Well, finally scrapped together something worthy of an entry, and wouldn’t you know, it’s fandom related. Should be a story posted soon as well. I finally heard back from the final university, and I didn’t get into any of them. I’m not emotional about it anymore, but the biggest obstacle I’m going to have now is not feeling upset whenever I hear about people in grad school. Jealousy is one of my bigger faults. I may end up trying again at some lesser universities, but for now the plan is to try and find a job that uses my undergrad degree. If I can do that, I’d be content. And I probably need to be making about twice what I’m making now (which isn’t impossible) so that I can actually start paying off my debt while still getting on with my life. “Getting on with my life” means moving to a bigger city, closer to at least one group of friends, or making enough money to drive, which would at least let me travel to my friends. Really, just a better paying job in general would solve a lot of the issues that are dragging me down emotionally. Grad school would have been one awesome method of adding fulfillment to my life, but there are others. Making $8.50 an hour, however (although this is my favorite job so far), is not going to get me any of the things I need and want.

It’s a bit embarrassing to juxtapose the above paragraph with this one, but in my defense, I ordered these action figures in November. I didn’t really have the money for it then, either, but I can’t be blamed for something I did almost 6 months ago. Also this purchase made me productive again, so it’s not all terrible.

Onward! About two or three weeks ago I finally received Medicom’s Roy and movie!Al in the mail. I promptly took pictures, then found a foam piece that was just right for a couch, then made a cover and pillows for the couch. I also fished around in the basement of my parents’ for our old Barbie kitchen set, which is really a Sindy kitchen set. Must have been Barbie’s rival in the 70s, but I still think this stuff is cool. They don’t make Barbie furniture like this anymore. Dude, the sink has a drain in it, and a plug, and a little basin under the sink to catch the water you could put in it. Check out the pictures! I’m hoping to rummage some more this weekend for any other pieces I can find.

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So, just to be sure I chronicle this, because I’ll never remember otherwise, here’s what I bought while I was at y-con this year.

The Doujin:

• The top-left one looked promising, but it turns out it was by a circle I’m not particularly fond of but hadn’t known the name of. RoyxHavoc.
• The middle-top was a gift from cryogenia from the circle Cherub! <3 It’s a HughesxRoyxHavoc where they seem to be trying to outperform each other.
• The top-right one has such a pretty cover. The art inside is nice too, but it didn’t seem to stand out. RoyxHavoc
• The bottom-right also has strong art, another RoyxHavoc. I liked the cover, which seems to state that Havoc is a full head above Roy.
• The middle-bottom is THE MOST ADORABLE DOUJIN YOU WILL EVER BEHOLD. It features Hughes and tiny kitty!Roy out for a visit in the country.
• The bottom-right is a HughesxEd from the excellent Mulberry. First four pages are in color. Lovely art. <3

Other:

• CRAZYLOSTSTAR BOUGHT ME A COHEED AND CAMBRIA DVD AND PATCH from a concert she went to. 8D
• I finally found Ponderosa’s table to snag that little drunken kiss between Hughes and Roy.
• crazyloststar bought me the EdxAl print <3
• Found adorable artwork in a corner of one of the art rooms and picked up the keychains of Roy and Havoc. She had an amazing FMA calendar, but it was a bit pricey.
• I also got a Kyo (Fruba) t-shirt, but I forgot to put it in the picture! D:

I should maybe unpack my stuff?

This y-con I got to hang with crazyloststar, cryogenia, edchii, wiccat, and mikke!

Hard to say what went on this y-con–I have such a hard time keeping up with a timeline But I arrived around 5pm at LAX–that’s L-A-X, not lax–and miracle of miracles, crazyloststar found me at the airport after I got my luggage! Then we hung out at her parents’ for a bit, got food, and took off around 10pm for the drive up to San Mateo with her awesome sister, Itch.

We made it into San Mateo around 4:30 despite our exit being completely closed, and because crazyloststar had requested early check-in, we were able to get into the room. The prospect of having a bed at that point almost obscured the fact that they got some kind of half-suite room of awesome. But I would be headed to a full suite the next night, so I had it good all around.

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(I had this written pretty shortly after I got back, I just couldn’t do anything with it. >O)

The best thing about any con is the people! So I’ll start there.

Notice that according to the chart, there were 12 people at Sky’s house, including me. It worked out well though; it’s a big place.

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I finally got Roy and Hughes into college by de-aging them. At first they refused to have anything to do with each other, but I persisted. Their chemistry is a lot lower than I’d prefer, but it hardly matters now. Now if only those dorm rooms fit double beds a little easier. :/

Or: how javascript pwns (and may not work). I did test it on Flock/Firefox and IE 6, so I hope it works for everybody. If it doesn’t, uh, I can’t fix it.

I’m now in the process of compiling a master fic list.

What took me so long? Glad you asked. See, I never knew how to organize a master fic list. By pairing? By length? Rating? Should Havoc*Roy go after Hughes*Roy, or after Havoc*Riza? Yes, these simple questions held me at a standstill. There was always the option of just listing it alphabetically, but then it’s hard for people to find the pairing they like, especially if the list is long (not that mine is).

SO, I had a workable solution by bookmarking all the fics and tagging them, because by clicking on tags you could find the pairing you wanted out of the list. But Blinklist was cluttered and they removed the cross-referencing of tags, which was why I had the list there in the first place.

BUT BEHOLD I have made my own filter using javascript I stole from sources credited at the bottom of the ficlist. It’s an alphabetized list of my fics, but it will filter itself when you click on characters you’re looking for, or the rating you want to read, or the length type, or whatever.

I’m still populating the list (as I move fics over here to WP) but there’s enough there now that you can play with it. TRY IT OUT.

> > > My New Master Fic List < < <

Meme from maypirate! Read the extended part only after you’ve filled out the first part, if you’re going to do this meme too.

Six Ships I Like:

• 1. Hughes/Roy [fma]
• 2. Roy/Havoc [fma]
• 3. Roy/Ed [fma]
• 4. Havoc/Riza [fma]
• 5. House/Wilson [house m.d.]
• 6. Dean/Sam [supernatural]

Three Ships I’ve Abandoned:

• 7. Ed/Russell [fma]
• 8. Ed/Al [fma]
• 9. Roy/Bradley [fma]

Three Ships I’ve Never Liked:

• 10. Ed/Winry [fma]
• 11. Roy/Riza [fma]
• 12. House/Cameron [house m.d.]

Two Ships That Have Piqued My Interest:

• 13. Riza/Archer [fma]
• 14. Roy/Winry [fma]

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These photos are all Jen’s! And they were taken during Otakon of 2007 in Baltimore. My photobucket account is private, so if you’re able to see this post, please do not spread these around.

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