So. Back from the dead.

The really important news is twofold: I'm romantically involved now, with the lovely Ashley, and the Bliss Stage fanwork that I've been working on, Bliss Stage: Love Is Our Weapon just got funded at Kickstarter to the tune of $2700.00 - Two thousand, four hundred and some-odd after Amazon and KS get their take, not bad at all.

I went to Fanime this year for both reasons. She has a sense of humor, is mature beyond her years, and is amazingly affectionate. I'm pretty sure I love her. I actually met her through Bliss Stage: she was one of our artists for... two? Years and only just fessed up that she enjoyed flirting with me in the last couple of months. I also went with our mutual friend and sometimes also lover Sean, who was a loveable goof.

No major purchases, but we met a wonderful Yukari cosplayer who drew the first non-commissioned Bliss Stage fanart in the history of the game. Of Sara, natch. I predict that our character design of Sara hildegarde Smith will make Sara quite poplar.

Two months and 2.4K later we're doing a major crunch to get something presentable out in 60 days. I'll admit that I didn't expect quite that much support: it's almost half again what we asked for. Good news, I guess. Among other things we're looking for (SF bay area, particularly the East Bay) locals to voice act. We can't pay in money, but we can pay in food, which I'm okay with considering that most of the cash is going STRAIGHT into equipment ANYWAY. Student film ethics apply.

Tried signing up for summer classes, but I fucked up and did it too late. I did sign up for business, Sign Language, and screenwriting classes at BCC in the fall.

Oh, and one last thing: Every game Vincent Baker of Lumpley Games has ever made is amazing. You owe it to yourself to at least sit in on a game of Dogs in the Vineyard, Apocalypse World, or Poison'd. If wargames are more your thing and/or you have a bunch of Legos or Lego byproducts sitting around unused, try Mechaton.

Tell me two true things, one false thing; don't tell me which is which. That's how the game works.

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Trick Question: You know what tastes better than scrambled eggs with spinach and bacon? Answer: Nothing.

Question 1: If I were to link to Bliss Stage VN interludes here, would people read and critique them?

Question 2: RPG-wise, what do you want to hear about from me?

Question 3: Does anyone know of a recently published system for tabletop space-opera starship combat that doesn't blow syphilitic goats?

Question 4: Does anyone know of good semi-pro comic artists working in a European idiom?

Question 5: Whazzup?

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Evangelion 2.0 - both movies, and probably the rest when they come out.

Shinji is still as screwed up as he was in the TV show, but in the movies? He deals with it. Those movies are a much needed reminder that it's not about what happened, but what you'll do next.

Plus, he did in fact just get a headshot on Cthulhu, Rei has turned from an emotionless doll to a soft spoken and kind warrior, and Asuka is tsundere rather than tsuntsun.

Even if you are not an anime fan, I recommend this series. It is a sterling example of military science fiction with excellent characters.


As for my life, it continues. Sorry I haven't been posting that often: I was absorbed in an LJ RP game, Planeocracy, which is cracktastically delicious. ( Blah blah RP blah blah OMG anime I like blah blah Katawa Shoujo blah blah blah. )

I've moved into the new place, a house that my parents are renovating; I help them clean it up, prime the walls for new paint, do light demolition, things like that. It's actually a nice place so far; the kitchen and bathroom work, my bedroom is nice and gets a good amount of light, and the den is also a guest room (eventually).

Arashi, my love for two years and counting, graduates from her rather nasty school tomorrow (and is legal wooo) and is moving up to my neck of the woods to go to school in Berkeley, which is incredible awesome.

Also, Bliss Stage: Love Is Your Weapon, the Ben Lehman approved fan vidya game project me and my doods are working on, is... well, we need art, especially backgrounds and large Visual Novel sprites, but the demo is functional otherwise.

Our next project is going to be what happens when you make Alpha Centauri or Civ 4 an RTS. Next post will describe that. Hehehehe.

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No.

Next question.

Comment with the name of a female character and I'll tell you why I love her. In return, you can do the same in your journal.

Also, this is what this icon was MADE for.

I've applied for classes, though I may need to shuffle them around. Probably will take Spanish instead of Japanese if it's still available - it should have been my third choice (after ASL and Mandarin) for foreign language, and it was one of the few with an introductory course. Probably taking basic Computer Science as well - I love working with fiddly logic bits.

My culinary training is, in retrospect, awesome. A great deal of time was spent in France figuring out logical food science and procedures; because of that, I can improvise well with my training. I had flour, butter, chicken broth, onions and curry powder - and from that I could make a pretty good mild curry. Had couscous on the side, then my training suggested to me that if fried rice is good, that fried cous-cous might also be good. TL;DR: it was. If you ever have leftover cous-cous, make fried cous-cous. Your taste buds will thank you. At this point it's not enough to get me a job as a cook, of course, but it is enough for home economics and eating well for cheap.

I turned in an application for a job at a dollar store down the street, which was oddly satsifying. I have a fair crack at getting the job, too - I was a pretty good cashier back at Tacone some four years ago, and my brother's friend and my sort-of-friend Yessenia works there and is willing to recommend me. It's good to finally GET OHN WITH IT after spending six years as Hisao Nakai depressed and unable to act around my disabilites and mental illness.

My rewrites of the Bliss Stage VN scenes are good; the characters are a lot more gritty and earthy and pragmatic this go round without being any less cheerful, hopeful and idealistic. I especially like my Ruthless-If-Pressed version of Sara Smith and my Not An Asshole version of Keenan Caine this go round. Also, the VN's Joshua Preston is pretty much the opposite of a moron this go round. I'm really enjoying my dialog exercises with these guys - most of it's going in the VN.

And how are you?

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Why do you assume I am interested at all? I am not interested in the slightest: I have been given no reason to be interested, and I've seen the trailers.

So, introducing a new character to Street Fighter 4 in the next expansion? Cool.

A villian? Also cool.

The first Korean character in a Street Fighter game?

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...I don't have enough energy to be horrified by this, CAPCOM. Just disappointed at a Japanese game with a brutal, cruel bitch as the only Korean character in it.

Because god knows that Japan got the worst of the last war between Japan and Korea.