Like the Beast

On a good day, I create things.

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"Batmania"

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"Bluj"

I've entered my Weird Phase as an artist.

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Avatar Fanfic: On the Town

About a year ago I wrote an Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra fanfic called On the Town, dealing with OCs during the interim between the shows. I wrote it for a contest on r/TheLastAirbender, and won, actually.

I recently found On the Town again and decided to edit it and put it up on FanFiction.net. Currently the 4,000 word segment I wrote a year ago serves as the first and only chapter, but hopefully soon I'll be able to add more.

You can read it here.

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Vertigo

I entered a piece of flash fiction I wrote titled Vertigo in a contest here. It's a quick read, under 500 words. A sort-of character study.

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Walking the Talk

I decided to use small words today

Rather than be that idiot that might be illiterate,

Always looking shit up in dictionaries

Like that fucker who writes in Pictionary.

He doesn't get it,

Words aren't used to "show off my smarts,"

They're for you to convey ideas.

You as in one, by the way, not tu.

Yo hice me tarea.

Sorry I didn't come up here and burn you like gonorrhea.

I don't do for theatrics, I'm more of a director.

Say what you want, whatever hits me bounces back to you; reflector.

At least I got you to use small words today.

(Some dumb thing I came up with at like 3am last night and scribbled down before passing out.)

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Current Projects (6-5-13)

Working on getting a superhero webcomic started inspired by the strips of the 30s and 40s.

Working on a multi-page story for Arcana's Orginal Steampunk IV anthology.

Working on a strip for Arcana's Original Steampunk IV anthology.

Working on a one-page story for Premier Comics's Substance anthology.

I'm into comics right now.

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The last time my friends and I had a party, it just turned into us playing board games, so I thought I might as well start up a game night. I've got a good list started so far:

Classics (Acquired!)

Monopoly

Pictionary

Scrabble

etc

Niche

7 Wonders

Dixit Journey (Acquired!)

King of Tokyo

Last Night on Earth

Pandemic

Say Anything

Settlers of Catan (Acquired!)

Story War (Not Yet Released)

Wits and Wagers

RPGs

BareBones Fantasy (Acquired!)

Mouse Guard RPG

Numenera (Not Yet Released)

Let me know what I'm missing!

Up next in line of acquisition: 7 Wonders. After this we might have enough to start!

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Hey!; For a big group The Resistance is a very popular deduction/accusation game. King of Tokyo is pretty cool and light to end the night. Ticket to Ride Europe is modern classic lighter strategy. Hanabi for a co-op deduction card game. 7 Wonders flows well as everyone takes their turn at the same time; It can be seen in action @ Watch It Played video series in YT. Also Biblios for 2-4. Marvel; the Legendary Deck building game got a lot of rave. Google "The Optimum Game Selection Tool v2.0" :)

Thanks for all the suggestions! I will look them over. My group is 4-5 peeps.

When I told my friends about Ticket to Ride, they kind of scoffed and now they call it "Competitive Trains: The Game" :P but I think I'll surprise them with it and see how it goes.

Also Watch It Played looks interesting, I just finished going through Tabletop with Wil Wheaton and this seems like a nice supplement to that show.

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I'm Happy with Myself!

I just wrote a short play, nearly 2000 words in just a few hours. That's so great for me. I'm planning on having it produced by Pioneer Theatre Guild Student Productions. Here's hoping they accept it. This leaves me in an odd position, as I've never really looked into playwriting. I'm wondering if there are any contests or anything like that. Guess it's time for Google. Just wanted to share. Peace out.

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Dreams

I've been keeping a dream journal for Psychology using an app on my phone. It allows me to record them right as I wake up, so they're still fresh in my mind. It reminds me of an idea I had awhile ago of making a webcomic to string together all my different dream worlds, I'd call it Dream Theatre. Might look into that again. I'd need/want an artist though.

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Hidden Trauma

She would ask me what I saw there, what I particapted in. The questions would come at strange times, while we were lightly dosing or sipping tea or dropping off our son at hockey. I answered her once, when I was in the very bowels of drunkedness. She caught me halfway down a bottle and pulled me up. I told her a story; it began with “Once upon a time…” and ended with me murmering something incomprehensible. I think I was quietly screaming as I passed out. I don’t remember it well. Sometimes I’ll ask her what I said. She always brushes me off. I’m scared that one day she’ll tell me a story, and that this time it’ll begin with my screams, and never end. (I originally posted this story to reddit.com/r/oneparagraph).

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Cold Shoulder

"I'm sorry." Those words I've said so many times, to so many of you. After I've broken your heart, stepped on your soul, hurt you in a fundamentally Human way. I stopped asking myself 'Why do I do this?' a long time ago. I've become complacent basking in the pleasure and ignoring the inevitable. Maybe I enjoy hurting you, hearing you cry with my back turned. I honestly don't know. That probably makes me a bad person, evil in your eyes. A blurry figure that refuses to wipe away your tears and clear your vision. Nothing makes you deserving of a whole heart, though. We all manipulate, trade others' necessities for our desires. Stop lying to yourself. You're going to do it to someone too, I know you want company in your little pit of misery. Go ahead, spread the hate, the desperation. That's how I got started. (I originally posted this story to reddit.com/r/oneparagraph).

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Notes.

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Haven't Been on Tumblr Lately

Mainly cause I haven't done anything worthy to be posted.

But! I just wrote a little comic. I'll probably post it later :)

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This team-up would be the bee's knees.

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Oh nostalgia.

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