Month Of Writing

Hello, and welcome to the Month of Writing. This is a challenge I created the summer of 2015 to help my writing skills. I told some of my friends about it, and they said they wanted to try it. So here I am to explain the rules of this challenge.

1. You must post something everyday. 

Because this is only the month of writing, you only have to write a month's worth of posts. But you indeed have to update everyday. If you miss a day then you have lost.

2. You must have a complete thought every day. 

Okay. I'm about go all English professor on you. This challenge does not require you to reach a word count per day. For every post you need to have a complete thought on it. Think about whatever you are about to post, write that down, then think about what you just wrote down. Yes, some of what you write will not be as intellectual as other things you post. I get it. But you still have to have a complete thought written out. 

...and that's it. I really don't have any more instructions after that. You can write on any subject you want. You don't even have to write opinionated articles like me. One of my friends is posting a poem every day. Another friend is writing a comedy sketch every day. I myself will be throwing out ideas for a D&D world I've had in my head for a few years now in preparation for a game in the fall that I'll be running. 

Now if you want to do this challenge all I ask is that you link me your work. I'd love to see other people working on this same concept. Well, that's all for today. See you June 1st.

DC Rebirth Spoiler Talk

Okay people, I learned of a spoiler for the book DC Rebirth that comes out on the 25th. It is the only piece of info I've read about it that was not in a press reveal, and I plan to keep it that way. These are just my thoughts on the book and what may come about from it. This post was originally going to be an idea I had about the new started pokémon, but I'm just so excited for this. So just to be clear, spoilers are below the break.

Update thing!

Hey everyone, Masterofthez here. I just wanted to do a little bit of an update for you people about what to expect now that school is out for myself. First off, I have like 10 half finished posts that I will be completing soon, but I'll be saving those for next month. Why? Because I want to save them for another 30 days of posts. Last year I decided to post something every day on this blog for a whole month. I had a lot of fun doing it, so I think I'll be doing it again, so expect that in the coming days. What can you expect from it? I don't really know, but if I had to guess I'd say mostly Pokémon Sun and Moon stuff and stuff about DC Rebirth. Anyway look forward to that.

Now on the more of a behind the scene news, I now have an editor. My friend 4ntlrice7 (I'll call her Lrice) has agreed to be my editor so things will look more professional around here. She is also allowed to post things here if she wants, so expect to see things from her. So to welcome her to the masterofthez crew (because there is now more than just me, so I can call us that), let's hear a little from her. Take it away Lrice.

(Hello peoples!!! I am super excited to be able to edit my friend's blog. I love grammar. It's great. *squeeks in a mad delight for all things editorial* And my friend is great too. I am honored to contribute to such thoughtful creativity. Hope you guys enjoy his writing.)

So I believe that was all that needed to be covered. Join us next time when I talk about a leak for DC Rebirth. See you then.

The Importance of Recognizing Art

A friend of mine spent most of the weekend making two paintings. Once it was done she texted me, and asked if I wanted to see them. I said yes, just to be polite. I'm not a big painting person, so I really didn't care. I took a cursory look at them and only responded with "Wow. Those look amazing." It was a very generic answer, but it did look impressive. After a while of her not responding (I thought she had seen through my not caring) I took another look at the painting. After studying it for a while, I began to notice subtle details in the two paintings. It moved me. This painting a college student made moved me, and I was just going to ignore it. After some time I gave her a possible title for the paintings and then gave a pretty lengthy analysis about how I came to that title. After a few minutes I got a call from her. . She told me thank you for analyzing her paintings. It sounded like she was crying.

Now why bring this up? My father has never seen the point of my analysis of various TV shows and comics because he doesn't see anything there. That I should really just keep to things with actual depth. My friend's reaction to me talking about her paintings was the perfect reminder for me to why I do this. When you put your heart and soul into a work of art (whether it be music, a short story, or a painting) one of the worst things to happen is to be brushed off. To be basically told that 'Ya, it's fine, but it's not really important or worth looking into. It's not like it has depth.' is something that can sting even more then being told your work sucks. Because being told your work sucks at least means that they looked at it long enough to get an opinion. 

I sadly was almost in the same group of just not caring about art, but I'm glad I took a second look. Because I took that second look, I not only got a great sensation of hope from the images, but I also helped a young woman know that her art touched someone. Hopefully this will allow her to keep creating and keep inspiring emotions.

The Yes/No option

I was hanging out with some friends earlier today and the topic of conversation came to the yes/no option in games. I should clarify I don't mean an actual choice in games. I mean the yes/no option that won't let you continue with the game until you say yes. Once this was brought up the logical question to about, Why would that exist? After thinking about it for a while I think I've come up with two answers.

My Valentine's Pokémon

I love Pokémon Valentine's Day Cards. Because they can be really cleaver, funny, or just sweet.

Pokémon ORAS

And here we go. My final team for now. Once again I have only one Mega in the form of Champ. I honestly struggled with an idea for a name so I went with the generic. Trumpet is named after a nuzlocke comic I read a while ago. Sadly I don't actually remember what the comic is called. If someone could tell me I'd be grateful. Oneova is the favorite I've ever thought of. Of all the zubats in the world mine is One of a kind. Get it? One of a. Oneova. Radar came from me looking at the pokédex. Firefox is a simple name, as is Snow.