Thursday, November 14, 2002 : 09:28 p.m.
Yay!

So, tests are pretty much over. Okay, so I have another one next week. It's not quite as important. I may actually get a chance to start answering emails this weekend.

I'm on a slight euphoria that may be a product of too little sleep this week. I was much too excited over the 78 I got on my mineralogy midterm, but I think the excitement was mostly because the past four years of geology clicked today in class. I always love when things click. Suddenly, the weathering processes of tecto- and phyllosilicates, depositional processes, climate, etc., etc. all linked together in nice, useful ways. Yay for sericite!

On the website front, I think this is one of my longest periods of time without an update when I wasn't out of the country. But, only 16 more pages, and the translation of ch. 3 of Seifuku no Koibito will be complete. Geez, this was a long chapter. I'm a slave to the public. *grin*

Friday, November 8, 2002 : 10:17 p.m.
And exams continue to bury me....

Thank you all for your emails of encouragement. Yes, yes, SnK is coming. I'll even give it priority, I promise. Er... after the episode of Tokyo Mew Mew I promised Kereberos I would translate for him tomorrow. *ducks rotten fruit* Sorry!!

Tuesday, October 29, 2002 : 09:19 p.m.
Bit of SnK Translation

*Run away you who dislike yaoi!*

This is for all of you who have sent me the lovely emails; I'm sorry it's taking me so long to find time to translate. Once again, I blame it all on Tomoya thinking too much. It's really rough (I haven't even spell-checked it yet). Here's a sneak peak:

Pg 71
Tomoya is on the phone with Masamichi.
Masa's voice: Eh? What's that?
Tomoya: Like I said, I'll be going home tomorrow. I can only spend the night over once though.
Ma: Really!? Tomoya!!
Tomoya holds the phone away from his ear and rubs it.
Tomo: You're shouting!
Masa: Why are you coming so unexpectedly?
Tomo: The truth is...

Pg 72
Tomoya has to hold the phone away from his ear again as Masamichi starts shouting.
Masa: Did you say that you've decided to do your teacher training at my high school!?
Narrator: He had aimed to become a teacher four years and six months earlier.
Tomo: *Sigh*

Pg 73
Tomoya has just finished moving all of his things back into his parents' house. Boxes are piled all over the place.
Tomo: It'll be hard-- Moving everything out of here.
He flops back onto his bed.
Tomo: Oh well. I'll make Masamichi do it. He said he was coming, and he has more than enough strength.
He pictures a comically grimacing, overbuilt Masamichi flexing. Scribble: 'A guy who's base is his physical strength.' Tomoya smiles.
Tomo: The last time we met was last summer. I bet he's grown a lot.

Pg 74 Tomoyo is suddenly squashed by the huge Masamichi in his mind.
Tomo: He sprouted with ease and he's still growing. I stopped when I hit high school.
In the flashback, Tomoya staggers back. 'M-masamichi! No way! When did he get this tall!?'
Tomo: He looks down at me now... Speaking frankly, I'm perplexed. That concieted kid...
The remembered Masamichi holds Tomoya gently, and tips his face up.
Tomo: Sometimes when I come home, his conceit seems to have become appropriate...
The past Masamichi speaks: 'Tomoya...' They kiss.

Pg 75
Tomo: That was a kiss that said he was no longer a child.
He remembers little Masamichi hanging around his neck.
Tomo: I thought that little Masamichi made a nuisance of himself, but about half of me saw him as my little brother.
A slightly older Masamichi kisses him during the sleep-over.
Tomo: But ever since that Winter Break, I became aware of his existance for the first time.
Tomoya stares off into the distance with a slight frown on his face.
Tomo: I'm always thinking about him.
There is a sound of footsteps thundering closer.
Tomo: Ore wa Masamichi wo...
[Note: Hard to translate into English word order, because what we have here is a subject (ore = I), and a direct object (Masamichi), but no verb.]
The door slams open, startling Tomoya from his thoughts.
Voice: Tomoya!

Pg 76
A very grown-up, very excited Masamichi stands in the doorway.
Masamichi: We finally meet!
Tomoya opens his mouth, but isn't fast enough to stop or avoid Masamichi's flying tackle. They fall back onto the bed.
To: Ma-ma-masamichi!!
Masamichi has him in a bear hug, and hearts float above them.
Masa: Aah! The real Tomoya! I'm so happy I could die!
Tomoya gasps for air.
Tomo: I... I think I am dying!!

Pg 77
Narrator: Even though his body was bigger, his actions hadn't changed from when he was a child.
Masamichi lets up slightly, but he's frowning.
Tomo: You're heavy. You're not a child any more, so don't come flying at me!
Masamichi is still leaning over Tomoya.
Masa: Back then you were always saying, 'Child! Child!'--- This is what children do!
He pauses.
Masa: That's right.
He gives Tomoya a smirk.
Masa: I'm not a child anymore.
He still has Tomoya pinned to the bed.
Masa: I'm bigger than you now.

Pg 78
Masa: Look! My hands too.
He links their fingers together to pin Tomoya's to the bed. Tomoya's heart pounds as Masamichi leans in for a kiss.
Tomo: Ma... masa...
Masa persuades him with a deep kiss.

To get more out of me, feel free to offer me bribes. Right now I'm dying trying to find Inuyasha adventure/romance fiction with a) Good grammar, b) A storyline better than your average harlequin novel, and c) Good characterization. I'm looking for mostly Inu/Kagome or Kouga/Kagome, but Sesshumaru is acceptable as well. As long as it's well-written! The two that I've found were: Becky Tailweaver's White Dog and Ookami-chan's Turnabout is Fair Play. Email me or stick 'em in my guestbook, but feed me fics and I'm a happy girl. A happy girl is a productive girl....

Tuesday, October 29, 2002 : 05:14 p.m.
No more...

I really can't take any more midterms right now. Or meetings. And I have to get started on my JET application soon. *Headache*

Tuesday, October 22, 2002 : 05:14 p.m.
Sob

Am ticked-off that the David Bowie concert sold out weeks before I even had a clue he was coming to Boston.

Art history midterm tomorrow... I really don't think I'm going to have 180 slides memorized. Damnit.

Sunday, October 13, 2002 : 07:15 p.m.
So Happy!

Just discovered that David McGuire has been drawing more Citrusville: http://citrus.keenspace.com/.

Thursday, October 10, 2002 : 05:54 p.m.
Feedback?!

So, I've gotten four emails asking for more "Seifuku no Koibito." This never happens. I'm in shock, I'm in awe.... I'm wondering what people saw in this cutesy manga that they didn't see in kick-ass ones like "Afuresou na Pool." Maybe people who visit my site prefer cutesy? I wish people would tell me these things.... "Kono Hana" is going to be a shocker. *snicker*

Midterms over! I can sit back and relax for a bit... Shannon's comming to visit me in Boston this weekend. Huzzah! And I can watch some of those "Hikaru no Go" episodes I've been resisting all month. I'm such a good girl. 0.o

Hey, Joe! You're the only one who reads this damn thing, I think. What a sad life we lead.

Sunday, October 6, 2002 : 02:02 p.m.
Fixed!

I'm 99.999% sure that I've managed to upload everything successfully this time. Let me know if you still manage to find any strange errors, please.

Saturday, October 5, 2002 : 09:05 p.m.
I Can Get Real Pissed at Crosswinds.net Sometimes...

I love those guys, I really do, but they have some of the worst luck ever. Right now my index page to Katei happens to be blank. Don't wonder, just accept. They're having space difficulties, or something like that.

In the meantime, the newest trans. for Seifuku no Koibito are on display in the files folder of my update list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/katei_updates/. You'll have to join the list to look at the files, I think. I may be wrong.