Silver Star

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January 24 - My scanner died of old age. It makes me sad. It still turns out and tries to scan, but the image is stretched. ;_;

January 25 - My scanner revived! It's still agonizing, but alive. The poor dear is like 12 years old. I just beat Fubuki on Disgaea 2. I also trained more mages. I have them on level forty something and they're super strong. High damage multiple target long rage attacks that don't miss? Yes! I have four mage characters blue mage (leaned star magic), star mage (leaned healing magic), star skull and red skull. The others are Adell, Rozalin and a warrior boy. I have Yukimaru for backup, but those are my main 7.

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Fantasy Bit:
http://piratesboard.net/mikari/

January 24 - new layout!

Fanfics:
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/300106/
http://piratesboard.net/fiction/viewuser.php?uid=4

January 23 - To Live Another Day 40: Out Of Control (Slayers)
January 24 - To Live Another Day 41: A Bitter Battle (Slayers)
January 25 - To Live Another Day 42: Feeling The Aftershock (Slayers)

Fanart:
http://mikaristar.deviantart.com

January 23 - Chibi Phythan (Slayers)
January 24 - Xellos Layout (Slayers)
January 24 - Xellos gem bullet (Slayers)
January 25 - Purple and Red (Nails)
January 25 - Fragments (Slayers)

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January 19 - This SOPA thing is becoming more viral than lol cats and that's saying plenty. In case anyone is curious, I don't join sites that request personal info, which means that I won't be giving out any, ever. If the (unlikely) rumors about Fanfiction Net, Deviant Art and other such sites being shut down or turned into spies ever (dreadfully) come true, then you'll be able to find me at http://piratesboard.net/mikari/ only since I have a nice non-spy host there (just a ninja pirate but that's another story). If the those sites don't get messed up, I'll still post on them of course.

January 20 - Yesterday leaving work I was going out of the parking lot into the road. I was thinking "go" but my foot was on the break in the middle of getting into my lain. Then a random car zooms by out of nowhere. O.o;; Needless to say I'm thankful that my foot didn't respond to my brain. Talk about little miracles to be grateful for.

I'm on episode 8 in Disgaea 2. I need to fight Axel, I decided to train a bit first. I find it more predictable than D1. Maybe I'm "used" to its style, but it took me longer to figure out who the red prinny and Midboss secretly were. I've had a theory about the masked servants and Rozalin's dreams for a long time now. At least the gameplay is easier, which is good since I'm not a fan of tactics, I'm in it for the cute characters and amusing story. Fom D1 Laharl and Flonne are my favs. From D2 I like Adell's design best, but he's too heroic and goody-goody. Axel's personality amuses me the most, but he's also a bit too goody-goody. I liked Flonne's geeky-goody-goody style and Laharl's selfishness, but I don't like fluffy or heroic good characters. Maybe because I'm only keep my promises to those I care for because I care, not because I promised, and I don't really bother with those I've "left behind" so I can't relate to them. Laharl's bratty ways reminds me of myself as a kid, though I masked as a Flonne most of the time until my true colors shone. Sure, I've changed over the years, but I can still relate to them and my kid-ish self slightly resurfaces now and then.

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Fanfics:
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/300106/
http://piratesboard.net/fiction/viewuser.php?uid=4

January 20 - To Live Another Day 37: Beating Hearts (Slayers)

Fanart:
http://mikaristar.deviantart.com

January 20 - Zelas Metallium Alternate (Slayers)

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January 12 - Playing Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days. The game play seems friendlier than 1, though I liked the characters from 1 better. The slow strategy style is still not my thing and I wish this was a real RPG. I got stuck on episode 2, I still to level up my kamikaze, I mean, my characters. I'm trying to collect at least 50 mana to make some extra characters.

January 15 - I taught all my Disgaea 2 mains to heal. I'm using Adell, Rozalin, Filia (healer), Gourry (male fighter), Lina (red skull, I know they're supposed to be boys but they look like girls with the pigtail hoods), Mikari (blue mage). I'm teaching my magic users to cast all the different elements available. I haven't unlocked much yet. I'll probably make one more character or wait for the another human to join (they can throw so that helps). I won't bother making ten characters to level (is ten the limit in this game too?) I do better with fewer better leveled characters. I'm on episode 3 so far. Adell and Axel are my favorites. I still like the story of Disgaea 1 better.

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Fanfics:
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/300106/
http://piratesboard.net/fiction/viewuser.php?uid=4

January 14 - To Live Another Day 31: Victory and Defeat (Slayers)
January 15 - To Live Another Day 32: Bandits, Dragons and Revenge (Slayers)
January 16 - To Live Another Day 33: Being Human Is Not Easy (Slayers)

Fanart:
http://mikaristar.deviantart.com

January 12 - Dragon Ball bullet (pixel)
January 12 - Random Devices Icons (Sailor Moon, Zelgadis, Neuro, Seto, Sanzo)
January 12 - Purple and Green (Nails)
January 12 - Lina's Candy (Slayers)
January 14 - Chibi Zelas (Slayers)
January 15 - Chibi Gourry (Slayers)
January 16 - Chibi Zelgadis (Slayers)
January 16 - Sword (Slayers)

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January 3 - Yay for days off! I have today and tomorrow this week. I'll write fics and play games. ^_^ I'm slowly watching Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds again, I'm on episode 61. I stopped watching Inuyasha: Final Act on episode 4 because I couldn't find the dub of 5. I'll get back to that. I'm still playing Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds Tag Force 4 (PSP) I have tons of event duels left to unlock.

January 4 - I copied and pasted this from the Amassment resolution meme. http://amassment.livejournal.com/150576.html

With every passing year my "Resolutions" turn into more of a "To Do List" but I'm getting better at doing everything on the list so that's still good. XD Most of my plans are fandom related, but I do have some shrine related things I want to do when I get the fics done...

- Finish writing my Slayers fanfic "To Live Another Day" (expected to be over 50 chapters)

- Outline the plot and then write "Loyalty" (Pokemon fanfic) (expected to be about 10 chapters)

- Practice writing in different ways... Explanation: The plot outline of "Don't Give Me Diamonds" (Pokemon) developed little by little staying a few chapters ahead of the writing. The outline of "To Live Another Day" was done before the writing started although not in detail and it had changed a lot, although it had already reach the (possibly) final version. For "Loyalty" (Pokemon) I plan to have a full outline first. For "Reintegration" (Final Fantasy VII) I had a plan in my head, though not a written outline. For "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" (Summon Night) I had no plan what so ever and made it up as I went along, I didn't even have an ending in mind, though people think it turned out well. Since "To Live Another Day" (Slayers) and the upcoming "Loyalty" (Pokemon) are both so reliant on a solid preplanned outline, I want the one to come after that to be free writing (I have a concept and an ending in mind already, but nothing in the middle). I want to be able to follow a plan and be able to improvise. That story will be related to Valkyria Chronicles II.

- Summary: Work on these fanfics... one at the time so I can fully focus on them:
- "To Live Another Day" (Slayers)
- "Loyalty" (Pokemon)
- Untitled (Valkyria Chrinicles II)

- Finally, when I get all of that done, I intend to do something web-design related... A mini-shrine to a somewhat unusual subject and possibly invite others to shrine subjects of similar themes, as there are very few such shrines out there... I might move this up on the list to right after finishing "To Live Another Day" (Slayers)... probably... I know it's not too specific, but I would rather not spoil it (that and though I have the theme I don't have a final choice on the subject yet so I couldn't tell you anyway) ^^;;

- This one is less of a to do thing and more of a "constant" thing. Give my collective http://piratesboard.net/mikari/ a new layout every now and then, like say once a month.

- Make some more graphics for Surreptitious http://piratesboard.net/mikari/summon/night.php I mean really 15+ information sections and only 2 media sections? I need to add more shinies to make it more "me" XD Although I'll probably add some more information too.

- Add some more info to Golden Phoenix (possibly) I would have to rewatch the series or find some good episode summaries to refresh my memory... I'll probably rewatch since the information I need is mostly in the first part of the series and that's just 26 episodes, plus I can take screen shots. This will take a while, as I plan to do a character study with the hero monomyth inspired by Snow's awesome Aya Brea site Liberation http://piratesboard.net/ss/aya/ and I know little about it, so I'll have to study up. I also need to revise the similarities page and read (listen to my computer reading) the whole site once I'm done with the ambitious project to make sure it all fits in nicely.

Is a year even enough? O.o;; Maybe I should make this my resolution list for the next decade. XD lol, just kidding, it shouldn't take more than a year or two.

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Fanfics:
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/300106/
http://piratesboard.net/fiction/viewuser.php?uid=4

January 3 - To Live Another Day 27: Magic Lessons (Slayers)

Fanart:
http://mikaristar.deviantart.com

January 3 - Amelia Reading (Slayers)
January 3 - Another Dress (Slayers)

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December 27 - Like I said in Amassment http://amassment.livejournal.com Am I the only one who likes the new LJ comments? Sure the subjects were nice, but editing is available without a paid account and the comment screen looks nicer. Overall I find that it has more pros than cons. Regardless I'm making a Dreamwidth anyway because hey they're free and I can use it to keep track of only certain posts and keep the ramblings on LJ as they already are. So I'm filling up the profile and it asks for my gender, the options being "Male", "Female", "Other" and "Rather not Say". The "not say" thing, it's understandable if for whatever reason someone wants to hide their gender, but "other?" Without getting into the variety of orientations that there are in the world, as far as I know, there are only two genders. It made me laugh about how "politically correct" they're trying to be. XD Here's my DW url: http://mikaristar.dreamwidth.org

December 28 - Before I forget to post the link XD Rate me at Gaia Online http://www.gaiaonline.com/arena/gaia/original-avatar/vote/?entry_id=102636267 I changed Fantasy Bit's layout, a new layout for the New Year. XD I'm still playing Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds. I got a decent deck now and unlocked Leo's first event. I'm also trying to get the Yusei and Jack events... and everyone else. XD There are many cards to collect in this game. O.o;;

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Fantasy Bit:
http://piratesboard.net/mikari/

December 28 - New layout: Lightning from Dissidia 012.

Fanfics:
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/300106/
http://piratesboard.net/fiction/viewuser.php?uid=4

December 28 - To Live Another Day 25: Ye Who Ask For Ruin (Slayers)

Fanart:
http://mikaristar.deviantart.com

December 26 - Blue and Green Gold (Nails)
December 26 - Another Xellos? (Slayers)
December 26 - Chibi Filia (Slayers)
December 27 - Little Minion (Slayers)
December 27 - Xellos Banner (Slayers)
December 28 - Lina Background (Slayers)
December 28 - Dream Width (Slayers)
December 28 - Lightning Layout (Dissidia 012)