ADITMO Indefinitely Closed

Ahem.  It seems that this announcement is long over due, for which I apologize.

I will for the foreseeable future, not be updating here at ADITMO.  This is because my work at Jay is Games has become essentially a second job for me.  As my parents are coming to visit, I’ve been quiet there for a while, and will continue to be so until June 11th, but otherwise I’m a regular writer, a member of the helpsquad, one of the perveyors of JiG’s metaplace, etc., so on and so forth.  It’s very rewarding work that I’m quite passionate about.  I’m also working on trying to get an editorship there as well as working behind the scenes on a project that I hope comes to fruition.

So, I’m getting paid to write, I’m getting paid to play video games, and I love it, and for that I have no problems letting this place fall into decay.

Also, if you have a twitter account, look me up.  My username is PROTIPZ.  So follow me, where I talk about games, politics, and the usual grind of trying to convince my body to get up and do something non couch related before 1 in the afternoon.

News You Can Use (or Ignore)

I’m bringing it back yall… slowly but surely, I’m bringing it back.

Chapter 10 Teasers And More

Right then, as Kim so graciously reminded me, it’s been ages since I’ve updated here and for that I truly apologize!  Unfortunately I can’t make any promises that I’ll back to regular updates until after the new year.  Though I do intend to post Chapter 10 before too terribly long (maybe even before the end of this week, who knows?).

As you wait, though, I suppose I could leave you some teasers!

-Somehow, Trevor and Lindsey invite upon themselves the wrath of a very stern librarian.

-Okay, so a lot of people get their first jobs during their teen years, and Lindsey fully expected this as well.  What she wasn’t expecting was having a typical hair-net style job whilst at the same time on an epic quest to save her sister from the clutches of a sinister villain all inside a strange fantasy land.  Would you like fries with that?

-Trevor seems to have attracted a… fan?  I mean, one other than Lindsey, and the apparent flock of other girls who are a little upset that such a hunk of a boy has all of his attentions usurped by the timid dark haired girl he came to town with.

-Finally we get to learn a little bit more about the mysterious book that Lindsey carries with her at all times.  Hmmm… apparently, if Maretha is right (and apparently that’s not exactly a safe bet), Lindsey’s book isn’t just a regular old wizard’s book after all.

Well, stay tuned and I hope to put at least a little more content up here for you guys though, again, no promises!

Morning Juice: Red Right Hand

Since about two weeks prior to Halloween I’ve been on a major creepiness kick, and there’s one single song that really just gets me all kinds of juiced up for it.  Red Right Hand:

Journey’s End, Chapter 9: Marlin’s Tale

a/n:

First, if this is your first foray into Journey’s End, please go check out the table of contents and start from the beginning!

Well, it’s been quite some time since I’ve posted a chapter for Journey’s End, hasn’t it?  The interesting thing about this chapter is that it was actually written months ago, but my focus on the presidential election drew all my energy and attention away from this story.

I had initially planned on making this chapter much much longer, but what struck me upon reviewing it in the process of writing it is that ending it exactly where I did just seemed to make sense.

Here we are introduced to yet another integral character to the story who I think I will ultimately add a little spice and comedy to the mix.  Given the nearly saccarine sweet character of the relationship between Lindsey and Trevor, I think I would be in danger of having something so sweetly dull it wouldn’t be worth it.  But this character kind of becomes the needed voice of dissent as the plot begins to take a more solidified shape.

As for Chapter 10, don’t hold your breath.  Much has been written, but it is also a much longer chapter than this one is, and I haven’t even started contemplating how to continue writing it.  Before that happens I have to get myself back in the habit of spending a little time in Journey’s End in my head.

The story so far and the actual chapter below the jump!

Morning Juice: Keep Myself Awake

By Black Lab (Footage from Lost in Translation):

11/12 News: Slow Start

Obviously I’ve been slow in getting this blog back up and running again.  I’m just going to take a moment to explain why.

First, I’m still recovering from the presidential elections; after two years of campaign coverage, my mind and body are both extremely exhausted and probably won’t be back up to snuff for a while still.

Also, the very week in which I was planning on picking up all my non political endeavors again happened to be a week in which I got very sick, and am just now recovering from that as well.

On top of all this, I have several items that I need to address in my personal business category, as well as preparing for my parents coming up to visit.  I’m also trying to figure out exactly what I want to do in this post election period, where I want my political writing to go and how I want that part of my life shaped in the aftermath of one of the biggest moments in my political analysis career.

So I’ve got a lot of things I’m still working through, and wouldn’t expect to be up and running full speed ahead until the end of December.  I still want to get the ninth chapter of Journey’s End posted by the end of this week considering that it’s been written for a while now and just needs one last touch up before publication.  And if anything I’m going to continue to put up Morning Juice entries if for no other reason than to keep at least something fresh posted here on a regular basis.

But it’s still going to be a while before I’m back to where I once was and hope that you’ll grant me the leeway that I need.

Morning Juice: Seein’ Red

By Unwritten Law:

Morning Juice: Into Action

By Tim Armstrong and Skye Sweetnam:

Assembler

Steady…  steady…