She is Krystal, though the name Sumi-chan was self-applied at the age of 13, and has stuck like glue. Four years later, she's attending college, and struggling through life like any other rabid 17-year-old scorpio fangirl, with a thirst for acknowledgement -- just at accelerated speed. She can be found on AIM as Salr Sun, e-mailed as krystal at soul-mirror dot net, or writing over at sakubun. She lives at soul-mirrorNET.

V. 5 of Special K features Sohma Kureno from the manga Fruits Basket. (the poor boy was tragically cut during the transition from manga to anime) very plain and simple, designed using photoshop 7 in about half-an-hour, using a manga scan provided by Sakura, with color added by me, using photoshop's airbrush. Fonts used are Lithos and Giddyup. Originally intended for the fic blog, I decided I liked it too much to use there, and made adjustments as such. Part of the Fruits Basket Blog Marathon.

 

Serena is Honda Tohru
Sakura is Souma Yuki
Wen is Souma Kyou
Eva is Souma Shigure
Kai is Souma Kagura
Kit is Souma Ayame
Hemlocke is Souma Hatori
Jae is Souma Momiji
Keryn is Souma Hatsuharu
Les is Souma Hiro
Kim is Souma Ritsu
Killiko is Souma Rin
Ilana is Souma Kisa
Belle is Souma Akito
Sophie is Hanajima Saki
Erin is Uotani Arisa


 

As If! : Megatokyo : RPG World : Saturnalia : Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki

 

1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 : 8 : 9 : 10 : 11 : 12 : 13 : 14

 

Reading

  • The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle
Watching
  • Inu Yasha
  • Kiki's Delivery Service
  • Cowboy Bebop
  • Shojou Kakumei Utena
Listening
  • Under Rug Swept - Alanis Morissette
  • To Whom It May Concern - Lisa Marie Presely
  • Random JPop
  • O - Cirque du Soliel soundtrack
Writing
  • Chameleon - CCS (ExK)
  • Fifty-Two Pick UP - CCS
Creating
  • Kyrie - MV, the last unicorn
Planning
  • The Road Between - AMV, Kikyou-centric, Inu Yasha
  • Always - AMV, Inu/Kagome, Inuyasha
  • Obvious - AMV, Syaoran-centric, CCS
  • Divine Stretch - webcomic
  • Kouga/Ayame Side Story to Scarlet
  • Website Collective
Recently Finished

Thursday, July 31, 2003

Well, well, well. Where to begin....

I am the biggest DORK in the world. The past couple of days, I've been playing "Sailor Moon: Another Story", and can't seem to pull myself away from it. This made all my Sailor moon ficcing urges resurface, and I found myself veyr SAD that the 5-part Ami-centric story I wrote is lost forever. I would have liked to re-read that... But that's not why I'm the biggest dork in the world.

See, Yesterday, I finally got the urge to clean out my closet. So, I dumped EVERYTHING on my bed, and proceeded to sort it by types of clothing, and color. While doing this, I put old animated movies on my TV. Over the course of the day I "watched", The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, Anastasia, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Oh yes. Dork.

After said Closet-Cleaning, I realised that I REALLY don't have any clothes. No, seriously, my closet it half empty. I don't know how I possibly had it so overflowing! O.o So, on Saturday, I'm going shopping with my mom. JCPennys is having a sale, and I LOVE Pennys. ^^ Screw brand name stores.

Tomorrow I'm going fabric shopping. My parents want alone time, so I'm going to work on my costume. I hope to get all the fabric I need, get the leggings, and the gloves, and maybe even MAKE the robe itself. I need to check into getting a stencil thingy, so I can fabric-paint the patterns. I hope the fabric paint looks alright... I'm really looking forward to making this costume. Showed Eve-chama pictures, and she says with my bodytype, I can pull off Sango. ^_^ This makes me very happy.

Sakura-san convinced me to actually use the Deviant Art account I signed up for back in April. So, here it is. I posted my recent Miroku/Sango picture, and also posted the picture I did of Ayame. Woot. ^_^

I'm listening to J-Pop right now. Eve got me addicted to D*A*I (Do As Infinity). ^_^ So pretty. I'm thinking of going to play some more SMAS. I'm addicted to the little sprite game. I want to spread the joy! If it were available in English, I'd be ALL OVER IT. But ah well...

Spent a few hours tonight debating Art-Theory and also Conservative-vs-Liberal Ideology. That was...interesting.

I feel like being artfull...but will go play SMAS first.

Kureno crowed aloud at 08:53 p.m. --

Wednesday, July 30, 2003

Have been hanging out a lot over at the fic blog as of the past couple of days. Have a lot of things to do today, amoung them cleaning my room, and maybe cleaning out my cupboard and drawer. Hmm. We'll see.

Legitimate blogging later.

Kureno crowed aloud at 10:57 a.m. --

Saturday, July 26, 2003

current music: Complete Inuyasha Ending Themes playlist - Itazura no KISS
current mood: Happy and Creative

As of 10:45 AM Yesterday morning, I am free from the clutches of Summer School and Art Appreciation. None of the stff I went out of my way to study was on the final. I think I passed though, and that's the important thing.

Episodes 117 and 118 of Inuyasha came out last night. The god of Irony msut like to laugh at me, and my vow to never agian watch any Inuyasha out of order, for when I woke up this morning, 118 had finished downloading but 117 had NOT. At this very moment, I have aproximately 18 minutes left on that download.

So, Yesterday, I come home after class, to rest, and mom tells me Mr. Crazy Man came to our house that morning. -.- Mom hid in the bedroom until he went away. Dad's finally freaked. Gee, took him long enough, when mom AND I were spazing almost immediately. Do not DOUBT our gut instincts.

I spent the majority of the evening with Andrew. We watched "The Last Unicorn", which made me all nostalgic, and wanting to finish my music video. We also watched the first Inuyasha movie, which rules even more each time I watch it. I've also reached the comclusion that I dont' care what it takes, even if have to make it myself, I WANT those Miko robes. *_* I would wear them to conventions... oh hell, I'd wear them around the HOUSE. They look comfy. Getting back on subject though... so, we tried to make popcorn, but the thing is, his microwave is an ANTIQUE. We burned three bags of popcorn, and tried everythign we could to make it better... but in the end, it was all for naught, and I ate all his saltine crackers to get rid of the burnt popcorn taste. As I was leaving at around 10:45, he made a point of telling me that Crystal had been right about one thing...

Me: What's that? Him: I love you. Me: *Smile* I love you too.

It wasn't...TOO hard for me to say that, because I knew he knows what I meant. I do love him... just not in that way. I love him like I love all my friends, and I think that's what he was talking about too.

So today, my first real day of freedom, I feel like being creative. I want to draw, write, work on my website...and of course, watch Inuyasha ^_^ Okay, so that last one ain't all that creative. Bah. Bite me.

I got Keryn, Ilana, and Cell Phone numbers the other day. ^_^ Told Keryn I wanted to call and freak out Ilana...but Keryn told on me XD. Was funny as hell though to hear Ilana say "I know this is you, Krystal." I half expected, if she DID know it wasme, to call me Sumi. Hell, it's what she calls me on the net. And, Hibari, who I've known for YEARS, and hwo has met me face-to-face STILL calls me Sumi on the phone. XD But whatever.

I did more drawing recently. A sketch of Shippo drawing, and a head-shot of Ayame. Now that I'm confident in my drawing skills again, I think the next thing I do wil be to finish the M/S picture for Eve. Then, I need to draw and color a picture of Sailor Sun. Then, I wanna dive into all those damned Inuyasha fanarts I wanna do. Oh, and pictures for webiste layouts. ::nodnod::

"Dearest" is playing. Inuyasha 117 download is COMPLETE! I'm off! ZOOM!

Kureno crowed aloud at 12:53 p.m. --

Thursday, July 24, 2003

Salr Sun: K-chan said she wasn't feelign well because of Woman's monthly Hell
Salr Sun: but I bet ANYTHING Ilana's playing the Sims again
WeirdGodez: i'm still surprised she's not online
WeirdGodez: she could be playing on her laptop and talking on the desktop
Salr Sun: ::nod:: true
Salr Sun: ::stares at her B/L::
Salr Sun: Eve, help me summon her. What can we sacrifice?
WeirdGodez: our sanity
WeirdGodez: oh wait, too late for that
Salr Sun: ::nod:: Yeah...that won't work.
Salr Sun: what else?
Salr Sun: Stuffed animals?
WeirdGodez: too high
Salr Sun: hm...
Salr Sun: ::pulls out a Kouga stuffie:: hwo 'bout this?
WeirdGodez: OoOooOooO
WeirdGodez: okay
WeirdGodez: that's fine
WeirdGodez: XD
Salr Sun: Okay then! ::sets Kouga stuffy on a pedastool::
Salr Sun: ::puts little flowers around the pedastool::
Salr Sun: ::then ties it up, and lights the flowers on fire::
Salr Sun: ::and does a funny tribal dance::
WeirdGodez: XDXDXDXDXDXD
WeirdGodez: *dances with juana-chama*
Salr Sun: ::chants in gibberish::
WeirdGodez: *chants as well*
Salr Sun: ::stares at the buddy list::
Salr Sun: it's not working.
Salr Sun: ::fans the flames onto the actual stuffie::
WeirdGodez: *helps fan with tissue*
Salr Sun: ::runs around in circles::
WeirdGodez: *continues fanning flames with flimsy tissue*
WeirdGodez: whoops, it caught on fire
Salr Sun: eep!
WeirdGodez: *gets another tissue from box and continues fanning*
Salr Sun: it's nto woooooorking.
Salr Sun: ::dances around like a nut::
WeirdGodez: *snorts*

Kureno crowed aloud at 05:45 p.m. --

Tuesday, July 22, 2003

It's been an evilly-busy past few days. Between my bird, my mom stressing out OVER said bird, and studyinh for a final that I have in...::Checks clock:: 9 hours, I am SO BURNED.

So, my bird's blood test results came back. Something about high levels of CK, indicating soft tissue, which indicates a bruise or other...injury along those lines. Most reassuring sentance I've heard in the last 5 days: The vet says the bird's not going to die, unless he gets REALLY REALLY stressed. Big relief, as I don't think he'll be particularly stressed. We're supposed to monitor him for 3 more days. Vet said the levels could be that high if it was a recent injury (which is would have been. stpid bird has tried to fly down form his cage multiple times in the past few days before taking him to el vet), so he didn't see a need to take x-rays. Hope along with me that my birdie-chan gets better and doesn't need x-rays. He seems to be acting more normal to me.

I spent yesterday, before getting said blood-test-results, easing my nerves by looking as a costume-supplies website. found a wig that, had I not found, would not have even made me CONSIDER the newest addition to my cosplay list. It was so ABSOLUTELY PERFECT for minor-minor character Ayame from Inuyasha, and then I realised her costume is ASS EASY. A lot of white faux fur, a black leotard with a red band around the top, pointed ears, said wig, and a silk iris. Booya. ^ ^ Am probably gonna make that costume over my spring break (hey, if I can sew my entire utena costume over 5 days, I can certainy cut shapes out of faux fur, and make boot-like leg covers, wristbands, a skirt, and cloak.). Oh, Joe has started on his miroku costume, and for SURE is getting a real, honest-to-goodness Shakujou for it. *______* Very exciting. Need to start on Sango.

Made a layout for the fic blog one a whim, when I should have been studying. Grabbed the first high-quality screen shot I found off my hard drive, did a little image manip, added headers and sub-headers, and coded it all by hand, in 1 hour. Oh yes. I feel 1337. Rather LIKE the cute Kagome-chan layout.

I can draw again. Am in the middle of this MiroSan picture for Eve (which spawned the fic found on my fic blog) and finished this today when I was bored and needed a break. Ayame-chan ga kawaii... That's the girl I mentioned cosplaying above. I was like "huh. There's no...pictures of her...on...the net. I'LL DRAW ONE!"

I need to go study now. I am SO not confident about my knowledge of the material, and I only have a maxmimum of 3 hours left to study.

Kureno crowed aloud at 12:00 a.m. --

Saturday, July 19, 2003

Wow... I should really learn that when I say I'll come back and finish a post, I never mean it.

So, Thursday evening, I went to see Pirates of the Carribean. I LOVE it! I wold argue that it's the best movie I've seen all year! I could rammble on and on about all the awesomely fun stuff in, but then I would ruin it for alot of people who haven't seen it yet.

There's this guy that's known my parents since high school... and let's just say he's not entirely stable. Not wanting to upset him, my dad puts up with his nonsense rammbling. Well, he calls multiple times a week, sometimes multiple times a day. The last time he called, he mentioend to my mom "by the way, I stopped by your house the other day." So, now, he knows where we live. Not exactly the most settling feeling in the world. So, Mom has decided she wants to move. Today, in about an hour, we're going to go look at a house my parents have some mild itnerest in. Mom loves the yard, so it's all about seeing what the inside is like.

Mom seems to think there's something wrong with Manu (our pet parrot). He has an appointment with the vet at 3:00 this afternoon. Mom insists he's been acting weird for a while, and he's just not hiding it as well anymore. I guess we'll see. I'm feeling anxious myself, but I think it's only because I'm picking up on how my mom's feeling. Sometimes, I hate this whole Picking-Up-On-Other-People's-Feelings that I get. Although, recently, I've come to realize where I get my paranoia; yup, that'd be My Mom. And she talks about she doesn't know why I'M so paranoid.

So, all in all, not the most spectacular way for me to start the day. Oh yes, just what I want to have wake me up in the morning "Take him to the vet, he's acting WEIRD." Sometimes, I just wanna run away from the world. But, I can't do that today, because I have to clean my room, and start studying. So I'll be FORCED to sit in this sea of anticipation, with nowhere to run, nowhere to hide... Oh yeah, THAT'S gonna be real effective study time.

::sighs::

Kureno crowed aloud at 11:25 a.m. --

Thursday, July 17, 2003

Okay, so haven't blogged in a while...

So saturday, had my aunt's 60th birthday, so my house was over-run with family members. Got to keep to myself for most of the day, thoguh I did make an effort to socialize during the eating of birthday cake, and the opening of birthday GIFTs. I spent most of the evening talking to people online, and tweaking my music video... OH, and burning disks of Inuyasha for Hibari. I finsihed that, and now I just hafta pack everything up, and mail it. That's gonna take a lot of postage, I can just tell. @.@

Hibari was looking through my blog, and she said "I can't tell you how refreshing it is to read a happy, positive journal. Most of them are so full of angst and depression." I just smiled. I can't help it. I'm just...naturally positive and happy like this. ::shrugs:: Go figure.

Inuyasha RPG is off to a good start, I think. Now, if we can just keep it going strong... Hopefuly it won't die like CCS did. But CCS died 'cause people started disappearing. I'm fairly certain that won't be a problem this time. Although, we do seem to be having a couple problems working out meeting times...

Have to switch computers. will finish this later.

Kureno crowed aloud at 09:01 p.m. --

Friday, July 11, 2003

Okay. So I'm making copies of ym subbed Inuyasha for Hibari, and trying to decide where the bloody hell I should cut off. but sicne I'm sendign, I may as well send a LOT, and then I'm lookign through my guide, and hit episode 78, which is a MAJOR Sango/Miroku episode. One of my OTHER friends turned her AGAINST Sango/Miroku...that led to...

Salr Sun: okay, you're gonna likely HATE, or be converted by epsiode 78
SerenaVstr: ...Uh oh.
Salr Sun: it's SO Miroku/Sango, it makes squeal.
Salr Sun: *makes me squeal
SerenaVstr: I like "Makes squeal" better.
SerenaVstr: If I haven't forgotten it by tomorrow, I will try to add it into my daily vocabulary.
Salr Sun: XD
Salr Sun: Hibari, you're a nut

That is all. XD

Kureno crowed aloud at 11:48 p.m. --

Friday, July 11, 2003

Ya know... It's an amazing feeling, to stay up so long that the sky outside actually begins to fade from dark inky black, into a medium shade of blue. Even more amazing when you're not staying up just because you have homework to do.

Kelsey came over the other night, at around 11:30 PM. We ended up watching "Bridget Jones Diary" (By the way, am SO EXCITED, they're making a sequel. ^_^) and "White Oleander." I had intended to sleep through White Oleander, but I ended up watching it along with her. next thing I knew, it was 4:30, and the sky outside my window was getting lighter. For a fleeting instant, I was tempted to ask her if she wanted to go outside and watchthe sunrise... but alas, we didn't make it quite THAT far. Still slightly on this subject, I've added Bridget Jones' Diary to my Favorite Movies list.

I found out today that I am passing Art History. ^_^ Yay! And, my teacher forgot to enter the quizes from week 4, and asked up to brign our quizes back, and he'd enter them. Well, I failed that test miserably. But... See...I threw the test away... So I HAVE to re-take the quiz ^_^ And it'll only UP my grade. Am SO HAPPY, though am not too happy at the prosepct of studying for two quizes in one week. But, I think I can handle it. Also, finally got another design assignment. Hafta take objects I can find, and assemble them/alter them into a sculpture.

I'm very excited. ^_^ I'm making a music video using footage from The Last Unicorn...and the footage is just BEAUTIFUL, DVD Quality stuff, and I thought "God, what a waste, I can't enter it in the AMV contest." But, I knew for a fact the animation WAS done by a Japanese company, so I posted the question for the coordinators on the message board. And geuss what? APPROVED! I can enter it! they said thye could see no reason why it wouldn't be considered Anime. *________* Liz and I were both like "I am SO going to win this contest" ::Wicked Grin:: I can't wait. even if I don't win, I get to showcase my mad l337 video editing skillz0rz. This also give me motivation to finish the darned thing, and I'm not quite so rusty anymore, after making the Kouga/Ayame video for Ilana. <3

I know that after the Furuba Marathon, we're doing a CCS Marathon... but I'm not sure which layout to do after that. Ilana, K-chan and I were planning a mini X-Men: Evolution marathon, and I was gonna take Rogue... so after Kureno, it'll probably go Meiling, then Rogue... although I'd like to have my Frodo layout for December, in honor of the release of Return of the King. We shall see, I suppose...

I'm in such a good mood. ^ ^ I have so much I want and need to do, so I better head off and do it. ::nodnod::

Kureno crowed aloud at 07:07 p.m. --

Wednesday, July 9, 2003

::SQUEALS:: Oh. My. God. I dyed my hair, and it looks absolutley BEAUTIFUL! I was skeptical of how it would look, but now I'm glad I did it. I took it from a medium-brown with gold, to a dark brown, with dark auburn. ^_^ and the benefits are more than jsut quenching my thirst for a change. With darker hair, my pale skin doesn't make me look sick. It also made my eyes look less yellow, and more cherry-wood colored. I couldn't possibly be happier with the results. I'm definately using this color again when I cosplay as Sango. It's dark enough for her, and I absolutley LOVE the color.

Been thinking about cosplay. Again. I know, it seems like that's all I ever talk about these days. I can't help it. I have nowhere else to vent it. I was thinking, if I put MOST of my energy into doing Sango, and Less energy into making Sailor Star Maker...what could I do for a third costume? I doubt I'll get around to making Kikyou, much as I would like too...and then it came to me. I'd thought about doing this before, but now I have all the peices I need. ^ ^ Liz is allowing me to borrow her Ohtori School Uniform. I can re-use my Pink wig and, with the addition of some black tights, my UBER-LONG black gloves (Which go up to my ARM PITS), a strategically cut shoulders and collar of an old black turtle-neck... cover my entire face in Black Face paint, and Boo-ya! I'll be one of the shadow girls from the Utena movie. ^ ^ There's an easy costume, as all I'd hafta buy would be a black turtleneck from a thrift store, and black face paint. ^ ^

Nate got a girlfriend. ^ ^ Well, he says it's not "official yet" but still. I couldn't be happier for him. Honestly, he needs someone, and she sounds like a good match to his "ideal". Crazy-hair-colors and all. ::laughs a little:: But no, really, Kudo's to Nate. I KNEW he'd find someone as soon as he found a group of girls more his speed (as in the not-your-average-girl girls).

Hibari and I discussed our comic for a little bit last night...then it got late, and we both had to pass out from exhaustion. But, she's progressing really nicely with the story. ^_^ and we finally named Hero Boy. Now we just gotta...name a few of the gods/goddesses, and Eunava's old partner.

I figured out the other day that I could make some money next April by selling art at Artists Alley at the Con. So, for the rest of the summer, I get to do a lot of Fan Art, and also, Maybe by sellign stuff at Artists Alley, I can put my website out there, and maybe get some people to request images for money. ^_^ Wishful thinking, but who knows...

I'm...so content and relaxed right now. My hair is pretty, I am starting to think more about what will make me happy in the long run, and I'm getting some good summer-time lounging.

Life is good. Off to draw... or nap. Or whatever the hell I feel like doing.

Kureno crowed aloud at 07:04 p.m. --

Sunday, July 6, 2003

You are Yellow
What color are you? (Anime Pictures)

brought to you by Quizilla

I've been on a Quiz tangent lately. But that's okay, 'cause I went so long without doing ANY quizes. I'm thinking one page on my Personal webiste will be all my quiz results. ::nodnod::

I really don't have much to say today. Went for a walk... mused about stuff for my cosplay. I've decided to make a REALLY DETAILED Hiraikotsu for my Sango Costume. Looking around at the few Sango cosplayers on the net, most of them make hiraikotsu using a very generic-boomerange-shape either make of foam of some sort, or cardboard, with a fabric slip over it. Blegh. They look SO CHEESY. I'm gonna make a nice sturdy one, in the right proportions, and I'm gonna make the strap, the clasps, get the tassels, the brownleather strips, the works. My Hiraikotsu is gonna ROCK. I'm SO into the idea of makign a REALLY detailed costume, I'm so excited ^_^ Might get started on Hiraikotsu this week, sicne I have NO IDEA when I'm going to get around to getting to the fabric store. I made a list of all the things I need for the costume. Heh. Long list. ^^; If I get the time, I may even decide to do the blue kerchief thing that Sango carries her stuff in. Dunno. Right now, it's al about the Yukata, the Sarong/apron, and the boomerang. ^_^

I've had this song running through my head a lot. I'm addicted to it it seems. Not totally sure why.

If the sky opened up for me and the mountain's disappeared
If the sea's run dry, turn to dust
and the sun refused to rise...
I would still find my way
By the Light I see in your eyes
The world I know fades away
But you stay...

Yeah. . . Going back to homework now.

Kureno crowed aloud at 01:14 p.m. --

Saturday, July 5, 2003

You Are Beauty
You are Beauty. You are beautiful, whether it be on the inside, the
outside, or both. People are drawn to you as
strongly as you are drawn to the beauty in the
world around you.

What Emotion Are You?
brought to you by Quizilla

What a HORRIBLE time for a FanGirl high. I get them at complete random. I feel like drawign Fan Art, when I SHOULD be doing my homework...

I went grocery shopping with my mom the other day, and the local fabric store was having a sale. eevryhting up to 60% off. Every time I think about that, I get PISSED, because no WAY it'll still be going when I get around to it. ::sighs:: I need to go shopping. I need LOTS of white cotton, some earthy-green fabric (probably another cotton blend) some white thread (obviously), Magenta fabric paint, magenta eyeshadow... and brown thong sandals. WHY is it so hard to find a cheap pair of plain brown thong sandals? ::sighs:: I'll buy a pair of black leggings, and a pair of long black gloves from the costume store. I think altering a pair of gloves will give a better effect that using what I WAS gonna use for Sango's arm...thingies.

I think I'm gonna take a break, and break down what I want to do next week. Counting the quiz I have this tuesday, I have 3 quizes left with which to make up for the ones I failed earlier this year. Pluss the Final, which is worth like, 4 times any of the quizes. So...yay. Am also gonna e-mail Teacher-Person about potential extra credit stuff.

Short, meaningless post. Bagh. I wanna finish my website layouts. ::pouts:: "Broken Road" layout turned out so nice and simple. I wub it. ^_^

Kureno crowed aloud at 11:40 p.m. --

Friday, July 4, 2003

Hm. Fourth of July already. United States Independance Day... and my least favorite holiday of the year. Not because of what it stands for...really, I could care less about being patriotic or what not... No, I hate the fourth of July, because of the history I have with it.

When I was about seven-years-old, I went to my aunt's house for the fourth of July. Us kids and some of the adults sat on the deck, while they lit fireworks in the back yard. Well, you kow those little roung fireworks that when you lgiht them, they spin around on an imaginary axis, and fly up in the air. Well...this one spun...flew up in the air, and flew directly at me. I screamed, jumped up, and ran inside the house as fast I could for. For years after, you couldn't get me outside to watch fireworks. if we sot them off, I would always sit in the saftey of the trunk of my Dad's SUV, behind a pane of glass.

So, It went on like that for several years, until the year I was 11. Our neighbors were shooting off fireworks, and they managed to coax me out across the strete to watch. I stood atthe VERY back of the driveway, almost in the frame of the open garage. Then, they lit a variation on that little "bee" (what the firework was called) that was supposed to stay on the ground. Well, sure enough, this one LIFTED into the air, hoovered they for a minute, and then shot STRAIGHT at me. I ducked, and it went flying into the garage. I was THIS CLOSE to being severely burned smack dab in the middle of my face. If it had hit me, I likely would have ended up in the hospital, and have a nice scar in the middle of my face to show for it. So, my little fear resurfaced, and we haven't done home-launch fireworks since. (and it's six years later).

I would really just like to let the 4th pass by as just another day of the year...but with everyone ELSE celebrating it, how can I ignore it? ::sigh::

It's the middle of the day, and I can ALREADY hear people lighting off fire-crackers.

I have a new Pet Project. It's a small one, but I found this manga picture of Sango and Miroku, and I couldn't resist. Behold. It is small, and modest, but I hope it will only have quality stuff in it, once I'm "finished". Everyone I showed it to squealed. Kim demanded that I bear her children, and said that Eve would probably demand the same after she sees it (Eve hasn't been online since she got to Greece, so I haven't had the chance to show her.) XD

I'm on SUCH an Inuyasha kick, and since I ned to make layouts for all my websites, I decided I'm going to make them all with the one huge theme of Inuyasha. ^ ^ Each site will feature a different character, though all of the pictures will be manga, with a dab of color added like I did with Kureno here. ::points to the sexy blonde in the corner:: I've also had the urge to fic, but not the time to go with it. I have pretty much said screw the extra credit sketchbook assignment for school. I have too much stuff I want to do this summer, and time is running out FAST... I'm also hopping that by getting highscores on all the rest of the quizes, and the final, along with the B I got on my midterm, I can pass this class. Abbott DID say after failing 4 quizes, I still had time to fix things, and I only failed one more quiz after that... ::Crosses her fingers::

Talked to Joe a while ago, and everything is a go. He's going to take over the Miroku position in our cosplay group (which was fine by him, as Miroku is his favorite character) and his friend Mike who ALREADY has a kickass Inuyasha costume, is going to join us and be our Inuyasha. Now, I just hafta find some time for Liz, Joe, and I to go fabric/accessory shopping. Then, make my costume, Hiraikotsu, possibly a stuffed Kirara, and Shippou out of a doll. (note to self: Look at Good Will or Value Villiage for doll.) ^_____^ am so excited.

I want to do an Oekaki. I haven't done one in a LONG time, and I think I'm definately overdue. Seeing as my newest obsession is Inuyasha, it'll probably be a Sango/Miroku Oekaki, a Kikyou Oekaki, or Kagome/Inuyasha... I dunno, we shall see.

Now, I hafta be going. I have some work to do today before I go pick up one of my friends. And, off I go!

Kureno crowed aloud at 02:04 p.m. --