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

A couple weeks ago at Uwajimaya, we had our annual Japan Festival. Basically, it's an event where all sorts of vendors come set up booths in the parking a lot to sell their stuff, along with a couple of stages for performers to demonstrate martial arts, Japanese dance, taiko, and other fun stuff. On Saturday the 15th, there also happened to be the Beaverton city parade rolling through town, and they needed some Uwajimaya representation, along with a costumed Hello Kitty. Guess who inexplicably volunteered for the job?

( Being Hello Kitty )

Tags: pictures, sanrio, work
Current Mood: exhausted

Got chapter 2 of my Dragonball fic done now. Here's a link to it on fanfiction.net:

Miscalculation: Chapter 2

I lost control of Vegeta and Bulma in this chapter....I wanted the action to move forward more, but they wouldn't stop arguing! Why is it that authors can't force the characters they're writing to do what they want? :P

Tags: dragonball, fanfic
Current Mood: drained

As expected, Murakami-sensei didn't give us a new track last month (probably due to the Capybara Megamix). But she's back this month, and she's even giving us a glimpse at long lost characters! (I didn't even recognize them until I looked at the names)

( Fancy seeing you here )

Tags: gravitation, manga, new tracks

So, I'm not going to end up homeless ^_^ Josh and I found a place, and we can move in Wednesday (which, technically, is one day AFTER we're supposed to be out of our current apartment, but they've screwed us over so much I don't really care about screwing them over for one day :P) As expected, our rent is increasing about 50%, but it should be fine with our current job situations (with my raise and his recent return to employment). But the new place is much nicer than our current one, and some improvements are being done to it before we move in (which is why we have to wait until Wednesday, after they originally said we could move in this weekend). It even has a creek running through the middle of the two buildings....lots of ducks and stuff for our cat Leopold to watch and meow at ^_^

Apparently, the new management can't wait one freaking week for the rest of us to move out, because they've already started doing more renovations....LOUD renovations, EARLY in the morning. Just a couple days ago, they ripped off all of the siding on our building....we don't even have our mailbox anymore! Thanks a lot, guys ..|..

Ugh, and I still have to finish packing. You know, you'd think that having all of my manga and gashapon filling two bookshelves would look excessive as it is, but it actually looks even more excessive when packed away in boxes, just because of the sheer number of boxes I have to use ^_^;; Some of them have other stuff in them as well, but there's currently 12 boxes that contain anime and manga paraphernalia. That's what Josh and I have to show for over a decade of otakuness....

Tags: moving
Current Mood: relieved

I have to move. I really don't want to. It sucks.

( Not having fun )

Tags: moving
Current Mood: frustrated

It's been nearly two years since I finished my Gravitation fanfic, so I guess it's time for me to write more fanction, huh? Recently, I FINALLY started the VegetaxBulma DBZ fic that I've had in my head for, seriously, around six years. So, if there's any Dragonball fans on my friends list, feel free to check out the first chapter and let me know what you think! I honestly feel a bit rusty, and I don't think I'm starting out as well as a did with my previous couple of fics....maybe it has to do with the fact that when I was writing the previous fics, I was in school or recently graduated, so at least I had more writing practice with papers and essays and such. These days, I don't have those writing opportunities, so it feels a little foreign now.

So anyway, here's the link to the first chapter on fanfiction.net:

Miscalculation: Chapter 1

Summary: After breaking up with Yamcha, Bulma is determined to prove that she has moved on with her life. However, she ends up getting a lot more than she bargained for when she gets Vegeta involved. VegetaxBulma.

By the way, does anyone know if there's a specific Dragonball related fanfic archive? I know some series have them, like how Gravitation has the "gurabiteshiyon" page, so if there's a DB one I'd like to find it.

Tags: dragonball, fanfic
Current Mood: creative