50202 / 50000 words. 100% done!


I actually gunned the remaining 8,000 words that I had in a single seating on Thursday, but I got lazy to post about it until now. XD

Fastest NaNo completion I've had yet, but this was, perhaps, my hardest year doing it. Will use the time I've got left to take a break and go back to absorbing new material in preparation for Christmas.

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QUICK PLUGS:
+ My Christmas Wishlist! ♥
+ Katekyo Hitman Reborn Fanmix. Dino Cavallone & Hibari Kyouya - From Year Zero to Ten.


Some people, _sabriel included, have been asking me about the books that I want, since I mentioned it as one of my items and I wasn't very specific. ( So here is a shortlist! )

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Here's some real life updates.

I HAVE AN MA CLASS AGAIN. After all the heartache, the chair of my department stepped in when she found out that I'll be forced on a leave of absence due to the dissolving of all the classes that I could have enrolled in, so she has offered to hold a Development of Drama tutorial for me, one-on-one. What does this mean?

A.) We only meet a few times in the semester, and on our own terms.
B.) I do all the studying on my own, as I see fit.
C.) MY TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS ARE PRETTY MUCH FREE MOST OF THE TIME! \o/
D.) Since I have more free time, I'll likely be using it to relax, step up my game with my teaching, write more, and finally go to driving school. CAN HAS WHEELS SOON.

I'm hella lucky, because Doctor Lulu is one of the best professors we've got. Now I'll have the privilege of learning under her in a very intimate setting.

On other school-related things: am getting my pace with my En12 and Lit14 classes. Looks like it won't be nearly as bad as I thought it would be. ...Then again, it may be too early to tell at this point.

Also: the new Rizal Library is kind of. Um. Shiny.

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There's nothing like having a great set of friends to show you that life isn't difficult at all; merely interesting. ♥

All of these long weekends are going to make me so lazy. The fact that Christmas vacation is right around the corner doesn't really help either, I think. |D

So! What was I up to this weekend... stayed on campus til late on Friday for a meeting, hopped around with yukitsu in Shangrila after class on Saturday, then spent the whole day with her, kye_kestrel, khursten, synatri (THE MYTHICAL CREATURE IN OUR PARTY!), ficcentricity, anothermiyaw, lonelybusiness and 77ws. We ate at Emerald (DELISHUS HUEG CRABS ARE DELISHUS AND HUEG!), then zipped over to Greenhills to buy Kat's DS and generally to stupid and fun things together. Came home really late, but the folks didn't seem to mind. khursten, bb, thank you so much for taking me home! ♥

Have deferred Serious Business and modly duties for a bit in order to get cranking on my 25-drabble birthday gift for kye_kestrel, the drabbles I owe psychoshoujo for her birthday way back when, and all the other Christmas drabbles that people have requested so far. If you still haven't requested, go here and poke me with watcha want!

I HAVE, however, completed some of the Christmas gifts already. Here's a list of the ones I've posted so far:

+ KHR, SB!6918 (for a_lighter_side)
+ Oofuri, semi-Chiyo/Rio (for m_moneypenny)
+ Lucifer + Sandman, Lucifer pr0n & Mazikeen introspection (for lethologica)
+ KHR, 5927 fluff (for kye_kestrel)

Will be pimping them as I finish them, but expect a master list up on Christmas Day OR whenever I finish the whole set.

~~~~ /o/ *goes back to writing! Extremely!*

The real purpose of this post was so that I could flash this:


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This amuses me beyond measure. Perhaps a job change is in order? o_O

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Righto. Yesterday was rough, but the Zen Meter filled out relatively fast due to the good company of friends and my own parents. I was supposed to sleep in and chillax for the day, but Graduation Paranoia kicked in and I ended up leaving in the morning to attend to clearance. The good thing is, I got 98% of it done (I just have to check back tomorrow and send the form to its proper place), and I was able to get some information on the actual ceremony and stuff. You know how it is with my university -- they leave super seniors to sorta fend for themselves.

On another note, I got to meet up with miyachan after so long, and hung out a bit with hamster_friend. And I ate all my cookies while I was waiting around. And played more Breath of Fire III.

...Which reminds me. khursten, the copy that I downloaded of Janne D'arc is corrupted, and that's already the one I got from the webbie that you referred me to. ._. Maybe I can try out the one Melz has? Or maybe I should just buy an original UMD. *crai*

I've decided to spend the rest of the day until whenever catching up on backlogged manga downloads and possibly picking up Katekyoushi Hitman Reborn! while I'm at it. My Muse is still KO'd from the abuse I put her through for the World of Darkness campaign, so I'll need to give her some time. *fufufu* When she DOES return, however...

( Polls are fun! )

I used radio buttons because some of you cheat and just say "ANYTHING GOES! :D" all the time. Er. Just comment if you have questions and stuff. ;_;

THE GOOD NEWS: My family is pushing for my grandfather to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, with full honors as a World War II veteran. This will leave my Saturday open for NWA (will prolly have to charter my own way there and back though), and I won't miss my Dev of Fiction class.

THE NOT-SO-GOOD NEWS: If this really pushes through, then the funeral has been moved to Tuesday. I will end up missing Comics Class, and the presentation we were supposed to have of our original characters and the final project we're supposed to do.

( And on other things... )

Staying home tonight -- there's stuff to watch, things to edit, a book to read and school work to do. For the moment, however, I'm going to go back to watching Kekkaishi and crossing my fingers for Devil May Cry 3. The past two episodes have been rather... disappointing.