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You know, they should've made Ken an image song for before and after he was evil. Then he'd have two. Not that I don't like this one, but then I'd have another one in addition to it.

I just like listening to Paku Romi sing and sound kind of evil right now, just because. You know. The fact that she does a voice in FMA as well and not an evil one.

Unless Ed somehow turns evil... I think that would massively screw things up, though.

So far, the anime is still loosely following manga canon. Going in the same basic direction, that is. I'm wondering when they're going to split and go their separate ways. I haven't seen all of the manga yet, so I might not find out at all.

Ah well.

Well, yesterday was pretty fantastic... I had a fabulous birthday - if only because nothing could've ruined it after I got the Les Miserables tickets from my parents.

My Fullmetal Alchemist DVDs arrived in the mail yesterday as well... just in time for my birthday, which is perfect. They're not the greatest - some episodes skip - but I can generally get them working long enough to watch an episode or two at a time undisturbed, and that's perfectly good enough for me.

Episodes one through forty, all for me!

I went out for dinner with my friends and boyfriend last night, and received lots of manga. I am very happy with that. Volume two of D.N.Angel, volume two of Gravitation, volume one of Clamp Campus Detectives, and one that I already had but will exchange for volume one of Tokyo Babylon.

An excellent haul, really.

I also got a new pen and a mini book on palm reading. Now I won't ever have to pay $15 to get mine read! (Not that I would've anyway, but still) Thanks, V!

So last night we hung out at V's house and watched Fullmetal Alchemist and the Today show. And then some random channel surfing. It was a very enjoyable evening.

I also watched episodes thirteen and fourteen of Fullmetal Alchemist this morning. Thirteen was AWESOME. Roy is such a dork. I love how the miniskirt fetish made its way into the anime as well. And poor Ed... but at least he didn't get roasted and carted out on a stretcher like he did in the manga.

Funny, funny stuff. I love it.

It is August the 9th and I am 22 years old today.

Hooray!

I intend to celebrate with my friends tonight, so last night I had a small family celebration. My parents gave me a gift and took me and one of my sisters (the only one who could go) out for dinner. Pizza and cheesecake, yummy.

I got some new clothing from my parents... and...

A ticket to go see Les Miserable in Vancouver!

There are a few people who will know how exciting this is for me. I was ecstatic. No matter what now, it's been a good birthday. I am incredibly happy. I also can't wait for November 13th now, since that's when the ticket is for.

Yay yay yay!

Oh, also, according to the newspaper, it is also Eric Bana's birthday today. That is kinda neat.

The weather's gone strange again. It was so hot earlier this week... now it's raining and cold. It's a real relief, actually. I'm *cold*! Yay!

Heh. Anyway.

I hate waiting for things in the mail. It makes me antsy and I have a hard time getting things done. Which might explain why Game Over is creeping along at barely a crawl. Bah.

Hopefully they'll be here on Monday. In any case, I'm hoping to post chapter two of Game Over then.

I'm hoping for a few things on Monday. But that's understandable.

Almost August 9th already... I can't believe summer's gone by so fast. Ugh. And soon I'll be back to *school*. Evil.

Ah well.

I have two days off now. It's glorious.

Last night at work wasn't as bad as Tuesday night. But I feel much better now that it's over. Evil work.

Anyway, yesterday I managed to get some writing done. I'm about five pages into the third part of Game Over. Considering how long each part seems to be, that means I've probably got about fifteen pages to go.

The title of part three is going to depend on how long it takes to get Shane through his first illusion.

I also added a scene I hadn't planned to add... but it accomplishes several purposes. Even if it seems pointless to most people. Romantic tension, mostly, but also helpful when Zinc figures out Coal is an active Guide as well...

So many plans... so little time left in the summer to write this at my leisure.

So, yesterday I had to work in the morning and we went to see Spiderman 2 in the evening. Finally. It's hard to believe it's been a month since it came out, and I still hadn't seen it.

Craziness.

Anyway, though, it was decent. Not the best movie I've ever seen, but then, I wasn't terribly enthusiastic over the first one. It was a good movie, but I'm not going to rave ecstatically over it.

Ah well.

Er, other than that, yesterday was uneventful. I slept and read a few stories and worked on mine a little bit. That's about all.

So I got part two of Game Over finished yesterday... Definitely a good thing. All of the other Players were introduced - the only characters I haven't brought in yet are their Guides.

That'll be later, and they're not major.

Surprisingly, it's pretty easy to come up with titles for each of the chapters. Part one was 'Guidance', part two is 'Players', and part three will be 'Links'. Nice and simple.

I'm not sure about part four yet, but we'll get to it when we get to it.

This seriously has the potential to turn into a much longer series than I really intend it to. I could end it after this one fic, but I could also continue it. I have more the a few ideas on how to go about that...

Ah, we'll see if I'm not sick of it by then.

Also, went out for dinner for Sarah's boyfriend's birthday. She basically wanted me there so that she wasn't stuck with just him and his friends.

It wasn't too bad, though.

And today, V and I go to see the Village. Which is supposedly not very scary. I guess we'll find out for sure when we see it.

I did next to nothing yesterday... Well, I watched a few episodes of Digimon Frontier, just because I can. I didn't watch my daily episode of Fullmetal Alchemist, but that's probably a good thing - they'll last longer now.

I only have three left, and then I have to wait.

Darn it all...

I also work tonight, but then I have the whole weekend off. Then I work on Monday, which is a holiday. And Tuesday, and Wednesday.

I guess it's not such a terrible thing, since I'm so bored. At least I'll be making money.

So, yesterday I watched episode six of FMA, and did pretty much nothing else. Summer is wonderful.

Actually, I did get some writing done. I have *finally* introduced the other Players... I'm actually thinking about posting chapter one pretty soon, since I'm halfway through chapter two now.

I also embarrassed poor Shane. He made an idiot of himself in front of Devon. These things happen, though.

There was an old episode of Law and Order: SVU on last night that I watched with my sisters. We'd all seen it, but it was a big high school flashback type thing. Ugh. High school was a terrible, terrible place.

I don't think I knew anyone as nasty as those three girls, but still. It was bad.

Ah well. In the past.

Work didn't go too badly. I have another shift tonight, and then that'll be it for at least a couple of days.

Excellent.

I've finished what I've found of scanlated FMA manga... I have nothing left to read. I really liked the flashback stuff, though - I was kind of wondering about that, since the flashback in the anime starts in episode three. Not until manga volume five, though.

I also watched episode five. It was the train episode, which was my favorite chapter in the manga, but it was pretty different in the anime. Not as amusing, I thought.

Oh well.

I made a couple of decisions about the original story I'm working on - one about plot and the other more about my main character's personality and his reaction to other characters. I'm happy with both.

Hopefully I can pull this off now.