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Dear Friends, particularly those of the FESS variety, although others are welcome--

crystalns and I are calling for a LiveJournal Intervention. We love you. We miss you. You're fun to talk to, and we count on your support. So don't neglect your LJ account! We read what you write and we miss your comments, whether they be uplifting, sarcastic, silly, or otherwise. We miss hearing about you, your life, your victories, and your defeats. Somewhere along the line, we all hit a lull and stopped updating and became lurkers. Let's put an end to this, okay? ;__;

Love,

Popo and Crystal

I was wondering if the FE6 English translation project is officially a closed case. I'm currently using what I believe to be the most updated version of the patch, and while I'm immensely appreciative that there's any patch at all, I see a lot of areas that could use some improvement. In particular, I feel like a lot of the characters are bone-dry, or they suddenly speak in such a way that isn't really appropriate for the time period and/or setting. (Like, one minute Roy will sound like an upstanding noble, and then three lines later he sounds like he's about to bro-fist the next person who comes on screen.) There are also some grammatical mistakes, which is expected, but they should probably be fixed. Also, "lout" and "Well met!" are not used enough. XD

tl;dr: Who do I talk to about helping out with an updated translation, and would they be offended/disinterested if I brought it up?

FESSers, assemble...! XD

I have some general series questions about Fire Emblem that I'm hoping you guys can help me out with. :3 I'd like to do a cool portrait series for Fire Emblem in which I draw the main character(s) from each game. Not the whole main cast, but "the lords." (Roy from FE6, Ike from FE 9/10, etc.) The problem is, I'm not very well-versed in the early days of the series, so I don't exactly know who I should focus on from each game. Specially, I'm not sure who I would identify as the main cast from FE4 or FE5. I think I have totally wrong information about both games. ;___; Would the "lord" characters technically be Sigurd and Celice? I always thought that Cuan and Leaf played a pretty important role, but I've never played either game, so I'm not entirely sure. (Can I reasonable work them into a project like this for the sake of adding more redheads? I want to have a Red v. Blue theme.) XD I'm also baffled by FE2. I see three fairly prominently placed characters on the box art, but according to Wikipedia, Alm and Celica are the central focus. And then I guess there's the issue of having multiple main characters. Do you guys think Eliwood edges out Hector and Lyn slightly? Is Lilina comparable to Roy or is she just supporting-cast material? I don't really know how far I should push it.

Anyways, what do you guys think? :0

CHOCOLATE ROSES. No one here can ever say anything bad about Blacken ever again. Seriously. ♥

Also, I went to the doctor and she's going to request + examine my test results from the hospital. In the mean time, she gave me a prescription for some medication that will keep the vertigo at bay. Drugs and chocolate. ♥ XD

Now that it's officially out in the open, I can finally discuss my feelings regarding FESS's imminent closing. The people who cared the most about the site probably knew the whole story by last night, but since they weren't my beans to spill, I waited.

To say the least, I'm completely beside myself. When I found out on Wednesday, I felt like I had gotten wacked over the head—hard. I actually felt sick, which I'm sure a lot of others can attest to as well, and ended up going to Stephanie's room and having a little pity party with her. Alongside being shocked, I was... angry. I don't know if I was angry at the situation, or at 'Bus because he happened to be the messenger, or what have you, but I was in this really weird state of aggression that I can't quite explain. ((Can you go through the seven stages of grief for an Internet community...? I've covered shock, anger, and now depression.))

I feel a little better about things at this point, mostly because I ended up joining Serenes Forest to test the waters and got good results for the most part. I considered being petulant about all this by simply disappearing off the face of the fandom, but that would be pointless, and I would have come crawling back anyway. XD

Just because I feel like it sums up my feelings so well, I've included my good-bye post in the quote below. I wouldn't say it's the hardest thing I've had to write, but I did get a little emotional along the way.

I've been a member of this community for nearly four years now--my anniversary falling on December 7th, just short of the mark--and have been amazed countless times by this community's strength and devotion throughout my duration as a member. It hardly needs to be said, but we've been through so much as a group--several moves, a handful of falling-outs, disappointment, and even an uprising or two. However, we've made it through it all with great fortitude, and that's something to be awfully proud of. It saddens me to see that FESS's life is coming to a close, yet I'm heartened to go on with the knowledge that this is due to natural causes--the ebb and flow of a fandom in general--and was not caused by some of the hurtful and malicious behavior we've seen in the past. Like a great beast that knows when it's time is drawing to a close, here we are, bowing out with grace and dignity, though I would expect nothing less from FESS.

I've learned so much during my time here, about people, about responsibility, and about growing up. I give my thanks to Superbus in particular; whether he intended to or not, I feel as though he took me under his wing and showed me the value in being a strong, dependable leader and a team player. For that, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. The experiences and opportunities I've been given while here have been invaluable to me, as a member and also as a person.

To the members of the Art Board, I thank you all as well. As I've mentioned to Tir in the past, I've always regarded you as my children to an extent. You were my responsibility to nurture as artists, and I can only hope that I've managed to impart as much insight on you as you've imparted on me. At the very least, I hope I've been able to provide you with a comfortable, relaxed place to post you artwork. While it saddens me that I will not be continuing my duties elsewhere, I encourage all of you to join Serenes Forest alongside the rest of the community and post your pieces there. You all are so talented, and SF needs all the help they can get in their art department.

So I'll catch you on the flip side, FESSers. It's been fun. More than fun, actually. It's been an experience quite unlike any other I've ever known, and most likely, unlike one I'll ever see again.

Regarding my position as a moderator, I'll honestly admit that I'm a little hurt I wasn't approached by the Serenes Forest staff to continue my work on their forums. ((God knows that they need help with their art section. It's a disaster.)) I can't justify being mad at the site’s administration however, because they had no obligations whatsoever to take anyone from FESS, and beyond that, I'm sure that if 'Bus ended up recommending me, he pled my case to the best of his ability, which is all I can ask for.

Most of what I'm feeling stems from that fact that much like in the real world, getting laid-off just doesn't feel good, and isn't a blow that can easily be softened. I really enjoyed working with my fellow staffers, and I'll miss helping out the members, but it would be petty to dwell on something like this. It's not personal, and I shouldn't regard it as such.

On that note, I'm very pleased that they decided to take on Lord Glenn and Musashi. Both of them are great and I know they're going to do a wonderful job in their respective positions. I've always admired Musashi's work on FESS and I'm glad he's getting the recognition he deserves for it.

Love,

Popo

Current Mood: drained

[The first section was written yesterday...]

So I'm doing what I consider to be the ultimate lazy move at the moment: I've devised a set-up in my room so that I can lie down on my bed while still using my laptop while still keeping it plugged into the wall. I've been in the same position for hours now and I'm not by any means wearing down. There's a cool breeze coming through my window and some YouTube videos are loading; life is good. Why didn't I come up with this years ago? XD

Today was the first day of what is going to be a very long week of testing. I sat my AP Government and Politics exam today and for the most part, it went well. The Multiple Choice was easy enough, as expected, but I did have a brief moment of panic when I got to the essay section. They certainly threw us some curveballs this year; out of the four essay prompts I was asked to write, there was only one that I could answer right from the get-go. The others took a bit more thinking than I had anticipated, but I managed, as did everyone else. ((Yay!))

It's sort of funny how when you take these tests, for the four or five hours that follow, the person sitting beside you becomes something of a companion, a comrade you might say. I was pleasantly surprised by how well I got along with the guy beside me; we've been forced to sit next to each other for basically every alphabetical-order school affair since seventh grade but we've never really talked or anything. I was surprised because when he sat down next to me today, he not only greeted me, but knew my name! :D

I think the best part of the day was when the essay part of the test began. We all silently opened our little green booklets, eager to see the prompts, when I saw out of the corner of my eye that my partner had closed his book and was looking towards the ceiling. Then, completely uncalled for, I hear this resounding "Shit!" and I'm cracking up, trying not to laugh as he slams his head down on his desk. XD It was excellent, though by then I had warmed up to his antics and was hoping that he'd pull himself together and at least write something. He did, so that's good.

I have my Calculus exam on Wednesday, which I'm totally not looking forward to. I don't have a snowball's chance in Hell of passing it at the required proficiency but it wouldn't hurt to try, I suppose. I seriously considered throwing the whole exam, but remembered that that's just not my style. I'll tough it out, and if I'm lucky, I'll get a 2 or something. XD

My sister and I have decided to have an N64 marathon and attempt to play every game in our library. We don't have too many games, twenty-five in total, which probably isn't a lot compared to some folks out there who read this [COUGH! XD] but it's been fun. We got in touch with old favorites like the original Mario Golf, Mario Kart, Diddy Kong Racing and GoldenEye, while there were some that we completely blew by, like Donkey Kong 64 and 007: The World is Not Enough. ((Bleh. XP )) It's strange that people think the N64 was a failed system; I was always quite fond of it. But I'm biased so don't listen to me. XD

I've been so bored this last week that I've embraced my inner nerd to the max and have taken to watching anime on YouTube. I just finished Trigun, as someone brought it up at FESS and piqued my interest, and I have to agree with their opinion on the series; it's a heck of a lot of fun to watch, but the plot is like.... WHOOSH! Hard to follow the first time around. XD It's a little boring at time as well. I watched the first four episodes and finally had to skip ahead to the ones with Wolfwood in order to keep interested. Funniest character ever, by the way. XD A favorite.

I've also attempted to watch Cowboy Bebop: The Movie over the last few days but my hopeless computer refuses to let me watch it all the way through. Windows Media Player freezes up about every ten minutes so I'm guessing it's an issue with the disk. ((Which my cousin burned for me many, many years ago. XD )) Still, this is the first time I've watched it and really appreciated the movie's quality. The most striking thing about it is how rich and lush and vibrant the animation is. The superb music and dubbing is also a plus, and the most surprising thing of all is how naturally the voice-overs match with the character's mouth. Yay. XD

So, all in all, not much is new with me. Life is a little slow right now but I'd prefer that to being stressed out. XD I hope everyone is well and may I update with more interesting news sometime in the near future. XD

Love,

Popo

Current Mood: bored

Metamorphosis Jazz Band - Godot - Fragrance of Dark Coffee

_{*Will open directly into some form of media player. :D}

I'm going to just cut to the chase; I love this song. If my life were a movie, this would be the overture, the closing credits, and everything else. I realize that the vast majority of you are going to think, "Okay. Boring jazz tune. Hitting the big red 'X' button in the corner now..." but I feel so strongly attached to this song — for some reason — that I can't let it go. I feel compelled to share it with everyone I come across. Hopefully someone out there shares my sentiments; if not, sorry for sounding pretentious. XD ((And yes... It is a jazz adaptation to a PW tune. ^^; ))

It's been a while since I last posted — three weeks to the day, I believe. I turned eighteen on the 18th and had an awesome birthday, in which I received copious amounts of DS games, a fancy sweater from Burberry, chocolates, art pens, and a Betta named Buddha, of all things! XD He's so cute... I think he likes to play dead because he'll randomly float to the top of his fish bowl and chill-out, then dart around in the blink of an eye with his silken fins flailing like a kite in the breeze.

...Or maybe he's sick or something. XD Fish aren't my forte; I prefer dogs. Speaking of which:

She's getting so big! This was taken in December but since it snowed recently, I thought it still applied. XD What a cutie, though, she has a tough act to follow... I had a dream a few weeks ago that Abby was still alive and the pair of them met each other. It was adorable and it made me surprisingly happy, as opposed to sad. As they say, time heals all wounds, I suppose. :)

I know people get tired of hearing about my sojourns to FESS, but this is one for the books, I promise you. ;D

I got a promotion and now I'm a General! ((I was so excited to type that that I accidently spelt out "Generalz" instead! XD )) Never in my wildest dreams did I dare even ponder that possibility, yet here I am, part of the moderating team... HOMG. XD This happened a while ago, but it's still pretty fresh and exciting for me.

When I was a newbie there, all I ever wanted to be was a Veteran. That's all. I just wanted to have the pretty badge and maintain a certain sense of respect and position in the community. But now I'm on the staff, something I never thought possible, and not only that, I was never under the impression that I'd be able to achieve a position above my previous one — Art Board moderator. I feel like Cinderella or something. XD Maybe this is a sign of things to come for me in the future, a sign that I have what it takes to be successful and get noticed and make headway within an organization. I hope so, though I have a feeling that my grown-up job won't be nearly as much fun. XD

Well, I think that's all I have to say at this point. No... wait... A few more things.

I re-took that AP AB Calculus test I was worried about the other day and finally got it back. I went up about twenty percent points! Yay! I originally got a 51% and the new test was a 70%. Of course... FCPS has once again thwarted my joy. In any other school system, a 70% would be a C, but around here that's a big fat D+. Oh well. It's hard math — give me a break. XD

I also changed my layout! :D I thought it was calming...! I had "Urban Noir" for a day but it was too white and sterile for my tastes. This feels just right. :D

Lovingly,

Popo

PS: Heath Ledger. D:

Current Mood: chipper

Wow... I just realized something pretty much kinda-but-not-really horrible: my LJ account expires in 19 days. ;__; Nooo! XD I'll be back with the commoners and their six LJ icons and mediocre layout designs! How you've spoiled me so,

aryador! It's like riding first-class and getting bumped to coach on the return trip! Bah, I'll deal, I guess. This is mostly just a plea for some kind soul to renew my account, but I won't bet on other people's hospitality. ;D Still, just throwing the thought out there in the open... in all its nakedness... What a bad way to open an entry. XD

Anyways, things have been going pretty well for me lately. I've got a few worrisome events on the horizon ((i.e.: Calculus test; brilliant/amazing/awesome substitute English teacher leaving to make way for real teacher, who will be postpartum and angry seeing as she's ending her maternity leave...)) but other than that, I'm happy with my lot in life. Christmas is around the corner and I made little goodie-bags for all my friends; they're adorable! ((The bags and the friends!)) Each one is similar but different. They each contain something delicious, toasty and gourmet, something yummy, and some sort of... toy. XD That's all I can say! The only hamartia is that there's this one specific person who I for some reason feel obligated to get something for, but didn't. Maybe I shouldn't feel obligated; we borderline the notion of friendship and even though I've gotten her something the last two years, she never get's me anything is return. ((In fact, last year, she kinda took my gift half-heartedly and ran! No thank you or anything!)) I guess I shouldn't feel too bad, it's just that the whole gang exchanges gifts in class together and since we all sit at the same table, she'll notice for sure if I don't get her something. I guess it's not even about the "getting" when you break it down on my end; it's just that she's so ungrateful about everything. Bah... I'll risk it. XD I'm sure she'll be understanding, or hopefully, like last year, apathetic!

A few nights ago I experienced my first truly executive action as a Robotics captain; my fellow leaders and I cut three members from the team. Wow... Never saw that coming! We had an event at the University of Virginia last Saturday and they made us wait forty-five minutes in the cold at 5AM outside the high school for carpooling down to the university. And you know what? They still didn't show up! We called all three of them, multiple times, and they told us some variant of "drop-dead" before hanging up the phone and going back to sleep. One of the members said he was just on his way out, despite being thirty minutes late, and even though we waited for him, he never showed up. Later, he tried to defend himself with "I couldn't get a ride!" Umm... Then what's with telling us you were going to meet us there? Honestly... those damn freshman. XD So, yes... That's the end of the line for them. It felt pretty good to send them back to the big division, seeing as they're now someone else's problem. XD We also had talking-to's with other members, notably those with commitments issues, and in just minutes there was a huge upsurge of productivity and work ethics. As they say-- it's good to be the king. Or Queen. XD

Speaking of which, I was faced with a mini-moral dilemma the other day involving the other-fab-four. Basically, I got points taken off on a project for respecting Queen too much. XD I did a research project on Brian May, which turned out quite well considering he currently appears to have a PhD in bull-turd ((FYI Bri: Put your thesis online so we can all see what you actually contributed to science!)), and my teacher took points off the final grade because I refused to write an obituary segment for a man so full of life and love and happiness, and who, duh-- isn't dead yet. ((Really, the obituary would have killed the bright pink and yellow color scheme. XD)) Most of the astronomers we were allowed to cover ((I asked for Brian specially! XD )) are deceased, so there was an obituary portion we had to write as to constitute a biography. Well, I thought it would be bad karma and maybe even a little rude in some small way to reflect on the not-death of Brian, especially since he had that creepy-ass death-threat a few months ago, so I wrote a very comprehensive biography on him and wrote at the bottom "in place of obituary". I mean... wouldn't that be okay? The only real difference between a biography and an obituary is that one has a date of death and the other doesn't, right? She only gave me half the points on that section ((5/10)) and it made me a little mad. I would have argued the points with her if she didn't scare me so much. XD My grade in astronomy is way too good to jeopardize. Sorry, Bri. XD Anyways, I did the whole project in Photoshop so it took way too long and looked pretty spiffy at the end. I'm proud of it. Thank God the project wasn't on Roger! XD

...Can't you just see it now? *cackles*

So, the 7th marked my Three-Years-Of-Knowing-You-Through-The-Computer anniversary with Eli in England. Yay! I still can't believe it's been three years; it feels like soooo much longer! I remember one night a long time ago I missed the Super Bowl with Paul McCartney because I was talking to him about outer space. Pretty... cool? Lame? Trippy? XD I dunno. That memory just tends to stick out in my mind, for some reason. The conversation delved into a beautifully-platonic-but-sort-of-not, "I can see the moon, and it's nice to know that you're out there, somewhere in the world, looking up at the same moon..." sort of thing. Ah, the old days. XD I think I saved that message... I'll have to dig it up.

Which is a good segue into my next semi-pointless topic. FESS moved... again. Our domain was cyber-squatted and we all had to stare at this little peach for the next two weeks. Shifting locations with FESS is a little bit like graduating; the more you move onwards and up, the better things get, but you sacrifice tons of good ((and bad)) memories and compromise some of your comforts. Right now I'm having trouble adjusting to the new skin, as well as the commands ((member and mod)) but I'm sure I'll adjust to things soon. FESS 5... wow. XD

Okay... I think that's everything I have to say for now. Sorry this was so long, for anyone out there who finished this! I was in a writing mood~!

Love,

Popo

PS: Dirty Harry? Clint Eastwood? Is it worth watching? Do I feel lucky? Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya' punk? XD

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Outpost of the World. Sounds like it should be a book or something! XD Anyways, hello from Maine! I'm enjoying my-- get ready --summer house near the sea, soaking up the clouds and humidity and old-people smell and all of Maine's other charming amenities.

Hah, okay... It's not that bad. We've spent the last week renovating my nana's house, which we bought a few months ago when her landlord mentioned that the lot was going up for sale and that she'd have to leave. The transformation is going swimmingly so far-- we've completely turned around two bedrooms, moved in about 1/3 of the furniture we'd been keeping at the other house, and are planning to more or less make the place livable again. I'm excited-- Lori, you are SOOO coming up with me next Summer. XD

Aside from painting, making runs to the town dump, pulling up carpet, laying wood, and eating blueberries responsibly, I've been lurking around dA and working on some school assignments. I just love my AP Government work-- the opening instruction is something along the lines of "read the whole dang Constitution, bitch!" How wonderful! Here's a hot tip for you English folks-- you can find the text for No Exit online instead of paying $11.99 for the script-and-some-others at Boarders. Yes, I'm a very begrudging student, aren't I? XD

As for other interesting tid-bits, my work at FESS is driving me up the wall at the moment. XD There's this kid there who thinks he's some brilliant artist when he honest to goodness cannot even draw a stick figure properly. I'm not even joking-- it's sad and I actually want to cry every time he posts ((which is quite often)) because with each new topic he makes, a volley of well justified, un-deleteable flames appear, telling him to take a hint and get some help. Ugh. And what's more, I was in the process of making a resource thread when someone else went and approached me about making one himself. I said, "Hey! Let's team up and make one together!" and he replied with "lol oK." So what does he do? He makes the thread, makes it ugly, makes a really half-assed post with zero resources and walks away like it's okay.

IT'S NOT OKAY. DX

So-- now I have to find a way to gently tell him that his thread makes my eyes bleed and that I'll take care of the tricky stuff and he can feed me links. Yay.

That's enough ranting for now-- I think I'm sort of grumpy as I write this because I'm having massive Roger-withdrawal at the moment. XD And please... If you're reading this, for the love of all things holy, leave me a comment! I feel like I'm isolated! XD I miss my LJ buddies and I miss a certian community! I love you! Love me back! XD

Wub,

Popo

PS: Who's that strange man in my mood icon? He seems familiar but... o___o;

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LOOK! XD

" [Staff Changes]... That said, we have brought on a Lieutenant who I can say with conviction wants the job, as she did something very few people ever do successfully: she approached ME about the job, not vice versa. Our Art board has been rather desolate as of late, with few artists contributing, and even among those, unless it's one of a few specific people, the art quality has been lacking; futhermore, without proper critique, the quality of the art will never increase. Therefore, we have tasked longtime member Popo with the job of getting our Art Forum back to the prominence that it enjoyed while members like DTN, Neonclover and Autumn Sacura were active. I won't lie: I gave her a pretty intense interview, to see if she had what it took to be one of our staff members; as you all know, I don't fuck around with that, especially after my own hand-picked replacement essentially went off the deep end. She not only answered my questions to the satisfaction of myself and the other administrators, she knocked it out of the park. I have no qualms whatsoever adding Popo to our staff. "

Love,

Po'

...

That's LIEUTENANT Po' to you all. ;D

Current Mood: thirsty

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*laughs* I'm such a huge dork. XD

Also-- kinda nervous. I'm up for a small mod'ing position at a highly prestigious video game forum and I'm scared I won't make the cut, although, I'm honored that I was even considered for the job, and I was awarded a site "medal of honor" for my talents as an artist. The chief admin wrote a nice little something about me and the other girl who got top spots-- I was almost brought to tears by all this because I've wanted leverage at this place for nearly four years (even before I was a member) and now it's all coming at me so quickly-- an offering as art board moderator and site honors.

THE ORDER OF THE BRUSH - This is dedicated to members that have shown a significant dedication to art, have the skill at their craft, and support FESS through it. This doesn't necessarily have to be hand-drawn art; one of these people is getting their award as much for her photography as for her art skills. The winners here are two long-standing members who deserve it, definitely. Since there's no Art Board moderator, I'll be taking suggestions - with topics to show work - for this one.

- RoyLover
- Popo

I realize this is all very dorky but it means a lot to me. *sniffles proudly* Please wish me luck and make me feel not so nervous. XD (Oh-- that girl he was talking about? The multi-talented one? That was me! XD ) I won't get my hopes up-- this "RoyLover" has a lot of seniority... But still, I'm quite happy. :D

Lovingly,

Popo

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