HungryPaperweight

Okay, I've been inactive for too long. It's time to make a comeback! (Or at least, that's the plan... )

First of all, compatibility issues I've complained about in past journals are no longer a problem. I should now be able to upload anything at anytime, within reason. And barring disaster.

Of course, that raises the question of why I haven't posted anything lately. The most honest answer is that I've been kinda lazy Even if I wasn't, though, I've had a slight case of writer's block while working on The Quest for the Wheat Sword and my one-shot story, "Stand Out." Also, these past few months have been kinda busy (I know, that doesn't excuse my summer laziness ), but I should have some time off over the holiday season, so I hope to get something done...

I still can't quite get myself into the mood to work on my stories, so I'm gonna try posting bios for some new Omnitrix aliens. With any luck, that will get me back into the swing of things. Of course, I can't promise I'll actually get them done in the near future, so to help compel encourage me, here's a sneak preview on the aliens I'm planning out:

*Stormgate - Barring disaster, this guy should be posted mere moments after this journal goes up, so I won't say much about him. All I will say is that he fills a role similar to Ghostfreak and Alien X.

*The Mythos Pentagram - This is actually a group of five mythology-themed aliens. One of them, Stonehide, I posted early to enter in a contest. The rest will work their way out sooner or later...

*LAZI - (Pronounced "lazy eye") I wanted to have an alien like XLR8 and NRG, and this is the best I could come up with Anyways, he's a sloth-like alien with eye-based powers. He's quickly becoming one of my favorites, so he should be up fairly soon. Just wait and "see" what he can do

*Flipside - This alien's powers are straightforward enough that I can't tell you much without giving it all away

*Wingbreaker and Feareaper - Two aliens that are almost completely unrelated. The only thing they have in common is that they were inspired by Binkatong's contest here: binkatong.deviantart.com/journ… I probably won't actually enter the contest, since we can't choose our own songs, but after hearing about the contest I started getting ideas of my own. Rather than tell you what they can do, though, I'll direct you to the songs they were inspired by and see if you can guess. Wingbreaker: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgkbjh… Feareaper: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzIfEx…

*(Name Pending) - I haven't yet come up with a name for this guy. I'm considering "Micromind", but that sounds too much like a certain movie that came out not too long ago: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megamind If you guys come up with a better name, I'm open to suggestions. Oh, but that means I'll have to tell you what he can do, doesn't it. Darn. Well, this alien is loosely based on one of the new Pokemon: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wik…

*Gateway - I knew I was forgetting something! Gateway is loosely based on the game Portal. I haven't actually played it (yet!), but that's mostly because I hadn't known much about the game until recently. I want to postpone Gateway until after I've actually played Portal, but I've read enough about the game online to have a general idea on what I want to do for this one...

Well, I think that's about it for now. Until someday:

~The world's hungriest paperweight

I don't really have much to say right now. I was gonna talk about some new submissions I hope to work on, but... Well, you don't need to know all the details of my personal life, so let's just say that I ran into a real mood-killer the other day. I honestly don't know when I'll have anything new for you guys, but that last journal was hopelessly out-of-date

I hope to get back to you soon, but until then:

~The world's hungriest paperweight

Life has been unusually busy this past month, so I haven't got much work done on the second part of hungrypaperweight.deviantart.c… (The Quest for the Wheat Sword). As if that isn't enough, I recently got an idea for a one-shot, and I doubt I'll be able to focus on Q4WS until I get the one-shot out of the way.

Things have been settling down a bit on my end, but it'll still probably be a while until I get either of them done. So, to keep you satisfied until then, I'm gonna upload "previews" of the two stories:

- hungrypaperweight.deviantart.c… (The Quest for the Wheat Sword, part 2)

- hungrypaperweight.deviantart.c… (Stand Out)

Keep in mind that the content in the previews isn't yet finalized, so when the full versions comes out, you should still re-read the section you already read.

Oh, and I'll probably move these previews to scraps or something once the full versions are up. Of course, if you're anything like me, you probably don't bother looking through people's scraps, so I'll provide links to the previews in the full versions.

Until whenever!

~The World's Hungriest Paperweight

Well, at least we know that DA likes April Fool's Day. I was hoping to celebrate it by finishing The Quest for the Wheat Sword, but, as I said in my last journal, that's probably not going to happen just yet.

At any rate, to celebrate the addition of the llama badges (which I hope stick around for longer than just today), I'm providing a link to an awesome song about llamas. Introducing... The Llama Song: www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash… (Don't worry, it's not supposed to make any sense )

Also, it looks like DA replaced all our icons. I find it kind of annoying, but since it's (hopefully) only for today, I'm willing to let it slide.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go spam people with llamas

~The world's hungriest duck