I'm updating this profile for what is probably the last time. I've had this username and account since I was about seventeen years old. Folks, that was awhile ago. I've got school, two jobs, and a domestic partnership. I just don't have time for fanfiction like I used to. I'll probably continue to update over the summer, and hopefully I'll finally finish "Seven Stones." After that, I'm done. I've got too much work to do. If I ever come back to fanfiction, it will be a long time from now, and with a different username. I've changed enough that Xellina-san is no longer in any way a name I identify with. I still love Slayers, but the new generation of anime fans doesn't care--and in any case, the new gen is so young that I feel like I'm talking to aliens. I may be leaving the United States altogether. If anyone wishes to contact me about any of my stories, including my long-delayed Spirited Away fic, they are welcome to do so through my email account. I don't have internet at my home, so replies will be widely-spaced. Anyone who wishes to contact me about anything not story-related is also welcome to do so. I hope that someday, some of you whom I have known over the years will have the opportunity to read something of mine that they bought at a bookstore.

Truthfully, I haven't had much heart for ff.net since they got rid of their erotica, many many years ago. Everywhere I look, online and in my personal life, I see too many signs of unrest, censorship, and oppression. The United States is in trouble, and I have to spend my time right now trying to participate in the safety and well-being of my friends and loved ones.

Thanks for many years of memories.

Catherine