So, I planned to write an update about 1 month ago (more about that here), and now another one, because almost none of those have been made (yet!(?)).
I had plans to record and such: about these I can gladly announced (here too, technically it was already posted in a group chat on an unspecified platform) that I have recorded a new rap (lyrics not yet posted as of 2019/05/27) that I'm very proud of how it turned out, and I'm sitting on 2 other raw recordings awaiting some work (those will probably be re-recorded).
As of creating videos for them, I have plans that I may or may not have talked about earlier (I did probably in the lost blog post, mentioned in the linked post above), but those requires a huge amount of learning and practicing, for which I have not had the time yet, due to my exams (reminder: I'm a university student).
About the aforementioned new track, it is a relatively short (~2 minutes) toki pona/Hungarian multilingual rap that is about what its title is: I'M BACK. More on that in the actual lyrics and song. It is NOT pu though, it is 60% pure nasin pi jan Sotan (the rest is in Hungarian).
About the other projects: I revisiting my old-ish conlang plans, I slowly work on my toki pona book (finalized title is lipu toki pona), I have plans to write a whole new custom template for this website (instead of using a customized default one) and... that's about it.
Oh, and I also plan to work on my other hobby-conlanging related projects, i.e. the htmlizer (which is a short dummy script for converting (python-)markdown to html) and the dschictionary (which is waiting for its major update for 2 years now).
I think this is all I wanted to tell you (or thou, to be more realistic) for now.
PS: And of course, the vi.log is still growing slowly.
PS2: Hello is planned to continue, but still thinking on workarounds and/or changes on story (mostly in the background stuff, I want to avoid retcons as much as possibly).
Writing began at 08 nov 2021 and was put on hold for the better part of 2022 until publishing.
Throughout my years as a writer, I found myself unable to write on command. Every time I am faced with restrictions, deadlines or the possibility of working with unlike-minded individuals, whether it is a short story, a song or as simple as a letter, my mind seems to freeze and to actively deter inspiration, preventing ideas to form and prosper in what otherwise would be the perfect habitat for them...
tenpo li ante e jan e ma.
tenpo li awen e nasa e tan.
pona li sama pona lon ma ona,
la mi wile e ike li wile ala e pona.
I'm lost in the light
I'm lusting the void
People around me
Are nothing, but noise
I am surrounded
There's nowhere to go
The lack of the bright
Is where I feel home
Written at 17 August 2021
"No!" The angry student exclaimed, "I told you already! This is it! I refuse to change any of it!" He threw his papers in the air and stormed out of the lecture hall.
"What was that about?" asked the curious bystander, who helped Mark to pick up the angry student's essay.
"Just another art student refusing criticism," he said as he looked at his empty wrist, "do you know what time is it?"
"It's 11:05," she revealed with morbid casualty.
Written for 24 hour flash story writing competition, given theme was Ruthless Ambition.