August 23rd, 2009

"August 23 is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 130 days remaining until the end of the year," as quoted by the all powerful Wikipedia. But to me it serves more than being the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; to several it is the final day of the delighted summer vacation, and thus, the end to our two-and-a-half month long daydream.

So anyway, MM here again with several things to talk about. First of course being this site, actually getting an update in over half a year. For some odd reason I didn't have the motivation nor effort to do so until the very end of summer break. But anyway, here it is, a redesigned, relaunched edition of MM's blogspace, undergoing the new title, shrine-write.

First thing you should notice is the new layout, I've completely changed it from the old one, using the popular yet simple Mandigo theme. And of course, currently ascended on the shrine-write throne of mascot-ism is none other than the elegant Saber Lily.

So as such, with a new scheme, name, and paint job, I'll go ahead and rejog your memory of what this site was intended for as well as some things to expect from it. Originally I had launched this site as a blog in hopes of starting a new and interesting way to express myself towards QFF which is of course totally unlike anything else I've done recently. Though it did spark a chain of copycat blogs leeching off AV-2's bandwidth, like most of them it had ultimately and inevitably ceased updates (within less than a week's span) due to the extra terrestrial rebellion. For the most part it served as my own personal storage box filled with images and whatnot for the illustrated online novel series I'm writing, Fate/Dream Raver, and has actually served quite well for it.

But today I've regained the passionate inspiration (that will only die out soon enough) to rekindle this website and transform it into something that I could be proud of owning. I don't intend to start updating it like crazy, as I'm not even sure how many people would be interested in reading what MM of all people would want to blog about, but either way the blog section of this site will end up being used frequently whether or not many people choose to read them. This site also serves as an archive to quickly view my notorious current projects that I only speak about so much. Who knows, perhaps one day shrine-write will have become a full-fledged doujin circle famous for their marvelous visual novels and erotic software! But until then shrine-write will just chill and take it easy.

So in other news, yes, today is my final day of summer. Like most summer vacations I can't say this one was very productive as I had intended it to be, but at the same time it's not like I haven't done anything at all. On that list of things to do this summer I had created at the start of it, I probably didn't even get through half of the things listed. In fact, let's go through it now.

Long Term

• Reach Chapter 40 in Fate/Dream Raver - Chapter 22 (I think). Fuck.
• Finish the beta for QFF Fighter - Meeeeeeh.
• Learn 5 new songs on piano - Well I got 1/5th of this one done.
• Learn 3 new songs on guitar - And 2/3rds for this one.
• Learn 3 new dishes to cook - Why the hell was this even a goal...
• Finish 3 new eroge - Ugh... I started one, however it proved to be long as hell so I deleted it... I never even saw one sex scene...
• Finish 3 of the anime's I've promised to finish - Let's just skip this one.

Weekly/Daily Tasks

• Draw one new picture in personal Art Diary a day - Hey for about two weeks I was keeping up with this
• Draw at least 3 new sprites a day - Hey for about two days I was keeping up with this
• Train with Hinako twice a day - Ore wa... saite... gomen, Hinako-chan...
• Practice an hour of martial arts at least 3 days a week - Well my niisan broke my punching bag so...
• Practice an hour of piano at least 3 days a week - I gave it up for guitar...! ^^
• Actually attend Japanese class all 4 days a week - What am I, a weeaboo? I canceled that shit ages ago.

Goals

• Learn a life lesson - You know what I did. I told my niisan I only like 2D girls to which he replied, "don't forget, you have a penis."
• Learn how to solve a Rubik's Cube - Hey this one could have been done if I didn't sacrifice myself for your entertainment
• Gain a new skill - I learned how to swim
• Become a nicer person - Trust me
• Become someone's hero - I don't know actually
• Shave my head (and other things) - o3o
• Cut the nice guy image - Not sure where I stand

Stay Away From

• Doing nothing - Hey BlazBlue counts as something!
• Playing video games too long - Eh, for the most part I didn't play too many. Just a bunch of fightans
• Getting sick - I'm stronger than swine flu
• Smoking - Oops

So yeah overall I spent this summer not nearly fulfilling everything I had planned but when do you ever I suppose. I was actually out of my house most of the day during the first two months which really burdened me, and for the final month I ended up lazing down and not doing a thing. But that's all over now, today's my final day, tomorrow I reawaken and get back to business. And because of so you'll have to expect to see me around less often on the net for the next few months, with school, a job, and fighting crime on the side, I won't have the luxury of maintaining an online existence. However where I can squeeze time I'll come to work on my projects which also includes this site, so please look forward to that and thank you for taking the time out to listen to me. I hope you all had a fabulous summer, and I wish you all good luck for the upcoming year. And remember, love and peace dawgs.