Origin of Maece

Current mood:creative
It's a shortened form of "Milany Aece." Here is an excerpt from my website explaining my original story (it's been there for years, I just now realized what a good idea it would be to also post it here):

I started thinking up an entire saga of my own, inspired by Star Wars (original trilogy). I never really wrote much of it out, but once I had an English assignment to do a creative writing paragraph, and so I used that story which was constantly going on in my head. This is a scene where a space colony has just been attacked as one of the first movements of a galactic civil war - basically the Revolutionary War all over again, with earth representing Europe and the space colonies as the new frontier of America. Arotie Jay (parents are Bere and Anda, he also has an older identical twin brother, Raught) is part of the first generation of pioneers who reach adulthood after childhood on a space colony. The building being attacked is a government center/mayoral mansion. Young Estelle Blieu, also of this new generation of pioneers, is the daughter of this colony's mayor. She has a brother, Esta, and their mother is Eaglette Daublew (patterned somewhat like an East Indian girl, small, dark, cute & feminine). Eaglette's mother is Impala (maiden name Kili), patterned somewhat after Disney's Esmerelda, formerly an inhabitant of some South Sea island. I don't remember much about their dad, but he dies so early in the story...who cares? Anyway, Estelle is beginning to develop some political clout of her own. Arotie and Raught Jay (does anybody see where I got those ? ) are patterned somewhat after the Tarleton twins of Gone with the Wind. Estelle Blieu is much like Jasmine from Disney's Aladdin. OK, so there's a ton of Disney allusions here, but growing up w/out TV in the house and w/strict guidelines as to movies, I just worked with what I knew.

9-10-98
Arotie arrived, panting, at the end of the road. Looking up, he gazed in horror at the remains of the once-majestic edifice. Two of the three columns that had formerly supported the roof now lay in the midst of the gardens, crushing the delicate blossoms of columbine and crown vetch. One of the towering double doors had fallen against the sagging awning, while the other swayed precariously from a single hinge. The carefully manicured walkway was littered with splintered boards and partially painted chunks of cement. Smoke gushed from the windows, and flames danced above one corner of the roof. A geyser had spouted from the front lawn, pummeling bystanders with its gritty downpour. Emergency personnel swarmed around the structure, dousing the fire, treating survivors, and guarding entrances. However, screams and cries for help still emanated from the upper stories, and the young man did not detect any signs of rescue efforts. Abhorred at the thought of people roasting inside, he crept stealthily towards an open window.

That's all I wrote for that assignment, but the conclusion is that Arotie rescues Estelle, and they quickly fall in love and get engaged. However, the war rages on and soon Arotie and Raught leave as top-notch fighter pilots. Raught gets killed. Arotie ends up on some planet/colony with a rather strange climate where rice and chinchillas are the main exports. He rescues a young native orphan boy and his pet chinchilla (the boy is patterned after a little boy in of Disney's Herby movies - and these two characters will serve as something of a substitute for R2 and 3PO). He also rescues a little orphaned toddler, Milany (pronounced like the city, Milan, with an ee at the end - she becomes the heroine/Leia figure of the saga). Later, the war is over and Arotie and Estelle settle down and adopt Milany. During the war Arotie had to undergo a name change for security's sake (which will be a common process labeled cognomen shift), and so our young heroine's name is: Milany Aece.

Of course, she is patterned after Leia - and as you can see, there are already parallels with her adoption. Her true parentage was something that I never really decided on, but it was more going to be left up to rumors. History would show that certain dignitaries, who had a daughter about her age, were on that planet at that time and were never heard from again. Basically she's probably some kind of princess but all hope of proof is gone. What's left is that she is going to become a highly educated, skilled, well-connected, influential young woman who is sort of disconnected from the rest of humanity. Lonely, far above her peers, in a close businesslike relationship with her adopted parents, and having no real family. Too serious and never had a childhood, but also somewhat unaware that she is missing out. Very intelligent and yet very naive. Her love interest, patterned after Han Solo of course, is to be christened Alt Killo. Most of their story remained unplanned, or at least in a disordered state of various rough drafts going off in different directions. However, he would probably be instrumental in helping her to find a life that would be more personally fulfilling, though not necessarily less notorious.

I suppose you could almost say that Milany was somewhat patterened after me, or at least how I perceived myself (how would I know how others really perceive me?), although in reality I think it's more accurate to say that I pattered myself after her. In the beginning I imitated Leia, but there were places where that just didn't work out, and other places where I wanted to change things and other places where more depth was needed. Still, it wasn't a complete analogy. For instance, I'm not adopted. I think I am also much more fun-loving than Milany. I would have to be, because first of all Milany would never write fiction. Also, if she is unaware that she is missing out then she could not, as I have done, conceive of a character like herself missing out. I suppose at times I've felt thwarted in my pursuit of fun, and that was probably my psychological reason for wanting to create myself as a character who would be validated in needing more fun. But, of course, it's just a story, and my life has turned so differently than I ever planned or imagined that the story doesn't seem applicable anymore. Though, it's nice to remember and imagine "What if?" scenarios.

The problem I had with writing fiction was that I would always think up most of the story before I'd written anything, and I'd get so carried away imagining what it was like that real life would suddenly seems worthless in comparison and I wouldn't even have motivation to write the stories. That's why I'm not an English major. At least physics has the potential for being REAL! ...what remains to be seen is if potential, in and of itself, is enough.

StarWars: Remixed

I used to have lots of .wav files of StarWars quotes that I collected from the web, and I would play them all in a continuous (alphabetical) string. Sometimes certain quotes would seem to make a a new conversation - that gave me the idea to make my own:

Leia: Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi...you're my only hope.
Yoda: Help you I can, yes - mmmhehehehe!

C3P0: Hello sir, I am C3P0: human-cyborg relations...
(laserblast)
Luke: I got him!
Han: Great shot kid, that was one in a million!
And saving the most absurd for last,

Vader: I am your father.
Leia: Darth Vader, only you could be so bold.
Vader: You don't know the power of the dark side.
Leia: I don't know where you get your delusions, laserbrain.
Vader: Join me on the dark side....
Leia: I'd just as soon kiss a wookie!
Han: I got a bad feeling about this!
Vader: All too easy.
Chewy: bleat/growl
Han: Don't get excited!
Vader: Impressive.

Also, I think this was the original impetus for Quote Wars and other projects:
Quote Wars on Rachel's Blog
Quotation Essay
Quotation Mosaic

Arch Enemy Survey

Current mood:chipper
FYI: I wrote this years ago...(2001?) I guess you could say that I finally did meet Dashing Space Pirate (at least he drives like one), and you might even be able to say that I didn't have a choice about marrying him (of course I did, but if I had tried any harder to not choose him I really don't know what would've happened, he's not the type to take no for an answer... very unlike me, which is why I need him :D)

1) Name?: I think that's getting a bit too personal...
2) School?: Home school at heart.
3) E-mail: Duh! (this was originally an e-mail forward)
4) Ever Drank?: I was born with chronic hydrophobia.
5) Missed school because it was raining?: That generally doesn't happen to home schoolers...then again, I guess it generally doesn't happen to anyone.
6) Put a body part on fire for amusement?: Mine or someone else's?
7) Kept a secret from everyone?: It's what I do best.
8) Had an imaginary friend before?: No, but I do have an imaginary arch enemy...
9) Wanted to hook up with a boy/girl friend before?: What's a boy/girl, or should I ask?
10) Cried during a movie?: I don't cry.
11) Had a new kid on the block tape?: A "friend" of mine used to like New Kids on the Block - is that even what this question is about?
12) Ever thought an animated character was hot?: Well there's always Johnny Bravo...
13) I didn't want to answer this one so I just decided to delete it.
14) Prank called someone?: The one time I really tried was on a dare at a slumber party. I called the radio station intending to request "the abc song" in a little kid voice, but couldn't even get through a sentence before I burst out giggling and hung-up.
15) Ever been on stage?: Yes, and the adrenaline rush is cool (except when it's not my idea).
16) Favorite Shampoo?: V05 Vanilla. I think the arch enemy is allergic to it... must be why they quit making it.
17) Favorite soap?: As in a lye-fat product or soap opera?
18) Day/Night?: Night - it's easier to hide from the arch enemy...
19) Summer/Winter?: Winter; I hate heat.
20) Online smiley?: I prefer winky-face.
21) Lace or satin?: How about latin & seis?
22) Favorite cartoon characters?: Roadrunner, Pink Panther, Pinky & the Brain
23) Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?: ...wouldn't that get a bit confusing?
24) Like anyone?: No. The whole world has conspired against me & joined forces with the arch enemy...
25) Who have you known the longest?: Me.
26) Who do you go to for advice?: Me.
27) Who do you cry with?: I don't cry.
28) When do you cry the most?: When chopping onions.
29) Have you ever cut ur own hair?: When feeling perfectionistic I search the entire length of my braid for split ends.
30) Ever been sarcastic?: No.
31) Met someone new?: Never. I've known the ENTIRE world my ENTIRE life. (who thinks up these questions???)
32) Favorite peeps to talk to?: People who talk instead of saying peeps.
33) Who is your favorite person to hug?: Nobody - everybody's on the arch enemy's side...
34) Last time you fought with your parents?: Not worth trying to remember.
35) Have you ever wished upon a star?: I would if I could ever get upon a star.
36) Do you laugh until you cry?: I DON'T CRY!
37) Have you ever watched the sunset/sunrise?: No, the arch enemy is always blocking my view...
38) Read a book for fun?: Only to help defeat the arch enemy...
39) Favorite meal?: Anything the arch enemy wouldn't have had a chance to poison...
40) Are you lonely?: Yes, I'm the only one on my side...
41) Do you have a crush on someone?: *gasp* ME, have a crush???!!!
44) The closet monster?: Nope. Guess again...
45) The big bang theory?: What's so theoretical about big bangs? Whoever wrote this apparently doesn't have brothers... or an arch enemy...
46) What is your full name?: If I tell, the arch enemy will find out. My only safety is my anonymity.
47) Favorite group?: Heathcliffe's Really Jammin' Buddies... I don't know.
48) What is right next to you?: Air.
49) What is ur computer made of?: Antimatter.
50) What are the last four digits of ur Phone ?: 314159
51) Where do you want to go on ur honeymoon?: Since I've all but decided to never marry, and instead opt for the life of a 21st century technological intergalactic hermitess - it's a moot point for me. Of course, if I ever meet dashing space pirate I might not have much choice... maybe we could go hang out at the jupiter jump?
52) How many people are on ur buddy list?: "Friends" who think they have me convinced that they aren't on the arch enemy's side...
53) How is the weather right now?: I'm inside.
54) What did you do last night?: Have nightmares about the arch enemy.
55) How do you eat an oreo?: Very carefully - you never know when you might be poisoned...
56) Dream car?: Feet - saves worrying about car bombs...
57) What is your career of choice?: 21st century technological intergalactic hermitess/arch enemy's bane...
58) If you could change ur name what would it be?: Arch enemy. It might confuse him...
59) Whats the dumbest thing you have ever done?: No comment.
60) What will ur first son's name be?: Dashing Space Pirate Jr.
61) What will ur first daughter's name be? Foxy Moron (if she's blond)
62) Do you prefer on the Phone or in person?: I prefer pixel/paper. The arch enemy is illiterate...
63) Do you want ur friends to do this survey?: Yes, it's how I get info about the arch enemy's activity.
64) Where do you see yourself in ten years?: Somewhere beyond this solar system, and hopefully beyond the reach of the arch enemy...
65) Are you too shy to ask someone out?: How many bold people do you know who go around complaining of an imaginary arch enemy?
66) Finish time?: Rrrrats! I forgot to count - the arch enemy will surely use it against me...

LOL - The Inside Joke of the Month

Current mood:amused
From a web conversation my sister had with a friend of hers (names changed to protect the unaware):

hey! you can't just SKIP TOWN! Linda is going to China and so is Velma, Justin is in Alabama, Laurie is gone somewhere, Andy has been ignoring our group since he found the love of his life, Renee is insanely busy with film stuff, Denise is ALWAYS on the river, and Dillion is working on his car 24/7! and now YOU! I think it's really time I took the hint that everyone is trying to get away from me... :)

Friend: no no... i am not trying to get away from you... if you want to hang out tonight... we still can... it just wont be able to be till 11

My Sister: well that's still a bummer, considering my last day of working @ evil walmart starts @ an insanely early hour tomorrow... :(
so I heard from a little bird that you went on a cruise (darn you) and then somebody said you went to Texas. what was that all about? was that a postponed trip from when you ditched me and Linda outside of oceans 13? :p

Friend: umm yes????

My Sister: um yes? lol, does that mean you're guessing at that answer? ooo, I think you really ditched us because you wanted to be the one who started the trend that has now become very popular thanks to you! avoiding ME! :(

Friend: mooo whooo hwa hwa hwa

My Sister: that noise you're making (I do assume it's a noise?) is most distressing. in my state of un-popularity it does not help matters. :'(

Friend: its an affectionate sound

My Sister: rofl. I seriously hope you are joking. I really can't imagine someone who would want to be mooo-whooed at... lol, except you of course. and I'm still trying to make out just what that sound would actually sound like. it looses something in translation...

Friend: pronounce it exactly as it is spelled

My Sister: rofl, my brother just walked in and told me I sounded like a cow giving birth.

Heehee... I will never think of the phrase "have a cow" in quite the same light, ever, EVER, again!