Post by Burke (John) on Aug 16, 2009 2:20:47 GMT -5
If you have a problem with lame excuses for not posting and/or long chats about life that effect my role play, you do not have to read this.
Many of you probably noticed I've rarely been online lately. Many of you also know my house got flooded and I'm trying everything I can to hold myself together until things work out. Right now my sister is visiting from New York, and it's helping a lot to keep me upbeat. But I probably won't be staying here in California much longer and I need to get busier than I already am. I've been busy with fun stuff like going to the movies, hanging out with friends, working on my models, and other kinds of Star Trek related stuff. However, I can't keep doing that and wasting away useful years, especially since I'm planning on redoing some high school.
I've been an all A student every year. I had intended to take four years of math ranging from Algebra to Trigonometry, and then four years of science from General Earth to Physics. This is because I've wanted to be an air force or space engineer or scientist my whole life, but I lost myself. I got a B in English and Geometry last year 'cause I'd lost interest in school and didn't put any effort into it. I felt really bad 'cause I'm good in both Math and English. I think it's time I put my back into it. I'm probably going to move to New York, drop out of high school, and redo my important subjects in college, starting from Algebra 1 again. I'm only 16 so I have time, but I really feel I wasted last year when I didn't put any effort into school, especially since I want to get into the sciences.
Now the reason I'm putting this here is because I'm going to enjoy the rest of my summer vacation other than on the internet, so you won't see much of me here during that time, then I'll probably move. I might have some more posting time then since I have to get into the college, but I'll tell you more when I find out more.
Another thing. I'm trying to keep interest in the board, but it's been hard lately. I'm in another adult Star Trek role play and the people there are more on the same level as me. I've always had trouble understanding the Mirror's Edge theme, and as cool as it was, never could get it to pique my interest as much as others I've done. I've been role playing for five years pretty much none-stop, and I've experienced this many times before. However, as hard as it has been to come back every night, I do intend to try a while longer to keep my characters in this. A problem is my characters have lost their personalities. I spend hours a day working on the personalities of my characters, but my two main characters, Burke and Lenette, haven't stuck with me like my Shadow Parlor characters. And Holly probably never will, seeing as I can't make her exactly like the Holly I once knew or I won't be able to force myself to play as her, and I haven't come up with another attitude for her.
One of her problems is being a 'throw-away' character. As much as you try to make her seem like a real part of the story, if you know she'll die, then you know it and you don't spend as much time on that character. And I have trouble dealing with 'every day life' scenes. Such as going to a restaurant and deciding how to go about a day. I do that every day in real life, I don't intend to do it in a role play.
In real life, I freerun. I understand it's concept compared to it's counterpart parkour and the whole feel of the sport itself because I take the time to study the culture and people who do it. Freerunning gives off a sense of euphoria that does seem to emphasize drama, but I have to disagree with such dramatic posts in the role play. First of all, we're not freerunning. The characters do parkour to efficiently deliver packages. The quicker the better to avoid getting caught. Our role play has turned from an underground criminal facility to a Mirror's Edge, freerunning fantasy play land. I understand it's a quality to be able to right dramatically or create suspense through action scenes, but if you're into the same stuff I am, you'll bring a pillow.
By telling you this I don't mean to offend anyone, I just want you to understand why I'm not as active lately. This is just my life and it doesn't have to effect the way you write or how you role play or how your characters behave, it is simply to explain my absence in a hopefully understandable way.
Many of you probably noticed I've rarely been online lately. Many of you also know my house got flooded and I'm trying everything I can to hold myself together until things work out. Right now my sister is visiting from New York, and it's helping a lot to keep me upbeat. But I probably won't be staying here in California much longer and I need to get busier than I already am. I've been busy with fun stuff like going to the movies, hanging out with friends, working on my models, and other kinds of Star Trek related stuff. However, I can't keep doing that and wasting away useful years, especially since I'm planning on redoing some high school.
I've been an all A student every year. I had intended to take four years of math ranging from Algebra to Trigonometry, and then four years of science from General Earth to Physics. This is because I've wanted to be an air force or space engineer or scientist my whole life, but I lost myself. I got a B in English and Geometry last year 'cause I'd lost interest in school and didn't put any effort into it. I felt really bad 'cause I'm good in both Math and English. I think it's time I put my back into it. I'm probably going to move to New York, drop out of high school, and redo my important subjects in college, starting from Algebra 1 again. I'm only 16 so I have time, but I really feel I wasted last year when I didn't put any effort into school, especially since I want to get into the sciences.
Now the reason I'm putting this here is because I'm going to enjoy the rest of my summer vacation other than on the internet, so you won't see much of me here during that time, then I'll probably move. I might have some more posting time then since I have to get into the college, but I'll tell you more when I find out more.
Another thing. I'm trying to keep interest in the board, but it's been hard lately. I'm in another adult Star Trek role play and the people there are more on the same level as me. I've always had trouble understanding the Mirror's Edge theme, and as cool as it was, never could get it to pique my interest as much as others I've done. I've been role playing for five years pretty much none-stop, and I've experienced this many times before. However, as hard as it has been to come back every night, I do intend to try a while longer to keep my characters in this. A problem is my characters have lost their personalities. I spend hours a day working on the personalities of my characters, but my two main characters, Burke and Lenette, haven't stuck with me like my Shadow Parlor characters. And Holly probably never will, seeing as I can't make her exactly like the Holly I once knew or I won't be able to force myself to play as her, and I haven't come up with another attitude for her.
One of her problems is being a 'throw-away' character. As much as you try to make her seem like a real part of the story, if you know she'll die, then you know it and you don't spend as much time on that character. And I have trouble dealing with 'every day life' scenes. Such as going to a restaurant and deciding how to go about a day. I do that every day in real life, I don't intend to do it in a role play.
In real life, I freerun. I understand it's concept compared to it's counterpart parkour and the whole feel of the sport itself because I take the time to study the culture and people who do it. Freerunning gives off a sense of euphoria that does seem to emphasize drama, but I have to disagree with such dramatic posts in the role play. First of all, we're not freerunning. The characters do parkour to efficiently deliver packages. The quicker the better to avoid getting caught. Our role play has turned from an underground criminal facility to a Mirror's Edge, freerunning fantasy play land. I understand it's a quality to be able to right dramatically or create suspense through action scenes, but if you're into the same stuff I am, you'll bring a pillow.
By telling you this I don't mean to offend anyone, I just want you to understand why I'm not as active lately. This is just my life and it doesn't have to effect the way you write or how you role play or how your characters behave, it is simply to explain my absence in a hopefully understandable way.
Have fun, and stay in touch
) and well Denmark along with the neighbours sweeden and norway are in the very high end of the list (all 3 on top five iv heard) but I belive America is an at least as great country. If you where straight A, and think you can get straigth A again, then you have nothing to worry about. Hope you will still write over skype and such, cause you are interesting, and I want to hear how it goes... well hopefully I wont hijack this thread anymore... Trust me you wont need luck to get a great life: you have potential, but I will wish you good luck anyways, cause it cant hurt ;-)