Some goals for the Star Ocean Universe

In twenty-four more days, the Star Ocean Universe (formerly Star Ocean Fan) will celebrate one year on the internet. Wow! How time flies when we're all having fun, right?

With the start of the new week, I want to get back schedule once again. The revamp will continue, of course, but it's going to be a gradual thing. There's still a lot I need to do in order to get the blog where I'd like it, so I will need help from my fellow Star Ocean fans. Feel free to promote the Star Ocean Universe to your friends on facebook, deviantArt, twitter, myspace . . . doesn't matter. The more people that know about and can contribute to it, the better. I'll also promote clubs and groups in the journal.

Now for some of the goals I have in mind for The Star Ocean Universe, not just for this year, but for years to come.

First up, I'd like to get a website started. Naturally, it will be an unofficial website, but it will be there all the same. This also requires cash to buy a website name so I'll be browsing for web domains once I start receiving a healthy cash flow. This isn't on the projects list. I just thought of this so I will be sure to add it in before too much longer.

Second, I'd like to treat my fellow Star Ocean fans to more than just fan-created items like stories, artwork, and the like. There are the voice actor interviews and the fan event I'm still thinking of starting up in 2014. I'm choosing that as the start year so I can figure out exactly what I need to do and get the necessary funding for an event site and guests.

Third, of course, is to really get started on the projects list . . . aside from the fanfiction and Ask the Star Ocean Character segments.

It's a small list so far, but it will grow. A lot of what I want to do is tied in the revamp, tied in with the projects list, and everything I wanted to do last year (but never got around to), and I apologize for not being as diligent with this as I could have been. I plan and will do better for this year and every year after this.

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Birthday List - covering January to June

January 1 (Late; assigned by me) - Crowe F. Almedio
January 23 (official) - Claude C. Kenny
January 25 (assigned by me) - Ilia Silvestri
January 31 (assigned by me) - Ryoko Leingod
February 3 (official) - Faize Sheifa Beleth
February 15 (assigned by me) - Peppita Rosetti
February 16 (official) - Noel Chandler
February 29 (official - can swing to either February 28 or March 1) - Precis F. Neumann
March 2 (assigned by me) - Roger S. Huxley
March 16 (official) - Meracle Chamlotte
March 28 (official) - Reimi Saionji
April 10 (assigned by me) - Adray Lasbard
April 24 (official) - Arumat P. Thanatos
May 5 (official) - Bacchus D-79
May 7 (assigned by me) - Blair Lansfeld
May 13 (official) - Rena Lanford
June 1 (assigned by me) - Cliff Fittir
June 29 (assigned by me) - Maria Traydor
June 30 (official) - Lymle Lemuri Phi

More birthdays will be added in, and reminders will be posted.

Upcoming Holidays:

Valentine's Day - February 14
St. Patrick's Day - March 17
Easter - March 31
Earth Day - April 22
Mother's Day - May 12
Father's Day - June 16

I've added in Earth Day to the list of holidays because of the message that lies behind The Last Hope. I think it's the kind of holiday that Star Ocean fans could have a field day with so I've included it for that purpose alone.

When it comes to the holidays and the birthdays, I am looking for the following: art, stories (one-shots), and poetry. The highest rating I will accept for stories and artwork is R. No explicit material please, and proofread your work. All submissions can be emailed to me at luthersfayt@gmail.com or thestaroceanuniverse@gmail.com and must be submitted no later than midnight the previous day. All genres except for smut accepted.

Hope everyone's had a wonderful weekend. Tomorrow is the start of a new week. Hope everyone tunes in to see what comes next!