The GHAWG Diaries, Part 64

@magnacarta · 2025-03-28 03:59 · LeoFinance

The GHAWG Diaries, Part 64

What's happening behind the scenes to bring new GHAWG content? The GHAWG Diaries is my recap of what I've been doing.

Cover image designed by @magnacarta using emojis and Excel 2007 for text. Minor edits made using MS Paint.

Introduction

There's more to #GHAWG than just daily zapfic entries and the spreadsheet I use to track them. There's research. There's review. There's also thought and inspiration. Then there are the tools involved in doing any of those tasks.

Just to keep things from getting scrambled in my head, and also to document for myself what I've been considering, I began keeping a diary of my activities as they concern #GHAWG. For that reason, I decided to share these diary entries with everyone on Hive blockchain (including the LeoFinance community at InLeo).

On Mondays which don't feature a GHAWG, Uninterrupted post (GHAWG-U)-- eventually replaced by GHAWG, Remastered (GHAWG-R)-- I'll post diary entries from the previous 7 days or between GHAWG-U/R posts if the time between them is short. TGD64 will have enough entries for 3 weeks. The first entry starts on 2025-March-03.

Before anyone scratches their heads at a few terms, here are 3 I began using many posts ago: | Term | Meaning | | --- | --- | | ►Rat Bike◄1 | Code name for #GHAWG (the first and current zapfic serial) | | ►Blue Lion◄2 | Code name for the middle zapfic serial in the GHAWG Universe | | ►The Bronze◄3 | Code name for the final zapfic serial in the GHAWG Universe |

Monday, 2025-March-03

📓 Of the 7 members of ►Felix Legion◄4, ►Rhonda Bella◄5 was the first person to join ►David Guardia◄6 on his ►Epic Ride◄7 when they formally met ►at a bar◄8 in her hometown of ►Davenport, Iowa◄9, US after he picked up his ►Harley-Davidson tri-cycle◄10 paid for by ►Jacob Angel◄11. The next 2 people to join David were the ►two brawlers◄12 from ►Cedar Rapids, Iowa◄13, US; these were the ►Brothers Marchenko◄14, Hank & Frank. Somewhere between ►Midway, Iowa◄15, US and ►STURGIS◄16 two ►foreign exchange students◄17 from the ►University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill◄18 join David and the others; these are ►The Kids◄19, ►Sanjay Rampersad◄20 from India and ►Lionel Odunsi◄21 from Nigeria. ►Lindsay Etxeberria◄22 doesn't enter the picture until ►Our Heroes◄23 encounter her and her fellow far-left activists in ►Portland, Oregon◄24, US-- unless you count the time David and Rhonda find a badly injured person on the side of the road near Midway, and at that time she was unrecognizable.

I mention these first meetings between David and the people who would join to later form Felix Legion because I was debating whether to rewrite the origin of Felix Legion, and how to do so if I proceed.

It makes sense to form Felix Legion after The Kids join David on his Epic Ride. At that point, only Lindsay is missing. Felix Legion could already exist when she meets everyone else, and she could be integrated into the group.

This rewrite would take place as I port Rat Bike from zapfic format to long form, as I transform Rat Bike into a novel. At the moment David is in Davenport picking up his Harley trike, so his formal meeting with Rhonda will take place soon.

In doing this rewrite of the origins of Felix Legion-- which won't become canon until the novelization is finished-- I can consolidate a number of events so that they take place as they ride to STURGIS. This way, I can refer to the characters by their Felix Legion names immediately.

As for Lindsay, when she becomes part of Felix Legion, she won't acquire the moniker "Fonzie" initially. Instead, David will give her another name. Just now I was thinking that she would be called "Lefty" because she was a ►far-left activist◄25 when they met, but that seems lazy and cheap. Instead, I will have David assign her a different name based on a few zapfic entries featuring them during some down time at a rest stop for an overnight layover. This will also allow me to make use of both Felix Legion names for her during the 6th and final segment of David's Epic Ride in Rat Bike as well as in the sequel zapfic serials Blue Lion and The Bronze.

So Lindsay becomes part of Felix Legion earlier; picks up a different Felix Legion name initially; initiates the ►daring display of theatricality◄26 in ►Santa Fe, New Mexico◄27, US as they ride east to ►Chicago, Illinois◄28, US on what should be ►Route 66◄29; and then becomes known as Fonzie.

In rewriting the origins of Felix Legion, I'll also be rewriting a number of other scenes. Other scenes will be shifted around to accommodate the revised origins of Felix Legion. For the novelization of Rat Bike, that's the plan.

Tuesday, 2025-March-04

📓 Using footnotes to handle backlinking for SEO purposes makes the posts longer than necessary, but they also keep the content portion of the post clean. This is necessary since not all Hive front-end dApps handle links to Hive ecosystem content the same. Once that is no longer the case and all the front-ends work as they should, I can return to using hyperlinks as before.

However, when I reviewed the footnotes section of the post, I noticed something I hadn't considered ahead of time. The footnote number is followed by a note which may not always be clear. So I need to redo the footnotes so that the footnote number is followed by the term being noted. I'll take care of the footnotes being used for each subsequent post as soon as I use them, but I'll also update the data file so that footnotes follow the revised format I am about to use.

Wednesday, 2025-March-05

📓 I began porting ►Aníbal Rivera◄30's interview with David Guardia when he woke up from his ►10-day-coma◄31 at the hospital in ►Le Claire, Iowa◄32, US. Anibal Rivera learned of David's near-fatal accident courtesy of a video which had gone viral. Since viewing that viral video, the independent journalist had been waiting for David to wake up so that he could interview him.

Thursday, 2025-March-06

📓 Today I finished porting Anibal Rivera's interview with patient David Guardia at the hospital in Le Claire, Iowa, US. This interview is brief in zapfic format, but it blew up in the port to novel format. It includes a few points I wanted to publish in GHAWG originally, but I decided not to do so then.

Friday, 2025-March-07

📓 Today I ported more of the zapfic serial to novel format. This time I covered David Guardia's emergence from a ►full body cast◄33 and the moment ►a wheelchair-bound elderly patient◄34 in the same wing of the Le Claire, Iowa, US hospital touched him.

Saturday, 2025-March-08

📓 It's been a while, but I added 2 entries to the zapfic queue. At this moment, the zapfic queue goes to 2025-May-01 (E01). These entries look like filler entries to prolong Rat Bike, and they could have been written at any point since Our Heroes picked up Lindsay Etxeberria in Portland, Oregon, US. Regardless of where these entries find themselves-- at this point in the zapfic serial, or earlier when the zapfic serial gets ported to long form novel format-- the reason for their inclusion will become apparent after the Iowans (plus David Guardia) reach Iowa to wind down the 6th and final segment of what had become David's Epic Ride.

Sunday, 2025-March-09

📓 We know that Lionel Odunsi is a foreign exchange student at UNC from Nigeria. We know that he is friends with fellow foreign exchange student at UNC Sanjay Rampersad from India. We know that he has an aptitude for business and finances. Not including David Guardia (because his is a special case), Lionel is the most Christian of the members of Felix Legion.

That's about all we know about Lionel. I hope to add more depth to his character when I port Rat Bike to novel format. I also expect to give him a larger role in the sequel zapfic serial Blue Lion. I can say that in Blue Lion we will see him married to a character who will debut in Blue Lion.

Monday, 2025-March-10

📓 We know that Lindsay Etxeberria was a far-left activist when we meet her formally in Portland, Oregon, US. What we don't know is her life before she became a far-left activist. The final segment of David Guardia's Epic Ride, between Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US and Davenport, Iowa, US, will be when we learn more about Lindsay's Etxeberria's past. A big factor in this transformation is due to the influence of her parents-- or their lack of influence; I haven't decided yet. One of the set piece sequences will feature the reunion she will have with her family back in her hometown of Atalissa, Iowa, US. After all, there's a reason David and the former Rhonda Bella find her as a bloody heap of flesh on the side of the road a short distance from Atalissa after they leave Davenport.

Tuesday, 2025-March-11

📓 The spreadsheet is getting out of control again. I've been so focused on adding zapfic entries that I've forgotten to do othe

  1. Explanation of ►Rat Bike◄ is @ Rat Bike ↩

  2. Explanation of ►Blue Lion◄ is @ Blue Lion ↩

  3. Explanation of ►The Bronze◄ is @ The Bronze ↩

  4. The group consisting of Templar (David Guardia), Shieldmaiden (Rhonda Bella Guardia), Nitrous (Hank Marchenko), Rothbard (Frank Marchenko), Triumph (Sanjay Rampersad), Quartermaster (Lionel Odunsi), and Fonzie (Lindsay Etxeberria); the remainder of Our Heroes after The Mongols returned to their based in San Diego, California, US; first mention of ►Felix Legion◄ is @ Felix Legion ↩

  5. Co-pilot for David Guardia who replaced the uncanny Manny Rey; first mention of ►Rhonda Bella◄ is @ Rhonda Bella ↩

  6. Main character; motorcycle courier from Bayonne, New Jersey, US who begins his Epic Ride by first traveling to STURGIS; first appearance of ►David Guardia◄ (unmentioned) is @ David Guardia ↩

  7. Explanation of ►Epic Ride◄ is @ Epic Ride ↩

  8. The first time David Guardia and Rhonda Bella meet each other is when he is in Davenport, Iowa, US after he picks up the Harley-Davidson tri-cycle paid for by Jacob Angel while he was in his 10-day coma. Although they had seen each other very briefly when they were at a bar in Defiance, Ohio, US at the same time, they didn't meet each other then. Their first meeting ►at a bar◄ can be found @ at a bar. ↩

  9. Hometown of Rhonda Bella and place where she and David Guardia formally introduce themselves to each other; first mention ►Davenport, Iowa◄ is @ Davenport, Iowa ↩

  10. The Harley-Davidson tri-cycle ("trike") which David Guardia picked up at the dealership in Davenport, Iowa, US was a gift to him from Jacob Angel of Cleveland, Ohio, US; the trike is a replacement for the Harley-Davidson motorcycle which was totalled in the near-fatal explosion he had almost as soon as he entered Le Claire, Iowa, US after he and the uncanny Manny Rey escaped rioters from across the Mississippi River in Barstow, Illinois, US; first mention of ►Harley-Davidson tri-cycle◄ ("trike") can be found at Harley-Davidson-trike. ↩

  11. Older gentleman from Cleveland, Ohio, US; donor of David Guardia's second Harley-Davidson motorcycle, a three-wheeled vehicle he called "Big Wheel"; first appearance of ►Jacob Angel◄ (unmentioned) is @ Jacob Angel ↩

  12. Initial description used to describe Hank & Frank; first appearance (unmentioned) ►two brawlers◄ is @ two brawlers ↩

  13. Hometown of the Brothers Marchenko; first mention of ►Cedar Rapids, Iowa◄ is @ Cedar Rapids, Iowa ↩

  14. Hank & Frank from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US; founded HFBM Customs right out of high school; first mention of ►Brothers Marchenko◄ is @ Brothers Marchenko ↩

  15. Midway, Iowa, US is located ner Iowa Road 6 east of Iowa City, Iowa, US; this is where David Guardia and Rhonda Bella find Lindsay Etxeberria (at that time unknown to them and as a bloody heap of flesh) by the side of the road and rush her to the nearest Emergency Room; first mention ►Midway, Iowa◄ is @ Midway, Iowa ↩

  16. The annual motorcycle rally held at Sturgis, South Dakota, US every August; the largest motorcycle rally in the world; first mention of ►STURGIS◄ is @ STURGIS ↩

  17. Foreign exchange students is how Sanjay Rampersad from India describes himself and Lionel Odunsi from Nigeria, rising seniors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; first mention of ►foreign exchange students◄ is @ foreign exchange students ↩

  18. University where foreign exchange students Sanjay Rampersad and Lionel Odunsi study; usually referred to as UNC; first mention of ►University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill◄ is @ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ↩

  19. Sanjay Rampersad and Lionel Odunsi (sometimes with Lindsay Etxeberria included); first mention of ►The Kids◄ is @ The Kids ↩

  20. Foreign exchange student from India at UNC; first mention of ►Sanjay Rampersad◄ is @ Sanjay Rampersad ↩

  21. Foreign exchange student from Nigeria at UNC; first mention of ►Lionel Odunsi◄ is @ Lionel Odunsi ↩

  22. One-time far-left activist who abandoned the far left life when she was encountered by David Guardia (and the rest of Our Heroes) in Portland, Oregon, US; first mention of ►Lindsay Etxeberria◄ is @ Lindsay Etxeberria ↩

  23. Explanation of ►Our Heroes◄ is @ Our Heroes ↩

  24. Place where Our Heroes discover Lindsay Etxeberria; Destination where David Guardia, in his capacity as "The Courier", fulfills the orders given to him by the uncanny Manny Rey in a message embedded within the delivery he had for Harry Hoqualogue; first mention of ►Portland, Oregon◄ is @ Portland, Oregon ↩

  25. Lindsay Etxeberria's chosen life before we see her in Rat Bike; first mention of ►far-left activist◄ is @ far-left activist ↩

  26. With exit out of Santa Fe, New Mexico, US blocked by environmental protesters, the only way past them involved an empty auto hauler; each member of Felix Legion jumped over the mob of environmental protesters by using that auto hauler as a ramp; this moment is referred to as a ►daring display of theatricality◄, and it can be found @ daring display of theatricality ↩

  27. Santa Fe, New Mexico is the site of the daring display of theatricality which defined Felix Legion; first mention of ►Santa Fe, New Mexico◄ is @ Santa Fe, New Mexico ↩

  28. Eastern terminus, at the Santa Monica Pier, of the iconic and legendary road known as Route 66 (of the US Highway System, predecessor of the Interstate Highway System); site of civil unrest on multiple occasions during David Guardia's Epic Ride; site of his prophecy regarding city government; first relevant mention of ►Chicago, Illinois◄ is @ Chicago, Illinois ↩

  29. Iconic and legendary road known as Route 66 (of the US Highway System, predecessor of the Interstate Highway System); road made famous by numerous television series, movies, and songs; path taken by Felix Legion prior to its christening from Los Angeles to Chicago believed to be used by Route 66; first mention of ►Route 66◄ is @ Route 66 ↩

  30. Independent journalist whose career in the business began in the 1970s; host of a daytime talk show during the 1980s; first appearance of ►Aníbal Rivera◄ (unmentioned) is @ Aníbal Rivera ↩

  31. Town in eastern Iowa by the Mississippi River where David Guardia survived a fuel tanker explosion and spent 10 days in a coma; first mention of ►10-day-coma◄ is @ 10-day coma ↩

  32. Le Claire, Iowa, is a town in the eastern part of the state and located by the Mississippi River; it is where David Guardia survived a fuel tanker explosion and spent 10 days in a coma; first mention of ►Le Claire, Iowa◄ is @ Le Claire, Iowa ↩

  33. Although David Guardia was placed in a full body cast almost as soon as he arrived at the hospital in Le Claire, Iowa, US, "casts" was noted after the shocking results of his x-rays came back ten days later after he woke up from his coma; first mention of ►full body cast◄ can be found @.full body cast ↩

  34. An elderly patient in the same wing as David Guardia at the hospital in Le Claire, Iowa, US touched him as he was being wheeled out of his hospital bed to radiology for x-rays after he woke up from his 10-day coma; first mention of ►a wheelchair-bound-elderly-patient◄ can be found @ a wheelchair-bound-elderly-patient ↩

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