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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

10:44 am: Some bullet point reactions to various things. Avatar (finale...and beyond!) and One Piece anime thoughts will get proper posts later. Probably.

Spoilers, natch.

( Koukou Debut 43 )

( DOGS: Bullets & Carnage 31 )

( Mnemosyne )

Very belatedly - ( Kekkaishi 182 thru 185 )

And finally...I started reading ( Katekyo Hitman Reborn! )

...Now is the time on Sprockets when we go buy Final Fantasy IV DS. Yay!


ETA: HOW COULD I FORGET? ( Boku ni Natta Watashi 13 )

Tags: anime, bullet point time, dogs, katekyo hitman reborn!, kekkaishi, koukou debut, manga

04:49 am: You guys. You guys. Why did you not tell me that Hana Kimi had crossdressing? I mean, everyone always said, "Oh, Hana Kimi is so good!" which is all well and good, but didn't do much to bump it up on my priority list. However, Girls in Drag = Very Yes. I've read like the first six volumes now and I really like it. So, yay!

I actually shouldn't be online right now, but I am sneaking on for a sec (well, a little longer than that) because I just finished my Konoka/Setsuna picture for yuri_challenge and I wanted to post it right away. Of course, I still have two more prompts I claimed, so. Hopefully I will finish those soon. Argh. I just don't know what it is with me. I used to be good at making deadlines. Or even...there are things I say I'll do, like taking drabble or sketch requests, and I mean to do them, but I get sidetracked and then...after a while, I start to feel guilty for not doing them yet and they start to feel kind of like obligations. Then, even though usually I still want to do them, I start to feel extra pressure, which in turn makes it harder to do things. I DUNNO. Things would probably be easier if I didn't have Super Awesome Catholic Guilt Powers^TM, but I'm still not sure how to shake that. Hm.

Anyway, speaking of Negima, I just read 200. *__* I HAVE MISSED YOU, SECCHAN! She had her wings out and everything! ♥ (Though did she really need to be naked for the entire chapter, Akamatsu? sigh.) I'm beyond bored with Negi's arc right now (do not care about shounen training), but things look like they may be getting more interesting on Setsuna and Asuna's end.

Oh. I keep meaning to mention this and forgetting: I bought some catnip bubbles for my kitty. She's a hyper little spaz, and she loves catching bugs and chasing her laser light and that sort of thing, so I figured popping bubbles would be right up her alley, not to mention the catnip part. Well. Turns out she's afraid of them. I blow bubbles, she hides under the couch until they all pop. Then she comes out and enjoys the catnippy residue on the carpet. Oh, Éowyn.

Tags: art, attempting to be productive, cutest otp evar!, manga, negima, rambling

09:07 am: My thoughts are so jumbled and disorganized that I'm not even sure where to start. On occasions like this, bullet points come in handy, I guess.

• I am totally going to try NaNoWriMo this year again. I feel like last year didn't really count, because even though I signed up, I never started writing. The timing was just horrible. I am more hopeful about this year. Anyway, I'm here if anyone else is signing up. Add me if you like. I'll probably be posting it in with_a_key this year, so feel free to friend that if you want to read it. ugh, yes, I am still super-self-conscious, but whatever. I'm trying to get over it.
  
  
• I've decided that I'm going to move to the Twin Cities come spring. This is an idea I've been going back and forth on, but last night things kind of clicked into place for me and it seems like something I really should do, even if it's not permanent. With that decision made, a lot of things seem clearer or easier now, I suppose because I have something specific to be working toward. So for now I'll be trying to organise what things I can at this early stage, and concentrate on saving as much money as I can. I'm looking at some jobs, but I'll work on that more when it's closer to me actually moving, haha.
  
  One of my friends said something not long ago that really struck me, about how I need to realize again that I deserve happiness, and that was something that got me really thinking again about what I want. I don't know. Last year was rough, and I have a tendency to blame that on myself, though I know logically that I couldn't help most of it. After that, I think I kind of got stuck in a transitional part of my life; like, it was never meant to be permanent, but somewhere along the way I lost sight of everything beyond that. Now I can see the horizon again. I'm feeling hopeful right now.
  
  
• I am going to be productive this month, I've decided. Finish things that need finishing. Fics are included in this, as are sketches. I'm not just trying to force myself; I feel like accomplishing things.
  
  
• And, finally, I've been saying forever that I was going to upload this...
  
  
  
  ( Koukou Debut pimp! )

That's all.