It's kind of sad that I haven't updated since July. Forgetfulness + Busyness = Chaos, Catastrophe, and Ruin. Not really, but sometimes it seems that way. Anyway, I've been really busy--and still am--with various offline and online things, so this will be a very abbreviated update.

I was approved for the Belle fanlisting and finished it. *excitement!* I really couldn't believe my eyes, at first!

I have updated the wishlist and credit pages, and I have also added some new icons. Mostly Italy ones, but I added a few in the 'Other' and 'Marie Antoinette' categories.

That is all. Not much has happened so my lapse in updates is not quite as bad as I thought. ;) (But I'm probably forgetting something.)

Posted Nov 23, 2007. Leave a comment?

I just upgraded my version of FanUpdate, so maybe my spam problem will soon be solved. So far, I have gotten no spam comments since the upgrade. *Knock on wood.*

When I was upgrading, I felt like such an idiot! I had customized the template a fair amount and I forgot to back that up, so that was lost. Then I looked in my "categories" section, where all of my fanlistings show up but I could not find "collective" in the list! I spent hours trying to figure out how I was supposed to customize the template for my collective, since the only editable templates that I could find were for my fanlistings. The answer was, of course, right in front of me the entire time. The generic template under "options" changes the display of the updates for my collective and all my fanlistings; the templates of just my fanlistings under "categories" are just overriding the main template. Oh, the joys of being me... *headdesk*

Anyway, I do really like the new version. The new features are very shiny and makes the script much more user-friendly. I went through all of my updates and titled them. The only ones that are unchanged are those that I absolutely could not think of a title for—maybe I can think of one later.

I recently revamped the Fantasy (Movie Genres) fanlisting. All of the coding had been redone, so it validates and hopefully works in all browsers. I added six new skins and re-did the Narnia skin since I still liked the blend. The beautiful Harry Potter skin was made by Jessica as one of my secret santa gifts. <3

I recently added a few more icons. I should be able to get around to doing some major work around here soon. I still need to work with MediaScript and update a lot of the pages. I'm planning on getting rid of quite a few pages, too.

In real life news, I recently got my scores back from the ACT and the SAT and I am really happy with them! I am especially happy with my ACT score, since I am in the 97th percentile. (Meaning only 3% of those testing received a score better than mine.) Usually, getting back my standardized testing scores throws me into a long period of melancholy, but I am really, really happy with them this time! (And I am also very happy that I never have to take the ACT or SAT again—a major cause for celebration!)

Posted Jul 6, 2007. 4 comments.

I was approved for and finished the fanlisting for books, which I'm really excited about! I still can't believe I was approved since it's my very top wishlister. Books...the ultimate form of escape, enlightenment; who can resist them? I have updated my wishlist accordingly, since that approval threw it into disrepair.

I finally trudged through all of the emails stagnating in my inbox last week. Yes, what I say is true! Astonishing, I know. I also finished up my fanart of Cadvan and Maerad for the Pellinor series fanlisting, but I'm not sure if I'm actually going to use it. I'm not overly fond of it. Maerad is okay, but Cadvan looks a bit odd. My drawing of Edward from the Twilight series turned out quite a lot better. I'm really pleased with the way his shirt looks. Of course, his hair isn't quite up to par. Human hair is my bane of existence. Fur I can handle, but, while I can make hair look shiny, I can never give it movement, which is mildly frustrating.

I updated most of the pages in the Me section and added a link to Media Shelf, which is still very empty, but I'm working on adding more. I also uploaded the cleaned-up header and footer to Long Ago, finally. I know I'm probably the only one that can tell the difference, but it still makes me feel better. ^^

I read Twilight and New Moon by Stephenie Meyer a few weeks ago, and I am growing quite obsessed. I'm in love with Edward and I wan't to move to Forks, but really, who doesn't? Every time I'm driving behind a black Mercedes my reaction is: "*gasp* Carlise!! Alice?" Yeah...

Before Twilight, my favorite book was a three-way tie between The Picture of Dorian Gray, Jane Eyre, and The Scarlet Pimpernel. Now, my mother thinks I am insane. "But Jane Eyre is your favorite book!" "Um yeah, Mom. About that..." I never thought that I would even like Twilight. My friend wanted me to read it. We swapped books. End of story, or so I thought. Stephenie Meyer is now my favorite author. She really has one of the coolest websites (for an author) that I've stumbled across. Her idea of having playlists for each of the books is very interesting. Thanks to that, I am now hooked on Muse and Coldplay. The previously musically oblivious me is slowly being replaced by a musically ignorant me, which is infinitely better.

I want an I Love Edward Cullen tee shirt. And I want it to be summer.

Posted May 6, 2007. Leave a comment?