@TheDrummerWithTheAutoMail I hope the past few weeks have been going better.

@Razzy I'm glad you're feeling better and well done for the good grades!

@jacksparrow589 I'm glad you and your room mate are getting on well! And I hope your shoulder feels better soon!

CTs:

-I've been in the new house with one of my flatmates for one week now, and I think we've settled in quite nicely. (Our third flatmate arrived this morning.) Although, throughout the week we ran into some mishaps and problems.

My friend has an awful habit of leaving appliances on; the hot water tap in the bathroom was left running for a few hours until I woke up during the night and heard it (then turned it off.) Then the day before yesterday, after using the oven in the evening, she thought she had turned the oven off (I thought so, too, since according to the dial it was set to "off".) But, again, I woke up at about 2am and smelled burning --and I knew it was kind of worrying that I could smell burning and I'm in the attic bedroom. I went downstairs and it turned out that the oven was still on, even though the dial said it was off! I grabbed the dial and realised it was loose and could come straight off, and when it was turned, it wasn't turning the actual switch. So I took off the dial and tried turning the switch, but it was stuck. So after about half an hour of stomping around, opening windows and doors, huffing and puffing and muttering "oh, bloody hell", wondering what to do, I looked in the cutlery drawer, hoping to find something that could help me turn the switch. And I found....the almighty potato masher! I hooked the switch into one of the gaps and managed to turn the switch to the off position. I wasn't making any effort to be quiet throughout that little saga, but my friend didn't even wake up --and she has the ground floor bedroom which is right next door to the kitchen. xP

We also found out our carbon monoxide alarm doesn't work. :S

- Having no internet in the house is annoying and boring. xP

Wow, not having new posts for several days on "Penny" thread?!! That's unusual. XD

Anyway... ^^


Happy "Oct. 3" FMA Day!!



We're having "Don't Forget FMA" events for this year's FMA Day! Hope you can check them out!

Happy Oct. 3, all! Don't Forget!

CTs:

--Must be a busy time of year, with so few people posting! (Can't say I'm much of an exception, though. *feels a little guilty*)

--Well, ASL is a lot of fun, even if we don't have interpreters anymore. We're now learning how to use gestures to communicate. It's funny-looking and fun, but also challenging.

--I really do need to talk with my high school friends more. A couple things I said made one of them go "Wait, what's been going on?!"

I think it's just a real busy time for everyone. School has set in for everyone, and those who aren't in school have jobs, or internet issues, or etc. I'm sure it's no cause for alarm, since we're all still here alive and breathing.

CTs

-Tomorrow I DJ at a party for one of my step mom's co-workers. I'm getting paid to do it so hey, I'm at least making some money.

-School has kept me busy, but I am still here to stay, just letting you all know.

-Happy late FMA Day/Happy FMA Week.

-My family issues haven't gotten any better sadly. I'm not home much because I'm either at school or hanging out at people's houses (especially my friend Mei, who's a new friend of mine who's an amazing person who's let me come over to her house whenever I don't wanna go home right away) so we play video games, nerd out about anime, crack jokes, etc.

-I hope everyone else is doing well on here in their lives. Not a day goes by where I don't think about you all!

CTs:

- Wow, I haven't been here for a while, huh?

- ...Annnnnd not a lot has been happening in my absence either. I hope everyone is doing well! Personally, I've been a bit depressed lately, but I'm starting to feel better now.

- I finished reading the Harry Potter series as well. I own all the books now. And my inner fangirl has re-ignited! XD I've been looking forward to the day that I can finally sign up to Pottermore.

- Speaking of fangirling, Skyward Sword is being released next month!~ I have the limited edition preordered. I can't wait to get my hands on that lovely gold Wiimote.

Hola! I haven't been online in awhile now huh? School, homework, and chores around the house have got a hold on me and Im so busy I don't have any time to get online anymore! Things are doing good in ol' VA. I have an 93% A in my Algebra1 class which is the highest grade I've got in math in my entire life! I understand what the teacher says to me. Maybe it is the teacher that is helping me understand... but anyways I reallly missed being on here and I thought about all of my friends on here everyday like, 'I wonder what TDWTAM is doing right now?' or 'A Pierrots Aria, what is she doing?', or 'I wonder howJacksparrow589 is doing right now?' etc.

-Pierrots Aria- Im glad the house didn't burn up or something like that!

-TDWTAM- I really sorry about the family business stuff, I have a friend who is going through something similar. It makes me sad whenever she tells me about it..

-Jacksparrow- yup! things sure are busy now that school has set in for me.(I miss summer!)

-Pyroclasm- Yes!! go Harry Potter fan! ( Im a fan too! I still haven't seen the final movie! )

TDWTAM--I'm sorry things haven't improved, but I'm glad you have a friend you can definitely count on!

Pyroclasm--Depressed? Not good at all! I'm glad you're starting to feel better!

BlindedBeautyGal--Great job on the math!

CTs:

--Well, as soon as classes are over for the day, I'm headed down to Portland for an expo put on by DeafNation for my ASL class! Wheee!

--I've got less homework that I thought I would, but it's definitely still 17 credits' worth. (About 51 hours total of class and studying per week.)

@TheDrummerWithTheAutoMail I hope your DJ party goes well.

@Pyroclasm Yep, I have my copy of Skyward Sword with the golden Wiimote preordered. I'm looking forward to it!

@Blinded Beauty Gal Well done in your algebra class!

@jacksparrow589 Good luck with all your homework!

CTs:

- I haven't been well this week because of the cold that I had. Any free time that I had I was just sleeping for feeling so drained. And I also kept getting nosebleeds which was kind of inconvenient, since I also had one during one of my lectures. xD; Today is the first day where I've actually felt 100% better.

- I've had a great weekend --I got to spend Friday and Saturday with my brother. He bought me Hero Tales vol 5 which seemed to have come out earlier than I thought; I was surprised to see it in the shop we went to. And he also got me a game for the Wii and a new Xbox controller. I have such an awesome, kind brother. And today, I got to spend time with my sister and my dad. We went to see The Lion King in 3D, but none of us really care for 3D, we just wanted to see that awesome film on the big screen! Watching it made me remember how epic Mufasa sounds...and it was also pretty hilarious when we heard someone at the back of the theatre imitate the hyena's laughter.

@BlindedBeautyGal: Oh wow, nice work in your Algebra class! And yes, Harry Potter fan! ~

@jacksparrow589: Thanks. Good luck with that homework!

@A Pierrot's Aria: Yessss, preorder! It's going to be a great game, I think. ~ And I'm glad to hear you're feeling better! I remember a time a few years back when I kept getting nosebleeds. It really is a pain when they randomly hit you like that!

CTs:

- The pipe that feeds the water trough has a crack in it, and has been leaking. I thought the tank had been emptying suspiciously quickly the past few times I'd filled it... It's going to be fixed tomorrow, thankfully. I'm glad I discovered it now, instead of figuring it out later; we'd have lost a lost more water.

- So, I'm going to enter NaNo this year! I had an idea hit me, and I've been unable to stop myself from planning it out. XD Not an original idea, unfortunately, but a fanfic. I need to write this. It's been a while since I've been this enthused about writing something, so I'm just going to go with it and get it down while I have the drive for it.

@Pyroclasm - Good luck on NaNo!

@A Pierrot's Aria - I hope you get better soon!

CTs:

- This board used to be so active! I hope the fandom stays alive for a while longer since FMA is such a wonderful work. I can't promise to be around often, but I'll definitely drop by every once in a while/couple of months.

- I think my bro's cough is spreading.

@ Everyone else - I hope y'all are doing well, and best wishes to y'all!

A Pierrot's Aria--Sorry you were sick, but I'm glad you're feeling better!

Pyroclasm--Good luck with NaNo!

CTs:

--I've been feeling exhausted for almost 2 days now, and no reason why. I don't like this one bit.

--At least the homework load isn't too bad right now. Classical Mythology midterm on Friday, but I hardly need to study for that.

jacksparrow happy Oct 3!

Mct
I left Texas and now it's cold there. What crap.
Family Guy is such a great show!
I need a new fwb and a gay bff.
Reading yay!
Watched an episode of Fma last weekend! It was great!

CTs:

--I had to have 3 moles biopsied yesterday, 2 of them right over my shoulder blades. Things were okay until the anesthetic wore off, but now... Owwwww... >_< (Fortunately, I was able to sleep.)

--Bleh. I don't want to do homework today, but I need to.

--Right now, though, I'm hanging out and filling out my ballot for the upcoming election. Yay, mail-in ballots!

@ Dark_Fishie & jacksparrow589: Thanks guys. =D I'll do my best!

@Dark_Fishie: Be around as often as you can! =D It's nice to hear from people.

@jacksparrow589: Ouch, that sounds painful... D:

CTs:

- I went to the show yesterday with my mum. Going on rides with her is something that never gets old.

- And I got a Snivy plushie while I was there! It's the cutest thing!~ *hugs it*

- Ooh, and I got Streetpassed on my 3DS while I was there as well! It was a fun day.

- Urk, this weather keeps getting hotter. I can't stand it! >_< ...Okay, it's only been just over 20 degrees Celsius, but I still can't stand it. >_<

- I was in a cleaning mood today, so I did several jobs that needed doing. But I should really be planning for NaNo right now... I'd better do some of that right now!

CTs:

--My long, stressful week (complete with a Windows update screwing up my computer completely--thank goodness I had most of my files backed up!) culminated last night with me in tears at a rather inopportune moment. I'm just glad that's over.

--I thought my computer science homework would take WAY longer than it looks like it's going to. I'll actually have a little relaxation time this weekend!

--I do have to do a video project for ASL, though. Hopefully, I'll be good enough at signing that I'll get good marks. *crosses fingers*

..wowies, it's been so long since I've last come here (according to the site 3+ years hahaha), pretty crazy how different the subforum organization looks now. XD Nice to see that this thread is still alive after all this time, hehe. <2 I wonder if anyone who remembers me is still around...8D

Various recent thoughts:

- NYCC a couple weeks back was really fun...wish I hadn't been so sleep-deprived all weekend so I could've been around for more of it. Had a lot of fun helping out at the niconico streaming booth, though. If anyone hangs around on that site you might catch me messing around doing live streams in cosplay...8D

- Just finished Shakugan no Shana season 1 today, fiiinally~ Saw the movie a couple years back but never got around to watching the actual series, and now season 3 is airing so I have lots of catching up to do... The series took a little while to really pick up but I enjoyed watching it overall, I think I will need to do a bunch of Shana cosplays now...

- It's getting really cold out these days...no one rang the doorbell at all for candy on Halloween night, I was surprised. XD


@Pyroclasm: ZOMG YOUR GOLDEN SUN SIGNATURE!! *__*

ELDERBERRY!!!! I REMEMBER YOUUUUUU

- anyways.............I......I got nothing to say now :| My mind's a blank

^ Congrats for 700th post, Pyroclasm! ^^

Everyone, sorry for not posting much lately. I've been under the weather.

CT
- ZOMG!! EKE-san~~~~!! (For those who may not know, that's how we called Elderberry-san ^^) *hugs* Missed you~~~!!
.....Yes, we changed the forums a bit. xp I'm becoming one of the old-timers still remaining and active, but we have tons of awesome members who joined the board while you were gone. Hope you will stick around and get to meet them! ^^

- Halloween is over. I didn't get to enjoy it much this year, but the good thing is I got lots of leftover Halloween candies for myself. xp

- Wait, it's November already?!

- New FMA movie is coming to U.S. soon (it's coming to theaters this Winter, but it's already being shown in Film Festivals around the country). Got to update all the movie info on the board. ^^

@jacksparrow589 Hope things have been less stressful for you and I'm glad your computer is fixed now.

@Pyroclasm I can't stand temperatures of 20 degrees (or above) either. I remember my Latin teacher laughing at me when I told her. She said that I wouldn't be able to survive living in Italy (where she originally comes from) if I thought 20 degrees Celsius was too hot. xD

@Elderberry Welcome back --always great to see old members returning!

@Tombow Hope you get better soon.

CTs:

- The past few weeks have been kind of stressful. Not only with essays and stuff, but with problems with our house. I was sat in the kitchen last week and saw a mouse (possibly two) run behind the washing machine. The landlord thankfully gave us some mouse/rat poison to put out. The pile nearest to the fridge was eaten up two times, but in the end, that won't solve the problem of how they're getting in the house in the first place. :S

We spoke to him about it earlier (as well as other problems) but he basically implied that I could have been lying about the bait being eaten and that he doesn't see how the other problems we raised were an issue. So we're going to view some new houses for next year in a couple of hours. Hopefully they'll be nice, vermin-free houses. xD

- Completed two of my philosophy essays, now to start on my history essay... DX

@Elderberry: OMG, someone who recognises Golden Sun on a forum not specifically dedicated to it! Welcome back!~

@Tombow: Thanks, Tombow! I'm sorry to hear you haven't been feeling well. I hope you feel better!

@A Pierrot's Aria: That landlord of yours doesn't sound very nice at all. :\ I hope you can find a better place!


CTs:

- Well, NaNo is going alright so far. I haven't been writing smoothly most of the time - I've been forcing it out instead - but I'm actually writing, and getting out a daily average of 2200 words, which is a lot more than I've achieved in the past year. I might actually be able to do this thing. ~

- ...But this is really going to need some major editing after I've finished. DX

- My mum is quitting smoking at the moment, so she's been a bit agitated, and she's been tearing apart the house cleaning things as a result. XD I kept tripping over things she'd left sitting in the hallway last night.

- Right, that's a long enough break, time to get back to work! *writes*

Elderberry! I totally remember you (though I'm not sure if you'd remember me, hahah)! Welcome back! And I'm really jealous that you went to NYCC~ That sounds really awesome.

Pyroclasm- Good luck with NaNo! I was going to participate this year, but I failed on day one.

CTs:

- Halloween was really boring. People apparently aren't allowed to trick or treat around here or something. Nobody knew what I was dressed as anyway, despite how accurate my Marceline the Vampire Queen costume was.

- I don't like that people don't take me seriously when I say I have an extreme arachnophobia. People say it's irrational for me to be afraid of spiders, because they kill all the "bad bugs" and blah blah blah. Okay, really, I don't need you to tell me it's an "irrational fear", because that is the exact definition of "phobia", and I'm aware of that. Since I've been here, I've had two nervous breakdowns because of this. Unfortunately I have a roommate who thinks spiders are "adorable", and won't kill any that come into our room. I said to her, "Please, if you won't kill them, just take them and put them outside." She never did, and instead let a spider roam around our room for days. It would only stay on her side of the room or disappear for long periods of time, so I couldn't kill it, and instead had to stare at it, being paranoid and feeling completely uncomfortable in my room for a whole week. To sum it up, when I tried to kill it when it was on my side of the room, (and because I am very uncoordinated) it fell into/near my bed, and I did not sleep for two days. And then my roommate looks at me like I'm crazy when I remove my furniture into the hallway to find the spider. Same thing happened last night, and I ended up sleeping in my desk chair because I was too afraid to go near my bed. I'm sick of people being insensitive to my feelings. When I say I'm deathly afraid of spiders, please take it seriously and be aware that I will have a panic attack if I see one in my room.

- ... that was a long rant.

- I go home in about 2 weeks, but I honestly can't stand being here for another minute.

- The food here is literally not sanitary (I've learned to just buy everything from a can or package from the store). I could really go on and on about the disgusting things my friends and I have encountered in these cafeterias, because it really is that disgusting. And it's not just "oh, this food looks really gross"; I'm talking about being served moldy food and having to use utensils that are never properly cleaned.

- I hate my classes, but I'm doing really well in them... somehow.

- I have to do a group project in one of my classes... we decided to split up the work, and the rest of the group gave me the only difficult part of the project. Ummm, that's really not cool. They said they're splitting it up "equally", but while their research is based on simple facts, I have to figure out things based on philosophies, opinions, and ideas (of other people, not my own) which I may or may not be able to find. I guess I'll have to suck it up and just get it done.

- Lately I'm frustrated by my inability to draw anything well.

Razzy--I don't have a phobia of them, but spiders freak me out a little. It sucks that your roommate is that insensitive--you'd think she'd finally get it after one nervous breakdown! As to unsanitary cafeterias: that the utensils and such aren't always the cleanest is rather unsurprising since even industrial dishwashers just can't get it all a lot of the time. As to food, you might want to let your local health department know that you're being served moldy food. Public health risks like that are definitely NOT okay. I hope you can hold out for the next two weeks!

Pyroclasm--I'm not participating, but go, go, NaNo!

A Pierrot's Aria--Your landlord sounds like a real jerk. I hope you can find a better house!

Tombow--I bought Halloween candy specifically for myself!

CTs:

--After a long week with a midterm that I... didn't ace (we'll leave it at that), there's homework, homework, and more homework.

--Thankfully, I got to see my oldest brother yesterday as he was in town for the weekend, and I hung out with a high school friend I haven't seen in a while, which was also fun.

--I have to get up on Friday at 5:45 AM to register for classes. That wouldn't be so bad, but it's a no-class holiday that day. Whyyyyy....? ;-;

But your a robot.






Get a cat.

@Pyroclasm I'm not sure what NaNo is, but good luck with it!

@jacksparrow589 Good luck with all the homework --I hope you're coping with it all!

@Razzy To be honest, if I was that scared, I'd kill it (or take it out) whether she allowed me to or not. Or maybe even get someone who isn't your room mate to come in and deal with it. :S

@phoenix dying If got a pound every time someone said that...The short answer is: No.

CTs:

- The only time I feel like drawing something (digitally, anyway) I don't have my graphics tablet with me. I resorted to using the touch pad on my laptop. It was hard work but I actually got something down. xD

- I should really make a start on my history essay today. When I'm at home, I'm never in the mood to get work done. But I'm a little saddened that I only have a day or so left to spend at home before I go back to uni.

- I could really go for some chocolate right now...

@Razzy: Thanks! ^_^ And aww, it's too bad that you failed... Your roommate thinks spiders are adorable? ...Have you checked her into the closest mental hospital yet? And ugh, those cafeterias sound horrible! D: Surely they can't be allowed to serve food like that.

@jacksparrow589: Oh man, you have to get up that early? That sucks. DX And good luck with all that homework!

@A Pierrot's Aria: It's National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write a 50,000 word novel in November. And it's amazing that you drew something with your laptop's touch pad! XD

CTs:

- I've reached 30,000 words in NaNo! /o/ Though I hit a rough patch a few days ago, and the writing just wasn't coming to me, even when I was pushing myself. So, I skipped ahead a little, and wrote out a scene I was looking forward to writing, and the words just flew from me! ^_^ Take that writer's block! >:D

- Today I just remembered that I created a LiveJournal account sometime last year, and I've decided to start using it. ...Though it probably won't see much use until I'm done with NaNo.

- Skyward Sword will be out in the UK in a few days. I still have to wait over a week for it! DX But it's definitely going to be worth the wait. ~

Thanks, jacksparrow. I'm learning to stress out less. And my friend actually went to the manager of the cafeteria, told him about the moldy food she was served (and actually presented it to him), and his angry response was "We don't serve moldy food here!". Needless to say, I don't eat there anymore.

A Pierrot's Aria- I really suck at killing spiders. XD;;; I always manage to miss them by an inch, or somehow sweep them off the wall and onto my furniture. But next time I see one, I definitely am going to get someone to kill it/move it for me.

Pyroclasm- No, they shouldn't be allowed to serve us food like that. @.@ But somehow they get away with it. And that's awesome that you're doing so well in NaNo! Keep it up!

CTs:

- I go home in 2 days! I have been fidgety since this weekend, because I started a new sewing project. And when I start a sewing project, I really get obsessed about it. And I don't have the materials here to finish it, which only makes me more anxious to get home and buy supplies. Also, my boyfriend and best friend aren't coming home until next week, so the only good thing about that is I'll have almost a week to lock myself in my basement and get a decent amount of sewing done.

- I have been using suedecloth for my dolls for over 2 years now, but someone just pointed out to me how bumpy/cruddy of a material it is. And now I look at it differently. This is like the time I realized felt is the worst fabric ever. So now I need to buy myself some better fabric. Then I need to start my doll all over again.

- I've discovered that if I become obsessed with something, my college life becomes significantly less dull. Recently I've been obsessing over BBC Sherlock, and it's really helped make these past 2 weeks fly by. This also relates to my current sewing obsession, because I'm making a Sherlock doll. (And then a Watson doll obviously.) I'm really excited to make it. Like... more excited than can be considered normal.

- I do not want to go to class today. :C

- I ran out of printer ink and I don't know how to print stuff from the library. I am awkward and don't want to ask anyone for help.

- I ran out of food/drinks yesterday... except for some Trix cereal. I am a college student, so I think this is acceptable... somehow.

@Pyroclasm I'm devastated that I had to cancel my order of Skyward Sword. I was worried about bills. But my brother managed to get it, and it looks so awesome!

@Razzy You've just reminded me that I've completely ran out of food, too. *need to go shopping today*

CTs:

-I managed to get a copy of FMA volume 27 yesterday. I went to the comic shop that I usually go to and was really surprised to see it there. When I took it to the counter, the guy was like "Ah! Fullmetal Alchemist 27! That's not even supposed to be published in the UK until January!" And I was like "Yeah, I was pretty surprised to see it there, so I thought 'how'd they get that?'". And he gave me the whole "If we told you how we got it, we'd have to kill you". But yeah, it feels nice to have finished a whole collection of one series.

-I'm unable to sleep right now. It's pretty early and the hail stone and rain beating off my window was so loud it woke me up. Sometimes I wonder why I volunteered to have the attic bedroom. xD

-I had a great time with my sister yesterday. It's a shame she has to go later on today...

@Razzy: A new sewing project, huh? I hope it goes well! ^_^

@A Pierrot's Aria: You had to cancel your Skyward Sword order? D: That sucks... It really is awesome. I hope you can get it sometime soon! And you're really lucky, getting volume 27 so early! ~

CTs:

- So, I did manage to finish NaNo, and I finished a day earlier than I had originally planned to! XD I had no idea I was capable of writing so much in such a short amount of time. Nevermind the fact that it's all horrid writing. >_< Maybe now I can finally get back to that fanfic I haven't updated in just over a year. ^_^;

- And then, almost as if I was being rewarded for my efforts, my Skyward Sword preorder came in a day early. /o/ I've been playing it a lot since, and it's been really great so far. I think I've almost completed it now...

- I found out the other day that Anne McCaffrey has passed away. I'm very sad to hear that, as I loved her novels when I was in high school, and I still like reading them now. :<

- I was up and down ladders all day yesterday and today. My feet hurt so much. >_<

Razzy--I totally got obsessed with Sherlock last year. Oh, Benedict Cumberbatch, you are amazing! *might have a bit of a celebrity crush*

A Pierrot's Aria--You have FMA 27? Do want!

Pyroclasm--Congrats on finishing NaNo!

CTs:

--Ugh, when it gets to the end of the quarter, it's so hard to muster up the energy to do any homework! :/

--I will be getting out WAY early on the Wendesday of finals week, though, so I'm happy.

--Most of my Christmas shopping is done. I just hope some things for my friends get here before the break!

Ello! How is everybody? I haven't been on here in awhile so Im going to type up what is happening in my life.

CTs:

-A very good friend of mine has recently moved away and now I can't see her! I cried a bit but Im fine now.

-I let a friend borrow my DB Raging Blast game a few weeks ago and recently got it back. When I got home to put it in the Xbox360 to have a rematch with my brother it wouldn't read the disc. After several tries, I took it out and looked at the back of the disc to find a perfect circle of scratches around the disc!(facial expressions) .... .... .... . I got so upset I cried. I loved that game. My oldest brother used the scratch-remover for discs but it didn't work.... What makes it worse is that The friend didn't even ask to replace it with a new one! He said that it froze up on him while playing and because of that, he didn't play it Ihave now learned not to lend out anymore of my belongings again. I'll just get the second one!

-Yay! only one more week of shool and then I will be out until Jan. 2th

-NASA discovered a new planet outside of our solar system!!!!!!!! Soooo exciting and interesting!!!! Plus they said it can substain life!!!!(crazy girl interested with NASA discovering new planets!!!) Bad News...... it's gonna take 600 light years to get there....awwww.. I wanna go.....

CT's

-Haven't been on here in ages. I'm almost to 100 posts!
-So glad I have everything figured out for my interim and spring semester schedule. That was crazy stressful.
-I have an audition on Thursday morning. !

CTs:

-I got my broken game to work once on Monday. But it wouldn't go past the loading screen.....

-I can't believe I got a "C" in French class!! I do everything Im supposed to do in that class and yet, he gives me a "C".

-awesome! just a few more days to go and i will be out of school until Jan. 2th

@jacksparrow589: It's nice getting christmas shopping done so you don't have to worry about it. ~

@Blinded Beauty Gal: I hope you can get your broken game to work properly. :<

@kimonodragon88: Good luck with your audition!

CTs:

- I got my 10 free GBA games from the 3DS Ambassador Programme!

- I just put some eggs under one of my hens, so I'll be expecting babies early next year! ...Of course, I'm also expecting the cows to give birth any time from January onwards. So many babies!

- A new Pokemon game is going to be announced next month. According to what Serebii has written, CoroCoro has said it will be "a world first shocking announcement". I wonder what it will be..?

Things are getting busy in my house, so I thought I'd say this now: To all those who are celebrating holidays this time of year, be it Yule, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or anything else, I hope your celebrations are filled with friends, family, and fun. To those not celebrating anything, I wish your days to be filled with the same. May all the days be kind to you, full of warmth and light.

CTs:

--After a few not-so-happy days, I finally just let the stress free a couple days ago. Feeling so much better now.

--I made my first (and probably last, due to new privatization laws being enacted soon) visit to a state liquor store. The lady behind the counter gave my license and me a long, hard stare before grumpily wishing me a happy birthday (almost 4 months ago, but whatever) and allowing me to buy. Yes, lady, I am 21, even if I don't look it.

--Pizza party tonight! (This is how we celebrate Christmas Eve with my dad's side of the family. 'Cause we're awesome like that. )

Whoaooo, been a while @_@ I should start frequenting the boards more often an- ELDERBERRY. OMG.
I really wish that a lot more old(er) members would return to the board :3 I miss a lot of the people that kept the board crashing due to all the traffic D:

@Razzy- Arachnaphobia can actually develop before birth, and almost everyone has it, to a varying degree. She should really learn to underst and this that everyone has different levels of it.
I really hate spiders. My rule with them is that if I don't see them, I will let them live. They also tend to run away from people, which makes them less scary, shows they know who's boss. There is one bug, however I will hate forever. Even more than spiders...
Centipedes. I hate them. They are terrifying. And I don't mean house centipedes. I mean the red prickly ones with the thick legs.
Nothing is more terrifying (bug wise) than a centipede, imo.

CTs:
-Out to eat with friends and then community service. Only 8 more hours to go... why is this a graduation requirement again...?
-Ahhhh vacation don't go away. I don't wanna go baaaack, I cannot wait until next year when my vacation will be months long instead of a week. Goodbye, high school...

@jacksparrow589: I've been allowed to drink legally for years now, but I still always get asked for ID. XD

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- HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS! I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas, or whatever else you celebrate. :3

- You know what really annoys me? People who are getting paid to do a job, and don't do the work. I mean really? Really?

- I think I really need to go to bed... I can't focus properly...

I've been a member here for literally several years and I proclaim this forum pretty much dead...

I concur.

It's a shame, I really did enjoy it so much. But, it's like a ghost town (lol).
Maybe sometime in the future it will make a comeback, however, I don't think it will be able to do that without dropping FMA as the main subject matter, as the series has run it's course.

I'll check back in now and again, maybe drop by to say hello. Other than that, though... well, that's kinda it.

^ Washu & PD, nice to see you.
I agree that the board has been rather quiet these days, and yes I also miss those days when the board was brimmed with all sort of FMA related activities & discussions. But, with having all three FMA series concluded (FMA-1 anime, FMA:Brotherhood anime, & FMA manga) I think it's understandable to have significant drops in the fan activities among FMA fans, and I don't think we can reasonably expect the level of board activities we had while any of these series were in the first run. Sadly, I see that many of FMA related fan sites I frequented before are no longer carrying FMA activities, or no longer there.

Although, the overall board activity on our board is far from "dead" yet, as our board is still having average of a hundred-plus guests and members using our site at any given moment (most of us probably may not notice this because most of these visitors do not post in the forums or upload new pics in the Gallery. ^^) ...Among them are some of the FMA fans who are visiting our site regularly to check for news and info for the upcoming U.S. release of the new FMA movie, Fullmetal Alchemist "Sacred Star of Milos", and I'm hoping I can get the chance to see it myself also, so that I can finally write my own review of the movie in our FMA "Milos" movie forum.


Hope everyone had very happy Christmas/Hanukkah/Boxing Day or any other Winter holidays, and New Year!


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- Haven't posted here for a while. Will try to post more. ^^
- Have been under the weather (yes, again )
- Lots of FMA stuff I still haven't translated yet >.< including some really nice stuff from FMA manga unabridged edition. I want to get to that. ^^
- Watched Dr. Who 2011 Christmas special. It was nice, and I liked it.
- Season 2 of "Sharlock" is on!! *excited* ^^
- FMA "MiloStar" movie is in the U.S.! (coming to the theater near you soon, hopefully? ^^) After reading hundreds of movie reviews by Japanese FMA fans, I hope I can finally watch the movie myself.

CTs:

I really missed being here! But well, it's a new year=a new start!
☆ Will have a REALLY long semester
☆I have to write an essay/letter/any kind of composition(for a competition) about tolerance, but I just don't have any inspiration/ideas! And I have to get it done by tomorrow, which makes everything worse.
☆Now, after the holidays, I woke up at 5 AM (as I used to do before, being woken up by the sound of my annoying computer/alarm clock/phone/headphones/iPod playing Genie in a Bottle just to remind me of the 'great' love triangle I got myself into...) I finished reading PS, I Love You and now it's 7 AM and I'm going to have a long day...
☆I'm eating dried cranberries.

I hope everyone had a great Yule/Christmas/Hanukkah etc and New Year!:D

CTs:

- It has been a while since I posted in this thread.

-I'm relieved to have finished all my exams (well, I did last week). It's good to not have a single thing to worry about, even if it's just for over a week before I go back to uni.

- Had a bad night's sleep last night, though. I was up vomiting and my stomach is still absolutely killing me. X_x

A Pierrot's Aria--Yikes! Sorry you had (still have? I hope not!) that stomach bug. I hope you're feeling better!

CTs:

--17 credit quarters... I do not like them. At all. :/

--On the bright side, at least I'm taking classes that, for 3 of the 4, I really want to be taking--they're just a LOT of work. I wasn't keen on databases at first, but it's grown on me.

--Nrrr... I am sore all over. I have no idea what I do in my sleep, but I really ought to stop doing it. (Not being so stressed out would probably help...)

Mct

Haven't been here in a while. Need to visit more. How's ereybody been?
Day off tomorrow. No plans. Gonna be bored alll day! Lol
Started watching Fma again. On ep 3!
Got too see my mom sister n baby niece Saturday! Had a blast!!!

All ye who are sick, I hope you're better now!
@ sweety_pie: did you enjoy your day off?

CTs:
-Dropped in today after reading Gin no Saji. Since I'm following it now, guess who'll be around more?
-Had a couple hours of good, solid sleep but woke up in the middle of the night. Didn't fall back asleep until sunrise...
-Looming deadlines of doom. I MUST BELIEVE IN MYSELF. I CAN DO IT! >: D

I haven't been on here in awhile.... I miss the good discussions that would go on here during the summer..... but anyway I hope everybody had safe and fun holidays! whatever holiday it was I hope it was great.

CTs:
- yesterday was awesome! I watched a bunch of FMA episodes on my computer then I tried to beat my brother on my new DBRaging Blast 2 game but failed miserably....

-Im debating whether<-(Did I spell that right?) or not I should go see The secret world of Arrietty or go see Ghost Rider 2 in theaters on my b-day. I might not go at all!

-ugh...the pain! I got hit in the face with a ping-pong ball the other day and gym class. Now, I have a small but noticble bruise on my left cheek. That's the third time I've gotton hit with a ball, over a short period of time. Each in different places! With different balls too. (Basketball: head Hockyball: stomach, which hurt the most.) gym class is a dangerous place to be! really dangerous if you are a skinny girl that is fragile also who does and sometimes doesn't pay attention to her surroundings, and gets bruised by some of the littliest things. I need to start paying attention. I do, but people need to look out for other people and make sure no one is in the way.

- That was a kinda long rant.

CTs:

--Oh, how I have missed this board while it was down!

--So, even though I was able to self-correct (as in, without therapy) my lisp from tongue-thrusting when I was younger, it seems as though my tongue is still pushing on my teeth when I swallow, meaning I'm in retainers for the foreseeable future.

--Spring break!

YAY!!!! Im soo glad that the board is back up! I missed it.

CTs:

-spring break is almost here.

-I don't really have much to say right now. Im just glad the board is back up.

CTs:

- Man, it's been a while since I came here... Hi everyone! I didn't die!

- I'll be getting Kid Icarus Uprising in a couple of days. It looks like a hilariously fun game, I can't wait. ~

- In other gaming news, I am so hyped for Fire Emblem: Awakening. I hope they confirm release dates outside of Japan sometime soon!

- I am watching The Legend of Korra right now. This makes me so happy... ;~;

But everyone else did...

^ Hope you're not dead, PD! Also, nice to see you, Pyroclasm, Blinded Beauty Gal, and others! ^^


Happy May 5th! .. happy Cinco de Mayo to anyone who'd like a good excuse to have a round of margaritas and happy Children's Day (端午の節句 omedetoo!) to our Japanese friends, and happy Kentucky Derby, if anyone is into horse racing, or mint julep, and happy observing Super Moon full moon, closest full-moon of the year, tonight, everyone!

Our board is still experiencing various technical difficulties and inconveniences, and we apologise for the slow coming of fixes. If you run into any problems on the board, or got any questions, please feel free to send us PM, and let us try to assist you.

As for myself, I think I'm finally getting over the cold I had. Yay! ^^ I miss reading new FMA chapter every month, and the closest we have now is publishing of FMA unabridged edition volumes, currently having a new volume each month, with some new FMA drawings and new comments by Arakawa. This monthly publishing of a new volume is scheduled to go on through September, and I intend to savor each one of them. xp

For anyone who is having final exams, final assignments, etc. before the school would go into the long Summer break (or Winter break for Southern hem. friends), good luck with your study! And, I know not much has been posted here recently, but when you're done with all the studying, and when you get the chance, hope you can stop by and say hello!



CT
- Summer like temperature across U.S. today. It's hot, and it's only beginning of May!
- Super Moon tonight! Hoping it will be a clear night so that I can observe it.


ETA: Super moon 2012

(photo by Ak Ash)