…and counting…

8 pages down. 23 to go.

I could really use a nap about now.

The Countdown Begins!

I have four papers to write, ranging in length from 2 to 15 pages (double-spaced), coming to a grand total of 31 pages. I have to get that out of 6 pages of notes and a dozen unread books.

And I have to knock these out in the next 10 days.

*cracks knuckles* Cheer me on, Internets.

Automated poll

Just did this. I didn’t even get the language option, so it literally involved pressing two buttons.

In response to heat they’re getting from the American Family Association, P&G is conducting a phone poll to see if people are for or against the Luke/Noah storyline on As The World Turns. Even if you don’t watch the show, please consider taking a quick moment to support boy kissing and thwart homophobic bigotry. The poll is completely automated. You don’t have to talk to anyone. And it really does take all of a second to register your opinion.

Just call 1-800-331-3774 and press #1 to continue in English (or #2 for Spanish), then 2 to get to the ATWT poll, then press 1 to continue the storyline.

Please spread the word if you’re so inclined.

This Week in Erin, 4/21-4/27

Fake News
Three A.M. (comic, G)
Thank You For Smoking? (1/2) (comic, PG-13)

Crossovers
Create a Comic Project ad 4 (Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei/CCP, worksafe)

Next Week in Shine:
Back at the Hellsing mansion, Integra uses Alucard as a guinea pig—or tries to.

> The fangirl profile index has finally been brought up to the present day!

This Week in Erin, 4/14-4/20

Fake News
Don’t You Do It, Boy (Big Stew version) (comic, PG)
Good Boy! (comic, G)

Crossovers
Create a Comic Project ad 2 (CCP/Fullmetal Alchemist, worksafe)
Create a Comic Project ad 3 (CCP/Naruto, worksafe)

Next Week in Shine:
Heinkel, Yumiko, and Timothy hightail it out of Japan; Chuchu shows up behind them.

Therapy, interlude; and more McGreevey musings

The director of the Wheaton counseling center is looking for a therapist in Maryland (my home state) that I can work with over the summer. With less than three weeks of class (gulp) remaining, this isn’t the greatest time to start digging through repression.

So I’ll let you know how that goes.

In the meantime: I have musings about Dina Matos McGreevey. (She’s the ex-second-wife of gay former NJ governor Jim McGreevey, of whose memoir I am a huge fan.) I mentioned the two of them in this essay on sexuality. A few months ago I got her own memoir, Silent Partner, from the library, and I’ve been meaning to talk about my reaction ever since.

This would have been topical if I’d written it up in the wake of the Eliot Spitzer scandal, when she was in high demand from the media. Instead I’m posting it now, for the much less interesting reason that the book is overdue.

This Week in Erin, 4/7-4/13

Fake News
A Tiny Version of Himself (fic, PG)
West 54^th Street Story (mix)

Hellsing
Fixed links on the sheet music page.
New addition to the Logos Naki World lyrics collection.
Download OVA III and IV extra music, one and two.

Crossovers
The Lord of the Reports: The Fellowship of the Tie, chapter 16: Red, White, and Doomed (fic, fake news/The Lord of the Rings, PG-13)
Meganekkos in Heat (art, Hellsing/Witch Hunter Robin/Read or Die, worksafe)

Next Week in Shine:
After Yumie is knocked out by a Utena-driven Timothy, Yumiko wakes up in the infirmary and has to explain things to her grande soeur.

Presidentialmon!

Not sure where this originated, but I found it here on LJ:

(By the way, Elizabeth: if you’re online, IM me.)

Therapy, round one

The first round of therapy is officially a bust.

I’ve been going for fifty-minute sessions at the Wheaton counseling center once a week, usually on Wednesdays, ever since I typed up this outline of the issues. The counselor’s verdict: my repression is just one of those things that the brain does sometimes, and I shouldn’t worry about it.

This is kind of like hearing a disturbing noise from your car, taking it in to a mechanic, and being told that they don’t know what’s causing it, but you should keep driving anyway.

At least I picked up a few bits of information along the way.

This Week in Erin, 3/31-4/6

Hellsing
The translated version of chapter 91 is out.

Crossovers
Your Moment of Zanna – future fake newsmen as students in the Zanna, Don’t! universe (fic, G).

Create a Comic Project ad – the CCP students in Hellsing cosplay.

Next Week in Shine:
Anthy goes into full-blown Rose Bride mode. Too bad Timothy has no idea how to use a sword.

Uncompressed version of the Sunday splash panel here.

Also, new front page poll!