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Jaded Catalyst
07 May 2009 @ 08:02 pm
Me Productive. Me Happy.  
Alrighty. So for those of you who have been following my YouTube Channel, there's a lot going on over there. Aside from the fact that I've been video blogging a lot this past week, I've reuploaded most of my NBB videos as well as post a new one. Head on over and check it out!

And I completed another chapter of TFG, bringing it up to chapter 12. And I've also posted a new chapter for Autumn Eyes. On top of that, I have new story ideas posted up on the ff.net profile and I talked about them in one of my video blogs.

I've actually started working on the site again, but its process will be slow since it's not on my top priorities list.

Anyway, I have a midterm tomorrow, so I'll catch ya'll later!

Have a good one!
-JC


Currently Doing: Studying for a midterm
Last Thing Worked On: NBB Video - Breaking
Currently Reading: Community Health Education
Currently Listening To: Anberlin - Disappear
 
 
Current Mood: productiveproductive
 
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Jaded Catalyst
04 May 2009 @ 09:52 pm
Sudden Obsession with Video Blogging...  

Hey guys! Check out my YouTube channel! You can check it on the links bar on the right. I started posting video blogs on there, which I can use to compliment the updates here.

On top of that, two new chapters of TFG are up.

I'm slowly but surely getting back on track. That's all for now! I gotta get back to doing homework. :l

Currently Doing: History Reading
Last Thing Worked On: A Time for Goodbyes
Currently Reading: Reading the Middle Ages by Barbara H. Rosenwein :[
Currently Listening To: Vienna Teng - Augustine
 
 
Current Mood: boredbored
 
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Jaded Catalyst
30 April 2009 @ 10:34 am
Once again I get to say, "I't's been a while..."  

Alrighty! So life rocks here for me. Recently I was in our VSA's (Vietnamese Student Association) 10th Annual Culture show as a main cast member. The show was awesome but it ate up so much of my time that I have no idea what to do nowadays. I've made a lot of new friends and we've become very tight throughout the process of the show, and we're all drowning in our large amounts of free time (aside from school work and midterms of course).
 
Solution?
 
Well.. a lotta things actually. One of the things we've decided to do is make our own group YouTube Channel where we can post videos. Videos of what, you ask? We'll I'm an amateur guitarist, we have an improv percussionist/beatboxer, and some people who kinda know how to sing. It all started when we decided to make a joke-cover of a song with really annoying voices and a guitar....now we're thinking about doing a few for real. It'll probably have other really random videos of us fooling around... it's just me and the crew goofing off and having fun.
 
And here's the big news:
 
*drumroll*
 
The site is coming back!
 
Sorta.
 
I'm going to be making a new site to post my work. I'm planning on changing my penname... or just not having one at all. This is all to be decided later. I just know that I do want to make another website for myself to post my things, promote my novels when I submit them for publishing, and do other neat website-things.
 
Of course, school comes first. I'll be finishing my amazing freshman year of college in just a little over a month, so these cool new things won't be happening for a while. I'm just throwing in a heads up for everone.
 
Thanks for those who have stuck by. There's a lot in store for you in the near-ish future!
 
Have a good one!
-JC (for now)

Currently Doing: Writing a paper for my english class. :[
Last Thing Worked On: Unspoken Oblivion (new title pending)
Currently Reading: The Time Paradox by Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D. and John Boyd, Ph.D.
Currently Listening To: Vienna Teng - Harbor

 
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Jaded Catalyst
03 April 2009 @ 01:30 am
Late Nights, Cheesecake, and Random Books  

Life is crazy busy cool right now.

That's right. I said it. It's crazy busy cool. All three. At once.

Aside from the usual personal, private twists in my life, things are going very well. I've finally convince my parents that I'm not meant for natural sciences. It's not that I'm not good at it. Trust me. I have no problem with the material at all... it's just hard to motivate myself to work with something I'm really growing to dislike.

So after that, I've finally managed to break away from my Combined Science major, which was a hellish combination of all the natural sciences (bio, chem both inorganic and organic, physics) and a teeny sprinkling of the social sciences (socio, psych, poli-sci) all wrapped up in a crazy requirement package. I'm not saying its impossible. It's just not a cakewalk.

After weighing options and such, it looks like I'm changing to a psych major with a communications minor. So much more interesting.

The pursuit of something you are truly passionate about is something worth celebrating. So in honor of going through a great week 1 of my spring quarter, I went and bought myself a whole buncha books (which I seem to do regardless) and a slice of Safeway cheesecake. Yum. Throw in a bit of tea and my guitar and nothing could go wrong.

Besides all that, I've been reading like a madwoman whenever I had the chance to. It's nice to know that I have a life outside of studying. Balance is the key to a healthy lifestyle. :P

In the day I guitar. At night, during quiet hours, I read. I have too many books right now I don't even know where to begin.

And now, as I am running out of things to ramble about, I will leave you with the usual: "Yes I am still writing but right now I'm focusing on my originals, which I plan on getting published and so do not post online. I will try to update a fanfic ASAP" and all that stuff you guys have seemed to grow so accustomed to.

Have a good one, all!
-JC

Currently Doing: Reading. Yay!
Last Thing Worked On: Obsidian Earth [Revised version]
Currently Reading: The Time Paradox by Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D. and John Boyd, Ph.D.
Currently Listening To: Augustana - Sweet and Low


 
 
Current Mood: cheerfulcheerful
 
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Jaded Catalyst
17 March 2009 @ 11:15 am
This Post is Long Overdue  
I actually meant to post this a while ago but I didn't have the time. Finals are a killer.


Like I said before: Life's funny. You never know what's coming at you.

Well props to that. What I thought was going to be a few weeks of hell turned out to be no big deal. As a matter of fact, I feel that a great weight has been lifted from my shoulders and everything went for the better.

I don't want to bore you all with details, though, so I won't. All I know is that I'm eternally grateful for my friends and my ability to think in tough situations. It's kept me from making rash decisions that everyone may later regret.

Anyway, finals week is upon me and so the studying must confinue! Have a good one, all!

Currently Doing: Studying Bio.
Last Thing Worked On: Studying...
Currently Reading: My Bio textbook.. hah.
Currently Listening To: Yellowcard - Rocket
 
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Jaded Catalyst
07 March 2009 @ 10:05 pm
I Found Hell and I Sure Wish I Hadn't  

Basically, I'm going through a pretty hard time right now. Personal issues and what-not. I'm also entering the last week of the college quarter before finals right now. This week, for those who dont know, is called DEAD WEEK cuz it makes me people wish they were dead right afterwards. I'm swamped.

So if you don't hear a lot from me within the next week and a half, it is probably a combination of work and other things in my life that need a lot of attention at the moment. Sorry about that.

Hope everyone else is doing fine tho. Have a good one.
-JC

Currently Doing: Stuff.
Last Thing Worked On: Stuff.
Currently Reading: Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Currently Listening To: Acceptance - Take Cover
 
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Jaded Catalyst
04 March 2009 @ 08:52 pm
Just a Thought  
Life's funny. You just never know what's coming a you.

-JC
 
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Jaded Catalyst
01 March 2009 @ 12:17 am
A new chapter?!?  
That's right! I'm drowning in work since the end of the quarter is right around the corner but I squeezed in the time to type up chapter 10 of A Time for Goodbyes so that those who are following me on ff.net don't get left behind.

I'll try to get the rest of my writing typed up ASAP but school work and social life come first.

Anyway, I'm expecting an important call from someone in a few minutes so I'll see you guys around. Have a good rest-of-the-weekend everybody!
-JC

Currently Doing: Waiting for a phonecall
Last Thing Worked On: A Time for Goodbyes
Currently Reading: Illium by Dan Simmons
Currently Listening To: Mae - This Time is the Last Time
 
 
Current Mood: okayokay
 
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Jaded Catalyst
25 February 2009 @ 11:56 am
I Encourage Paying Attention in Class But...  
I'm not doing it myself. I'm in biology right now and no matter how nice my professor is as a person, her lectures will never manage to captur my attention. I get more information from the book than from the lecture.

Oh well.

Anyway, my inspiration is still at an all time high right now, and my mind is wandering all over the place...in a good way.

Now I'm not saying that I'm a bad student or anything. My grades are high and I work hard. I'm just saying that when I'm in a class that I feel is a waste of time, I tend to brainstorm or think of other ways to be productive with my time. Some people who know how college works are probably wondering "Why don't you just skip class?" Well I'm attending a private college and the classes are small, so I can't actually skip a class and go unnoticed.

What do I do instead? Let's just say I'm not the kind of person to doodle in my notebooks.

Rather, I outline. I brainstorm. Sometimes I even write out actual chapters. If I'm going to waste time, might as well be productive while doing it right?

Yeah, so I'm just blogging to waste time right now. I've been exploring my musical side right now since I have access to a guitar and keyboard and friend who likes to play with me. Lately I've been working on an arrangement of an All American Rejects song for my friend and I to play a duet. I'm working it so that there's a single piano and single guitar part and then we can jam.

It's an awesome song called "Another Heart Calls." I'm almost done doing it and I can't wait until I can test it out.

And now class is over, so I'll try to be back tonight with something more interesting to ramble about. Have a good one all!
-JC
 
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Jaded Catalyst
23 February 2009 @ 07:04 pm
Going Small Scale  

I might have time to come back later and post more, but for now, this'll just be a quick ramble.

It's really nice to be back on my feet and online, although I think I overwhelmed myself before. I spread myself too far and too wide and just lost sight of it all. Eh.. we all gotta learn some time I guess.

For a while, I actually contemplated not posting online anymore, but I knew there was just something wrong about that. I still loved writing fanfiction, and it's not like I could get that published or anything. I still wanted to share my work with others and so decided to come back... just on a smaller scale.

Boy am I glad I did.

It's nice. Its refreshing. I haven't even taken the time to type up my chapters and released them, but knowing that I will do it eventually is enough to give me a hopeful light for the future.

Earlier today, I made a complete list of all the ideas I have for singles, fanfics, originals... everything. I included the already completed ones and I was awestruck at how long the list really was. My fanfic list had around 13-15 ideas on it (including small vague ones). My originals had around 10 including the vague ones. The Eternal Melody Series had so many installments as well, but I think I'll leave that number as a surprise.

Who knows if all these ideas will ever get a chance to shine, but that's not the point. The fact that I could even come up with so much amazes me. Inspiration is a funny thing, I guess.

And now I'm off to a meeting and then to my friend's house for a guitar/piano jam session with my buddy and bf. Have a good one all!


Currently Doing: Getting ready for a discussion group
Last Thing Worked On: A complete list of ideas
Currently Reading: The Shack by William P. Young
Currently Listening To: David Archuleta - Touch My Hand
 
 
Current Mood: artisticartistic
 
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