{"id":123,"date":"2006-08-28T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-29T03:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toybox\/2006\/08\/28\/post-387-bitten-by-the-bug\/"},"modified":"2009-08-08T14:50:36","modified_gmt":"2009-08-08T22:50:36","slug":"post-387-bitten-by-the-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/08\/28\/post-387-bitten-by-the-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"post 387 ~ bitten by the bug"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellpadding=\"5\" border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><b>post 387<\/b> ~ sorry about the silence, i think i finally succeeded!&#8230; bitten by the writer&#8217;s bug! lol&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>in years past, i&#8217;d get inspired time and again to write fanfics for the &#8220;matrix&#8221; and &#8220;firefly&#8221;&#8230; but eventually, as series or movies ended, inspiration would wane and discouragement would grow&#8230; and moreso by the fact that these weren&#8217;t my own original universes, but someone else&#8217;s&#8230; so why finish writing?\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>well, this time in 2006, i promised to construct an entirely original universe&#8230; one day at a time, adding bits to settings, to technology, to characters, to back stories, and so on&#8230; then on saturday, when i stayed till 3am, assembling various pasts to my characters&#8217; relationships, it finally hit me&#8230; or rather, bit me&#8230; tumultuous pasts, dimensional rotors, ferry crews, meteor catastrophes, dune buggies, and hotshot pilots&#8230; all surrounding the enigmatic name of &#8220;Rosetta&#8221;&#8230; and without the shadow of someone&#8217;s else creation!\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>haha, feeling the bug while eating, sleeping, commuting, even while working at the office (like this morning)&#8230; using all of my experience watching anime to create something new&#8230; this is how it should be, right?\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>post 387 ~ sorry about the silence, i think i finally succeeded!&#8230; bitten by the writer&#8217;s bug! lol&#8230; in years past, i&#8217;d get inspired time and again to write fanfics for the &#8220;matrix&#8221; and &#8220;firefly&#8221;&#8230; but eventually, as series or movies ended, inspiration would wane and discouragement would grow&#8230; and moreso by the fact that &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/08\/28\/post-387-bitten-by-the-bug\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[59,20],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7rIwb-1Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":202,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/12\/25\/blog-019-airboarding-inspiration\/","url_meta":{"origin":123,"position":0},"title":"Blog 019 > Airboarding Inspiration!","author":"xjaymanx","date":"December 25, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Eureka Seven | Image from Google Search my speed review: \"DOUBLE WOW! 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