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She Says Mark Lives for his Work & Mark's In Love with his Work. . .   
01:04am 13/08/2005
 
mood: numb
music: Rent, Halloween
My .org LIVES!

Well, so maybe it doesn't so much live as shamble around bonelessly muttering about brains, but you get the idea. A new layout, new secondary pages, and reeally simplistic setup all round. Should (must.) update again soon to announce the completion of at least one of the two sites under construction. Because in my mind it's coming down to love 'em or leave 'em time for my poor domains.

I'm really trying to re-mold this domain into something that'll be at least semi-useful and interesting in an age where shounen-ai scanlation groups are a dime a dozen. Really, I'm thinking it'll still all come down to the quality of the scans and a little bit of esoteric information... and a whole lot of personal love for whatever series I tackle, otherwise every project will wind up blank and static.
 
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She's Nothing If Not Ambitious   
01:32am 31/07/2005
 
mood: discontent
music: Girlyman, David
Why is it that my list of Things to Do online keeps getting longer, not shorter?

Oh, yes. That would be because I keep applying for fanlistings.

I think I'll swear off for a little while after I see my most recent batch of pending listings approved or rejected. But of course, I've said that before, and it hasn't really worked for me yet. 33 listings and going way to strong. But enough of this negativity(?) Let me tell you instead about the incredible amount of time I've been putting into editing images of late. I'll even give you a little something for your trouble- for purely selfish, show-off-ical reasons.


Relationship: Jessie(Musashi) & James(Kojirou) [Pokemon]


I never thought I would own this listing. Both of the previous owners are friends, and both did wonderful things with the fanlist. But Mu lost the rights in unfortunate circumstances, and faced with the rock and the hard place I decided to brave her wrath and underhandedly apply for it myself before someone else could snap it up.

I talk as if Pokemon was still some big thing, though I know it isn't anymore. Shame, in some ways. Making this site has gotten me very nostalgic for my first fandom. Not for the bad image galleries that sprung up in the unsavory corners of the net, though. Laws, but it was tough to find an image in my collection large enough for a proper layout. The picture I finally chose was plagued by a proliferation of particularly large speech bubbles. I spent a long time playing with my stamp tool trying to recreate the shape and texture of the character's distinctive hair. Results? so-so. Also, the panel cut off half of Jessie's sleeve and most of her substantial head of hair, so the (very odd) layout includes some vaguely coat and hair shaped layers which I tried to make artsy instead of silly looking.


Fanfiction: Alphonse & Edward Elric [FMA] : Gen
Fanfiction: Alphonse & Edward Elric [FMA] : Adult


This fanlisting has Aspirations. When it grows up, it wants to be a fanfiction archive. So that's two or three birds with one stone, methinks. I'm currently in the process of re-discovering all my favorite ficcers and carefully squirreling away their email addresses, that I may ask them if they'd mind my archiving a few of their works, but I've still got some 9 months of community posts to read through =.=;;

This image had flat out TEXT over it, which I carefully removed, even from the complex little buildings in the background. Of course, then I decided that I didn't want much of the background in the layout, period, but that's why I'm showing off like this for whosoever stumbles across this journal.

You know, there was a time when I really didn't like FMA's character designs. That I can now casually think of the boys not as cute, not sweet, but "hot" is a testimony to the flexibility of the human mind. (Incidentally, I feel much the same about Chris Meloni. Tell no one.)
 
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She Needs No Sleep   
04:49am 12/07/2005
 
mood: exhausted
music: Rufus Wainwright, Complainte de la Butte
Two new fanlistings to report- making the first was like falling off a log, and coding the second nearly killed me before I discovered that chromeless popups are not compatible with windows XP. Foo.


Character : Kazuki Yuichi [Only the Ring Finger Knows]



Relationship : Alphonse Elric & Martel [Fullmetal Alchemist]


Sorry for any redundancy if you're on the other journal. Speaking of that account, though: I've recently categorized my (few. very few) drabbles, etc. and filed them in my memories. Maybe eventually I'll do the same to the works that were posted to this journal, but just at the moment I've something more pressing to do, fic-wise ^.~ I'll keep you posted.
 
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She's Like Frankenstein   
10:01pm 28/05/2005
 
mood: drained
music: Frou Frou, Breathe In
Well, as tis summer and I may once more have time to update in a thoughtful and attractive way (though you will note that I do say may) I suppose I should revive this journal and put it to use chronicling my life as reclusive webmistress and foolish fangirl. To that end I've- not fixed the image links in the layout that was gracing this journal, since that would be impossible without paying for this thing, but I've played around with the default settings of one of the free layouts until it's palatable enough for me. Also, FMA icon, because I can.

Speaking of, The Nerd Cafe has moved on to version 2.0, also featuring the brothers Elric. I've already babbled about the background to a certain extent over on the personal journal. But to reiterate... I love that image but it was hell on wheels to turn into a layout because they were sitting on (in?) the grass for cripe's sake. Also, I am astonished by how much it reminds me of this layout, circa 2002. Clearly this is what I was going for but did not have the faintest clue how to accomplish.

I've also squealed about this to friends, but the newest addition to n-c.NET and my poor neglected shounen-aiORG is also now up and running: Relationships - Hiwatari Satoshi and Niwa Daisuke is now going to be my baby for always. Layout's a bit simple, but I wanted to go with a more serious image than I'd seen when the fanlisting was under the previous management. And I'm very happy with the little essay I wrote up for the 'about' page because I'm that rabid and like it that way

That's all for now, but I shall really be trying to use this journal to track my movements re: sites, fanart, and fic (if any), and not letting that spill over into the other journal any more. Maybe.
 
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05:00am 02/01/2005
 
mood: tired
music: Rufus Wainwright, Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk
I told the world (such parts of it as reside elsewhere, anyways) that last week would be New Fanlistings week. Oh, what I liar I was. So... new fanlistings sort of almost a week begins now, instead.

And for my first trick, because her wish was my command...



Love you, Kayjay. Go and pimp your fanlisting.

Also, since I never announced this here, I have decided to devart with a will.

Finally, and as always of late, if you don't remember me anymore, go for it and remove this journal. If you do... ask and I'll tell you where this mythical 'not here' place where I still talk (ie, the other lj) is.
 
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06:17am 08/11/2004
 
mood: rejuvenated
music: Badfinger, Day After Day
*brushes dust off this thing*

GenSouKai.net is dead. Rest in peace, my dear. You were a good domain, but not suited to my current purposes coupled with my lack of time and gumption.

All fanlistings not on the ORG have moved to nerd-cafe.net

Princess Charming lives on with the very kind help of Amet and Sephy <3

Shall attempt to keep this log a little better in future
 
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05:06am 13/04/2004
 
mood: productive
music: Poe, Not a Virgin
...never thought I'd let this journal molder for quite that long. As those of you on the personal journal list *snugs* know, life offline's a little suffocating lately. Nevertheless, my websites haven't exactly been gathering dust- I've just been waiting to update until this site Was completed. Check out the (x)night stands : fanlistings collective for the five (?) new sites- none of which I'm actually that pleased with, layout-wise, but that's probably not something I should tell you, eh?

I also have a request -///-;; does anyone have the ability to screencap the PoT Band of Princes music vids, and if so would you be willing to do so and give me access to the images? I have yet another site to make o@ I'm cutting back, I swear.

And this would be me ducking back into obscurity, but I've discovered I'm going to have an extra day off, so we'll see.

 
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06:15am 16/02/2004
 
mood: disappointed
music: Ritsuko Okazaki, For Fruits Basket
Windschaser has switched servers, which is good. Unfortunately, due in my humble opinion to a certain webhost's incompetence, none of my files were transferred along with it. So we'll be back in a few days, when I've got time to tack down and re-upload my sites. No worries, eh?

Also: I have in fact caught up on reading the Keep Dreaming RP, but given that I had to redo that 'back soon' graphic twice due to really lamentable spelling errors, Ryoma won't be waking up until I've slept. And gone to class, since that's rather necessary. --;;;

 
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06:04am 31/01/2004
 
mood: accomplished
music: Blink 182, Anthem Pt. 2
Ah yes, tonight ze house special will be Lobster with a side of incest... And I would like to publicly dedicate this mainpage to Amet, without whom Larry the Lobster would be a shallow, two-dimensional fellow indeed. Go poke her and maybe she’ll tell us the whole story of Eiji and the seafood.

What? I see no reason to announce that the updates journal itself has been updated in a serious fashion.

But I will say that the sidebar here on starside now holds a complete guide to all of my webdomains and all fanfiction published, here or otherwise. I’ve also taken the liberty of adding a few more user pictures, lifted from the full set I made for my other journal’s now defunct PoT layout. Some of these are old favorites, others I didn’t have room for last time.

In other news, I’ll probably be switching servers at some point in the next few days. Sites may go down. Layouts may go down. Anyone who is currently using a lj layout by me and has not transferred the images to another server may want to do so now.

Now for a Very Important Question.

If you had just acquired the Oishi fanlisting, what would you name it?

Furthermore, why, by all that is holy, wasn’t there already an Oishi fanlisting?

 
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02:20am 20/01/2004
 
mood: sore
music: Hikaru Utada, FINAL DISTANCE
Updated Absolute Zero, Don't Leave Home, and Southpaw Killer with new members. If you have not been added to the list, now is the time to email me.

I didn't bother to send out emails for the latter two FLs, since I know that those of you who joined got the url from her *luffs ya*. TFL.org's anime/manga section only added the sites to their listings today ^^; So I hope for more applicants now.

I also hope I didn't process anyone incorrectly.

Oh, and sister-mine? I applied for the Masao fanlisting tonight *^^* Guess what I want if I get it? **^^**;

 
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01:37am 18/01/2004
 
mood: depressed
music: Cowboy Bebop, Fading Dreams
There's a new windschaserCOM. Not a new layout, but a new windschaser.

I have finally made the first steps into turning the domain into a real portfolio for my professional(ish) use later in life.

Baby steps, but steps.

Bubblegum Savant [layout portfolio] has been completely revamped, with considerable amounts of information on how to commission me for layout-making purposes, and what you'd get if you did.

Soul Kiss [art portfolio] on the other hand... is closed for renovations, for reasons you can see on the index page. You can also see the colored version of the Syusuke & Yuuta pic there, if you wish ^^;;;;

And <http://windschaser.com/synergy>Synergy</a> is unlisted because it won't exist for much longer. It's utterly pointless when I put everything I write here anyway, and never update the site.

Now, I must go pack.

 
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Badly Written to the Nth degree....   
01:54am 14/01/2004
 
mood: mischievous
music: The White Stripes, Fell In Love With A Girl
Title : Good Intentions
Series : Good Omens
Genre : Drabble. I should be so lucky as to call it humor.
Rating : PG
Words : 655
Notes : For [info]realistik, who wanted a little Crowley and Aziraphale interaction. Sorry, luv, but it's just talk. And my bad witticisms. And I’m rusty. But it was fun ^^; Incidentally, this is not what I set out to write tonight... the punch line made me do it.
Can't you just for today tell the ineffable to bloody well piss off? )
 
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02:03am 13/01/2004
 
mood: crushed
music: Rent, One Song Glory
Update on the status of the fanart:

The prismacolors, obviously jealous of its True and Pure HOTness, turned on it. It was a highly inky battle. Neither side survived.

So no, you won't see the color copy.

But I will prevail, thanks to the wonders of photoshop.

Really.

edit except that I'd changed a number of things about the inking job that I don't have in the saved, uncolored version. WAH.

 
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Preview~ My Loves   
06:49pm 12/01/2004
 
mood: intimidated
music: Dido, Don't Leave Home


Wah. Now I'm too scared to touch it* T__T Does anyone want to take the burden of choice away from me and suggest a color scheme?

* Except for that back shoe. That needs help.

 
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05:01am 10/01/2004
 
mood: discontent
music: Loreena McKennitt, The Two Trees
Tonight, in a burst of activity designed to keep me from thinking about my lack of girlfriend close to hand (didn't work...) I finally gave Princess Charming a face lift. It should in theory work for both PC and Mac users, though I haven't switched comps to check yet. 'S really a crime that someone like me, mac-bound for 3/4ths of the year, can come home and whip up a bunch of PC-only layouts and not feel a bit of guilt.

I like this. It's simple, it's fast-loading, it's bold. And it finally features thumbnail images of Anthy, as opposed to just miniscule amounts of text! Amazing the difference a few visual references can make. But... it's not really much of a layout, if you know what I mean. I like the layout I'm working on for Wunderkind much better.

I also added a few sentences here and there, but the overall content was not noticeably altered.

And, because I got bored while waiting for those images to load, this account is sporting two more icons.

 
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05:50am 09/01/2004
 
mood: confused
music: Avril Lavigne, Tomorrow
To: Brain
Re: The obvious crack content in you diet.

Let us cut it back, shall we?

In the meantime... the first fanart I doodle in months, and it's got shades of Ryoma/Taichi. T__T


...at least he's sorta a cute lil bugger. And I really need to go to bed, since My Girl's supposed to be calling in four hours.

 
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05:23am 06/01/2004
 
mood: devious
Icons! Icons! GTP! X)

... been in bed for hours, I have.

 
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Ahaha!   
04:25am 04/01/2004
 
mood: pleased
music: Sarah McLachlan, World on Fire

And its baby brother of a subsite-



Everything needed for the fanlistings is up (if it wasn't for them, I could have waited, but my build time was up), and about half of what I'd like in Yuuta's shrine. Fuji's exists only on my harddrive. Mada mada dane.

 
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03:49am 04/01/2004
 
mood: cranky
music: Shakira, Suerte
Mrr. Whensoever my webhost actually feels like doing its job rather than limiting my bandwidth (which it seems it's been doing every day at odd hours for some time now. unlimited my virgin toes) I have a site and its subsite to open to the public. But just now there's naught but an error page to be seen, so it'll have to wait.

I ponder closing down a third of my sites just to keep the other 2/3rds up consistently on another server. Problem is, which third?

In the meantime... would anyone else think of being so foolish as to buy extra icon space for an RP account? My shoulder angel doesn't think it's a good idea.

 
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06:30pm 29/12/2003
 
mood: working
music: Mana, Mariposa
Updated the member's list, fanfiction archive, and membership form for Make Something of It (MomoRyo FL) Why does nobody ever tell me when my layouts have problems with PC compatibility. Remember people- mac user here.

I should go write emails to the wonderful six authors who let me archive their works, but I'm going to go call My Girl again instead. I'd forgotten how long it takes to open anything, even an email form, on this computer. It may be bad form, but I doubt I'll be updating many of my 'listings until I'm back at school in a few weeks time.

*finger wiggles to anyone who's wandering around checking out the other RP members*

 
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