Huzzah! I'm back! And rather bug-bitten....
Anyway, camp. We went to Twin Harbors State Park for camp. Lovely place with the ocean just across the main road (...alright, I'll admit, it was the highway) to the west. Fun times to be had. Sandcastles were built, kites were flown, people kept on getting into the water past their knees despite what they had been told...
The only downside was the fact that there were boys there as well.
As in Mormon young men/scouts (whatever they're called).
Naturally, the hormonal teenage girls that didn't have common sense about the whole thing practically swooned (and my tent mocked the whole thing, as even the beehives were doing so). I only spoke with them slightly when my kite tangled up with one of theirs (which they complimented due to my persistence/stubbornness. XD)
Monday was when we settled in and got our first look at the beach, Tuesday we built sandcastles (ours was complete with an actual moat and had a bunch of shells and such decorating it), Wendsday we went to the marine museum and the lighthouse (yes, I went all the way up), Thursday we got ice cream, went gift-shopping, and had testimony night, and Friday we got our awards and packed up. Mine was 'Betty Crocker Cookie Baker' due to the fact that I brought a batch of cookies in a bucket that were all gone by the end of the week. I shared with everyone who wanted one.
Anyway, I'm back. It's been over a week. I'll go and catch up on other stuff now.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Warning: Possible Rant
Yes, I'm sure you've noticed by now that I'm actually posting for a second day in a row. Not very often I do this, now, is it?
The reason as to why I normally don't post daily: unlike Mom, my routine normally involves getting up, heading online, doing chores, heading back on the computer, playing video games, and most of my time is spent on stories and the like. Due to the fact that the only story that I've let on so far is Project: iNFiNiTY (which is STILL in concept stage), there's been no other big news lately. Other than the norm. ...Then again, that's how you define 'normal'.
Now then. Does anybody here hate waking up in the middle of the night/really really early morning and being completely unable to get back to sleep? Yeah, I do. Scary part is, I'm normally the first one up anyway during the school year. ('Cause I wake up at five in the morning then.) I've been having that problem a lot lately. I'm not sure if it's some sort of insomnia or something, but still.
There's also the fact that I also tend to sleep like a rock. No, really, I sleep like a rock. At Girl's Camp two years ago, all the girls in my tent were screaming their heads off. Guess who was out like a light despite people screaming in her ears? And was still out even after she had a flashlight shine on her face? And then the year previous, I was normally in the tent due to the fact that my schedule had gone like this: Saturday - Dance Festival. Sunday - Greenwood. Monday through Friday - Girl's Camp. The fact that I was kept up 'till past midnight on Sunday night really didn't help. Thus, 'Camp Sleep-a-Lot'.
Nowadays, I'm normally up at weird hours of the morning. Woke up at four-ish due to a storm that was outside. (The thunder was louder than Dad's snoring - he slept right through the thing. YES, DAD, YOU SNORE. DEAL WITH IT.) Got up at about five, played on the computer for about an hour, went back to bed, FINALLY GOT SOME SLEEP. Didn't get out of bed again until ten this morning. Hopefully, this isn't because I'm unnerved about the fact that I don't know when the first day of High School starts...
The reason as to why I normally don't post daily: unlike Mom, my routine normally involves getting up, heading online, doing chores, heading back on the computer, playing video games, and most of my time is spent on stories and the like. Due to the fact that the only story that I've let on so far is Project: iNFiNiTY (which is STILL in concept stage), there's been no other big news lately. Other than the norm. ...Then again, that's how you define 'normal'.
Now then. Does anybody here hate waking up in the middle of the night/really really early morning and being completely unable to get back to sleep? Yeah, I do. Scary part is, I'm normally the first one up anyway during the school year. ('Cause I wake up at five in the morning then.) I've been having that problem a lot lately. I'm not sure if it's some sort of insomnia or something, but still.
There's also the fact that I also tend to sleep like a rock. No, really, I sleep like a rock. At Girl's Camp two years ago, all the girls in my tent were screaming their heads off. Guess who was out like a light despite people screaming in her ears? And was still out even after she had a flashlight shine on her face? And then the year previous, I was normally in the tent due to the fact that my schedule had gone like this: Saturday - Dance Festival. Sunday - Greenwood. Monday through Friday - Girl's Camp. The fact that I was kept up 'till past midnight on Sunday night really didn't help. Thus, 'Camp Sleep-a-Lot'.
Nowadays, I'm normally up at weird hours of the morning. Woke up at four-ish due to a storm that was outside. (The thunder was louder than Dad's snoring - he slept right through the thing. YES, DAD, YOU SNORE. DEAL WITH IT.) Got up at about five, played on the computer for about an hour, went back to bed, FINALLY GOT SOME SLEEP. Didn't get out of bed again until ten this morning. Hopefully, this isn't because I'm unnerved about the fact that I don't know when the first day of High School starts...
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Sci-Fi + Fantasy = Project: iNFiNiTY
Okay, first thing's first concerning this: Mom, Dad, for the record, I blame you. Mom, you got all five seasons of Babylon 5, and Dad, you made me grow up with Star Wars. The sci-fi aspect kicked into high gear. Fie be uponst you.
Anyway...
Darn me for being a sucker for a good fantasy story. Darn me for liking sci-fi shows like B5. And darn me for having an overactive imagination. 'Cause then I start coming up with stories, and things kick into overdrive, and then...yeah. Actual writting. Possibility of turning this thing into a comic, actually, depending on how well I can make it. Now if I can actually keep this thing alive...
Project: iNFiNiTY takes place in the fantasy/sci-fi world of Espitreos, where elves and humans live in harmony with each other, save for the occasional racist that plays no significance to the story whatsoever. There are three types of magic classes: light, dark, and techno (the later being newer for rather obvious reasons). Mages with visions of grandeur and some loose screws in the head all had one dream - grasping a special blend of light and dark magic known as Dusk magic, holding a little bit more dark magic than light. Unfortunately, any and all attempts made by these mages ultimately wound up with one of three outcomes: a) the mage becoming even more insane than before, b) the mage ultimately killing themselves accidentally via too much of one type of magic or by comitting suicide (yes, I know, gruesome), or c) combination of both. For centuries, mages, both human and elf, continued to try and continued to fail.
And then science came into play.
The government of one country, Espion, needed to develop a weapon or soldier of some sort to protect themselves from possible attacks by other countries or outside forces such as rebels and exiles. Dusk magic was fabled to be the ultimate magic that a mage of any sort could wield, but due to the number of mages unsuccessful in actually training themselves to use it, the quite out-there theory came forth - if a mage can't be trained in Dusk magic, then they could make one straight from scratch. A team of mages and scientists were assembled, the best of the best, and the government approved of the idea. The project took up the name Project: iNFiNiTY due to the boundless ideas that they were exploring, and were based at a secret research facility in the small village of Shadedragon.
Fifteen years passed, filled with theories, tries, failures, and small steps towards achieving the goal of creating a Dusk mage. Prototypes, as predicted, died within days in order to test their knowledge and theories. And then, at long last, they finally succeeded. An infant child, a girl, was created using the signature of Dusk magic as a sort of basis for her DNA. Her brain seemed slightly more enhanced than the normal human or elf, and the magic itself was practically imbedded in her bloodstream. The young girl was given the name 'Infinity' after the project. However, an unknown threat was able to recieve word of the project, and the facility at Shadedragon was attacked within a week of Infinity's completeion. Many were killed, the facility destroyed. Few scientists and mages escaped. One of the scientists was able to smuggle the young infant out of the facility and reach the home of a married couple, friends of his, in the city of Shadowfield. He beseeched the child to them, asking them to raise her as if she was her own and to give her a different name than Infinity. He passed away saving the life of a child marked by fate.
Fifteen years later, a young girl by the name of Silvia Callisto finds herself caught in a plot for world domination by an insane light mage and the secrets of Project: iNFiNiTY...
Anyway...
Darn me for being a sucker for a good fantasy story. Darn me for liking sci-fi shows like B5. And darn me for having an overactive imagination. 'Cause then I start coming up with stories, and things kick into overdrive, and then...yeah. Actual writting. Possibility of turning this thing into a comic, actually, depending on how well I can make it. Now if I can actually keep this thing alive...
Summary
Project: iNFiNiTY takes place in the fantasy/sci-fi world of Espitreos, where elves and humans live in harmony with each other, save for the occasional racist that plays no significance to the story whatsoever. There are three types of magic classes: light, dark, and techno (the later being newer for rather obvious reasons). Mages with visions of grandeur and some loose screws in the head all had one dream - grasping a special blend of light and dark magic known as Dusk magic, holding a little bit more dark magic than light. Unfortunately, any and all attempts made by these mages ultimately wound up with one of three outcomes: a) the mage becoming even more insane than before, b) the mage ultimately killing themselves accidentally via too much of one type of magic or by comitting suicide (yes, I know, gruesome), or c) combination of both. For centuries, mages, both human and elf, continued to try and continued to fail.
And then science came into play.
The government of one country, Espion, needed to develop a weapon or soldier of some sort to protect themselves from possible attacks by other countries or outside forces such as rebels and exiles. Dusk magic was fabled to be the ultimate magic that a mage of any sort could wield, but due to the number of mages unsuccessful in actually training themselves to use it, the quite out-there theory came forth - if a mage can't be trained in Dusk magic, then they could make one straight from scratch. A team of mages and scientists were assembled, the best of the best, and the government approved of the idea. The project took up the name Project: iNFiNiTY due to the boundless ideas that they were exploring, and were based at a secret research facility in the small village of Shadedragon.
Fifteen years passed, filled with theories, tries, failures, and small steps towards achieving the goal of creating a Dusk mage. Prototypes, as predicted, died within days in order to test their knowledge and theories. And then, at long last, they finally succeeded. An infant child, a girl, was created using the signature of Dusk magic as a sort of basis for her DNA. Her brain seemed slightly more enhanced than the normal human or elf, and the magic itself was practically imbedded in her bloodstream. The young girl was given the name 'Infinity' after the project. However, an unknown threat was able to recieve word of the project, and the facility at Shadedragon was attacked within a week of Infinity's completeion. Many were killed, the facility destroyed. Few scientists and mages escaped. One of the scientists was able to smuggle the young infant out of the facility and reach the home of a married couple, friends of his, in the city of Shadowfield. He beseeched the child to them, asking them to raise her as if she was her own and to give her a different name than Infinity. He passed away saving the life of a child marked by fate.
Fifteen years later, a young girl by the name of Silvia Callisto finds herself caught in a plot for world domination by an insane light mage and the secrets of Project: iNFiNiTY...
Cast of Characters
Silvia Callisto - from the city of Shadowfield. Fifteen-year-old human fighter and final result of Project: iNFiNiTY. A confused girl trying to find out why she is capable of using Dusk magic when many mages couldn't, as well as her strange dreams of ancient places long forgotten in time. Uses a pair of guns and a sword in battle. Magic proficiency: Dusk. Signature spell: Twilight Trance. Signature ability: telepathy/mind-reading. Alignment: Chaotic Good.
Aildra Paoshan - from the town of Foxwick. Thirteen-year-old half-elf mage dedicated to bringing justice to evil and sees the world in black and white. Annoys Silvia to no end with her anticts of delivering order to chaos. Magic proficency: Light. Signature spell: Lightbleed. Signature ability: photokinesis (manipulation of light). Alignment: Lawful Good.
Tsiram Phizo - government agent from the city of Lightbarrow. Seventeen-year-old elf fighter assigned to find, gather information on, and 'secure' (read: capture) Project: iNFiNiTY and return it to the Espion government. Uses guns or swords in battle, not both at the same time (unlike Silvia). Magic proficiency: light. Signature spell: Pearlshot. Signature ability: hypnotism. Alignment: Lawful Good.
Jali Ataev - Tsiram's best friend from the city of Havenvale, capital city of the country of Virilea. Sixteen-year-old elf mechanic willing to assist the party against the antagonist and Tsiram's assignment of finding Project: iNFiNiTY. Uses guns and his own inventions in battle. Magic proficency: Techno. Signature spell: Database Crasher. Signature ability: telekinesis. Alignment: Neutral Good.
Iriad Shaevai - strange boy with prophetic visions from Aldash Moor, Virilea. Fourteen-year-old human rogue obsessed with finding the final result of Project: iNFiNiTY, believing that whatever it is will bring either world salvation or destruction. Uses throwing knives in battle. Magic Proficency: Dark. Signature spell: Shadow Slicer. Signature ability: precient dream. Alignment: Chaotic Good.
And I've decided to leave you in the dark about the villain because she doesn't even come in until much later in the story.
Aildra Paoshan - from the town of Foxwick. Thirteen-year-old half-elf mage dedicated to bringing justice to evil and sees the world in black and white. Annoys Silvia to no end with her anticts of delivering order to chaos. Magic proficency: Light. Signature spell: Lightbleed. Signature ability: photokinesis (manipulation of light). Alignment: Lawful Good.
Tsiram Phizo - government agent from the city of Lightbarrow. Seventeen-year-old elf fighter assigned to find, gather information on, and 'secure' (read: capture) Project: iNFiNiTY and return it to the Espion government. Uses guns or swords in battle, not both at the same time (unlike Silvia). Magic proficiency: light. Signature spell: Pearlshot. Signature ability: hypnotism. Alignment: Lawful Good.
Jali Ataev - Tsiram's best friend from the city of Havenvale, capital city of the country of Virilea. Sixteen-year-old elf mechanic willing to assist the party against the antagonist and Tsiram's assignment of finding Project: iNFiNiTY. Uses guns and his own inventions in battle. Magic proficency: Techno. Signature spell: Database Crasher. Signature ability: telekinesis. Alignment: Neutral Good.
Iriad Shaevai - strange boy with prophetic visions from Aldash Moor, Virilea. Fourteen-year-old human rogue obsessed with finding the final result of Project: iNFiNiTY, believing that whatever it is will bring either world salvation or destruction. Uses throwing knives in battle. Magic Proficency: Dark. Signature spell: Shadow Slicer. Signature ability: precient dream. Alignment: Chaotic Good.
And I've decided to leave you in the dark about the villain because she doesn't even come in until much later in the story.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
I AM RISEN!
Okay, back from Greenwood and spending the week at Grandma Joan's cabin (woohoo!). And dang, I haven't updated since then...anyway!
Saw the new Transformers movie on Friday when we went to Spokane, which I thought was really going to stink...but it didn't, which surprised me. Lotta action, lotta blasting, lots of things being blasted or smashed to bits...with a good storyline, too. It shocked me, that was for sure... especially the fact that I stayed in my seat the whole time.
Just got a call this morning from one of my fellow Young Women, who I'll call AF, for girl's camp - due to the fact that they were unsure if I was going or not, she said that I was in her tent, which has been named after the infamous Black Pearl. I think it's safe to say that it's pretty obvious precisely what I'm going to be packing for camp now. At World's End was the first movie that kept me in my seat and quiet for near-three hours. No bathroom breaks at all.
So, now I've gotta pack for the 23rd of July for the week-long camp as a pirate. Mom's scared now. *grin*
Saw the new Transformers movie on Friday when we went to Spokane, which I thought was really going to stink...but it didn't, which surprised me. Lotta action, lotta blasting, lots of things being blasted or smashed to bits...with a good storyline, too. It shocked me, that was for sure... especially the fact that I stayed in my seat the whole time.
Just got a call this morning from one of my fellow Young Women, who I'll call AF, for girl's camp - due to the fact that they were unsure if I was going or not, she said that I was in her tent, which has been named after the infamous Black Pearl. I think it's safe to say that it's pretty obvious precisely what I'm going to be packing for camp now. At World's End was the first movie that kept me in my seat and quiet for near-three hours. No bathroom breaks at all.
So, now I've gotta pack for the 23rd of July for the week-long camp as a pirate. Mom's scared now. *grin*
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