Meet Pinky and the Brain, they want to rule the universe

Okay... I'm kind of stuck. Remember those Asian-American Studies courses I mentioned-- AAS 210 (History of Asian Americans) and AAS 430 (Asian-American Pop Culture)? Well, I just came back from the Study Abroad informational session, and Hirota-sensei herself (aka department chair of the Japanese language program, one of my future professors, and a former department chair for the Study Abroad in Japan program) said that Asian-AMERICAN doesn't count for Study Abroad.

I remember there being two other courses-- HIST 400-something, but it was really late at night, and Hirota-sensei's class, which sounded cool, but maybe it was at a bad time, too. Well anyway, I might have to tweak my schedule to find out just what would work for Study Abroad, and HOPEFULLY get something to count for SOME GE/Minor/80-65 while I'm at it. Ah, alas! That AAS 430 class sounded cool!

It also turns out Hirota-sensei is willing to proofread my essays for Waseda and Tokiwa, so I think I'll touch those up and send them her way. Anyone else who's got a spare 20 minutes, I'd totally appreciate it if you could look them over! They're posted here in my LJ (tag: essays) and also in the writer_girls comm.

Last night I helped Scott out on ANOTHER photo shoot, because his teacher wanted him to be more specific about his focus and lighting. It took us about an hour before he found "the right lighting" and by the time we actually finished, it was after 12:30am! Even In-N-Out was closed, but since we were both hungry (is this starting to sound familiar yet?) we ended up going to Denny's. ^^ Scott then stayed over (!) because he was too tired to go home. :) Ah, good times... er, sort of. I'll have to elaborate on that later, though.

Oh, and I checked the poll results from that Only 16 poll I posted-- you people answered strangely! An uneven amount of people said they didn't read it vs. what they thought of it... o_O What's up with that? And I suppose I can't be disappointed by anyone's answers, because I intentionally set it up with extremes for choices. I didn't want to make it too confusing. In any case, I'm sorta-kinda inspired to work on it again, so we'll see. Betas are awfully hard to come by these days, but as long as the SMRFF exists, so does ANDI!!!! :O BWEAHAHAH! *cough*

Well, since I didn't get to bed until super-late last night (er, this morning), I had to BS my way through my Japanese test (I think I did well, except I forgot the word for change -as in money- which is "otsuri"). I finished up a short essay on reality TV for VComm, and now I'm going to start Story #6 for JOUR 210, which is due today. ^^; Before I go to VComm class in an hour, I also have to finish reading Ch. 14 on Television and Video... it's pretty cool so far! Did you know that reality TV has been around as long as TV has? And that there are *14* different types of reality shows? Wow.

Anyway, time to try and make sense of all these numbers... how do you calculate a percentage increase, again?

Hm, concrit or stupidity?

atlantian_magic isn't the only one receiving dumb reviews lately. But I'll let you be the judge. Here's a review from the latest chapter of WDKY: From: Libby ()

okay ur story was good at first. Notice the words 'at first'. But ur dragin this along was too much honey! Get to the real stuff... get to da point. Stop with this drag, ur losin my intrest and mabyr e of others to, buh I can only account for me. Don't take this in a negative way cuz I'm just tryin to help, make da story better en all...

I have known since Chapter *4* that WDKY would be 36 chapters. I have ANNOUNCED it on a multitude of occasions, and responded to a variety of reviews that wondered if the story had a real direction, if I had it all planned out, or if I had some sort of release schedule.

For and on the record, and in nice, emphasized, easy-to-see lettering: My Yu-Gi-Oh fanfiction 'What Doesn't Kill You' is planned to be 36 chapters long. It will have *2* sequels, with at least one of equivalent length (Circle of Seven). The story is COMPLETELY planned out, though individual chapters are not yet in prose form, or postable format. I am not "dragging out" anything, as timing is crucial to the events and characters of WDKY!

And frankly, I don't give a rat's ass with its two shits about some reviewer's "loss of interest." WDKY is meant to be long, relatively realistic in terms of character development, and no fluffy piece of Azureshipping. There is drama, there is angst, there is violence. And whatever you think you know about the story, you're either wrong, way off base, or completely in the dark about the truth. Whatever you've seen, read, heard, sensed or anything else inbetween will come in bigger doses, for better or for worse. That means more violence, more angst, more drama, more action, more steam!

It's impossible for me to make every chapter filled with action! drama! steam! angst! and all that other good stuff. I can't possibly write (nor would I expect readers to want) cliffhangers every chapter. WDKY is NOT meant to be a story you can just swallow in one gulp. I have intentionally made some chapters longer than others, more dialogue driven or more narrative-driven. I have left loose ends open for you to discover and explore. THIS IS ALL INTENTIONAL!

This is not an essay. I am not dodging the inevitable, which is that the story has to end somehow, and that Seto and Téa have to get together for real, all other obstacles aside. Sorry folks, life doesn't work like that, and neither do I. There is no singular "point."

STFUKTHXBAI.