MILES to GO || before I sleep

If I've got a story -scenes, moments, whatever- in my head, should I just get it out of my head by writing it, instead of writing outlines of the scene in a file and storing it away until later?

It bothers me that I keep thinking of these other stories, other ideas, other universes other than WDKY, because I REALLY want to get WDKY done. But whenever I think of it and its characters, I get off-topic and go to this other story (you can probably tell by now that the characters are the same, but the story is different).

Maybe I should start becoming the sort who writes fics and posts them when they're done, instead of being this insane WIPer? I wonder if that'd help keep the hair in (on?) my head.

Well, spring break has at last come to a close. It went fast, but at least it was fun and relaxing. It certainly was nice sleeping in till around 10:30 a.m. every day; tomorrow my "waking up at 6:30 a.m." routine begins anew. Oh, and also my habit of going to the Arbor Grill for occasional morning breakfasts; I'm looking forward to enjoying a breakfast burrito again after a week of waffles, cereal, and toast.

I didn't post during spring break even though I had the time; it was more like my thoughts were pretty scattered and I tried to be out as much as possible-- or at least doing stuff.

I went to Opening Night for the Giants at AT&T Park with Steph, Kathryn, Nora, and a guy named Melvin who was only there for a blip of time, it seemed. I shouted myself hoarse and then ended up sick as a result-- I've got awful congestion, a dry nose (ow) and an occasional cough, but I hope to be better by my birthday. I'm being smart about what I'm eating and drinking, and that, of course, includes medicines to help me get over this.

I also got to see Evie, Eva, Crystal, and (surprise surprise!) Louie (from high school) again at our Chevy's night. As is my luck, I got a certificate from Chevy's THE DAY AFTER for a free entree. Isn't that always how it works? Whatever "it" is? Well, maybe I'll go this weekend in San Diego: the closest Tex-Mex to the border when the border is more or less off-limits!

Oh, oh, oh! I also got the real "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" (a.k.a. Furyo, which translates to "Prisoner of War") soundtrack, which I think is beautiful, so even though I don't like Utada's sophomore U.S. album (not counting her days as Cubic U, of course), I applaud her for indirectly introducing me to another composer and his music (Ryuichi Sakamoto). I actually like the title track of the movie (which is what Utada sampled from) a lot more than this song... sorry Utada! Although I am curious if the vocal version, "Forbidden Colours" is the same "Forbidden Colours" that is a special bonus on one of Sarah Brightman's Canadian albums. If it is, it'll be interesting to see how she redid it; I didn't like the vocal version too much, but maybe that has to do with the kind of "spacey" quality it had as a song.

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I'm really craving a red velvet cupcake for my birthday. I wonder if any bakeries around here have them?


 This One (Crying Like a Child) by Utada from This Is the One (Rating: 0)

So, being that sleeping is elusive and I've read every book and manga in my room backwards and forwards, I decided to opt for reading Ceres: Celestial Legend *again*, since it's good and I've been on a Yuu Watase kick lately anyway AND because before all the "mayhem" went down, I was watching the anime series, which I'd finally completed my collection of on DVD (shoulda bought the collector's edition... D'oh! There's no lyrical subtitling for the songs, the audio track is sometimes off --like, I'll hear the English voice and not the Japanese one, even though I always set it to Japanese audio w/ English subs before selecting "Play"-- and sometimes the timing is off, too).

I finished the series last night. Bawled my eyes out. Watase never fails in that respect; I don't think she's done a single series that I've read/watched (this would include the J-Drama adaptation of "Absolute Boyfriend," even though the similarities to her manga were slim) that DIDN'T make me cry. It's a good thing, though. Her stuff's very thought-provoking.

( So, with the hesitation of someone about to step in potentially icy water, I tread into fandom. )

Okay, so I've been wanting various icons like, FOREVER, and as much as I want to believe I have it in me to make what I see in my head, it just never pans out that way. Besides, I still have way too many things to be doing in Photoshop elsewise, so I'm going to make myself a meme and pray the creative, cool souls out there do it.

I'm going to request 5 icons. If you can fulfill any one (or more!) of these icon requests, comment and say which one. Then reply to your comment with a link to the image so I can upload it and fawn over it. Then you take this meme and I'll make an icon (or more!) for you!

# Icon - Subject Matter (Addl. Specific Info) "The Text You want on the icon, if any" (icon specifications re: size, color, shapes, etc.)

#1 - Moulin Rouge (Satine) "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" (pref. still, bright colors)
#2 - Writing (Plot bunnies) "I've been PLOTBUNNIED!" (a cute bunny rabbit would be nice. A real bunny, not a cartoon bunny or something.)
#3 - Sailor Mars (PGSM Live Action) "Kasei" (the Japanese characters for the planet "Mars". It looks like this: 火星.) Or something along those lines. Surprise me.
#4 - Equilibrium (Christian Bale) "Any quote spoken by Bale's character, John Preston at any point in the movie" (blueish-black tones, but his face still has to be clear)
#5 - RANDOM (pick an interest from my Interest List, preferably something anime/manga/video game, and make an icon using a character from that. Try to incorporate a quote from that character too... something that fits "me.")

SO HAVE AT IT!

( The plotbunny that started it all. )