And it is called "W.I.T.C.H.".

There used to be this kind of cruddy show on TV, but I'm talking about the original Italian graphic novel series. It's actually pretty darn good - the style of the art is what really hooks me into it. <3

Only 4 more days until my contest....eep.

Labor Day was really, really cloudly and gloomy this year. It rained on and off a couple of times today, and now it's chilly and breezy outside. At least I got to sleep in, and I had no pressing homework. Just latin. XD

I basically spent the entire day working on my Tokyo Mew Mew fanfiction. I finally got chapter one up and running, and I'm really satisfied with the final turn-out. I ended up using a lot of ideas from the beginning to The Cat Returns  - Haru and Ichigo could be sisters, I kid you not. :)
I've already gotten two reviews from people I don't even know (!!) and they also favorited my story for updates (!!!!) Hee hee. ^_^

I went to Borders a couple days back and bought a new book - The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss. It looks very, very good, and I've been wanting it ever since I saw it on the 'New Releases' shelf at Borders. And since I'm a Border Rewards member, I got a loverly 40% off coupon and only had to pay something over $8.00 for a $13.50 book. Yay!
I also went ahead and preordered Shugo Chara volume 7. I wanted to pre-order the next Lucky Star, but because the book had not hit that specific retailer and/or wasn't even in print, I would have had to pay extra for it. Which is completely odd and weird, but I wasn't about to pay my only $10.00 on that and lose my other good book. So I will wait on that.

Yesterday at horseback riding, one of the ponies was behaving horribly, and he actually kicked a girl in the ankle. She got her little pony too close to Denver, who absolutely HATES other horses aside from those in his 'herd', but she actually took the blow of the kick directly. She cried, but no serious injuries I think.

Denver is a bit of a snot though. He's the lowest member in his herd's hierarchy, so he gets picked on and subsequently lashes out at other horses for that. It's not his fault entirely, but then again, he shouldn't kick. :|

I really need a nice Kisshu/Ichigo icon. Think I'll just draw one.

Top 8 Reasons Why I'm Excited for the Fall:

1) The wonderful feeling you get when the season changes. I just love fall. I love it. I love the smell of the air, the crisp leaves under your feet, the colors of those left on the trees...it fills me up with energy and I can't control it and I just happy-shift all over the place. Seriously, I've had some of my best shifts in the fall - the best by far occuring when I was running cross country and I started shifting because I was running in the woods. :)

2) Marching band! I actually love football now because of it. Hell, I never know what's going on, but it's enjoyable because I get to play tuba at half-time, and now the band has after-game parties at my friend Tom's house. Last night was our first game (we won 45-20!), and we all headed over to his house to play a mad round of DDR and to eat hot dogs. X3

3) The clothes. I love being able to wear t-shirts with sweaters and jeans and sneakers. It's not so hot that you're burning up, but it's not so cold that you're freezing. It's the perfect combo of warm-cool.

4) All the new TV shows! I'm especially looking forward to Flash Forward, Modern Families, and this new doctor show on NBC. I'm also excited for the final season of LOST, and the next chapters in HOUSE, Heroes, and Ugly Betty. Hopefully Daniel hooks up with Mark finally. XD

I KID I KID.

5) Food tastes much better in fall, for some reason. <3

6) Books! I don't know why, but I read so many more books in the fall than any other time of year. I'm looking forward for the next Shugo Chara!  and Lucky Star! volumes. I also might start buying Fruits Basket, since it's over and all the volumes are out. *proceeds to shovel money outside her window*

I'm also exposing myself to this vampire series called House of Night. It's slowly becoming the new Twilight with kids at my school. Even my classmate Jeremy is reading it. XD I actually don't mind it - the style of writing kind of irritates me, as do some of the characters and certain aspects of the plot, but hell, it beats Sir Sparkle Pants and his cronies of marble stone men who apparently can still inseminate despite the lack of blood flow and the fact that they're undead. ((That was a reference to Breaking Dawn.))
It actually makes several references to Cherokee legends and such, and the main character actually makes me smile sometimes, so that's a plus.

7) I also draw and write more. I feel really, really inspired to work on my fanfiction, which has been stewing quietly in my brain and has now finally started simmering and hissing and screaming "EAT-ER, WRITE ME!!!"

8) ...I might have found someone who I actually think might be interested in me, and me in him. ////


I've been overloading my systems on Lucky Star!. I freaking adore Konata, and her cousins. Kagami is another favorite simply because she puts up with Konata's otaku-ness on a daily basis. XDD 

For those who either write, bash, or just completely ignore fanfiction: I've finally got my TMM fanfic going, so if you want to take a looksie, or if you want to review it, please visit tmmalamoderedux. ^^

*prod*SAM that means you. Fanfic buddy!*prodprod*

In other news...PSATs suck. Really hard. Especially the math that I, oh, CAN'T DO AT ALL. D:
At least I got to hear a really funny story about how "Russians are proud of their erections" (people reading this are probably going "WTF?!" XD) afterwards. Mr. Clark - expect a chocolate bar on your desk tomorrow for making me and the entire block class die laughing. ^^

Oh, and if you like teen drama books, I highly recommend Teen Idol by Meg Cabot. It's a good read that gives off great visuals in my artsy-pants brain.

I really want to go see "Across the Universe". Oh, and "Bee Movie" too. :D