Beyond Redemption

Well, where to start?

The Eternal Destiny contest is over and we’ve crowned our winners. Want to know who snatched the honors? Visit the ED LiveJournal for results and pretty banners. I also got the new skin up, and I have to say that it’s probably my favorite. Aside from the pretty header (courtesy of RighteousRed and Neo), I love the vivid blue and white scheme. I’ve done a blue before for the Summer Skies layout, but Heatwave trumps it. Definitely. And aside from that, Neo made some pretty bitchin’ banners for the contest winners using the header art (which is what I wanted since the contest and skin goes hand in hand), so big kudos to her.

I’ve already mentioned this, but I will do so again. RighteousRed gave that fanart to me as a gift and I really can’t thank her enough (though I certainly tried to!). She’s a brilliant artist and an amazingly generous person -and not just because of this giftart, but in general. She lets me commission her to death (and never fails to give me exactly what I want!) and she has offered her entire gallery to the Feudal Association. As in, take what you need and you don’t even have to ask. That, to me, is just a testament to how awesome she is. She rawks.

Okay, speaking of. The FA nominations has kicked in so get in there and nominate your favorite stories and fanart. We accept any nomination from pretty much any site. Go do your fandom duty!

I plan on writing this week. I’m nearly finished with Danga’s next chapter. I wanted to post it this weekend, but ED stuff really sidetracked me due to the multiple ties and other stuff. But I want to make good on my months long promise, lol. I also owe Miss Goddess something that I’ve been unable to dig into for a long, long time (but I plan to start the first chap this week as well).

Hell, I owe a few people fictions. I don’t know when I’ll be able to deliver, but I’ll try my best. Plus, on June 16th, Absolution turns 3 years old, and InuGrrrl turns 4. I’m celebrating (as you know) with a new story that I wanted to pen 2 years ago. I even had Notoes commemorate it with a doll that is already finished. WAHOO! I’ll post a pic of the doll on Anniversary day.

And while we’re on dolls, she finished my Hikari doll! It’s so kawaii, too. She re-made the pic Ilsa made for me, and I must say that it’s pretty accurate. I love it. Here’s Ilsa’s art for 2006:

Now, here’s that art brought to life!

How fucking cute is that?? The doll for my new fic is just as squee-worthy, and she really outdid herself. By the time I’m done, I’ll have a wall of her dolls! 😀

After I made this blog, I killed my Xanga. Only, I totally forgot that my gift AMVs were hosted there. >.< Worse, because I closed the account, I couldn't get my penname again. Ah well. I think that as infamous as I am, everyone is pretty clear on who InuGrrrl is. But anyway, I didn't want to host the videos myself because it's a bandwidth drain, so I opened another account. No blogging will be going on there; just video hosting. I even put a simple little skin up and it looks better than the old video page, which was plain and xanga-looking. Anyways, it's here.

Ungh. I have site work to do for the FA, so it’s time to bounce. Hopefully I’ll get it up quick, grab a bite, then hit the fiction. Now to remember that this is fun and not work…

Happy Hump Day!