BSG

So what was it this time?

Battlestar *frakking(!)* Galactica. Oh sure, old as hell, but still good entertainment, even if I want to pummel Gaius' face into a wall. Man, I get through a lot of TV shows... next week, I can guarantee will be Tru Calling, and why? I bought the full series this week and can't watch it yet, since I'm... well BSGing it... (PS I like Grace Park!!)

Anyway, I wanted to include Publius Major's spew about running for consul, but thought better of it, probably seemed a bit meaningless to, and ending it with the words 'death of the Republic' looked interesting. I've done Baecula, just wondering how to do reaction to Upper Baetis...

*sigh*

Bubi

Prologue to War

Something different, today... say hi to Polybius...

As opposed to some people with weird names (sic).

Again, rushed ending... actually, not so much this time, I'd finished this one ages ago (Tuesday or something). Spent all week doing sketches for Ilipa, read up on my history, found I got it completely wrong. Oh well... Anyway, tell a lie, I said Ticinus, but this is the bit before that, a whole load of apocrphal stuff, but hey... *sigh* Forgive my use of generational markers in Latin

Bubi

Prologue to War (working title)

So that's how...

OK, check this out... (bear in mind this picture is about five years old)

OK, may as well put this up, for what it's worth... though I didn't do the grafiti work, which was a pity. Anyway, been a while since I donned the 'Reaper Coat' (haven't been to a lab in ages, and scared shitless someone'll pour potassium manganate on it just to piss me off). Still, big up the Urbanist!! Seb, I swear I'll come see you some time.

Now, when the hell am I going to get my other coat down... lost my old one on the District line *grrr*

Hmmm, glad I got a haircut... (!)

Ilipa

I've decided the end of the 'Scipio chronicles' (part 1... at least *shrug*) will be at Ilipa... awesome battle (no disrespect intended but... SCREW YOU HANNIBAL!!) *uh-grin?* hnnnh...

Anyway, what the hell did Laelius do after the war? All I know is that he became the plebeian praetor, and lost the consulship to his mate's brother... would welcome some education in this matter...

(or not, it's just 'historic fiction' - he tries to say with massive speech marks)

Bubi

Alan Coren

Loved this from News Quiz (something along the lines of):

Alan Coren: Oh, I thought it'd be about my marriage with Sandi Toksvig... an idea not easily describable.
Sandi Toksvig: Alan, I've told you already, it'll be like every other marriage: we're not going to have sex, and we'll just sit in bed having burgers... it'll be marvellous!
AC: We've already done that!
ST: Oh yes, we have, haven't we? *laughs* You know I'd forgotten, that's very bad. But it was magic, you know.
AC: You never forget your first burger!

Scipio

This is so happening... managed to finish off a full sketch centred around Ticinus at work today (a bit slow, had almost sod all to do... *ahem*). Anyway, probably need to redo the 'civic crown' bit, but seems quite good, I think. Add a few bits of dialogue to the actual battle scene and it'll be ready to go, methinks.

And already I'm thinking about Upper Baetis... *pfa* *grumble*

Joss...

Right... rushed ending, once again... why? I was watching something I should have watched absolutely ages ago: Dollhouse. Watched the first four episodes on the trot while doing the last six hundred words or so (first time watching so easily distracted). This is going to sound lame, since everyone (including me) knew it already, but Dollhouse is awe-hawe-some!! Joss Whedon has made another cracker of a show, though admittedly Angel was not that great and Buffy kind of petered out towards the end (sorry, personal opinion, I know a lot of people, Big Sis One and Two included, who love it), but Firefly's cancellation was pure sacrilege!! (No disrespect intended, but Serenity, mind-blowingly brilliant though it was especially the battle scene, did not make up for it.) Anyway, I've really got to stop doing this.

Note to self... start writing on Wednesdays (though by all means, I will continue to write sketches at work... ah, *clears throat*... *twice*). I'll probably do a first chapter on Scipio next week...

Ticinus... not sure how to do it without making him seem like a complete twat(!) And when did he go bald? Every bust I've seen he's shiny! *sigh*

Bubi

Defection

Ah, yes, late again... I'll explain in a bit.

A few concepts (and a name *hint* *hint*) that I did not mention in this, was quite easy, actually.

Try to enjoy... *sigh*

Bubi


Defection

Foible... (!)

I seem to have a fixation with erythropoietic protoporphyria... (ah, Mary...)

*sigh* sorry...

Anyway, an old one came to mind: Linda Smith (rest in peace you genius!)

LS: Camilla and Prince Charles... they're like Rod Hull and Emu!
Fred MacAulay: In this Rod Hull and Emu analogy... which one's which?
LS: Well, the one who looks like Rod Hull... is Rod Hull! And the one that looks like Emu... is Emu!

Vague? I unreservedly make no apology for having such a cluttered memory! (England and allied countries won the curling gold!)
Sorry...(!)

Second Punic War

Grrr...

I suddenly want to write a series of books about P. Cornelius Scipio as recounted by Gaius Laelius to Polybius. There isn't any popular literature out there about any of them... I think. *shrug* (please... enlighten me! (Publius not withstanding, please!) But fiction?!?! Piss off!!) How about L. Cornelius Scipio...?!

Having a bit of trouble wondering where to set the interview... I don't know but Tarentum just came to mind without much reason hhhhhhhhhh-whatsoever, even though I know that they met in Rome (of course they did... yeesh). Well, that'll do for tomorrow's scribbles... *fnarr* *fnarr* (haven't done that in a while! Ha!)

Bubi

Memory

Things have been a little dead this week... so what do I do? Whittle away the minutes scribbling stuff at my desk, haven't got anything to worry about unless some weirdo is watching the CCTV feeds like a paranoid anal retentive or a pervert, so scribble away I will (don't look too much into that, I didn't).

Mnemosyne... hmmm... Nnn?? *sigh*

Meh... will watch more Dave Allen!

Bubi

And back to work...

So ends my long weekend (which was obviously not long enough... five days, for crying out loud, though to be fair, I spent a lot of it either asleep or drunk, so no wonder... ha, nearly missed my flight on Saturday because my watched stopped while scything up US Marines - Prototype, very silly game... don't really get how the 'Events' are relevant to the story, but never mind, most of my gaming experience is XP grinding so I'm one to talk *shrug*).

And so, finished Commander this morning... while watching yet more CSI (about forty seconds of music in the season 6 finale... weird but interesting... ended up watching it about half a dozen times... meh). Again, I crushed the ending and now it makes no sense at all... was originally intending to do a character breakdown but got stuck once Renee left (French pronunciation please)... *sigh* So, better than last weeks by quite a bit, but as I warned you... I can't write short stories for shit. *grumble* Practise, then, I suppose...

Bubi

Commander

Ah well, a day late but never mind... *sigh*

Got home yesterday and crashed (boarded the plane drunk... heh)

Rather contentious material this time, considering, and probably a few things which make absolutely no sense whatsoever given the lack of context. Sorry, on all counts... but remember children, it's just a story, one that I'll edit half to death at some point since I have constant continuity issues... *prays* (BTW that implies I despise retconning, which I put down to writer's stupidity, but I don't hold it against anyone since most things that require retconning are franchises... yeesh, oh X-Men how your timelines have suffered! Ha!)

Bubi

Commander

Snore...!

Just been reading Lucky Star... very amusing stuff, but all else suffers... However, started playing Prototype properly (faffed about on the XBox a bit earlier, now I'm just faffing about on the PC version - skinflint - 'lots of tall buildings you can hurl yourself off for giggles'... how true). Can't seem to get the Glide going more than twice at a jump, but I think that would make just a leeeetle broken if you could.

And quote: 'These guys came here for a fight and a hockey game broke out'.

Sorry, just off the plane and I just wanna go to sleep, but the view's great... (freezing my butt off, but hey, about to go to an engagement party, so never mind...). And here, the Old Man wanted me to check out Uppsala... (apparently they have a very good chemical radiology department at the University). Personally, wanted to go to Lund to see the cathedral, but hey, I've got less than a day here so *shrug*.

Might be a bit late with the naval shenanigans tomorrow, thankfully, Monday can just sleep in. (Probably won't, because I'll be shooting something or other... *sigh* this is why I end up sleeping at work... Ha!)

Another Reference...

So: Renee Exelmann anyone?!?! *sigh* sorry...

How about Villenbrock then?!?! *sigh* meh...

I wonder: are these references a bit too vague? If not... rubbish, I've got more obvious ones, though they'll probably come up and attract loads of criticism... still, I like it... so fork you!!

Scribbles

Started writing at work again... been a crappy week... *ahem*

Privateer Fleet... suddenly realised it seemed rather implausible... crew-wise that is, considering they're all... well, very old. Ah well, go immortality... or whatever.

*sigh*

So... what?

*sigh*

Fight scene? An encyclopedia entry of some sort? (I actually like doing those... even though I edit them every ten seconds...) Incorporating the aliens is going to be tricky... why? I haven't actually written that much on them... which is a pity because they could actually have an interesting back story. All I've got so far is 'massive space opera with masses of violence' which pretty much sums it up. Mechanical design for the spaceships was fun, though, if a bit unoriginal.

Oh, and *waaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh*, the string's busted on my Vortec, cables are fine, but I need to find someone with a bow clamp so I can disassemble it. Though, serves me right for abusing it for about six years. *grumble*

Next week...

I really ought to stop writing on Sunday evenings when I'm about to post while watching crap. This time it was a combination of Tegami Bachi and Hakshaku to Yousei. One, I'm an idiot for trying to concentrate on a foreign language, subtitles and my random writing all at the same time, and two, I'm a soppy git for watching those series. *yeesh*

And then, I really ought to think about what I do. That's one thing, I can write a lot, but I never plan it... just get a concept in my head and then tap-tap-tap. Probably why I write endless sketches: no form, no context. A pity, really... *shake* *shake*

Now, let's see... I was thinking about Andrea's last day alive, largely because I've had it in my head (but not paper) for a while now, but once again... taken out of context it'd just be confusing. Plus, a bit too close to Magnum Opus for comfort (hm, excuse me). Oh, what the hell... I'll mull over a few bits and decide on Tuesday, heck, I don't actually do anything until Thursday anyway... (had aliens in my head just then... I'll let you know)

Sharp Shots

Ooooh, I'm so going to regret this...

I couldn't even re-read this. Even to me, it's just words. Though, to be fair, despite the fact that it has absolutely no context whatsoever, it could have worked. However, I must admit, wrote it so very ponderously (even though it's the shortest piece on here yet *sigh*). It was supposed to be just an exercise in description, but it kind of failed... *sigh*

Oh well, see what you think.

Bubi

Yet again...

Done all of 600 words... and one re-read later - total surreal-ness (whatever the word is).

Too busy watching QI... Heh...

Might quickly hussle up a few thousand words on the workings of the Arena, written more about it here than anything else...

Remembered...

Ah, yes, to answer my earlier question about d'Alembert: Le Chevalier D'Eon, the manga... weird, that was... meh...

Grumble

Still having trouble... bit too technical at the moment. Any compound archers out there?!?! Nah, thought not. Hell, I haven't done it for a while now, either, but I still know most of the lingo which is a bit irritating. Rather have forgotten it to give me an excuse to start again. *sigh*

No matter, just fiction after all, but I still think it'll go waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over some people's heads.

On a different note: WHERE THE HELL DID I SEE THE NAME JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT?!?! (apart from Wikipedia!) Thanks to that, I'll have to call one of Derrida's siblings Daremberg!! Rubbish! *growl*

Anyway, still trying to remember all the of the technical terms for the parts of a recurved compound bow... like my Hoyt Vortec (antique that it is... ooo, still shiny! Ha! Broke most of the arrows Tim gave me...). Ah, sniper rifle parts... now that'll be a departure from convention... *thinking* (or at least tries to).

Bubi

Shots

Right, got it, but it might be boring as hell, since it's going to be pure prose: archer vs sniper. *shrug* nnn?

Yeah, sounded a bit weird when I thought about it as well. Still, something without any dialogue whatsoever will be a change from the usual stuff I write. Oh, and I'll introduce some bits of tech: ProjEve! *yay* (he says in a ZP sarcastic way)

Got to stop shooting people apart in VATS... too amusing... damn you Bethesda (again). *sigh*