practicality

Sailormoon-san? I'm not sure I should come in to work today. I [pause before he continues] don't want to scare off any customers by accident.

How does this place [struck out quickly as he realizes that might not be a wise question to ask on the journals.]

I guess these things really can do what Crow-san and Grift-san said they could - though I don't really see how. Still, it must be awfully handy.

[There’s a long moment as Daitou stops and thinks what he’s just written through, before he continues.]

I suppose I should say hello, ne? I’m Daitou, though you could just call me ‘Dai’ - though I’m really not very big.

[Another brief pause as he considers the implications of that particular statement.]

My, that didn’t come out quite right, did it? Anyway, I know I’ll enjoy getting to know you all!

[OOC: Thank you for the paid time, kind anonfairy!]

I really want some Jyuushiko/Retsu...well, not necessarily porn, but shippy goodness, at least. I mean, I like Ukitake/Unohana as is - their personalities mesh well together - but the genderswap adds a whole new layer to it. Jyuushiko is someone who struggles sometimes with reconciling her strength and her femininity. She's a little bit of a tomboy sometimes, and she had to pose as a boy to gain her strength (well, didn't have to, but she felt she did which is what matters). So she looks up to Retsu, and admires her a lot as someone who does seem to manage balancing being very traditionally feminine with being strong and in charge. And they have a really cute dynamic even just as friends.

I think the fact that the only femmslash I can remember writing is mediocre-to-crappy Tomoyo/Meiling fic that still resides deep in the bowels of FF.net means I should probably do this, though I kind of need to get better at writing Unohana first.

The last few days have felt more like a week - all of my immediate family flew out for graduation, plus my grandparents from Florida, so Thursday and Friday were a lot of driving around and panicking and what not. Graduation itself was well done - kept things organized, and all of the little speeches were good. I'm not sure if it makes me a huge nerd or a social outcast (or both) that I knew more of the faculty on stage watching than the group I was actually graduating with. Now begins another round of frantic job searching, as it turns out my grocery store fall-back option may not have hours for me, and I won't find out until next week. Ugh this week, etc. I am also kind of stoned on Benadryl right now - but at least it works wonders on the itchiness.

This seems...rather distressingly familiar. Again, if anyone needs my help, I'll do what I can, though I can only slow down the vines' progress.

Name 5 bad-ass female fictional characters and tell me why. Try and use as many different canons you can!

I think 'bad-ass' has connotations that aren't necessarily part of my perspective looking at some of these (mostly because to me it implies 'awesome in the sense of fighting' and...not really the focus for some of these), but eh. I actually realized, when I stopped to think about it, that I can think of a bunch, though some of them are canon overlap. So - sticking to one per canon and going for some more out of the way ones.

Retsu Unohana, Bleach - At first glance, she seems like yet another Yamato Nadeshiko. And then you discover that the batshit crazy fighter division are terrified of her. She has a giant flying manta ray. She has a quiet strength that I am absolutely in love with (see: various posts of me going 'ajlskdfjlksf ♥' over her interactions with Jyuushiko). (PS Kubo Tite, WTB moar old captains appearances)

Yuna, FFX - The one people will probably disagree with me for! I know the reactions to her are seriously mixed, but I love Yuna. See much of this post as to why, but - she's idealistic without being incredibly naive (she's a little naive, at the beginning, but she really does grow through the game), and she chooses her own path freely. I mean, she agrees to marry Seymour - so she can get close enough to Send him. And when that plan fails, she already has a back-up in place, and jumps off the city onto Valefor to escape. Also, FFX: proving that white mages can kick ass and take names too!

Mazikeen, Lucifer - She is the consort of the Morningstar, the war leader of her entire people, and basically a berserker demon-blooded warrior. She would do basically anything to protect those she is loyal to - and that's something she only gives out to a respected few. She was raised to be fierce and strong and independent, and she is. Also, when Lucifer pulls his epic dick move at the end of the series (I still say that was a dick move, really), she has no qualms about giving him hell for it, despite the fact that he's, you know. One of the firstborn of the Almighty.

Mitsuru Kirijo, Persona 3 - She won't hang out with you until you prove you're as smart as she is. She learned to summon a Persona when she was teeny because she wanted to protect the only family she had left. She owns, and rides a motorcycle (you get to sit in back). Also, just...her crit animation

Yelena Rossini, Transmetropolitan - Short, flat-chested, bitter as hell, can probably smoke like three packs a day. She's also an absolutely brilliant writer, and along with the other two of the Transmet trio, is willing to be put on the hit list for daring to try and take down a corrupt President - through the power of free speech.

(other awesome female characters not appearing on this list - much of the female casts of aforementioned canons, the women of Resident Evil, Samus Aran, girl-Turks, half of the Endless)

Even though the financial aspects of it will probably come back to bite me in the ass a little, I'm really glad I decided to take May off instead of jumping right back into work. It looks, unfortunately, like my hopes of finding a lab tech job are not to be, so it's back to the grocery store grind for a bit for me In June. But I've been filling my new-found free time with RP, video games, and hanging out with friends, which has been good. Both the tabletop games I'm in have been going well, and online stuff too - Ishida is a much better fit in Desai than some of my previous characters were, and I'm planning on apping at a new Psychonauts-universe game - Psitanium - with Sougyo no Kotowari, because them plus crazy summer camp for psychics is a brilliant combo. Video game-wise, I finally started playing Metroid Prime and am absolutely loving it. Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm like eight years late to the party. I always am. I'm pretty much okay with this. I did a bunch of sewing on Wonder Chef, too, and then Justin and I have an epic fabric shopping trip to Bellingham planned on Friday. I'm still a little weirded out by the fact that I can go to a different country for like...the afternoon. But Joann's has great sales. Friday is also the opening night for Night Market, which means lots of delicious food! Looking forward to that.

...This seems to happen rather frequently around here, doesn't it?

-Cleaned out the inside of my car today! Which was long overdue - there was a hideous mouldering metropolitan Boston atlas in one of the trunk compartments, as well as crumbs everywhere

-Have spent way too much time playing World of Goo over the last few days, to the point where I've like...strained a muscle in my forearm or something from all of the dragging and clicking. I picked up via this promo - which is a very cool idea. Pay-what-you-want for a bunch of neat, crossplatform, DRM-free indie games, and some of the money goes to charity if you choose.

-We had the second session of our Bleach!Exalted game today! I may do a fuller write-up of all the crazy personalities we have going on (and the crazy zanpakuto to match), but I uh. Don't remember everyone's name, so it's just tidbits. The grumpy Kuchiki cousin is appropriately grumpy and Kuchiki, the guy in 5th has PAWN written all over him, and the combat loli healer is terrifying and makes excellent cookies. We're not sure yet if everyone else in 4th is nice to her because they're afraid of her, or because she'll beat up people who pick on the other healers.

-Ishida is ridiculously fun to play. I realised the other day that his relationship with Ichigo has one of two settings - arguing, or awkward. I also apped him to Desai and he is rapidly becoming BFFs with Hokuto Sumeragi.

-I can't find my library book. This saddens me.

Woke up at eight this morning for no discernible reason (having gone to bed at one), and immediately started panicking about everything and nothing. It was like being back on the 300mg Wellbutrin again, ugh.

So I got up and Did Shit, and this is what I did:

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