.: This Girl's Daybreak :.

...That about sums it up, actually. ^^

So glad that it's the weekend, even though I've still got stuff to do. But, I also got some stuff done. So, yay. Lemme see...I finished my English paper. While I still maintain that satire is not my friend, at least it's done. And my folks loved it, which may or may not mean anything. ^^;; Also, got started on my CS program. My English professor let us leave like, ten minutes into the class, so I had nearly an extra hour to fiddle with it. Not sure how much progress I've made; but at least I've started.

Also, I finally got to watch my newest Netflix disk; Inu-Yasha volume 30. Man, I'm really loving this series. And this disk was just awesome. It was all pretty much just filler, but still. Two of the three episodes were adorably humorous fluff that made the Inu-Yasha/Kagome fangirl in me squeal. ♥ Speaking of which...anybody read IY fic? If so, got any recs? Preferably Inu-Yasha/Kagome, but Sango/Miroku would be nice, too.

And! New chapter of sky_dark's Better Living Through Alchemy, here! Much love. ♥!

Well, I'm off. Ja ne~!

Apparently, LJ has upped the number of icons you get when you buy extra ones from 50 to 100. Needless to say, I'm very happy. <3 I'll have to go through and fill up the rest of my space later.

Next, I continue my plugging of sky_dark's wonderful fic, TARM:SET. Parts 17, 18, 19, and 20 - Finale are now up. I'm sad to see it end, though it was a good ending. But, I can't be too sad, 'cause sky_dark says that she's going to write a sequel, after a bit of a break. <3 I look forward to it greatly!

Oh, and I am now listening to this song *points to current music* waaaaay too much. I blame sky_dark; go here to see why. XD

Also, a slightly updated to-do list:

( Again, cut 'cause no one else cares. )

Well, I'm off to fiddle with iTunes a bit, and then I'm off to work.

...what? It is. ^_^

Madre and I went to pick up the rest of my textbooks for this semester; got them all but one, a book for my CS course...still don't know what language it's going to be in. >_> Also, got my parking sticker. So, I'm just about set.

After we finished with the school stuff, we ended up shopping a bit. I got some manga; a couple of volumes of Yuugiou, one of Saiyuki Reload, and one of Bleach. Much love. <3 Was especially pleased to see that they're starting to release the graphic novels for the AE arc...I thought they'd wait until they put out Battle City, but I guess not.

Also, I bought one more thing. I am now the proud owner of a 20 GB iPod. ^_^ I'd been thinking about getting one for a while now, and I finally caved. And I got it at Target, so I saved, like, $30 with my employee discount. <3 I've been playing around with it a bit, and I'm pretty happy so far...still need to organize my files better, though. Maybe I'll do that later. ^^

And, of course, I must squee about my current fanfic of choice, sky_dark's TARM:SET. Parts 11, 12, 13, 14 are currently out. I'm afraid that I'm not coherent enough to properly praise it; just take my word for it, and go read it!

...And now, I'm off. To write recs for Glaring Dream, or to fiddle with my iPod. Not sure which yet. ^^;;

...No, really, I am!

My mother bought me a little plot of land on a Scottish estate; she'd meant it to be a Christmas gift, but she ended up telling me about it beforehand. Granted, it's not any significant amount of land...but still! It's completely legal; I've got a title deed, and, according to Scottish law, the legal right to use the title 'Lady'. Cool, ne? *Grins* Yes, I am easily amused.

Had a real idiot at work tonight. I'm standing at my register, when this lady comes up to me to ask a question. She wanted to know if we had single bottles of water, other than the ones in the cooler. Turns out she wanted to mix some formula for her baby, but didn't want to have to buy a 6-pack of bottled water, and couldn't use the cold ones. I told her I didn't think we did; even asked my GSTL to make sure. Answer's no. So, resigned to buy a larger quantity of water, she heads off to fetch some...leaving her baby (which is small enough to be in a carrier) in her cart, in the middle of my lane.

My GSTL and I were both kinda shocked...we couldn't believe this moron actually went off and left her kid. My GSTL was muttering under her breath about how stupid it was...I just wanted the thing out of my lane. =P She ended up taking the cart (and baby) up to the service desk, so I could go back to helping customers...but geez! How stupid do you have to be to do something like that? When I told my mom about it later, she said I should have asked my GSTL to call DCFS...I agree; I probably would have, if I hadn't been so surprised at the time. Honestly...If you're willing to just go off and leave your kid in the care of a couple of random strangers (who never agreed to watch it, btw)...that's a pretty good sign that you have no business having kids. =P

And now, for the fics!

Chapters 34 and 35 of Pawns, by velvet_mace.

This fic is as brilliant as ever. She's wrapping things up beautifully...shouldn't be too much longer until this one's done. As much as I want to see how it ends, I'll really miss scouring LJ for new Pawns chapters. ^^;;

Parts 7, 8, 9 of TARM:SET, by sky_dark.

I truly am in awe of sky_dark's ability to produce such wonderful fic, so quickly! Humorous, serious, sweet...this fic has it all! If you like Roy/Ed, and haven't read this yet, then get to it!

Because I am a rabid fangirl. ^_^V

Lemme see...what have we got?

Chapters 31 and 32 of Pawns, by velvet_mace:

Now, I adore this fic. Absolutely cannot say that enough. And these last couple of chapters? As brilliantly written as ever, complete with absolutely evil cliffhangers. I can't really say much, without spoiling something, so I'll keep quiet. *Flails* I only hope that she gets more posted soon! (As if two chapters in one day wasn't impressive enough!)

Also, anax says that he's finished Völuspá, but is waiting a bit to edit it before he posts it....Wah. While I do want the ending to be good, I also want it now! *Makes grabby motions*

And we have Part 5 of sky_dark's awesome Roy/Ed fic, of course. Another one that I'm anxiously awaiting a new chapter for. ^_^ She's got such a great handle on the characters, and Roy and Ed's relationship is progressing beautifully. If you haven't already read it, get to it!

Man, so much good fic...and I still want more! *Watches authors hopefully*

I am a very, very happy fangirl.

Why? Because I just bought both the new FMA game and the new HP book. ^_^V I picked them up after work today; got them both at Target, for a pretty good price (plus my discount). My store rules. <3

Been playing the game since after dinner. Watch me ramble!

( Cut for Crimson Elixir babbling )

And, for all my fangirling over it, I won't get to start reading HBP just yet...I'm rereading OOTP first, since I haven't read it since it came out. So, I'm working on that, as well. Watch Kat speed-read! I'm dying to see what they do in this one!

...Also, Pawns Chapter 29 is up! Woohoo! *Uses her pretty Pawns icon to celebrate* I love this fic...Things are starting to come to a head (and the author's said that the end is drawing near), so things are really getting tense. I wonder how it's all going to end up. *Squee* Now, if only we could get the next chapter of Völuspá, too...(Hey, a girl can dream, can't she?)

...That about sums up how I feel about today.

My oh-so-lovely day started off with my oversleeping (Damn alarm didn't go off. *Kicks it*), and thus being late for work. Seeing that my shift started at 11:00, I'd set my alarm for 9:00. And when did I wake up? Roughly 11:15. And I only got up then 'cause I heard the phone ringing, and happened to roll over and look at the clock. Cue frantic dash to get ready and extremely apologetic call to my place of employment informing them that yes, I'm alive and on my way. So, I got to work shortly before 12:00. An hour late. Grah. I didn't get in trouble, but I felt awful about it. I'm always very punctual, and I hate being late.

Could this lovely day get any better? Why, yes, it could! It just so happens that I'm feeling like crap today. (I hate being female. *Stabs*) So I'm uber-pissy, and stressed over being late...plus feeling lousy physically. So, yeah. My shift was fun. =P

I'm just glad to be home...my day has improved since I came home. For one, I got my next set of disks from Netflix, so I have stuff to watch. Also, I was pleasently surprised to find a link to Pawns Chapter 26 while checking fma_yaoi. Yay for new Pawns-y goodness. ^^

Also, watched our new copy of Paul McCartney in Red Square that I'd not had a chance to watch yet. Much <3 for Sir Paul. He rocks muchly. I can't wait to see him in concert again! *Counts down days 'til October*

*Looks at clock* Yeesh, it's that late already? Suppose I'll wrap this up, then. I still need to wash my hair tonight. =P

...Geez, it's been a while, hasn't it? *Guilty* There's just not been anything to write about, really. =P

Let's see...I changed my icons and color scheme again...I wanted teal for some reason, so I picked out a couple of new Bakura (Yami and TK) icons to go with it. ^^

I've been keeping up with Yuugiou, and I must say that I'm starting to wish that I hadn't read those scanslations yet...'cause, with the way the anime's deviating from the manga, I'm getting confused. ^^;; Still, I watch. And I finally managed to download a few of the back episodes that I was missing...Now, all I need is episode 202 and I'll have all of the post-KC-Grand-Prix episodes. Figures...202 is the one when TK!Bakura shows up in the Pharaoh's court. I really want to get this one...The annoying thing is, I've been able to download part of it; 95%, I believe. But I can't ever get it connect/find someone seeding it so I can get that last little bit...and it won't play properly as it is now. =P

*Points to current music* I just recently downloaded this song....Gooooood song; though won't say a word about the lyrics. ^^;; And the live video....*G* Well, I'll say this; I can see why people fangirl over it. ^^

...And, of course, no one's online or anything. =P I'm bored...I want to talk to someone, already!

I've been reading fan fiction, but I'm starting to run out of good stories...I finally got around to reading "Being Dead Ain't Easy". Interesting premise, and well-written. I really enjoyed it. ^^ Now, I just need to find some others to read...I'm actually at the point that I'm considering digging through FanFiction.net's directory. *Winces* I'd rather not do that unless I have to, though. =P

...And I want to write, but I don't know what to write. I really hate that...I'd like to write something Protectshippy or Tendershippy, but I need an idea, first...*Wanders off to hunt for one*