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07:17 pm: Why the hell not; let's do some bullet points.

• I disappeared again for a while. I actually had a good reason for it, though! The power cord/AC adapter for my laptop just randomly up and died about a month ago, and I was extremely strapped for cash, so I couldn't replace it right away. My laptop had to sit there and be a paperweight in the meantime. Aaand, I kept meaning to make a post in here mentioning that, but never got around to it. Oops. I think partly because I mentioned it on Twitter when it happened, so it felt like I'd already told everyone about it. Never mind that the majority of my flist are not on Twitter, that I know of. Double oops. Anyway, I've replaced the cord, so I'm back now!
  
  
• ...Speaking of Twitter, if you have one and I'm not following you, feel free to add me. (If you don't mind the occasional extreme late-night manga-reading reaction tweet spam, that is. I think I'm not too obnoxious about it? I hope?) I have to say that another reason I haven't been updating my LJ nearly as much these days is because I will tweet small tidbits and feel sated, whereas before I would save a few of them up for an LJ entry.
  
  
• Quite a few people on my flist were doing cliche_bingo; it looked like fun, so I decided to give it a shot too.
  
  ( my bingo card )
  
  
• Finally, I am in a letter-writing mood lately, so it's that time again: LETTERS! Anyone want a letter from me? You wouldn't even have to write back (though I'll be honest, I would love you forever if you did). If you'd like to get a letter from me, comment in this post saying so, and drop your address in my contact post, if you haven't already. People outside the States are totally fine as well; I have a ton of international stamps that will take forever to use otherwise.

That's it for now.

Tags: addresses, attempting to be productive, computer woes, letters, real life, twitter, writing

09:14 pm: This seemed like fun.

1. Choose an episode of anime or television series you have on your computer. Make sure you're certain you want that one, you cannot change or mind once you skip this step. DO NOT TELL YOUR FLIST WHAT YOU CHOSE.
2. Make note of how long the episode is here -> 27:48
3. Ask your f-list to choose a time between 00:00 and whatever the length of your episode is. Be specific, (ie: 19:11, 21:09, 02:42)
4. Make them an icon using THAT FRAME ONLY no matter what it is. And remember, you can only use that ONE episode you chose previous, even if the person posting isn't familiar with it.

Tags: meme

09:55 pm: So! Here is some stuff I wrote in the past six months or so (it is mostly One Piece):

• Roughing It (Bleach; PG-13) A YoruSoi drabble for longleggedgit.
  
  
• Experimenting (One Piece; PG-13/R) A Sanji/female!Zoro one-shot for maxine_chan/serasarahhhh. Yes, it is genderswitch.
  
  
• Wardrobe Malfunction (One Piece; PG-13) A Luffy/Nami bodyswitch one-shot for xredribbon.
  
  
• Tradition (One Piece; PG-13/R) A Robin/Nami one-shot written for vilani in a Secret Santa.
  
  
• Straying From the Path (The Company of Wolves; PG) No one will know this fandom! Anyway, this is what I wrote for Yuletide last year, for seren_ccd. It's based off the short story and film of the same name; kind of a take on Little Red Riding Hood. I'm actually really proud of how this one came out.
  
  
• Lipstick (One Piece; PG) A Luffy+/Usopp drabble.

Figured I might as well link these, since I hadn't here (though a few of them I did link in one_piece when I first posted them.) I was decently productive for a while there. Hm. Aiming to be productive again. To that end, prompts are appreciated. ♥

I had a question, but now I can't remember what--oh wait, never mind. I just remembered. Does anyone know if there is a One Piece daily digest comm on LJ, similar to bleach_news or atla_press?

...It's painfully obvious that One Piece has taken over my brain, isn't it? It's nice, though. I haven't felt this excited about a fandom since I first started getting really into Bleach.

I kind of feel like writing right now actually, so...I'm gonna go with that urge.

Tags: bleach, one piece, writing, yuletide

01:03 am: I linked this in Twitter already, so some of you will have already seen it, but basically...I'd love for all and sundry to spam me with prompts over at my writing journal. I know when I take requests I rarely end up finishing them all, even though I try...but this is a little different. I'm hoping to find inspiration, but I'm making no guarantees on writing everything. Because of this, I'd actually prefer you leave a lot of prompts, because it'll give me more to work with. Think of it as doing me a small favor. Anything goes!



Tags: attempting to be productive, writing

07:50 pm: First things first: I have a Dreamwidth account. Predictably enough (since I like having the same username everywhere), I'm prpl_pen @ DW; add me if you've got one! No, I'm not migrating or leaving LJ, I don't even know if I'll even use it at all, but I was kind of planning to at least archive and crosspost fic there? We shall see, I guess.

Then, speaking of fic, I have a bunch of ones I've been meaning to link. A lot of it is gift!fic (and art) from Secret Santas, so...yes, it's been a long time since I meant to link.

( That actually took up more room than I though it would, so...*cuts* )

Meh. I should redo & better organize my LJ tags one of these soon days.

I've been watching the One Piece anime pretty hardcore the past few weeks. I think I will actually catch up soon if I keep at it. I just finished some really "ugh" filler after the big Water 7/Enies Lobby arc, and I think it's going into Thriller Bark now? Yay, Brook! I know he has the same seiyuu as did Jaken, and he was constantly hilarious, so I'm interested in seeing what he does with Brook.

That's about it. ...For NOW.

Tags: fic rec, one piece

05:35 pm: I am long, long overdue for an actual journal entry. I keep putting it off, though. Partly, I think, I've just been in hiding. Things have not been the greatest lately, and I haven't been in the best mood or frame of mind, and...okay, I know I can write about whatever I darn well please in my own journal, but I like to think of it as my happy place, as my fandom place, and keep the personal whining/ranting/whatever to a minimum. It's not even as much for other people's benefit as for my own right now. So...maybe at some point in the future I'll feel comfortable writing up a long entry about my ~trials and tribulations~, but now is not that time. Right now I mostly just realized that I MISS LJ, and I miss the people here, and I miss commenting and all that. I miss you all.

For a good long while there I was still faithfully reading my flist, even though I rarely commented, but I admit in the past few weeks I have gotten mostly lax even about reading people's entries half the time. And, yeah, I miss it. I don't want to just hide away and forget people and be forgotten because of it. I miss a lot of people and it is no one's fault but my own that I haven't been reaching out like I used to. And the longer I went without posting, the bigger a deal writing a new entry seemed to me. It's not like I even write much about my personal life in here to begin with, and I don't think I really expected to have to write a really detailed personal entry, but it was more what it represented to me, you know?

...Haha, this entry makes no sense and is probably somewhat melodramatic anyway. Whoops. It's a start, though. I feel like the seal has been broken. It should get easier again from here, I hope. Baby steps.

Aaand I was planning on segueing into some fandom/writing stuff from here so this entry would have a little more measurable content, but you know? I think I'm fine just leaving it as is.

Tags: rambling, who evens knows

09:43 pm: Just a meme again, for now.

Comment with a fandom that you know I'm in, and I'll reply with:
. Favorite character:
. Least favorite character:
. Character with the best hair:
. Character with the best eyes:
. Character I'd most want to kiss:
. Character I'd most likely screw:
. Character I'd make lunch for:
. Character I'd go singing in the rain with:
. Character I'd go shopping with:
. Character I'd go dancing with:
. Character I'd take over the world with:
. Character I'd most want to cosplay as:
. Favorite het pairing:
. Favorite yaoi pairing:
. Favorite yuri pairing:

Tags: meme

02:27 am: I'll do a more substantial entry later, honest.

The first five people to comment to this post get to request a sketch of a character of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their artistic/writing ability. (If you absolutely can't draw, you can offer drabbles or icons or something instead.)

THE FIRST SLOT IS RESERVED FOR DENISE, THOUGH. Without having to repost the meme, of course. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! ♥

1. Sanji + Tamaki, for diktat
2. Lyon, for dawnrune
3. Nami, for feenekks
4. Setsuna, for mendaa
5. Chris Lightfellow, for fursona

Tags: meme

07:40 pm: I don't even know. Apparently it's been almost a month since I last wrote in here so...oops? Things have been busy, but in a slippery way where I didn't really feel busy, or rushed, but was just preoccupied enough with various tasks that I'd look back at the end of the day and go, "Whoa, where did the time go?" This has resulted in me being extremely neglectful of my LJ, my flist and commenting (as well as RP), not to mention various other things.

Holiday cards, for one. They are still going out, but a lot later than planned. In years past, they would have long since arrived for everyone by now, excepting maybe a few overseas people. This year, not so much. They'll probably not be in the mail till Friday, so most domestic people should get them before New Years, at least. I hope. There are a few of you also getting packages (you probably know who you are), and those won't be going out till sometime in January, but I'll send your cards with the rest so you'll at least get those sooner. I'm sure it's not even a big deal to most people, but I wanted to give a status update, because I feel bad for being so very not-on-the-ball.

And while we're on the subject of cards...ariyanaforever, dawnrune, feenekks, fightfair, lintsister, and the_firefly: I got your cards/packages! ♥

( Some talk about writing and fic exchanges )

To finish this entry off, some random pimps/recs:

• Jumping out of cakes should only be done by professionals. [Gintama; Sacchan/Kondo, R] Somewhere along the line, this became my Gintama crackpairing of choice. Sacchan is one of my favorite Gintama characters in general (dunno; she just cracks me up), and I like Kondo a lot, but not with Otae, and...they are both stalkers, so it just kind of clicked for me? Unfortunately, I could find zero fic for it. I even started writing my own, just so there would be some, but it's not really the same, you know? Then danbi surprised me with this for my birthday and just...endless hearts. *cough* Literally, apparently, or at least as endless as the character limit allows. >.>
  
  
• The Best Cure for Homesickness [One Piece; Usopp + Chopper, G] I'm still pretty new to One Piece, but I just love love love so many of the dynamics between the characters. I love that it's not just the Straw Hats as a group (though that one is there, obviously & importantly), but that among the crew they all have their more individual, one-on-one dynamics and just...guh. So well-defined and so much love. And one of my favorite duos is Usopp and Chopper (doesn't hurt that individually they are two of the four tied for my favorite OP character), so I squealed to see that abarero had written about them for me. It's a cute, sweet story; a perfect little winter holiday treat.
  
  
• The Roots of Heaven [multi-chapter Bleach, ARish; Ichigo+Renji+Rukia (with eventual IchiRukiRen), PG-13 to R] This story, you guys. This story. I've been doing some beta work on it for hallowd, and let me tell you, it was a struggle to keep mum about it before she started posting because it's just so good. Now there is no reason for me not to shout from the rooftops: READ THIS! It's set post-winter war. Rukia was believed to be KIA, but Ichigo and Renji find evidence to the contrary and mount a retrieval mission. Don't expect anything like a rehash of the Soul Society arc, though. This is an original, genre-bending, tightly-plotted and wonderfully-written fic; part buddy film/travelogue, part horror, part mystery, with smatterings of other good stuff, and all awesome. The main focus is of course on Rukia, Ichigo, and Renji, so don't expect to see a lot of other Bleach characters, but that shouldn't be a deterrent, in my opinion. I think the main thing someone might balk at is the length: it's already weighing in at eighteen healthy-sized chapters and still ongoing, and to be quite honest, I have no idea how long it will end up being before it's done. I'm pretty sure once the story gets its claws in you, though, you'll be just as hooked as I am. The link above goes to her directory of sorts for the fic; all chapters can be reached from there.

Enjoy~

Tags: bullet point time, fic rec, holiday cards, writing, yuletide

09:34 pm: So...
The people who follow me on Twitter will already know this, but I had a...minor accident, I guess? while driving home from my parents' house. ( more )

On a completely different subject... does anyone else have a PS3? Particularly LittleBigPlanet? My roommates and I love it and I just realized that we might be able to play online with some flisters. Comment and let me know if you're interested? :D

Tags: car, real life, video games

11:07 pm: THANKSGIVINGMEME

Have a good Thanksgiving tomorrow, those of you who celebrate it! Please enjoy this video.

I'll be going to my family's for Thanksgiving tomorrow, so I probably won't be around online much for the next couple days. Now I have to try to fall asleep at a semi-decent hour tonight so I can wake up early enough to drive there in time for dinner. Shh. It COULD happen.

Tags: meme

10:17 pm: Have a random meme I stole from xredribbon:

List the first ten eleven series that come to mind. Your friends will comment with the character from each series that they think you are most like. (Remember this is who I'm most like, not favorites!)

1 - Bleach
2 - Kekkaishi
3 - One Piece
4 - Avatar: The Last Airbender
5 - Claymore
6 - Fairy Tail
7 - Gintama
8 - Mahou Sensei Negima
9 - Ouran High School Host Club
10 - Harry Potter
11 - Baccano!

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The meme was partly me being curious, partly me needing an excuse to post so I could say

Sign up for a holiday card.

I'll probably be starting on them soon, so please comment if you want one!

Tags: holiday cards, meme

01:12 am: I never do these, but I think literally the last five or six entries in a row on my flist have contained this, so... I'm curious, I guess.



Tags: meme

06:19 am: I did a small trim on my friends list. Absolutely nothing personal; it was just getting a bit unwieldy for me. I hope no one is upset. My journal remains 98% public, so anyone is free to continue to read & comment.

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Sign up for a holiday card.

Tags: friends list, holiday cards

09:36 pm: Flist-in-general, feel free to ignore this, since it's really only meant for one anonymous person.

( Dear Yuletide Writer... )

Tags: yuletide

03:15 am: Thanks so much to the people who wished me a happy birthday! ♥

And oh man. Oh man. adesso drew Beatrix/Steiner for me njkhadhfs [go here and tell her how awesome she is :3 ]

I also got a polar bear! :D

Moving right along...some bullet points; writing-related, mostly.

• Still behind on my NaNoWriMo, though I am pretty confident I can catch up easily now, because I think I've finally figured out what is happening, and things are going easier now. I still don't have have a clue what the major plot is going to be, but I think things will Reveal Themselves as I keep writing. Not really sure what my word count is, though, as today's and Monday's writing are both in notebooks right now, waiting to be typed up.
  
  
• Signed up at himitsu_santa. I hesitated for half a minute, thinking maybe I shouldn't attempt it because I may very well be burnt out on writing by December, but...I was already sad about missing participating last year. Plus, I am really excited for my prompts and I'm totally looking forward to seeing what my Santa ends up writing.
  
  
• ...also signed up for Yuletide. Debated about this one for a liiiiittle bit longer, because in addition to the above-mentioned concern, now I had to add the fact that I was already signed up for one December fic exchange, plus Yuletide is a little...intimidating, I think. I've seen so many amazing fics come out of it. That's inspiring too, though. And considering that I've been meaning to do Yuletide for years and have just always managed to miss the sign-ups... I didn't want to let the chance slip by, I guess. Also am super-excited about the things I requested, though there is one prompt I am contemplating changing, just because I thought of something else that fills me with even more glee. I'm a little upset that somehow Genshiken was deemed ineligible, though; I can't quite wrap my brain around how that works, since the fandom is pretty much non-existent. I was going to request Tanaka/Ohno otaku cosplay love too. Alas. DESPITE THIS, STILL VERY EXCITED~~!! I hope I don't burst before I get my assignment.
  
  
• Also still chipping away at these. I am working on them in between NaNo-ing, and yes, I am counting the words I write on them in November towards my word count. This seems like a good compromise to me, since I want to do both my origfic NaNo story, but also am compelled to keep working on those prompts. I'm in the midst of two One Piece fics now, and am amused that the first OP fics I'm writing involve gender-/bodyswitch. I feel lame that I wasn't able to just whip these out like I'd hoped, but they started wanting to get longer and I wanted to put more effort into them, so... I'm going to try really really hard to finish them all, though, and not just abandon half of them unwritten, as has unfortunately become a habit with me recently. Oh, and feel free to toss in a prompt, if you want to and haven't already.
  
  
• NOT related to writing, but my watch strap cracked and is about ready to completely break. Contemplating whether to do a quick duct tape repair job, or just buy a new watch. Hm.

I think that's about it.

Tags: birthday, bullet point time, nanowrimo, writing, yuletide

05:33 am: Just because. Indulge me, please?

i ship it.

Tags: meme

04:44 pm: NANOWRIMO
This is the first time ever for NaNoWriMo that I didn't start right at midnight. Maybe that's why I am sooo incredibly nervous right now. I dunno.

I had been intending, since last year's NaNoWriMo (wherein I failed horribly and barely broke 10k) that I would try writing a fanfic this year for NaNoWriMo, a first for me. Yet, as November crept closer and closer, I realized that I wanted to do original fiction again. The prospect of origfic just excites me more where NaNo is concerned, I guess. So, I switched gears and decided to just go with origfic again. However, I had NO clue what I was going to write. I still don't. I have literally NO idea what my story will be about, beyond that it will likely be fantasy/specfic (because that is my Genre of Choice and 99.9% of everything I write falls into that category). This could turn out well, though. I mean, the first year I did NaNoWriMo, I purposely did absolutely no planning beforehand, just sat down and wrote at midnight, and it ended up working really well. I won that year, and I ended up liking my story--it would've needed work, editing mosly, but the characters and how the plot fit together was pretty cool. This year I did intend to do a little planning--overplanning things tends to handicap me, I think, but a really bare-bones idea would have been a good jumping off point. I just...never actually did. So here I am. More than halfway through the first day, and no plot, no plans, no words written yet.

Actually...I DID write a good chunk while I was at work this morning...on a fanfiction drabble request (yes, I fail and did not finish those right away before NaNo like I intended). I think what I might do this year is work on fanfic drabbles when I need a little break from the actual NaNo novel, to hopefully give my brain a chance to rest and refocus. Even though it's technically cheating, I MAY count whatever words I write in those towards the NaNoWriMo wordcount goal. Haven't bothered with counting how much I wrote this morning, though, because I want the first words I count to be for NaNo proper--besides, I haven't bothered typing it up yet and that's time I can be using for...starting my novel.

Oh, and might as well mention one last time, I guess...since it actually IS November now: my NaNoWriMo website profile is here; my NaNoWriMo LJ is here.

But yes. My stomach is absolutely churning right now, which is just dumb, but I can't stop it. I think part of it is just excitement, with a good chunk of nervousness that I have no plot & got a later start than I normally do. Still, sitting here worrying about it even more won't help. The only cure is probably to start writing, I guess.

So.

Rest of the day: free.

Notebook: brand new and empty and just waiting for NaNo to fill it.

Laptop: charged & ready.

Candy cane tea: plentiful.

Okay. Let's do this.

Tags: nanowrimo, rambling, writing

05:09 am: This looked like fun, so I stole it from nickelodeon:

Out of your Comfort Zone Drabble Meme
Now is your chance to request something short from me! Pick a fandom you know I know, pick a character/pairing, pick a prompt and pick a rating; try to make it something I wouldn't usually write! I will write a short drabble for you!

Going to sleep soon, but I'll write them tomorrow. I'll try to write and post everything on the fly, so quality is not guaranteed.

EDIT: These are actually still being written. I just fail at being timely.

Tags: meme, writing

03:00 pm: This entry is extremely disjointed and contains random flailing about various series. Be forewarned.

Finally watched the first episode of Clannad ~after story~ ( and... )

Oh, but! ( Bleach )

Kekkaishi is also amazing. The scanlation group just released a batch of like six or seven chapters last weekend, and...need more. Now, please. I am both excited about and afraid for when the scanlators catch up with the Japanese release, because while it will probably mean more regular scans, it will also mean no more big batches of story being released all at once. Ugh, and I keep forgetting to make that download post for the manga. I NEED TO DO THAT. Because this series is amazing and one of my favorites and it seriously needs and deserves more love and fandom attention. I should make a serious effort to do up that post before November, because once NaNoWriMo hits, who knows if I'll have time to do much of anything.

Speaking of NaNoWriMo; I mentioned this in my last entry, but figure I will again, since we're getting closer to the actual start date: NaNoWriMo account here, NaNo LJ account here; feel free to add both! I still have no idea what I'm going to write, but that worked for me before (the year I won, I purposely started at midnight on November 1st having done absolutely no planning/plotting/brainstorming of any kind beforehand. even though I had no clue what it was even about at first, all the threads started to come together pretty neatly. it was cool). Anyway, this year I want just some rough ideas to work from, though still minimal planning. We shall see.

Hmm. I really need to go through and organize my tags a little better. </random>

Apropos of nothing, everyone should download this song: EA Choir - Oh No You Didn't

Tags: anime, bleach, fic rec, kekkaishi, manga, nanowrimo, writing

02:55 pm: Not doing so well about the "being around more on LJ" thing. Still working on that. I wish it were easier to change habits. I'm still trying to get myself to sleep at 1 or 2am instead of, oh say...5am. Or worse.

Aaanyway, November will be a scarce month, because (wait for it...) I'm doing NaNoWriMo this year. I won in 2004, and failed pretty spectacularly last year but...it's FUN. I'm excited for it, and have been more excited about writing in general recently. Being writing buddies with Bri really helps me, because I don't feel alone, and feel more compelled to meet my goals, I guess. I've been trying to do the "write every day (even if it's just a little)" thing again, and it's nice. I started two new fics in the past few days (a Bleach one and a Gintama one) and have been working a little on some of my unfinished ones, and while in the grand scheme of things it's not all that much, it just feels great and productive. I'm proud of myself, and I'm liking what I'm writing. That's kind of a weird feeling to me, honestly. And hopefully I don't come back to it in a day or two and read it and go, "ugh"--I'm trying not to be so critical of myself. That's easier said than done, of course. But I'm going to do my best to keep it up, and writing every day in October is gonna be good practice for NaNoWriMo, too. I love feeling excited about this.

So...who else is in this year? There are a few I know of, but my flist is large. Let me know! For anyone who might want to add it, my account is here. Also, I'm not 100% sure yet I'll be using it this year, but if I do post up what I'm writing (before it's edited, I mean) and you have any desire to read it, it'll be at with_a_key.

And just because...

THE "HEY, YOU SHOULD BE FRIENDS WITH____!" MEME.
MY THREAD HERE!

Tags: meme, nanowrimo, writing

11:19 pm: Meh, been failing at LJ, despite having reliable internet finally. (that is amazing, btw; I can finally appreciate the full novelty of having a laptop at home and being able to use it wherever) I guess I have been busy still, and am still settling. Hopefully I'll work out a nice routine for my days soon so I can get back into reading my flist and posting/commenting again. I miss how I used to be when I first had this LJ, when I commented all around to so many people. I felt so much closer to my flist like that. And, granted, some of that is just because since then, my flist has at least tripled in size, so it's harder to interact one-on-one as much as I used to. Also when I started RPing a couple years ago, that sucked up a lot of the time I used to use for commenting to people rather than characters. Of course, limited internet access was a problem for me for a year or so, but not anymore, so yay.

Generally, in the past two years I've stayed pretty well on top of reading entries, but would tell myself I'd come back and comment later, and of course, never did. I want to change this, because as I said, I miss how things used to be. (A quick glance at my comment stats will let you know I used to be quite the little comment-chatterbox [some of that is due to spam posts, but the majority is still from actual conversation]) Basically, I want to get back more into reading and immediately commenting, and having conversations through comments in journals. I miss talking to everyone.

In the meantime, I did ( that countdown meme that's been going around... )

I was tagged for another meme that I will probably do eventually, but this entry is already long and I'm all meme'd out for now.

04:24 am: Yay, new apartment~

Here's the requested pictures from the photo meme, as well as a small tour: ( image heavy, natch )



Tags: kitties, moving, picspam, real life

07:28 pm: Here's that meme...

1. There are 30 questions.
2. Next to each number, write only the name of the person who fits.
3. Answer one question with one name.
4. Don't tell the questions to anyone who isn't doing the meme

( click! )

Tags: meme

05:16 pm: I'm back!
They finally hooked up our internet connection today! YAY!

So, I suppose it's time to run through the highlights of my incommunicado moving-time:

• Originally I had been planning to rent my own apartment, but my friend suggested we all (me, him, & his husband) live together for a year or two to save money, since between the three of us, we can get a fairly nice place without having to pay a ton. It was nice, especially since money would've been pretty tight for me at first after moving costs.
  
  
• We found a nice apartment which is great for us: fairly big, two full bathrooms (I can't even tell you how happy I am to have my own bathtub again; I love taking long, leisurely baths.) plenty of room for my books, an extra bedroom/office room, which we have made into our computer & video game utopia.
  
  
• And, yes, I've finished moving all my stuff here (did it last weekend). Mostly I am very happy because this means I got to finally get my books out of storage; not only did I miss them like whoa, but I was starting to get a little worried about the state they'd be in after being in a storage shed for two years. They weathered it well: only three ended up bent from shifting in their boxes; two (common & easily replaced) suffered a little nibbling from a mouse; and just one had some slight water damage (must've been a leak somewhere? but none of the other books in the same box were harmed in any way). After a year, I was starting to picture horrible things happening to them, so it was a relief.
  
  
• My cat is here, and settling in pretty well. She's a very cautious, nervous cat, so I was a little worried about how she'd adjust, especially since Jon Paul & Randall have a fairly young kitten (who is adorable, btw. They have him wear shirts half the time, which sounded kind of weird to me at first, but he doesn't mind it at all, plus...it does look really cute). The kitties seem to be getting along well, though. Jack (the kitten) is happy to have another cat to play with, and Éowyn tolerates him pretty well, except for an occasional smackdown from time to time when he gets too obnoxious. They sleep next to each other in a little kitty pile sometimes, so that's encouraging and adorable.
  
  
• Not directly related to moving, but I randomly received a free upgrade on my cell phone, so now I have a RAZR which makes texting a world easier. Had my plan changed too, so I now have unlimited texting. Because of this I made good use of Twitter during my Time of No Internet. Annnyhoo, feel free to add me if you've got a Twitter account, or, heck, if you don't have my cell number and want to text me sometime, leave me a comment and I'll get it to you.
  
  
• I plan on getting up some pictures sooner than later, of the new place, and the kitties, and whatever else...ACTUALLY. Why don't I just do that meme, since I'm at it? Comment with something you want me to take a picture of, and I'll post it in a later entry!

Now I am going to attempt to catch up with the flist, though it's been, for all intents and purposes, about two weeks since I've had a chance to look at it closely, so it's pretty likely I will miss out on stuff. If there's anything you want me to know about or link me to, leave a comment, please! I can't guarantee I'll see it otherwise.

It's good to be back! I missed you all! ♥~

Tags: books, bullet point time, kitties, meme, moving, real life, twitter