Uh-oh.

They're gone.

They're ALL gone.

All my sites.

Gone.

...shit. We had close to 300 members on BEA. I won't be able to get that info back if the domain is deleted. And the stories submitted to Dragonfayth? Double-shit. Marianya hasn't told me anything lately, so I emailed her. But I'm still ridiculously worried here.

Someone reassure me.

I'll try and get my own domain when I get back. Suggestions for hosts? Names? Anything? Less than $100/yr. would be nice.

Whew!

Okay, so it turns out that the whole scare with the domain was my server (that is to say, marianya's server) on meteor.estarr-2.com was relocating due to some bad hard drives and baka people at datacenters. Whatever that means. I think I just ought to get my own domain, so I was thinking up some names and seeing what's available, but what it boils down to are my options and my funds.

I feel better now. ^^;

There's a slight catch though-- that person that posted that rather strange vampire Yu-Gi-Oh idea? Well, they came back. -_- I think she must be an internet tween who doesn't know me too well, for two reasons:
(1) she recommended me to a yaoi fic. Anyone who knows me well knows yaoi doesn't sit well with me. I can't handle it. It's like an allergy.
(2) she actually gave me her phone number to call in Japan. Er, no. One, outgoing calls cost ME money, and two, I don't know her, nor would I want to call her. What kind of a person gives out their number like that online anyway? Even here on LJ and TheFacebook, my number is restricted to Friend's Only...

ANYWAY! An advance birthday present for the beautiful and stunning atlantian_magic!
( Once Upon A Halloween... )

Also, guess who just called? Mike! Yeah, occasionally I can talk about him in good context. It really depends on my mood and what else has been going on in my life. And right now, I'm on good terms with Scott, home life is okay, parental life is fine, money is not as bad as it could be (and will get once I get back... ehehe), and Mike is taken (AT LAST!). Good, thank god.

Anyway, we chatted on the phone for just a bit... he came back from some Euro-globe trotting and the like, but silly me neglected to get any travel advice out of him, save from the usual "bring an extra bag for all the stuff you're going to bring back." Ehehe, yeah, I have to do that... I finished packing my clothes, but I'm slow to packing my backpack, purse, and cosmetics (which I have to cram into my suitcase anyway).

Plus, as I told Mamono yesterday, I still plan on surprising everyone. Not sure how I'm going to do it with the servers down as they are, but I have some other evil ideas wandering around in my head... I should definitely post the revisions I've done (Moment and WDKY2, WDKY10, etc.) and also those Oneshots I posted here not long ago (can't find 'em? They're in my Memories!). Plus there's WDKY16 (hey guys, any comments/questions? Help me out here!) and of course, my other evil plans...

Oh, by the way, I will be pulling an "Anzu" while in Tokyo. That is, I plan on going to Tokyo Tower's observation deck and taking a bucketload of pictures. Admittedly, my photography skills are pretty low, and I'll just be using a disposable camera, but... I've always wanted to go to the "Tower That Never Has A Good Day." At least, in anime. ^^; Hey, I wonder if the Starlight Tower really exists? I have to reference my Sailor Moon RPG guide and come up with all these places to visit... any suggestions, anime fans?

Last thing-- I stumbled on an old fanart of mine-- in-progress. It's entitled "the girl's of azurite's fanfiction," and has space for about 3-4 girls, but right now I only have Chieko there. I was wondering-- do you suppose I was going to put my Original Characters, or my usual characters (Anzu, Shizuka, Mai) from my Yu-Gi-Oh fics? I mean... I don't recall using too many OCs in varied fanfics to begin with, especially not young girls. So help me out here-- what was I thinking? o_O?