Monthly Archives: September 2011

Sep 30 2011
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Fun, Internet, Life, NaNoWriMo, Personal

NaNoWriMo Planning Stages

I’ve been trying to post more content so that the fact that I’m going to be periodically rambling about NaNoWriMo (little over a month away, yay,) and how my process is coming along in defining what I’m going to be writing about.

I’ve honestly been at a loss, as I want to revisit the story I wrote last year, but do it in a different way to try and define what it is a bit more. I kind of dove into the process last year early on in the competition, but not at the very beginning, and then I went a little crazy trying to force myself into catching up and being a good little writer. In the end, I think my story suffered and it needed a bit more refining before writing even.

So far I’ve decided a few things to help it go a bit more smoothly:

  • I’m going to define the place where it all takes place– last time I went with complete vagueness and left it open to interpretation– but I think it makes the story lack backbone to do that kind of wussing out.
  • I need to truly define who Mhairi is in the early stages, as well as Edgar. They were thrown in on the basis that people would get the gist of their entire relationship with the opening paragraph, but instead I think I’m going to extrapolate on that whole thing a bit more in the beginning, or perhaps make that the first book in and of itself, defining their relationship. Not sure just yet.
  • I need to define the villain a bit more. It was pretty much something that popped in my head at the last minute last time and I forced it into place with a bit of violence.
  • Ix-nay the other boy being in love with Mhairi. We have enough love triangles in literature– he’ll just want to protect her because of her awesomeness, but not really be diving into her like he wants her. Besides, it’ll keep Edgar from brooding.

So far that’s all I have in the way of redoing the whole thing. Are you allowed to redo stories you’ve done previously? I don’t even know, and that’s part of what worries me. I guess I’ll have to go read up on everything and try to revisit the idea– if not, I’ll just do the prequel like I mentioned up there, the lead up to the crap I wrote last year. Boosh, loopholes.

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Sep 30 2011
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Cosmetology School

Some people don’t know this about me, but I have more than once considered delving into the realm of Cosmetology school, if for nothing other than the job market never crashes on it, and it for some reason it’s wholly and completely fascinating to me. I feel like I could dive into it and find myself completely happy.

Regency Beauty Institute is seeking to make that easier, by opening more schools across the United States, making it more accessible to those who wish to swim in the waters of cosmetology and find themselves with a solid paying job.

As the fasted growing Beauty School, Regency has gone from just two locations in Minnesota, to over 80 across 19 states, making it easier for you to find a location near you, and given that Regency graduates are among some of the most sought after, it wouldn’t be a bad idea even if you had to make a small commute to and from school!

While some may see Beauty School as something only mentioned in a certain musical or something that people only did in the 60s, the climate for Cosmetology has improved over the last ten years, seeing an influx of people returning to the field in hopes of finding themselves in a solid career.

It might not be for everyone, but honestly, have you ever seen a cosmetologist complaining about the job market?

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Sep 30 2011
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Gaming, Internet, MMORPGs

Diablo 3

With the somewhat recent release of the Diablo 3 Talent calculator, the hype for the game has become even more so than it was in the last couple of years– the newest wave of beta invites have gone out and while I didn’t get in, a friend of mine did. I’ve already calculated just how my Demon Hunter will be, and am absolutely ecstatic for the chance to play it.

Some people have mixed feelings about this Blizzard Game and find that the art hasn’t progressed enough, or that it’s too light hearted, or that somehow they’ve lost the meaning of the game. I find it to be the quite opposite, given that they’ve stuck to their original style of character creation (You’re male or female, otherwise you’re the same, deal with it,) overall theme, and game play mechanics. I feel like momentarily addressing some issues people seem to be having…

While the art isn’t out of this world, it’s capable of running on almost any system and looks /good/. Some people find it to be too underdeveloped, but I’ve always had a kind of love for the rough around the edges art style that Diablo presents, and it is leagues above what it was in D2.

The game play itself looks as much like it was in the original with certain tweaks to make things a bit more fluid– I haven’t had a chance to test it out myself, so most of this is second hand information and hope– while keeping to the original style of the Diablo game. Clicking, smushing, killing, looting… everything you loved about D2 will still be capable, as well as a few new additions.

The biggest announcement has to be the allowing of real life money to be spent on in-game auctions, allowing for people to actually make money off of their account, something blizzard has, in the past, frowned upon in more ways than one. While it’s not clear just how far this system is going to go, and just how refined it is going to be– and likely won’t be announced fully until release– it feels like they’re finally allowing for some lenience in that department, and in a game where item grabs are a gamble more than others.

Honestly, there hasn’t been a day since I heard about D3 that I haven’t wanted it, and nothing that anyone else says will change that. I feel that the art style is fine, that they’re amount of ‘darkness’ is fine, and I feel that they’re improving upon a concept that was already wildly successful, so why complain?

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Sep 30 2011
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Crestor Lawsuit

Recently there’s been an influx of lawsuits over drugs and their side-effects, and the fact that some of them have proven fatal or near-fatal. The most recent of these that I’ve read about is the Crestor lawsuit, which seeks compensation for those who suffered from the horrible side effects of the drug, Crestor (rosuvastatin calcium).

The most severe side effect of Crestor is the kidney issues it brought up with repeated use, where “the rate of reported kidney problems is about 75 times higher with Crestor than with all other drugs in the same class combined,” consumer group Public Citizen said. While some people are finding it hard to afford their health bills from the kidney issues, as well as from the fact that they are often without jobs because of the debilitating nature of the side effects, some are finding compensation through seeking out the lawyers questing for the people’s money.

If you or someone you love has been affected by the side effects of the drug Crestor, please consider contacting an attorney as soon as you’re able.

Sep 28 2011
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Gaming, Internet, Lists

Top 5 Non-FF Old School Console RPGs.

Though I made a post similar to this before and one of these games was even featured on that list, I find myself compelled to delve into the idea of my Top 5 Non-FF Old School Console RPGs, which may seem a bit long-winded and odd, but it’s enough qualifiers to keep me in a certain realm rather than deviating off to the same games I mentioned previously, at least too much.

Regardless, gaming being one of my biggest loves, I felt the need (especially since I’ve recently been replaying some of these titles) to go through and list my favourite old school console RPGs. No, I’m not talking Playstation, I’m talking consoles that you had to blow in the cartridges sometimes, and do it just so so that you didn’t erase your hours of work… the kind you had to jerry rig to make it work with a pencil, or another cartridge to hold it in place. The kind of games that gave us hours of pleasure and torment all at once. So, in no particular orders as I don’t think I could rank them properly if I tried, here they are…

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