Well folks, after much thought and debate, I’ve renamed the blog to simply Rvillegas.org. I’m going to try and spin off the Memoir’s title someday, but for now, the blog will simply be the URL. Perhaps there will be a section of this site with that name with either actual memoirs or simply fiction, but for now, it is time to change. Also, the header image has changed to reflect this, as I was never really a fan of Ariel as a font, so I chose to “8-bit” it up. Enjoy.
“I used to be the kid without a regret in the world… what the hell happened to that guy?”
I know this isn’t the best post to start my total revamp and new blog image, but if this is supposed to be as open as possible, then it is needed to write whatever it is I need to write in order for me to work toward where ever it is I am heading.
Back in High School, I made a creed to myself to live life without regret. I’m not sure where I took that mantra from, probably from some Pennywise song, but where ever those words came into my being, I vowed that I would live by it and try to make sure to live my life the way it needed to be. This is coming from the same guy who upon retrospection has his fair share of regrets. So then it is far time I explored one of those regrets tonight, drink in hand, blank screen in front of me, illuminated by the poor lighting in my apartment.
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You may have noticed the new theme and look to the site, along with a new comment system. This is all in preparation to actually post more to this site and try to tie into the main site the other areas I post and create work in. So, stayed tuned as this site gets a complete overhaul.
Just a quick one for right now. After listening to the latest Net@Night episode, I found out about a site called namechk. It’s a website that lets you search a name over multiple social networks to see if the name is free. While searching which social networks I’m part of, I found my online doppelgänger – and he’s French and, for the most part, seems to be the polar opposite of my postings. So, if you’re interested in the ongoings of a citizen of France who happens to love Rap, check it out at http://vincent404.skyrock.com/.
“Shades of grey wherever I go
The more I find out the less that I know
Black and white is how it should be
But shades of grey are the colors I see” – Billy Joel
I’ve been recently thinking about my political alignment. For years, I’ve considered myself a liberal democrat, one ready to fight for pretty much any cause and vote right off the bat for any democratic candidate, regardless of who. Now, before I go into my ramblings of my introspection, I will state I voted for Obama in the recent US election. I’m not going to go into my reasons, as that would be another ramble, but mainly to just set the stage of this post. It wasn’t until recently that I even thought of myself politically. It’s amazing what time does to a person…
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“Boasting is not courage. He who boasts much cannot do much. Much gesticulation does not prove courage.”
This might be the earliest post I have made, but I’m trying to get back into the habit of writing more and my mornings are one of the few times I have the ability to concentrate on this. Today’s post may be a bit more of a rant than my other posts, but to be honest I woke up in an angry mood today and I need some sort of outlet before I greet the day. This morning I finally figured out what character trait I hate and loathe over ever other trait: arrogance.
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So, thanks to one of my friends, my 360 has a blog now : http://360voice.gamerdna.com/tag/vincent404. Check it out
“Gamemastering involves writing, planning, acting, refereeing, arbitrating and facilitating, When you’re the Gamemaster, you’re the guiding force of the game” – D20 Modern Core Rulebook
Writing in general is a daunting task in it’s own right. Keeping track of characters, the universe that is created, and the plot can be a task even a seasoned writer may find crazy. For the most part, I can handle this element very easily with no trouble, even to the point where my characters react to things differently. But what if you threw real people as your characters, each bringing their notion of the story and what to do? This is the world my new cyberpunk story exists.
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Just a quick update. I just set up a stub page for my projects. After looking all over for a way to track the progress of my projects online, I realized that it was best done here on the site on a page. I’ll tweak it more this weekend. In any case, it’s a first step in tracking the progress for all the things I need to complete.
“Life is too short to waste
The critic bite or cynic bark,
Quarrel, or reprimand;
‘Twill soon be dark;
Up! mind thine own aim, and
God speed the mark!” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hello there everyone. I realize this is late, but Happy New Year everyone. This is the first post in not only a while, but also for 2009. The year is already in full swing and , at least the states, we are approaching possible one of our finest moments in a long while as we welcome our new president Barack Obama. As for me, I’ve have plenty of projects on my plate that I want to complete by the end of the year. I’m probably going to implement a tracking system of sorts to track online the status in a more formal sense and not in a simple “percent done” state. If anyone knows of a web based application that already does this, let me know. If not, I’ll figure out if one of the many of web apps that I’ve already signed up can do the job. In any case, on with the list
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