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Soufriere


Pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space, because there's bugger-all down here on Earth.

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  • 13 weeks
    Random Ramblings CDXXVI

    IN WHICH HAPPY BOXING DAY!
    I meant to post while it was still Christmas (CST) but as usual I’m late. I hope my few remaining readers had a lovely holiday! Here’s a song that’s been in my head lately.

    Chuu is one of those who, according to her coworkers, really is just a ball of sunshine. Follow me past the jump.

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  • 21 weeks
    Random Ramblings CDXXV

    IN WHICH I LACK BURRITOS
    No, really. I haven’t been by my local burrito place in a long time, partly due to my mother, so I haven’t been able to get good inspiration for another Burritoverse story. Sorry. For now, enjoy my favorite J-Pop group NiziU.

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  • 40 weeks
    Random Ramblings CDXXIV

    IN WHICH SCREW DEADLINES
    Hey, y’all. Been a few months. Whoever reads this, just wanted to show I’m not dead yet. Do you know NMIXX? You should.

    Right. Now, where was I? Oh, I’m sure I’ll figure it out below the jump.

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  • 61 weeks
    Random Rambling CDXXIII

    IN WHICH I LIED TO YOU (SORRY)
    So… Turns out it's been a full year (!) since my last story. I promised a couple stories in between but failed to finish them. But at least I got my annual Mayor Mare story in. Have some Twice as penance.

    More past the jump, if you're willing.

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  • 71 weeks
    Random Ramblings CDXXII

    IN WHICH I LIVE… SORT OF
    Hi. Been awhile. Not sure who's left to read this. I just now realized I accidentally added an "L" on my last 3 posts. Oops. Well, enjoy Sir Elton.

    So, after fixing my screw-up, let's get to the meat of why I'm writing, if you'll pass the jump with me.

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Apr
29th
2018

Random Ramblings CCLVII · 6:16am Apr 29th, 2018

IN WHICH GOOD THINGS HAPPENED
Tonight, I'd like to talk about personal stuff in addition to my writing. But first, TheFatRat.

Güttner (his real last name, BTW) just dropped this remix yesterday. He's friends with the original singer. Anyway, getting on with it…


Today, my dad finally came home from the rehab facility where he's been recuperating and trying to build up his strength for the last month after his poor decisions landed him in the ICU (where he contracted pneumonia in addition to everything else that's wrong with him). Because someone -- not me -- had totalled his car right before he ended up in hospital, I had to take him to the grocery store. I asked if he wanted to take his walker or use a power scooter. He refused and walked through the store all on his own (using a shopping cart for leverage). He's nothing if not stubborn.

Also, to my not-surprise, his current wife (not my mother) left him sometime within the last month. It's sort of like how my ex dumped me when my personal problems got to be too much to handle and I couldn't be her rock anymore -- and she sure as hell couldn't be mine -- except that my ex, even though she's currently cut me out of her life entirely, isn't a vindictive cunt like my dad's current wife. I have a glimmer of hope, small though it may be, that my ex will eventually see past herself and decide to go back to being on friendly terms with me. I'm far from perfect, but I'll happily extend an olive branch. Funny Fact: my ex despises my dad's second wife because she reminded her of her own mother, whom she hates for good reason.

I absolutely refuse to use the term "stepmother" for two reasons: (1) My parents didn't get divorced until i was in my 20's and had already moved out. (2) I hated her from Day One, though some meetings had less hate than others. If you didn't know already, my mother lives with me (not the other way around), which can sometimes drive me up the wall.

Anyway, I was looking through a drawer in my dad's kitchen and, after years of searching, finally found my passport. It's expired, but it's a hell of a lot easier to renew an expired passport than start the process from scratch. I also found notes that Cunt wrote to her daughters telling them how they individually broke her heart and she was disowning them. She ended one of the notes by saying something along the lines of "Blessed are those who face God's mercy" or some crap like that. My immediate thought was -- holy shit she's vindictive. Even though she had a right to be angry at her kids, the vitriol in those notes was something else entirely. I mean, I have a temper and hold grudges, but nothing like this.

I'm concerned about my dad living alone in the state he's in, but I also know there are locals willing to help if he asks. I live ~45 minutes away and it's not feasible to go back to my hometown every day without being comp'd for gas. I do have a life, boring and parasitic though it may be.


What I should be doing is editing those last two SRA stories as they're essentially completed already -- I'm down to T-minus one week before I leave for a 6-day vacation to see Babymetal live. What I'm actually doing is writing a new Burritoverse story: SciTwi's.

I'm honestly a little excited about this story because it allows me to establish her character and how she fits into a universe where EQG3 and onward never happen.

But I've encountered a problem. One of the "Rules" of my Burrito stories is that there must be music references (yes I did break that rule in Sonata's story; don't remind me). But SciTwi is such a hopeless dork that it doesn't feel in-character for her to reference any sort of music. So I'm kind of at a loss what to do.

A second problem: I worry I'm stretching "show, don't tell" to its breaking point by having SciTwi mention things in her monologue that happened to her in the recent past since I can't show it. This may become the first Burritoverse story I'll ask someone else to look at once it's completed.

I'm a little disappointed that my latest SRA story hasn't done well. As of now it's been out for 48 hours and still has fewer than 400 views. It's always the stories I work on the hardest that get the fewest readers, while junk I barf onto the page in six hours (Minor Relapse) makes the damn Feature Box -- not that I dislike that story; quite the opposite in fact. Still, I will never understand how this site or readers work.

It sucks that few have read ATGE, because it's critically plot-important. I set up a lot of stuff in it that will become relevant later.

Yes, I actually plan shit out, sometimes years in advance. I had the ending for SRA planned from the moment I finished Reconciliations and realized there was much more story to tell. I've had the ending of the Burritoverse planned for awhile as well, but I've never hidden what that will be. Hell, I have an entire story arc I've yet to show y'all that is entirely outlined and will show who my universe's Sunset canonically ends up with.

Anyway, that's my late-night rant for today.

Peace out!

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Comments ( 2 )

This rambling was an absolute adventure. I hope your dad gets over his stubbornness enough to ask for help from his neighbors and that everything will be okay.

Also why doesn't Sci-Twi reference some kind of video game music or classical or something dorky? Or maybe a piece of art or something?

I’ve personally always pictured Sci-Twi being a fan of Melodysheep’s ‘Symphony of Science.’ It’s not hard at all for me to imagine her at her desk, reading a book with headphones on, listening to ‘A Glorious Dawn’ or something like that.

Also:

Cunt

You know you’re serious when you capitalize the insult. :rainbowlaugh:

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