I'm writing ALL about this in my online journal!

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Previously: Parts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

And then: I totally didn't update for months, and I should be job-hunting, but it's getting depressing (waaah!) and so I'm doing this in between sending my resume to strange employers on Craigslist! (And in between reading a script for my other, non-paying-money job.)

Also, I just found Wizards of the Coast put up a gallery from the new edition's Monster Manual (WotC ILU!), so I'm very tempted to do both the 3.5 and the 4.0 Monster Manuals at the same time. (I like the cut of the jibs of the 4.0 monsters, but fortunately for me there's just as much to make fun of.)

Today:

The Gorgon ( Robot cows. )
The Gray Render ( Single Giant Monster ISO fluffy thing to follow around. DDF, GSOH. )
The Grick ( A snake with an octopus on its face. )
The Griffon ( You know this one. )
The Grimlock ( Stealing from classic sci-fi. )
Guardinals ( Angels for furries. )
Hags ( She's a witch. Burn her! )
Half-Celestials ( Touched by an angel in your special place. )
Half-Dragons and Half-Fiends ( More creative sexual scenarios. )

Next time: Hobbits!

...So my laptop's fan broke, along with other bits in it. When your computer starts smoking, it's generally a bad sign.

I still have the extended warranty (Apple Care), though, so it should all get repaired...

So, now I've got Twitter. I couldn't decide whether to sign up as "jakejesson" (so obvious!) or "redwinggreen7" (my old screenname - so awkward!), so I Took A Third Option.

You can find me here: http://twitter.com/thedeadlymoose

Anyone else do le Twittre?

Update: I am now following Barack Obama, Neil Gaiman, and John Cleese. Of these Neil is by far the most interesting, as he appears to "tweet" constantly. Addict!

I just now finished watching the most recent episode of Battlestar Galactica, and... hoo boy. o_O

First thoughts under cut:

( MAJOR SPOILERS )

With the New Year, I've determined to blog more. A lot more. Unfortunately, I have difficulty differentiating what should go on LiveJournal and what should go on Blogspot; theoretically, my Life stuff should go here, and my Writing stuff should go there. But lots of stuff falls in-between the cracks that way. Also, I've noticed that I have a tendency to overwrite on Blogspot, and underwrite on LJ. So perhaps if I tailor most posts to fit both journals, and only put silly posts like "Blarg" or something here, then...

But then again, I don't want to put my silly D&D monster review posts on Blogspot, because I can't LJ-cut, and they're picture heavy. What to do, what to do?

Anyway, if you want to read long posts, my last two blogspot-only posts are on realism as it relates to magic items in fantasy fiction, and Terminator and higher standards for sci-fi stories. Hey, if I'd crossposted those, I would have LJ-cutted them to death anyway...

How many of you have multiple journals, anyway, and actually use them for different things? Anyone? >.>

Here's what I know about the somewhat infamous book series so far: it has sparkly vampires (sparklepires?) and werewolves (not sparkly), it's being made into a series of blockbuster movies, and I've heard it described as a parable (or alternatively, a parody) of young female desire. Oh, and it's written by a Mormon housewife.

So, I'm going to read them.

And I'm going to tell you all about it. Chapter by chapter.

Aren't you excited?

Now that we know, thanks to the Pope, that nontraditional sex - gay or non-procreative, for instance - is destroying mankind (and also the rain forests), David Isaak tells us all exactly how much ecological damage we can expect to do with the rampant non-procreative sex we all may or may not be having.

...On a completely unrelated note, I cannot stop listening to "Super Trouper" as sung by Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia!, a film which I've not even seen completely. My family's been playing it in the background for the last few days, and... well, draw your own conclusions. (And now, thanks to Wikipedia, I now know more about 70's-80's "pop supergroups" than I ever expected to...)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wolverine trailer. (Not the ugly Youtube version that was floating around earlier, either.)

I cannot believe how good this movie looks. Actually, I can't believe that it looks good at all.

Scientists may now be able to recreate a wooly mammoth using the abundance of DNA that they now have, by genetically engineering its closest relative, the elephant.

Here's the crazier part, though.

"The same would be technically possible with Neanderthals, whose full genome is expected to be recovered shortly, but there would be several ethical issues in modifying modern human DNA to that of another human species. "

O_O

I mentioned ... about two years ago ... that my all-time favorite epic fantasy series had been optioned for an HBO series.

Now it's becoming a pilot.

I probably shouldn't be getting my hopes up (ha) but the author says he's very happy with the script, and about the whole enterprise overall.

So... yeah, I'm pretty frikkin' excited.

(I had an election post, but I didn't finish it and now it feels redundant after 8 days. :p)

Tomorrow is Election Day, and also the close of the most intense, twisty, weird, entertaining and dreadful presidential campaigns... possibly ever. People are saying we're on the verge of a turning point in our history. Maybe we are, or maybe it's all hyperbole. But no matter what happens, remember this...

Previously: Parts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

And then: A new edition got released, but we're finishing 3.5 first, dammit! Now with less rambling. Slightly. Maybe. >.>

Today:

Ghosts ( ...Which are ghosts. )
The Ghoul ( Purple People-Eaters. )
Giants ( Big is bad. )
The Gibbering Mouther ( Crazy insane amoeba things made of mouths and eyes. )
The Girallon ( Magical albino gorillas with two extra arms. )
The Githyanki ( Yellow spotty elves with mind powers #1 )
The Githzerai ( Yellow spotty elves with mind powers #2 )
The Gnoll ( Hyena Man. )
The Gnome ( Short pranksters who talk to badgers. )
The Goblin ( More tiny people who are evil because they're ugly. )
Golems ( Giant magical robots. )

Next time: Robot cows!

So I hung out with Jessie today, and she made me watch episodes of Supernatural and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles today, so I'm going to review them. Because I can. My instincts tell me I can't do this unless I review EVERY episode of ALL the shows, but I'm going to ignore my completist urges for now. (Though I wouldn't mind doing that, come to think of it, since I really really like both these shows...)

WARNING SPOILER-TASTIC!

( Supernatural 3x09: Malleus Maleficarum )


( Supernatural 3x11: Mystery Spot )

Oh shitz, is it really 4:30 AM? Never mind on the Terminator review/s. Oh well!

I have an internship as a script reader!

Woo. XD

Now, I just need to find a job. >.>

(I've been terribly scarce, I suppose - sorry about that. :x )

D&D post: Later o'clock.

Have come to the realization that I will most likely need to work in LA. Orange County is sort of a desert where creative jobs are concerned. Particularly in the area of film. See, I plan to make a career out of approximately three things:

A) Prose fiction. (Books, short stories.)
B) Comics. (Graphic novels, etc.)
C) Film. (TV, feature films.)

Of those, A) and B) are essentially side jobs. You don't get a day job in novel-writing or comics-drawing. (Unless you work on superheroes, which... I don't want to.) But if you want to work in film, you need a job in The Entertainment Industry, if only for networking purposes and To Learn How Things Work (particularly for someone - like me - who did not go to film school). And if you wanna do that? You gotta work in Los Angeles.

So I'll probably have to go for the train while I'm living down here, which isn't cheap but is cheaper than the equivalent amount of gas. And this means I will likely have no choice but to move to LA at some point in the future.

When, though? Where, and with whom? No idea.

What strange, strange prospects these be.

...has a new edition! For those of you who may not have noticed. And there's a brand new Monster Manual to go with it, which I've of course read (way too much for my own good).

Of course, I have things to say about this new Monster Manual as well, but fear not (or fear, either way): I plan to complete the 3.5 monster manual review. Who knows - maybe I'll then jump to the next one! Aren't you excited?

Real life post: Coming later. Maybe. >.>; (I did update my blogger site...)

I'm done with school. I'm graduated. It's incredibly surreal, and yet, will or has happened to a good percentage of the people I know.

Now, time to get a job.

...Uh-oh.

Yeah, so obviously I'm not going to get through the entire D&D Monster Manual before the new D&D edition (4th) is released on June 7th, bringing a brand new Monster Manual with it. I'll just have to write faster. XD (Haven't bothered purchasing it, yet. >.>)

Re-LJ-cutting these so they don't take up offensive amounts of space on this blog. :x

Previously: Parts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

In today's installment:

The Ettin ( A giant with two heads. )
Fiendish Creatures ( Evil versions of normal creatures. From Hell! )
The Formians ( Ant monsters. )
The Frost Worm ( Yeah, er... What? )
Fungi ( Walking deadly mushrooms. )
The Gargoyle ( Unfortunately, not the kind from that 90's TV show. )
Genies ( Of COURSE there's genies. )

Next time: Ghosts! Oh noes, run away!