I've actually had all of Chapter Five written for awhile now. The scene that kept giving me trouble was pushed to chapter 6. Mostly I realized I was trying to rush it, and figured that Chapter 5 would be alright without it. Hopefully it will be.

I'm a little nervous. I always am after a long delay. Not much action in this one (much to Kisame’s disappointment). But laying down the plot. Man don't you just wish you could skip over that and get to the fun stuff? Well, hopefully the plots interesting ^-~

Heh, already working on the next chapter, but no promises. I've come to terms with the fact that I can't keep them. ^_^;;  I do make deadlines for myself, but I won't make them public. How am I supposed to make a living at this if I can't meet deadlines? Gah, wish I was more discipline. Damn Shikamaru Syndrome.

The next chapter should consist of Konoha reacting to Sakura's disappearance and Sakura and Kisame meeting face to face.

On another note, I'm betaing another story.  I realized that I really like to beta, so if anyone out there needs one, just go to my Beta Profile and check me out. I know I said I'm picky, but honestly I don't think I can turn anyone down. Well, unless you have something that is listed in "Preferred Not" section.

I have found a new pairing to gush and obsess about. No surprise it’s crack and hardly anyone writes for it. LOZ/TIFA.

I love it. Love it. Ever since their fight in AC, I thought about it. He was cute, easily my favorite of the remnants ( and who doesn’t love them?). Tifa has always, always been on of my favorites.  I have a tendency of paring people up. Walla.

However, I never really looked up the pairing, or went much more than that.

Then I stumbled upon the fics In the Company of Wolves, and Noir de la Lune by Starherd. Gah! They are sensational! Very, very dark, but really well done.

Anyway, now I find my self wanting to tackle the pairing, but I think it’ll be really difficult to write, and there already seems to be a cliché (AKA, Tifa finding a beaten up Loz at her bar). Both plot and character interaction, dialogue, but hell, who doesn’t like a good challenge?

But we’ll see. I have other things to finish.

Such as Ways and Means! I have not abandoned it! It still lives, granted it’s on life support, but it will come around. (It’s been a year… we’ll see if anyone really remembers the plot ^-^;;)

Oh, and I’m going to Mexico sometime at the end of next month again. Meeting more relatives I’ve never even herd of in Sinaloa. Going to the ranch my Abuelita grew up on.

Still working on Comfort in Surreality! Thanks to all the reviews form everybody! They really do help.

* Props goes to (</span></span></a>boundary</span>) for the new mood theme!

Chapter five is making things difficult. The whole plot is getting set into motion and I have to go through the routine of Sakura reacting to her situation and then accepting it. Gotta make it go where I want it to and keep it realistic. And since I want Sakura/Akastuki Love (doesn’t everybody?), it’s practically impossible. But it won’t keep me from trying!

Oh, and I’m dipping into Kakashi’s point of view. I’m nervous about it. Just gotta make it flow and make some sort of sense. With the in depth character analyzes scenes, I’m basically trying to write their train of thought, so sometimes it gets jumpy. One thought leads to something random, but still slightly connected. It makes sense to me, but I gotta make sure it makes sense to the reader.

In the last chapter, Sakura’s contemplating Kakashi and Team Seven lead to a lot of criticism sent Kakashi’s way (Let it be known that I love him!). I didn’t plan it, but I just followed the train of though and it made sense to me. Anyway, I was just analyzing his teaching habits, and Sakura was not happy with them.

But this chapter Kakashi gets to explain himself! Maybe not justify, but explain why he didn’t push Sakura like the boys. And I think there’s lots of reasons, among them, Sakura being who she was and is.  

Well once the whole scene’s done, the Reader can see how both characters look at the situation, and she/he can decide for themselves whether Kakashi’s biased or whatever.

On another note, I freakin love Kiba. And Lee. And Shikamaru. And while I'm at it, Shino.

Actually, I love my Shino. Kishimoto dose not get to wait a ridiculous number of chapters to finally give a character some sort of characterization! Especially one on the rookie nine. I already have his character in my head and it's not this "riddle me this" kid. Really, I was not pleased with Shino's Q and A.

I think this goes for Tenten too. I mean she seemed really dedicated and determined in Naruto, in Shippuden she seems whiny. Or is that just me?

Anyway, sorry for the little rant.

I love the little Chuunin team I gathered in Chapter Four, so I'm thinking of using them again. Weasel them in somewhere in the future.

Chapter fives around 11,000 words right now. Not nearly as much action as the last two chapters (to Kisame's disappointment ^-^).  I wanted more Akatsuki, but that will have to wait till Chapter Six.

Well, I have to like the character, but there are hardly any characters I don't like in Naruto. Though they do exist, such as Kimimaru, Kabuto, oprochimaru and... eh those are the ones of the top of my head.

Oh, Hinata. Gah... Hinata. Maybe one day I'll fully explain my distaste for that one. But not today.

This Friday, at 4:00 in the freakin' morning, I'm heading out with three buddies on a road trip to California. Final Destination, San Diego. I love San Diego. It should be an absolutely blast.

We're Stopping in six flags and meeting up with Kayla and Nikki there. We're staying at John's house in Laguna Beach (his parents rented a house for spring break).  Then we're staying at Pat's dorm in San Diego. Funny thing is it's a all boy’s dormitory, so they'll have to sneak me in.
I REFUSE to sleep in a car.

It's this whole complicated itinerary that Jordan set up (who is both the riches and cheapest person I know), along with Scott and I’m just told to show up on Thursday with money and a weeks worth of clothing.

The funny thing is that the whole point of it is that Jordan and Scott want to stop at all the restaurants featured on the Travel channel. Oh, they're wholesome boys.

We still haven't discussed the sleeping arrangements in the hotel. It's three boys and me. I know none of the boys want to sleep in the same bed as each other (homophobes!) So We’ll see who I end up sharing with.

Anyway! I finally posted the 4th chapter of CiS!  Like week ago or something. Took me forever, which was ridiculous because I had the whole freaking chapter done, sent it to my cousin who tore up the ending. And she was right. The ending was killing me, but I was stuck. But of stuff came up, I got lazy and put it on the back burner.

 Then I reread it the day I posted and it just clicked on what should happen. Wrote a few paragraphs and the damn thing was done.

I had a lot of worries with it, but I’m happy with it. My favorite was the fight scene, allot of fun to write.

I'm working on chapter 5 now. It's around 6,000 words now and it's still only chopped up scenes. This chapters not flowing like I wish it would, I keep getting stuck on dialog.  

 I need a haircut.

That’s all for now folks!

I freakin love my friends. The super team (minus Jordan and John and  plus Kayla R, Kate and Pricilla) all hung out a Kate’s house and lived it up.  Man we had a blast. Night started with beer pong in the Workshop (a small warehouse where Kate's mom dose her work)  me and Kayla were up against Laura and Kate. Despite our best efforts and my mad leaps and dives for the ball, we lost fantastically. We left them with five cups.  Then nikki got there, love her.  A lot of belligerent nonsense went on, and fun was had by all as a result.

We watched the ball drop, we lit firecrackers, we played kings, we were all over the place. Then we all crashed in Kate's little sisters' room. The little tykes were with us till midnight, which probably wasn't completely appropriate, considering all the hard liquor around. Oh well, they were quite humorous.

Kate has a plethora of blankets and the girls' room has a bunk bed and there were two huge futons on the floor.  Kate, and both Kayla’s. I was on the top bunk(which was like a freakin mountain to get up on, but I managed), and Pricilla on the bottom.

Laura was the puker for the night, playing three rounds of beer pong, and have a hell of allot of punch (which had almost two bottles of vodka), numerous shots of bourbon, tequila and some lemonade thing (which i was not found of)

Poor Laura, she's my favorite. I just love her to smithereens.

I ended up kissing everybody numerous times. I'm very affectionate, and love everybody. I even kissed Kate’s mom, who was playing beer pong with us. Man, I love that women, she's a hoot.

I remember everything; I'm the one with the good memory. Only got tipsy anyway, which was little disappointing, but I’m glad I didn't throw up.  Actually I kinda wish I did. Man, I ate so fereakin much.

Gotta make up for it this week.

Then in the morning we went to Sherri's and I’ve always wanted to try biscuits and gravy. So I thought, what the hell, anything goes today! I had already killed my diet (was doing sensational too!) Regretted that, it was swimming in pepper. I was not pleased.  Then got home and got some new music.

Some old American Rejects and the song of the night, "come on Eileen". I love that song.

Then I knocked out for the last four hours.



Anyway that's that.

On another note. The 4th chapter for CiS is DONE! It was Sooo finished before December ended! (kinda like that song, but not really)  I finished it the 30th; I forgot how long it would take my cousin to go through it. It's a dozy.  Will be up soon though! I don't know when, She's having internet problems to boot. I’m really sorry guys!!

Ha! Just got back from spending a week at my cousin's house. It was fun, I enjoy my cousin's company, they are quite humorous. However, they were at school much too frequently (even though they had Friday off, every single week, weird, huh?). They would leave like at six in the morning and get back around Seven PM, because the school is  half an hour away, and then they have to wait till their mom get's off work to pick them up, which would be remedied if I just had my freaken license. Gah.

Anyhow, much fun was had and we played a ridiculous amount of snow board kids. I'm always Jam.  And i always lost. Which was really frustrating because I’d be in first like the whole time and then right at the end, I'd get hit with the ice or the damn parachutes and end up in fourth. I was mad, lol. My cousins' found it hilarious of course.

I also told them about my stories, which we do allot. I have too many stories, and I’m a good story teller, I just got to write them down. -_-;;

Told them allot about my original story, the one I hope to get published someday. Eh, unattainable dreams are the best kind ^-~

Yeah, I’ve also been playing allot of Final Fantasy: Crisis Core. For the record, Zack is so much freaken better than delusional Cloud! I mean I love Cloud, but Zack is fun! And The game converted me to actually likeing Aerith, who I hated before. I adore Tifa and cloud together and now I LOVE Zack and Aerith.


 
I love these couples!  I love Tifa and Zack the most of course, and in a perfect world (my perfect world anyway ;P) Zack and Tifa would be a couple.
 

And Genesis was a dork. I like him, but he is just downright silly.

I'm so craving a yum bowl, and I just heard it arrive. Till later!

Ha, got this account months ago and I finally got around to using it. Does it have anything to do with the election? Perhaps, mostly likely not. But I will forever remember this day as the day The united states voted in black President, Obama  AND the day I began using my LJ. YAY!

Anywho.  I'm thinking about writing a suigetsu/Sakura one shot, but we'll see. I'll probably hold it off until  I post chapter four of Comfort in Sureality.

I had some major writers block concerning that fic. I had the plot in mind, but then I started second guessing myself thinking it wasn't good enough. I think I'll just push through and concentrate more on character development and interaction, and have the big picture float in the background.  I started losing interest in this fic a while back, but it was recently ignited again. I even joined a Kisa/Saku community to keep my inspiration fresh.  Besides maybe I'll be able to convert some people to the light of Kisa/Saku

I got my cousin to start rooting for them. She was hostile, whining about how KIsame was ugly (blashpmey!), but I made her come around. So hopefully i can get others interested.  Oh the Saku/Kisa fandom, There's not enough of us! 

Actually there’s not enough love for Kisame in general. Which is ridiculous. He's way more interesting than Iruka, and that guy has a absurd following. Well, I digress. That's just my opinion.