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]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/26015853/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/26015853/ Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:55:46 PDT
Rules:
1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn’t make sense. NO CHEATING!
4. With the answers, give your own comments on how it relates to the questions.


How am I feeling today?
Smashmouth - Flo (If you know this song, I'll be pretty impressed)

Will I get far in life?
The Fratellis - Acid Jazz Singer (Not sure this fits me at all...)

How do my friends see me?
They Might Be Giants - Birds Fly (That kinda fits.)

Where will I get Married?
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire (XD What?!)

What is my best friend's theme song?
Voltaire - When You're Evil (This really, really fits)

What is the story of my life?
The Fratellis - Jesus Stole My Baby (LMFAO)

What is/was high school like?
Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain (Oh, yes)

How can I get ahead in life?
The Offspring - It'll Be A Long Time (That's depressing D

What is the best thing about me?
Reel 2 Real - I Like to Move It (*Dies laughing*)

How is today going to be?
The B-52's - Love Shack (I wish!)

What is in store for this weekend?
They Might Be Giants - They Got Lost (Some of these really are amusing...)

What song describes my parents?
Blues Traveler - Run Around (Ha ha!)

To describe my grandparents?
They Might Be Giants - Snail Shell

How is my life going?
Toadies - Possum Kingdom (Er...)

What song will they play at my funeral?
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (O.o)

How does the world see me?
Darude - Sandstorm (But there's no lyrics! D

Will I have a happy life?
Weird Al Yankovic - Virus Alert (>_O)

What do my friends really think of me?
Tripping Daisy - I Got A Girl (>.>

Do people secretly lust after me?
Jimmy Buffett - Fins (D'awww, this one could have been funnier)

How can I make myself happy?
The Tractors - Baby Likes To Rock It (I guess?)

What should I do with my life?
Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Duh!)

Will I ever have children?
The Offspring - Genocide (Yipes!)

What is some good advice for me?
They Might Be Giants - Purple Toupee (Oh, VERY funny)

How will I be remembered?
Poison - Talk Dirty To Me (That sounds about right...)

What is my signature dancing song?
Black Eyed Peas - Pump It (Oh, it so is not!)

What do I think my current theme song is?
The Offspring - Killboy Powerhead (MUA-HA-HA!)

What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
Danny Elfman - Beetlejuice Theme (Screw you guys!)

What type of men/women do I like?
Alice Cooper - Poison (That's actually very true...)

What turns me on?
Seether - Fake It (-_-)

What do you think about in the shower?
They Might Be Giants - We Want A Rock (Riiiiight...)

What's the first thought I get in the morning?
Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe (Well, I really do see everything blurry when I wake up...)

What's my favorite hobby?
Lou Bega - Mambo Number 5 (XD Yes!)

What song describes home life?
Kim Wilde - Kids in America (Lookin' out a dirty old window...)

Will I get laid this month?
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf (Doesn't sound promising!)

Where's my dream vacation?
Clint Black - Nothin' But The Tail Lights (o__o)

What describes your love life?
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl (This shit is BANANAS!)

What's my catch phrase?
Veruca Salt - Seether (Can't fight it!)

Will I die happy?
Sublime - What I Got (Blargh.)

What is my favorite porno music?
They Might Be Giants - Twisting (What?)

Will I ever get the material possession I want most?
Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know (Of course I do!)

If a man in a van offered you candy, what would you do?
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away (ROFL)

What is your mortal enemy’s theme song?
Rancid - Time Bomb (That's pretty cool, actually)

Will I travel far?
The Fratellis - Henrietta

What kind of heartache does the future hold?
The Fratellis - Creepin' Up The Backstairs (Freaky)

Will I be successful in business?
Ashle... ]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/20836471/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/20836471/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:42:15 PDT
I don't really know how to tell you this, but you're a loser. I think I realized it when I saw the shrunken head under the bus and I saw you sit on my John F. Kennedy statue. I'm sure you're senile enough to understand that Extreme Home Makeover sucks. I'm returning your ring to you, but I'll keep the results of your blood-sample as a memory. You should also know that I told in my confession, today about a new life as a clone.

Good luck on your short-term leave from jail,
Loki

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This amusing little meme can be found here!

Hmmm... as for who I want to tag with this... nobody reads my stuff, anymore, so I don't even have 5 people to pass it on to! ^_^ I'll just tag one person, because apparently she still reads my journal!

1)

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/20328289/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/20328289/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:45:02 PDT
She's doing fine for right now. Apparently the doctors should avoid the term "mini-stroke" for this reason (I wish my stepfather had). However, the situation is still somewhat dire.

As the vascular guy explained to me, there's four main arteries that go to your brain; two in the back (forgot the name) and two in the front (the carotid arteries). Between those two carotid arteries, one is 99% (!!!) blocked, and the other is 70% blocked. That means surgery has to be done to clean her pipes. There's a risk of causing a stroke with this surgery, but not nearly as much of a risk as there would be if she DOESN'T get the surgery!

Thank you all for your hopes and prayers. The doctor made this sound like a very routine surgery... but I doubt a doctor would come in and act like there was something horribly wrong. Not very good for patient morale. Either way, I'm somewhat assured that she will come through this alright. She's only 67... I can't imagine losing her this soon...

*** UPDATE 1 ***

Before they could do the surgery to clear out her carotid arteries, they did a sonogram of her chest to make sure her coronary artery was clear. The doctor said "there'd be no point in clearing out your carotid artery just to have you die of a heart attack from your coronary." A bit grim phrasing, but he had a point.

There, they found a "mass" behind her lungs (which is lucky that they found; they weren't even looking there to begin with). They have to do a biopsy and tests to find out just what they found, but it's yet another thing for me to worry about.

*** UPDATE 2 ***

Another update from my grandmother... news has just gotten worse. They've spotted another "mass"; this time on her brain. All I'm hearing, so far, is "mass" with no indication of if it's malignant or not... I'm going to the hospital right now to question the doctor myself.

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/19515172/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/19515172/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:35:20 PDT
Ah, well. Picture of me is up in Scraps, until I can get a bigger one. -_-

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/19217918/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/19217918/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:39:25 PDT
I saw someone post a few days or so ago that they got "Salmoned", with no explanation as to what this meant. It seemed to be just a thing that happened to people who posted on LiveJournal, which I hardly ever do, so I figured that, whatever "Salmoning" was, I was safe from it.

Well, it turns out that these Salmoners are watching DeviantArt as well! I posted my screenshot of my Lord of the Rings Online character, and I got an IM from "BalefulSalmon" with a vague allusion to Starcraft. I remembered the term "Salmoning" and, in a panic, blocked BalefulSalmon. Then I went to research what this meant.

Turns out it's actually something I find cool. Educate yourself here:

[link]

I don't think the Salmoners are doing anything bad, now. Quite the contrary; getting strangers to talk to each other seems like a very nice gesture. Then again, I'm quite a "care bear" and want everyone to get along and be happy.

Here's to you, mister random Salmon-IM bot!

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/19095663/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/19095663/ Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:01:31 PDT
"Now, put these in your ears," she said, giving me a set of earplugs.

I wondered what they were for... until I got into the machine. Parts of it sounded like R2-D2 was being shoved through a malfunctioning garbage disposal, and other parts of it sounded like a remix of the "Strong Bad Techno". After what felt like an eternity, I heard the technician's voice (barely, through the earplugs):

"Okay, I'm coming back in to pull you out..."

"Oh, thank the gods!"

"... for your injection."

Blink.

Oh, yes. I was only halfway done. They had to inject stuff into me for the second scan; the MRA. I'd forgotten all about that, and someone on the board actually told me there was an injection to be had. I'm not afraid of needles, but I AM afraid of someone not knowing how to properly give an injection.

My fears were well-founded, and I have the "oops, the needle came out" marks to prove it. Finally, after pincushioning both of my inner elbows, the technician or nurse or whatever (it was a different lady than who showed me into the machine) got the needle in and injected me. Then back into the machine I went!

This time was a little different, though. The noises were still obnoxious, but this time I swear I heard a cowbell backbeat behind some of the grinding sound of the MRI Industrial House Mix.

Thankfully, the whole process was over in only 35 minutes, but it felt as if I'd been there for much longer. I think we take little things, like the ability to scratch our faces, for granted.

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After over a week of waiting, it seems the neurologist let me know in a letter (odd) what the results of my MRI and MRA were. I just got that letter today. Exact phrasing as follows:

"Your recent MRI is normal. You may continue the current treatment plan as discussed at the time of your last visit."

Under that, handwritten:

"MRI reveals a benign cyst, probably of no significance. Please set up a follow visit."

I'm confused... the (form) letter said my scan is normal, then he wrote on there that it's not quite normal. I have two cysts on my head, under my hair. In high school, I had a cyst inside of my sinus that was causing unbearable headaches. This makes me uneasy, because the non-threatening nature of this cyst means that insurance probably won't cover the costs of having it removed, and the medication doesn't really stop the twitching as much as it used to.

But, on the bright side; I don't have cancer.

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/18695487/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/18695487/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:55:46 PDT
I have been experiencing a twitch in my left eye for the past month or so, and when I attempt to sleep the entire side of my face begins to twitch (which makes sleeping quite difficult). Finally, last week, I saw my doctor about this. She deduced that the twitch was not stress related, despite my assumptions of this. She referred me to a neurologist.

After running a few routine tests, the neurologist knew exactly what was happening; the nerve on the left side of my head was being irritated either by a blood vessel... or a brain tumor. I now have to schedule an MRI to see exactly what is causing this, but either way it equates to something being messed up in my head.

Hopefully, after the MRI, it will be discovered that there is no serious threat to my life. Cancer runs in my family, however, so my already-paranoid and pessimistic thoughts are being weighed down by that knowledge. I'll find out for sure after this MRI. Until then, that Tim McGraw song continually plays in my mind...

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/17227788/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/17227788/ Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:32:51 PST
Anyway, I'm going to draw the first webcomic page, soon! Yes, it's going to suck, artistically... hopefully the story of it all can overcome my art-suckitude!

As for Fortuna, everything is STILL going perfectly. It's really just like it was back when we started, when everyone got along and nobody had any major complaints. Well, other than the bugs that are getting rapidly fixed thanks to the tech team!

Started playing ForumWarz. It's hilarious, if you're not easily offended! I suggest everyone try it, for it is free and funny.

That's... about all I have to say about that! The end.

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/17199341/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/17199341/ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:31:51 PST
RAAAAR! NOBODY BUT SEPHIROTH UNDERSTANDS ME AND MY TRUE SELF!!!

My parents are fucking assholes, too! When woke up the other day at noon, they threw fifty dollars at me to close a window. FIFTY DOLLARS! WHAT AM I, A SLAVE?!?

(This is a parody! ^_^ Lighten up, people!)

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/16930444/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/16930444/ Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:45:31 PST
The bugs are getting fixed rapidly, and soon we can start the new real episode! Everything is going wonderfully, and people (even offline) have noticed the change in my attitude for the better.

Viva la Fortuna! d-^_^-b

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/16829196/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/16829196/ Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:23:52 PST
The new staff gets along; no more arguments, no more stress. This is how it should have always been... always hire friends.

While some of the players who left I counted among my friends, -all- of the bad ones have left! Some of the older players who disagreed with the staff have returned, seeing as now there won't be any more internal conflicts.

Oddly, even though those who left tried to be very loud about it... Fortuna still has just as many people logging in and playing. Before, many players were afraid or upset when they logged in because of the atmosphere that the problem-causers were spreading. Even though the IC situation is grim, the players are actually happy.

Before, people were trying to convince me that I needed opposition. They said that without it, things would stagnate and nobody would be happy. They told me that if I had my way, the only people who would be happy were people who were "suck ups". They were wrong; the people who like Fortuna the way it is are not suck ups, but people like me who want a stress-free environment. Those who were trying to convince me otherwise, as I have been shown, were only trying to subvert Fortuna into what THEY wanted, which was never what it was meant to be.

So, in short... it may have cost a bit, but Fortuna has been saved. I won. ^___^ Warai.

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/16807274/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/16807274/ Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:51:21 PST
Yes, the whole freaking staff quit... because I came back. Really, I'm only sad about ONE of them being gone, because I rarely got along with the rest of them... but it's still very stunning that they didn't even try to talk to me first.

At any rate, I was, surprisingly, not rattled at all by this. Maybe it was the codeine, or maybe it's because I can see what a blessing this is.

With those staff members gone, most of the problem players left with them. The new staff are all people I'm friends with. We all get along and agree on everything... I think this is just what the server needed to stay true to itself.

If not... at least I tried to fix it until the very end.

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/16769281/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/16769281/ Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:27:34 PST
I pay to run a server for free for two years. I pour everything into creating characters and storylines and all kinds of shit, but I continually get shit on and abused by the players until I just can't stand to even be AROUND anymore...

And then I see players posting up "appreciation of the staff" that includes every staff member... except for me.

Fuck this shit. I deserve better than this.

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/15497281/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/15497281/ Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:42:51 PST
Then... someone insulted it. I actually didn't see that coming.

I don't take criticism well...

So.. at 9,231 words, I quit. Writing just isn't for me.

Even if my book really WASN'T that bad of an idea... I can't be a writer if I want to give up after the first negative word about my work. I actually haven't typed anything on it for about a week, just because I kept thinking of how fucking STUPID it all was...

I'm sorry if I let any of you down.

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/15248750/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/15248750/ Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:00:06 PDT
Anyway...

Today, I went to a kick-off party for National Novel Writing Month.

These are some really cool fucking people. We just talked for hours about things we write, things we've written, why we write... it was really inspiring, to me. I definitely have a rekindled interest in attempting publication, now!

I really do like watching my ant farm. It may be childish, but I don't care; it's an odd sort of fascinating therapy, really. Watching as they work so hard to build all these intricate little tunnels. They're also infinitely amusing pets.

I don't have much else to say, here... next month, I begin writing like mad to finish a novel in a month!

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/15156554/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/15156554/ Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:55:26 PDT book case devoted to World of Darkness books. My new digital camera was just begging for me to post something up for bragging rights!



Yes, there's some other books stuck horizontally on top of my WoD collection; I have no room for them anywhere else!

That's for anyone who didn't believe me when I said I own almost every WoD book ever printed. Not pictured: the books for the New World of Darkness and Vampire: the Requiem... I keep them hidden in shame away from public view.

One book, however, requires special mention!



That's my special limited-edition Mage: the Ascension (Revised). The greatest RPG ever printed. Sadly, in the New World of Darkness, the entire premise (and originality) of the game was destroyed; it, along with the rest of the old (better) World of Darkness is no more.

*Pours some Courvoisier on the ground* For the fallen. ;o;

I'm also trying to take pictures of my ant farm for a sort of "Progress Journal", but the glare from the side of the farm makes it impossible to see how much work those little guys are putting in. I'll figure out something, soon!

Oh, and here's my dogs:



]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/15087713/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/15087713/ Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:21:59 PDT
What's the best thing about my text messaging? T9 input, that's what! For those of you unfamiliar with T9 input, it basically means you hit the buttons that would spell out a word, and it will automatically put in the closest word that can be spelled with those keys. For example, 4-3-5-5-6 will spit out "hello". Simple!

As anybody who's talked to me for more than 5 minutes knows, I abhor the great majority of abbreviations and web-slang. Shorthand is just NOT my thing. This even applies when I text people; therefore, I do not use phrases like "idk my bff jill?" I don't use 4 instead of "for", I don't use 2 instead of "to" or "too", and most importantly... I do not use U instead of "you!"

Recently, I got the Sync (a nice Samsung phone). Everything about this phone is pretty nice... except the T9 input. The T9 works just fine... until I try to say "you". Whenever I press in 9-6-8 to spell "you"... it automatically gives me "Wmt".

What in the everloving FUCK is a "Wmt?!" Why would THIS be a more common match than "you?" I text pretty fast, so it's not unusual for someone to get a message from me that says "What are Wmt doing, tonight?" Naturally, they text me back with something like "What is Wmt?"

This is the DEFAULT for the T9 on this phone, and it royally pisses me off! If there is a way to remove that word from my dictionary, I sure as hell can't find it! I looked for any justification for this abbreviation to exist, and have found none! The only thing I could find is that WMT is the Stock Symbol for Wal-Mart! Even if that were the reason for being in T9 input, would it really be used more than the word "you?"

Yes, this really does piss me off THAT much.

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/14839041/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/14839041/ Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:44:53 PDT bought me a dA subscription! O___O Awesome awesome awesome!

Also, I'm planning a webcomic! >=O I put up a poll about how I should go about it; the story and characters are all in my head. It's the execution of this comic that I'm wondering about people's thoughts on!

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/14777915/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/14777915/ Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:14:38 PDT "But why not take these too?" Eric asked.
- Scion: Demigod

2- Stretch out your left arm as far as you can:
My Xbox 360! 8D

3- Last thing you watched on TV?:
Family Guy: Star Wars Episode

4- Without looking, what time is it?:
10:05

5- Now, what is the actual time?:
10:07

6- Without the computer, what do you hear?:
My stepfather's TV

7- When did you last step outside?:
When I took out the trash, this evening.

8- Before you took this survey, what did you look at?:
Lord of the Rings Online

9- What are you wearing?:
A pair of Pac-Man boxers!

10- Did you dream last night?:
Nope

11- When did you last laugh?
A few hours ago, at something Denny said.

12- What is on the walls in the room you are in?:
A few wall scrolls, an atomic clock, a whiteboard/corkboard, a rune poster, a glass etching of the House Ravenclaw emblem, and a painting of the Sons of Ether symbol.

13- See anything weird lately?:
Your mom!

14- What do you think of this quiz?:
Longer than I expected. >_>

15- What is the last film you saw?:
Resident Evil: Extinction

16- If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?:
A house, then an arcade.

17- Tell me something I don't know about you:
When I was little, I gathered a whole bunch of caterpillars, then stomped on them. I still feel horribly guilty about that to this day, and will never willingly kill another living thing.

18- If you could do one thing about the world without guilt or politics what would you do?:
Completely unite the world; one language, one currency, one society, one government.

19- Do you like to dance?:
Not when sober!

20- George Bush:
Is the current President, even though most people don't want it that way... it's just something we have to deal with, so no point in complaining, now.

21- Imagine your first child is a girl, what is her name?:
Athena or Tara

22- Imagine you first child is a boy, what is his name?:
I'm horrible with boy's names...

23- Would you consider living abroad?:
No.

24- What do you want God to say to you when you reach heaven?
"Welcome back! I've kept your room tidy while you were gone!"

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/14563506/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/14563506/ Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:23:02 PDT
I'm not retagging anyone with these; everyone who reads this has probably already done them. -_- If you WANT me to tag you with one or the other, say so and I'll add your tag. If you don't... I won't pressure you into it! You may be busy or something.

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Tagged by :

Rules
1) Post these rules.
2) Each person tagged must post 8 random facts about themselves.
3) Tags should write a journal/ blog of these facts.
4) At the end of the post 8 more persons are tagged and named.
5) Go to their page and leave a comment telling them they're tagged.

1. I used to be a hardcore video gamer, then I became sort of an anti-gamer... now I'm back to being a video gamer with my Xbox 360, good computer, and Wii.
2. I very briefly took classes in Budo Taijutsu; a martial art which includes Ninjitsu techniques.
3. All of my cars have been named after deities; Mortus, Shiva and Orion.
4. I'm almost a carnivore.
5. Pretty much anything can be made cute to me, which is a pretty big weakness of mine.
6. Another weakness of mine; pretty much anything can be made to frighten me.
7. I'm very easily influenced by others; something that I have a feeling has been used against me in very recent days... >_>
8. I couldn't ride a bike until I was 11.

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Tagged by :

List ten things about your art or writing, then tag 10 people to do the same.

1. I first started doing both drawings and writings in fifth grade; my art teacher thought I did a very exceptional full-body picture of Michaelangelo (the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, of course), and I also wrote a rather long story about a boy who finds an alien.

2. I gave up on drawing roughly 8 years ago, when a coworker saw my sketchbook and insisted that I couldn't draw.

3. I have many, many worlds of stories all crammed in my head, and parts of them have been altered, re-arranged, and re-used in each other. Fortuna's world, for example, features the Moonbeam family, which was also featured in the world of Shadows on the Bay, both of which use character ideas that were written about in the (always unfinished) stories of Glebranor and Valea (two worlds in an epic, multi-world story that I always write parts of, but never get around to actually DOING).

4. The last picture I drew (Delia) was going to be a crossover; she was going to be the little angel girl in a story featuring universe-hopping adventurers, then be an adult angel in a more serious story set on Earth.

5. I've read many books by Stephen King and Douglas Adams; both of these authors are probably my first and largest impacts on my style.

6. Ever since I began writing (yes, fifth grade), most of my characters have been female.

7. I re-use character names mostly because I'm awful at coming up with names.

8. I take criticism very, very poorly; any negative remarks tend to cause me worry for days (if not make me give up altogether for a few months).

9. I typically can't write or draw while I'm listening to music, because I'm horrible at multi-tasking and I'm VERY easily distracted. (Yes, this is a direct rip-off from lin-sama... but it's equally true for me).

10. I try to keep my description short; just enough to give you an idea of what something looks like or what's going on. Reading books where pages and pages are used to describe things seems very dry and boring, to me.

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/14028499/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/14028499/ Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:37:58 PDT Work
So, August begins the new financial year! Yay, woo, right? Well, for this first month at work, we have a sales competition; whoever makes the single biggest sale gets a prize!

That's great, since I got three massive sales... on July 31st. -_- I'm going to lose.

Social
I saw "The Bourne Ultimatum", yesterday, and just like the first two, it was pretty good! Julia Stiles has grown on me, a bit; I really kinda like her, now.

During the movie, however, I started to feel VERY... unwell. I got a dizzy feeling, like when I get motion sickness, as well as this acidic heartburn and tingling from my elbows to my fingers. After the movie, I had some chocolate (thinking low-blood sugar to be a culprit) and lay down. Most of the problems went away, but I STILL have that light-headed feeling. You know the feeling you get when you're sick and lay in bed all day? Yeah, that feeling.

Family
My mother's birthday was yesterday, and I really meant to get her something while I was out... but I got all sick and crap, so I came home. I bought her a gift certificate for Victoria's Secret website; she loves that store, and she's kinda freaked out over how I felt yesterday. She thinks it's my blood pressure... it's possible. I just got a new doctor, so I'll call her this week and schedule my first appointment.

Gaming
However, before I got sick at the movies, yesterday, a new White Wolf game caught my eye. See, after they released the horrible shit-bomb that they called the "New World of Darkness", I lost a lot of faith in White Wolf. However, this new game "Scion" REALLY appeals to me. I picked it up, and the game is amazing. It runs on something like a cross between the old (better) World of Darkness system and the Exalted system (yay, they brought back the "Appearance" attribute!), and you play children of the Gods. Not, like... made-up Gods for this universe, but you pick real mythological figures; Zeus, Odin, Raiden... and you get traits and powers based on who's kid you are. That is some awesome-cool shit. I just wish I had some people to run a tabletop game with...

In Lord of the Rings online, I am progressing slowly, but it's a pace I like; level 13 Loremaster, level 20 Champion/Armsmith, level 14 Burglar/Historian, and a level 14 Captain/Tinker. Just started the Book 1 quests with a group of friends, and I really think this is probably the only MMO worth playing for people who don't like to do mindless grinding and PvP.

My Ragnarok server is also doing much better, now that I've taken it over, again. Almost all of the problem players have left of their own volition, and the server is right back on the track it was meant to be on!

Random
While I was laying sick on my couch yesterday, my friend Mike decided to torture me by turning on the Sci-Fi channel to watch some absolutely awful made-for-crap-tv movie about vampires. I had no idea what was going on, but I've seen elementary school plays with better acting. During one of the commercial breaks, however, I saw a preview for another Sci-Fi "exclusive" gem, in which I heard uttered these words:

"We have an alien-possessed mammoth on the loose--"

There was more after that, but I couldn't stand to listen to it.

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I made it clear that Fortuna would NOT be changing to please "the majority". I didn't make my server for those people. Those people have plenty of servers. I put my foot down and said, basically, "enough is enough." If people want change, they can change the games they play.

Fortuna was made with a very specific goal in mind. If that's not the way people want to play, then I have no problems at all with them going elsewhere. They got on the wrong bus, and I am NOT changing where this bus is going because people weren't paying enough attention to our goal in the first place.

They call it stagnation. I call it our haven. If you get bored with the premise of the game, the problem IS NOT WITH THE GAME!

This newfound backbone has really invigorated me. As soon as it was known that I was back, a few people left the server; they were under the impression that they'd be allowed to change Fortuna. It will not change. There is no place left for players like me; players who don't WANT to see competition cause heaps of drama.

If this ends up killing Fortuna, so be it; I'd rather it die by staying true to itself than see it die by changing into something else.

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/13699949/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/13699949/ Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:41:57 PDT
First, an ex. She said she loved me. She claimed to be faithful. Sure, I was over her, and now it's way past the point where she just mysteriously... "needed some time alone to think"... but now I found out that about the time she stopped being so lovey was the time she had found someone else. Huh. That would explain why she never contacted me again. Even though I was over that whole thing, finding this out really hurts. I trust people far too easily.

Second, my game server. I've pretty much lost it. Every online game, these days, focuses on PvP. I hate PvP. I made my server to be completely free of PvP... but apparently, I'm a dying breed. Nobody wants to play in a place where they can't compete with others. I hate competition; I hate sports for that reason. It makes me sick to think that a human can't feel fulfilled unless they've proven they're "better" than someone else at something. So... there goes my creation.

What else can I do, really?

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Random thought; I want to open up an arcade. There's typical reasons for this; ie - Have no boss, run things the way I like, get paid to do pretty much nothing, and of course there's the free DDR!

However, there's a practical side to this, as well!

• No arcades in the area! If you want to play in an arcade anywhere near here, you have to go to Muvico theaters. That's a $9 movie ticket, then another $1 per game. Or you could go to Dave and Busters, which is even MORE expensive, and doesn't really have any good games in it.


• Little to no "import machines! DDR is in almost every arcade that still manages to exist in the US. But what about the others? Para-Para, Beatmania, Guitar Freaks, Percussion Freaks? I've played all these in arcades... in Montreal. If we opened one near here, we'd have the Otaku factor.


• Karaoke Booths? Another idea I got from Japan! Little booths that can seat about 4 to 6 people where you can pay to do Karaoke and have it "Grade" you. Not sure if we can get the grading machines in the US, but we could easily figure out some way to have Karaoke rooms set up.


• Beverage bar! A coffee bar, soda fountain, and good supply of the trendy energy drinks (Red Bull, Full Throttle, Bawls, etc) would probably be good for the caffinated gamer, and bring in walk-in business that may just want a drink.

Of course, the matter of getting a loan to set all this up, advertising, and the huge risk of failure are giving me pause... but for some reason, I have a good feeling about this.

Any thoughts?

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/12169936/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/12169936/ Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:24:22 PDT screw
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And my doctor wonders why he had to put me on blood pressure medication... -_-; This could be made SO much simpler...

Edit: FINALLY got the desktop thing to work. -_- It still shouldn't be such a difficult process.

]]> ~MorganFortuna http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/11755853/ http://MorganFortuna.deviantart.com/journal/11755853/ Sat, 10 Feb 2007 05:23:17 PST
Because I, a 27-year old man, went to bed at 10 PM on Friday night. I feel like a 70-year old! What person, my age, can't manage to stay awake on a FRIDAY? What the hell is wrong with me?!

But I digress! Things aren't hopeless, anymore, so I guess things can be pulled together. Today, I get a haircut and a new shaver, as my current shaver is almost two years old. It still works, but it was a cheap Rite-Aid thing and I have a few dollars to get myself something nice that I could really use.

The "Service Engine Soon" and "Brake" lights on my dashboard keep coming on, then going away inexplicably. I'm not sure if that means I need to check something in my car, or if my car is just as neurotic as I am.

Also, being as people know I'm a male now, I should probably change my AV and my DevID... I feel bad, since they're both works of , but I don't want people thinking I'm a girl, anymore! What to do, what to do? T_T

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However, things with me... aren't going so well. My inspiration is still gone, and it looks like the players of FortunaRO are all losing their inspiration and leaving. I think, soon, I will have no choice but to shut down the server. It's been up for almost a year, and I put a LOT of work into it... but if the people's interest isn't there, I don't see how I could keep it running.

I just don't know what else I can do. I know I've already done all I could.

I'm sorry this wasn't a happy journal entry, Denny.

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I'm just... not going to do anything for a while. Nothing. People are abandoning me at the worst of times, and I just can't handle feeling so helpless and alone.

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Yeah.

... what the hell am I doing with this?

RIGHT! Journal! Well... I'm learning to play guitar. Yes. My guitar is awesome. My guitar is god. I should get a picture of my guitar in here. I'll photo my guitar, sometime. Then you can all see the awesomeness that is my guitar.

I run FortunaRO. It's a Ragnarok Server for people who don't like PVP and like Role-Playing. As you can imagine, there's not much call for those kinds of people; typically, if you don't like PVP, you don't play MMORPGs. Such is life.

Mostly, I write. I write a lot. I have so much in my head that I can't write fast enough, then I lose the inspiration to finish writing out what I already have completed, mentally. Does that make sense? I'm lazy, I guess is what I'm saying. Then again, I have something like 24 little pieces of writing up here, already... I guess I'm not THAT lazy.

I use ellipses a lot. These are ellipses... aren't they cool? They're my friends. I'd hug them, but they're just three periods. Dots, if you will. Dots that are huggable. Yup. Huggable dots.

I haven't been sleeping well, lately. Can you tell?

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