Silver Star

July 13 - Some bigshot will be here next week so we have to act all lame and uncool (aka professional). Everything will be done by the book and it's going to suck. It means that until the big shot is gone I can't text, watch anime or go online while on the job. It also means that we'll have to postpone the birthday we had planned to celebrate for one of our coworkers that week since the office will go from an amusing place to boredomville for the week. I'm glad I have my days off in the middle of the week, so I'll only actually have to put up with the act for 3 days. That aside, when doom week is over, you guys who live in the US can text me on the job again, well you can text me anyway, except I won't be able to reply during those 3 days. I still have the 200 text a month plan and there are plenty left that I can use before the month ends, as I can't keep them for next month anyway.

July 14 - Since I don't know how much time I'll have during doom week I decided to post the B-day gifts early. I also have a 12 hour shift on the 29th... 4 for the flight and 8 filling in at the Jet Center... which means I'll probably finish playing Gurumin then. :D I love that airplane gas station, easiest job in the world. Write down people's IDs as the go in and out every few hours, answer the phone and radio even less often and play games most of the time! I wonder what movie they'll play that night. Last time it was Up and before that Incredibles. I'll also probably catch an episode of Nikita if it's airing that day. ^_^

July 15 - Happy birthday Alicia! Last night I saw someone at work playing Bust a Move and decided to be a copycat and get it for Xellos. I must get an app store card at some point in the future. Poor Xellos is broke. At least Reno has a little money for the PSN. Gotta make a note of getting that card... later since I'm lazy when it comes to going to the mall... or anywhere really. At least I have the sample Bust a Move games. XD I hung out playing for like half an hour after they said we could leave. ^^;;

July 16 - Doom week was pushed back and it'll be from today until Saturday... Yay for being off today and tomorrow! Though I thought I would get 1 doom day, then my days off, then 2, now it's all 3 in a row. At least I'll know what to expect from those who work today. The Amassment forum is up and running! The first 10 members get free coins! http://board.amassment.org/index.php I listened to the 11th Slayers novel, Crimson Obsession while posting. It's actiony. :D

July 17 - Yesterday Inspector Doom didn't show... Don't know if he'll be there today. I'll text someone and ask later. I hope he's not there tomorrow when I go back to work.

July 21 - Happy Birthday Neptune Butterfly!

Fantasy Bit
http://piratesboard.net/mikari/
July 11 - Added a button and 2 sprites.
July 16 - Added some sprites.

Fanfics:
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/300106/
http://piratesboard.net/fiction/viewuser.php?uid=4
July 11 - Revolution 13: Fear (X-Men: Evolution)
July 15 - Revolution 14: Cold Partition (X-Men: Evolution)
July 17 - Revolution 15: Sky Lights (X-Men: Evolution)

Art:
http://mikaristar.deviantart.com
July 11 - Trunks Icon and Cursor (Dragon Ball Z)
July 12 - Light Pole (photo)
July 12 - New Milgazia Icon and Cursor (Slayers)
July 12 - Pixel Toy Capsules and Pokeballs (Pokemon)
July 12 - Pixel Pokeball Tileable Background (Pokemon)
July 13 - Arle WIP (Puyo)
July 13 - Arle Victory (Puyo)
July 14 - Torrin Icon and Cursor (Slayers)
July 14 - Zack Icon and Cursor (Final Fantasy VII)
July 15 - New Xellos Icon and Cursor (Slayers)
July 16 - Revolution cover concept (X-Men: Evolution)
July 16 - Arle Icon and Cursor (Puyo Puyo)
July 16 - Axel Icon and Cursor (Kingdom Hearts)
July 16 - Sephiroth Icon and Cursor (Final Fantasy VII)
July 16 - Chika Akatsuki Icon and Cursor (Zombie Loan)
July 17 - Seto Kaiba Icon and Cursor (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
July 17 - Rainbow Donut (photo)
July 17 - Magus Icon and Cursor (Chrono Trigger)

June 27 - I was in the Amassment chat yesterday. Shrine timelines, upcoming shrines, internet memories, website reviews and recommendations, Amassment plans, celebrities, computers, time zones, temperature, transportation and randomness. XD It was fun. While I was there I made an orange Ashram layout for Fantasy Bit far too early for October. ^^;;

June 29 - There was a bit of a blackout today. I played Gurumon for a while. It doesn't have much of a story, but it's so cute! It's like Atomic Betty + Summon Night + Ratchet & Clank. So cute! I just got through the third forest stage and I'm heading over to the lake towards the east.

June 30 - Afternoon... I'm on episode 21 of Lost Universe. ^^ Also played a little more of Gurumin today. Such a cute game. Parin's fighting style reminds me of Ark from Terranigma. :D I had not been keeping up with Korra since episode 1 so I'm watching more episodes now, currently watching 2. The probending arena looks like a Pokemon stadium! XD It's even white and red! XD Episode 3... yes Korra, mornings are evil! The Fire ferret mascot is sooo cute!!! Later... Watching episode 4... I wonder if the girl on the bike is related to Zuko or Toph. Looks like she's not... lol Aang's middle granddaughter is hilarious. She reminds me of Tai Lee. XD I want to see Tai Lee's descendants, they would be so fun! Night... Lol Korra! Watching episode 5, it's like fanservice city bring on the shipping wars. XD I'm not taking sides, at least not yet. Why does Korra call the wolf bat water leader pretty boy... He's not pretty. Lol at the announcer and not pretty boy on episode 6. Episode 7 lol at the new cabbage man! XD

July 1 - Watching the finale of Korra season 1. I was amused when the guy with Zuku's voice came up. It's pretty clear he's Zuko's descendant, I mean really, he's even named Iroh. lol at the wise hobo too. XD I like the humor in this series. I don't like the old tech. I love tech, but I don't like the in-between of modern and near-medieval. One or the other, magic or tech, hi tech no magic, no low tech, not a fan of prototypes. I liked the mechas, but not the old looking airplanes. I guess it's because I don't like too many similarities with Earth unless it's modern Earth, but Earth in itself is boring and so is the past. I prefer high fantasy, which this is given the fauna, but I don't like too many references to historical real Earth. Modern Earth can be fun and so can future Earth, but those historical-like portrayals give it a hint of anti-climax. None the less, the fantasy elements and the fast action balances it out.

July 2 - It seems that I always have more plans than the day has hours. XD There are many things I want to write and many pixels I want to make...

Fantasy Bit
http://piratesboard.net/mikari/
June 26 - Added another new layout, Ashram from Record of Lodoss War.
June 27 - Revamped all 4 layouts and made them more functional.

Fanfics:
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/300106/
http://piratesboard.net/fiction/viewuser.php?uid=4
June 28 - Revolution 7: A Gust Of Wind (X-Men: Evolution)
July 2 - Revolution 8: Memories (X-Men: Evolution)

Art:
http://mikaristar.deviantart.com
June 29 - Miku Hatsune Icons and Cursors (Vocaloids)
June 30 - New Zerenitia Icon and Cursor (Saving Zarkavia)
July 1 - Victoria and Tsubasa Icons and Cursors (Beyblade)
July 1 - Tiny Tidus Cursors (Final Fantasy X)

June 19 - For those who were using my notes as a reference, I put all the files related to them in their own folder. They are not gone! They are here: http://piratesboard.net/mikari/fantasy/azure/notes.html I revamped the old Lina and Gourry layouts to make the pictures stay on the screen while the text scrolls. Instead the text fades away as it reached the top image. There is a new layout too. It features Miku from Vocaloids.

June 20 - Joined another art archive http://mikaristar.sheezyart.com Someone at Beloved Enemy http://z3.invisionfree.com/Beloved_Enemy/index.php?&act=site Neptune I think... mentioned The character of Gone with the Wind being like Xellos and Filia. I needed something to listen to while I uploaded fanworks to yet another archive, so I went through posting 75 stories at Your Fiction http://yourfanfiction.com/viewuser.php?uid=3118 and now I'm posting a bunch of fanarts at Sheezy Art, all while listening to the story. Though the characters are not exactly like them, I do see strong similarities. The only big difference is Scarlet being flirty and selfish, which Filia is the opposite, but they have similar tempers and interactions. Butler also has a lot of personality traits that are indeed quite similar to Xellos and everything I notice something about them it makes me laugh in amusement. I would so have liked to see them in a modern day setting as I don't like stories of the past, but the characters are fun, so they make up for the boring setting.

I like Butler's sincerity, kind of reminds me of myself, seeing the world for its usefulness, but I'm more like Scarlet in that it's usefulness goes as far as its entertainment. While I'm definitely not a flirt, all the opposite, I can be rather cold. I do appreciate Scarlet's simple self-centered nature as I identify with it. I can watch the world fall apart but if I am amused, it's all good. If I'm not amused, who cares about anything? I also share Scarlet's disregard for more people, lack of patience and general dislike for children and their responsibilities. Except I figured that out before getting married, while for her, she realized that freedom is better than marriage all too late, though she may recover still. I think I'm about half way through listening to this. I don't like the overly long setting descriptions that appear at times or the setting itself, but like I said, the fun characters make it amusing enough. Butler's overly-honest practicality is very amusing, though he's look much better in my imagination if he'd shave, because the narrative has reminded me of his mustache several times and I don't like mustaches or any sort of facial hair.

June 22 - I'm on Lost Universe episode 10. :) Gone with the Wind is turning boring. Scarlet is turning too responsible. I like adventurous carefree character that throw responsibilities to the wind and go off adventuring leaving the rest of the world to fend for itself! Oh well... I'll still finish listening to it.

June 23 - We had a super delay due to thunder storms and then when the airplane did arrive, it had a worn tire which the mechanic needed to take care of, so that added more to the delay. So instead of a round trip that takes 3 hour to process between receiving passengers, checking in the ones that are leaving, loading, clean up and boarding, it took 8 hours for the process, most of which were spent waiting for the airplane to arrive. I watched episode 11 of Lost Universe on my iPod at the office, then wrote a little for my X-Men: Evolution fanfic after I had to go from the office to the gate where the office wireless doesn't reach. Xellos (my iPod's name) even if you might be Lina's useful item number four, you're turning into my useful item number one!

Naturally, cranky passengers with, literally, red eyes were more abundant than ever before. I was very sleepy as the sun had come up and I'm using to going home hours before that. It was eight in the morning! I haven't been awake at eight in the morning for years! On the bright side, I did get some nice pictures. I think my favorites are the one with sunrise over the airplane parking lot between the airport building and the runway and the control tower.

While waiting for the tire process, a few flight attendants and airport employees were at the back stairs. We heard a bird and wee all like "someone's cell phone is ringing." We kept looking at each other because no one was answering their phone and realized that none of us had a bird ring tone for calls. Then after a few minutes of confusion and putting our ears to the cellphone, iPods and various hand-held electronics, we looked up. There on the tail of the airplane there was a bird singing more cheerfully that anyone should at that tired early hour. We laughed because none of us expected bird sounds to come from an actual bird. I posted a bunch of airport pics at Deviant art, go take a look! http://mikaristar.deviantart.com

Fantasy Bit
http://piratesboard.net/mikari/
June 19 - Added a few links, revamped existing layouts and made a new layout.

Azure
http://piratesboard.net/mikari/fantasy/azure/notes.html
June 19 - Did some minor updates and small additions of a few coding examples.

Fanfics:
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/300106/
http://piratesboard.net/fiction/viewuser.php?uid=4
June 19 - Slayers Alive 149: Win! There Are No Impossibilities (Slayers)
June 19 - Revolution 4: Disconcerted (X-Men: Evolution)
June 20 - Slayers Alive 150: Finale! Every End Brings A Beginning (Slayers)
June 22- Revolution 5: Nostalgia (X-Men: Evolution)

Art:
http://mikaristar.deviantart.com
June 19 - Webdesign Tutorial 1
June 19 - Webdesign Tutorial 2
June 19 - Webdesign Tutorial 3
June 19 - Webdesign Tutorial 4
June 19 - Webdesign Tutorial 5
June 19 - Webdesign Tutorial 6
June 19 - Webdesign Tutorial 7
June 19 - Webdesign Tutorial 8
June 19 - Webdesign Tutorial 9
June 19 - Webdesign Tutorial 10
June 19 - Webdesign Tutorial 11
June 19 - Webdesign Tutorial 12
June 19 - Webdesign Tutorial 13
June 19 - Webdesign Tutorial 14
June 19 - Shooting Star Icons and Cursors
June 21 - Blue, Gray and White (photo)
June 22 - Yummy Yellow (photo)
June 22 - Choco Donut (photo)
June 23 - Squares 1 (photo)
June 23 - Squared 2 (photo)
June 23 - Airport (photo)
June 23 - Airplane Door 2 (photo)
June 23 - Sky (photo)
June 23 - Runway 1 (photo)
June 23 - Runway 2 (photo)
June 23 - Runway 3 (photo)
June 23 - Runway 4 (photo)
June 23 - Runway 5 (photo)
June 23 - Runway 6 (photo)
June 23 - Runway 7 (photo)
June 23 - Runway 8 (photo)
June 23 - Spirit 2 (photo)
June 23 - Vertigo (photo)
June 23 - United 3 (photo)
June 23 - Spirit 3 (photo)
June 23 - Wing 1 (photo)
June 23 - Wing 2 (photo)
June 23 - Tail to tail (photo)
June 23 - Wing to wing (photo)
June 23 - United 4 (photo)
June 23 - United 5 (photo)
June 23 - United 6 (photo)
June 23 - United 7 (photo)
June 23 - FedEx (photo)
June 23 - United 8 (photo)
June 23 - Tower 2 (photo)
June 23 - Airport Sunrise (photo)

June 10 - I'm fighting the assassin next. He's strong. I need more defense, but I'm so done grinding. In this game you only get a certain amount of chances to grind and after you're done that's it, if you want more levels you have to load an old save. That's what I don't like about it. There's an anti grind system that changes the exp to make grinding easier, but at times it also makes it harder because you get less exp the higher your level is. That aside it's a fun game, that and the introduction were the only things I didn't like. Otherwise I've been playing it a lot. I'll try that assassin fight again... Apparently there are different plots if you save Rin or Rani? I choose to save Rani, though Rin also survives. Makes me wonder if adding the girl character was a last minute decision as it doesn't seem like the narration was made specifically for her. Is there even a different version or is it just a generic narration for the guy and the girl?

June 11 - By now it's pretty obvious that they didn't revise the script much for the girl character. Archer "that was a dick move master" *rants about how one should eat the food a woman has cooked for them* Um... Archer... your master's a girl, how dense could you be? If you want her to be all lovey about a home cooked meal go cook for her yourself, stupid. lol at Rani stealing Xellos' quote http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo69/mikaristar/extra/fateextra2.png it's funnier that she also has purple hair and eyes. XD

June 12 - I had to use one of my elixirs to beat Rin because her Lancer had an instant kill. It's not like the "near-dead will die in next hit" ability of Julius' Assassin, I could just heal Archer after that. This was an "always dies" sort of ability... unless I nullified it, but I couldn't do that if I didn't know when he was going to do it. My strategy was to not fight. I didn't fight, I killed him. I went all out, turn 1 power boots, turns 2 and 3 attack, attack, attack, then the Lancer was dead. No real strategy, no exchange of attacks, just desperate kill mode, the RPG equivalent of button mashing. Now I need to fight Leo... but Julius' ghost is lurking around too.

June 13 - Just a little more training and I'll be ready to take on Leo. Just got Archer's matrix to E level and learned his story. His old philosophy sucked, loyalty over justice! At least he's not that stupid hero of justice anymore and has now become cool. I still like him best out of all the characters in this game. Lancer (Rin's) is cool too.

June 14 - I need one more level to feel ready to face Leo in Fate Extra. I got Archer's defense up to survive the Julius fight but now he's in need of agility and attack power. I want to get those stats up so I can do a fast kill on Leo before he has the chance to do much. It seems that in these last few fights, Rin and beyond, fighting is not actually an option, berserk kill mode is the only means of survival. No strategy, just sadism... works for me. There are quite a few Fate games, I'll have to check the PSN and see what they have for the PSP. I also have Gurumin already purchased that I need to download. Unfortunately I can't get Reno (PSP) to connect from work, though I know the password is fine because Xellos (iPod) connects without even having to be told to do so. Maybe Reno is simply old... he is a 3000... but he connects from home where my data is limited because after dealing with crappy internet I just have to get the expensive one... Oh well, I'll just have to pay the fee if I go over this month. I did last month but instead of asking for a fee they passed the data to this month which is cheaper, but let's face it, I'll probably go over and end up paying the fee anyway, which I don't mind, I just want my data consumption to stabilize. It's not like I asked for "second chance" not to go over. Back to Fate Extra it's funny how in some parts it says "her" and the character actually sounds like a girl, such as her "enchantment" with Julius. Then in other parts they didn't modify the script such as Archer calling her a "d*ck" and admitting "that took balls to say".

Fanfics:
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/300106/
http://piratesboard.net/fiction/viewuser.php?uid=4
June 10 - Slayers Alive 142: Resignation! The Convenience of Burning Bridges (Slayers)
June 12 - Revolution 2: Hidden (X-Men: Evolution)
June 12 - Slayers Days 18: Full Moon Enchantment (Slayers)
June 12 - Slayers Alive 143: Chaotic! Cheesy Novel Plot Twists (Slayers)
June 13 - Little Mouse (TWTYH)
June 13 - Slayers Alive 144: Eventually! Sooner Or Later, One Way Or Another (Slayers)
June 14 - Slayers Alive 145: Restore! The Sparkle Of The Silver Lining (Slayers)

Art:
http://mikaristar.deviantart.com
June 10 - Rocker Yumi Icon and Cursors (TWTYH)
June 11 - iPod Tablet Fail (Slayers & Pokemon)
June 11 - 5 Colors (photo)
June 12 - Miyabi and Toshio Alternate Icons and Cursors (TWTYH)
June 13 - Toshio x Yumi (TWTYH)
June 13 - Miyabi x Yumi (TWTYH)

June 1 - Feeling better, my throat still bothers me a bit, but it's nothing big. My schedule finally changed when the return of the people who were temporarily out for various reasons including the army, a baby and a surgery. I'll have 2 days off again starting next week! This Sunday I have a 12 hour shift though, but it'll be easy because 8 of those hours will be playing receptionist at an airplane gas station and that was super easy when I did it before. I'll take Reno along and play Fate Extra the majority of the time. There's also wifi and a TV.

As for the other 4 hours, it's the usual commercial flight, so unless there are delay I should be done there in 2 or 3 hours rather than the whole 4 and I'll still get paid for the 4. Then I can rest on Monday. The whole receptionist thing is something I do when someone is absent, but I wouldn't mind doing that job all the time with how easy it is. As for the flight, someone new is coming to the office. We know her name but no one knows what she's like. As usual there's uneasiness because we wonder if she'll be pleasant to have around or not. The same thing happened with the last girl that joined and things turned out alright, let's hope it's the same now.

To Do List:
- Finish uploading fanworks to Fanart Central
- Finish posting Slayers: Alive
- Finish the Fantasy Bit notes page.
- Finish Slayers: Days (writing challenge collection)
- Revamp Golden Phoenix Layla (Kaleido Star) fansite
- Update Missions and Deliveries (Final Fantasy VII)
- Write X-Men: Evolution fic, main characters to be decided.
- Write new Mario fanfic.
- Write Sailor Moon fic, sort of Molly-centric?
- Write Lufia II fanfic, Dekar-centric.
- Make a ton of pixels!

Fanfics:
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/300106/
http://piratesboard.net/fiction/viewuser.php?uid=4
June 1 - Slayers Alive 130: Holidays! The Peril Of Last Minute Shoppers
June 1 - Slayers Days 16: How to Impress a Woman
June 1 - Slayers Alive 131: Crossfire! A Flawed Plan

Art:
http://mikaristar.deviantart.com
May 31 - Shuya Icons and Cursors (TWTYH)
June 1 - Floating Lamps (photo)