As those who know me well may recognize, I am somewhat obsessive in my organizational habits. This may seem strange to others who know me, have seen my room, and have come to the conclusion that there is nothing of order at all in that chaos. Nevertheless, in some aspects of my life, at least, I am organized.<\/p>\n
My primary organizational tool is the list. I love lists. When I was at college, I would list my assignments in the order that they were due and schedule my work accordingly (there\u2019s an added layer of complexity with long-term assignments that required some extra rules). I also have a mental list of the full names of many acquaintances (53 of them). By far my greatest list, however, is what I refer to as my free time cycle.<\/p>\n
The idea of my free time cycle is this: the list consists of various chronic projects of mine which I cycle through as I get free time. I started the list in college. You see, I was having some difficulties. I would frequently postpone doing homework by engaging in various time-wasting activities, such as reading mediocre webcomics or watching music videos on YouTube. The problem with this pattern was that I would postpone my homework until the last minute and I wouldn\u2019t even have\u00a0 been doing things that I particularly liked to do. So I decided that I would make this list and that when I got home I would do a homework assignment, and then, after I was done, I would spend an hour on the next thing on the free time cycle before going back to my homework to repeat the process. It worked well, and I have kept the free time cycle ever since, albeit with some changes as my projects have grown.<\/p>\n
Now I\u2019m sure that at this point, some of you are saying \u201cWhen is he going to show us this list?\u201d To which I say, \u201cNow.\u201d So without further ado, here is my list. Following the list, I will have an explanation of the various points.<\/p>\n
Video games<\/p>\n
Scriptures<\/p>\n
Bestiary<\/p>\n
Read<\/p>\n
Write<\/p>\n
Research<\/p>\n
Languages<\/p>\n
Church books<\/p>\n
Video game making<\/p>\n
Webcomics<\/p>\n
Music<\/p>\n
Classics<\/p>\n
Exercise<\/p>\n
Biographies<\/p>\n
Webcomic Creation<\/p>\n
Supplemental Books<\/p>\n
Art<\/p>\n
Watch<\/p>\n
So there you go. An extensive list. Let\u2019s start at the top, shall we? My first entry is \u201cVideo games.\u201d This is fairly self-explanatory. However, let me add that I have lists of video games as well. My first list is my \u201cGames of Interest\u201d list. That contains games that I encounter and find worth further consideration. If a game successfully makes it to the next stage, it either goes into my \u201cGames to Get\u201d list or my \u201cGames Wish List.\u201d The difference between these is that the \u201cGames Wish List\u201d is full of games for consoles which I do not yet own, while my \u201cGames to Get\u201d list has games that I could play immediately upon acquisition. Finally, I have my \u201cGames I Own\u201d list, which exists as a way for me to keep track of the games that I have that I need to play. As a side note, let me point out that for the most part, I play my games in alphabetical order. I\u2019m currently playing \u201cBatman: Arkham Asylum.\u201d It\u2019ll be a long time before I get to Xenogears. Now, just for fun, I think I\u2019ll include a sample from my \u201cGames to Get\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Last Guardian<\/p>\n
Steambot Chronicles<\/p>\n
Pandora\u2019s Tower<\/p>\n
Xenoblade Chronicles<\/p>\n
Race the Sun<\/p>\n
Knock-Knock<\/p>\n
Windforge<\/p>\n
The Adventures of Cookie & Cream<\/p>\n
Anachronox<\/p>\n
PaRappa the Rapper<\/p>\n
Astebreed<\/p>\n
Swarm<\/p>\n
Spacebase DF-9<\/p>\n
Strength of the Sword 3<\/p>\n
Duck Game<\/p>\n
Among the Sleep<\/p>\n
Elemental Gimmick Gear<\/p>\n
GoNNER<\/p>\n
Moving on, we get to \u201cScriptures.\u201d I\u2019m pretty unashamedly a Mormon, and one of the things that we\u2019re supposed to do is read regularly from our holy works: the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. My current project regarding these is going through the Book of Mormon and listing themes. It\u2019s the sort of thing that might be cool if you\u2019re Mormon and probably isn\u2019t if you aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n
Next we have \u201cBestiary.\u201d The deal here is that I have a bestiary of mythical creatures that I am compiling for use in one of my fictional universes. I\u2019ve been working on this for a long time, and unfortunately I recently had a setback in the sense that I decided that I was going to find primary sources for as many of the creatures I could and do a good job documenting these sources. What this means is that currently I\u2019m working on a translation of an edition of a Japanese book called Gazu Hyakki Yagy\u014d<\/em>, a book of illustrations of y\u014dkai (Japanese monsters and spirits) from the eighteenth century. If you guys want, at some point I can either include some stuff from that book or other things I\u2019ve encountered in my bestiary creation. Until then, here\u2019s a list of a few of the beings in my bestiary pre-correction.<\/p>\n Aatxe- A Basque spirit that changes form between a human and a large, fierce red bull<\/p>\n Boobrie- A shapeshifting Scottish monster that often appears in the form of a giant diving bird<\/p>\n Sea Dog- An aquatic dog with scales and webbed feet<\/p>\n Sea Hog- A beast with the tail of a fish, legs of a dragon, and body and head of a boar<\/p>\n Monk Fish- A fish that looks sort of like a monk<\/p>\n Stollenwurm- A beast with the body of a lizard, head of a cat, and a long, ridged tail<\/p>\n Following the bestiary, we have \u201cRead.\u201d Really what this refers to is fictional reading for enjoyment. If we\u2019re being totally honest, it refers to science fiction, fantasy, and the occasional mystery. I\u2019m currently reading Hothouse<\/em> by Brian Aldiss.<\/p>\n Next, we have \u201cWrite.\u201d This is exactly what it seems like. In fact, I am writing this blog post as a result of my current position on the list. I\u2019ve tried writing novels and such, but it\u2019s not really working out right now because so much of my mental energy is going towards my comic. So instead of working on long fiction, we get my blog posts and the occasional bit of short fiction.<\/p>\n We are now at \u201cResearch,\u201d which is where I read for the purpose of learning things for my story creation. I am currently reading a lovely book by Ian Mortimer called The Time Traveler\u2019s Guide to Medieval England<\/em>.<\/p>\n And we come around to \u201cLanguages.\u201d This entry is where I work on either learning new languages or working on languages I already sort of know. The only languages that qualify so far are Japanese, German, and Welsh, though I hope to add some more. Currently, of course, my translation of Gazu Hyakki Yagy\u014d<\/em> is doing double duty as both bestiary work and language work. I think the next language I actively try to learn will be either Irish or Greenlandic.<\/p>\n Next up is \u201cChurch books.\u201d This is another reading one and should possibly be called \u201cReligious books\u201d instead. This entry is devoted to the reading of religious books. Whether these include holy books of religions other than my own or whether those go under the later category of \u201cClassics\u201d I am unsure of at the moment. Currently, I\u2019m reading through a set of books released by my church that are about the teachings of various past leaders of the church. I\u2019m currently at Joseph F. Smith, so I\u2019m about a third of the way done.<\/p>\n Now we get to an exciting one: \u201cVideo game making.\u201d Did you know I want to make video games? Of course you did. Everyone wants to make video games. What I\u2019m currently doing is working on an outline for a JRPG I want to make. If it ever goes anywhere, maybe I\u2019ll talk more about it.<\/p>\n And at this point, I think I\u2019ll take a breather. We\u2019re halfway through the list, so now is a fine time for an intermission. Part two may come later when I come back around to writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As those who know me well may recognize, I am somewhat obsessive in my organizational habits. This may seem strange to others who know me, have seen my room, and have come to the conclusion that there is nothing of order at all in that chaos. 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