acresofhope

Wow, I just had the best sleep I've had in a while. For the past week or so I've been waking up every few hours, but this time I slept straight through the night. THE NIGHT! As in I didn't do the vampire thing I usually do. I have seen the sun and it is bright! I wonder if I'll catch fire when I go out.

In addition to the last RP I mentioned, I also joined Angel Grove, a pan-fandom RP set in the Power Rangers universe, post-Zordon. I grabbed up Chloe Sullivan, because it's so hard to find an RP without her. I also have Kira Ford, who I love. She's a little reminiscent of Kimberly from the first few seasons, which I guess is the reason for the fanon of them being related, but she's still very much her own character. She's anything but a valley girl, except for this one time with a meteor rock (ZING!), but I think they have the same kind of spirit.

Anyway, if there's a character you like who seems to be always taken, think about joining Angel Grove. Yes, I know, Power Rangers, but I doubt it's going to be at all like the shows.

On a side note...I'm not sure how much I like the Chloe in the Destination: Eternity RP. It's probably just because I'm anal about capitalization and all that, but we haven't gotten to the third person part yet. Still, I think Chloe would use proper capitalization if she were commenting on something like a blog or forum. It's her nature as a writer, and I say that as a writer myself.

I've found that I really like roleplaying and writing Lana. Yes, I know, "Lanaughgrrbarf," but I really do. And everybody has told me how much they like my Lana. Actually, they like my interpretation of all my characters. I think other than the comments about Lana, the best compliment I've had is how much they like my Clark, and "it's so hard to find a good one!"

Anyway, speaking of Lana, I have some writing to work on. Comment at will.

So I mentioned circulartime had inspired me to start working on a totally original story, so I have been. Most of the elements I had figured out a long time ago, but some have changed. For instance, I roleplay a lot with ferretgirl_1124 a lot and one of her characters (Alex) begged me not to have my character (Nendyé) involved romantically. Yes, I said the character begged me. We're weird like that. Alex and Nen are kind of...married with children. Yeah, only in roleplay world, but Alex was like "Asdfjkl;&@!" so I tweeked the story. Anway, here's a graphic that gives a preview. It's large, so be warned.

( The Forbidden City of Mérys )

All these ideas for stories, and yet, I have no real inspiration. I blame Clayfrakes, the clay monster of my dreams, played by Jonathan Frakes. Therefore, Clayfrakes. I will eventually turn him into a meteor freak, whenever I get past the block. Maybe I should try something totally different, like some icons. I was meaning to make some more Chlooge and Lanapedia icons a few episodes ago, but I apparently forgot about them and the ideas I had about them. So I guess I'll have to suffer through some bad Smallville to get some good ideas. After I have enough, I might offer them up to the Two of Us Chlark forum.

Or I might write poetry. I haven't done that in a while.

Okay, so I need to get myself my own laptop. I've been using my brother's, and boy what a difference it makes. I hate Windows Vista, but I love being able to take this to whatever room I need. For some reason, sitting at that one desk just drains all the creativity right out of me. Yesterday I actually got some writing done, which his hard to do at that dumb desk. Maybe now that I can focus I'll actually be able to finish all the writing tables I've accumulated.

I'm starting to feel must better since I started eating healthier, even though I haven't made that many changes. My headaches are getting less frequent, among other things. Did I mention in addition to watching my sodium intake alltogether, I've also been reading labels and avoiding MSG? I'm shocked at how many products have that stuff in it. There's a lot of Campbell's soup just sitting around because I refuse to eat it. If anybody I know nags because I'm "wasting food", I'll just have to explain to them that the food in question is not fit to be consumed.

Wednesday is my weigh in day, and I report that I've lost all of half a pound. Looking at the reports on FitDay, I can see why I lost so little. I ate about 1,000 calories more than I burned one day last week, and I haven't cut that many this week. I'm not too depressed about it. I might not reach my goal for April (I'd have to lose about 2.4 lbs every week), but I think I could still get a shiny one up front by then. I'm still eating too much sodium, but my intake has dropped 1,000 mg, so that's still good. If I can continue that trend for the next few weeks I'll be good. I also opted for an olive oil salad dressing instead of Caesar, and I'm making sure I only use a serving of it instead of just dumping it on. Next step for me: adding a good source of potassium to my diet. (In case you haven't figured it out, I'm trying to lower my blood pressure.) After that is a little bit of exercise. I'm taking it slow because when I've tried to make big changes, it does work. I thought maybe if I took little steps it would be easier.

I started another writing table, this one at 12days, my claim being the Book of Shadows from Charmed, prompt table 3b Spring. I think that'll be fun. I might make another claim there, when I figure out what to claim. I'll probably be making another claim somewhere, for Teen Titans probably. I also considered trying a hand at original fiction, though I wouldn't know where to start. I know I like fantasy/supernatural type stuff, but I'm afraid I'm going to copy too much of what I've seen on TV. Any ideas/suggestions?

Writers block. I'm told it doesn't actually exist, but for some imaginary ailment, I seem to come down with it a lot. I'm hoping it has more to do with my insomnia than anything else. By the way, if anyone says that doesn't exist, Lex Luthor won't be the only one hiding bodies in a crypt. I just hope the sandman visits me tonight.