November 6, 1999
Yes, yes... I've been gone for quite a while, but unfortunately, there are still no updates. Please just read first what I have to say here, I'd very much appreciate it. ^_^;;;
May 23, 1999
I didn't expect to update so fast, but I got a sudden surge of inspiration these past few days. Keep sending in your fan-work, minna! Without further ado, I present these updates for your enjoyment:
- For all of those people who gave me an award, I'm sorry for not posting them yet. I'm trying to find time to revamp my awards page, so until then, please accept my apologies. Anyway, thank you very much for recognizing my site. ^_^
- Before I forget, I am currently looking for Male Sailormercury/Ami fans to interview for the Lake's next new section, a revision of There's Something about Ami. Interested parties, please just email me!
- A revamp done on LOI Mizullany and The Princess And the General in the Library. Please go see!
- Revision and revamping of Senshi Couture in LOI by Moonlight. It now features better graphics, corrected information and a new feature, Finicky Fuku Facts (a mini section about little-known facts concerning the Sailormercury fuku). I hope you like the new and improved look!
- A new portfolio by Hiroyasu Kido, a Japanese doujinshi artist, and new fan-art by Hikari Miraino in the Watery Gallery. Please go see the new kawaii fan-art!
- A new section opened in LOI Mizullany, namely Desktop Wallpapers! It probably needs no descriptions anymore (^_-), but here you will find Sailormercury/Mizuno Ami desktop wallpapers, as well as wallpaper from other anime!
May 4, 1999
A lot of you might have noticed that there was a closed message in place of the Lake this past three days. I've been losing interest in the Lake already, but I will still be keeping it up because I still have a lot of plans for it that I cannot simply leave to waste--though I cannot promise that I will complete the new sections with the same fervor I had before. I'm sorry, minna--and I hope you understand. Meanwhile, here are the delayed updates that have been up since April:
- Revamped and revised The Brilliance of Blue Versus the Acumen of Aquamarine, The Maintenance Shed and Injustices to Our Dear Ami-chan
- New Banners for Linking page
- New fan-art in Storm's Portfolio and a new collection, Henshin-Yo! in The Watery Gallery
- Two new chapters in The 12th Hour by Chiba Miouno in The Library
- Fixed referral service
April 24, 1999
I'm back again! I've been working hard all week on a project of mine... and now it's finally finished! So here are the details about it:
- After a week's work, the Watery Gallery is now back and better than ever. The portfolios are now organized, and it's practically a separate page already, since it's hosted by Xoom now. It now features a cool, sophisticated black and white layout and neatly divided sections, plus guidelines for submission of fan-art! Go see!
- There's a new artist featured at the Watery Gallery! Meet Storm, and browse through her fan-art over at this page!
- Chapters Six to Nine of The 12th Hour by Chiba Miouno is up at the Library. We're sorry to have kept all of you waiting...
- My Postcards, the service that keeps Tidings from Mercury up, had recently sufferred from a terrible break-down and thus erased all of my postcard settings. -_-;;; I'm sorry for the inconvenience, minna--I've fixed it already and it works as good as before...
- Oh, before I forget... ^_^;;; The Lake of Illusions now has an easy referral service. You just have to type in your name and email addy, and a friend's name and email address, then it gets referred to him/her without the use of email! Would you like to try it?
April 16, 1999
Hi! Here I am for another summer update! Just as I had promised, here is the deluge of fanwork that I was busy working on last update...
- I would first like to annouce that there are new sections up in older. wiser., namely My Baby's Firsts, which deals with LOI's milestone first times, and Obscure Droplets, a collection of factoids about LOI that no one would actually bother to know. ^_^;;;
- A big thank you to everyone who wrote to me, signed my guestbook and just wished me a happy anniversary! Thank you for being so thoughtful! ^__^
- Revamped sections include this Updates page (duh!) and Mercury Power! (which looks very nice, though it now loads a lot slower...) More revamps to come!
- Now for the fanwork. Two new poems are posted in the Library, namely Mizuno Ami: Cool as Ice by Alfonso Mendoza and Immerse Yourself by Lindsey Swanson (author of Mizuno Ami).
- A deluge of fanfiction--please welcome Chiba Miouno with her Greek-themed The 12th Hour and Bowaggi, with two new chapters of A Moonlight Rhapsody. (Okay, so it's not much... but we hope you enjoy!)
- Would you like to send a Sailormercury postcard? Visit Tidings from Mercury, LOI's very own postcard service in LOI Mizullany, and send someone a cheery Ami-chan greeting! ^_^
- COMING SOON: A revamped Watery Gallery, a new portfolio by Storm, and finally, something for the Equation for Romance!
April 6, 1999
I know what you're thinking, minna... How can Bowaggi have missed her very first anniversary??!? -_-;;; I'm so sorry, I wasn't able to finish it on time and I wanted to bring it out already without finishing it, but I had to pack for my trip to the province during the Holy Week (the bad thing is... the other KR's didn't come with me!!)! But, let us put all of these aside and concentrate on the central theme of today's update: IT'S LOI'S FIRST BIRTHDAY!!!
- Happy day! How can I not be happy? Please celebrate my anniv with me, minna, by going to older. wiser., an LOI anniversary special! It's not all done yet, but what the heck? ^_-
- I would have loved to revamp all the sections before my anniv, but I didn't have the time due to my school requirements, so I hope you bear with me, minna. The only sections I was able to revamp today was The Minisupercomputer (which will soon house a new section, "mission.log"), LOI by Daylight and LOI by Moonlight. Also enjoy the Library's sleek, sophisticated new look! Please enjoy these, minna, for the meanwhile.
- The Communicator Watch has finally been fixed! At last--thank goodness for that wonderful Chibiusa shrine Pink Glitter for finally giving me the chance to complete my communication numbers! ^_-
- I have been fixing things around my site for a while now... Noticed the change? ^_^
- A deluge of fanwork, coming soon, minna!! Believe me, I have a lot of contributions right now in my hands...
- Before I end this terribly tiring update, I'd like to enjoin everyone to visit all the Kraider shrines for their summer revamps--you're sure to find it wonderfully surprising!
March 21, 1999
Hi, minna! ^_^ It's been a long time, so I think I'll start immediately because I'm really excited about this update.
- Someone's (er, something's) birthday is coming up real soon! Can you guess what it is? It's the anniversary of LOI! ^_^ Watch out for it this April 1, 1999...
- I've been revamping the whole page in celebration of my upcoming anniversary. Revamps for today are the polishing of such classic LOI sections such as Ami-chan: In Depth and A Rhapsody in Blue. I've also changed the banner in Lindsey's poem, Mizuno Ami, but I think that despite the slight change, it looks a lot better!
- A new fanfic by Conychan is posted in the Library, and it's called The Truth About Ami! This is a very adventure-filled story that lovers of spy stories are sure to enjoy! Please don't miss it! ^_^ If I may, I would also like to take this opportunity to encourage everyone to send in their Ami/Sailormercury fanfiction to me if you like!
- The Icy Cool Sailormercury Shrines page has been updated to accomodate more sites; however, not all of these are winners of the Shimmering Beauty Award. We also welcome new image galleries as winners of the award; for details, please just go to this page. Being winners, they also have their own page in the Water Slide! ^_^
- I've received a lot of fanwork lately... So please watch out for an overflow of fanfic and fanart in my next update! Thank you so much, minna, for sending me tons of stuff to post! Please keep sending them, for the enjoyment of all the Sailormercury fans out there! ^_^