Breakfast at Tiffany's

I have a blog!

Or I still have one I mean, lol. Awesome, nonetheless. Thank you, BZP!

Hate to see these go, I was thoroughly enjoying the blogging experience. Plus, seeing a ranking icon was certainly cool, instead of just seeing text. I'd prefer it if that would stay there without PMship, it's not really a huge perk, to be honest. Anyway, I've definitely enjoyed this. This probably being the last blog post I'll have, like to advertise some things I've seen:

• Inferna Firesword's epic Wings
• Grant-Sud's Divided We Fall
• What Lurks Below (also by Inferna)
• Rising Moon's Dreams of Darkness

...And a few other things I can't remember. Plus, sorry to SYC requesters, I'm cancelling the stories, but I'll still view them in my spare time when I can and maybe review them. But anyway, I definitely enjoyed the blogging, the comments, the people - nice to know I had some people reading my blog. I felt like I was kind of noticed in some mannerism than through just my writing or something. Still, appreciate the views and the comments, guys. Maybe when there's another downtime, I'll show up in the blogs again.

Alright, you people should know how this works. Shoot.

For the second time, I'd like to say merry Christmas to BZP and its members, and for the second time I'll say that I'll be busy tomorrow helping with dinner, opening presents and the like. Still: Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah and the like, BZP.

Yeah, I'm going to be busy tomorrow and Christmas day, and probably the 26th as well, so I figure I'd wish everybody on BZP an early merry Christmas for now. Anyway, merry Christmas to all on here, I hope you all enjoy family time, dinner, and presents. Merry Christmas, BZP.

Apparently I overstepped the boundaries in the previous entry, my apologies to the staff and to members who I argued with. I was planning on locking the entry anyway because of the way things were going, but TN saved me the trouble of doing that. I enjoy talking about politics, so I got out of hand. Still, I hope this won't have a bad affect on the way people look at me or if their opinion of me changes, but hey, I forgot the rule of no political discussion on BZP. Still, willing to make amends.

Because I'm simply bored, I'm going to let you people ask me dozens beyond dozens of questions (yes, you can ask more than one in a comment if you care to), and I'll answer them for my own personal entertainment. Despite the fact I despise these types of entries sometimes, I've done it a few times before and decided I'd do it again.

Well, anyway, shoot.

To get into the holiday spirit, I added a Santa hat to my avatar. I saw so many MLP avatars with them, saw Cholie's antlers, and I just knew I had to do it. Any thoughts?

Plus, I'm a little bored. Entertainment, anybody? =P

Yup, still have it stuck in my head. I definitely haven't lost that lovin' feelin' for this song.

But besides that, I'm counting down to Christmas (Currently 4 days, 5 hours and 0 minutes) and trying to come up with fillers for Danger Close's final chapters. I know the ending, I just need to find the action for before the ending. =/ And really sorry to those who needed the reviews from SYC, I'm not going to be able to review them. Maybe as a Christmas present for you guys I'll review them. =)

Although that might be a complete copy of Inferna's blog entry title, what else would I be saying?

Still, I got an honorable mention, as did Inferna. I'm happy with the results - so happy, I'm motivated to write again! =D

Congrats to all the winners, especially to Legolover, Aderia, and Grant-Sud. You guys deserved the places you finished in.

So, for some reason, my blog won't let me have a comment block - as in, when I use the drop down box to access my content blocks, there is no such thing as a comment block in there, even though I've used it several times before. Actually, there are a number of content blocks missing, I'm pretty sure. =/

Any reason why this might be? I would appreciate some help on this issue.

What's everybody else up to? Entertain me with your stories.

...really, I'd like to say thanks for those who commented. It really made me consider things and see a brighter side. Everybody who commented made me feel a heck of a lot better than what I was feeling like before, and made me realize that sometimes getting angry at a lack of reviews is pretty stupid. You can't expect reviews to be handed to you on a silver platter - you must be patient.

And with those comments, I noticed that lots of people tried to really cheer me up, which I really appreciate. I realized that people did kind of care for my well-being, whether it was in a small way or a little larger. It made me more or less see that some people do notice me, even if it isn't distributed into reviews or praise. It's in a friendly manner, which is much more worth having than critique in many ways.

To everybody, thanks for the comments and making me feel better. I really appreciate it.

I'm feeling slightly ignored lately - I don't know what it is, I really don't. Not that I'm begging to be in the spotlight 24/7, but I'd just like to be notice. I've felt this way about a lot of things lately. My writing, discussion - it seems like I'm just being ignored, invisible to everybody else. My writing gets absolutely no recognition nowadays, and when I post valid, controversial points in some topics, people completely ignore what I say. I can post page-length posts and nobody even cares to read them.

And with my stories? I can spend weeks, months, years - nobody cares. I've been writing Danger Close for two years now. Repeat, two. I used to have plenty of recognition for writing it, solid reviews and comments. Ever since the forums came back online, I've been completely unnoticed. And when I entered the SSC8 contest, two people reviewed the story. Two. I appreciate the comments, but I'm just angry that nobody really cared to look, to venture into something new and maybe enjoy it.

And then when the polls come out...when they come out, I'm not there. Sure, there was a 1 in 43 chance, but it was a story I had been working on since the contest started. I put my nose to the grindstone to write the best story I could, and it doesn't get any notice of even existing.

So tell me, BZP: What does it take to get noticed? Put some flashy title in a blog entry or story? Make it something to do with zombies, blood, skulls, and maybe even My Little Pony? I seriously don't get what I have to do to actually be noted. After the polls came out, I've really been questioning my writing ability and if I'm all that good. Just being ignored hasn't at all motivated me to write, and I can't come up with anything original or creative. When nobody reads my writing, why should I write?

And before everybody starts saying that I should just get over it about the polls, I've been stressed out about this contest from the start. I've worked hard, and I think people should actually take note of the trouble it takes me and others just to write something others might enjoy. I write for people - I would never write if I didn't have the ability to share it with others.

...Still, guys, just tell me what it is that I'm doing wrong, and whether or not I should consider even writing anymore. ._.

Why so many? We have the System contest, the RPG contest, the two SS contests - what's next? Of course, I don't mind it, but I just don't remember there being so many back on the old forums. =/