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The new chapter of the Chronicles is out, with some important changes you'll probably want to read. Thanks again for beta-ing.

I'd actually love to read it. And I'll get to Elements when I can.

I've been eeking out a bit more of the Chronicles lately, so I'm at about three and a half pages now. Good lord, I'm taking way too long with this. Hopefully the quality will make up for it, though: I'm pretty proud of what I have thus far.

Yeesh. You're killing me on chapter releases. I'll read it soon.

So I've hit two pages with the E.C., but I'm back in college. New year's resolution #1 is to write more, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll do better this year.

I'm actually listening to ISOS 6 right now, and it's fairly okay. It has Tiesto's remix of Hide and Seek in it, which is one of the main reasons I asked for it, but otherwise it seems kind of average. I haven't been listening extremely closely, but that may be because it isn't holding my attention.

Cool. I have nothing to do right now, so I'll read it.

I've been writing the next chapter of the Eon Chronicles, and I'm not going to say that it's going well in case I curse it. So I'll just say in an ambiguous and monotone voice that I have about a page done and that it will appear before the world ends. Possibly.

Oh, and I got ISOS 5-7 for Christmas. That's about five hours of straight Tiesto music. I was writing from about 12 a.m. to 3 a.m. that night while listening to it. It made me very happy.

Probably. Did you dress up as a gangster by any chance?

Pokegangsters. Holy crap I laughed.

I've heard their music, certainly, but I didn't know their name. I'll check them out.

And it seems I was out of the loop concerning Michael Jackson's influence on the Sonic series, lol.

I will read that now. And yeah, I've recently been listening to a lot of Sonic music. I was completely obsessed with the games when I was younger: amazing that the music, especially from 3, still captivates me to this day.

Did you know that Michael Jackson did the music for the third game?

It's written from that one kid's point of view, right? Can't for the life of me remember his name. If I manage to get through the many books I'm currently reading, I may get to it.

I've been good. Sick for five weeks straight, but I'm finally getting over it.

Today I didn't really do much. I've been online a lot, and I tried to work on a banner for the Chronicles, which failed. I haven't worked much on my next chapter either, unfortunately. The beginning is really, really complicated, and it's hard to make it sound right, and I'm not even sure I want to reveal what I'm thinking of revealing yet. Sooo...I guess I need to eat? Maybe I'll go do that now.

You know, I may switch back. I have a new sig lined up, and it seems that everyone likes my headphones avy the best, so I might as well use it. This was kind of a spur-of-the-moment thing, anyways.

Was it Ender's Game, perchance? That book is quite amazing.

Eh, that's all I really have time for at the moment. Gotta get to class, lol.

I think violence is only acceptable in defense of yourself or others, and only if there is no other feasible option. It's pretty straightforward on paper, but it can be complicated, i.e. if your attacker starts running away, do you pursue them or let them go? There's a chance they won't keep bothering you, but there's also a chance they will, and you have to decide whether the risks are worth the benefits. It's kind of like having to play judge, but in a very intense and spur-of-the-moment timeline. The thought is pretty alien to most, including me.

Sounds like a F.E.D.s skit. We have those (or rather had them) at the church I went to before coming to college. They can be pretty intense sometimes, but I've always liked them. They defy convention, I guess: they show things for how they truly are, without the facade a lot of us place over the disgusting things around us.

It's kind of like we become desensitized to all of the hurt in the world, hearing about it on the news and reading about it in newspapers, but then to see it acted out is more personal and direct. It reaches you in a deeper way that penetrates the monotony, and I think that's a fairly amazing trait.

I'd love to hear about it/see it. I'm not much of a crier, but I may be one of the most emotional people I know inwardly. It's kind of funny, I guess. You've seen hints of it in my fanfiction, I'm sure. I have a lot of feelings about a lot of stuff, but they don't usually manifest themselves in conventional ways.

Um, yeah. Quiero.

Anyway, I'm happy to say that the next chapter of the Chronicles is coming along. I've got a tad over a page right now.

...If you don't mind me asking, I might need you to beta this one. I have this thing at the beginning that may throw a ton of people off on IGN, because I can't use italics there. I'll fill you in more if you're okay with doing it.

You know? I've been having trouble with spoken words/whatnot as well. It's really, truly mindless for me. I feel like a robot while I'm singing hymns or repeating prayers that I've said many times before, and so on.

Here's what I try to do now: whenever I pray, I address God directly without changing my normal tone. I literally start with "hey God, it's me." It's more personal and helps tear down the walls that I feel society has put between itself and God.

As for the "words not being able to describe" thing, I see what you mean. However, I find it invigorating to try, and I think God likes it when we do so, as well. You've seen some of my descriptions in my fanfiction: that's all amazement at God's work. It's a form of praise, if you will, and it's heartfelt. I think that as long as that condition is met, you're truly worshiping.

Halloween...I'm sad to admit it's going over worse than I thought. I'm sitting in my dorm room watching Poltergeist and posting here...kinda dull.

As for "Christian" music, I really, really don't like it. It's so uninspired for something that's supposed to be about God. I mean heck, He's the creator of the universe for crying out loud. Mix all of the awesome songs ever created and you'll be getting somewhat close to what real Christian music should be like. /mini rant

So a new fanfic, eh? It's hard to avoid. Mastermind just kinda sprung up on me, and I couldn't resist, lol. It adds some tedium, but it can provide a level of relief if you get tired of writing your other stuff.

It is fairly controversial. But a lot of gang members wear crosses and stuff around their necks, which is also counter-intuitive, so I dunno. I'm a Christian, and I can recognize fairly easily that the video isn't trying to be symbolic of religion or anything. It's just Justice being Justice.

The music is actually kind of annoying...it was hard to watch because of that.