Finals are OVER! (Plus, archiving announcement)

ETA: People are always free to IM me and debate about the archiving issue; I'm aware it seemed rather abrupt and sharp on my part, so, yeah. [wry] On the one hand, it's me wanting to justify myself even more; on the other, it's to show that I'm not afraid of my choice, and I am willing to discuss with people about it. You can catch me on AIM as merryswallow, though because of my moving schedule, you may not get me consistently till Saturday night. XD; Errr.

My finals are over, and ye great gods and little fishes, it feels good. _o_ Of course, almost as immediately as I was done, I was whisked off to dinner, bubble tea, and a mini-FMA marathon--and now I have to be PACKED by ten tomorrow morning holy hell. I am chicken with head cut off, yes I AM.

I think they actually went well--there were the requisite "Oh my god, did we even go OVER this stuff?!" moments on the Bio test, but I think I pulled off at least the minimum grade I needed in Ochem to get the minimum 3.5 I wanted. [grins] Ideally, I could've made a 100% and gotten the full 4.0, but I'm not gonna worry about that until, uh--tomorrow, when the grades are finished and posted. >_>

And, so, yeah, about the mini-wank today, over the archiving ... honestly, it makes me a little ill to be directly involved with wank, especially over something that was, I feel, entirely well-meant on both sides. _o_ Suffice to say, I will not be hosted on the Scimitar Smile archive any more; there's been some disagreement with the archivist over hosting policies, and while I do wish her the best of luck in everything in the future, my own stand on the matter pushed me up to it. [wry]

Let me preface this next bit with saying that I DO, in fact, have a lot of respect and admiration for Sol for undertaking this, as well as building up such a reputable archive in such a short amount of time. She's put a damn lot of work into this, and does deserve to be lauded for it.

( Emotional justification in a way, or Why I Did It )

For that matter, I'd still point out Scimitar Smile as a place for newbies to fandom looking for fic to go; it's the largest and best-kept and most frequently-updated archive for Fullmetal Alchemist. I don't bear her any ill will or annoyance for this, and there's no need, in my mind, to be nasty over what was, in the end, simply a disagreement of opinion over policies.

Sol, if you're reading this--as I said before, best of luck in everything you work on in the future. I'm sorry about the mess it seems to have caused, but I do congratulate you and admire you for keeping up with so much of fandom output thus far. Thank you for archiving me as long as you did; I'm glad that I was up to your standards. :)

(... in the end, I don't think I'm cut out to be big and flashy anyway. I'm a small person, and I like my small quiet corner. [wry] I write, I edit, I post, I edit some more--and hopefully some people will read it, like it, and let me know. In fandom, it's just as much as interacting with people as it is having my name "out there"--in many ways, it's so much more.)

Meh. I honestly feel bad the whole thing's ballooned as it has, and would rather move on with life--because OMGWTFPACKING and it's already twelve-thirty, so. XD; I guess I'm off~ see y'all when I see you~