The Happiness Thread

I don't know whether anyone recalls a post I made some time back in the Not Happy thread. One of my friends' sons was drugged, held captive and raped by two young men of his own age. I was glad to hear that the incident was reported to the police, despite the attached stigma men often face.

I awoke this morning to see my friend had sent me an article from todays paper:



Both men have pleaded guilty although one to the lesser crime of attempted rape. It's expected that the ringleader will be jailed for 15 years and the other at least 8. The evidence was overwhelming as neither made any attempt to clean up, and the blood evidence spoke for itself.

It's a strange reason to be happy for sure, but I'm truly happy this brave young man will, at long last, be able to put it behind him and get on with his life.

 

10,016 WORDS IN NOVELLA!!​

WOOOO!! THIS ONE JUST BROKE THE 10k WORD MARK ON HIS NOVELLA!!!

I swear, if I didn't have to go attend to obligations tomorrow, this would be cause for a gigantic, big-ass glass of celebratory wine! But I'll settle to playing Fallout 4 and allowing myself one Sam Adams' beer.

It's only the first draft where
(1) Nothing really makes sense.
(2) Everything's chaotic right now.
(3) One of my sub-plots seems lackluster and too much "Feel sorry for this one tag-along character who serves no other purpose than that!"
(4) My villain feels too one-dimensional and "Muwa ha ha ha ha". May as well have him sport a monocle and multi-task the cat-stroking and mustache-twirling.
(5) The MC is not very developed for that matter, she swings from "Meh, I don't give a fuck, let 'em burn," to "OMIGERD, I MUST SAVE HALF THE TOWN BECAUSE I'M JUST THAT NICE OF A PERSON! DON'T WORRY, I AM HERE!!"

BUT IT DOES NOT MATTER!! Eat that, anxiety!! Twelve years of me not writing because I was too scared of sucking, too scared of being clichéd, or ripping off someone else's work. WELL EAT IT, ANXIETY!

Very proud of myself right now.

 

I finished the first draft of a short story plus the first draft of an article tonight.

Productivity!

 

I didn't know exactly, whether I had to send this comment to "unhappy" or " happy" thread, however I decided to post it to happiness thread because I think the event was one of the hidden grace and mercy of God to me.

About 15 days ago I felt a pain in my chest occasionally, after eating lunch and evening. the pain was very similar to Irritation of the esophagus and I never felt it was from my heart

When I refereed to hospital; after a series of medical experiments that was done by cardiologist on me, it was found out that the cause of the pain was from my heart. The doctor hospitalized me and after an echo- cardiac and Angiography it came in the light that the three of my heart's vessels have been blocked, more or less ( %95- %90 and %60).

Four days ago, it was operated an open heart surgery on me and a new vessel ( that was taken from my leg) transplanted as a bridge parallel to the blocked vessels. Just the day after the surgery, the cardiac surgeon discharged me from the hospital! He said:" Go home and rest and two week later come in order that I visit you and see how you are."

Now, I am at home, am resting, eating and drinking. I am like a watermelon that roll everywhere in the house. Today I felt better and decided to write this comment.

 

Glad to hear you made it through it okay! Rest and get well soon!

 

I got my 8 shirts from 6dollarshirts.com today. They all look even better than the pictures of them online, they look like quality cotton shirts, and they all fit true to size unlike some cheap shirts you might buy. I can't wait to do laundry tomorrow so I can wash them and be able to wear them.

 

Broke in the hiking boots I got over Christmas. They were heavy but I'm all good after a meal and nap.

 

I'm glad you're OK too, @Mans. It's "medical tests" in English, not "medical experiments". I think your English is getting better.

 

Thank you Ginger I am getting better day in day out.

Oh I am sorry that "google translate" delivered me a wrong phrase again! ( I sometimes use it as a dictionary) While I myself guessed
medical or medicine test might be correct.

 

I'm happy that I'm writing my main WIP and it's going well, I've sent bit to a friend and she liked them.

 

Not so much happiness, just amusement. I was reading A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin, in one of the Tyrion chapters when he made a mention of Lady Korra the Cruel. I was immediately taken aback when I saw the name, thinking of Avatar Korra from Avatar: Legend of Korra.

Guess it goes to show that names aren't copyrightable. Hell, even within the show, there was a side character called Rohan, also the name of one of the major cities in Lord of the Rings. Now I feel more comfortable having a character named Gohan running around in my story.

 

It kind of takes you out of the story momentarily, doesn't it?

Just found out there's an upcoming indie sci-fi video game titled [insert the WIP title], but I'm hoping it will never become Meatboy big, so using that same title for my and T.Trian's WIP won't be a problem (plus, we came up with it in 2009 while the game concept was conceived around 2013). But it is a bit annoying. (sorry, this was more on the unhappy side of things than happy).

 

Good point. To be fair to him, he's likely never heard of Legend of Korra or the entire Avatar franchise to begin with, and figured 'Korra' was a nice name to use for his book. Hell, in The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, there's a pirate character named Zuko, and this was years before Avatar: The Last Airbender aired and gave us its Zuko. Guess it's a risk you take when you use any given name, which is why at the end, I'll most likely being changing my character's name from 'Gohan' to something else so I don't confuse readers (and myself)

<resumes thread on course>

 

@Link the Writer yes, names can't be covered by copyright. At least not in the U.S. (as a rule). They can be protected by trademark law, however.

 

Well yeah, if the name itself is trademark copyright protected, no can do. Even if my Gohan was clearly not the Dragonball Z/Super Gohan. That's why its tricky.

 

Yes, but to infringe a trademark you have to use it as a trademark in a manner likely to cause confusion (with some exceptions for famous marks), so it's not something where the mere use alone is necessarily problematic.

 

Just read an email from my vocational rehab counselor that said as long as doing my internship this summer will help me graduate a year earlier, I'm going to get the funding I need to pay for it. I'm pretty stoked.

 

I recently received my poster of Jeff Fenech vs Azumah Nelson and hung it up in a (surprisingly nice) cheap frame on my wall, and it looks fantastic

 

Well I got an A on my first three midterms. Now I just have one more to go in Criminal Procedures. Its going to be a doozy. I still have 40 minutes to wait to take it. Man I can't wait to get this last one over with!

 

Started to reread (again) THE HELLBOUND HEART by Clive Barker. I love the opening chapter and way his descriptive style.

 

Bought some discounted movie tickets.

 

Were they used?

 

Not yet. Looking forward to Batman v Superman.

 

Nothing better than removing a bookmark from a good book.

 

I have an agent, and she said my book needs only minimal editing to be ready for publication. 1 week of editing, she estimated. That was a confidence boost.