Yeeeeeeeaaaah! Finally done with my hideous finals. Soche was crash and burn experience. The mid-term was way easier. Nobody knew what hte hell they were talking about on this test. And Mythology kept asking about stuff we were supposed to read, which nobody did because it's like reading Faulkner's Sound and the Fury. (tho' Quentin's part was cool before he died! :*( ) I don't care because as long as I got above a C on both tests I should be fine. I have solid A's in both classes. Spanish is a definite low B. Drat!

On other news, I get to go home tomorrow. Yippee! I can see my ultra-precious Louis! And get a good-look at her new roommate. I shall decide if she's worthy of hanging with my baby. But she's a kitty, so I'll probably like her anyway.

 
//being serenaded by: "Moon." Ah yes, one of Subaru's lovely image songs from Tokyo Babylon in honor of x9. How come all of his image songs are sung by girls?//

Can't make myself study for exams. What to do? Ah, watch x9 with Subaru-kun and Sei-chan! Alright!

I really lurved this episode. I didn't even mind the huge dragged-out walking through the temple garden thing that Subaru did. And I knew something was up with the kitty all-along. All the flashbacks of Hokuto and Seishirou were beautiful. I especially love Subby's little freak-out near the end when he started seeing doubles of everything. I'm a little confused about the fight though. I think it happened, but I'm not quite sure. It was still great to see Subaru and Seishirou interacting with each other again. And let's not forget the first time we see Subaru in the beginning. Yum!
Sora-chan and Arashi were cute as always. Him hitting on her and her trudging off. I would have liked him to have his line about how if Subaru joined they would win against the DoE by prettiness alone. I always loved that line.

As for x8, it was also great in my opinion. Sei-chan is as charismatic as ever. The way Kamui thinks he can kick his ass is just too precious. And Fuuma's flip-out was even more interesting. Best of all, there was no cutesy scene with Kotori and Kamui. There was something but nothing like the fluff in the manga. It's not that I hate the girl, she's just so dull.

Oh and did I mention that I really hate tripod. It won't let me edit it's page because it has somehow (get this) lost connection with my computer. Only my computer! It works everywhere else. Damn it to hell. I just finished writing up to Chp.29, which I really like (angst and blood) and I can't even post it. I'll have to use another computer. And I should be studying for my Classics' test or Spanish test. I'm going to do so bad. Maybe I'll study later tonight.

 
//being serenaded by: NOTHING! My fucking sound system refuses to work!//

Well, who would have guessed? I actually found a decent Buffy skin. AND IT'S SPIKE!!! ..too bad all my headphones are screwed up and I can't listen to any music anymore..*grumble*

Having some serious trouble staying on task with all my major assignments done and the only thing to worry about being finals. Which reminds me, do I even have a Journalism final? Hmm, I should probably look into that being as I haven't even looked at Journalism since late October, though I do watch the news a lot now. But I'm really sucky at studying. I usually just do all the course work and hope for the best. Sometimes, I have quickie reviews when I go over my notes, but that's about it. I don't know if I'll be able to devote precious time to studying for 4 or 5 subjects. 3 of which I have a guaranteed A in already: Math, Classics, and Sociology.

As soon as I solve that dilemma, I'll get to work on my other one. What to do with my Chp.26 since it's obviously leaning toward ending on a very very bad note. I like cliffhangers, but this is just too much. So either I leave it as is and just hold back on posting it until I'm done 27, or I make it almost 30pgs long. Decisions...Decisions.

Speaking of decisions, should I spend $21 on new headphones or not? I need that money for the new Kenshin and umm...Christmas shopping. I told my Dad I'd buy him a new watch since his looks like it's been through the Apocalypse. And I have to buy my adorable little niece something. And then, there's the hyperactive Harry Potter-look-alike that is my brother to think about. And of course, my precious Louis-baby needs a toy for the holidays. I'm gonna run out of money before Katsucon. :*(

 
All Buffy fans totally should read this speculation on the main bad guy of the season. It's done to the tune of "I've Got A Theory." I almost choked on my Sprite when I was reading it. LOL!

Musical Spoiler Wannabe

 
Okay, now for reaction to x7. Satsuki is the most boring thing no matter if she is in manga or in the anime series. The little delve into her past was remotely interesting but not at all necessary. I guess Clamp was mostly using it to emphasize Yuuto and her "friendly" relationship. Yuuto was the best part of this whole episode. I really love that little blade-whip thingie that he uses. It comes in handy sometimes. Oh and the mini-piece with Satsuki and Yuzuriha was nice. I guess that's our foreshadowing for when they fight later. Inuki should have bit her when she tried to touch him though. As usual, my review ends with my notorious rant. WHERE IS SEI-CHAN? I want to see a Seishirou and Kamui fight really soon. I hear that it's next episode or so. But if Subaru appears in 8, I guess I can be happy.

 
//being serenaded by: "Walk Through the Fire" from BtVS. For some reason, I just can't stop listening to the music soundtrack today.//

I can't believe what happened last night. I actually stayed up until 6:30 in the morning working on my Chp.25. I've never stayed up that late when I was writing. Sometimes I would stay up late if I was playing on the net or watching tv, but never writing. And to my surprise, the darn chapter, which I thought would be too short, ended up being 24 pgs. Gah!

Too bad, I have to do schoolwork today. Soche has another mountain of work waiting for me as does mythology. I think the professor expects us to read two whole chapters of the Aenead by Monday. *groan* I really hate doing Soche chapters because the book is one of those that you'd like to pound into your head for hours on end.

Speaking of pounding my head for hours on end, I should probably get around to watching X7 since I haven't done that yet. Satsuki kind of makes me want to go "bleh." But maybe some other characters will show up and make it more interesting. I should also really get around to scanning new pics for my Sorashi page. I don't think the thing has been updated in over a month. This could be because of the tremendous lack of fics despite the ample fic inspiration in the recent Asuka. I'd like to see a fic that attempted to reason why Arashi is staring at her hand at the end of the last issue. It would be fun to get someone's interpretation before Clamp gives us there, which is guaranteed to be upsetting.

 
I guess I'm what can be considered calm now. The one thing that can bring me to tears more than anything else in this world (save family crisises) is the loss of my writing. Last night, after I had been writing from nine to two, my computer decided it would be having issues with multi-tasking. So it fried my file, erasing all the work that I had put into Chp.25. Well, I'm not good with anger issues so I sort of chucked my disk at the wall. It bounced off and being the nut that I was at the time, I threw it harder and this time the protective slip broke off and it fell behind my roommate's dresser. It was then that I realized that there was still one file on that disk that I really wanted. Therefore, I had to have another spaz and pull everything out of my way including the fridge, the counter, a suitcase, and piles of magazines. Finally, I reached my disk and was able to recover the one file, but the one I had been working on all night was gone.

I was so depressed. I went to the computer lab downstairs and tried to work my disk there. IT WORKED! But I was only able to recover part of the file. Hey, some is better than none. Thankfully after that smidgen of luck, I was able to remember enough of the original file to reproduce it before I went to sleep at 4:30.

The one thing I learned from this experience is that I should always save my file to two places: disk and the hard drive.