I'm looking for good, original, tightly and well written fantasy and military sci-fi that moves at pretty good clip, and that has believable and correct world-building however, there are a few things I'd like to go over.

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I guess that's all, but if you think of something don't hesitate to shout out.

Heh heh heh...and they still can't get it sold.

There are no words for this at all.




I just...

You thought it couldn't get worse.

It can. Believe me, it can.



or maybe this one

Okay, so this is rather non-serious and whatever, but I thought you guys might find it amusing/relevant?

I had a dream last night. A PROPHETIC DREAM. (Well not really, but one of my friends thinks it is.)
I was talking to Christopher Paolini in the parking lot of my school and he was going on and on about this part he had planned where Galbatorix was to become GALBOZOR and Shruikan becomes SHRUIZOR. Meaning they become REALLY BIG. Meanwhile, in the background, GALBOZOR and SHRUIZOR were crashing around in the parking lot and I was all "Goodness, what a stupid idea, Pao-lee-nee"

I think the best part is that it's not too far off from something he'd do. Galby using his magic to become a giant...hmmm.
In other news, Anti-Shur'tugal has clearly infected me.

*runs away from the oncoming tide of anger and hatred*

(Anybody else have dreams like this, by the way?)

my new years resolutions are

-post on facebook less, and never hesitate to block people that are annoying
-improve my speech and appearance
-reach 100 pages of my comic
-get rid of most of this extra shit that's been lying around

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...back before I became an anti, back when Inheritance was all the hype, I still remember the first time I read Eldest. Sure, the prose was dense; yes, it was pretentious in places ("The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living."); but what I noticed right off the bat, the two things Eldest had going for it, were that (a) we saw what happened to the people of Carvahall and (b) Eragon was crippled.

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And so I ask you all out of curiosity, what was your defining headdesk moment in the books?

http://twitter.com/maradoniasaga

Very much the same as her facebook, but still amusing.

Oh and apparently

'The Gloria Tesch Show premiers January 5th! http://bit.ly/13twdA'

Excuse me while I go die laughing.

It's so nice to see how humble and friendly teenage "authors" are, isn't it? I'll go ahead and let this speak for itself:

Just something I realised last night that I wanted to point out.

In Brisingr, Nasuada has the idea of using magic to make lace, a labour-intensive activity that required very little energy.

In Discworld, one of the positions at Unseen University is... Professor of Eldritch Lacemaking.

I know the chance of Paolini having copies this is very slim, but still. Just thought I'd point it out. (Also perhaps the idea that if Paolini had read The Science of Discworld, in which I first noticed the title, Inheritance might have been a very different book indeed).

That's all from me, and I hope everyone either : a) has a safe and happy holiday; or b) goes about their life in a pleasant manner. See you in the New Year. I'm hoping we get a drunken Newsletter update from Paolini. :D

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10 things that made 2009 a kickass year

1. it snowed
2. won front row wicked tickets
3. won that autographed book
4. went to New York and had the best time of my life
5. moved into my new apartment which i LOVE
6. turned 22 (2 is my lucky number, so 2^2 = awesome luck)
7. finally applied to calarts
8. painting made the front page of the campus website
9. finally started my webcomic (and i'm about to start chapter 3!)
10. came to the realization that 2d animation isn't so hard and that i could do it


NOTEABLES: the princess and the frog came out, snow queen (another 2d disney) announced, got an iphone, no major hurricanes, learned to paint with oils, finished my demoreel, got a fancy pants portfolio, went to my first professional portfolio review, bought a guitar, begun planning on my next big art trip

i got emails from calarts confirming that they have all my materials and portfolio

then i drempt they sent me a letter more or less saying I didn't get in in a way that was like "you probably didnt get in"

which was like when i got 3s on all my AP exams

MAYBE

not good enough for a NO

i keep having these goofy calarts dreams so i guess i'm really really stressing about it on a subconsious level


also i want to marry my new apartment. it might even be too much space for me, but i do have alot of shit to go through

PICS COMING SOON?!

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