Arumi’s Blog

This is a story concept for a fiction-psychological thriller novel. I actually wrote the beginning in a brainstorm session awhile ago. It’s much darker than the story concepts I usually write, so I need the practice. The character in question is writing in the pretense of posting online on a blog, sort of a “journal” style [...]

I’ve been attempting to keep a semi-daily journal lately, which has done wonders for my descriptive writing. Since most of my professional writing involves using SEO (Search Engine Optimization) tactics, client requested keyword stuffing, bland and/or non-confrontational language… I’ve forgotten just how much pleasure I get out of a simple freewrite.
Now, that’s not to say that I [...]

*** This essay is an experiment in creating an opposing argument to one presented in an article on psychology. The argument that I present herein does not necessarily reflect my own opinions, thoughts or beliefs (or does it? I’ll leave that up to interpretation. :p). Also, my knowledge of psychology is rudimentary at best, and [...]

There are some days when life seems to lose a little bit of its sparkle, a bit of its magic. This is by no means a bad thing – every now and then, even the most imaginative of us requires a bit of grounding. We simply need to be reminded that life does not play [...]

There are many experiences that I could cite as being incredibly influential to my development as a gamer. Building my first computer, sharing a N64 console with my brother, receiving a Gameboy Color system for Christmas, playing Diablo II obsessively throughout college – all of these experiences are valuable to me, each in their own [...]

I mean, of course I do. Don’t we all dream about saving the world someday? :-P
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about serious subjects, such as my direction, purpose and future.
For example, I was approached by an energy drink company, asking me to promote their products. Of course, part of my reaction was, “ZOMG, I’m [...]

I’ve always been under the impression that I had to compromise between being a competitive gamer and a professional writer. Struggling with time management has always been the bane of my existence, along with a strangely innate desire to procrastinate until my deadline is threatening to come crashing down on my head.
However, I’ve come to [...]

Since this is, in fact, my blog – I figured that it would be appropriate to post my latest decision/update. :p
I’ve now lived in North Carolina for over a year, and am definitely loving it! The people here are friendly, the food is wonderful, and the weather is beautiful. However, sometimes being [...]

Greetings, citizens of teh interwebs! (apologies for my overall lack of image/text formatting, I admit this is quite the lazy post. :p )

I really should write something amazingly witty, or an insightful article that will blow you away with inconceivable questions and/or highly researched arguments. However, it’s quite late at night, and I’ve actually decided [...]

Just thought I’d share a comment I posted on Kotaku. The flame war about MW2 is getting far too vicious. O.o

Alright, I understand that a lot of people don’t understand why the lack of dedicated servers and mods in MW2 is a big deal. That’s completely fine. I actually agree that the whiny fanboys who [...]