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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
1:38 pm - So let me tell you what I'm working on now...
General work on the 'bridge burning' story, "Edge of the World," and other personal projects continues as usual.

But I'm here to talk about things for communities:

Springkink on lj:

June 4- Magic Knight Rayearth, lantis/hikaru/eagle: waterfall – since when do you need clothing for swimming? (art)

June 9- Suikoden Tierkreis, Asad/Chrodechild: Chrodechild doesn't realize she's on a date with Asad - Everybody's eyes are on them (art)

12- Final Fantasy Tactics, Mustadio/Ovelia: a pleasant escape, "Slumming, Princess?" (fic)

June 20- Suikoden 2, Viktor/Flik: Heat (hot lazy summer days; steamrooms; sweat-slick skin; tempers rising with the heat) - "It's the little things you do together / that make perfect relationships." (fic) <-yet to be finished...

Areyougame on ij:

July 4- Tales of the Abyss, Tear/Anise: dressing up/make-over - ded of cute (art, of course!) <- I started it yesterday! :D

There were some other themes I liked, but since I wasn't immediately struck with any big crazy ideas, I think I'm going to save my general urge to write for 31_days in July.

I also want to write one more Navigator story for (ij's) no_true_pair, since I sort of told myself that I would write four Navigator stories at least- for my favorite theme/pairing combination from each week's set.

Well, off to work.

current mood: weak

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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
4:07 pm - Working on this and that.
For spring_kink on lj:

June 4-
Magic Knight Rayearth, lantis/hikaru/eagle: waterfall – since when you need clothing for swimming?
For art! Current status: Finished! Woot!

June 9-
Suikoden Tierkreis, Asad/Chrodechild: Chrodechild doesn't realize she's on a date with Asad - Everybody's eyes are on them
For art! Current status: Barely started. I want to draw a comic.

June 12-
Final Fantasy Tactics, Mustadio/Ovelia: a pleasant escape, "Slumming, Princess?"
For fic! Current status: Idea finished. Partway written.

June 20-
Suikoden 2, Viktor/Flik: Heat (hot lazy summer days; steamrooms; sweat-slick skin; tempers rising with the heat) - "It's the little things you do together / that make perfect relationships."
For fic! Current status: Nothing yet.
I don't know...I just couldn't turn down the chance to write about Viktor. :D

Lists for no_true_pair on ij:

xovercrack list.
1. Juan Corrida (PW)
2. Matt Enguarde (PW)
3. Shirley Fennes (ToL)
4. Sasarai (Suikoden III)
5. Yun (Suikoden III)
6. Fenimore Xelhes (ToL)
7. Jay (ToL)
8. Walter (ToL)

Navigator list!
1. Marta Duay
2. Julian Jet
3. Ringo Terauchi
4. Stuart Mallory
5. Leona Maxwell
6. May Radcliff
7. Yu Yamamoto
8. Arigh Khurelbataar

Suikoden Tierkreis list!
1. Marica
2. Dante (the hero)
3. Sophia
4. Liu
5. Asad
6. Chrodechild
7. Jale
8. Sisuca

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Friday, January 16th, 2009
11:56 am - Current creative tasks for communities:
Art! for [info]areyougame
Feb. 10th- Final Fantasy IX, Zidane/Garnet: scent - summer nights and intoxication
Feb. 19th- Tales of Phantasia, one of the summons (Undine/Nome/Ifrit/etc)/Klarth: magic kink - part of the contract

Over on lj...(catch me as my regular identity seta_suzume), working on the day writing for January at 31_days.
Day writing progress. )

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11:51 am - Frustrated: with S, with myself
Some things with "S"* are really driving me crazy lately. I've decided to do the simplest (but not necessarily best) thing and ignore them.

*name withheld for privacy reasons.

I'm sick of being so fussy and drained. I feel very "up and down" lately. I still have one more week off, but I'm not looking forward to going to school at all. This will be my last semester, but it seems like it could be a real pain. I can't wait to be out of school forever.

I feel sort of blue. Depressed and whiny. Which is just dumb because I've got lots of free time to do the things I want to do! I need to perk up, darn it!

current mood: fussy.

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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
3:24 pm - Well, what about you, Cat?
I got sick. Last Tuesday I felt so, so sick. And to a lesser degree I continued to feel sick on Wed., Thur., Fri., and Sat., so Saturday morning I went to see Dr. Mel. He washed out my ears, like I seem to need every so often, and gave me an antibiotic (As as some point I considered, it turned out I did have a UTI).

Well, the really bad thing about it was that I had barely eaten over those days before seeing the doctor, so my eating pattern was sort of screwed up. And it didn't get any better when I felt so nauseous after choking down some mylanta on Sat. evening. I was basically only eating out of sheer force of will power on Saturday and Sunday. (Mantra: "You cannot get dehydrated again, you must eat something." Repeat ad infinitum.) On Monday, I was still pretty messed out, but I ate some poppycock and actually enjoyed it.

So far today I have eaten a Japanese cookie from Dr. Xu and my regular meal at Rosa Pizza. This last bit makes me feel happy and hopeful since I was finally able to eat as much as I usually eat when I'm well in one sitting (even if one slice of pizza and a drink isn't a very big meal).

It's much easier for me to eat if I'm trying to read or write or talk to someone while I eat. Paying too much attention to eating sort of freaks me out right now.

I am justing hoping each day that the next day I'll wake up and feel perfect. So far, today has been the best, so that's a good sign. :]

current mood: thankful

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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
2:36 pm - Boring Cat is boring.
For [info]kinkfest
Nov. 3- Suikoden III - Luc/Sarah - stolen moments - We breathe, we think, we conceive of our lives as narratives
Status: Finishing up right now! ("Autobiographical Fictions")

Nov. 6- Final Fantasy XII - Penelo/Basch - fancy dress date - “You ripped my new dress!”
Status: The idea is outlined.

Nov. 10- Suikoden III - Albert/Sarah - restraint - faith proves nothing
Status: Finished! Waiting to be posted. ("Faith Proves Nothing")

Nov. 11- Suikoden III - Sasarai/Sarah - fancy dress-up ball - "Care for a dance?"
Status: Partially written. ("Porcelain Doll/Mirror Image")

Nov. 14- Final Fantasy IX - Freya/Zidane - sex without strings - "I hope you don't expect me to swoon into your arms like a lovesick peasant girl."
Status: The idea is outlined.

Nov. 18- Final Fantasy XII - Fran/Balthier - age difference - "still so young to travel so far, old enough to know who you are"
Status: Partially written. ("Woman of the Wood")

Nov. 28- Suikoden III - Hugo/Lily - masquerade ball - "You are dense. Why do you think I invited you to begin with?"
Status: Finished! Waiting to be posted. ("Tell Me Tonight")

Ugh, I'm so sick of school. :(

current mood: tired

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Friday, October 24th, 2008
2:48 pm - Predictability~
Repetition is repetitious~!

For :
Oct. 21- Grandia, Justin/Feena: sex on the beach - We were so young then
Status: Finished! Posted! ("The New World")
Oct. 31- Breath of Fire IV, Fou-lu/Mami: first kiss - Nursing injured dragons
Status: Going strong, but still a ways to go! (It's looking pretty long) ("More Than This")

For :
Nov. 3- Suikoden III - Luc/Sarah - stolen moments - We breathe, we think, we conceive of our lives as narratives
Status: I've written a small portion of it.
Nov. 6- Final Fantasy XII - Penelo/Basch - fancy dress date - “You ripped my new dress!”
Status: The idea is outlined.
Nov. 10- Suikoden III - Albert/Sarah - restraint - faith proves nothing
Status: Finished! Waiting to be posted. ("Faith Proves Nothing")
Nov. 11- Suikoden III - Sasarai/Sarah - fancy dress-up ball - "Care for a dance?"
Status: I have a small idea...
Nov. 14- Final Fantasy IX - Freya/Zidane - sex without strings - "I hope you don't expect me to swoon into your arms like a lovesick peasant girl."
Status: The idea is outlined.
Nov. 18- Final Fantasy XII - Fran/Balthier - age difference - "still so young to travel so far, old enough to know who you are"
Status: Partially written.
Nov. 28- Suikoden III - Hugo/Lily - masquerade ball - "You are dense. Why do you think I invited you to begin with?"
Status: Finished! Waiting to be posted. ("Tell Me Tonight")

I feel so unfocused this week...

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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
10:48 pm - Progress is still pleasing.
For areyougame:
Oct. 21- Grandia, Justin/Feena: sex on the beach - We were so young then
I uploaded a bunch of icons that give away my "super-sekrit" identity. Oh well. I'm not saying I'm not me, after all, I'm just being illusive. (translation: being a pain).

Repeat of the same out boring list, now updated!
For [info]areyougame:
Oct. 21- Grandia, Justin/Feena: sex on the beach - We were so young then
Status: Finished! Just waiting to be posted. ("The New World")
Oct. 31- Breath of Fire IV, Fou-lu/Mami: first kiss - Nursing injured dragons
Status: Started it!

For [info]kinkfest:
Nov. 3- Suikoden III - Luc/Sarah - stolen moments - We breathe, we think, we conceive of our lives as narratives
Status: I've written a small portion of it.
Nov. 6- Final Fantasy XII - Penelo/Basch - fancy dress date - “You ripped my new dress!”
Status: The idea is outlined.
Nov. 10- Suikoden III - Albert/Sarah - restraint - faith proves nothing
Status: Finished! Waiting to be posted. ...Though I have some reservations about this one, I'm going to leave it as is. ("Faith Proves Nothing")
Nov. 11- Suikoden III - Sasarai/Sarah - fancy dress-up ball - "Care for a dance?"
Status: I have a small idea...
Nov. 14- Final Fantasy IX - Freya/Zidane - sex without strings - "I hope you don't expect me to swoon into your arms like a lovesick peasant girl."
Status: The idea is outlined.
Nov. 18- Final Fantasy XII - Fran/Balthier - age difference - "still so young to travel so far, old enough to know who you are"
Status: Still formulating an idea.
Nov. 28- Suikoden III - Hugo/Lily - masquerade ball - "You are dense. Why do you think I invited you to begin with?"
Status: Finished! Waiting to be posted. I feel like was just what I wanted to write. ("Tell Me Tonight")

I still think I'm crummy when it comes to titles.

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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
4:40 pm - Progress is pleasing.
For [info]areyougame:
Oct. 21- Grandia, Justin/Feena: sex on the beach - We were so young then
Status: Finished! Just waiting to be posted. ("The New World")
Oct. 31- Breath of Fire IV, Fou-lu/Mami: first kiss - Nursing injured dragons
Status: Still formulating the idea.

For [info]kinkfest:
Nov. 3- Suikoden III - Luc/Sarah - stolen moments - We breathe, we think, we conceive of our lives as narratives
Status: I've written a small portion of it.
Nov. 6- Final Fantasy XII - Penelo/Basch - fancy dress date - “You ripped my new dress!”
Status: The idea is outlined.
Nov. 10- Suikoden III - Albert/Sarah - restraint - faith proves nothing
Status: Finished! Waiting to be posted. ...Though I have some reservations about this one, I'm going to leave it as is. ("Faith Proves Nothing")
Nov. 11- Suikoden III - Sasarai/Sarah - fancy dress-up ball - "Care for a dance?"
Status: I have a small idea...
Nov. 14- Final Fantasy IX - Freya/Zidane - sex without strings - "I hope you don't expect me to swoon into your arms like a lovesick peasant girl."
Status: The idea is outlined.
Nov. 18- Final Fantasy XII - Fran/Balthier - age difference - "still so young to travel so far, old enough to know who you are"
Status: Still formulating an idea.
Nov. 28- Suikoden III - Hugo/Lily - masquerade ball - "You are dense. Why do you think I invited you to begin with?"
Status: A small portion is written.

current mood: cheerful

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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
12:32 pm - Art and temptation weren't for nothing, ya know.
Does this post give away my super-sekrit identity?! Judge for yourself, my friends.

For [info]areyougame:
Oct. 21: Justin/Feena "The New World" about half written already! :D
Oct. 31: Fou Lu/Mami

For [info]kinkfest:
Nov. 3: Luc/Sarah I started a little bit of it.
Nov. 6: Basch/Penelo
Nov. 10: Albert/Sarah
Nov. 11: Sasarai/Sarah
Nov. 14: Freya/Zidane
Nov. 18: Fran/Balthier
Nov. 28: Hugo/Lilly

And I had to stop myself from claiming more!! Honestly! Bad Cat!

Preferred pairing fics:
-Larsa/Penelo About 1/3rd done.
-Hikusaak/Leknaat
-Nicolai/Karin
-Albert/Kisa

One last one from my tales_ficathon batch.

And other personal things:
-Nina x 45 (8 more to go)
-Fenimore story
-"Realities of the Reconstruction"
-"Slagworm, Ho!"
-"Pomegranates"
-some other stuff.

BUT. But, but, but- yesterday I believe I finished "Strategic Engagements." So that's one thing off my plate. (I still have to type up about half of it and look it over to know for sure.)

current mood: busy

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Friday, September 12th, 2008
3:10 pm - Writing Prompts
Oh boy, are there some good prompts at areyougame, or what?!
It's going to be hard to make up my mind about which ones/how many to do!
I'm definitely snagging that Grandia one though.
As much as I like some of those FFIX and FFXII ones, I'm not sure I have it in me to pull them off.
But I have to do something BoFIV. I mean, BoFIV, represent yo! :D

current mood: tired

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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
11:59 am - Nadja!
Okay, so I've been watching Ashita no Nadja and, and, and the cute! It overwhelms me! XD I feel like I'm 12 years old!
And the ending sequence! The ending is just adorable. *wibble* Oh, Nadja, you've won me over.

current mood: chipper

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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
11:15 am - Writing Success #1: Jin Rembrandt at 31_days
I received a very nice comment (and some other interest) on my "Think What You Want" story about Jin Rembrant, so I wrote about him again for the 18th ("Musicial Ability").

Sometimes I'm really embarrassed or bothered by this attention, but this was really very nice.

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Friday, August 1st, 2008
2:16 pm - Writing Issue 1: Jiiru Pohscratt Redux!
I just thought of a great bit of motivation for Pohscratt! Working off the background information concerning the messy shifting of the Messina-Ligaia border, it occurs to me that he should have been born and grown up in a town that once belonged to Ligaia, but is now part of Messina.

When the Messinans re-conquered the area, his family fled back east to safety, but they never really recovered financially- having been sort of important people in the town (perhaps his father was the mayor or some sort of other local leader?). So Pohscratt wants that land back to reclaim his family's good name and to return to his childhood home.

yay. I rather like it.

(Of course, this is not the last word on J.P.)

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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
2:25 pm - Writing issue 1: J. Pohscratt
I've gotten back into writing about Messina, Sir Seif, etc, and I've also been reading a lot of opinions and thoughts about fantasy writing (mainly [info]limyaael's, and so the writing hang-up of the moment is:
General Jiiru Pohscratt

I think he was the last character to emerge from the massive cloud of fog that was the planning and early stages of this story, which explains a bit of my continued confusion about him.
I don't want to spend an overly large amount of time with Jiiru because I don't want him to be very likable and he's not really that important to the plot. Of course, I do want him his position to be understandable and he should be worth reading about, but really, his main use is to kill Ran and Li and injure Rowan.

Question: Why can't more anonymous members of the Ligaian force do this?
Answer: On the battlefield, the knights would be spread out and Seif wouldn't get to see all this casualties happen. Also, it seemed sort of weird to kill off four major Messinan (well, not technically, but you understand) characters and no one worth noting on the Ligaian side. Of course, this isn't a story about the Continent. I'm not giving the same amount of attention to both sides (though Ligaia is still owed a bit more), but at this point I'm actually just thinking of the unknown this and that about Ligaia as something to work on as I go because it would be boring if I'd already figured everything out.

Ho-hum. This didn't end up being very much about Pohscratt, did it?
My rambling, I'll say what I want. :D

current music: "Summoner's Love" from OC ReMix

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