For those of you curious as to when I'll update, before asking me, please read this easy, bullet-pointed list.

I have:

-A real life.

(No longer a girlfriend ._. )
-A job. (And a co-op lined up for the summer.)
-Two majors--Computer Engineering and Computer Science--to work on obtaining. I am also going out for a Technical Japanese certificate.
-A fuckton of homework.
-A video game addiction.
-Five long stories to work on (Res, Fake, Disappear, Precipitate, Divine)
-Way too many ideas for short stories.
-4? original fiction novels sitting on my hard drive collecting dust.

I do not have:

-A lot of time.
-A lot of sleep.
-A lot of money. (Hence, I needed a job.)

I usually have a several-hundred word piece of a chapter sitting around at any given time for any of my stories. My highest priority is Fake, my lowest is probably Divine. I want to finish all of them because I like them, and because you, the reader, deserve to see them finished in your natural lifetime, but as I have noted, the days when I have a lot of time, I don't have a lot of sleep, and the days when my sleep is sufficient I don't often have a lot of time. Usually I finish a chapter on a day when sleep and time form a healthy balance. I love writing and I love my readers, but school is my priority.

Therefore, before using your review to ask me when I'm going to be updating, think about these things, and instead, drop me a review with your thoughts. Surely "when will he update next?" isn't the only thing you're thinking about. You must have something that makes you want me to update. Or something that makes you want me NOT to update. Tell me about those things instead. I certainly appreciate the moral support given by "Update soon!" submit review but substance, my friends, is key.

I'm going to take a cue from The Denominator (another marvelous writer in the Marimite section) and say that if you add one of my stories to your favorites list, it would be wonderful if you could drop me a review. This is a generally courteous practice, and honestly, every review helps.

In any event, thanks for reading!

School Rumble

Long stories

I Disappear

Of how Harima Kenji reacted to the end of school, and of how he overcame it. Takes place a few years (half a decade...) after the end of Harima's manditory education. Primarily angsty, primarily concerned with Eri, Yakumo, Harima, and possibly Mikoto and Haruki, though I'm not certain yet. Minor characters from the series abound. I'd suggest avoiding it if you're looking for a lighter, funnier School Rumble. I'd suggest reading it if you're looking for an "aftermath" story.

Short stories

Till the End

On Eri's final night in Japan before departing for London. Sort of a prequel to I Disappear, I suppose. Dark as hell, good lord. Chronicles, briefly, what happens to Eri when she arrives in London, and what happened to her the night before.

Maria-sama Ga Miteru

Long stories

Fake

Call it "How Sachiko Learned to Cope." Takes place shortly before the arranged marriage between Sachiko and Suguru. Dives deep into Sachiko's head, and it's a damn scary place. This one is probably the slowest of all of my fics to update, because it's the hardest for me to write, because for whatever reason, I feel the need to do an excessively careful job each chapter.

Short Stories

2x4
Alcohol dreams and slabs of wood, and parties where the men seem only to touch, and never to listen. Trippy, violent and thoroughly Sachiko. Yes, violent. Go on, give it a shot.

White Reflection
Tells the story of Sachiko's "first time," and of a day spent with the snow. Kind of Fake-canon with regards to Sachiko's job and lot in life, kind of not. Don't worry about it much.

It's So Cowardly

On the things of which even Sei Satou is afraid, and on what fear and a little cowardice does to all of us. Actually fairly long. Shows a side of Sei that most people don't like to see.

My-HiME

Long stories

Resolution

My "ending" to HiME that really isn't an ending at all. On coping with the HiME carnival, on love, and on how damn close it is to fear. And on top of that, on seemingly escalating engagements between the ex-HiME and a strange, unknown organization. Violent, a little angsty, massively introspective. Kind of Shizuru and Natsuki, kind of not. Avoid if you want fluff. Avoid at all costs if you want fluff.

Short Stories

Words in the Trees

On Chie and Aoi. A story about admitting the truth creatively, told in three parts. Very much fluff. Oh, yes.

I'm Going to Get My Gun!

Songfic/self mockery, based on a D-12 song by the same name. Call it chapter 7.5, with ebonics. Probably nobody should ever read this, ever.

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Precipitate

A not-quite-AU in which Shinji, Asuka, and Rei eat, sleep, work, and do nothing else because they have no means to do so. Living in a city which doesn't seem quite logical, in an apartment that never seemed quite safe. A horror story, which I have been told is in the vein of Lovecraft, though that may be simply because everybody seems to associate Eva with Cthulhu. I've really no idea why. Regardless, a horror story.

Welcome to the N.H.K.

Unfortunately, EffNet has no NHK section. Subsequently, visit THIS link

http://ai-ni-youkoso.livejournal.com/

to read my NHK story entitled "Lady So Divine." (I know. The name--both of the names, really--burn. It's not my talent.)

All I ask is that if you decide to start reading it, drop me a comment somewhere letting me know you have. It'd be awesome if you get yourself an LJ-account so I know who you are, but you don't have to. I just like to have an idea of my readership.