Kotoba no Renkinjutsushi ~ 言葉の錬金術師 ~

I can't believe I spent that much money in one day. Wow.

I bought:
- Seven new bras, two pair of jeans and a shirt, all on sale from Lane Bryant
- The new Loveless, Iono-Sama no Fanatics and two Fumi Yoshinaga manga (love her!)
- Season 4 box of Naruto (Hey, everyone's allowed a guilty pleasure)
- DVD of Hairspray (Yay John Waters), and a horor movie named Reincarnation
- The Game of the Year Edition of The Longest Journey & Dreamfall (Loved TLJ, have my doubts about Dreamfall (no Cortez). It'll be nice to have TLJ on a DVD instead of 4 CDs though)
- Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil 2, SMT: Devil Summoner and SMT Persona3
- Echo Night Beyond (Ghosts ... in ... Space!!!!!)
- 5 bottles of Ramune for export back to Berlin

The nice thing about my job is that I can work two extra days and all of that stuff will be payed for with change left over. I'm off to watch Hairspray ...

Oooooh. I just discovered Bump of Chicken. And by "just" I mean 5 minutes ago. I like, I like. I hadn't known they were the ones to do the Tales of the Abyss OP.

I have plans to go down to Concord on Monday, want to to get some manga shopping in. I'm really hoping I don't have to cancel my plans to go to a funeral. Shopping would be so much more pleasant.

I've been diversifying my manga tastes lately, although they are still heavily on the gay side of the tracks. I just finished Saikano, and it really knocked my socks off. Much better than the show. I've also gotten into older yaoi series like Level C and Kizuna. Right now I'm in the middle of reading Excel Saga, which is just getting weirder by the page.

Not looking forward to my weekend at work. We're really short because of vacations and babies popping out and such. Thank god I'm not in charge, that's all I've got to say.

Good yaoi manga I've been reading lately:

Jazz
Oooooooh, I love this one. Emotional to the point of toxicity, but that's what I like. The fourth (and last) book comes out this month. I can't wait to see how they resolve all this angst. It features a doctor-patient realtionship between two emotionally f***ed-up men.

Haru wo Daiteita a.k.a. Embracing Love
Youka Nitta is a freaking GOD. I love the way she draws men. Totally beautiful without being femme. I have her artbook Kiss of Fire, which was so sublime I nearly ruined it with drool. Her sex scenes are pretty detailed, which can often be a turn off for me. From her though, I eat it up. And I marvel over the fact that a story featuring two porn stars can be so emotionally involving.

Same Cell Organism
High-school-boys-in-love and the like. The stories are cute without being corny and I really like the artwork. The story about the angel is a little strange, though.

Seven
Another one where I quite enjoyed the the artwork. The plot seemed a little shallow to me, but it was involved enough for me to enjoy it. I have a soft spot for the emotionally insecure uke, Nana.

Fake
I love the comic flavor to this one. I'm not necessarily in love with the way it's drawn, and it not as emotional as most of my truly favorite manga, but it's very enjoyable. I like relationships with some lead time, and this one has about six volumes of buildup before Dee and Ryo finally do the deed.

I'm also following Il Gatto Sul G and La Esperanca. And Loveless, of course. I'm looking forwart to reading Lovely Sick when it comes out in America. I'm also looking to get my hands on Yellow and Gorgeous Karat as well when I go down to Boston this weekend.

I saw one of the Viewfinder series on sale the other day and immediately thought of 4everinblujeans ^__^

On a totally different note, we're supposed to get slammed with 15 inches of now and 30mph winds tomorrow. *heads off to the fridge to make sure she has enough beer to last for two days*

Yuri Manga Rec: Indigo Blue

A manga by Yamaji Ebine, the Mangaka who wrote "Love of My Life" and "Free Soul." "Indigo Blue" is the story of a young, sexually conflicted writer who breaks a lot of hearts (including her own) in trying to fugure out what she wants.

Scanslated at:
http://community.livejournal.com/daily_yuri/tag/indigo+blue