Exclusive Insanity

Oh wow. One of many, MANY reasons I am fervently glad that I am not American.

Check this out

And, apparently, this *isn't* censorship? There's a hole in this guy's logic somewhere. As soon as you start saying 'You can't write about this' or 'We're going to ban books on this', IT IS CENSORSHIP! Get over yourself!

Someone want to confirm for me if this is true? Is there really a dickhead like this in power? On second thought, don't. I think I'd rather pretend this is a completely false article.

Wow, yesterday was productive. Not in a good way. I mean, not in a writing-way. In an anime-watching way, yes, it was incredibly productive. I'm just about caught up with Kyou Kara Maou now - I've watched through episode 25 now. I also watched the first two episodes of Gundam Seed, and last night I enjoyed the Endless Waltz movie.

Ah, Endless Waltz. So wonderful. I got randomly inspired and did a little goofy EW summary-type thing. It's on GreatestJournal here in case anyone likes my stupid humor. If you haven't seen EW, you might get a little confused, though.

Ah well. Good times.

I still have Christmas shopping to do. I'm pretty sure it won't get done today, but I still do have it to do.

I also got my English essay back yesterday - I got a 77% on it. Thank god! I am very, very, very relieved. That essay was worth 40% of my grade, so I really needed to do well on it. 77% is a B. I'm happy.

I'm off to waste time and read fanfiction. Excellent.

Yesterday didn't go too badly. Okay, so I didn't get my assignment working, but I gave it a very good try and sent the non-working code in to my teacher. I am acing that course, so I'll be fine with this. Just have to worry about the final exam next week now...

My final exam yesterday went well. I knew all of the answers - the only thing that took me time was putting them into words. I was done an hour after the exam started - which is pretty good, for a two-hour exam.

I'm pleased.

Today, I intend to go pick up my essay and journal for English. She said she would have them marked and outside her door by today, so I'm heading up to get mine back.

Also, yesterday I decided I needed to delete some of those episodes sitting on my computer. I have them all burned to CD, but I leave them there until I watch them. So I watched four episodes of Kyou Kara Maou. The last one I finished with was episode 22. There are still four sitting there waiting for me, but that's okay. I'll probably get to at least some of them today.

Good series, that one.

I'm downloading Gundam Seed Destiny for when I finish Gundam Seed. Those are getting burned to CD and then deleted, because I probably won't watch them for a while. I'll just break out the CDs when I'm finished with the first series.

I have lots of anime to watch - just in time for Christmas break. This is very good.

My parents have decided not to have our dog put to sleep. I think this is a good thing. He's still reasonably healthy... Anyway, I don't want to have to say goodbye yet. We've had Prince since I was nine years old!

But at least I don't have to let go yet. That's good.

So yesterday I did absolutely nothing of any use. I've more or less resigned myself to the fact that the networking assignment will go unfinished, but I'll get partial marks so it doesn't matter.

Ah well.

I watched the last three episodes of Gundam Wing. Absolutely lovely. And then the Endless Waltz OVA. I am happy. Despite the fact that I caved and bought junk food to pig out with.

It was worth it.

I have to work tonight, but I'll probably watch a couple of episodes of Kyou Kara Maou and possibly one of Gundam Seed. I want to save the Endless Waltz movie for a bit since I just watched the OVA. I will watch it probably tomorrow after my exam or on Tuesday.

It'll be great. I love Endless Waltz.

So I deleted two of my icons that I was getting tired of, and uploaded three others. Including a new default icon. Isn't it pretty?

V thinks it's a weird picture, but I like it anyway.

That program isn't working, but now it's for a different reason. I got it working yesterday, but there was still an extra part I had to add, and I can't make *that* part work now. I have to see my prof after class today. We have a quiz, so I'll probably end up having to wait for him.

Fun times.

I haven't studied for that quiz, either. I didn't do a lot of work yesterday. I read a lot of fanfiction and lounged around.

Someone read Karasu's story, Middleverse, and stole the idea to write a story of their own. This wouldn't be a problem, but they didn't email to ask her permission until they had posted three chapters already. Also, there is nothing in the story that gives her credit for the idea, and the girl was talking about trying to *publish* it.

Karasu wasn't too happy about that. She was going to email the girl back and ask her to credit... I wonder how that went.

This same girl reviewed Game Over some time last night. I don't think she'd copy that idea since it isn't as creative and fun as Middleverse, but still. It's worrying.

Check out the icon, people - that's right, I win. I WIN! NaNo has been conquered. Mwahahaha!

Yeah. Okay. I'll shut up now.

The story's almost finished, actually, so I think I might try to get the last bit of it done. However, I now feel free to work on other things. So... yeah. I started working on some other things. Ehehe.

Anyway...

The networking assignment does what it is supposed to do. What it doesn't do is close after this is done. I'll have to ask for more help, but I'm very close to being done and that's a good thing. The due date was extended until Saturday, too, so I'm sure I can manage.

We hopefully get our English essays back today. I'm crossing my fingers for a good mark - this was worth 40% of my grade. And there will be more presentations. I'm really glad my teacher decided to devote these last two classes to presentations - it takes a huge weight off.

Nearly there...

I also watched episode 44 of Gundam Wing last night. Quatre vs Dorothy! This is the one Quatre actually wins, too. Then she gets her stupid fencing foil the next time they meet. Bah. Poor Quatre.

Oh well. He gets rescued, so it's all good.

You know, I remember thinking that the 'Save her and leave me behind' thing came kind of out of nowhere when I first watched this, but watching it again, I can see why he says it. Especially since he's just made a comparison between himself and her. After all, Trowa saved him when he was like that - he could save Dorothy too, right? I honestly think at that point Quatre thought it would be more worthwhile to save Dorothy than him.

Can't tell you how very, VERY glad I am that Trowa disagreed.

I managed to get through what I needed to get through yesterday. Journal entries - done. Question sheet - done. 48K - made it.

I have to work tonight. It's going to be another one of those long, long days. And work will suck, because it's Monday and Monday is always busy. I spent a lot of time scrubbing mold off of the inside of soap dispensers last night - and of course there was the cat shit the night before. Work hasn't been great. I don't expect tonight to be an exception.

Bleh.

I made it to the last plot point in my NaNo story, though, so I should be able to make it to 50K without too many more problems - probably tomorrow, which is the last day anyway. I managed to generate moderate interest.

That is a good thing.

I watched episodes 41 and 42 of Gundam Wing. Trowa gets his memory back in the next one. I probably won't get to that until tonight before I go to bed, but it's a good one.

Yay!

I've been looking around GW stuff, and I keep coming across references to the "Preventor 5" manga... Which, of course, I can't find anywhere. Not even summaries or scans or anything. I want it.

Anyone got any info on that? I'd appreciate help...

All right. So I have the last program to write, which is worth 7% of my grade. I started it last night, and it is a little tricky. Ran into problems already, not surprisingly, and I have to see my prof this morning.

I also paid part of my tuition for next semester yesterday - 'part of' because my debit has a limit of $1000 per day, and I'm not going to carry around that much in cash, that's for sure.

I'll pay the rest either today or some time next week.

Because I ran into the problem with my program, I couldn't continue to work on it. I did a couple of journal entries for English - only two more entries, and then I'll be done with the thing. Then I did some more NaNo work.

My goal for NaNo yesterday was 44K. I managed to inch over 45K.

5K to go! And even though I have a lot of schoolwork, I'm pretty sure I can make it.

I think I'll bring my Philosophy question sheet to the anime club meeting and try to do a little bit on it there. I probably won't have much success, but hey, even if I get one thing written it'll be one more than I'd have if I didn't bring it.

The first essay is finished! I will be handing it in today, and then it's not my problem any more. Thank god.

The second essay is for Philosophy, so it'll be more interesting to write than this one. Of course, it'll be done at the last minute, but that's okay because I'm sure it'll be all right without me stressing too much over it.

Also... 40K! I made it!

10K to go - and a week to do it in. I can get there!

I feel very proud of myself for having made it this far. And I even found time to watch a couple episodes of Gundam Wing last night, too. Yay for Duo thinking he blew up Hilde!

Poor Hilde.

Only four or five more episodes until Trowa!

Damnit, this is making me want to write fanfiction again. Must... resist...