NEW LAYOUT! NEW PROFILE!

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O Hibachuu: y so moe? X3

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I think it's safe to say that my "vacation" officially started yesterday; skipped out on my niece's birthday because I was feeling reclusive, and although I really should've dropped in, I don't want to say that I regret it in the least. From the looks of it, I seriously need some Me Time.

Sunday was pretty uneventful: today was the exact opposite. Slept late due to plotting shenanigans with khursten (D18 Kink is Serious Kink, okay!), and ended up getting jostled awake by my mom at 9:45 AM -- exactly 15 minutes past the time that we were supposed to leave for the hospital. I pretty much stumbled out of bed and "bwuh?"-ed my way through the waiting and through the appointment.

Thyroid Dramu Update: latest scans show I'm clear, but my doctor is, of course, still adamant on me getting the operation. She's not pushy, though, which is cool; she even suggested several sites that I can browse regarding alternative methods of treatment, just in case I really don't want to do the whole Cut Myself Open And Sing While They Take My Thyroid Gland Out thing. She mentioned the fact that the papillary could easily spread to my lungs, which, of course, is important to me given the fact that I smoke. Still ambivalent towards quitting the habit though -- I enjoy it too much, and as I've told many of my friends, smoking has done more than just given me a form of stress relief.

Went off to ADMU after that because I really need my last paycheck for the semester and my Mom kinda wanted to see my cubicle (which she did, along with meeting some of my colleagues). I'll have to go back on Wednesday to see if the Department secretaries are finally available.

Managed to snag some R&R time at home before heading off to Makati to meet with lonelybusiness, ficcentricity, yukitsu, 77ws, kye_kestrel and khursten. AWESOME CHOCOLATE COMA CAKE IS AWESOME. *staaaaaaares at factorielle* 8D

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Lemme do some quick and brutal updates on why I've been so out of it and what's in store for me in the next semester.

• I spent pretty much all of last week checking the crapload of student works and exams that I've accumulated since the end of August -- that ought to explain why I've only been visible on Plurk and y!m rather than LJ. I'm still reeling from all that text, so you'll have to excuse me if I fail at anything that has to do with writing and archiving for a bit. +_+
  
• I am not kidding when I say that I won't have a semestral break -- I might even be digging my own grave by forcing myself to take this week off. I have lesson plans to make and preparations to do regarding the graduate studies units that I need to take up this coming semester. I've also got duties to fulfill for the committees that I'm in over at the faculty (i.e. editing scholarly journals, fixing the formatting on some literary criticism papers, canvassing for potential text books). orz Teaching is serious business, yo.
  
• The papers I was referring to in this post are for classes that I'm still waiting for word about, so I really don't want to post them until I'm sure that they didn't suck. Something tells me that I'm going to end up posting them anyway, given the fact that some of you guys are breathing down my neck about reading them. *crai* I might contact some scholars and professors abroad about reviewing them, depending on the results.
  

Now, about fandom life. I have but one thing to say: I HAVEN'T BEEN UNPRODUCTIVE, JUST PRODUCTIVE IN THE WRONG WAYS! My logs over at reborn_biz can testify to that, along with the fact that I have been making headway with my animu and icon backlog. Natsume Yuujinchou made me wibble lots, and Bounen no Xam'dou totally fucking OWNS me. If you haven't seen those series yet, I DEMAND THAT YOU WATCH THEM NOW.

Also, I've said it once and I'll say it again: I HATE YOU ALL FOR MAKING ME ITCH TO FANFIC. I NEED MY TIME FOR OTHER USELESS THINGS, OKAY. But expect ficcing soon. I WILL WRITE WITH MY DYING WILL.

redmoonmurder, please poke me regarding mod shenanigans. I will be home tomorrow, so you can whip me into working if it pleases you. ♥

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NaNoWriMo in ten days.

I, uh, kinda want to shoot myself.

On the other hand, Return on Investment, here I come, bb. TIME TO SHOW SOME OF THOSE BITCHES HOW TO DO THE KHR ORGY RIGHT, DAMN IT. *coughcoughFlamesandFamilycough*

Moar fanfiction desu!

There is a crack in everything (that's how the light gets in). [Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, 1896]
Understand my hate for you. [Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, 1859]

psychoshoujo, I have a few of the drabbles that I owe you FROM WAY BACK WHEN coming up soon.

...I should update my FF.net account soon, huh.

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The things I've learned today:


1.) My graduate studies classes have become Fanfiction Writing Time, for serious. I've got about 60% of my attention devoted to my professor, and the other 40% devoted to writing fanfics while the class discussion goes on. I'm pretty sure my profs know that I'm doing something completely unrelated to what's going on, but since I actively recite even WHILE I'm writing, I guess they don't mind? x_X My classmate caught me, though. She now insists that I am the queen of multitasking!

2.) lonelybusiness, ficcentricity, yukitsu and kye_kestrel, WE NEED MORE HANG OUT DAYS LIKE THIS, OKEY. And synatri, I miss you. ._.

3.) "STOP IT, GAYZ, IT'S STILL FUNNY IN MY HEAD!" is going to remain my favorite quote of all time for a very long time. ...Wait, did that make sense.

4.) Rushing to meet fanfiction deadlines = NOT COOL.

LATEST FIC POST: 1827, Mercy is bad for the vision.

...Posting it to hitman_reborn eventually.

In spite of all the time I waste spend on it, Plurk seems to do a lot of good for me -- been getting plunnies left and right. o_o I've started up several snippets for shorts/oneshots, and a couple of feasible longfic projects brewing. My NaNoWrimo this year is going to be a long fanfic for the series, for one.

yukitsu was also kind enough to point out that without Plurk, I would probably go completely batshit given the demands and stress that comes with teaching 9 units worth of freshman classes in Ateneo and THEN attending 6 units worth of graduate studies classes almost every Saturday. Smoking just doesn't cut it, apparently.

So what lesson have I learned? I HAVE LEARNED THAT PORN = THERAPEUTIC.

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There is a TEH HUEG! mound of papers staring at me, screaming something nasty about Checking and Grades and Teacherly Duty.

I'm going to ignore it for a little longer, kthanx. I'd rather be working on fanmixes and archiving RPlurks -- the threads are building up again! :<

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Acupuncture trivia: There is a part on your back where, when poked, will cause your butt to unclench.

Am I just being dirty-minded, or is that really funny?

...Not for the lack of trying though. Not really. I think I can blame me not going on two things:

1.) My craptastic day yesterday.
2.) THE FOLLOWING Y!M brainspew CONVERSATION WITH ficcentricity.


( TL;DR and possibly incoherent TO THE EXTREME. LIKE DINOSAURS EXPLODING. )


Sorry, not all of it is about my Evil 8059 Plans per se, but-- PLZ TO BE AMUSED ANYWAY? *is shot*

...This is what happens when Plurk goes down. :