I feel utterly and completely sick. What happenned today, September 11, 2001 (9/11) was horriffic and terrifying. I believe that such acts of murder and insanity, such as where committed on The United states of America are sick and uncalled for. The newscastors are saying that the "anger builds as you watch" and that it's "unbelieveable" and I have no choice but to agree. I can only imagine the horror that the poor people on the four hijacked flights went through and shudder. How awful, how gut-wrenching. I keep seeing the second plane crash into the World Trade Center and wonder about the people on the plane, the innocent passengers. The Newscasters here in the US call it an "Act Of War," and, though I am a peaceful person, I hope they find the unfeeling animals that did this and make them pay. Thousands of deaths in The US have been caused, and the news keeps showing video clips of the second plane and the collapse (which I saw live on TV during Biology class) of the WTC, and I feel like I'm watching 'the Siege' or some like movie. I believe that the crashes into the WTC and Pentagon were a statement by the terrorists; the money and the power. It is believed the fourth plane which crashed in Pennsylvania might have been heading for the capital; the governmental head. I, myself, live less than an hour from Washington DC, and I fear more attacks made by these heartless monsters. It's so close, and so personal to me, as a native citizen of the US. This school year a law was passed in Virginia, my state, that all students have to say the pledge of alligence. I was annoyed because I had not been made to say it since I was a fifth grader. As a senior I felt like I was being treated like a child and was offended. I can truthfully say that I will proudly say it with my right hand over my heart from this moment forth. This website; Transparent Wings, a Gundam Wing Web Graphics Shop, has been shut down for 24 hours in honor of the casualties caused by this terrible tradgedy. I think of this as my personal flag at half-mast. Thank you for visiting, and please come back tomorrow or the next day. *Sophie

(09/08/01) I received three new fanarts from Wa who does really beautiful work, you have to take a look! In honor of the new additions I have re-done the pics page, and thumbnails are included, as well as a more organized look. Also, if you have fanart, please send it, that portion of the site is sadly lacking in content, but, happily, what we do have (other than my crap) is really good! It's really kind of inspiring, so I kinda, sorta drew another pic. Sadly it sucks as much as my other one. If I werent incredibly lazy I could make it look much better by re-doing it in india ink or a nice black pen, but I am, so I didn't ^^ I'm just no good at drawing gundam wing. If you want to see other stuff I've drawn please go here.

(08/25/01) Lady Archica's story Broken Dolls has once again been stolen. She asks that you please read this note.

(08/17/01) I don't know if I mentioned this, but I did fix up the sitemap. Hopefully it works perfectly, and is updated in full-which I believe it is. I actually did that before I left for London, so...anyway that's done and I'm back. I leave for five more days this Sunday, though, get back Friday, then return to finish my final year of high school the following Monday (which sucks). This means the summer of major updates has come to an end, really. I'm terribly sorry to see it go, and I'm really annoyed that I have to go back to school, but, hey, it's my last year :)...until college...oh, hell, it'll never end, you know? But I will, of course, update frequently, just not like I've been lately. I have a problem with ow much I ignore what needs to be done to ensure getting into an at least semi-good college (meaning schoolwork), and spending time on the net. I had a renewed interest in Gundam Wing, I was (and still am) really into post-DBGT and X-files fics, and was losing interest in other stuff. My poor SM site hasn't seen a real update since last summer...I think I'm done with SM, really. Anyway that site was not popular at all. Well it was my first site, and who gets it right the first time, right? Well, this was site two...or three...or seven...who knows? But (I may be flattering myself) I think it's rather popular to come to (but not to use *tears*). It's no Aishiteru, but it got 10,000 hits in just about a year, and that's a record by far for me! Damn! the pretender suppossed to be on but it's golf! Damn! uh...sorry about that, it's just i sort of have a penchant for kinda cheesy shows. Hey! Speaking of which I read that Lucy Lawless signed up for the new season of X-files! I wonder what that's about...hmmm...anyway since this has gotten extremely chatty and no longer has anything to do with this site I will teminate it immediately. Bye-bye :)

(08/11/00) Okay, apparently the counter reached 10,000 a couple of days ago *sheepish grin* anywho, the 10,000 hits layout is now up, and I think it's nice. I used some new junk I found on my graphics program to do it. I'm so glad the counter went over before tomorrow, because I'm leaving to vacation in London and I wanted it up before I left. Also, I really hate the way the current counter looks, though it's served me well, so I'm changing it today-something from darkcounter.com, I think.

(8/7/01) I've made two new banners, which are featured at the top of the banners page. my favorite's the top one ^_^ these are much better looking than my old ones, I've figured out how to work my graphics program better. the old ones were made using paint, if you can belive it. It was a bitch cutting around the pics pixel by pixel...but anyway, I haven't had to do that for a while. 100 more hits and then I get to put up the 10,000 hits layout! It's really nice, I think. It's necessary that I have a splash page, though. I decided when I opened this page that I wouldn't use splash pages, but...who cares, right? Well, come back soon so I can put up the new layout!

LATER 8/2: I've fixed some bugs up, changed some minor things (like a new window will not open on the layout pages-it was a huge hassle), and moved backgrounds to it's own subdirectory. Please tell me if you find any broken links. I'm in the process of making the 10,000 hits layout-come back soon so the counter'll hit 10,000! thanks so much, enjoy the new stuff!

LATER 8/2: The corner layout I also promised today is up. It's nothing spectacular, but I think it's cute. It's a black and white one featuring Hilde. If you're going for the simple classic look, then this is it. Also: watch for error 404's anywhere on the site and inform me if you find one, please. The background section may also be moved to it's own subdirectory soon, which may cause problems and broken links, there, also. Thanks much ^_^

(08/02/01) I put the whole layouts area on a subdirectory, http://www.oocities.org/transparent_wings/layouts/index.html, so if I forgot to change a link from the old address to the new one and it doesn't work please, please contact me! I also added two brand new layouts! They are really nice and took a while for me to do, and are not my usual lazy-ugly style. I am particularly fond of the zechs one. to view these please go the the new 4th page of layouts here. I also have a corner layout to put up that is already made, but not spliced yet. this will be up soon, also-definitely today. go here to view it.

(08/01/01) I fixed the layout he.html (a heero layout) that has been irking me for so long. It no longer has the back line in the middle, the html has been corrected ^_^ i think i'm going to make more layouts today-full ones rather than corner-well, one corner but that's b/c it'a already made. Also maybe some backgrounds, this site has been ignored for far too long and, I feel, has become stagnant. The two options are getting my ass in gear and fixing it up, or shutting it down. Since I have feelings for this site-it's my baby, the only one people actually come to that I run-I'm gonna fix it up and add more junk, and then I'm doing a new layout to commereate ten thousand hits (swoons). This is important to me, this hits thing, I can barely believe that that many people have been here. It took about a year to get them so I know my site isn't incredibly frequented, but it's nice to have so many hits! One thing really does bother me, though-I don't think people actually use the layouts. I get plenty or requests for private site layouts, but no one uses the ones here. Granted they aren't incredibly beautiful or imaginative, but does anyone think that I can do better if you ask? *grin* just kidding, really. But truthfully, does anyone use these layouts? I'll try a new style this time, okay?

I've changed the links to KIT's fic, My Heart in Your Hands, so that's all working. If you haven't read it you should, it's one of the best, in my opinion. 'sall ^_^

(06/29/01) Holy She-at, can you believe it, it's been one year this July! Okay, okay, i'm sure you don't care, but I do ^_^. To celebrate I made the page layout reminiscent of the first one, which was a fairy Dorothy, which you can see here if you really want. At the time I thought it looked great, but now I look back and kinda cringe...eh. What can you expect, the only graphics program I had was Paint, if you can believe that. I like the layouts that I made for this version. six pages have a Dorothy fairy layout, but in different colors. It's very pretty, I think. I cleaned up her colors and switched other colors, made her smaller, completed her wing, colored her wings, and *My personal favorite* Fixed her eyebrows! I think they become her...oh, gave her a bit 'o' eyeshadow too. *shrugs* As I said you can see the original here. Also I'm breaking open the newest page on the site, a long overdue section for Corner Graphics. So far there's only one *sheepish grin* but it's really cool...I like it. Any way more are coming soon, I hope ^_^

As a total:
*29 graphics were deleted
*39 graphics were uploaded
*16 pages were edited
*4 pages were created

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IMPORTANT! I am changing my e-mail, and can no longer recieve mail at my old AOL address. Please read the Important announcement or see the Contact Sophie page for further details. Sorry for the update wait, but don't worry, this is my last week of school. Real updates ahead. ^_^

(4/19/01) Can you believe it? I actually updated!!! yay! Okay, okay, I'm sorry it took so long but the end of the school year is coming up and since I'm a senior next year (thank God) I'm overloaded. Plus I've got SOLs this month, IB exams the next, and then final exams in June. Sorry, people, but I'm booked! ^_^ but I'll try harder to update this time. Sorry but I don't have any new graphics, but there is a spiffy new main-page layout (that doesn't go w/any of the coinciding pages--uugh!--sorry), and lots and lots of new fics from the wonderful Lady Archica, who has been veeery patient with my scatter-brained self (thanks Lady :) ). here's the list: