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I'm all nervous. >< I submitted my 2nd signed review to a fanfic on the Pit, and now I'm afraid the author is going to flame me for daring to say something besides squeeing with joy. O_o She had this one line in her story that was her commenting on what she wrote. It appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the fic, with nothing to differentiate it from the actual story. And the story was in first person, so when "I" started talking about the posting being dialogue-heavy, it made me, the reader, pause and go "Bwa?" So I told her that. But I took a page from Star-chan's method and sandwiched it between good stuff. And she did deserve good compliments! All I did was point out how jarring that one line was....but I'm still nervous. >< I don't want to be flamed!! D=

My copy of the 6th volume of Skip arrived this week! That makes me happy, b/c vol 6 is filled with Tsuruga-san. Heeheehee!! I can't believe vol 6 is already almost out. X_x When I was flipping through it, enjoying the memories, it seemed like I only lettered it a month ago. Heh.

The little mini-break I had been enjoying for a week and a half is over, now that I have script to New title vol 2. Alas...it was lovely only having Skip v9 and Temp v21 to work on. Thanks to the mini-break, i was able to finish, polish, and post DaaGB part 3. What's amusing about New title is that I can't finish vol 1 until the English logo is approved. And Shoujo Editor has been waiting for Japan to do that for months. X_x I imagine two or three days before the end-all deadline for vol 1, I'll be doing some frantic last-minute lettering. I'm tempted to start a pool on when the approval will finally happen. "Put me down for $10 on June 7th!"

Does anyone who reads this journal have any advice about condos?? I think  owning a condo would be much more suited to me than an actual house. A house would have a lawn to mow, and other upkeep that I know I don't want to deal with. But a condo--that I could handle. Any advice?? Anyone? None of the people I know owns a condo, unless you haven't told me. ????? 

I've recently discovered the joys of the manga and anime "Death Note." Whoa. As with Donnie Darko, I give Death Note the highest compliment I can: I wish I'd thought of it. :D And I love--LOVE--that it's written by a woman. SWEET!!! ^^V I'll babble more about DN in one of my reviews later.

The great Harry Potter reread in preparation for book 7 in July has temporarily stalled. I've known for some time that volume 3 is my fave of the series, and today when it was time to begin vol 4, I realized that 4 is my least fave. The reason is one of association. My family and I went on a loooooong road trip three years ago. I love to read in the car, but my father adores audio books, particularly the Harry Potter ones. So he would always insist on playing a book when I might want to read something else by myself, or sleep, or stare out the window in silence. And on this road trip, he had brought Goblet of Fire: HP book 4. So I essentially had the book forced upon me for over a week. I do so love the HP series, but I have many negative emotions now associated with this book that have nothing to do with its content. >< My father cannot understand why I'd rather read a paper book than listen to an audio recording of the same. I've stopped trying to explain.

I'm worried about my horse, Mac. He's 27 years old, which is about the mid 70s in horse years. He's turning gray, is completely blind in his right eye thanks to a cataract, going blind in his left eye thanks to the same, and is generally in a grouchy mood. I fondly tease him about being a crotchety old man. We bought him when I was in the 5th grade. My hose loves to eat. He lives for his food. In his opinion, he never has enough. Except today, he wasn't interested in his lunch or dinner. At all. X_x I had noticed he wasn't eating well last week. He showed the same symptoms he did a few years ago, when he needed his teeth floated. So the vet came out last Monday and floated his teeth down again. (Floating a horse's teeth means basically filing down and clipping off the sharp points and edges that can form from the way a particular horse chews. A horse's teeth continue to grow throughout their life. And if their mouth is full of points and jagged edges, it hurts for them to chew. So you have the vet use what is essentially an electric sander on a long stick to grind the points away. They use gigantic clippers to nip off the sharp tops sometimes, too.)

So the vet came out Monday and made Mac's teeth nice and smooth again. Yay! He can chew without pain!! Everything's back to normal--until today (Saturday) when I realize he isn't interested in his food again. But in a different way than the I-need-my-teeth-floated-again from before. My guess is either he has an infection from his teeth, or from some scratches on his forelegs he won't leave alone no matter how much I doctor them. Or perhaps he simply feels like crap. I don't know. He's so lethargic...it's completely out of character for him to not finish his dinner and not chase off the other horses so he can eat theirs, too. >< If he isn't back to normal by Sun evening, I'm calling the vet again. Waaaah!! My baby isn't feeling well!!! *is seriously upset by this!!!* :~~~~~~(