Yo people! Selfy here reporting that I am back from my NOT SUPPOSED TO BE LONGER THAN A WEEK vacation from Texas. Uploading pics and backlogging threads are a go since I don't see any partners up for my cast on the boat event.

ANYHOW! That means Gilgamesh, Lyner, Sacchin, Blue, Akutare, Terry and Eitarou are back! /o/

And to end this post with a poll... sorta. What are the most shocking turn of events from your character's canon?

Athena and I went out window shopping today, well we were looking for a new tarp for our next camping trip. First we stopped by Wendy's for some grub and then over to a camping store in the same complex. After that we went to the Walmart, also in the same complex. Neither had a tarp in the size we were looking for so after wandering for a bit we decided to spontaneously stop by the furniture store that had a going out of business sale for about a half a year because it said "Grand Opening" now. Okay whatever, we like looking at furniture. Stopped by Blockbuster to rent a couple movies.

I'm washing my hands in my bathroom when I hear someone checking messages on the phone the next room over and this automated voice said my name. I came out and was all: "What was that?"

It was my fraud prevention for my credit card. Okay, this isn't the first time they've called me. They called when I bought my BJD and I cleared it and I think the other time was when I was buying a couple things from different online stores. So color me confused, I check the number on the back of my card and sure enough it's the really fraud prevention. I give them a call and end up getting stuck in this loop where it's telling me: "Declined: Charge for three hundred and three dollars and whatever cents on July 11, 2009."

I'm thinking to myself, the only thing I pay in the 300 dollar range for is car insurance and I haven't paid that yet and health insurance and I pay that by check. So I'm kind of freaking at this point. I check my online statement and its not showing up. My Wendy's charge is pending but there's also a charge for $2.24 and I don't remember making any other charges today...

Finally I manage to get a human who proceeds to tell me there was a declined charge for $150 to Verizon or one of those mobile companies. So I tell her that's not me, I have Nextel (hell it came free with my dad's stuff so he gave it to me and his work pays for that). Next there is a declined $303 dollar charge to.. I don't remember... but again, wasn't me. And then another declined $300 to some paypal account. The good news is only that dumb $2.24 charge (for some company called Belk that I have never heard of until today) went through before the company decided to freeze my card and I'll be getting that back, everything else they declined, hah bastard! I love you my wonderful credit union. ♥ ♥

But I'm kinda pissed. Dude $750 bucks? Are you shitting me? Not cool man, not cool and trying to overdraw my account because LOL luckily my check went through for insurance and I didn't quite that much in there anyway, that was probably a HUGE tip off to my bank because I have NEVER overdrawn. Here's the kicker though, I'm pretty sure it was the guy from Wendy's. That's the only time I used my credit card today and he actually paid special attention to it and how do I remember? I have a sparkly dog sticker on the card so I don't mix it up with the card to my Dad's account. He took note of the sticker and said it was neat and I told him it was so I didn't get my cards mixed up. I don't know if he's got a photographic memory or just remembers numbers well, but who else could it have been? The last time I used my card was once on Thursday and the woman who took it didn't even give it a second glance plus we see her there all the time and why wait two days to use the number? It seems to me that this guy probably got off of his shift around 6 as well, probably assumed we were out spending a lot and couldn't pin it on him?

Obviously I have no solid proof but it seems awfully likely to me. I guess I can only hope that he was dumb enough to use it on an online account that has his personal information for shipping or something so he can get thrown in jail. ARG! NAV ANGRY NAV SMASH!

Title: Lost Angels - Laws
Fandom: Bleach IchigoxRukia Rukia/Kaien
Rating: Teen
Disclaimer: Bleach by Kubo, title by Gackt
Summary: Angels were a myth. Ichigo stopped believing the images of blond angels until he met her on the ground, dead wings. Despite what she had gone through, the fallen angel and the human go against the rule: Angels must not share feelings with a living soul.

(Chapter three- Laws)

... Because this one OrihimexIchigo shipper just completely rubbed me the wrong way.

..and I got totally carried away XD;;

So the poll question was, Who's better for Ichigo, Orihime or Rukia?

This specific reply was not only rude and biased, it opened ever opportunity to pound the FACTUAL evidence against all that BIASED bullcrap.

 

( IchiHime shipper fail )

Mai here not with another poll or anything, but something to share with the rest of island. We all love our fag ships and to show that I love them back I've doodled some fanart of said pairings and now posting them here for your enjoyment or horror whatever you choose.

( Love was made for me and you, love on island is made for... Crack )

And that's all for now! But that doesn't mean I won't stop drawing island OTP related things like the faggot I am, so keep a look out!

Title: Absolution
Rating: T, for now
Author: Winter Lilacs [Tanya Lilac]
Summary: It seemed like she was his only chance for absolution. To be released, not from sin, but from the tides of Fate. 3 - Rendezvous. "This is definitely not what I had in mind." [10passions challenge]

It seemed like an age ago...

Enjoy Freedom of Speech! Revel in choosing a religion (or not) of your choice! But most importantly, choose what milk to put in your latté!

No...seriously. Fun story. A group of four adults came in today, one older woman sporting a very lovely Australian accent. They wanted sandwiches, so I took their orders, but they also wanted drinks. The Australian woman asked for a latté, so I asked if she wanted whole or nonfat milk in it. She gleefully replied, "Nonfat!" I couldn't help but notice how excited she was, so I asked if she'd been waiting for just that question. She replied, "Yes! It's the first time I've been asked since coming here!" She then went on to explain that in Australia they put a mix of half cream and half milk in the drinks (half & half, basically), and she's never cared for how thick it made the drink. It was a dream come true to get a nonfat latté. ^_-;

This does come up a lot with tourists from other countries. Just a few weeks ago we had a small group of people visiting from Scotland (they have a friend who now lives in the U.S. but was born and raised in Scotland) and one of the woman ordered a latté, but was overwhelmed by all the choices she had in how she wanted it. She explained that in Scotland you got your drink however the establishment makes it, and you have to be happy with it.

Rather interesting the things people like to experience about the U.S. while visiting. ^_^

[ All is quiet (and hot and stuffy, and probably starting to smell) in the Zombie Apocalypse Shopping Mall, and there is a flashlight bobbing your way. There is also a guy behind said flashlight. ] Zombies. Yeah, I bet Cassie never saw this one coming.

Hey! Please tell me you're among the living.

So I figured Gintoki wouldn't want any of his companions around and, as you know, his pain is our pleasure so this is Katsura from Gintama. I'm pretty sure most of you know who he is but if you don't...

-> Super serious
-> Super gullible
-> Loves using disguises
-> Will correct you if you say or even think his name wrong
-> Bombs
-> Is an internet bully

If you haven't seen/read a bit of Gintama, you are now forced to watch this video.

I guess, for a stupid meme, if your character had the chance to disguise themselves and act like someone else on the Island, who would it be?

Title: Billie Jean, Chapter 3/10: The Kid is Not My Son
Author: buongiornodaisy
Fandom: Persona 4/Persona 3
Characters: Yosuke, Teddie, Minato, femme!Souji
Pairing: Hints, but nothing more.
Labels: An AU, genderbending crossover son of a gun.
Warning: Spoilers for Persona 3 FES and Persona 4
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,400
Summary: When an old friend returns to town, Yosuke must face the confusing facts about the past and present. CHAPTER THREE: There will be brawl and something approximating narcolepsy.
Thank You: khaman for giving this the look over! ♥
Author's Notes: I try to post these every other day, but I got caught up on chapter six and didn't want to post three until I was done with six. So here it is, a day late!
Disclaimer: If I had an original bone in my body I'd be writing profic, not fanfic!

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( be careful what you do )

Alright. Sorry for the delay but here are the winners! 8D
Below the winners are their badges.

FANART CATEGORY: SECONDLINA



FANFICTION CATEGORY: EARTHSTAR_CHAN


As for the prizes, each winner is entitled a special sketch request from me and a coloring drawing from witch_of_the_si ^3^
Make your requests in your comments.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED! 8D

Sup island? New player here, feel free to throw me into that resident volcano.

I'm Jake, bringing you Soul Eater from.... Soul Eater, and I was completely enabled by Maka, so blame her. Anyway, all the links (permission, concrit, plotting) are on his profile, so hit that up for anything. First post will come later, at a non-6am time.

I look forward to playing with you all!

The round 2 is up for them here, at ship_manifesto . It's going to be a hard one, we're competing against Hetalia! DX

[Since the link for the first round was posted, I figured I should advertise for the second round!].

I'm very proud of myself. I've stuck to my exercise plans. And I'm going to continue to stick to them. And I won't do it the lazy way. I'm using the bike. \o/

Now then, have a meme:
Name a fandom and I will give you my top three pairings and a little reason why.

Week 4 of the TAR Challenge, and experiencing some fatigue! The TAR challenge is where the ladies tenebris, hallowd (Aino) and raynos (me obviously!) pit themselves against nervy characters! rabid plot bunnies! too much RL! to bring you a fixed number of words a week. This week's action is summarised below.

Words for the week: 1,286 words, meaning an average of about 210 words a day.

No of days skivved: 2
Didn't someone say downhill was better than uphill? Doesn't seem to be the case this round. Still experiencing emotional fatigue, and a tad of overdose of work. On Friday, I only managed to sit down at 3 pm and left work at 7pm. 7!!! It's amazing that I wrote at all!

Stories worked on: 2
Lunar Eclipse fell out of favour this time. I did some work on the Fraccion!verse despite the lackluster response.

The plot bunnies however were successful this week in making me write some DESERT RANGERS (Bunny 3 here).

No of stories released to public: 1
You can find the ficlet from DESERT RANGERS here. As you can see, this snippet formed the bulk of this week's words.

Mediums used: Handphone and LJ
The handphone doesn't seem that great anymore, as I've only averaged about 100 words each time I use it as opposed to previously. Typing directly into an LJ post however gave me 400 words at a stretch. Perhaps entries allow for better continuity!

Characters of the week: Ichigo, Rukia and Renji.
The first two I'm sure are not new to you, but the addition of Renji in a romance sense was quite a surprise! I'm not usually one for Renji/Rukia, but lately I've found it to be strangely hot in a physical sense. Emotionally hmmm we'll see.

I wrote some things for the Ichigo/Rukia/Renji DESERT RANGERS verse that I fleshed out under point 3 here. Rough unbetaed woo-hooness, please forgive!

( If he wasn't looking, he would have thought they were up to something else )