It's Gravitation, bitches! That's right, Murakami-sensei is bringing us the goods once more....and this time with only a five month wait! But hey, at least she makes the tracks more substantial now than when she would post almost every month but put out less than 10 pages each time. Also of note, the web page hosting the web comic has changed its format. Now, instead of downloading the new issues each month, they have a new system where you can read it from some application. You still have to pay to view anything beyond a few sample pages, and they also added a bit of a hassle by making users register and login to purchase and view the comic. But I was able to figure it all out, so I bring you this month's issue of Gravitation EX!

( One Ryuuichi? Two Ryuuichis? Oh, my medication.... )

Tags: gravitation, manga, new tracks
Current Mood: confused

The past few days have been unusually windy in Portland. For a couple of days, the winds were staying steady around 20mph, with gusts up to 40mph. Seeing as how the city is full of trees, it creates a bit of a danger for residents living near large, unstable trees....

( Tree falling )

Tags: house, pictures
Current Mood: crushed

December 17th, 1998. It didn't seem like such a special day at the time. It was the last week of school before Winter Break my sophomore year of high school. Most days, I was busy with school choir activities, but that particular day there was nothing going on, so I'd made plans to hang out after school with a guy I had become friends with a couple months earlier. We didn't call it a date at the time (but we both knew that it was) and now, 10 years later, I'm celebrating this milestone day with that same guy, who is now my husband. I thought it might be a good time to reflect on the history of our relationship (and have another big picture dump!)
( Welcome to my romance )

Tags: anniversary, pictures
Current Mood: loved

( Baby, it's cold outside! )

Wow, it's snowing today! (At least, it was yesterday when I started writing this entry that I'm just now finishing :P) Looks like Portland is getting its requisite one day of snow per year (though the weather's actually supposed to stay cold for a few days, with more snow possibly on the way). I was planning to do some Christmas shopping, but I'd rather not drive, since Portlanders have no idea how to drive in the snow, as this (sad but true) video demonstrates: Slip 'n' Slide!

So since I'm basically stuck in the house today, I might as well get around to something I've been planning to do for awhile, anyway. I haven't updated my Live Journal much in the year of 2008, with only three entries, and all of them were fandom related (new Gravitation tracks, fanfic updates). There have been a few changes in my life, but I never got around to making entries for any of them, so I've decided to make a "year in review" type entry where I catch up on the things that have happened in 2008. Plus, picture dump! Enjoy!

( Let's start the show )

Tags: fandom, moving, pictures, work
Current Mood: cold

OMGWTFBBQ!!!oneone After eight months, Murakami-sensei has finally started working on Gravitation EX again. And forget those little 4 or 5 page tracks she's put out in the past, this one is 33 pages long! And the art is just gorgeous! I must say, Eiri looks like a walking pile of sex all throughout this new track *_* But we've been waiting long enough for this, so I'll stop babbling and get right to the summary!

( It's been a long time coming... )

Tags: gravitation, manga, new tracks
Current Mood: surprised

I haven't posted on my Live Journal in forever, and all I'm doing it posting a fanfic update :P Oh, well, maybe I'll decide to talk about my life again sometime (because there have been some updates that I never bothered to mention).

Miscalculation: Chapter 5

In this chapter, Vegeta and Bulma deal with the aftermath of events from the previous chapter.

When I posted up this last chapter, I noticed that the little Google ads at the bottom had some amusing suggestions for related websites. Those ads typically look for repeating words on the site and put up related links. I don't remember what they were when I posted it because the ads change each time, but it had stuff like links to wedding websites, baby stuff, and depression (What? Maybe because the words like "embarrassing" kept coming up?). I tried looking to see if the previous chapters would give me any gems....I managed to get a site for underwear/pajamas on the second chapter (weird, because although Bulma's name is a pun on underwear, it isn't obvious when spelled that way). There was also an ad for ladies' church suits ('cause the wedding happening at the church), and weight loss (because weight loss goes with everything?)

Tags: dragonball, fanfic
Current Mood: amused

Well, this came out a couple of days ago, but it's been so long since the last track that I forgot to keep checking the webcomic site regularly. But it has finally arrived, and it's more than 5 pages! Rejoice! Be on the lookout for more long-last characters.

( Wake me up before you go go.... )

Tags: gravitation, manga, new tracks

It seems my joke that this chapter wouldn't be completed until 2008 was almost correct :P But I made the deadline by a couple of days!

Miscalculation: Chapter 4

As the battle heats up between Yamcha and Bulma, things also heat up between Vegeta and Bulma.

I think the author's notes at the end pretty much sum up all of my thoughts about this chapter. And I guess from the way it ends it's obvious that things are going to take a bit of a shift from here on out. I certainly don't want it to get too mushy too fast, though, so don't expect anything super lovey-dovey in the next chapter (Vegeta would never allow it!).

Tags: dragonball, fanfic
Current Mood: horny

So I decided to dress up at work for Halloween again this year (Last year I wore my Azumanga cosplay outfit and won first place). This time, my coworker Kayoko and I wore Chinese dresses that we had received earlier in the year as a gift from one of our vendors. We had planned to wear them together at the employee party, but since we ended up not having an employee party this year, Halloween became the time to strut our stuff.

( Cross Cultural Cosplay )

Tags: halloween, pictures, work
Current Mood: working

My VegetaxBulma fanfic is chugging along:

Miscalculation: Chapter 3

How I managed to take 2½ months to finish a chapter that was already nearly half done at the time I posted the previous chapter is anyone's guess. Perhaps the feeling of, "oh, it's already part way done, I don't need to work on it right now" actually made my procrastination worse ^_^;; Maybe I'll learn from this and actually decide to not take another long break before continuing work on chapter 4, which is something like three quarters complete. On the other hand, having SO much done means I can just wait all the more longer, so, uh, see you in 2008 with chapter 4 (just kidding....probably).

Tags: dragonball, fanfic
Current Mood: bouncy