Alchemy and Transmutation Circles.

I have a few of my posts on this blog (Who am I kidding, I only have like 7 posts) have been about my favorite series, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, which I only finished in January. Since then, I have been most interested in learning about the basics of alchemy and transmutation. However, my laziness outweighed my interest, especially since one of my least favorite subjects would be science. However, this morning, I came upon this interesting forum thread in which someone was able to decipher multiple transmutation circles (e.g Roy's flame alchemy, and Alphonse's soul.) and I was absolutely fascinated. Therefore I'm determined to at least study up and brush up on it. Maybe because I'm a nerd. No I did not learn how to snap because of Roy Mustang, what are you talking about? Ahem. Therefore these are some links that I am going to be starting out with to study, and hopefully I'll understand them. 

#Alchemy-Junkies on Deviantart
Explaining Transmutation Circles found in FMA (This is the forum thread I mentioned.)
FMA OC Guidebook: Alchemy
Alchemy Symbols (Main)
Explaining the Human Transmutation Circle.
Basic Alchemy Symbols
Basic Alchemy Instruction Symbols
Basic Construction of a Transmutation Circle
Modern Alchemy
Advanced Alchemy: The Pentagon
Modern Alchemy: Cubical Elements
Alchemy: AoE 

However, since the only reason I'm interested in learning about alchemy (well actually there was a slight interest before), I will also be posting some stuff I found about the Fullmetal Alchemist world. A LOT of these links will be for OC's, mostly due to the fact that I am trying to succesfully make a Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood fanfiction, but she's turning out to be slightly a total Mary-Sue.
Nations and Races: Canon
Automail Information
Naming your Fullmetal Alchemist OC
OC Character Design for FMA
FMA Guidebook to Chimeras
Mary Sue Test for FMA
FMA Desueification
Tragic Pasts for Dummies
Fullmetal Alchemist Military Ranks
Human Transmutation for Dummies
Canon Families for Dummies
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Timeline
Amestris Road Map
OC Profile Tutorial

Well at least I made another useless post that I can play with later.