I'm not here to say that I'm back again. I'm here to say that I have no idea what my life is trying to do to me, and god only knows when I'll be back. Don't be surprised if you see me leave the odd comment/post. Then again, don't be surprised if you don't see hide nor hair of me for a while.
I'm probably going to be moving again soon, so that'll mean my internet'll be down for a few days and I won't be able to post even if I want to.
Basically, RL sucks ass and I have got to deal with it before I can have internet fun. I'm sorry. To anybody who happened to get worried about me, or who wondered what's going on, I'm sorry. Really, I didn't used to be this much of a flake. Honestly. It's just...I'm a mess right now. Sorry.
- How I'm feeling:
drained
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shiinabambi and jenerik_brand are probably wondering where I went, since I told them both I'd talk to them "tomorrow" and then VANISHED into Fat Air. Sorry! *bowbowbow* My computer is a Zombie Comp, and it decided to die on me. My internet (which some of you know is having problems), isn't fixed yet either. I'm waiting for a replacement WAP, and until then will have the same unreliable service I had the week before I vanished. Ugh.Megan, if you're reading this, please, please, please don't eat me! I swear, I didn't mean to worry you! Everything is alright, I promise! It was only a technical error! *runs in ph34r of her sister's wrath*
Okay, well then...For those of you who know me well (read: my sister), you know that I do this kind of "poof! She's gone! Poof! She's back!" thing pretty often and it's just kinda a hazard of knowing me to occasionally be offended when I accidentally ignor you for a week or so (or longer). For those of you just now meeting me or trying to get to know me, this is a warning. I'm not really "flakey", but my RL situation is weird and delicate and often changes with only an hour or so's notice. My computer/internet is almost always unstable and I tend to pop in and out of the internet scene. Sorry in advance.
- How I'm feeling:
Aggravated with my comp
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inuerotica's Fall Porn Party (whoa, am I ever glad I did!) this morning (whee, timezones). Somehow, I'd managed to convince the old hag that I work for to let me off tonight; I'm so wiped already. I could just jump into bed right now (been up for 'bout 30 hours), but I know I'll have a helluva time getting back onto schedual if I do that. *sigh* So, up I stay. After the party ended, I realized I needed something to occupy my time, so I tried working on a moon phase calculator program I've been working on. That went alright, but the math! Oh, the math! It breaks my brain. >_< Seeing as I was already tired, I didn't do too terribly much on that particular project.
To while away the time until bed, I tried some drawing. First, tried to fanart Kenshin. Failed spectacularly. So then, I went back to working on a piece of Qui-Gon fanart for mah sis. Failed even harder (I'm seriously contemplating starting over on the whole damn thing, though I REFUSE to abort that angle!). So then I sat down and tried to draw one of my OC's (don't worry, he's never yet been Gary Stu'd into fanfic of any sort). Even with a dude I designed, the results were phale.
Admitting defeat, I turned on the ole emulator for some monster-bashing ah la Majora's Mask. THAT I could actually do. I pwn'd the Great Bay Temple and then went on a random monster-smacking spree all across Termina. That wasted about three hours.
Alas, it also reminded me of how sexy I used to think Adult!Link from OoT was. So I whipped out the old drawing pad and tried to render my fantasies onto paper. Epic. Phailure. *headdesk* Seriously, it's like my drawing skillz have just up and vanished.
So now I'm bored, having already written a whopping 27 fanfics (mostly citrus) and done just about everything else there is to do around here. My flatmates are complete and total asses and boring to talk to. Besides that, they're all out having fun somewhere without me. So yeah. Grumpy, tired and bored. Oh, and did I mention horny? Yeah, well, that's like a constant this time of the month. *grumbles*
I think I'm going to go dig out a movie or some anime or something and watch that. I've just gotta be carefull to sit in an uncomfortable position lest I fall asleep. XD
- How I'm feeling: exhausted
( What the hell am I talking about? )
- How I'm feeling:
Heartilly Amused
Title: Haunted
Author: Brassenaurian
Rating: G
Genre: General
Fandom: Inuyasha.
Characters: Inuyasha, Kikyou (not really romantic, but Inu/Kik shippers could take it that way.)
Warnings: Possible spoilers for chapter 463
Word Count: 200 (stupid thing refused to get any smaller)
Summary: Her spirit may not haunt him, but her death does.
Author's Notes: Written forforthrightly's Second Annual Halloween Drabble Challenge. The theme I'm using here is "Haunting". Nothing too spectacular about it; though I couldn't get it down to 100 words, so it's the next best thing at 200.- How I'm feeling:
creative
Title: Fear
Author: Brassenaurian
Rating: G
Genre: General
Fandom: Inuyasha.
Characters: Inuyasha, Kagome (make what you will of it)
Word Count: 100
Summary: What does Inuyasha really fear?
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forthrightly's Second Annual Halloween Drabble Challenge (dude, that’s a mouthful). It’s a perfect drabble, which was HARD to pull off. Damn, this thing became a monster before I knew it...How, I’m still not sure. XD
- How I'm feeling: creative
Title: Obsession
Author: Brassenaurian
Genre: General/Angst
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 682
Author’s Notes: This was written for silverontherose's October Obsession Challenge. The grammar is absolutely terrible in some places, and it almost irks me to leave it like that. However, it is done on purpose, and I believe it actually makes things sound better this way. Or rather, it sounds more like I had intended it to sound.
( *click* )
- How I'm feeling:
restless
Ah well, I suppose I can post just this one and the world won't end...
| You Would Be a Pet Cat |
 Independent and aloof, you don't like to be dependent on anyone. And as for other people, you can take them or leave them. You often don't care. You live your life by your own rules. And you have deep motivations that no one truly understands. Why you would make a great pet: You're not needy or greedy... unlike other four legged friends. Why you would make a bad pet: You're not exactly running down to greet people at the door What you would love about being a cat: Agility and freedom What you would hate about being a cat: Being treated like a dog by clueless humans |
Well, I must say my day is off to a splendid start. I got a lovely nasty-gram from a disgruntled author over on ff.net. Therefore, I returned the favor as best as I am able.
It would seem she thought my criticism had no place in the review section; that I "had no right to and tare down my [the author's] dreams with your hateful childish stupid review". That's actually one of the better grammatical syntaxes of her review response email.
I admit, I do tend to get harsh when reviewing fanfiction, but I am ALWAYS polite and encouraging about it. I don't always use perfect grammar myself, but I make a point of it when I write and I expect others to do the same. I DID point out her more glaring grammatical flaws and some continuity issues. I also told her that I was in no way flaming her, and would like to see the story continue (and I was serious). She had stated in her Author's Notes at the beginning that she wanted "helpful criticism", so I did not feel when I wrote the review that I was doing anything rude.
Now, I know that I'm not the most pleasant person in the world, and I know that I can sometimes come off as a cantankerous old bat. There is a very good reason for this, one that I explained to this girl via email this morning. I'm a bitch. I am a nasty, cynical, misanthropic, snarky, cocky, intolerant, hot-tempered and holier-than-thou bitch. Trying to insult me by stating a fact of which I am already aware will serve no purpose other than to give me something else to be smug about and you something else over which to fume with frustration.
After I pointed out the above face, I daresay the poor girl was even more disgruntled. She proceeded to vociferate about how I had torn down her dreams of becoming a writer, how she would never recover her shattered self-esteem and how ashamed of myself I should be. First off, I am not ashamed of myself for giving you HONEST, POLITE CRITISCISM when you LITERALLY ASKED FOR IT. Secondly, if this is the kind of fit you throw the second someone gives you a review other than "lol this is gr8 keep it up i cant wait to see what happens next omg
In the end, she gave up and threw her fit elsewhere while I went and grumbled to the cat while having a smoke and a cup of coffee. I certainly hope I can rid myself of this bad mood before I have to go to work and be all cheerful.
In other news, my housemates have been craving some good old-fashioned home cooking from the States, so I'm not going to be trying my gyoza recipe tonight. Instead, I'm going to make up a big batch of biscuits and gravy, along with some southern fried chicken, butternut squash, collard greens, black eyed peas and apple turnovers for enders. I just hope they like it.
- How I'm feeling: irritated
Title: Protection
Author: Brassenaurian
Rating: G
Genre: General/Romance. Angst if you squint.
Warnings: Not for this one
Pairing/Characters: Inuyasha/Kagome and Houjou also makes an appearance.
Summary: Inuyasha vowed to protect her from everything.
Word Count: 200, because I couldn’t squash it down to 100.
Author’s Notes: I have absolutely no idea what came over me. One moment, I’m sitting there listening to rock and roll, the next second I’m sitting at my computer typing up a drabble. WTF?
- How I'm feeling:
Dead from a cold
