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If it's any consolation, I have started working.

I'm working on something related to versioning for object storage.
It's 1:20 a.m. and now it's too late to be working on versioning stuff. :'(
I estimated 2 weeks for this feature and it should have been fine, but I guess I am slow sometimes due to days of productivity lost and just slow thoroughness.

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From:

rainedparade

Hi, hi! Ohmygoodness, you responded! Looking back that was a total shot in the dark, considering your addme is more than a month old ahahaha. I'm pretty good about checking things until a deadline is moved up way in advance and then it's like: goodbye, social life! (Or what passes for one.)

Ice-skating skills definitely transfer over! I actually started with ice-skating but then we moved houses and the rollerskating rink was then closer than the ice-skating one. I wouldn't be surprised if you had an easy learning curve. I'm more nervous ice skating now, come to think of it, and I don't dare do anything fancy (not even the most basic jump). >_<;;

Active? Pffft, I wish! It took me three days to gather the energy to move my bike from storage to the bike rack and I still haven't ridden it yet. It's okay bike, one of these days...! Really, my core hobbies are as lethargic as they come and I like dozing off while reading. orz Besides those two mobile phone games (which are surprise surprise singleplayer games) I don't play anything. Excitedly waiting for Ultra Sun/Moon though Sun/Moon kept me occupied for less than a week!

There is definitely a market for manga aggregators and I remain hopeful that there will be a market for US manga ~~that's entirely separate from the comics industry hahaha~~. Best of luck to your sister then! <3

!! I love Stiletto Heels! Specifically their series [&]! Though I've read the spoilers and am a bit disappointed with the ending but the artwork is gorgeous and it's not that long so I'll definitely read it to the end! What other series of theirs would you recommend?

Ahahaha I just started reading those two series as well! Are you caught up with the current scanlations? Do you want to talk about them?? The premise for both of them is so interesting -- for Haru no Noroi the idea of dealing with a deceased relative's emotional baggage hits really close to home and Hakoniwa no Soleil is set in an art class, oh the nostalgia. And there's a murder, oohlala!

Castle of Sand (Suna no Shiro) is by Ichijo Yukari and it's basically the story of this girl's life from adolescence to adulthood. It begins with tragedy and it ends with tragedy but the ups and downs and in between is fantastic. The art style is 90's shoujo so it took a bit getting used to for me, but I like how... um, ultimately independent the main character ended up being, even with her roots and her circumstances and how everyone from friends to family were like 'I'll take care of you / you don't need to do anything'. But it's sad. Sad, sad, sad! ;_;

Tomorrow I'm on Leave (Kyou wa Kaisha Yasumimasu) is the other one, by Fujimura Mari, and it's veeery wish fulfillment. The MC is a 33 year old unmarried office lady (like an older version of the [&] MC) who suddenly gets a boyfriend much younger than her (like college student) and a guy her own age pursuing her. At the moment I think the younger boyfriend is going to win but they're really dragging out the will-they-or-won't-they. Normally I don't like triangles featuring an established couple, but since it's at times a gag manga (and the third wheel is almost gentlemanly lol), I don't mind!

Maybe when it becomes impossible to read this comment chain we can switch to DM's?

I'd definitely be up for an IRL meetup! But I must warn you I'm quiet and nervous-giggly in real life. As for being more chipper, well, I am one whole year older than you! P: I should take a page from your eating habits though, it's becoming more difficult to pass my preferences off as allergies as the list grows longer (and more erratic).

Aaaand there I go with the tl;dr OTL OTL OTL
Please take your time with the response! Maybe one (or both) of the manga will have updated in the time! \o/

From:

tarobun

I saw this response! I do want to take my time with it so I can respond to most of the parts. (It's also 1:35 a.m. right now.) But just want to say I will respond sooner or later :)

From:

tarobun

Hah! I've been trying to learn ice skating for a year and we haven't gotten to any jumps yet. I actually had to stop for the rest of the year because I ran out of the company sponsorship allotment for sports activities. Gotta practice sometime though, because I didn't pass the last test to move on from backwards crossovers. T^T

Me and my sister started to get a little more active partly because of that sports sponsorship, actually. I dunno how, but we've gotten into the idea of sports where you can do cool-looking tricks involving skill, like skateboarding, roller skating, free style ice skating and now longboarding. I saw this video and immediately ordered two longboards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv_TKblIwY8&feature=youtu.be
Haha, I'm afraid my mom is mad at me since I don't think she understands spending money on something like that.

I'm envious that you still read though! I only do it on occasion and I feel sad about that. I need to visit the library more often.

I read & as well! I haven't read the ending but I feel it's mostly about expressing sentiments in artwork. I'm actually not super invested in the characters but I admire the unconventionality and enjoy the reading experience anyway. For other series scanlated by Stiletto Heels Team, I've enjoyed: Futago, Balancing Toy (Yajirobee), Sekine's Story, and Principal. I also really liked their shojo project Six Half but I think that ended up going to another team in the end. They also scanlate a lot of other series and I'd recommend checking out pretty much each of their projects! They're usually worthwhile enough.

Ohh!! I'm glad I'm responding to your message now because I think I forgot about Haru no Noroi and had to look it up again. :P I was up to date when I sent you the first message, but something may have come out since then. I've been keeping up-to-date with Hakoniwa no Soleil, but I'm getting premonitions it may end in an unsatisfying manner for me. I liked the characters at first, and the interesting plot, but I feel like it might devolve into stereotypical/unconvincing portrayals for the sake of shojo stereotypes. (I might have read some mangaupdates reviews that gave me heads-ups x_x)

I should remember to check out the series you recommended :3 My sister has also recommended reading Ran to Haiiro no Sekai. It has an interesting art style if that's something you may be interested in! And from what I remember from watching her screen, an unconventional age-gap relationship between the main character and her love interest. I think it's mostly a light-hearted story, but it seemed to affect my sister a lot at certain points. :P

Sorry it's taken so long to respond to you. It's been wow so busy!! A lot of social stuff, and then work angst and being busy interviewing, and we also decided to move all of a sudden so just a lot of things happened at once and it's kept me busy for almost a month at least, it feels like. And yeah, I'm quiet too in real life! Depending on the situation, at least. ;3 You said you don't live in the area but you visit often? Any idea of when you might be in the area? Maybe we can rollerskate or swim together! (we're moving to an apartment with a swimming pool, haha)

How've you been over the past few weeks? :D