So what was I doing?!!!!

[EDIT] Oh OH. I was creating layouts on my new computer. THAT'S what i was doing! lol. Totally forgot

On a side note though not unrelated to the venting above, I just finished the new layout for Bittersweet Symphony. Absolutely beautiful I must say. I ahven't uploaded it to the site yet, but I added something to the navigation. It's the current projects section where I list one latest project of Daniel Radcliffe and Robert Pattinson's. This is as "shrine-ish" as it's going to get though. I don't want my fansite to be about the actors, but I thought it would be nice to include them a little bit. You will not be seeing any galleries in the future so you can relax, or well, I can relax. lol.

I'd just like to say that I love Gimp, but I did notice that the images don't come out as CLEAN as when they're manipulated using Photoshop. Hm.

Ok. So, no new layouts right now. I did, however, re-format the navigation. I got rid of some links, shifted things around a bit, and put my friends in a drop down menu. There is only 1 navigation now instead of my usual 2. Which means that I had to update the skins too. So those are back up and running smoothly.

I also made some room for Twilight. Look at my SOTM and the webmistress section. What can I say . . . I'm not sure if this will be anything like Harry Potter - websites galore - but it was a great read and so I'm allowed to pimp it. lol. Especially with the movie right around the corner. Woohoo!

I'm still revamping this site, but you'll know the changes when you see them. And so now I'm off to finish IR, because I've promised myself to get back up next month. Wish me luck :-)

It started with a movie preview and boy did it progress! Not only was I like, "Hey there's Cedric Diggory on the telly!" - well, okay. Maybe I didn't say that excatly. It was more like, "yo, ain't that Cedric?" but you get the gist. Anyway, apparently Robert Pattinson is starring in a new film called Twilight. I never heard of it, of course, but damn is it popular. I was curious and decided to read it. Then the next day I went out and bought the 2nd book and well, I bought the 3rd one this morning.

So it's safe to say that I love it. Yes. very much so. It's nothing like Harry Potter, but just as fascinating. And I've never been into the vampire/werewolf genre, but damn is it good. Except of course in 2nd book where Bella really got on my nerves. And God! I really really love Jacob. I have a feeling there's going to a be a triangle there . . . . and I just don't know who I like more. Sad, really. Jacob or Edward? Jacob or Edward? I don't know!!!!

I may like it enough to give it a subject in my blog . . . hm. This is so exciting!

I will be closing 2 of my sites. Both are web directories. It hurts to have to do this, but I figured that I really needed and wanted to concentrate on what means the most - to concentrate on my passion. So, unfortunately those need to go. Whether I will completely delete them or hand them off to someone who will want to run it, I guess depends on who responds. I doubt anyone will since there is nothing special about them. But whatever.

I will then finish revamping IR so that I can get that back up and running. It will take some time - I know this. I'm not in denial or anything. lol.

I then need to start updating BS because that's my baby and I miss working on it.

and then I will start adding layouts to MC - another babyof mine.

So, yea. lot of things to do. Pray for me!

I can't read any fics about ... what happened ... without crying. which is kind of sad and a little pathetic because he's not real, but you know ...

I'm just hoping that the season premiere reveals that it was all a dream.

Yea. All a dream

First he was picked up on drug possession, but now it turns out his contract is expiring in May and that he won't be renewing it.

I just want to scream. NOT MY WARRICK! He's the reason I watch CSI. Just a glimpse of him - doesn't matter how small - sets my blood on FIYA! He can't leave. That would be terrible.

There are hardly any black actors on the damn show as it is - and definitely none that are cute.

Man. This sucks! This just ruined my whole day.

I'm gonna go curl up in a ball and cry.

Anyway, on the yahoo group, Lori told everyone that there was a possibility that updates would slow or not come at all, etc etc. A lot of readers had heart attacks and a lot of them didn't (I was one of those who didn't). But you wouldn't believe the comments that were left . . . Now being a fanfiction writer, I'm personally offended and I want to give Lori a hug (but I can't because I'm a big ass lurker) because how dare they bash her for doing such a thing - like having a life doesn't matter because she has an obligation to finish a WIP. I mean, damn, we're not paying her. It's a hobby for christ's sake!

Now there's someone on there saying that they will finish the series and shower it with the attention that it deserves. Can you say ouch. I'm sorry - no one can finish the series but Lori and if I have to wait 15 years for my ending, then damnit, that's what I'm going to do. Not to say that said person isn't a great writer (I don't know since I haven't read anything he/she wrote), but don't you think that's a little rude? Telling Lori, that the ball is in her court? I'm just baffled.

I'm too disgusted to read anymore of it.

And just for the record, it's not even that damn serious! Shit happens. Some stories are left unfinished. Let it go people.

It looks so much cleaner. I only have 50 recs moved over ... with 450 more to go. Oh god.

I haven't started working on a new layout, but I'm thinking about taking down the site skin option. Seeing as I want to change the site name to just "Immortalitas" I'm going to need to. I'm really going to miss that Harry/Draco one, though, and it sucks because I can't upload it to Magical Coupling because the fanart isn't mine. damn. This is why I'm still deciding if I'm even going to do this. I do't like throwing things away.

I might change the script over at Immortalitas Regnum to FanUpdate just because the security is so much cleaner than simpledir. The only challenge is that I have over 500 recommendations and I don't know if I have the strength to sit there are move everything over.

*sighs*

On the bright side - this may be the thing I need to get motivated again. I haven't updated anything really since I added skins to the BSA.

Writer's block. Designer's block. Just can't get break.

I want to scream

PS. I added 2 new skins to The BSA. Yea, for me!

I use the term "damn FFVII" out of love, of course.

I'm in the process of reading this hella-long fic right now. It's so friggin' good and it's only the 2nd fic I've read in this fandom. That's pretty damn good as a newcomer. It usually takes awhile to come across all the classics. I was lucky. The only iffy thing about the fic is that it's become really romantic/sappy/mushy and it's a bit odd considering it's a Sephiroth/Cloud pairing. But then again, the bulk of the story is so dark that it's a nice change. So, I guess it evens out. I only have 7 more chapters to read, which isn't a lot, but they are each ridiculously long so there's no telling when I'll actually finish reading it.

I should be working on my Harry/Cedric fic and I should definitely update the site, but I haven't done anything. Quite sad. I'm hoping that this new obsession will eventually mellow out to the point where I can share my time with the other obsessions, but it doesn't seem to be doing that anytime soon.

*sighs*

I've even created it's own Category in my blog . . .

Right now I'm reading a FFVII yaoi with Sephiroth/Cloud. It's great. Trust me. I'm in love again. Don't you just love that feeling?

I tried to find out how they were going to do this. Are they going to pull and LoTR and release part 1 and then release part 2 one year after? I couldn't find out anything, so let me know if you guys hear anything else :-)

I joined ebay and purcahsed it for $32.99 which is pretty damn good. I have all 49 episodes, but I'm only up to 43.

I do have to say that it's absolutely fantastic! It's very different from the anime, seeing as it's mostly based on the manga. Usagi isn't some clumsy ditz who whines through every battle. I mean, she's still clumsy, but she does actually do homework (though not very well), she's not lazy, and she can fight. She's not annoying like in the anime - which is probably why I like the live action more.

Mamoru is really cute too. And I don't get the feeling that he dislikes Usagi. In the anime his teasing goes a litte too far at times, but in the live action, you can see the attraction immediately and his teasing is more playful banter than actual insults. He calls her a fool most of the time but it's out of love. It's so adorable. Rei and Mamoru never date (thank god) and Rei and Usagi don't fight like cats and dogs. I like Rei so much more in this series.

I already have my favorite episodes because some of them are just too damn funny, but overall I'm very happy with my purchase. The only thing I have to complain about is that the subtitles are a pain in the ass to read at times. It's like someone who didn't know english very well wrote them up in a hurry. I mean, I'm used to it NOW, but before I was like wtf. Your mind automatically begins to correct it, so it's fine. And also is it Queen Beryl or Queen Berry? They kept saying Berry and I couldn't stop laughing. It's sounds so weird. And there was an episode where Mamoru went to London to study and his housemate or classmate or whatever knocks on his door to ask him him if he's awake and the guy doesn't have a british accent but an american one . . . . ????? Maybe his friend was from the US, but he also exaggerated every friggin' syllable when he spoke so who really knows.

But anyway . . . that's what I've been doing. Ja ne!

When they came out with the Live Action my first thought was "are you shittin' me!" and not in the good way. I was a bit horrified and I vowed that I would never watch it in fear that it would forever ruin my Sailor Moon obsession. Well seeing as I haven't been obsessed in ages, I thought this would be the perfect time to give it a try. Especially since I watched this video on Youtube . . . . which is really what this post is about.

I love this video. I think it's dramatic and very SM. It makes me want to watch the series at this very moment. If you are/were a Sailor Moon fan, please check this out. Plus, the actor who plays Mamoru is kinda fine. Like P-H-phine. And if you aren't an SM fan, check it out anyway because it's that good.

I love finding things by accident!

Draco is a spoiled, pampered, power-obsessed little bitch who bought his way onto the Quidditch team (quite a Slytherin move, if you ask me). He is revolted by mudbloods from years upon years of family influences, which would take a lot more than some quick sucky sucky in the (occupied) Astronomy Tower to repress - and, no, before you ask, full-on buttsex without lube or so much as a quick spit on those takes-half-a-sentence-to-stretch-your-ass-open fingers, will not help much either. As a matter of fact, if Draco were to see Bambie in the forest, he would either run away screaming like the Slytherin pussy we all know and love, or he would suggest Professor Lupin chase after it so Lupin could actually eat for once (and in a SNIDE TONE, not a soft, empathy-laced whisper, "with eyes like gleaming pools of sympathy" - JUST NO).

This is only some of what is said. It's funny, but very true. Read the whole thing here.

I've already ordered Castle in the Sky (which is okay, not better than Spirited Away, but good), Afro Samarai (which is da bomb diggity - I can't believe I just said that) and Gakuen Heaven vol. 1 (which satisfies my yaoi spirit). I want to finish the Gakuen Heaven collection just because I don't like leaving anything unfinished and I also want to see the last 4 volumes of Peach Girl. I actually brought the first 2, so now I just want to finish the series.

I have a couple of J-Horror flicks on my list too. My friend got me into them. A lot of horror movies in the US are based off of them. So it would be interesting to compare.

The only thing is that NetFlix doesn't have the "sensitive pornograph" anime that I want to see. You know, the hardcore Hentai - only because I want to see ALL anime and not just fluff and romance and humor. It gets kind of boring after awhile. Besides I hate being out of the loop. When anime fans talk about this stuff, I want to be able to say "yea, I know what you mean" and then go ahead and give my opinion about it. It's purely for knowledge . . . but, of course, what slashgirl doesn't want to see 2 men getting it on?? I mean, really.

Great plot. Bad writing

Yea . . .

That really sucks.

I now think that wanting Photoshop is a little unnecessary now. Gimp is actually a really good manipulator to have. I didn't realize it before, but now I'm totally hooked. Once I figure out how to make an appropriate wallpaper then I'll be all set. For some reason mine never come out right - they don't show up on my desktop or anything. It's quite annoying really.

As a matter of fact, I think I'll do some research on that now.