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Well, last night was a lot of fun, even though I'm extremely tired and I still have to go out and get mom's present and then head down to the tattoo parler so we can buy V her going away tattoo.

I believe I'm the only one not getting one today. I just can't bring myself to allow someone to permanently color my skin with needles.

But it'll be fun to see the others get theirs.

So we just hung out and talked last night - and ate a lot of junk food and half-heartedly watched some TV. It's always nice to hang out with friends, especially when one is leaving.

Well, since my parents had to buy tickets to Riverdance in order to get the Les Miserables tickets... they're giving the Riverdance tickets to me, and that gives me and Jo an excuse to meet up with V on October 2nd to go see that.

I'm glad about that. I'll miss her.

But we'll see her again before too long, so it's okay.

I am going to lounge around and do nothing today... Mm, does that sound like fun. I usually work Sundays, but not today! And yes, this makes me very happy.

Before I forget (like I did yesterday), for those who are interested, Wolf Pack Productions released episode two of Digimon Adventure on Friday. So you can go download that if you're a fan.

It's a little more interesting than episode one, in my opinion, but still the infancy of the series. Ah, memories.

We had the anime club meeting yesterday, and I got in episode two of FMA on the list. Other stuff we watched included Chobits, Sailor Moon, and Saiyuki: Reload.

I'll never be more than mildly interested in Sailor Moon and Chobits isn't that good, but Saiyuki: Reload seemed kind of cool. I like the little dragon that turns into a jeep.

Also, watched episode 40 of FMA this morning. So that's it for my DVDs, but I have 41-45 burned onto VCD, so I can watch those next. In any case, 40 was good. A little more manga material caught up with us, it seems.

I like Scar. I really do. He's got that kind of "we can't do this to THOSE people, but it's okay if it's THESE people" attitude - and as annoying as that is when you're part of a more objective audience, it's so human.

I wonder if Martel had time to say anything to Al. Doubt it, but it would be nice.

I've been getting so frustrated over my writing lately that I've decided to take a little bit of a break from it - a couple days, maybe (we'll see how long I can stand) and then attack it again with a fresh brain. I re-edited the illusion in chapter three, and now I'm resting.

And watching FMA, of course.

Watched episode 37 this morning... A day with the military? When can that *not* be fun? Er - I mean, when it's Roy and his people, not the *rest* of the military. Anyway, the episode amused me. There were even little tidbits of plot thrown in! Now how can you complain about an episode like that?

Fun times.

I'm not looking forward to school at all... I won't have time to lounge around and watch episodes! It's going to break my spirit - I know it.

Ah well...

Game Over chapter three is finished and posted here, for those who are following the story. I've barely started chapter four, so it might be a while for that one too. But I'll get there! No worries.

Other than that, not much happened yesterday. I hung out with Jo and V last night - and Jen was with us for a little while. It was nice to have just the four of us there... It's been a while for that. We used to do it a lot, but I guess things change.

And now V's leaving... I'm going to cry. I know I will.

But not yet.

So I'm meeting a friend from the anime club who wanted to see more FMA today. We're going to watch at the comic store. I love watching anime I like with other people, so it'll probably be fun.

Checked out one of the video rental places last night. They have the first two volumes of Witch Hunter Robin, which I would like to see. I'll have to rent that when I'm finished with either Noir or RahXephon.

Excellent.

So last night I finished chapter three of Game Over... phew! It's still very, very rough, so it's not being posted today, but hopefully it'll only take me a day or two to read over it, force other people to read over it, and edit it until I'm satisfied (more or less).

So hopefully tomorrow or the next day, I'll be posting it and providing the link here. Excellent.

I also watched episode 34 of FMA.

( Just in case - spoilers, I guess )

Got to hear Edward scream in utter mental anguish again. Reminds me of how much I love Paku Romi. Who else could pull off that? I don't know why, but it's so... satisfying. Makes the angst all the more apparent. Addicting, that.

I love this series.

By the way, anyone know where I can find the character song files for FMA that everyone else seems to have but me? Preferably for download, but if you could tell me where to buy them, I think I've still got a bit of money left on my credit card anyway.

Also, is there a second soundtrack? If so, I want that too. I love the music for this show.

Obsessed? Me? Naaaaaw.

I don't have to work Monday any more! I guess I shouldn't be happy about the lost hours, but I have enough money without them, and Haleigh didn't have a shift on the schedule at all. So I let her have Monday.

Excellent.

Now I just have today and tomorrow to get through, and then I have four days off.

Happiness!

I've just about got thirty episodes of FMA on tape... Getting close to where I left off with watching. I figure I'll watch as they tape - it makes sense, really.

I'm looking forward to more, though...

In other news, it looks like there's a problem with our computer - it seems to be quite slow at times for no good reason. We'll be taking it in on Monday, so I'll be without internet for a little while.

Annoying... oh well, though.

Meh... I didn't sleep enough last night, but that's because I decided to stay up late and there's always activity in this house in the morning.

Oh well. Taping more episodes of FMA.

Speaking of FMA, I have a new default icon, which might have been kind of obvious but I feel the need to point it out anyway. I've retired Daisuke, and Edward has taken his place.

I rather like this icon, though. It used to be my default at GreatestJournal - I've changed the default over there, too. All of my defaults are FMA, though.

In other news, this song is starting to annoy me. The ending sequence that goes with it has forever associated it with Winry, and that's just no fun at all.

Damnit...

I've also read through my three volumes of Tamers manga, which was decent. Like the first two seasons, this was basically just a condensed version of the same story in the TV show. Juri wasn't even introduced at all until near the end of the second volume.

And how teaching her to slash a card became a *girl thing*, I have no idea. Takato and Jenrya are insane.

Oh well.

Okay, so fans of Digimon should check out Wolf Pack Productions if they want to download the first episode of Digimon Adventure, which was released today.

I am happy. Muchly. Mine's downloading right now, and I can't wait to actually watch it.

So, probably soon I'll have Digimon Tamers manga to read and Digimon Adventure anime to watch. Lovely. It's going to be a very nice day.

Until I get to work. Bleh.

Oh well... Work is only five hours of torture. And then I'll be back home for a nice two-day break.

And then four days of work.

But that's a ways off yet, so I won't worry about it.

It also is starting to look like the third chapter of Game Over might be a couple of pages shorter than the other two if I want to end it where I had planned to. I don't intend to change my plans, but sometimes it takes more space than I would have thought it might to write something.

So we'll see what happens.

Well, yesterday was more or less boring. I've watched up to episode 30 of FMA now... I was totally not expecting the stuff with that kid - Wrath, right? Annoying little thing...

Ah well.

Got a few pages done in Game Over... Man, is that coming slowly. Bleh. This illusion is giving me some trouble. But I'll get through it - I'm at least halfway there now. It looks like chapter three might be a couple of pages shorter than the other two.

Eh, no big deal.

I work today, which sucks. It's Sunday, so I won't be as swamped as I would on a weekday. And I have Monday off, so it's all okay.

Work sucked last night. Evil place. Ross was doing repairs, so the boiler had to be on and it was baking in there. I seriously had sweat plastering my shirt to my body. It was really gross.

Ah well. It's over.

Anime club meeting today! I'm bringing my FMA DVDs in hopes that we might watch an episode. It's unlikely, but you never know.

Speaking of FMA... volume seven of the manga is scanlated! I downloaded and read that last night. I actually rather like Greed. Haven't seen much of him in the anime yet.

I suspect that will change, though.

I also caved and watched the fourth opening sequence on the episodes I've downloaded to watch after I finish with my DVDs. I like it very much. Awesome-ness, I say.