A little more confirmation, plus some action...

Okay, so it DOES turn out that the girl I originally nicknamed "Snotty" has been fired. But you know, I did get along with her on that last day of work that I saw her... and though no one told me flat out "Oh yeah So-and-so was fired, all of her work times have been crossed out and given to someone else. Considering everything the managers asked me (plus the customer complaints she got), I'm not surprised. I just hope her getting fired gets the message out to the other dumbshits who keep messing around "catching ice" and throwing things at me.

I'm also writing bucketloads for WDKY17 --and getting ready to work more on my 30kisses, plus a few ideas for 20themes/Yu-Gi-Oh. I should make a Seto/Anzu specific set of 20themes, ne? But didn't guardian_kysra do something like that for me a while back? I have to search my email...

Character decks and dueling always get my goat whenever it comes to fics. It's why Prophecy Girl is so hard to write. But now, it's WDKY, and I'm afraid... but I've already shown Mamono and Kysra part of 17, so with their badgering and my own conscience, I refuse to let WDKY become one of my "eventually-updatables." I've got to figure out a deck for Téa. But as I've said time and time again, WDKY is about growth and change.

The Téa that knew next to nothing about Duel Monsters used a Fairy deck... but whether it really would have won her any duels is unknown. She used a lot of basic, low-level monsters... and Mai surrendered. I don't want her to use that deck.

The Téa that had a bit more sense and attitude used a feminine version of Yuugi's deck-- a Spellcaster deck, with Dark Magician Girl/Sage's Stone as a centerpiece combo, and other Spellcasters like the Flame Sorcerer to back her up. But (1) the Noah's world virtual world arc never happened in WDKY and (2) even if Téa would have constructed that deck at one time, she's grown apart from the Spellcaster-style-- it's leeching directly off Yugi, and Téa is all about finding her "true self." I can see her fusing bits and pieces from all her friends' decks and dueling styles to find her "own," but that doesn't necessarily mean it's got to be some fairy/girly deck. I highly admire Mai and Isis's dueling styles as well-- but Téa's seen first hand how Isis's deck can be stopped, and Mai's got the "girl-power" deck under control, what with her Amazons and Harpies.

So... I'm not sure what to do. I'm tempted to throw in Kaibaman just because I can, and since it's a fic, I'm willing to use cards that don't exist in the real TCG (though I'd prefer if they do! English more than Japanese, but so long as I get a decent translation, who cares!?) or cards that are rare/impossible-to-get nowadays.

Anyway, I've been in a gaming mood lately. Since Scott's not going to get off work for another half-hour, I figure I'll Duel a few times, and then move on to Chapter 3 of "Another Story," which I've taken to playing again. Just yesterday while in Venus's chapter, I ended up drawing Verna and Radina (from Sariel and Zagzen, respectively). They're such minor characters that no one else knows, but if I ever get around to writing that Another Story fic, they might actually have a section of their own... I've also drawn Apsu, and DAMN! I made her look good. All this fanart lying around ... me with a scanner and PSCS ... I have to update my DeviantArt account. :P

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You are dignified, spiritual, and wise. Always unsatisfied, you constantly try to better yourself. You are also a seeker of knowledge and often buried in books. You tend to be philosophical, looking for the big picture in life. You dream of inner peace for yourself, your friends, and the world. A good friend, you always give of yourself first.

The World's Shortest Personality Test

It's creepy because it's true.

Okay, so I went to Office Max and spent $50 (ack! Bad Mer, bad Mer!) on CD-Rs, CD labels, and a new black ink cartridge. I've decided to start moving some of my monstrous BT downloads onto CD-- things like Sailor Stars, the OVERclocked Remix collection, etc. But why is it that I need enough MB of "temporary space" to burn CDs so I can free up the MB? Augh, how am I supposed to do this?

And when I delete something (that is, hit the delete button) it doesn't ever show up in my Recycle Bin... ;_; How do I get those things back? I never emptied the recycle bin... it makes no sense that they'd be gone completely! Hmm, maybe a Temp Files search is in order... I accidentally deleted the Hina Afterward special and the BSSM Stars eps. 175, 178. I don't know how it happened... stupid CD burning. HELP!

Also annoying is how I buy Neato's MediaFACE labels to go with my MediaFace 4 label designer... but no matter how many times I check, or calibrate my printer (through the program or through my Printer Toolbox), I a) always end up with labels a bit crooked, cutting off one thing or another, and therefore wasting ink and b) the papers never completely match the options given in the program. So long as the label is in the center of the page though, it'll print "mostly okay." ARGH! Is there any way to check out which label designers work with what paper templates? I've got all these "US CD Plus" labels, but even the company that they're made for doesn't seem to have an option to use them in their program... ;_;

So far, I've managed to successfully burn and print labels for:
* Sailor Stars Vols. 1 & 2
* Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters GX Vols. 1-3
* PGSM Parodies, Episodes 1-3
* Ami-chan's First Love, plus the DVD Extras and SuperS Specials

I've got a printed CD label waiting on 2 more episodes for Stars 3 ... and I nearly burned the PGSM Act Zero + Specials, before Hina Afterward disappeared on me.

Hmm, sounds like Erin, Neal, and Joyce are coming over tonight-- something about Erin's apartment being infested with bugs and they're helping her move out? Anyway, I've got work from 8-midnight, so it doesn't sound like I'll be joining THAT party...

Huh. I need to read some good fics.