I'm feeling a bit blah about the newest chapters right now.... I'm still not a Hitsugaya fangirl.

Anyways despite being sick consumed by other projects I finally finished the prompt for laurie_bunter ! Warning, it's my first attempt at flash fiction, so it's probably not the best short-short ever. Oh well.

Title: Promise
Genre: Flash-Fiction musings
Series: BLEACH
Characters: Chad (thoughts of Orihime and Ichigo)

   

( He went to Soul Society because of a promise to a friend, but he went to Hueco Mundo because of a promise to himself... )

 

I've been working on a bigger project for a while, and I want to challenge myself and attempt flash fiction (under 500 words).

laurie_bunter  came up with this, and I think it sounds pretty fun. "Give me a prompt for one of the five senses (taste, hearing, smell, sight, touch), and I'll give you a story!" I'll be attempting flashfiction, which is completely out of my comfort zone, so it'll be interesting.

I'm feeling pretty bold right now (it's after midnight where I am), so I'm completely open for scenarios, so long as it's Bleach. Or maybe Evangelion.

Will I regret this later? Probably. :D

Taste:
Hearing: trains (Bleach-- anyone & NGE-- anyone) for adam_epp Smell:
Sight:
Touch: cold metal (Bleach-- Chad) for laurie_bunter 

And I've decided to also do 28 Weeks Later. Woo, zombies!! :D

Heh, I saw this on the LJ homepage and thought I'd give my answer.... <b>haggis</b>.

Yeah, sheep's stomach with barley. It actually wasn't that bad, just a bit too salty. But I did have some AWESOME potatoes along with it. :D

But I'm sure that most people I know would be able to give much more exciting answers than me. Anybody?

Wow, it's been a long time since I've posted someplace other than Facebook. It's actually going to be a decent semester, I think, just as long as I can get through this stupid groupwork assignment.

I meet the teammates, and can already smell the cattiness brewing. I send out ideas for where we should volunteer, and every suggestion gets shot down.

"I don't think I'd like that," "I wouldn't want to get involved that much." "Let's do something fun!" =)

Like a bunch of students volunteering FOR A DAY are going to get to do something fun.

You volunteer so you gain a better appreciation for your own life, you sacrifice A DAY (in our case, it's a couple of measly hours)so you can do the shit-work for a change.

Is it too much to ask that people care about something other than their own entertainment for a change?

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List ten things that recently made you happy, then tag ten people to do the same.

-getting an A on my psych. exam
-beating the crap out of my Literature exam
-forgetting to study for said Lit. exam, then having the teacher get sick on the day of the exam and having it postponed until today.
-seeing my friends at work
-not seeing the wierd psycho customer we all were expecting to show up and bitch at work
-having a Italian BMT from Subway *yum*
-my friend Ally getting plane tickets to come see me!!!!
-The Nnoi/Ken fight finishing in Bleach (reunion time!!! ^_^)
-Reading a decent Gin/Ruki fanfiction
-Going to the bookstore! *is in heaven with new books*

Ten people? Umm... I don't think that I have that many people who will answer..... anybody who's username starts with a vowel? Or one of the letters in vowel? Or anybody who want's to.... I don't care! ^_^

And over at Sadistic Crack I've posted the other GinxRukia story I'd found It's in post #120. Well, it's actually a link to her journal, but at least I know the author this time! ^_^'  Thanks Kat!

And my two stories are coming along quite nicely. It's a pity that the plot bunnies never come sniffing around when there's a contest.... *sigh* oh well. 

And I just wanted to write this here, just so I'd actually have an entry of some merit- (x-posted on BA)

Greetings Bleachers!

If you've come here from BA, then you know that I am a huge fan of GinRuki (don't ask why, I dunno, just am), and after many randoms days of searching the fandom and copy/pasting my favorites onto my computer, I finally found a community where I could share my findings with other fans who are just as crazy open-minded as I am. Unfortuately, since saving those really great fics, one in particular has seemingly disappeared from the internet. I've searched high and low, but to no avail. Fortunately, I still have the fic itself, but now record of the author or story title. Well, I'm going to go out on a limb and post it here, so people can see the greatness of this story, and hopefully give me a hint as to who the writer is. 

And now for my biggest disclaimer ever---->

I DID NOT WRITE THIS STORY! I AM NOT MAKING ANY SUCH CLAIMS ANYWHERE!! I AM SIMPLY TRYING TO PROMOTE A SOMEWHAT OBSCURE PART OF THE FANDOM, AND IF I KNEW THE AUTHOR'S NAME I WOULD CREDIT THEM PERSONALLY!!!!

If anyone who reads this knows who wrote this story (or if the author themself stumbles across this), comment and I will edit this entry ASAP to route to the original author copy (be it here on LJ or elsewhere). Many thanks, everybody, and enjoy!

~~~~~


I hope somebody knows of the author... *headdesk* oO

And I'm on the it too!!!



It's kinda creepy how appropriate it is.... except what's InsaneJournal? Oh well.

Well, the dream is over.... Red vs Blue is finally done. *Sigh* Well, it was a fun ride while it lasted (I'm still maintaining that it was essentially M*A*S*H on crack).

Small spoiler rant by me (not that many people out there really care, I suppose, but better to be safe than sorry.... I remember POTC:DMC).

So what am I going to do with my time? Focus on Bleach. Ichigo, just do what you have to do, buddy, that's all I have to say. Do. What. You. Have. To. Do. And then you and Rukia can "comfort" each other later, heh.

A few random comments before I sign off for now.

1)IchigoxRukia is finally coming back, hahahah!!! Note that Ichigo mentioned her first, then the others. Yeah! *Waves happy flag* Just another example of how important the IchiRuki relationship is to everything that is Bleach.

2)I brought Volume 20: End of Hypnosis (yes, I know it sucks, but I won a bet and Gin is awesome), and it is.... decent. Most of the dialogue seems the same, and there were only a few changes that irked me. The biggest one was when Aizen told Gin to kill Rukia. 


3)GinxRangiku .... I just can't see it. Not even when he apologized. He seems more interested in (harrassing) Rukia. When they were little... maybe there might have been a friendship... but I just don't see anything between them now, at least from his end. Whatever, I guess I'm an ignorant fool.

4)Chibis = WIN! And the GinxRukia fangirl squeeled aloud when I saw that picture, because look who's frigging right next to each other! Yep, those two!! I want an icon of that. BAD. Curse my lack of photoshop!! :(
This really has me thinking that Ichimaru Gin will be the one to find our poor Rukia. And the fangirl in me will be appeased. *Gets smacked* 

Done for now! Yay!

There, I've said it. Now I'm gonna go outside and shout it.

It's the first manga I think I've ever read that I'm absolutely in love with. I love all of the characters, how it's drawn, the anime, the music, the dub, EVERYTHING! Kubo Tite is absolutely freakin' brilliant!! Each chapter is better than the last, and there's no telling where on earth it's going. Absolutely fabulous!

Ironically enough, Bleach has really taken me away from the fan-made faction of the fandom. I don't feel compelled to write fanfiction or anything, mainly because the story is already so wonderful (my only complaint is HisanaByakuya, but for all I know that could change at the drop of Urahara's hat, LOL). And as for drawings, I'm not even going to get started on the vast differences in sheer talent that KT has compared to me.

Cannot wait to find out more about this fight. Is it over? I hope so, but probably not. Whatever, though. Rukia's gonna kick butt either way.

Well, now that has been said, I'm gonna go study chemistry. Wee.

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Finally, an update! Muahahahaha... ha.

I don't really know why I'm here, I probably won't post all that much- journals are tough! Basically I'm keeping up with the people I like to hear from and what-not.

Woo.