Too much to do, and Shiva's on vacation.
Oct. 24th, 2004 05:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
azuriteDamn, I wish I had eight hands. Detachable, of course. Or maybe just clones of me that expire in 24 hours. I've been kind of itching to make a real post in the couple of days, not just because I'm finally done with my midterms (and I even have the grades back!) but also because there's been a lot on my mind and on my schedule lately. And that's going to change, the way things seem...
For starters, on my midterms:
Journalism - B (thanks to those 6 bonus points)
Speech - A (just barely. I got one of the 3 As in the class; a 90!)
Geography - A (? I think. The highest grade was a 95, but he DOES grade on a curve. I got an 84, I think.)
No CAD or Math Midterms, although the Chapter 5 test is Tuesday and I have to get my assignments all touched up and completed for that. We're also moving into 3D for CAD, so I have to figure out several drawings for that, and eventually determine what I'll do for my final project.
On the fic front:
I've decided I'm going to focus on "The Rose Chronicles" out of all my Yu-Gi-Oh fics, and also work on a few scattered Sailor Moon fics. I intend to get back into the fandom, most especially by getting the rest (?) of the PGSM series... somehow. A fic from long ago, lost to the ages, "Fragrance" is going to make its debut. I can't say "grand reappearance," because I never actually finished and posted it anywhere. I'm amazed I managed to find the description and everything in my Nonworking Files document, but what makes it even STRANGER is that I randomly thought of the fic on the way home with Scott the other afternoon. I remembered almost everything about it, too-- right down to the nickname of the hero. It's not what you'd expect.
Want a bit of a teaser? Here's what I have on file: In which the story of Kakyuu-hime is told at last. She was just an ordinary girl-- until a prophecy came true, until she met three strange young men, and until she met HIM. Osmanthus, better known as Oz, is a gardener in the palace of the newly discovered Princess of Kinmoku-- and the two fall in love. Unaware or perhaps wishing to be ignorant of the dire situation at hand, the two continue their secret romance, until one day, Galaxia arrives, and destroys all that anyone ever knew.
I'm also back and active at Aria's Ink. Ooh, pretty layouts! And along with SMRFF's ficathon (will be posting in the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
smrff, by the way, to jump-start that, too), I'm tempted to enter a few of Aria's contests. I think the new theme one might be a bit out of my reach though, considering some of the issues I'm having with Dragonfayth's skins now. >_< Mamono, would you mind sending me your original *.css from the Bakura skin, just so I know I have all the right values for the colors and like?
Speaking of archives (and I'm going to cross-post this part inhot_gimmick), I'm planning on opening up a Hot Gimmick archive eventually. I'll need to work on layout first, which means scanning the covers (I love the bright, bold simplicity), but I also need a NAME. Suggestions?
On the website front:
Working on more skins for Dragonfayth, and I'm determined to get more of the sites I plan on CONTINUALLY working on (esp. for ones I have fics/ideas/layouts for) up. This means Souten, the Ayashi no Ceres site "Genesis," and others. I have to PHPize Mare Serenitatis, because I MUST get that up. Of all my sites, MS remains the largest. o_O Surprising, ne?
On the music front:
I need to get more songs for the Turkey CD, reorganize My Music folder, and also get some more Sailormoon tracks! O_O Hrm, where to go!? What to get?
On the other fronts:
Okay, so Scott stayed over last night, which was entirely unexpected. Matter of fact, Erin, Joyce, Neal, and, earlier today, my cousin David and his girlfriend Allison (who also goes to CSUN, though I never run into her) all came over. Erin, Joyce, and Neal all came last night and stayed. And surprisingly, no one said a single word about Scott staying over. In my room. In my bed.
*evil grin*
Well, rewind just a little bit to... what, three nights ago? Maybe two. Anyway, Scott came over then, too, only he didn't stay. But I made an interesting discovery. Sort of. You know those moments when you ask a question just to confirm something you already knew "in your gut?" It was like that. I'd noticed this weird dynamic with Scott and Carolyn before, and I finally had the guts to ask him about it.
Turns out he was in love with her.
(This is the part where all of a sudden someone off-screen screams "Mary Sue!" and sporks me to death.)
Like, truly, madly, deeply (SG forever!) in love with her. And they went to Thailand (though not together, apparently), and there, she ditched him for another guy. He got so hurt by that (who wouldn't?) that he cut off ALL contact from her, did his soul-searching, world-traveling thing (hence the travel bug he has now, and hence my own worry about him just up and leaving me after he graduates... if we even make it that far). Well, he says he's over her and everything, but... this was all within the past year. (God, I love self-doubt, don't you?) But then, his rationale is pretty good: why would he have bothered to give me his number and email, come out with me, do all these things for me, go out on this extra limb, and oh yeah-- introduce me to his parents! Well, that's coming up, and I'm still petrified, but... relaxed, in a weird sort of way.
But that jealousy bug I mentioned a while back is completely justified, and I just had to get that out in the open. Carolyn's apparently got this new guy now, a fiancée, actually, so... yeah. But still, there have been times when I think she just crosses the line, no matter how well she knows Scott. It's weird, because he said she knows him completely, although it's been a year and he's changed so much. But then, he's still pretty close friends with her, and despite there being some strict difference with friends (people who know "some" of him) and "beyond that" (people who know all of him, the question is, where does SHE stand, and where do I stand?
Everything just feels kind of weird now, but I guess I have to channel my energy into something. Specifically, my lab due for Speech tomorrow (also have to read 3 chapters), my media notebook entry 2-1 (due Wednesday or Thursday, especially if I go along to miss school on Friday of this week... which hopefully won't bring my grades down any), and anything else I might be forgetting.
Final front?
I need some dark!Mai icons. That is, Mai from the DOOM/DOMA/Waking the Dragons arc. Anyone wanna point me in the right direction? Eventually, I'm going to get around to making LJ icons for my fics too, just because I'm that evil. =D
For starters, on my midterms:
Journalism - B (thanks to those 6 bonus points)
Speech - A (just barely. I got one of the 3 As in the class; a 90!)
Geography - A (? I think. The highest grade was a 95, but he DOES grade on a curve. I got an 84, I think.)
No CAD or Math Midterms, although the Chapter 5 test is Tuesday and I have to get my assignments all touched up and completed for that. We're also moving into 3D for CAD, so I have to figure out several drawings for that, and eventually determine what I'll do for my final project.
On the fic front:
I've decided I'm going to focus on "The Rose Chronicles" out of all my Yu-Gi-Oh fics, and also work on a few scattered Sailor Moon fics. I intend to get back into the fandom, most especially by getting the rest (?) of the PGSM series... somehow. A fic from long ago, lost to the ages, "Fragrance" is going to make its debut. I can't say "grand reappearance," because I never actually finished and posted it anywhere. I'm amazed I managed to find the description and everything in my Nonworking Files document, but what makes it even STRANGER is that I randomly thought of the fic on the way home with Scott the other afternoon. I remembered almost everything about it, too-- right down to the nickname of the hero. It's not what you'd expect.
Want a bit of a teaser? Here's what I have on file: In which the story of Kakyuu-hime is told at last. She was just an ordinary girl-- until a prophecy came true, until she met three strange young men, and until she met HIM. Osmanthus, better known as Oz, is a gardener in the palace of the newly discovered Princess of Kinmoku-- and the two fall in love. Unaware or perhaps wishing to be ignorant of the dire situation at hand, the two continue their secret romance, until one day, Galaxia arrives, and destroys all that anyone ever knew.
I'm also back and active at Aria's Ink. Ooh, pretty layouts! And along with SMRFF's ficathon (will be posting in the
smrff, by the way, to jump-start that, too), I'm tempted to enter a few of Aria's contests. I think the new theme one might be a bit out of my reach though, considering some of the issues I'm having with Dragonfayth's skins now. >_< Mamono, would you mind sending me your original *.css from the Bakura skin, just so I know I have all the right values for the colors and like?Speaking of archives (and I'm going to cross-post this part in
hot_gimmick), I'm planning on opening up a Hot Gimmick archive eventually. I'll need to work on layout first, which means scanning the covers (I love the bright, bold simplicity), but I also need a NAME. Suggestions?On the website front:
Working on more skins for Dragonfayth, and I'm determined to get more of the sites I plan on CONTINUALLY working on (esp. for ones I have fics/ideas/layouts for) up. This means Souten, the Ayashi no Ceres site "Genesis," and others. I have to PHPize Mare Serenitatis, because I MUST get that up. Of all my sites, MS remains the largest. o_O Surprising, ne?
On the music front:
I need to get more songs for the Turkey CD, reorganize My Music folder, and also get some more Sailormoon tracks! O_O Hrm, where to go!? What to get?
On the other fronts:
Okay, so Scott stayed over last night, which was entirely unexpected. Matter of fact, Erin, Joyce, Neal, and, earlier today, my cousin David and his girlfriend Allison (who also goes to CSUN, though I never run into her) all came over. Erin, Joyce, and Neal all came last night and stayed. And surprisingly, no one said a single word about Scott staying over. In my room. In my bed.
*evil grin*
Well, rewind just a little bit to... what, three nights ago? Maybe two. Anyway, Scott came over then, too, only he didn't stay. But I made an interesting discovery. Sort of. You know those moments when you ask a question just to confirm something you already knew "in your gut?" It was like that. I'd noticed this weird dynamic with Scott and Carolyn before, and I finally had the guts to ask him about it.
Turns out he was in love with her.
(This is the part where all of a sudden someone off-screen screams "Mary Sue!" and sporks me to death.)
Like, truly, madly, deeply (SG forever!) in love with her. And they went to Thailand (though not together, apparently), and there, she ditched him for another guy. He got so hurt by that (who wouldn't?) that he cut off ALL contact from her, did his soul-searching, world-traveling thing (hence the travel bug he has now, and hence my own worry about him just up and leaving me after he graduates... if we even make it that far). Well, he says he's over her and everything, but... this was all within the past year. (God, I love self-doubt, don't you?) But then, his rationale is pretty good: why would he have bothered to give me his number and email, come out with me, do all these things for me, go out on this extra limb, and oh yeah-- introduce me to his parents! Well, that's coming up, and I'm still petrified, but... relaxed, in a weird sort of way.
But that jealousy bug I mentioned a while back is completely justified, and I just had to get that out in the open. Carolyn's apparently got this new guy now, a fiancée, actually, so... yeah. But still, there have been times when I think she just crosses the line, no matter how well she knows Scott. It's weird, because he said she knows him completely, although it's been a year and he's changed so much. But then, he's still pretty close friends with her, and despite there being some strict difference with friends (people who know "some" of him) and "beyond that" (people who know all of him, the question is, where does SHE stand, and where do I stand?
Everything just feels kind of weird now, but I guess I have to channel my energy into something. Specifically, my lab due for Speech tomorrow (also have to read 3 chapters), my media notebook entry 2-1 (due Wednesday or Thursday, especially if I go along to miss school on Friday of this week... which hopefully won't bring my grades down any), and anything else I might be forgetting.
Final front?
I need some dark!Mai icons. That is, Mai from the DOOM/DOMA/Waking the Dragons arc. Anyone wanna point me in the right direction? Eventually, I'm going to get around to making LJ icons for my fics too, just because I'm that evil. =D
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