Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Greetings!

Hello everyone out there,

Tis I, the reclusive G|M. It's been almost ten months since I signed up for HubPages and began posting various things there, and what a ride it has been. It's an interesting site for quickly publishing articles with a guarantee of some readership and camaraderie, and I hope to always have a special place for it in my thoughts.

As it stands right now I am undergoing the process of revamping and retooling Inverse//Reverse. The novel, which many of loved it's progression and parts thus far has come to the point where I am comfortable with the characters and world set (as it's been within me for years) but I feel I am making a fatal flaw in how it jumps around, how the characters interact, etc.

In short, I'm going to slow it down. One of the pitfalls with I//R is that it's YATVN, or rather, Yet Another Teen Vampire Novel. On the surface only, however.

The fact is as often as I do there are certain expectations I have for myself and it's production values, as much as one can say words on paper require much 'production' other than the mad penmanship of anyone interested enough to write away.

It's hard to directly define what these goals are, because I don't quite know the whole story myself other than:

  • The reader will want to learn more about some key concepts (related to the overall story)
  • It will be presented in the best format possible digitally
That second one is the one I'm not too concerned about just yet, other than to say I'm really looking around at available options to me and then asking myself "What can I do with this aspect? Will it help or hinder? Would it detract from the novel or enhance it?" etc.

Other than the fact it could distract the reader and lend me laziness, embedded screens within text is far off from being a standard author's tool. I don't have the kind of money CBS lost on their ad in Entertainment Weekly, either.

In short, those of you familiar with my use of other media within my writing may be surprised, depending on this little side quest...HTML5 has just loomed it's head and I'm wondering a few things.

But of course, it's a novel. It's a novel that needs to have the nuts and bolts, and lay down the foundation for a kitchen sink that is it's sequel. Slowly, I'm trying to wrap my head around the concepts I'm trying to present to readers at large.

What are those concepts? Well, we'll see how it goes. Because I'm pushing myself here, and I've a lot of homework yet to be done. If I wanted to write mind grease I could continue on with what I have, hoping to improve the "underpennings" of the text heretofore already generated.

That said, don't expect a large change from the direction the draft has taken it. Those of you who have come to love Josh and his world, you'll only feel more in-tune with him.



Soon enough I'll be posting more to HP, but lxxy is on the lay low as I continue with I//R.

Wish me luck, I'll be around when I can.

And of course---HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Standstill

It's been awhile, so here's a few things:

"Ejection," a crazy-ass way of retiring lxxy has ended with "Salvation."

The thing is, I'm not retired. I'm just going into hibernation, now that I gots me a new body. It's great to have flesh again, I forgot what it was like!

My previous host, G|M is currently enraptured with his Misses, but he's blogging here/there via HubPages as time allows.

Beneath, Between, Beyond as well as Generique Studios is currently down and unreachable.

It's been a long strange year, even as it comes to a closing..we'll be remarking about it soon.

But as the Winter comes, our hibernation seems imminent.

Even the flagship novel is going through some re-tooling.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

This Just In...

Well, today I spent the day getting the studio back together.

Oh, and making this:



Don't forget to click "HD" to get a slightly better sound quality.

There's more, yes, of course...but it's just not ready for the limelight.

Until our next intersection in space-time,
lxxy

heLP MD



My first LP as alienUplink is my last, I am no longer looking to create long winded collection of songs. Instead, they will be short and sweet--issues of a proverbial audio magazine.

The Dreams of Humanity
begin recording soon...

Monday, August 24, 2009

The New Deal

Hello all,

Just thought I'd update you on what is going on with G|M and I.

Currently, G|M is throwing his weight into a new company. What this means is output is being lessened greatly.

We're currently working on Inverse//Reverse, which is the book before The Greatest Con. The thing is, the way these books work it really doesn't matter in what order you read them.

We're also working on "The Dreams of Humanity," which will be available for free when it's done. It's nothing special, just a track we felt like really pushing out and out of the way.

The E.P., which will revolve around 2100 Years of Human Error is still a far way out. I work on a lot of things all the time, and my subconscious will decide when it's time.

Before that, though, we'll be doing a track to go along with k@ri's "Read Me Like a Book."

She felt confident enough to phone into the hotline, and we're going to help you see how great her work is.

There is of course..Project 3100, which has ended in it's main incarnation through the article entitled "IndoctriNATION" on HubPages.

Now that we spent a lot of time asking questions, it's time to divulge some answers. Just not the answers to the questions we've asked--they're answers to boredom, answers to technology, and answers to creativity.

Because...there truly are no answers, just questions.

And I want to help you question yourself.

Remember: you're all full of talent, and don't let anyone tell you differently. It's up to you to decide to harness it.

That's really about it. Darwin's Laureate is on hold while it kicks around the 'net and in my head, it will resume at some point and hit a lot of things at once.

And...Megatronic Radio will be doing a special broadcast, with a vid of media I'm throwing together. I know you'll like it, but there's not much to say about it except I'll be going into greater detail with where all of this is going.

Until our next intersection of space-time,

lxxy

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Back @ the Lair

Alright guys,

I have returned to the lair to rest and recoupe.

I have already begun legwork for the next installment of Project 3100 Years Later, which involves multiple mass media:

-Megatronic Space Broadcaster Radio

-Theroies and Papers, starting with Message of Hope

-A video project yet to begin, but very soon.

-Project 3100 E.P.

On the table for GM is some other stuff, but they're smaller things that he is doing in between my work with you.

We'll be around, keep in touch!

Friday, July 10, 2009

Pain, Pain, Go Away

G|M had a bad tooth that decided right about now, at one of the most important points in life, it was going to give way and cause issues.

The server is still being kludged together. For now, here's what it consists of:

-8 CPU Cores
-11 Gigs of RAM
-1 RAPTOR hard drive @ 10K RPMs
-Decent broadband connection

What we're still working on is the software portion. But me thinks the next project before that will be to organazize, fo'shizzy.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

MyLinuxAcademy Server

One more thing so far today:

We're working on that server. This server is going to provide you a free uplink to a lot of things...an easy to use computer, access to notes and clips of our travels, audio/visual help with using our OS we're making for you guys (it's taking us so long because we want to make it easier than the Mac! And just as stable with no security issues..no more viruses, no more MySpace issues, no more Spyware bullshit.).

You're probably going...

Venus Project + MyLinux Academy=?

We work in parallel, the grand design is hard to explain because we're developing all puzzle pieces together.

To take a look at one of our research tools simply visit:

EyeOS.info

Username: MyLinuxAcademy

Password: passwd

Our ultimate goal is to teach people how to use a computer and make money on the internet. The price? Free. Good, huh? Oh, but how will The Open Minded Foundation secure funds? That's not the point, because it's our gift to you.

The Venus Project, Our Server

The meeting with Fresco was the most beautiful six hours I have enjoyed in a long time.

Unfortuantely, our choice of recording equipment should have been better thought of. ;) But we'll be going back to it often, as we're currently in the process of making sure it does not go anywhere. Right now, they're trying to sell it to continue research, and we think it needs to be saved.

Having all this stuff we've collected during our travels we're setting up a server today so you can easily access it. It will also become the server for MyLinuxAcademy, which is a project I'll speak about later on.

On my front, G|M and I have been playing together here.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Jacque Fresco

Tomorrow we have a meeting with Jacque Fresco @ The Venus Project.

His wife is already eager to meet us and learn about The Open Minded Foundation.

I am drawn to him because he speaks like I always have innately, and much like us @ The Open Minded Foundation and MyLinuxAcademy we dislike competition. It is unhealthy and not a human or animal instinct, it's just a belief that some human like Darwin took to understand the way the natural world works.

Friday, June 26, 2009

What is this Zeitgeist?

Well, zeitgeist means "now." Today. The spirit of what we are.

Turn on your television and radio and people will show you fear and panic. Yet, you smile, live a good life, and help people.

All is well, but they want you to stay inside your house and go to your job to keep their little game a foot. The game they play is the world, and they have controlling interest in keeping their game running.

As they've done for years. What separates us from the criminally insane is our notion that the true power is love. Our love in our hearts, our families, and our community.

They, however, work for Satan and beg to defile your innocence. They'll tell you what is good, what television to watch, put you in a school where they say this is reality and you're a great person, you just have faults and sins. But don't worry about it, drink up and work for us and you'll contribute to the great society.

A great falsehood. A zeitgeist of greed.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-594683847743189197

Gathering the Storm

Hey guys,

I wanted to upload some cool vids to YouTube but our camera has malfunctioned. It's okay though, we still have what I've shot thus far.

You'll get to see it, when it's ready.

Right now our foundation is working on a big project to free you of working. We already know how to make you money, now we need to perfect the tool for you and find the best way to teach you. We're going to make it very easy on you.

Remember: it's not a question of if, its only a question of when.

We're in lightspeed, acting and acting. We are plastic, an organism of power designed to free you from the tyranny of this zeitgeist..to free you of those who corrupt the burning innocence. Satan is dying more everyday.

Monday, June 22, 2009

My Evil Plan

I'm launching an alien assault on "negative" media.

What is negative media? Well, flip through your television channels and your radio dials, take a gander at the magazine rack.

There's plenty of media that is negative, they can be named as leigion. Here's to forgetting you. You're now getting side stepped, and I'm going to join in on the fun.

What exactly is my evil plan? 

Nothing less than getting your species to play nice with each other, to remain objective--to quit being pedantic and attacking individuals. It's their deplorable actions you need to cite, not the face.

So here we go, in your face.

Megatronic Radio, episode three ("It's Time We Go Forward"), begins recording tomorrow or so. I've put it off because I'm still looking for people to call the G|M hotline and leave a spiffy message. Their cut off time is approaching.

G|M has begun to experiment with filming and editing. It's not much so far, but he has to start somewhere. He has stage fright. Me, I'm just good at being a voice. Hence the Radio Show.

We've a big project rolling down the pipeline sometime soon. It involves helping people in everyday life, with the most seemingly simple of things.

A little love goes a long way.

I will not allow you to walk alone in strife.

Until our next intersection in space-time,

This has been lxxy, in lightspeed.