Blog & Updates

icon30th-31st of August
New Quilting bee trade with Ali of aliplushie.com and updated official patches
The Shadow-wings galleries has been redone (it's great and much easier to use than the last)
The media section is sort of hidden (you access it via the media forum) but it's now more organized and i'll be able to track exactly how much bandwidth it's taking each month. Sakura & I can both upload files & have different pages for our video clips. To request a file: just use the stickied thread ^_^.
About 50 images added to the galleries: mainly in Tsubasa, Sakura/Tomoyo fanart and anime group pictures.
New affiliate: San & Shannon's Clow Legacy: a cram packed fansite to CCS & TRC! Wishing them lots of lovely visitors and a long life!
I finally got round to updating the awardspage with 4 new gifts (see sitey)

Those of you who read the comments, might have noticed that Redllar the creator of FGWnd Grab, the screencap utility I use, got in contact! ... He's updated the program (it's a pure marvel) so it does the work of all four programs I had to use... in one click! This is definitly going to make screencapturing a lot easier. (=^_^=)
To do list: Tsubasa 19
Personal: The injections are staring up today (in fact the nurse -Sylvie- should already be here *trembles*) see earlier blogs for more info about this. This time it's for two weeks! so wish me lots of courage & cushioned chairs =p
If you don't hear from me, it'll be because of that.
Love to all, ~Happy


icon28th of August
Links section reorganized
Quilting bee quilt 'washed' and updated
Currently working on the shadow-wings galleries & media section


icon22nd of August
Updates!
[+] Episode 17. "The Cafe in Cherry Blossom World"
[+] Episode 18. "Kittens & Puppies"
Tsubasa Information section added (profiles, episodes, crossovers, introduction etc...)

So here they are, the long awaited Tsubasa episode screencaptures. Episodes 17 & 18 are part of a new story arc in Cherry Blossom world (aka Sakura World or Outo). And with that, a TRC information section. This site is now officially a CCS + TRC fansite... not that i can promise to keep this up throughout the whole series and movies to come (the first movie was released saturday in japan)! Thankyou to everyone who commented and showed support, I now have names to picture when I don't feel motivated to work on this site!

Remember that the episodes are first shown in Japan (once a week I think), then a group will fansub the show (this can take a few days), it takes me a day to download and a few hours the next day to screencap and put it all online.
So just because an episode has been released DOES NOT mean 1/ That I have it yet or 2/ That i have time to screencapture it yet!
I'm seriously considering adding a new FAQ page about requests & this website etc...

Other Updates:
-New gift code for the Suppi fanlisting by Krissy!
-New contest by Kelly: Check out Little Miss Kinomoto's 1st anniversary contest
-Awards from Kelly and the lovely Shanelle.
-New Wallpaper by Shanelle! (see fans)

You!
The title of SLG CCSakura network is now SLG CCSakura & Tsubasa RC network as it has enough TRC content now to justify adding it to the title. It sounds a bit clumsy so if you have any suggestions for the website title- please comment....but no crypic titles like "mysterious fate of wings" that don't say anything about the actual website ...Oh and it'll need to have "SLG" in somewhere...
I'll be opening a TRC links sub section so if you know a related website worth the visit, please just let me know (click comments!)
Hugs


icon17th of August
Rant
First of all, Thankyou Mazzie for everything *Hugs* I really appreciate it. It's time to say what's what:


To all of you visitors who come here for the media and galleries:
I'm a wee bit tired of getting screencap, videos requests or wierd requests for the complete soundtracks/movies. ^_^; I've been deleting emails and guestbook entries with rude requests for a while now. This is a fansite not a shop (besides I don't get paid for this) so stop being so rude and demanding.

I'll screencap TRC as and when the episodes are released, usually two by two (see below)... Even the japanese fans havn't seen episode 18 yet as it was delayed on TV! I'll take my time regardless of any comments or emails.

Now what's sad is that I'm the sort of person who will give 200% of my time and energy for polite visitors ... even just this spring, we had a big contests with real prizes and since then i've been screencapping like mad (+1500 images)...I've really given a lot of myself to the network visitors in the past, whether for the CCS site, the webbie tutorials & graphics, the oekaki & forums or private emails asking for coding or graphics help but these pastfew months have been draining, I feel like it's never enough and I admit it would be nice to see the visitors showing some goodwill and contributing with articles, fanworks or a return link to show there are actual fans not just leechers.

I'm not asking for $$$ or anything but with the exception of old friends I don't have a clue who I am actually doing this for...
No Tsubasa sites have got in contact to link exchange or affiliate, no Tsubasa fans have sent in articles, profiles, fanart (except for Fashan ^_^) or wallpapers... and it's old CCS fans and long time visitors who are leaving any feedback. I'd like to see some sort of support, any support from Tsubasa fans and I know that you exist because this site is #1 google rank for "Tsubasa screencaptures" and when they were hosted on S-W.net my bandwidth exploded.
So speak up, show you are a fan and that you care ... let me know if I should bother because I know a bunch of people who really deserve more of my time and who havn't been getting it.
Unless there is some sort of noise, this site will go on hiatus and Shadow-wings will become my #1 priority.
Big huggles and blessings to all those who have supported me these past few years. Love from me.


icon16th of August
I'll be screencapping episode 17 as soon as 18 is released, as I prefer to do it two by two when there is a story arc (not one off episodes like ep12 with the magical fish) screencapturing takes me a long time and I can halve that time if I do the watermarking, thumbnails, html & uploading all at once.
Updates: Creating Vectors & Javascript Clocks tutorials at Webbie
New links in the CCSakura links section: four fansites, a message board and the Tsubasa Movie official page. (see top round button on the interface)
There is a ton of new cute animal photos in the shadow-wings galleries and i've updated the oekaki archives with about 400 pictures


icon9th of August
To do list:
- Tsubasa 17 screencapture
- Install radio blog for www.shadow-wings.net
- Ep42 Syaoran dressed as the princess

Currently listening to: Depeche Mode "Precious". (Radio Leaked)
"Angels with silver wings, Shouldn't know suffering , I wish I could take the pain for you"
Available via a quick google search or mininova.org. Look out for the fan remixes too. It really is a fabulous song and very emotional. Hit me like an baseball bat to the chest. It's quite old-school depeche mode with synths, fuzzy noise, slowish and nicely dark. Dave's voice sounds maybe a bit too smooth, I like it when it really rasps and grates and burns. The lyrics are typical Martin Gore, the way he can make a song deeply romantic but down to earth and somewhat gritty. Gothic has other connotations and it probably too cold a word to describe the feeling, bloody implies violence...I guess dark, physical, moody, morbid are the words most commentators are using... I need new words =p.
"I pray you learn to trust, Have faith in both of us, And keep room in your heart for two"
Their album "Playing the Angel" is to be released on October 17th and it looks really promising: a back to roots, dark, edgy, flesh and bone album. It's what we've all been waiting for. I'll probably have downloaded any tracks available online including the awesome mixes that DM fans are so good at but I'll definitely be buying a copy even if I have to import it. DM tend to not dissapoint and throw out albums that you play: hate a few tracks then replay and grow to love them. It's not like you go back to Ultra or Violator and think 'That was SO ten years ago'!
Hugs to all


icon5th of August
Answer: The song played in Episode 68 in the garden with Clow Reed (when he accelerates spring) is "Mienai Chizu" sung by Anza and is included on the Tobira o Akete single.

Videos added to the media folder: 7
Ep46: A world without love (Sakura's vision); Ep50 Sakura cuts the threads binding Syaoran then falls asleep in his lap; Ep60 Meilin knows who Syaoran loves; Ep60 Meilin says goodbye to Syaoran at the airport; Ep60 Meilin sends letters from Hong Kong; Ep65 The power transfer (Yue+Touya); Ep68 Sakura & Syaoran's pinkie promise. (see media)

Mazzie made a special gift layout for Suppi dot net <3 It's gorgeous!

A bunch of new cute animal pictures added to the media folder at S-W including Sam, the worlds ugliest dog who is actually very sweet and a bunch of jumping cats.

Personal news: I've had 16 anti-biotic injections this week (which is pretty incredible considering how much I HATE needles- I dunno how I survived without biting the nurses who did them). They are not your run of the mill jabs either, intramuscular (1 inch deep) two a day in the lower hip on either side and they inject the stingy stuff (thats what hurts) for over 30 seconds which leaves your butt sore like it got kicked...but it's working... I can actually feel the difference because the sort of panic/pain that seemed to fill every single cell of my body has calmed down, I called this phenomena "cell famine" because it felt like each part of me was starving,weak and screaming for energy but it don't have that anymore even though I still have many symptoms of the illness. So it was well worth having nurses throw darts at my bottom and I'll probably be following two or three more weekly injection courses this year in between the usual medication. The nurses (Francoise, Sylvie and Magalie) have been awesome and really sweet, not the rough matron type I was used to meeting in hospital *lol*... made me think think twice about not wanting to be a nurse as they really made the difference between a horrid experience and a mildly unpleasant one ^_^. Next time Mom & I want to draw little targets on ourselves for a joke because one of the nurses throws the needle first then attaches the syringe. =p

My inbox is full of stuff I should have answered, some of it was nice emails (awards, thankyous, hellos etc) which I'm unable to think of an answer other than just "thankyou" so I wait for inspiration but I've left them so long I feel real bad about it.
There are the lovely personal emails from friends that sit there rotting too ... I think of great and full replies as I'm halfsleep but not awake enough to write them, then the next dayIi sit and stare at blank reply emails with my mind totally... well... blank or I get distracted.
Then there are the nutcase emails that I'm just avoiding because they are too crazy or demanding to be replied to. I glance at them sometimes: freak out at the sheer insanity and wonder how they found their way to suppi.net... *grins* The interwebs is full of crazies! You can't reply to these because if you get mad then they'll be upset but if you act like it was ok then they just send more ^^; *sigh*
Note: my DeviantArt gallery is down in support of more transparency from the leaders of DA. If you are a deviant user remember that this week needs to be quiet until Sunday (the 5th anniversary) when there must be an explosion of yellow (submit yellow art, fave yellow art, comment on peoples journals in friendship) to show that members are not just sheep and deserve to know the truth and be consulted about changes. I'm not a huge DA user, I'm not a great fan of the site but I was very involved at neopets which went through the same sort of changes, I regret not having made more noise when the site went commercial and lost it's original fun soul.
Love to all