Friday, January 30, 2004

*gasps for breath*

Needless to say, it's been quite a week. Hence my new favorite expression, "my school isn't boring, but aside from that I have no life." Too true. Generally, It's been a fairly productive week. I am now in the play "Much Ado About Nothing" and I tried out for the drill team in Cadets. If I'm lucky, I'll make the drill team and go to several cities to be in parades, as well as be the main event at our Cadets inspection this spring. As I said, aside from school it's hard to have a normal life. On the other hand, I made a couple of nice purchases. My mom and I got gifts for my dad's birthday. (I won't mention them because he might read this) Furthermore, I got Battlefield: Secret Weapons of WWII Expansion for myself, so I should have some fun this weekend. Oh, and I also posted in Solo's Outlaw Star: Future Prospects because I didn't want it to die so easily. It got me thinking, too, I listen to music to get ideas and such, despite the fact that they don't usually work out in the story. However, I think I might burn a CD with several tracks that gave me ideas for the story, sort of an unofficial soundtrack. Here are a few of my favorites: Phenomenon by Limp Bizkit Underneath The Gun by Limp Bizkit Creamer by Limp Bizkit Deer Dance by System of a Down Jet Pilot by System of a Down Parabola by Tool Juicy by I.M.E. Me vs. Me by 4LYN Leave You Far Behind by Lunatic Calm Dragula by Rob Zombie Ultrasonic Sound by Hive Seed by Sublime Prime Audio Soup by Meat Beat Manifesto Young Grow Old by Creed Ok, now, here's my line of thinking behind some of these songs (some may only make sense if you've read the story, I won't bother with explanations here.) All the Limp Bizkit songs make me think of Rao, Phenomenon is mostly about the wilder side of his personality, the unpredictability that sparks in the heat of battle and makes him do things he wouldn't do otherwise. Underneath The Gun is more about his relationship with the emotionless Sata and wrestling with his own inner demons. Creamer made me think of him as a Ban Pirate, seeing himself a tier above the rest of the group, knowing that he is part of the future and the rest of the world is ignorant of his generation of space pirates. Parabola by Tool is Sata's theme song, as it is wild and intense at the start, and calming, and also conveys a sense of holiness and greater powers, which makes Sata interesting as a character because she is so emotionless and mundane, but capable of incredible things that not even Rao is aware of. (To be honest, the character Sata was inspired by KOS-MOS from Xenosaga, as she is also a mechanical weapon, but exhibits strange spiritual and godly powers under certain circumstances.) Deer Dance makes me think of the Ban, because they are basically the other power with their own views of how the world should be run. Coincidentially, Deer Dance is a statement against globalization and martial law, so it kind of fit together from me. Jet Pilot is about the ship Malus Gemellis, and it's soon to be revealed hidden capabilities. Ultrasonic Sound is a fight song, and it seems to mix in with Sata's robotic existence, as the song itself sounds very mechanical. Leave You Far Behind was a no-brainer, as it is, in my opinion, the ultimate techno fighting music. Dragula I would use, once again, for space combat using the Malus Gemellis, and more of Sata's hidden talents come into play. Me. vs. Me is also a cool fight song, but also one to be used in car chases and such, especially when riddled with stunts. (this seemed apt since the song is also in the XXX OST, and is played in that scene where Vin Diesel snowboards through an avalanche.) Juicy is also from the XXX OST, but it made me think as Sata and Rao as being famous assassins. Especially with the lyric "that killer's got it made." Young Grow Old by Creed is, in my interpretation, a song about discovery and learning more about yourself and others, what better song to fit Sata and Rao? Rao has much to learn about Sata, and he may end up surprising himself in the process. Seed by Sublime is actually one of my most pointless choices, as it is nothing more than a flash-in-the-pan song with no connection to the story. However, it is sort of fast-paced, and could probably be used in a mock battle involving a lot of comedy. Last, but not least, Prime Audio Soup actually fit perfectly with my introduction to the story. (In Recruitment signup) It has almost no lyrics, but grows more and more insane and climactic until dissipating back to slow and cool. This was sort of the thing I had in mind when posting the exchange between Rao and Saito, becoming more and more intense as Rao talks murder with Saito, and Sata poisons Saito's coffee. Eventually, the two dump the body, and return to the shadows from whence they came, much like the pace of the song itself. Man, now that I finally have time to do stuff I end up doing pointless stuff like talk endlessly about writing and music, way to go, me. -Won-daa-shot

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