00.000-04:00

27 August 2K2

...And Miranda has since moved on to a completely *different* Good Omens bit. Sit down for the next part:
This one's a crossover. A Daria/Good Omens crossover, to be exact. In other words, something that might only have a one-person audience, but I'll prolly write it anyway. XD
Don't know why I didn't realize it till today, seeing as I first put the characters together a couple days ago. Probably something to do with the recent sleep dep.
ANYway. It concerns what might've happened to those three Horsepersons after the end of the book (I'd say what happened there, but I'd rather YOU go read it). For some reason, whatever superiors they may have send them to Lawndale, but they can't *possibly* just be there as themselves. No way. It wouldn't be as cool!
The random character connections go as follows.
War: Quinn Morgendorffer - She's the only female redhead on the show with a name, and she likes having guys fight over her.
Famine: Trent Lane - The band's always hungry, there's *never* food in Casa Lane, and if memory serves Monique is fairly twiglike.
Pollution: Jamie White - ...Well, he's got the last name for the job. (This is prolly the biggest stretch on the list. I'm sure I'll think of something better, at least so far as reasons go. Jamie really has the best qualifications, such as they are.)
It's going to be very odd, fairly random, and Scarlett is once again the driving force behind the whole thing. Setting is probably just after (or maybe during?) Is It College Yet - that's the best place for it, far as I can tell. You know.

2002-08-25T00:06:00.000-04:00

25 August 2K2

I've been called a showoff for using both "transmogrified" and "transmogrifier" in the same ficlet. I at least *think* he was joking, as he went on to say he enjoys that particular calvin and Hobbes plot too. (So far as the contest end of things goes, I may have been outdone. But I still like my ficlet.)
That random Good Omens bit I mentioned a few days ago (the one with Crowley) just might see life. If I don't do something creative soon I'll go nuts or something...

2002-08-23T23:42:00.000-04:00

23 August 2K2

People at the board have been running Iron Chef ficlet "contests" lately. I finally decided to enter one. The secret ingredients: the word "transmogrified" and cooking.
Results below. Untitled as of yet, but I may do so the send it to Lawndale Leftovers.

"Da-A-ria! Why are you filling the teapot? We only need two cups of water!"
"Quinn, two cups water boiled is drastically different from two cups boiling water."
"Oh. Steam, right?"
"Exactly." That debate settled, Daria sat down at the table and opened the Calvin and Hobbes book Jane had lent her. Quinn read the rest of the Jello instructions, and dug a saucepan out of the cabinet before sitting down herself.
"I was reading some of that earlier. It's weird."
"A six-year-old kid who talks to a stuffed tiger? Of course it's weird. I think that's why it was so popular." She smirked at a joke in one of the comics.
"No, not just that part. His cardboard box. How much stuff does he *do* with that thing, anyway?"
"Possibly too much."
"Anyway, I was reading one where he had it as a... trans-something. It was upside down. Transcontinentalizer?"
"Transmogrifier. I got to that part sometime yesterday. Assuming you mean after the duplicator experiment."
"I think so. He had the clones under it, and trans... what's the word again? Transmongreled?"
"Transmogrified."
"Yeah, that's the word. Anyway, he turned them into worms and buried them outside." A pause for thought, then: "That kid has one messed-up imagination."
"I don't know," Daria mused, "I've seen worse in my time. Like the one that put Tiffany in a social-skills counseling position."
The teapot chose that moment to sound off.
"She was trying to help other people," Quinn pointed out.
"At a speed of roughly three words a minute. The most social skills anyone could get out of that would be to finish everyone's sentences for them."

Jello thing based on one of my mother's spats with her stepmother. Calvin and Hobbes because I knew I'd get the word in.

2002-08-21T23:12:00.000-04:00

21 August 2K2

Miranda is currently occupied with "Asphyxiation By Ivy" (of all things! XD). I hit on a way to use the Grove Hills plot potentiality, thanks to the Daria Character Database (link on D&F's sidebar, prolly one here soon). Amongst other things.
The version of "I Don't" I eventually came up with bears little resemblance to the one on the actual show, which I just watched. But I'm not aiming for complete and total script-ripping (only in certain places).
Actually *threw away* some stuff from last school year - gasp, shock, amazement. Kept my history notes and church history textbook, on the grounds that they may be useful for any future Horsepersons plotlines. Don't have any of those at the moment.
But here's a very random seed of an idea: Crowley gets a commendation for the Holocaust? (Don't know if that'll actually *go* anywhere. But it could.)

2002-08-18T23:39:00.000-04:00

18 August 2K2

So I wound up being wrong about the phone-line thing. As such, I not only got "Iron Horses" typed up, but also posted.
Share and Enjoy.
In other news, if I come up with any more Horsepersons ideas, you'll probably see the end results. As stated... somewhere... War makes for an even *bigger* driving force behind the writing than Miranda.
I did have something a while back concerning Pestilence's retirement, but that didn't pan out. On its own. I wound up incorporating it into this.
(Hey Erin, I figured out why I like writing Horsepersons fic so much. I'm a history nut, so I know all sorts of places and times to stick 'em in. All the research that could be involved might also be what scares most people away from the idea.
And besides, my lack of mental image on Aziraphale might keep me from writing him in character. XD)

2002-08-18T17:33:00.000-04:00

18 August 2K2

Won't be on later, in all likelihood. Despite the previous fierce battle with Zoomtown, we're changing providers tomorrow morning. Dad wants to get the second phone line outta there tonight.
If I have time tomorrow, you may also see "Iron Horses" online. The Horsepersons Research Institute wishes to thank all those who are racking their brains to help with the problem, but has found a way out of it. ^_^ I might type it tonight, since the computer itself won't be down, just the second phone line.
Speaking of the Horsepersons Research Institute, that's going to be a division of my Good Omens site whenever I get a chance to start it. I started writing up something that looks like endnotes but doesn't actually connect to the story abowt all the history stuff I wind up reffing in Horsepersons fic. So if you're confuzzled by one of my plot points you can go look there. ::much rejoicing::
(Yes, I did post more or less that whole thing at D&F, but since it involves my writing and the availability thereof, you needed to see it here too.)

2002-08-17T21:42:00.000-04:00

17 August 2K2

"Iron Horses" is rolling right along. This one's going to have all *five* Horsepersons in it. (No, I did not forget how to count. Pestilence retired. If you haven't read Good Omens yet, do so.)
Bulletin from the Horsepersons Research Institute: Can anybody get me a locale that might have Famine and Pollution in the same place before the 60's? (If not for the date restriction I'd go for Chernobyl.) That's my plan for the last scene-ish. I'd tell you where DEATH pops up, but I haven't decided myself, and you never know anyway.
I still like the idea of "Intermediate Markdowns", as well as what I wrote on it last time. There's just the slight roadblock of the first weird bit to get through. Once I find a way through that, I should be fine.

2002-08-16T21:15:00.000-04:00

16 August 2K2

No recent (like last night) progress on "Any Side's Up", which is why you haven't got more plot yet.
Nothing at all happening with "Asphyxiation By Ivy".
I did, however, have an idea for another Good Omens story. More fun with the Apocalyptic Horsepersons. Poses the question: When exactly did they decide to go to motorcycles?
"Iron Horses" seems a likely title, if I can get Miranda to cooperate.
May or may not dig out "Intermediate Markdowns" (my Daria/Doctor Who crossover, remember? prolly not.) and look at it again... for the fourth time... Bloody fitting for something involving DW, though.

2002-08-14T22:42:00.000-04:00

14 August 2K2

Oh look. There's some actual *plot* happening! (As of last night.) None today, though. I need to write some more. The next coupla scenes are rather long, but I couldn't find a good stopping place in the one that isn't the end of it. You know.

2002-08-10T23:40:00.000-04:00

10 August 2K2

Read one of my own Dariafics earlier. A note at the end of it says "Asphyxiation By Ivy" was the next title I was going to produce. Luckily for me, I didn't specify any plot points, since its original use has long since flown out the window. XD
...And if you don't count "Cast Parties", it *did* come next. How 'bout that.

2002-08-03T23:01:00.000-04:00

3 August 2K2

I'm making an attempt at getting back into "Asphyxiation By Ivy", as inspired by a recent Dariafic binge. I think I finally found a way out of my mental block on it. Now all I have to do is find the book... XD

2002-07-31T21:48:00.000-04:00

31 July 2K2

I have a slight technical glitch (forgot a line-break tag) which I'll go in and fix after I finish this off.
The first comment on it is in!!

"I like it. The poor Horsepersons get neglected in fic.
The way they discussed their... livelihoods as though they were just another day-to-day job was quite nice. True to the style of the books. You know. :)"
--Erin (but she actually posted that on the boards, in the thread abowt the ficlet. just so you know where to look for it.)

That day-to-day jobs bit... yes, I do know. That's the way I see those guys. The stuff they do is just what they do all the time, with variations in locale and, occasionally, intent.
(Hmm, *books*, plural? That's hopeful. /me joins that sentiment. XD)

2002-07-30T18:54:00.000-04:00

30 July 2K2

Okay... that ficlet I was going on abowt? It's now available for your perusal.
But I guess I have to give you a link before you can read it, don't I? XD
The title, which I believe I didn't mention, is:
Rocks Fall, Everybody Dies
Share and Enjoy.

2002-07-28T22:40:00.000-04:00

28 July 2K2

Marking my return with an announcement: I did indeed write something over vacation.
Not Fit the Third. Not the Good Omens fic that I've been ranting abowt.
It's a Good Omens ficlet concerning half of the Apocalyptic Horsepersons, set sometime during all the Manhattan Project fuss (though you don't hear that officially till the end). Wrote it starting somewhere in Tennessee, and had it finished by the time we got to Atlanta.
I don't have time to post it right now. Look for it sometime this week though, prolly (for lack of anywhere better) on Galactic Cynic.
(Speaking of which, I'm not planning on a layout change just yet. I've got an idea that considering my lack of any graphics-making programs whatsoever could hinder a bit. But I *think* I can do the picture with keyboard things.)
And I drew something else, but there's really no need to tell you that, since I can't scan it. -_-

2002-07-19T23:19:00.000-04:00

19 July 2K2

Miranda is currently in places that do not involve the project with its own blog. (I mean besides the recent rash of Good Omens fanart.)
One of these places is the possibility of a *long*-overdue Fit the Third to A Cynical Guide to the Galaxy. Shock! Amazement! (No, really. The only reason I ever published Fit the Second was because Douglas Adams died...)
That thing's been in a most non-triumphant quagmire for well over a year now, and I think I finally found a way out of it. Outer-space restaurants and explanations abound. (Including a bad pun only those who've heard "Deteriorata" will truly understand, though other people might find it funny. 'Sides, I just *have* to use it.)
The first two Fits, for any and all interested parties, can be found in varying places: Outpost Daria, smack at the bottom of the C-by-titles page or somewhere near the beginning of the Series listings, and at PRSB Central, for those who want to brave Angelfire.

(Oh, and that possible Good Omens fic has been wallowing as of late, but I've got a lovely little scene in my head involving Crowley's cassette issues with his car, so I'll prolly continue. It still doesn't have a title. The other thing's about dead.)

2002-07-17T23:35:00.000-04:00

17 July 2K2

Finally(!) got off my duff and submitted The Trouble With Cast Parties to Outpost Daria. Only took me nearly seven months. XD
For lack of motivation to find anything better to do, I went hunting thru the Neverending Archives (OD's fanfic section) for some good Dariafic. Found a little (well, big actually) gem called You Only Hurt... by crusading_saint. I read the first chapter before vacation and didn't get further till now. All I have to say is... woah. (Dude. This is most seriously a Bill-and-Ted-isms night. See D&F if you don't believe me.)
You'll prolly like it if you go for action-adventure/sci-fi plots. A few people die. And much weirdness ensues throughout the fic, so of *course* I liked it. Looking forward to that sequel (or is it on FF.net now?).

2002-07-16T22:58:00.000-04:00

16 July 2K2

I sort-of took on that idea last night. Still don't know if I'll make heads or tails of it, but I started writing something. Thought that counts, eh?
There has been much archive weirdness afoot with all concerned blogs - I don't get it. ::bonks nearest Blogger technical genius with Frying Pan of Doom::
And all the bios are up!! Along with Notes On Height For Those Who Care. See, I think of my potential fan artists. ^_^

2002-07-15T23:31:00.000-04:00

15 July 2K2

Hmm. Well, at least if I take on the idea that's coming back from the never-really-dead-just-dormant, I know I've got titles.
'S just I can't choose between "Sweet, Sweet Sound" and "Kick At the Darkness"... They're both from songs, a shorter version of the first one is in fact the album title, and I think the second was a tribute-album title, if I remember my liner notes from Disc One correctly.
Being from songs is important for this particular project.
I haven't doubled up titles on a project in a while - quite possibly not since "Absentee" - but I may have to on this one. Either that or use a quote from the other song as an epi-whatsit.

2002-07-15T22:15:00.000-04:00

15 July 2K2

Tried posting this on Saturday, but the power blipped in the middle of it. Somehow that was enough to shut off the computer but none of the digital clocks or the lights...
No writing of note lately, hence the lack of posts over yonder at Any Side's Up. BUT! Never fear, I've been doing something. Fanart, namely.
*Attempted Sunglasses: Actually did this one before we left Austin, but didn't add it to the Great Artwork Collection. My one problem with drawing glasses of any sort is making the lens-holding bits look like they were possibly made by the same company. And since I wanted to try and draw Crowley, I was gonna need at least a little practice. (That reminds me, I forgot to take my drawing of Daria's glasses on vacation...)
*Movie Poster Fun: Hey, they're actually working on Good Omens as a movie, so why *shouldn't* I draw my own poster? Features The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter. And I just wrote "coming soon" at the bottom, since the only date on the project is next year (prolly next summer).
(Note for those who haven't read Good Omens: "Nice" as it is in the book's title probably doesn't mean what you think it does.)
And finally... drumroll, please...
*Crowley! And it doesn't look like crap! I drew a picture of a guy and he doesn't look like crap! (No, really. This is a *big* achievement for me.) I didn't wind up using the same variety of shades I drew for "Attempted Sunglasses", but they do at least look like they may be of one company's stock. And I already posted all my ramblings on this subject at Dust and Fundamentalists - maybe I'll transplant them later. We shall see.

In other news, an older idea that I don't think ever saw the Current Projects page (though I did mention it here) is trying to come back on me. But I don't know that I'll do anything with it. It all depends on how cray Miranda drives me with it...
...Dude. I need to stop listening to all this 80's music! (Currently "She Drives Me Crazy" - Fine Young Cannibals, which is why I said something. XD)

2002-07-08T20:30:00.000-04:00

8 July 2K2

Eh, she's back now, and hasn't really said what she was doing in Austin or wherever. But that's Miranda for ya.
I've got a title for something (possibly the Good Omens something, if I pick back up on it) - "Nota Bene". 'S Latin for "note well", if you didn't know already. Sounds like it'd make a good title. (Then again, so does the still-homeless "Three-Hour Tour".)

2002-07-06T23:34:00.000-04:00

6 July 2K2

I think Miranda stayed in Austin or something. And considering how little sleep I got last night, you'd think I'd be trying to catch up there. But *nooo!*
In other news, I took that Billy the Kid link off the sidebar, seeing as the story's been quite dead for some time now.

2002-06-27T23:56:00.000-04:00

27 June 2K2

Changed the name of Blog the First, after reading Good Omens twice.
And the fic will likely pull a title from something like "Entertaining Angels", if I can work it out. And if I continue writing the thing.

2002-06-24T23:58:00.000-04:00

24 June 2K2

I think I'm going to have to write that Good Omens fic. Eris may not leave me alone until I do, and a chaos goddess bugging me would get WAY worse than Miranda ever has.

2002-06-24T22:21:00.000-04:00

24 June 2K2

FInally! The blasted artwork is up! There's one I can't possibly have told you people about ahead of time, because I did it on one plane, during the layover, and then on the other plane. You'll know it when you get there, I'm sure.
In other news, I have a story idea (besides "Any Side's Up" which is running smoothly) that I haven't put on the In-Progress page yet. (A) I can't think of a title and (2) I don't really have any place set aside for non-Dariafic, unless it's Hitchhiker's stuff, which this isn't. "This" is proof of how quickly Miranda picks up on things I read. It's the seeds of a Good Omens fic - more about that at The Cliffs. Throw a chaos goddess into the mix and see what happens! Seems like the perfect amount of insanity for one of my plots.) I'll start writing it if I can think up more along that vein... or if I need a break from the Great Crazy Project. Whichever comes first. You know.

2002-06-15T00:03:00.000-04:00

14 June/15 June 2K2

A few more pieces of art to report:
*Andrea as Morticia Addams is in. Andrea as Marvin the Paranoid Android is not.
*Brittany as Ace is in.
*The back of my Spanish folder, which evolved into a highlighters-and-pencil (but mostly highlighters) drawing of Jane, is in fact holding most of the artwork.
*As well as the long-awaited Chem Folder Back of Doom! (In other words, complete and total proof I've got WAY too much time on my hands.)
*Christmas and Daria. (Not the personification, the season.) Need I say more?
There might be more than that, but I packed it and won't be getting it back out till it's scanner time. /me is signing off till then.

2002-06-13T22:56:00.000-04:00

13 June 2K2

Scanner = yes!
Forgot to mention some art:
*A drawing of the bowl of petunias from either the first Hitchhiker's book or Fit the Third of the radio shows, dpending on which you're familiar with. Did it last summer at the daycare center I got my service hours at, and had to fold it to get it home, but it's otherwise unharmed.
*Squeegee Monster: The Forgotten Muppet. Another daycare drawing, but exactly what it sounds like and not really meant to be a fanart for anybody.
*Something I did when I was about ten - a friend and I drew some stuff to send in for the newspaper's kids section, and we each kept our best of three. The one I kept is a scuba-diver chick. The one that got in the paper(!) was a pioneer-ish setting, and I don't remember what the third one was.
My sister wants photos from old vacations to scan in, and while I understand that she wants "good" photos, the only ones I've taken, really, were (a) on trips when I was about eight and (b) taken weith an extremely sucky camera. So:
*A bridge/overpass thing somewhere in the vicinity of San Francisco with rainbows painted on the bit where cars go through . Taken through a tinted car window but doesn't look it as much as my Golden Gate Bridge pics.
*Clump of ferns in one of the redwood parks, from the same vacation. Dad's hand somehow wound up in the middle of the picture and it therefore looks like it goes on a Michaelangelo ceiling. XD
Oh, and I've about finished a drawing of my villain-ish chick from "Any Side's Up".

2002-06-12T22:58:00.000-04:00

12 June 2K2

First off, do NOT ask me what's happening to Any Side's Up's template. I'll be changing that tomorrow-ish, prolly to this one.
Out in the middle of all this original-fiction mess, I've hit on two potential final closing-credit songs for "Asphyxiation By Ivy", and they are:
"The Want of a Nail" - Todd Rundgren (Gee, guess why I picked that one. XD)
"Dancing Nancies" - Dave Matthews Band ("Could I have been anyone other than me?")
Chances are I'll not be narrowing that down until I'm much closer to finished than I currently am.

2002-06-11T23:14:00.000-04:00

11 June 2K2

My archives are gone... well, except for December. (They'll prolly be back after this post, but you should find it entertaining.)
::gets Frying Pan of Doom and levels it over the posty-ness area's general direction - archive stuff's gotta be in there somewhere!::
::wisely hits "post" button *before* reducing the entire site to poached eggs::
::probably should have grabbed a raincoat or something first::

2002-06-11T21:56:00.000-04:00

11 June 2K2

I'm planning for the availability of a scanner, so I have the stuff I want on even if there isn't one. (As mentioned, except for Quinn the fire faerie. Don't think I even finished outlining her...)
WHAT I'M TAKING:
*Fanart for one of my own fics. Go figure. If you've read Jesse's Girl, it's Jane's instant-art canvas. If you haven't read it, go do so and the joke will explain itself.
*Quinn in an outfit from the foldout for Aqua's second album (I don;t know the chick's name offhand - guess I'll have to look it up), complete with pink hair. XD That *is*, of course, why I did it.
*A picture I drew for last year's literary magazine (at school) of a girl reading... something... while on a couch. Kinda looks like Quinn, but it had to be black-and-white, so it's not necessarily Quinn. And he only copy of said drawing I've got is in said literary magazine.
*Can't decide whether I should bring my Brittany-as-Ace (the Doctor Who chick, well, one of them) makeover. But I've got at least one Andrea makeover that's definitely in. Morticia Addams. Oh yeah. And maybe the Marvin (yes, the Paranoid Andriod) one, but I'm not sure on that.
*Quinn and one of those static-electricity globes you find at science museums. Can you say "big hair"? I thought so.
*Jane with a camera and an almost suspicious smirk... this is an early one too.
*A Daria-style reaction to "Video Killed the Radio Star", complete with the lyrics written in behind it. And a Real Life (TM)-style close-up of the same thing. If we ever start that group blog, I'll be lobbying for a layout with the close-up. It's the better of the two.
*Once again, me doing my own fanart, just these are for "Any Side's Up" and not Dariafic. If anyone wants to see a picture of the guy, you're on your own. /me does not draw guys well at all.
If I had my "Romeo and Juliet's Day Off" poster back, it'd be coming along too.
Oh, and the "Video" close-up chick may or may not become a character in "Any Side's Up". She looks too cool to be the villain-ish character, I know that much. But lately she seems to have been insisting on entry into the story. Now if I can work out a name...

2002-06-09T22:24:00.000-04:00

9 June 2K2

You can all gasp now. I started the third blog. There's no character descriptions just yet, but there *is* some completely random content concerning how I came up with the idea.

2002-06-09T20:46:00.000-04:00

9 June 2K2

I don't know if I'll do the other blog right yet - didn't even look at the story stuff last night, but that's because I went to bed about 1 AM. If I do, it'll prolly be after vacation, unless I just want to stake out the space.
I've got another vague idea floating around my head - all I'm really getting is inspiration from "Video Killed the Radio Star" and the phrase _synthetic symphonics_... which sounds absolutely great, but not if I can't *do* anything with it.
Mom thinks my sister does in all likelihood have a scanner. I'll be taking my sketchbook along anyway in case Miranda has a random fit of (fan?)art inspiration, but it'll be way cool if I can actually get some artwork online. (You prolly won't get to see Quinn the fire faerie, though, because that's in my big sketchbook and I don't know if I want to bring it.)
...Why is it there's never a bottom to the "edit your blog" section for this thing?

2002-06-07T22:22:00.000-04:00

7 June 2K2

Got tired of the "I guess we're just spuck..." line at the bottom, and I'll bet half you people didn't get the joke anyway. I'd have sent you to the source long ago, except the source is buried within a much bigger tale of behind the fanfics. So I changed the line to a BNL lyric-snippet. This'll be entered in Quoteage! as soon as I can get myself to add to it again. But right now, that requires movement. I'll pass. :b
Liana's character description is done. ::masses rejoice:: Jane needs a last name - I already said it's not Lane, and I'm sticking by that. 'Sides, if her last name *was* Lane, this would be a Daria fanfic and I wouldn't need the bloody character descriptions.
I'm still debating whether or not to open the third blog (hey, this would be my third "third blog"...), since doing so now would mean post for a week and then don't post for three. But it *would* get me to actually work on the stuff. That's a plus.
I think my sister has a scanner. Either that or she's just got a digital camera (which I knew she had anyway). If scanner = yes, then I'll try to see if artwork can therefore = yes. Ain't that exciting? XD

2002-06-07T21:03:00.000-04:00

7 June 2K2

I *was* giving that last muse attack some of the serious help I said it needs, but that stupid binder gets in the way of my typing. (And we all know how much more important blogging is than real life.) Not that it matters right now - I'm typing this with one hand, and not my primary doing-stuff hand (unless we're talking about a computer mouse).
Well, okay, my left hand's back in action now.
This is going to be a multi-part not-quite-epic by the time I'm through, and part of the serious help this thing's getting is titles for each part/fit/whatever I decide to call them. The title of the whole project is "Any Side's Up", which has nothing to do with comic books but I think it sounds cool. And the first... thing is definitely going to be called "Comic Role", if that makes y'all feel better.
Another part of the serious help is honest-to-Bob character descriptions. I only had two in my head originally, and then Jane (not Lane!) worked her way in there, and no story is complete without a character you want to slap. There's another one besides that lurking somewhere, I think. Eh, they have a tendency to be Miranda's friends from somewhere anyway... ask Alex about that one. (The previous fanfic plug really had nothing to do with anything -- The Management.)
I'm considering putting *this* handy project into its own blog. I know, I know, last time I said that you never saw the final result. There *was* no final result there, but this one's just too darn good to bail out on.
Once I get character descriptions up, if someone out there wants to do art for them, feel free but please let me know where I can find the end product. I've already done pictures of Jane and Liana (Liana's the main character), but it's a case of Scanner-Deficit Disorder. You'd think since Dad's so keen on putting stuff in the computer we'd have one by now, but nooo, we need to eat and make the car go and other unimportant stuff like that. {/sarcasm}

2002-06-05T19:31:00.000-04:00

5 June 2K2

Even with the song in question, this story needs some *serious* help. Which I will probably wind up giving it instead of studying for the Evil Chem Exam of Doom (but I can do that tomorrow morning - it's the second exam).

2002-06-01T22:54:00.000-04:00

1 June 2K2

I got the song in question today. And the story's about to the part where things start happening. Until I put the heroine's name in, it sounds like it could be a Daria fic - Evil Bridesmaid's Dress of Doom, best friend by the name of Jane... except it's not Dariafic. 'S just looking like one at the onset.
Whee! Now I've got a *different* random 80's one-hit wonder to OD on!

2002-05-30T22:02:00.000-04:00

30 May 2K2

This morning during homeroom, one of the trumpet players said the following:
"When I read the comics, the characters move... is that a good thing?"
All I want to know is how on EARTH he got so close to my latest attempt at a plot. Or if he was watching the video for "Take On Me" too much, and if so where he saw it and can I get a copy.

2002-05-28T21:54:00.000-04:00

28 May 2K2

Sometimes when I'm working on a story, I'll play the song that inspired it incessantly... or at least when I'm working on the thing. (An example of said technique is available... back there, hopefully. It's been a while since I've used the link, so I'm not certain on accuracy.)
Except with the latest idea (which fails to continue to be Miranda on vacation), we don't own a copy of the song in question. I checked all out 80's music conglomerates - we've got "She Blinded Me With Science", but not the song I'm looking for.
So instead I'm ODing on Scottish accent. Check the latest music-listing at The Cliffs if you're wondering how I figure that.

2002-05-21T22:06:00.000-04:00

21 May 2K2

Anyone have a *bleep*ing clue where this blog disappeared to? (Obviously it's back if you're reading this...)
::hits "post" button, then heads off to start on that poached-egg breakfast for bloggers of the world::

2002-05-20T21:26:00.000-04:00

20 May 2K2

That random line from last night? It's a first. Miranda actually *told* me where she disappeared to. (She's prolly there now, of course, but she's offering information.)
This might turn into a semi-Hitchhiker's fanfic. Wrote a little something that only mentions one name earlier, and will be expanding on it:

"Guys..."
Ping, ping, ping-ping-ping.
"*Guys...*"
Ping-ping-ping, ping-ping-ping, ping-ping-ping, ping, ping.
"Guys!"
Ping-pi-
"Look, you're driving me bat's dos with that thing. Could you knock it off?"
"It is getting a little annoying, isn't it?"
click zzzip
"Well, that was interesting."
"Yeah. if it drives *him* nuts, there must be something to it. Quite an achievement."
"Hey... this is a banner day! We just about drove Zaphod Beeblebrox bat-shit!"
"I think that merits a Bloody Loony."

You're wondering a few things after that, I can tell.
First, the pings. They're supposed to sound like a Geiger counter going off, except this isn't a Geiger counter. Miranda hasn't divulged that particular piece of information yet. The first set of pings wound up being "one two cha-cha-cha" - don't ask me how, all right? ^_^ The second is the first bit of the William Tell Overture. Tap it out on a desk and it'll make sense. The one that gets cut off, obviously, is continuing the William Tell theme.
And a Bloody Loony is my contribution to the drinking world. Eventually. After I'm old enough to throw in random types of alcohol and see what happens. For the minor-safe version, I'm thinking grenadine (cherry flavoring stuff) and orange soda, but I haven't had a chance to try that yet.
As for how I know it's Miranda, I was expanding the sentence in my head last night - remember that "sleep on it" thing? (Yeah, one of those.) After the sentence the first thing I got was:
"Miranda and Leanne glanced at each other..."
(Leanne, of course, is the same one as the "Asphyxiation By Ivy" character. I might replace her with a classmate who's actually not in school a whole lot. ^_^)

2002-05-19T22:00:00.000-04:00

19 May 2K2

I've got another completely random sentence that I can't get out of my head.
"Look, you're driving me bat's dos with that thing. Could you knock it off?"
(If you need the "bat's dos" thing explained, check my post at The Cliffs from yesterday. And I've made .143 progress on ABI.)

2002-05-17T22:54:00.000-04:00

17 May 2K2

Latest English assignment - submit a poem or so to a magazine (again, or so) and see whether it gets published. You have to send to at least one to get credit (as such), and I plan on sending to three. Increases the chance of publication, if nothing else.
The Poems So Far:
"Cosmically Speaking..." - to which there is a link in my previous post. And by the by, the formatting is kinda wonky on it. To see it properly put it in Word or notepad or whatever, take out the return lines, and put one tab-key before "The Universe" and two before "Everything?".
"Suspended Reality" - this is the one that actually *incorporates* Hitchhiker's quotes, instead of just putting one at the top. Hey, we had to write about a "sacred" place... It's also unique in being the only one of the three that I actually wrote for class.
"God Save the Queen" (that may or may not be the title) - no, it's not to do with Hitchhiker's stuff this time. The first stanza is comparable to Daria character Sandi's status. I just don't use her name is all. In the second stanza, it's bye-bye popularity time. Repeated theme is "Queen of the Popular Crowd", hence my only title idea.
I think all the places I'm submitting to also accept short stories. If the poems go over well, maybe I'll try sending out "Elvis Works Here" or something.
Gyah. The one time I actually want a quote from The Story of D, I can't find it. (It's the one about "'but we look forward to rejecting you in the future'", for those who might know what I'm talking about.)

(edit: yeah, I was stupid and didn't know what day I was posting this. Your point? :b)

2002-05-13T22:51:00.000-04:00

13 May 2K2

Okay... this poetry stuff might not suck that much. Inspired by a Hitchhiker's quote, which I put at the beginning of it for those who wouldn't know.
Better look quick - might be the only poetry you ever see on that site. Unless I decide that one I had to write for class (which actually *incorporates* Hitchhiker's quotes!) is post-worthy. We shall see.

2002-05-12T23:22:00.000-04:00

12 May 2K2

It's been a year exactly since I released Fit the Second of "A Cynical Guide to the Galaxy" (to be found in here somewhere). I'd have more of it if I could just figure out which intergalactic fast-food franchise our heroes (well, mostly heroines, but there's a guy in there too) should visit. Fit the Third has been in production more or less since the second one first got airtime.
Send that radio-ad guy looking for "a sublime state of slackerdom" out this way. I think I can help him out. XD
In other news, I plan to add to my "Asphyxiation By Ivy" progress. Cousin Erin's wedding is due for the write-up... fun!

2002-05-08T22:14:00.000-04:00

8 May 2K2

Miranda's back in action again, but this time she's trying her hand at the future.
This really came about through my somehow getting the end of "Baba O'Riley" (or maybe you know it as "Teenage Wasteland") stuck in my head. This wouldn't be so unusual if I'd listened to it more recently than I have been.
Anyway. That particular song was going to be part of The Who's third rock opera, but the project never finished. Sort of a rock-and-roll-saves-the-world thing. And you KNOW from my music tastes that I'm not about to settle for bubblegum pop filling that role. ^_^

2002-05-04T16:19:00.000-04:00

4 May 2K2

I finally got a message board set up! (It's listed as Helpful Corn <--- over yonder.) Go join it! Mods will be made at random after a few people actually join.
While we're on the subject, thanks for that board-warming gift, Lawndale Stalker, but you can't mod if you don't join, y'know. ^_^

2002-05-03T20:02:00.000-04:00

3 May 2K2

/me needs a scanner. If you want more of an explanation than that, go read Blog the First.

2002-04-28T19:43:00.000-04:00

28 April 2K2

Multi-purpose muse + really neat personality-test result = really cool fanart of Quinn as a fire faerie. I need a scanner.

(That's what the fanart was inspired by. Drew it last night - still need to do touch-up stuff to it.)
No prevalent developments with ABI (or anything else, really).

2002-04-25T20:13:00.000-04:00

25 April 2K2

Proceeding unavoidably delayed last night. Karate (which I'd be at now except Dad didn't want to go either) and a big storm, which meant no internet until it went away.
So. Where were we?

Ah yes, "Monster". I just might drag Jodie and company's first attempt at film-making into the story as a side note. For no other reason than I can. :b
Up to now, I've been stealing things from episodes I've seen. But it was suggested that I use some of "Gifted" in this leg, and I'm considering it even though I haven't seen that one. Hey, I know where to find scripts!! ^_^
Shades of "Fair Enough" (another one I haven't seen) have been planned for, since that ep contained Quinn's big dramatic debut.

...That's really everything, I think. I saved the beta-ing emails, and that's where most of the suggestions were made, so I can always dig them back up.
Speaking of emails, I got feedback on a two-year-old fanfic! It was originally the head of a series, but the series bit never panned out. This guy liked the story and wanted to know if more was forthcoming. I wrote back and said most likely not, but if it was Quinn-centric stuff he was after, there just might be something lurking in the rest of my stuff.
Feedback either gets me in a mad dash for the table (board joke) or stuck with a minor case of ego-inflation. Either way, I keep all of it. If only I could get to the stuff on our old computer... ><

"How many boards would the Mongols hoard if the Mongol hordes got bored?"
-Calvin's attempt at a tongue-twister

2002-04-24T19:29:00.000-04:00

24 April 2K2

Progress is happening! *yaaay* This is definitely going to Pennsylvania with me, as opposed to something sensible (say for instance my math homework).
::opens Outpost Daria so as to organize S2 plan::
Let's see here...

I'm about to drag (most of) the "I Don't" happenings into all this stuff. Obviously, people won't want to re-read the dress gag, but I've worked out a plan for that.
Blast from the past: A portion of "Cafe Disaffecto" dialog that I couldn't use in the proper S1 place. It'll be at roughly the same time that "Monster" was in the show.

"How about, 'The Bleakness that Lies Ahead?'"
"Too sentimental."
"'No Life, No Hope, No Future?'"
"Too pie in the sky."
"'Mommy's Little Hypocrite.'"
"Too much like a children's book."
"I wish I were dead."
"Now that sounds promising."
(originally between Daria and Jane...)

Apparently I have to finish this later. I don't *wanna* go to karate!

2002-04-22T22:28:00.000-04:00

22 April 2K2

Speaking of ABI, here's a bit that I just wrote today. Fun at the Morgendorffer dining table from Quinn's POV...

"Opening night's not for another couple of months, but our first practice is Wednesday. I can't figure out why they need more than a week." I paused in my explanation to eat some lasagna before it went cold.
Daria raised an eyebrow. "Quinn, do you have any idea how much work goes into a stage prduction? At least three weeks of that time is going to be letting you guys get your lines down."
I nearly spit my water across the table. "Who're *you* to talk?" I laughed. "It's not like you've ever been in one."
"Common sense. A professional group might be able to do a show in a couple of weeks' notice, but not a bunch of high-schoolers."
"Muh-om! Tell Daria to get off my back!"
Mom looked up from her own plate. "Daria, stop teasing your sister. I think it's wonderful that Quinn's getting involved in the play."
"So do I," Daria said. "She'll be home even less than she is now..."

2002-04-22T22:09:00.000-04:00

22 April 2K2

...It must be Return to DariaLand day or something. ^_^
Miranda finally picked a project - just so happens it's "Asphyxiation By Ivy". Semi-romantic tidbit may have to wait till later on in this. ::should organize thoughts again::
Not to mention I'm getting bios together for a character database project - it's so extensive it's got fanfic characters in it!
Written out: Alex, Monique, Crystal, Leanne, and Elsie. (From "Everything's Cool and Froody", "Absentee", and "Asphyxiation" respectively, on a 2:1:2 ratio.)
Typed: Alex, half of Monique.

2002-04-19T23:07:00.000-04:00

19 April 2K2

...And now I'm trying to attempt something on the semi-romantic side. ::sigh:: Miranda, can we pick one storyline and stay there for a while? Please?

2002-04-18T22:14:00.000-04:00

18 April 2K2

Miranda didn't take a vacation. She just popped down to Cincinnati for the day. Depending on where you're based that may sound like quite a lot, but it's only about an hour from my present location.
And she brought the nonexistant subway system back with her! (The city started building one in the '30s, when they drained the canal and built Central Parkway over it. But they never finished.)
Before I forget, latest KOUD addition: Spatula of Burning Fury.

2002-04-17T22:14:00.000-04:00

17 April 2K2

That round-robin's up to three separate stories, by the way. (One of the original posters didn't seem to like the divergence from the drama. But you can't count on *anything* in a round-robin.) And I did post something to it, but Miranda seems to have taken a vacation, so I don't know what's up.

2002-04-15T21:27:00.000-04:00

15 April 2K2

Julia did get a blog, but the story's not there yet, so no link right now.
In the meantime, be satisfied with the knowledge that I've got 4.5 of 5 character descriptions done.