HAGAREN Chapter 70, WWE, SPL, semi-writer's block, surgery and recopies...
I've just finished reading Chapter 70 of HAGAREN, and I still couldn't believe what I saw.
I'm happy that I get to see Roy again. And especially Hawkeye, who's been away from all the action ever since she packed her things up to be the Fuhrer's PA. It was also with Hawkeye that the shock factor came. Pride has surfaced and... Wow. Never has the thought of Selim as the first homunculus ever crossed my mind. I've always thought that the role Selim played in the manga isn't as significant as the other major players. Turned out I was wrong.
Lesson learned? Never underestimate a child. Or in this case, discount him as a possible candidate for villain-ship.
That boy just creeped me out. I thought Hawkeye's reaction to when Selim came out stemmed from her uneasiness around the Fuhrer's people, and the boy suddenly appearing behind her just didn't help matters. I wondered about it, though - especially since Hawkeye is usually very calm unless she feels threatened. It turns out that Hawkeye has valid reasons to be jumpy around the boy.
So wait, that just puts her in a more dangerous position. Mustang-gumi has been broken up and she was the lucky one to get hostaged by none other than the Fuhrer himself. And take note, he's not just the president, he's also the homunculi Wrath.
As if she didn't have enough problems to worry about, out comes Bradley's "son" - Pride.
ARGH! Arakawa-sensei is so evil! She'd better have Chapter 71 out soon. The chapter ended with Riza and Pride and the suspense is just killing me!
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Now, on WWE...
On NYR 2007, Triple H injured his quad.
Right after WM 23, King Booker went out to have surgery performed on his knee.
Sometime after WM 23, The Undertaker injured his shoulder.
And just recently at some SD! house show, Mr. Kennedy injured his arm.
All top Superstars. The first should be coming back soon (and I'm really excited about it). The second, I haven't read any news about his condition yet, but surely he'll be fine...?
Anyway, of the four, the last two are the ones I feel really sorry for. Last April 1, Royal Rumble 2007 winner UT was able to defended his WM streak by defeating Batista for the WHC title, while the other, Kennedy won a shot at any championship title for the next 12 months on the same night. But right now, both of them are out. And that's just so sad because the Dead Man finally has the belt around his waist, and Mr. Kennedy seems headed for greater things but along the way they had to get injured. It also doesn't help that they're two of SD!'s biggest stars...
So, what happened? I haven't seen the latest on RAW nor SD! yet but I went ahead and spoiled myself (which I should really stop doing) to fidn out that Edge had won the MiTB contract from Kennedy (what?!) on RAW and cashed it in at SD! after UT has been taken down by Mark Henry (what?! reprise).
Now, I'm not against Edge as the champ. I mean, gee, even if he's heel, I would like to see him as either the new WWE or WH champion (after HBK has had his run, though), but I'm surprised at the suddenness of things. It's like, the other day, he was chasing after Cena's belt and feuding with Orton, then the next day he goes to wreck havoc on SD! for the WHC belt. O_o
But I guess congratulations are in order. You are one sly s.o.b, Edge. That, and you look really good with the belt.
Still, I hope UT and Kennedy get well soon and reclaim what's rightfully theirs. The same thing goes for King Booker. As for Triple H... I hope he makes an appearance soon.
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I have been on a stump lately. I've been busying myself with my numerous fandoms, WWE and TS2, that I feel like I'm losing what very little creativity I have left in my mind. It's not even like I don't have ideas popping in my head every now and then 'cause I do. Sometimes I would just lie in bed after being awake for a couple of hours already just to think of a possible storyline and stuff like that. The problem, it seems, always happens to be the execution.
Envisioning things and weaving the proper words to express my thoughts in my mind isn't that much of a problem, really. Daydreaming is an art I have long mastered. But what I've always found challenging was putting down those thoughts and words into actual writing. It simply drives me nuts (haha, I've always wanted to type that) when I don't get to express myself as I would have wanted and you know, get that feeling I'm trying to convey across. Sometimes, I feel like just dropping the idea - cast it into oblivion - because I can't make it right.
Right now, thanks to my current state of unproductivity, I still have quite a lot of themes to finish for fated_children (at the rate I'm going, I feel like I should drop my claim already), icons for sentient_icons, and a bunch of other fics at FF.Net. And that's excluding all the stuff that I still have stored in my comp, waiting to be contined/edited...
There are times when I just couldn't help but say "sucks to be me". This is one of those.
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I forgot to mention it before, but a week and a half has already passed since I underwent dental surgery. I was miserable for the some time - and it's not because of the pain. The pain, I could tolerate. I only needed to take painkillers thrice during the recovery period and that was it. The problem was that I had to stick to soft diet. Now, I've no problem with going on a soft diet, but for someone who loves to eat, having my choices limited to oatmeal, noodles and soup for almost a week made me cranky every now and then. It annoyed me to no end to see my family have good food while I stuck with what I would usually only have as either appetizer or snack.
At least I'm over that now. I'm still having problems with one of the operated areas whenever I brush (stupid thread, I always mistake it for some morsel of food) but other than that, everything's fine.
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I'm still waiting for my contract from SPL. Hiro said that I might just have to call the company to ask about it. Hm. I think I might. Now, where did that calling card go?
I'm also still waiting for a call from Images. But I guess I'm going to have to stop keeping faith that they'll follow things up, and finally take matters into my own hands.
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Wow, for someone who's been at a loss for the right words to use in her stories, I sure typed a helluva lot today. XD Well, that'll do for now.
A la prochaine.
I'm happy that I get to see Roy again. And especially Hawkeye, who's been away from all the action ever since she packed her things up to be the Fuhrer's PA. It was also with Hawkeye that the shock factor came. Pride has surfaced and... Wow. Never has the thought of Selim as the first homunculus ever crossed my mind. I've always thought that the role Selim played in the manga isn't as significant as the other major players. Turned out I was wrong.
Lesson learned? Never underestimate a child. Or in this case, discount him as a possible candidate for villain-ship.
That boy just creeped me out. I thought Hawkeye's reaction to when Selim came out stemmed from her uneasiness around the Fuhrer's people, and the boy suddenly appearing behind her just didn't help matters. I wondered about it, though - especially since Hawkeye is usually very calm unless she feels threatened. It turns out that Hawkeye has valid reasons to be jumpy around the boy.
So wait, that just puts her in a more dangerous position. Mustang-gumi has been broken up and she was the lucky one to get hostaged by none other than the Fuhrer himself. And take note, he's not just the president, he's also the homunculi Wrath.
As if she didn't have enough problems to worry about, out comes Bradley's "son" - Pride.
ARGH! Arakawa-sensei is so evil! She'd better have Chapter 71 out soon. The chapter ended with Riza and Pride and the suspense is just killing me!
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Now, on WWE...
On NYR 2007, Triple H injured his quad.
Right after WM 23, King Booker went out to have surgery performed on his knee.
Sometime after WM 23, The Undertaker injured his shoulder.
And just recently at some SD! house show, Mr. Kennedy injured his arm.
All top Superstars. The first should be coming back soon (and I'm really excited about it). The second, I haven't read any news about his condition yet, but surely he'll be fine...?
Anyway, of the four, the last two are the ones I feel really sorry for. Last April 1, Royal Rumble 2007 winner UT was able to defended his WM streak by defeating Batista for the WHC title, while the other, Kennedy won a shot at any championship title for the next 12 months on the same night. But right now, both of them are out. And that's just so sad because the Dead Man finally has the belt around his waist, and Mr. Kennedy seems headed for greater things but along the way they had to get injured. It also doesn't help that they're two of SD!'s biggest stars...
So, what happened? I haven't seen the latest on RAW nor SD! yet but I went ahead and spoiled myself (which I should really stop doing) to fidn out that Edge had won the MiTB contract from Kennedy (what?!) on RAW and cashed it in at SD! after UT has been taken down by Mark Henry (what?! reprise).
Now, I'm not against Edge as the champ. I mean, gee, even if he's heel, I would like to see him as either the new WWE or WH champion (after HBK has had his run, though), but I'm surprised at the suddenness of things. It's like, the other day, he was chasing after Cena's belt and feuding with Orton, then the next day he goes to wreck havoc on SD! for the WHC belt. O_o
But I guess congratulations are in order. You are one sly s.o.b, Edge. That, and you look really good with the belt.
Still, I hope UT and Kennedy get well soon and reclaim what's rightfully theirs. The same thing goes for King Booker. As for Triple H... I hope he makes an appearance soon.
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I have been on a stump lately. I've been busying myself with my numerous fandoms, WWE and TS2, that I feel like I'm losing what very little creativity I have left in my mind. It's not even like I don't have ideas popping in my head every now and then 'cause I do. Sometimes I would just lie in bed after being awake for a couple of hours already just to think of a possible storyline and stuff like that. The problem, it seems, always happens to be the execution.
Envisioning things and weaving the proper words to express my thoughts in my mind isn't that much of a problem, really. Daydreaming is an art I have long mastered. But what I've always found challenging was putting down those thoughts and words into actual writing. It simply drives me nuts (haha, I've always wanted to type that) when I don't get to express myself as I would have wanted and you know, get that feeling I'm trying to convey across. Sometimes, I feel like just dropping the idea - cast it into oblivion - because I can't make it right.
Right now, thanks to my current state of unproductivity, I still have quite a lot of themes to finish for fated_children (at the rate I'm going, I feel like I should drop my claim already), icons for sentient_icons, and a bunch of other fics at FF.Net. And that's excluding all the stuff that I still have stored in my comp, waiting to be contined/edited...
There are times when I just couldn't help but say "sucks to be me". This is one of those.
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I forgot to mention it before, but a week and a half has already passed since I underwent dental surgery. I was miserable for the some time - and it's not because of the pain. The pain, I could tolerate. I only needed to take painkillers thrice during the recovery period and that was it. The problem was that I had to stick to soft diet. Now, I've no problem with going on a soft diet, but for someone who loves to eat, having my choices limited to oatmeal, noodles and soup for almost a week made me cranky every now and then. It annoyed me to no end to see my family have good food while I stuck with what I would usually only have as either appetizer or snack.
At least I'm over that now. I'm still having problems with one of the operated areas whenever I brush (stupid thread, I always mistake it for some morsel of food) but other than that, everything's fine.
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I'm still waiting for my contract from SPL. Hiro said that I might just have to call the company to ask about it. Hm. I think I might. Now, where did that calling card go?
I'm also still waiting for a call from Images. But I guess I'm going to have to stop keeping faith that they'll follow things up, and finally take matters into my own hands.
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Wow, for someone who's been at a loss for the right words to use in her stories, I sure typed a helluva lot today. XD Well, that'll do for now.
A la prochaine.