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Tuesday, December 31st, 2024 06:54 am
Partner woke up feeling better this morning. No fever, much more lucid than last night. Able to take a shower and enjoy breakfast. I'm still not feeling particularly bad (no sore throat, very mild fatigue) but I'm still expecting it to hit me- when I least expect it of course.

Had black coffee (decaf), and peanut butter mousse (peanutbutter, cream cheese, heavy cream, vanilla, sweetener) for breakfast and that was very enjoyable.

Sitting here now, deciding how to use the last day of calendar year 2024.

What a year it's been.

Started the year writing Resident Evil. Then moved to writing Urusei Yatsura. After that, Ace Attorney, and we actually finished a whole, very well received Ace Attorney longfic, though I have a lot of complicated feelings about it.

We read the entirety of One Piece this year, starting in May. It took us about 2 months to catch up and it was a very frustrating experience in a lot of ways. There are just enough things to like about One Piece to keep us coming back.

Now, here at the end of the year we've gotten back into Final Fantasy 7, which was not at all what I expected. Honestly the material is a lot more natively enjoyable than OP, which is refreshing.

According to AO3 statistics, partner and we wrote over a million words this year, which I think is pretty impressive. it's definitely our highest recorded word count. It might even be our highest ever yearly word count, though the year we wrote Danganronpa 4 might have given it a run for its money.

Two new system member woke up this year, Cable, who we hadn't seen since we were around 11, and Elizabeth who had never been awake in the system before. Monet/Lucrecia joined us in our partner's system this year as well, which was a hell of a day.

In January of 2024 we had started keeping a paper journal, which we worked on quite diligently-- for a month. We're planning to try again this year but I don't expect it to turn out a lot better.

We made roast duck for christmas this year, which was a first. It came out really well, and I'm hoping to make it a tradition. I don't plan to make the movie we watched with christmas dinner a tradition though. 1985's Santa Claus the movie apparently bombed for a good reason.

The system members who were the most active this year were probably: Chris, Hubert, Kaoru, Hal and Jas, Kirigiri (me), Jasmine, and Nikolai. Which, interestingly aside from Kaoru is the old gang from back in high school.

At the end of May we (Kaoru/Bobby, Hubert and Athena) went to the local zoo which was probably the best day trip of the whole year. We have a ton of photos and everyone had a wonderful time, even if we were really tired by the time we got back. The hot dog place Bobby found for us to eat at on the way home was also killer and we've been back there a few times already.

In October we made baklava for partner's work potluck and it came out amazing! I couldn't have a lot of it, but I was really impressed with how well it turned out despite us never having made it before. It just goes to show you how well cooking/baking will go as long as you follow the recipe.

We had a couple of fun trips in early June. There was a trip to the big thrift mall which was really enjoyable, and on June 2nd, which was the day that one piece "really hit" Komaru/Buggy and Leon/Shanks put a bunch of picnic food in the cooler, got in the car and did a spontaneous beach trip.

Here at the very end of the year, we've finally been able to get into drawing again without pain, which marks the end of an extremely frustrating 3 year hiatus. I can't say enough how much drawing does for our mental health.

The new year is always tied up with our birthday for us, since it's so close to it. In just two weeks we'll be in the final year of our thirties, before we hit the big "40" in 2026. We started this journal back in high school. It's a hell of a thing to be still updating it today, even hosted on another website.

I don't know. I felt nostalgic this morning.

It was a good year. A really good year.
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Thursday, May 14th, 2020 07:06 am
Its been a few days since my last entry. Lets see what's happened...

In the real world:
Car trouble-- This actually happened Monday and I forgot to mention it. Serpent had to stay home from work because the car was making an AWFUL noise and we didn't feel safe with her driving it. Luckily we were able to bring it into the shop and get it fixed that day. The wheel bearing was bad and had to be replaced. (It could have fallen off at any time! D:)

Still haven't been successful waking 'grim up in the mornings but that's life. Going to try again a little later today. I'm worrying I'm disturbing his sleep even though he asks me to call >_>

The nerf guns and ammo I ordered came in. That should be a lot of fun to play around with in the house and backyard. With 200 foam rounds we can afford to lose a few darts lol.

In Animal Crossing:
Current Villagers are Beaux, Ketchup, Allie, Filbert, Annalisa, Raymond, Coco, Tex, Lolly and Marina. Sylvia moved out a few days ago to make room for Tex who is a smug villager. This means I currently have 1 Peppy, 1 snooty, 2 lazy, 2 smug and **4** normal villagers with no uchi or cranky villagers! I really need to mix it up some! Chow (a cranky panda) is at my camp site today and I don't like him very much but I'm considering inviting him anyway to see who he'll knock out and just get some diversity in here...

In good news I finally have a five star island as of day before yesterday! It took a lot or work and I'd still say my island is a work in progress but I'm pretty pleased with it for now!

In Writing/Rp:

Danganronpa 5 and Somnoma have been going really well and I'm super invested in both. I've done some more art for Danganronpa-- I'm trying to work my way through the cast which is..... large lol.

Images under the cut! )
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Sunday, August 8th, 2010 11:34 am
"The great thing about 'the closet' was the only people it made miserable was the fags. Now that they're all out of the closet, they make everybody miserable."

Fuck you, dad. Fuck you.
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Saturday, July 17th, 2010 09:59 am
"It is because I say it is. Don't you understand real logic?"

He really said that, verbatim, in all seriousness.
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Friday, June 18th, 2010 11:45 am
Why do people make it so hard for me to just enjoy myself? Is it deliberate? Or is it just another case of everyone who likes me being womanish, hysterical and entitled? It seems to happen every time I get close to someone. FML.

-Mordax
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 10:11 am
I am tired, tired, TIRED of people imagining the blackest, most obscene horrors they can come up with and justifying them under the flimsy premise that the darker something is the closer it is to reality.

-D
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 09:18 am
Because there aren't enough hours in the day, or days in the week to get what we want/need to get done.

Here's what we (barely) manage to get done every week, aside from miscellany: Work job (biggest time sink aside from sleep). Spend night at boyfriend's house. Hang out with best friend. Hang out with other best friend. Play Wajas. Play weekly D&D game. Update Livejournal. Draw personal Art. Participate in ongoing ARG. Get in some reading before bed.

And we'd like to add: 2nd weekly Tabletop RP game. Play World of Warcraft. Draw art project art. Draw Webcomic. Participate in Play by Post RP.

Not to mention the things we'd do but can't find a place to jam in and so have cut out almost entirely: watch TV and Play Video Games.

Oh, and "get a good night's sleep".

And these are only the things we're including because they've got a hope of making it onto the list. There's a whole host of others, if only there was more time.

We just don't have the time to give more than a handful of these things they time they need/deserve, but none of us are willing to give up our pet  projects for the sake of anyone else's.

Oh, and not to mention our parents  get mad at me when we don't spend sufficiently "quality time" at home or doing things with them.
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Saturday, June 5th, 2010 03:35 pm
So I did it. Swallowed my anxiety about it, and went and got a professional haircut for the first time in over a decade.

And I am so glad I did. Not only does it look great (in my opinion) but its great to just have the weight of it "off my shoulders" but literally and metaphorically.

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Saturday, June 5th, 2010 12:11 pm
I CANNOT DEAL WITH IT ANY MORE. I NEED TO GET RID OF THIS FUCKING LONG HAIR.

CAPSLOCK OF PISSED.
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Sunday, May 9th, 2010 09:41 pm
So. Remember the "heinous game of telephone"? Yeah. It turns out my aunt never woke up. I don't even know why I was told that. They're taking her off life support tomorrow.

Unless something changes, this is my last post on the subject.

-David
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Sunday, May 9th, 2010 11:45 am
Hi guys. Thank you for all the love and support, it really helps.

I'm told she's awake now, but on life support. Unfortunately, since she's across the US from us, all of our info is filtered through multiple relatives in a heinous game of telephone. But what I'm hear is she's stable for the moment.

Thanks again, everyone.

-D
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Saturday, May 8th, 2010 08:38 pm
Our paternal aunt is in a coma. :(

-D
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Thursday, May 6th, 2010 12:27 pm
Finally found a place that delivers that actually makes subs I like! YEAH! Bacon=necessary ingredient of any sub.

-D
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010 10:46 pm
  • Had terrible insomnia last night. Its really a seasonal thing for us; though I think I'm the most affected. Late spring/summer just seems to keep me awake all night. Feels like my skin is full of electricity. I wouldn't mind not sleeping if I didn't feel so damned TIRED, ya know?
  • A nice surprise this morning; in addition to wajas I'm a member of the pet site Aywas, although I don't play very often. I logged in just for kicks today, and found that I'd been randomly awarded a Blue Custom Orb, the equivalent of a Silver Token on wajas, and worth quite a bit. Aywas customs are different from wajas, in that you actually get to design the markings and accessories yourself, so no pressure, right? XD
  • Its no sooner that you meet someone new than they move away... Ah well. We'll always have the internet. XD
  • I have like 3000+ MP3s on my computer. So why does Winamp always play the same 75-100 when I have it on shuffle? It's supposed to be RANDOM! Arghh! t does his all the time, and it's driving me nuts. I have switched to a new music player out of desperation, and I am hoping it will fix this. So far "Evil Player" is living up to its recommendation; it seems way more random on shuffle. The problem is it doesn't play my WMAs, but I can just convert those.
  • Oh, Linkara, I want to steal you and keep you in a jar for my personal amusement. History of the Power Rangers has reminded me how ANGRY I was when they tried to replace Kimberly with Kat. It was bad enough that she left the show, but then the tried to make Kat Tommy's new love interest? Fuck that! Tommy/Kim was my second ever OTP, right after Rogue/Gambit. (David: I must interject here; I didn't have nearly the feelings Mordax has for Kimberly, but I'd meet Tommy at Ernie's Juice Bar any day of the week. ^_^) Also, I might end up doing some Lord Zedd fanart. Hehehehe.
ETA: Aaand... there's not an LJ group for insomniacs? WTF?
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 08:37 pm
Being stick Sucks. Stupid cold. I hate coughing. :(

-Mordax
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 11:57 pm
Oh. Well that makes sense. *sigh* Why couldn't you be different?
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010 03:54 pm
Holy fishcakes that boy is annoying to talk to. Please tell me you all are dating him because he's super hot or something. Really David, I know Mordax has terrible taste, but how do you put up with him?

-Vin
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 08:31 am
You know you’ve been using a moniker for too long when it starts to feel like a name.

I don’t even blink when people call me Mordax anymore, even offline- I think of myself as Overlord Mordax more often than I do any other name. Saevitia, on the other hand still feels like a net name.

I guess it’s not surprising that I’ve gotten used to being Mordax. After all, I’ve had then name for ten years, and been using it actively online for over seven.

That’s right, it’s a name I came up with when I was 14ish. This should surprise no one. I was coming to terms with my identity as evil, and had declared my intention to become a super-villain. So naturally the first thing I needed was a name.

‘Mordax’ was the result of an hour or so with a Latin dictionary. I wanted something that sounded evil, and dark, but not too cartoony. Something in cool-points somewhere between Darth Vader and Doctor Robotnik, Points were awarded for actually meaning something sinister.

I don’t remember all the rejected possibilities, but I remember the way it felt when I came across the one I would use. Mordax just felt right on the tongue. The X of course, was a big plus, as was the ‘Mor/Mord’, which gave it just the right amount of audible association with death.

And it means ‘Biter’.

Well, even then I considered myself to have a sharp, biting wit. And of courses, I like to bite things (and people) so it really was perfect.

Mordax I would be.

You might be curious about the ‘Overlord’ in front of it (which, I might add, even though I drop between friends, I consider to be my proper title); that has a slightly less glorious origin.

You might surmise that I filched it from the ‘Evil Overlord List’, and this would be a good guess, but was not the case.

I was introduced to the title of Overlord by a man named Mark Latus who wrote epic Sailor Moon fanfiction in the 1990s. He had a character who declared himself overlord, whom I admired quite a bit.

Let me say this; if there had been a gender-neutral title for a royal despot I’d have picked that. But even back then I couldn’t stand the connotations of female epithets. Queen, Lady, Mistress (especially Mistress, eugh!) I could handle Duchess, but it didn’t go with the name. For some reason, Overlord struck me as a good compromise.

Plus, it just sounded fucking cool.

I love pseudonyms, and I can live with my birth-name, but I don’t think any other appellation will live up to Mordax in my mind. If I were the only person with this legal identity I might have it legally changed. But ah well.

Vivat Mordax!
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010 12:05 pm
Took off from work today.

Imma make stuff!
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 10:50 pm
Second D&D session with this group was quite pleasant. I bought new dice because my originals seem to hate me. I'm feeling a little bit more comfortable with the character. :D

-D
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