In honor of the new icon, and because I need to find someway, for myself at least, to crystallize why my adoration for Nao is so strong, when the 'type' she appears as should be the kind of character who bores me.

( Ahh...irrelevant list is gushy and irrelevant. )
And all of this, combined with her demeanor, is enough to well, get me smiling when I think about her. So, while Akiyama is a character dear to my heart, she's the one I adore, and the one I basically obsess over this manga for.

Yeah...I did watch some of the drama season 2. It still irritates me that Drama!Nao replaces cleverness with purity.

Fic requests:
1. For kmegumi2 : 500 wordish ficlet, Fandom: Glee, Character: Kurt, Prompt: Fabulous.
2. For mi_tsu_ki  2 Liar Game fics. 1 M-rated Aki/Nao fic 1 muti-character fic (Akiyama, Nao, Fukunaga, et al).

So that's going to be fun. Plus try and do a special Valentines day post for the LG blog, and delicious meta for RoS and some more general meta on fic writing patterns.

....

Oh yeah, and school, internship, and thesis stuff.

Plus, looks like the rest of Muu's Valentine's Day Gift shipped. So yay!

Thesis: Nao and Yuna are basically the same character put into two completely different cultural contexts, and two different situations. This isn't to say that they're well-characterized or poorly-characterized or that one is better than the other, just that fundamentally they're very similar except for their wildly different contexts, which actually make my own perceptions of them, as a fan, very far apart.

That's one paragraph to say all the TL;DR contained below.

( Canon & Character Background )


( Personal Reactions )

( Possible Reasons for These Reactions )

Conclusion, it's not really just about the character-type, but the context they're put in, that determines me reaction to them. I could probably go on more, but long post is long, and it's bedtime.

((BTW, if we're going to do the Liar Game to FFX analogies, Fukunaga would so be a less benevolent version of Lulu and Akiyama would be a combination of Kimahri and Auron, which gives me the uncomfortable realization that if Kimahri were a human, I'd totally ship him and Yuna.))

So, I joined the AO3, as a place to collect most of my fanworks into one centralish location. So far I've uploaded most of my Kimahri drabbles into one story. And hopefully I can drag out some of my *embarassing* stories from AFF, some stories from LJ that I've never posted on FFN, some stories on FFN that have never been posted on LJ, some stories on alts I've never been on in years, etc.

I've also wanted to do some meta, looking both at my LG and FFX fanfictions. Plus how fanfiction is really integral to the way that I try and come to terms with real life events and concepts.

Also, I just realized, when FFN sends favorite story alerts: "The following member has added your story to her/his Favorite Stories list:" That tickles me more than it should.

One should focus on thesis though.

Creo que es un problema que estoy pensando en español cuando...
a) No puedo hablarlo ni oirlo con ninguna facilidad.
b) No recuerdo los alt + numeros por la letras: á, é, í, ñ, ó, ú  y por favor no me preguntas cuanto tiempo necesito para escribirlas.
c) Tuvé un sueño en español y inglés pero no recuerdo nada del español, cuando me desperté. Fue en diciembre con las otra cosas pero...
d) Mis pensamientos cambian entre el español y el inglés, especialmente cuando estoy hablando con personas que sé que hablan español.

La Srta. J nunca nos advertió de eso.

^^;;

Sunny, 50 degrees.
January.

Yep, Seattle weather is horrible.

Or in Muu's words: "We're going to have a snowstorm in April."

It's probably weird and telling that when 98 was released by a different scanlator, I had a feeling because I liked the translation better than I have the other ones from this round.

Yeah, petty.

Since obviously posting about it on LJ is infinitely more productive than actually writing the whole thing.

( Someone is not being nerdy enough. )

So, I've joined the auction over at help_haiti.

My auction of awesome.

Bids start at $3 for 2000 word fics, and I'm not being picky. ^^

All the new "Burkelings" are hard to deal with.

This whole "staying strong" thing isn't so fun.

Anyway, time to make blueberry muffins. AB style.

Dear Self,

No, an incredibly fluffy, emotionally-sappy multi-chapter LG fanfic involving Akiyama, Nao, and a fortune teller in distress is not what the fandom needs. And certainly not one that has the nice happy, "All's well that ends well" ending.

Especially if well into the first draft, you can already see the logical inconsistencies from a mile away.

>.< Failed at Christmas cards this year. Got presents out, but need to still write/mail cards to everyone.

Christmas, New Years, Mother's Birthday. Next week is going to be fun.

And classes start back up on Jan 4.

So...I guess this was a typical autumn after all.

Didn't get the internship at EMP.

Fail!Jais is Fail.

The 1st 12 episodes of Glee recapped Facebook-style + LOLSues.

Yeah, I'm a Gleek, or whatever.

Also I either need an icon for either Artie or Sue.

To anyone who would like a Christmas Card:

Comment here with your name and address, and like magic, you shall receive a Christmas Card from the Jais within the next couple of weeks.

All comments are screened for your protection, of course.

Also, I still think my Santa!Paine icon is awesome.

Head dead.
Projects due.
Edit Outline.
Presentation.
Education Program.
Internships.

Need more __________.

So yeah.

Happy Thanksgiving, LJ Peeps.

Muu and I are enjoying a quiet, intimate day filled with lots of cooking.

Dinner:
Turkey (roasted, salt, pepper, olive oil, sage)
Mashed Popotoes (non FFXI people might know them better as potatoes)
Cranberry Pineapple Relish (made from REAL cranberries, not that disgusting gelled stuff)
Dinner Rolls (from a bag)
Peas and/or Asparagus (green stuff)
Apple Cider (beverage)

Dessert:
Pumpkin Pie (made entirely from scratch, and a gingersnap crust)
Homemade Whipped Cream (to go with pie)
Huckleberry Cream Tea (beverage)


So, anyway, why Library Cards are awesome. Besides the obvious reasons (i.e. because they are from the library and therefore are awesome, and because they allow for the check out of books and full usage of library resources).

Yesterday, I had two basic things to do: Pick up placemats for our lovely new table, plus other domestic stuffs, and meet with the group from Leader Class to discuss our group project. So, I go and get the stuff with little to no problem, and I get a bright idea: Instead of lugging around a bag of glassware and other things all day, why not catch a bus up to Queen Anne and drop it off in Muu's car before I head to the U-district.

Sounds logical, right?

The first pitfall is that the route between the store with the glasses and placemats and the nearest bus stop that won't require a horrible hill climb goes right through Pike Place Market. Yeah. So, I think, "Hey, let me pick up a mini-cheesecake for Muu and one for me, and he'll like that."

Just somewhere between picking up the cheesecakes, and getting on the bus, my wallet disappears. Of course, with downtown being the "Ride Free Area" I don't actually notice this until I reach into my bag to get my pass and don't pull out a wallet. Luckly the bus driver was nice and didn't hold me hostage. So I check the bag, riffling through everything. And there's red streaks.

Oh, that's curious. Look at my palm, and there's blood. Look at my finger tips, and they're (right ring and right pinky) red. And no wallet. So it's with that state of mind that I enter Muu's work, grab the key to the bathroom, clean up my fingers, and lock the key in the bathroom.

Smart. So my happy cheesecake surprise (actual cheesecake, not muuservice) is less happy, and I have to mooch money and a band-aid from him.

So I ride back downtown. Check in with Cheesecake!Place. They haven't seen my wallet. Check in with some of the produce market people. Scan the sidewalks for something red and shiny. No where. I get pointed to the information desk at Pike Place, and they call security to see if anyone turned in a wallet. No dice, and they don't give a phone number or anything for me to follow up on (the lady does, however, send me down to the offices there and THEY give me the number for security). I think by the time I get to the bus stop to head to the U-district, it's about 2:00.

Meeting, blah blah. Note taking blah blah. Turn on K-book, and there's an E-mail from the Seattle Public Library. Subject? Re:Lost Wallet.

Apparently, the owner of one of the stores saw the wallet on the sidewalk, and apparently the library card (which has the phone numbers of the library on it) was the only contact information in the wallet (short of my home address on the ID). So yeah, the library E-mailed me with the address and phone number of the store, and I was able to confirm that my wallet was there, and pick it up. Bonus points for the fact that EVERYTHING was still in my wallet. ^^

So yeah, that long and convoluted story just to say: Library Cards are Awesome.

Screw you Squeenix for not letting my darling Cieria and I get married just because we both happen to be Mithra. =P

Go die in a fire. Or better yet, go try and solo AV.