Below are the 2 most recent journal entries recorded in sepperoni's LiveJournal:

Sunday, August 10th, 2008
10:14 pm	When Frank Herbert was writing Dune... "...there was no room in my mind for concerns about the book's success or failure. I was concerned only with the writing. Six years of research had preceded the day I sat down to put the story together, and the interweaving of the many plot layers I had planned required a degree of concentration I had never before experienced." - an excerpt from the introduction of Heretics of Dune. Concentration. That's what I need. I've been wanting to really start writing Yggdrasil for a long time- there's no way to know how long I've been considering it, but certainly I know that it's been two and a half months since I declared that I am going to do it. But every time I sit down to really write that most important first scene with Paul and Ashina...I have to stop myself. I don't know enough about them or their world (which is, I know, much different from the one they used to inhabit) to do the story any kind of justice. I'm not focused enough, either, and that is a problem. Focus/concentration should start internally; if it only comes when I'm influenced by external forces beyond my control, then I'm not really using my free will, am I right? So...writing this, I know what I need to do. I dug my notes for the story out of some hole in my room a little while ago. Looked them over. I had a pretty good start...it's amazing that I've slacked this long, with such a great cache of ideas. Now, I'm going to seriously read through the original, take notes, make notes, generate ideas. Work through it. Yes. It needs doing, if only for my sanity... ...because that blue-haired chick just won't stop. She really won't. Also...I really really need to spiff up my LJ. =/ Current Mood: okay Current Music: Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For? (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
7:16 pm	"I knew it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart." He did indeed know *exhales*  The Godfather, Part II is a bone-chilling movie. Francis Ford Coppolla...that guy, he knows how to make a damn movie. Jeez. I only had the opportunity to watch the first half of it today, but the day is not yet gone, so I'll probably finish. I had to take care of something just as soon as Vito Corleone that was killed Funocci, which is by the way a perfect example of how bone-chilling and frankly well done the movie is.  Anyways, this is my first entry into the ole Livejournal machine. I've been signed up for like two months but never occasioned to make an entry into my own journal, since it was all just for this roleplay I'm doing. I had a feeling that I would have a chance to make us of this journal over the next few months, though...so I figured I ought to break it in. And here I am. I don't really have that much to say just now...well, actually. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots hits shelves around the whole world tomorrow. In about twelve hours from now people will be flooding Target, Walmart, BestBuy, EB Games/Gamestop, and their European, Australian, and Japanese counterparts for what will undoubtedly be one of the best experiences the Playstation 3 will ever have the pleasure of milking for all its worth, and probably at least an hour later they'll be leaving anywhere from $60-$90 poorer. Luckily I don't have to drop the dough for a PS3 myself- actually, the reason I only watched half of The Godfather was to ensure that I could get my hands on a friend's PS3 next week. I'm one lucky MGS-loving son of a bitch. Then I wanted to write something but found that I had no opportunities awaiting me. I think that's probably the biggest reason I'm typing up a journal entry =P Needless to say, I'm stoked. I've waited a solid lifetime (actually about three and a half years) to play Guns of the Patriots. It's the reason I wanted to play Metal Gear Solid in the first place...and now it's become something more like a myth. The positive buzz about this game inside my head is ridiculous and doubtless at least halfway wrong but I don't even care, because the chance to step into the real Snake's boots after so long (for those of you who've played since the first MGS or earlier, it's been around 7 years since you were Solid Snake) is very, very close. The chance to kick the snot out of Liquid and Ocelot at the same time is very near at hand. And Meryl'll be around! Huzzah! I couldn't be happier. Seriously. Oh man, I'm nerding out. I'll stop now. Anyways...that's not till Monday. Until then, I have a few things to keep me occupied. A lot of things, when you get right down to it. This week, I have to (the bulleted list is apparently retarded, so, no bullets. but there will be links!): Finish Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Finish Stephen King's The Dark Tower Start writing my own epic- I shit you not. No link though, sorry =/ And see The Happening, tomorrow. Woo. Even though it's almost done...you know...this week'll be nice. Yeah. *ends entry* Current Mood: restless Current Music: Narrow Stairs - Death Cab for Cutie (Comment on this)