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On Holiday [May 04, 2008 @ 10:47pm] I'm away in the Galapagos and Ecuador until the 27th, so no comments will be answered until after that point. See you all then! (5) laps, so get running!

[April 25, 2008 @ 8:01pm] Today was the last day of classes that I will ever have at college. That still hasn't completely sunk in yet, and actually, I'm not sure it ever will. (8) laps, so get running!

Birthdays! [April 20, 2008 @ 10:23pm] The 20th of April is a day full of celebration for me. So very very happy birthday to green_icemice, to Marui-kun, and to my beloved Fox. If I didn't have tons of schoolwork to do, there would be art and fic and cake; as it is, I'll have to settle for review sheets and SuperANOVA print-outs and poorly-constructed PowerPoints. so get running!

[April 19, 2008 @ 10:23pm] [ music | ALI PROJECT - Friendly Like in Childhood ] Galen and I may have macro-ed the puppy last night. Maybe. ( Kozue has done nothing to deserve this. ) (4) laps, so get running!

Fic Post: The Long Wait [TeniPuri] [April 17, 2008 @ 2:55pm] [ music | Don McLean - Crossroads ] Author reveals are up for subrosa_tennis, and apparently I'm rather good at disguising my writing. As such: The Long Wait: Oshitari x Atobe, G/PG. In which Oshitari's soap opera hobby becomes Atobe's humiliating addiction. For the subrosa_tennis short fic round. Major thanks to Miss Justine and to repto, who betaed for me. ( Life was not supposed to be this cruel, not to a member of the Atobe family. ) so get running!

Still not dead. Mostly. [April 16, 2008 @ 9:02am] [ mood | Optimistic ] [ music | Rie Fu - 5000マイル [Album Version] ] It's been a while since I made a post, so here's an update. A lot of really good stuff has been happening in my life lately, and I'm still pretty busy with school. K-chan and I finished our Vertebrate Zoology experiment (we cleaned it all up yesterday) and just have to crunch our data and write it up. I'm down to three tests left until the end of the semester, and three papers (one of which is, granted, twenty pages minimum, but hey). The job front has been less than promising. I finally heard back from SoundWaters, where I'd applied to do environmental education, and I didn't get the job. Basically, I'm not sure anymore where I'm going to end up after graduation, and that thought is kind of frightening. I do feel that my not getting this job is a sign of some sort, and I hope that the meaning will become clear to me soon. On a better note, now that comps are over, I've had more time for a social life, and in addition to spending more time with friends, I've actually started seeing someone (who, ironically, I met through comps study group). He has been a very positive influence on me, getting me up and out of the house to go do things, and I've been having a great time. This is a time of great change in my life, but honestly, for the moment, I'm enjoying it. And that in itself is noteworthy. (1) laps, so get running!

Ur exams, I passes dem with honors. [April 08, 2008 @ 5:27pm] !!!!! I PASSED COMPREHENSIVES WITH HONORS! There will be celebratory semi-drunk bowling tonight! (13) laps, so get running!

[April 08, 2008 @ 12:48am] And just when I have resigned myself to be something less than what I'd so wanted, the wind changes and with it my luck. I cannot even begin to describe what has gone on today, but suffice it to say that I cannot remember a time when I have been so elated. so get running!

[April 06, 2008 @ 8:02pm] [ music | "The Return of the King" on TV ] reddwarfer has given me an excellent and much-needed distraction. 1. Reply to this post, and I will pick four of your icons. 2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose. 3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts. 4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon squee! She selected: Sell your brother for fun and profit! This is an image from one of Kousaka Tohru's "Okane ga Nai" series (from one of her doujinshi, but I can't remember which one). This series is just so terribly ridiculously disturbing, and features the sale of siblings in order to alieviate gambling (if I remember correctly) debts. Sadistic Mode is Kousaka's circle name, by the way. I can't remember why I iconed this (it's one of the oldest ones I have), but I do know that I'm kind of morbidly entertained by this series. DO YOU EAT CRABS? This is an image from L'Arc~en~Ciel's "SMILE" album. I'm not even that big of a fan of the album, but I thought the photos from it were just fantastic. I was lucky enough to see L'Arc in concert a few years ago, and Hyde's little spurts of English (such as asking the entire Baltimore stadium if they ate crabs, because earlier that day, he ate two) will make me giggle obnoxiously until the day I die. This is one of my simpler icons, I think, but I really like it (perhaps because of that). Yay death! Oh X. This icon is of Seishirou, from that monster set of CLAMP creations, "Tokyo Babylon" and "X" (specifically the "X" TV series). Seishirou and Subaru were one of the first really canon pairs I liked, and their relationship (both in the canon and the fanon) is still something I like to talk and joke about. Speaking of which, I should really do some fic here, or at least a drabble. Hmm. Nikoniko Marukkiri This is one of many icons I have from a TeniPuri doujinshi; I'm pretty sure this is from a TeniPara anthology, but honestly, I don't remember. It's Marui and Kirihara, who are my OTP. This may be my most-used icon; it's happy and cute and really simple. Hope that was entertaining! I look forward to playing with all of you :D (2) laps, so get running!

This is just not my week. Also fic stuff. [April 03, 2008 @ 11:42am] [ music | 柴咲コウ - 恋愛感染経路 ] It's official: senioritis has hit me like a Knuckle Serve to the face. Now that comps are over (I hope), I'm finding it so difficult to focus on working. Which is bad, considering that the semester's still got a good amount of homework with my name on it. ( What's left for Spring 2008 ) In other news, I have a couple of fic deadlines right around the corner (megane_o_hazusu stuff and Bunta's birthday come to mind right off the bat, but rikkai_exchange needs some serious attention before I head off to the Galapagos), but a miserable case of writer's block has hijacked my brain. Is anyone interested in doing a flash-fic session with me sometime next week? It worked like a charm last time, and was tons of fun to boot. Leave me a comment or a message if you're interested. (2) laps, so get running!

[April 02, 2008 @ 10:05am] [ mood | Near-dead ] So I may or may not be posting from my Vertebrate Zoology class. The only reason I say "may not" is because there is a very good possibility that I am actually still asleep, or that I have fallen asleep in Vert Zoo and am dreaming about posting. That is how exhausted I am. Saturday was Earth Hour, so to celebrate, Rachael, Leah and Evan came over and we all played cards by candlelight. For us, it actually ended up being Earth Two Hours, since we were having so much fun that we neglected to check the clock. I was sad to find out that most of my friends didn't know about Earth Hour, particularly since my school prides itself on being very Green. I will make more of an effort to make people aware next year. Sunday, Miss Justine and I finally got to pick up where we left off in AniPuri (we were smack in the middle of the Hyoutei training camp and hadn't had time to watch for the last three weeks). I really miss having new geniuses to read every week; it gave me something to look forward to, something I could be excited about. Lately I feel like that sort of passion is missing in my life, and the result is, I suppose, exasperation and exhaustion. (3) laps, so get running!

Sales Post! [March 28, 2008 @ 10:36pm] I'm going to be moving in a couple of months, and am really hoping to get rid of some stuff before the Big Day. So, it's a doujinshi, artbook, and other fun anime stuff garage sale! Please read before commenting! At this time, I am accepting Paypal only. I'm fine shipping internationally. If you see something you're interested in, leave a comment with your zip code and country. I'll get back to you with a shipping quote, and if you're fine with that, I'll send you an invoice via Paypal. I usually ship 1-2 days after I've recieved payment. All prices are listed in US dollars. Regarding doujinshi marked as "18+" - I will check your LJ profile for your birthdate, and if you're not over eighteen, sorry. That said, please take a look! If you have questions, feel free to leave a comment, message me, or email me at yukimachi [at] gmail [dot] com. ( Artbooks ) ( Doujinshi ) ( Merchandise ) (36) laps, so get running!

Back! And still mostly alive! [March 28, 2008 @ 6:17pm] [ music | Jonathan Coultan feat. GLaDOS - Still Alive ] Senior Comprehensives are officially finished (barring, of course, an unexpected no-pass on one of the short answer questions), so I'm back from hiatus! And with only four weeks of school left, I hope to have a lot more time for fandom-related stuff. Either way, not sure if anyone's interested, but I want to be able to remember this stuff in the future, so here's how the examinations broke down: ( Tuesday Night: Long Answer ) ( Wednesday Night: Short Answers ) ( Friday: Orals ) So that was comps. I've still got a lot of work left for the semester (there will probably be a list up here at some point...), but for now, I'm semi-relaxing and starting Spring Cleaning! Which, because I am me, I am really excited about. (2) laps, so get running!

This is all very Scientific. Really. [March 27, 2008 @ 1:12pm] [ mood | Mostly dead ] Still on hiatus until orals are over Friday afternoon, but as I've said many times before, stress makes idiots of us all. As such, courtesy of our five hour study session yesterday afternoon: Graphs really do make everything more official. Also, to quote Brent Smith, "life at carrying capacity sucks." Comps report on Friday afternoon. (3) laps, so get running!

Hiatus [March 20, 2008 @ 10:21am] [ mood | Overwhelmed ] [ music | SHIHO - Ever Stay Snow ] Back from visiting the Coast with repto, Kathryn, and Miss Justine, but even though I'm still technically on vacation, there's still a lot of work to be done. Biology Senior Comprehensives are all next week; that's long answers on Tuesday, short answers on Wednesday, and orals on Friday. While I'm in better shape than some people in terms of studying, I still have a long way to go. That being said, I'm on hiatus until the last few days of March. Once Comps are finished, I hope to have time for more fic and scanlations, and I'm also planning on doing a sales post to clear a little space off my doujinshi and CD shelves. I'll miss you all as I'm studying and taking tests. Wish me luck! (6) laps, so get running!

Fic Post: Truffled [TeniPuri] [March 13, 2008 @ 1:59pm] [ music | DREAMS COME TRUE - みつばち ] Happy [early] White Day everyone! To celebrate, a ficbit that probably should have been finished/posted for Valentine's Day, but come on. It's never too late to feel the Love. Posted a day early because I'll be in the car all day tomorrow. Truffled: Marukkiri, PG-rating. Kirihara's Valentine's Day plans are foiled by chocolate not once, but twice. For the "Valentine candy mishaps" prompt on megane_o_hazusu. ( Even Marui-senpai the Bottomless Sweet Pit could only handle so much chocolate. ) (1) laps, so get running!

Reality Check [March 11, 2008 @ 10:20am] [ mood | Rather overwhelmed ] [ music | Eddie Izzard - A Play on Nativity ] Break is right around the corner (I'm leaving with repto, Justine, and Kathryn on Friday at noon), but there's still so much to do. ( 'Making Lists' should probably be one of my LJ interests... ) In other news, Kozue is at the vet's office for the next twenty-four hours, being spayed. I hope she forgives me for this. (1) laps, so get running!

[March 08, 2008 @ 8:28pm] So the Midwest is now buried under about nine inches of snow. Normally, I'd be rejoicing about this, but it's /March/, and I'm really ready for spring to get on with it. Moreover, I hope the snow doesn't follow me back East when I'm home for break in two weeks. It really is beautiful, though, and it's so deep that Kozue can't really run through it effectively; the end result is this cute hopping that I really should get some film of before the snow melts. The deadline for subrosa_tennis really snuck up on me, and while I'm pretty sure I'll have my bit done by then, it's really shocking how fast the time has just flown by. I signed up before repto got back from Africa, I think, and now it's almost the due date. Buh D: Perhaps adding significantly to my lack of ficcage lately, I seem to have become horribly addicted to NCIS. Netflix just cannot get the DVDs here fast enough. One final thought: repto and I figured out today that, unless we bomb our research projects in a most epic fashion, we're done taking exams for Vertebrate Zoology. As graduating seniors, if we have an A in that class, we don't have to take the final. If I really don't have to take that exam, that leaves me two final papers (one eight pages, one twenty pages) and only one exam the last week of classes. Alright! (3) laps, so get running!

More Bio-idiocy [March 06, 2008 @ 9:07pm] repto and I have a huge-ass exam for Vertebrate Zoology at 10:00 AM tomorrow, so we're up studying. And by studying, I mean this: Me: So teeth are plesiomorphic in amphibians. Him: No they're not. Fish don't have teeth. Me: Fish do too have teeth! Him: Only sharks. And they're not really fish. Me: ...you think they're whales? Him: Don't be ridiculous. Everyone knows that whales are fish. Stress makes idiots of us all. (6) laps, so get running!

Fighting Clouds! [March 04, 2008 @ 1:43pm] [ music | タッキー&翼 - Venus ] Kozue is getting big enough now that, when she and Fox play, they pose a significant threat to the safety of our furniture. I attempted to document such carnage this morning when they knocked over two chairs and the vacuum in the course of about thirty seconds. However, they calmed down quite a bit while I was filming them. Still, it's pretty entertaining, and as megu_megu put it so eloquently, they do look like fighting clouds: ( The Princesses at Play ) (7) laps, so get running!

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