... man, if only I'd done this earlier. I could have said that I'd come from 2010, but you Northern Hemisphere folks would have undoubtedly caught up, by now.

Anyway, happy New Year, everyone.

_{Decided not to do the OC tournament thing. I got motivated to continue writing SYNAPSE again, and I figure working on the real thing's better than throwing a few more ideas out in the open.}

By the way, guess who's been playing Left4Dead 2?

I've been quite the lurker, here, and it kinda makes me feel antisocial. Granted, this ain't MySpace or Facebook, but hey - it's the holidays, a 'come-togethery' kind of year, and I'm just curious to what everyone's up to.

I'm not the chattiest person here, but I'd like to hear from a few of you. Your Christmas/Hannukah/etc happenings, summing up this year in a few sentences - let's say eight- and the like.

Well, basically, this year I -

- Finished school.
- Made my art style jump all over the place.
- Spent the least time at the therapists' this year. (More so out of lack of organization than lack of necessity, but still - progress is progress.)
- Received a sudden infatuation for zombies.
- Realized that SYNAPSE wasn't a project that was going to happen overnight, and that I'm going to need some help.
- Got blocked (for the very first time) from two deviantArt accounts simultaneously - and after three weeks realized it was my own complete bad. I apologize greatly, good luck, and happy holidays.
- Had my first beer. It sucked.
- Realized how many good and understanding people surround me each day. (Yeah, had to end it on a sappy note. Sorry.)

And for Christmas, I did Christmas shopping for my family for the very first time in my life. I now understand how stressful it can be, particularly in last-minute, Australian summer-heated, overcrowded situations.

NOW IT'S YOUR TURN TO TALK.



_{NOT CREEPY AT ALL...}

I forgot about those.

... Considering I thought I completely and utterly failed, I'm actually very pleasantly surprised...

All my generalized HSC marks were in the 80s - minus Italian, which was in the 70s. (Out of 100)

...

I'm going to go lie down, now.

I need to get a job. Technically, not really, but it'd ease my conscience. _HA.

Anyhow, I've been doing nothing but drill away at The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and have thus become a rotting piece of meat that is growing steadily devoid of all knowledge of proper communication. (I literally spouted gibberish to my Mom, today, and she just patted me on the head, nodding.)

So, I start thinking - "Time to do something productive! And social!"

... and I inevitably wind up back on the sofa, because beyond our family's beautiful wide-screen TV in the wondrous fantasy of videogameland, I can rob anyone blind and get away with it. (Oh, yeah, Thieves Guild...)

But before I deteriorate back into my videogaming stupor from these precious few moments of conscious thought, I've gone ahead and debated on what I'm gonna do, for now. And I'll be frank.

I don't know.

Focusing everything on one hand (e.g. SYNAPSE) doesn't get the ball rolling for me. Granted, I'm steadily working on the script - but I've kind of realized that I know jack-all about making actual comics, and figuring out a structure for it all. I retconned the half-assed intro I posted up yonks ago, because I thought it wouldn't work so well. But now it acts as a major plot point, and I need to weave it back in, somewhere.

Backtracking a bit, focusing on something 100%, no matter how important it is, kind of makes it unenjoyable. Besides, SYNAPSE is still very much in its conceptual stages. I've only recently gotten the gall to start pinning down all those ideas into a logically sustained sequence _{(oh, God, that was a criteria for an HSC essay... Move along, it can't hurt you now...)} and in all honesty, I don't know whether this story should be written or be drawn. I was thinking of doing a somewhat coherent combination of the two - but I'd need to figure out a way to make it all intertwine - so the story would get a proper flow and everything.

I mean, seriously - getting engrossed in comics on one page, and then flipping it to the next - "Oh. Writing." On a plain white page. The writing might turn out to be good, but - It wouldn't fit. I want to make it fit. Flow.

At the very least, the story itself is making progress. Just got the long-ass Prologue done, which completely does NOT set the tone for the majority of the story. Oy, vey. It'll need some revision. And it should be easier to write Saul and Aiden having a convo next up in Chapter 1, rather than the general public witnessing a truck explosion a la the Prologue.


ALL THAT BEING SAID - you'll probably start finding a bit of variety in my gallery - I gotta broaden out what I can actually draw - and write. I'm not gonna stay fixed on one particular fandom or one of my stories endlessly - I gotta have some diversity. And there's quite a bit of junk that I've been meaning to post up after a while. SYNAPSE, when the script is all done, and when I know HOW I'm going to convey it (Hello, new poll box), will start taking over soon, but character concepts, comics, and literary one-shots and snippets from the world I've got brewing in my head - will occasionally pop in, for now.

Something that'll pop up in January, however, is participation in an OC tournament.

I've honestly always wanted to try one out. Ever since ENDZONE and The Law Of Talos. And, yeah, I'll be using a SYNAPSE character. One of the lesser-known ones who won't spoil the plot by flashbacks if they undergo a torturous breakdown. So, Saul, Pursuer, Hacker and Leader are all out of the question.

I've already jumped onto the Interceptor. Sorry, Spy, ilu2. D:

Anyway, this tournament is called Battle of Limbah. If you've never seen a tournament, and are pretty curious, then I strongly advise you to look 'em up. And get involved yourselves. It looks like a great way to interact with other artists, develop your character, and practice your storytelling skills (the latter third being the main reason why I'm going for it). I've seen a few that have been incredibly epic, and have been notified of amazingly talented artists in the process.

Srsly, it's a lot of fun just observing it.


Anyway, COMING BACK TO REAL LIFE. My aunt, uncle and cousin from the States have come here for a visit. My cousin's still just over a year old, though, so, yeah - he's having his 2am weepies pretty frequently. One of the reasons why I'm hesitant to go to bed, at the moment... (Cute kid, but this is a really noisy age. o_O)

Aside, it's great to have 'em here. My rellies hardly ever visit. We usually get dragged up to the USA, so this is a nice change. As much as I love Texas, and being out in the countryside, I wanna drag them through the BIG CITEH.

My brother just got out of school for the year. It's kind of strange asking him whether 'he's done, yet.' when technically I'm done for good. I don't have that big "HALLELUJAH," anymore, really. I had the weepies, and an awesome beach vacation in celebration, but that was about it...


TL;DR

Videogames own my soul.
Random stuff, occasionally SYNAPSE, will be posted.
Feeling slightly devoid of purpose.
Life is good.


And very, very confusing.


_{I really need to get a job...}

So, I, uh, like...

... finished school.

Yeah.

...

Still sinking in.

EDIT : Yeeeah, that was mean of me. Portion deleted. Apologies.