I have a lot of artbooks / manga / etc that I'm just not using anymore, and before I put it on ebay, I'd like to offer it to you guys. Prices are negotiable. Everything is in pristine, mint condition -- looks like the day I bought it. Please comment if you're interested. In general, I'd like to charge about $15 per artbook (I paid about $30 - $50 for each) and $3 for manga (I paid about $8 - $10 for each). Some artbooks are cheaper, so just ask if you're curious. I'd accept payments through paypal. So here's what I have, comment if you're interested or shoot me an e-mail at alex (at) leknaat (dot) org. Also, if you want me to take pics of things you're interested in, I'd be happy to do so and send them to you. I will cross off items as they (hopefully) sell.

- Cloud Strife FINAL FANTASY VII 1/8 scale Cold-cast resin statue (I think I paid like $80 for this... I'd be willing to sell it to the right person (hint hint) for pretty cheap).

- Volumes 1-11 of Good Morning Call manga (Japanese)

- Volumes 1-3 of Full Moon wo Sagashite manga (Japanese)

- 3 random Rurouni Kenshin volumes (Japanese -- I can figure out which they are if you're interested)

- Volumes 1-2 of Kare Kano manga (English)

- Volumes 2-3 of X/1999 manga (English)

- Amano Dawn artbook

- Amano Japan artbook

- Love Hina artbook

- 3 Cowboy Bebop artbooks (inquire for particulars)

- Fruits Basket artbook

- Kare Kano artbook

- Chono Cross 'Missing Piece' artbook

- Xenosaga 1 artbook

- 2 Rurouni Kenshin artbooks (inquire for particulars)

I also have a few random Japanese guides for various animes/mangas and games -- too much writing to be considered artbooks. Games include Suikoden 2, Suikoden 3, and Chrono Trigger. Anime/manga includes Love Hina, Kare Kano, and Fruits Basket.

Metamorphosis, my Frog shrine, has been revamped and renamed as Outshined. There are still a few incomplete pages (Magus, Masamune, Time), but hopefully I will work on them soon. Also, it is now the TFL-approved fanlisting, so please join if you're a fan! I will add more codes soon. The layout isn't so great, but the coding is much improved, so if I manage to make a decent layout, it will be super easy to change... cross your fingers!

Also, In the Fade received a full link check. And come on guys, what ever happened to making new sites this summer!?!

We're going to do this in list format. Okay:

1) I have decided to "officially" open up Perfect Disguise, my Shadow (Final Fantasy VI) shrine to the public. I still have six more sections to write up, but five of those should be done by tomorrow or thereabout. I'm serious! It's a big relief to have this more or less done, and it was my goal all along to do a good job with it so I won't have to touch it for a long time. I am happy with how it has turned out. Please join the fanlist if you're a fan!

2) Leknaat.org is now affiliated with flora-fleur.net. It was only a matter of time.

3) In the Fade got a full link check. It's almost time for a new shrine of the month... any suggestions?

4) Rose of the World has a new code, and a few new affiliates. Not that anyone cares... (Seriously, if you like Estella, please join! There are only three members!)

Now for my (realistic) to-do list for July:

1) Revamp Rico Suave. This means a new layout and three new sections of content.

2) Revamp Metamorphosis. This means a new layout, new name, and several new sections of content. I would like to consider this site permanently complete after this revamp.

3) New layout for leknaat.org. Something more readable and XHTML validated...

So a few days ago I link-checked In the Fade. I am just really bad about announcing it.

Rico Suave is now the proud affiliate of Carpe Diem, and it has a new favicon!

Speaking of favicons, I edited a dragon from FFVI to look like Kuja's silver dragon, so voila! New favicon at Sycophant. Also, Marauder and Mind Riot got boring favicons.

Metamorphosis got 137 new sprites. THANK YOU PHOTOSHOP BATCH CONVERSION FOR MAKING MY LIFE EASIER! Is that not the most pimped out sprites section you've ever seen!?!

And, best of all... I am done with school! So that means that updates should be more major and more frequent. I hope to finish one of my pending sites by the end of the month...

FYI, rydia made a new layout over at In the Fade, and it's fab. Go check it out!

In other news, I tweaked the css of Metamorphosis and gave it it's very own favicon! It makes me happy.

Speaking of favicons, leknaat.org got a new one as well! It's the poyozo doll from Chrono Trigger... I couldn't resist!

In the Fade got a full link-check tonight, and man, you'd be surprised how much the FFXII section can change in 10 days! Sheesh! I added a few new sites throughout the course of the week, so you can check those out as well. Hopefully more new shrines will crop up as we near the summer.

Speaking of which, I am in my final week of school (not counting finals), so hopefully I will begin to be a bit more productive within the next month. I would really like to focus my efforts on revamping Metamorphosis (the Frog shrine). I am also thinking about making a shrine to Luke from Tales of the Abyss, but as you know, I have 39438473849 other projects already started, so perhaps I should finish some of those up first...

Just incase no one noticed, 509am opened her lovely Ashe shrine, and Rico Suave is proud to be affiliated! I also added the Balthier section. Expect the shrine to be in more-or-less finished form by mid-March (I have Spring Break in a week!)

Next up: some serious attention to my favorite game, Chrono Trigger. Expect a revamp (and completed sections) at Metamorphosis, and potentially a new collective. If you want in, let me know.

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Link checked In the Fade. Because there were no new sites to add, I kept the new ones from last update still marked as new. A few of the sites that went down last time are back up, so that is good news!

Speaking of good news, Rico Suave is now affiliated with Partners in Crime. Hooray!

As for future updates... before the semester gets too crazy, I would like to make more progress on Rico Suave and finally finish up Metamorphosis. Once those are complete, I plan on turning my attention 100% to Perfect Disguise (the Shadow shrine). Once again, the Suikoden sites are going to have to be neglected. I definitely still will make the Jowy shrine, but the Sierra shrine will more than likely get scrapped. Sorry :( I just always seem to have something I'd rather work on.

Okay, so I finally got the css overrides to work so the journal is (officially) up and running. Later today I plan on replacing all the "updates" sections on my sites with links to this journal. Very exciting, I know. Anyway, I thought I'd list what I have planned for the next month:

1) Finishing up Metamorphosis -- this includes adding about 150 more sprites and finishing up the few sections that I have neglected. I also am going to add one more "comparison" (it's a surprise who it is!)

2) Seriously starting work on Perfect Disguise (my Shadow site). I am almost done replaying FFVI and I am pretty much done with the media, but I don't have a layout yet! Ugh! I have a feeling this site is going to get magically completed before my Suiko sites...

3) More work on Forever Means (the Jowy site). I really am making progress, I promise.

4) Redesign Sycophant. God knows it needs it... I also hope to spruce up the content a bit seeing as how this site has kind of been forgotten (and yet Kuja is my favorite character! Jeez, Al...)

5) Maybe work on In the Moonlight (the Sierra site). This is kind of my last priority at the moment (sorry terra!!!) Maybe I'll get more motivated once I reach the part in Suiko II where Sierra is? But I'm not that far in my replay of the game...

So as you can see, I really do have a lot planned. So all the more reason for you all to stay tuned ;)

So I decided to start an update journal for leknaat.org because it is easier to manage one thing rather than individually positing updates on each of my sites. Feel free to watch this community to learn more about what I'm doing / planing to do over at leknaat.org.

Past (but somewhat recent) Updates:

September 25: Marauder was revamped.
September 23: Mind Riot got a totally revamped sprite gallery.
August 31: Metamorphosis was launched.
August 23: Enigme was revamped.