Last remix post... for now

Remix finished and sent!

..all right, so it was sent in last night, but by the time I finished, I was exhausted and went straight to bed, instead of making a celebratory post.

I feel strange. I'm anxious for the stories to go up, because I'm worried about all the problems that ended up being left in mine. I want to be able to talk about my excuses for not having done as good a job as I'd liked. I want to see what other people think of it. I can't believe we have to wait till Saturday to the stories to go up! I'll never make it.

On the other hand, I feel weirdly restless. I've spent the last few days panicking and doing nothing except writing, writing, writing, so it feels bizarre to suddenly be done with it. I even banned myself from reading anything, checking my flist (not that I did a great job with that), or watching TV for the last two days. Which means, of course, that I now have several hundred posts to read!

Since I forgot it yesterday: Happy Spring!

There are several inches of snow on the ground right now, but dammit, happy spring!

International Saiyuki Week

It's International Saiyuki week! So change your default icon to something Saiyuki-related and post about why you love it.

In honor of the event, I'm posting a paper I wrote last week for the final of my fairy tales class. The assignment was to write about a modern retelling of a fairy tale or folk tale; guess what I chose. I feel compelled to point out that this was mostly written in the middle of the night and directed towards people who have never heard of manga, but feel free to point out anything I missed. ETA: Burial Arc spoilers! I forgot to warn for that, since I doubt my professor cares about finding out what happens.

( Saiyuki essay )