July Camp Nano

So, tomorrow starts 2019's Camp NaNoWriMo and, yes, I plan to participate.  For each week of July I will post an update on how I'm doing on my project and, perhaps, I'll even give tidbits of the story or ask for help with things that are giving me trouble.  By no means am I demanding for aid, but maybe you'll be having the same issue.  If I posted previously about an issue I was having and have managed to find a fix, I pan to put that in a post with the updates as well.

Now, for my project.  At first I was planning to just focus on my KHR fanfics (I know I have at least two crossovers with HP started and ideas for a good many more) but my husband and I have been watching a number of documentaries about WWII and that got me thinking - if literally anything had gone slightly differently in Hitler's life, perhaps he'd have never even gone into politics which would have lead to a vastly different era for what WWII ended up being.  Then I realized I'll need to do some major research for this bit of historical fiction.   So, I plan to work on both, though I likely will focus on a very particular KHR/HP crossover.

This crossover is set after Deathly Hallows and at some point after the Arcobeleno curse has been lifted.  I only got as far in the manga as the start of the game to lift the curse, but I wanted to make it that period because while there are innumerable Harry is Skull stories and a few others where Skull is someone from the wizarding world, I got to thinking - what if Percy, the black sheep of the Weasley family, were a cloud? Furthermore what if he became Skull?  So, I will focus on this story because it s an intriguing concept.  For those who plan to also participate, good luck.  For those who don't, enjoy the influx of reading material that will hopefully come out if not during then after July ends!

Summer of Wizards

This was supposed to be a post in regards to summer, but Wizards Unite! came out Thursday night and instead of concentrating on my posts, I played.  I just want to say that the release of this game would have been great if the weather had worked with the players.  Instead of having gorgeous summer weather to go for walks in, we've had rainstorms or it's been so hot and there's little cover where I currently am so it makes going for long walks more dangerous.

It is a fun game though, and I must admit it's more engaging than Pokemon GO.  There's more to the game than just collecting.  In fact, there are three building types to go to and only one allows for fighting.  The other two allow for growing plants and drawing things to you as well as a quick collection based on either a spell you cast or a plant chosen by you.  I haven't played it much due to the disappointing weather and the need to do so much around the house.  Just a disappointing thing about warmer weather and the season known as summer!

Anyway, as far as summer goes, I hope everyone manages to enjoy it and not get sunburned.

**Notes:  I am still working through the first episode of the original version of Charmed.  As soon as I've finished it, I'll post it.  As such, I feel I should also admit that next week's post will only be the Camp Nano related article. 

This was supposed to be posted on June 23, sorry for the long wait.

Father's Day 2019

In a week it will be Father's Day.  I think for all of us who haven't had a steady fatherly presence it's a rather annoying thing, but then so is Mother's Day for those who never had a steady maternal presence.  I know that there are bad dads and great ones, good ones and horrible ones.  It's the ones that are unable to be there for their kids that I feel for.  It's the kids who aren't aware of what a parent's support or disdain can mean for them that have it worse in my opinion than even those who have absolutely horrible parents.  It's not that I'm trying to demean those who wish to celebrate for their parents, but rather that some of us never celebrated it, don't have kids to celebrate with and yet are expected to with our significant others.

Celebrating our fathers isn't as easy for most unlike celebrating their mothers.  My husband's family tends to go out to eat or grill at home.  Shopping for fathers may seem straightforward, but it isn't.  We see ads for grilling items and tools being on sale for Father's Day.  Not all fathers are going to want things to grill with or new tools.  I know there are some who would prefer the entire series of an older television series (MASH and JAG are a couple of examples) or a movie they don't own.  They wouldn't mind being taken out to eat instead of grilling their own meal, but I didn't grow up with my father handily available or my dad.  I always hated hearing about father's day activities or gifts (and still do) because I don't have my own father to celebrate with.  For those that do, enjoy it while you can.



*Note this was supposed to be posted yesterday.  I could have sworn I even had it scheduled, but when I went to start on next week's post, it hadn't yet.  Thankfully, it's only a day late!

June 2019

Alright, let's see if I can get this done and keep to my self-imposed schedule.  It's been five years since I started this blog and sometimes I manage really well while others I seriously seem to distance myself from it.  This recurring habit is not done on purpose, I swear, but I have a hard time breaking it.  So first, here's the plan without the final titles:

June 2 - the plan for June

June 9 - something related to Father's Day

June 16 - the first episode of the original Charmed for rewatching and finding things that aid in proving that Piper is the strongest of the three

June 23 - Something regarding the summer solstice

June 30 - Typically July is a Camp Nano month so I'll dedicate this to my plans for the work that I'll be working on for the month as well as the July blog plans.  If for whatever reason there is no Camp Nano for July, I'll probably do episode two of the original Charmed. 


Now that I've outlined the month's blogs for this post I want to explain why I've put in a possibility of two episodes being done.  Netflix currently hosts the new Charmed.  Watching it, I find so long as I've distanced myself from the original, it works.  After the rewatching, I might do a comparing of shows series in which I'll watch the new series and remark on things that can displace avid original Charmed fans because face it, when they rebooted it they made changes to the world of Charmed, but they also threw in some Easter eggs that give you nods to the original series as well.  Many of these may be more visual than they are auditory, but some you have to see and read not just catch a glimpse of and when I do the comparison series I plan to include all of them.  I might manage to miss some of them, but I hope to find just as many as any other fan might have.  Of course, I always would be happy for folks to comment on any that I may have missed, but more about all that if I actually get around to that series.

I do plan to get back to my Hero Creation series in D&D and my cookbook recipe weekly reviews based on the cookbooks I have currently, but there are a lot of things that I'm trying to do both with my writing and in other areas of my life.  So first, I need to get through and be typing up a post on a weekly basis for this blog!  If you have things you want to hear my thoughts on, let me know.  I'll gladly try to get some of them done.  Be safe during the summer months, though and have fun!