Lately I've been re-evaluating my life.
Last year I was pretty productive and as the new year starts I wanted have the same result as the year prior. I started writing a book with a friend of mine and we've been working on it since last September. It's a DRRR fan-fiction. Working on it for so long it becomes apparent to me how much DRRR has taken over my life in the past few months. I have literally become so engrossed that my writing room is filled with all things Shizuo and Izaya.
Writing this story has tapped into a lot of creativity for me. However in that same breath I wonder if it's worth all this effort. No one will ever read it as I don't think I will be able to publish it seeing as it's not original. I don't want to steal another person's creativity and these characters are not mine. Even though the story is completely different from anything that the manga suggests the bottom line is still there.
I don't know.
I did show it to a few people. One guy actually thought it was a real episode and asked me when that episode would be showing on tv. I laughed and told him it wasn't part of the anime - it was something I wrote. He didn't believe me which actually made me happy because if I could write something that close to where someone thinks it's actually part of the anime then I must have some skill, right?
Heh... who knows, maybe I am talented.
Back to what I was originally saying though, I want to try to be more productive this year than last. The goal this year is to definitely finish this DRRR book and re-visit a few Kitarro stories that need re-editing and completion. I also want to learn how to speak/read Japanese or Thai this year. Let's see, the other goal is to lose more weight (not that I'm overweight now but I could stand to lose a few; heh). And finally the last goal is to build up some savings while still being able to donate to some worthy causes. I think I'm doing alright considering its been 2 months into the new year. We'll see how the rest of the year goes though...
Off topic: I wonder what Ryohgo Narita thinks about when he sees fan-stuff...
