MILES to GO || before I sleep

So rather than wail about all the Post-Its I have lying around with things to do, my near-empty Listography book, and the things I wish were working out, instead, a list of things I've accomplished today, big and small:

* Read a lot of emails and deleted the ones I don't need (have several thousand to go, but boo hoo)

* Heard back from both Adobe and JourneyEd regarding CS5: I have to spend $449 if I want it, because I don't qualify for the post-announce free upgrade, and there's no discount for an "upgrade" version of Design Premium from CS4 to CS5. So that, plus a camera are now on my Wish List.

* Got approved for the "In Plain Sight" - Mary x Marshall fanlisting - now I just need a name for it! YAY!?

* May be on the waiting list for a focus group and put my name out there for another one; they pay well and don't take long, so why not?

* Put the dishes away

* Registered for the NSCS Region 5 Summit in Seattle, WA on July 6th and 7th. It's my last conference as an NLC member (well, a "retiring" NLC member)!

* Am researching travel options for getting up to Seattle, esp. so soon after cousin Erin's wedding in Los Angeles on the 4th. Virgin America and Southwest are looking the cheapest, since the Amtrak Coast Starlight just doesn't mesh with my needed arrival and departure times. (Also: Anime Expo from July 1-4! So 1-3 = Anime Expo, 4 = Wedding + Fireworks, 5 = ? 6-7 = Seattle! Talk about a packed schedule for one week!)

* Also researching potential post-graduation travel options. Should I go down to San Diego after my orthodontist's appointment, and then head back up with Aunt Joyce in time for the bridal shower, or hang out in North Hills with cousin Jill and fam for a few days and meet up with Joyce on the day of the shower? Train ticket to S.D. would cost me $30-32, but it's more like "What the heck would I do down there?" and "Would I be intruding?" I suppose I should ask at least, so I have the option open, right?

* Got a huge scene done in the revision of Only 16, Chapter 2: A Look Back, which starts the flashbacks that reveal more about Serenity and Endymion's past. I'm contemplating deleting those from Endymion's point of view altogether, since Only 16 really is Serena's story, and even if Darien DOES remember his past completely and is just hiding it from Serena, why give him THAT much screen time? Isn't it more suspenseful having you wonder how things are really going from his end? I've only gone into his POV a few times in the revision so far, and never very deeply. But re-reading Lilac Summers' "First Truths" has made it a lot easier to 'ship them again (*shock!*).

* Updated WikiFic to 1.15.3, and added the much-debated lyrics of "Ahead of the Game." Mass consensus agrees that the garbled lyrics in the second verse are "My liquidity, giant balance sheet. All my secrets, Hey! I'll even cheat." Though how "I'll even cheat" makes sense when Kaiba (whose image song this is) is bragging about how much smarter, more creative, etc. he is than his opponent, isn't cheating making him look worse, not better? I personally think he should have said "I won't even cheat," as if he's restraining himself from cheating just to get a horrible duel over with. What do you think?

* Got started on my graduation announcements--the paper ones. A few family members left to get addresses for and send out, and then...have to figure out the rest. *bats eyelashes* Can YOU come?

MOAR LEFT:
* Dabble in revisions and/or additions to the following fics: Aftermath of Angels (FF8 x YGO), You and Me (body-swap YGO Azureship fic; thanks a lot for reminding me, mischiefmagnet!)
* Story-So-Far comparison of the book Paprika to the movie
* Revisions to previous chapters of WDKY + uploading to all the usual suspect sites -- someone on AnimeXX.de asked me if they could do a German translation of the fic! I can't read German to save my life, so should I say yes and just pray they do a decent job, or say no because I'd never be able to understand it?

Don't you hate it when you remember part of a song, but never enough to really look it up by? I've got that dilemma at the moment, but I'm hoping someone can suggest a song that fits what I've got in my head, so they can help me find it:

* Lyric: "I fell in love for the first time"
* Style: Pop, though at some point it seemed vaguely rap-ish (quick tempo)
* Singer: female

I know that's not a lot to go on, but I already tried Google and Yahoo! searches on my own and didn't come up with anything that seemed familiar. I think I may have heard the song in one of the dance movies I saw recently (Take The Lead?) but I'm not sure. Can anyone help?

ETA 3/5/07: The song was "Lovin' you" by Anna Tsuchiya, from her album ANNA inspi' NANA (BLACK STONES). It's no wonder I didn't find it on repeated searches of Google, iTunes, and other lyric sites; many of them don't make a point of hosting songs by Japanese artists-- even if the songs are entirely in English (Engrish, I should say).

For the curious, the lyrics ( are here )

So the lyrics don't make perfect sense, but I really like the song-- though I got the "genre" completely wrong, as it's meant to be punk rock and not really pop/rap/hip-hop.

Though for International NANA day on 07/07/07, I think I'd stand a better chance of singing one of OLIVIA inspi' REIRA songs rather than one of ANNA inspi' NANA songs. And let's not even get into Yuna Ito or Mika Nakashima. :P I recently ordered the new NANA BEST CD+DVD package from CDJapan, so I'm looking forward to finally owning all the songs I've only heard snippets of, or pieces of from the NANA anime.

Speaking of anime, I haven't kept up with NANA lately-- the Hana Yori Dango 2 drama has absorbed me almost completely. And I'm hoping Viz will come out with their release of Death Note soon, because I know I'm already way behind on that (and I refuse to download the pirated fansub versions after the announcement of their licensing was made; I may not like EVERYTHING Viz does, but they do a damn good job with the DN manga, so I'll hope for the same of their direct-download of the anime).

I've also got a bunch of (old) movies to watch, including "When Harry Met Sally" and "The Last Unicorn," plus some newer ones, like "At Noon," "Moonlight Mile," and a few others. And then there's the rest of TRICK-- season 1 (up to episode 6, I think), and all of Season 2 (which just finished downloading a few days ago).

Ah, so much I want to do, no time, no time...