Discussion Thread II: Bots? What bots?

[Maxine MagicFox]

Magical Melody was oh-so-fucking irritating of a game though

I mean, it had its moments, but, seriously... after I wed one of the girls I was like "why am I playing this anymore?"

[Kimiko]

Ah, so I was right thinking that Harvest Moons aren't for me.

[Maxine MagicFox]

Harvest Moons that should be played:
Harvest Moon
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
Rune Factory (ok, well... it's a spinoff)
Rune Factory 2
Rune Factory Frontier

Harvest Moons that should be stayed away from at ALL COSTS:
Harvest Moon It's a Wonderful Life (FUCKING DIE YOU PIECE OF SHIT GAME!!)


Any others seem tolerable, but keep in mind I haven't played the new gen Harvest Moon games and the ones for DS.

[noodles]

A lot of things have been happening, and I have experienced a lot of emotions, but I haven't cared to tell you guys. I'm sorry.

Right now, I can't find my voice. During high school, I would slough off the dry academic stuff and in class I would doodle and think up stories. Right now, it's the opposite. When I look inside, I can only see and hear confused static. I can't find my voice. I was very excited for the creative writing class I am in, but after a few weeks of bullshitting everything, I've realized nothing is flowing from me like it used to. It has become terribly hard to write anything that is not essay composition or the like. But I put off those assignments, hoping that by sitting with word open and occasionally belching out paragraphs, I can find my voice. But everything is contrived and fake. I can only go for so long before having to stop, because I am not focusing on anything meaningful. It feels like I have nothing to hold on to inside.

I want to drop that class, but my parents will not understand. I will have to speak with them about it.

Now I want to just get a job and live my life for a while, maybe work on moving out. How can I say what is important in life when I have not seen it all?

[Kimiko]

Aww, poor Noodles I wish I could help you.

Living life for a while before returning to school wouldn't be a bad idea though.

[Maxine MagicFox]

<_< I always found the classroom setting to be stifling to my writing unless it was essay or journalistic form. I was excited about the class but then when I realized that there were actual rules and shit I was being graded on, my creativity was shot. I hated it. Creative Writing was the worst class I ever took.

However, at that same token, I also want to say: don't force it. If it's not coming, then just take a break from it. You just cannot taught to be a writer. It's like with anything else (sports, instrument, math, etc). Either you're a writer or you aren't. If you are a writer who's just in a slump, then just put the pencil down. It will come. Usually unexpectedly. I remember once being in a slump and then I saw a movie that had a scene in it that just struck an inner cord. :3 I couldn't put my pencil down.

Sometimes it's what you are trying to write. Take last year's NaNoWriMo for instance. I was excited for my story Meix but I didn't get but maybe 10000 words into it hat whole month. Then the last week I started up another story and it just connected with me and I got past that number by the time November ended.

If you are really worried about the loss of your craft, here's something that I do every once in a while to recharge myself. Put in my favorite music or movie as background noise (*cough* ... I put in Labyrinth on my computer... with David Bowie....), put myself in my favorite setting where I'm most comfortable (on my bed laying down, and then I grab my favorite pencil, my clipboard with lots of paper, and I just sit down and write ANYTHING that comes to mind - it doesn't even have to be connected, cohesive, or even understandable. I recommend an hour but I usually end up having so much fun that I never pay attention to the clock.

I say pencil and paper because deep down I find that more comfortable to write on. I spent most of my life writing on paper and I'm still not use to writing on the computer. Usually if I ever have a hard time I switch my mediums up. Even in Journalism class I sketch out my most roughest draft on paper first. *shrugs*

Either way, though, I always feel BETTER after one of those free write sessions. No one will ever read it (I feel it's very personal even and would die if anyone saw it) so it's just something I did for me and me alone.


Noodles, PM me any time if you just wanna talk writer to writer. Seriously though, if you think you should, walk away from it. It will come back if you are a writer. ^_^ Nothing can keep the pencil out of your hand if you are anything like me. You'll just suddenly be sitting there and then think "Holy shit! that would be a fantastic scene" and before you know it, you're writing it down.

[Sampson]

[noodles]

[Sampson]

[noodles]

^your fear is on his tongue and every post you make brings him closer^

[Maverynthia]

Random party maker on the ToToMo site :3



http://totomono.jp/special2/partymaker/index.html

I almost want to start playing CoH again to finish it.... must finish EOI before that....

[Kimiko]

ToToMono 2! ♥

[Twat]

So I have a particular friend. She likes the colour blue. Wears it like every time I see her. For tonight's outing, I decided to try something clever. Play a joke, if you will. I went through my wardrobe to find what little blue I could. Then I wore an oversized pair of shorts over a torn pair of blue pyjama pants. To accentuate the startled colours I tied my biggest blue tartan scarf around my waist, wore an ugly blue top inside-out and tied a purple hoodie into a cape. To finish it I had blue ribbons in my hair and bells around my neck. Oh! And white gloves and white socks up to my knees. My goal was to wear the most ridiculous blue outfit possible to make her outfit look even tackier than it is. In fact it turned out to be the most ridiculous outfit I have ever worn, period.
...

[spoiler]She wore green.[/spoiler]

[noodles]

I hope you attracted a lot of attention to JUST YOURSELF

[Twat]

);<