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[QUOTE=xmystic_silverx]You can go to animecastle.com and get them a week earlier than the release date or just wait 5 days after the release date and buy them at suncoast for about $20. They usually lower they're prices by then. Thanks for telling me about that site. Sorry it took me so long to comment. Ya I buy everything on animecastle now. Yay, I can afford to buy the unedited versions of YYH! :wigout: I like suncoast as well, but I still find they are not as cheap as animecastle. I've just stopped watching YYH on Cartoon Network now. I mean ya it's nice to see some of the shows over again, but I still wish they wouldn't restart it so often. Well I'm also reading YYH through Shonen Jump so since they are just starting on the Dark Tournament it's like I'm getting two reruns. :(

hehe....fun stuff. When I dream of anime it usually consists of anime guys, don't ask. :rolleyes: To give you an example, my most recent dream had Al from FMA in it. When he is older and out of his tin or metal or whatever suit, mind you. Yes Al is cute, if ya haven't seen pictures of his older self you are deprived. Anywho, it was kind of a depressing dream. Ed had died and Al was all sad and angry and he was blowing up things. He then went crazy and killed himself. Yes, I was kind of disturbed by this dream, but heck I had just watched a gory FMA show before I went to bed :sleep:, I couldn't help it.

Just recently, a man attacked one of my teachers on campus at the college I?m attending. Luckily she survived and the man was caught, but she suffered major injuries. She's doing better now but it sure made me think twice about walking to my night classes by myself.

Originally Posted by kaisha Thanks for taking time to help me. I am a Christain and I would like to learn how to meditate to calm myself. I have TMJ ( It means I grind my teeth at night ) and I grind because of stress. I need to ease up on grinding ( I can't help it because I'm asleep ) or my doctors going to put me on meds to calm me down. Well to calm down I always meditate on God. Before I got to bed at night I sit in my bed, keeping my back as strait as I can. I close my eyes and say a pray. I ask God to help me or people I know who are going through troubles in our lives and so on. Then once I have finished my prayer I keep my eyes closed and, I imagine myself surrounded by light, a light that will protect me from anything I fear, the light of God. Then I repeat something like Lord help me to get closer to you, and lord please help me to fight my fears. I have a huge problem with nightmares, but when I do this I usually get a good nights rest without being disturbed. Anyways, I also repeat God, God, God over and over in my head and it helps a lot to calm me down. Then once I become too distracted and I can't focus any more I say a closing pray and go to bed. The first time I did this I could only focus one minute and I didn't feel any results. I didn't give up though. I kept doing it every night and now I can focus completely for about 30 minutes, and I feel really great after doing it. I feel good after praying to God with my whole heart for a half an hour can you Imagine that I know of people who have done it for way over 16 hours. Now that's amazing. I don't think I will reach that point. Anyways, I really hope this helps. Thanks for having this conversation with me, and I really enjoyed this topic. Let me know if you have any more questions. You could always pm me. Um this poem is really long, but I thought I would share it with you. I didn't write it though. GOD! GOD! GOD! From the depths of slumber, As I ascend the spiral stairway of wakefulness, I whisper: God! God! God! Thou art the food, and when I break my fast Of nightly separation from Thee, I taste Thee, and mentally say: God! God! God! No matter where I go, the spotlight of my mind Ever keeps turning on Thee, And in the battle dim of activity my silent war-cry is ever: God! God! God! When boisterous storms of trials shriek And worries howl at me, I drown their noises, loudly chanting: God! God! God! When my mind weaves dreams With threads of memories, On that magic cloth I do emboss: God! God! God! Every night, in time of deepest sleep, My peace dreams and calls: Joy! Joy! Joy! And my joy comes from singing evermore: God! God! God! In waking, eating, working ,dreaming, sleeping, Serving, meditating, chanting, divinely loving, My soul constantly hums, unheard by any: God! God! God! - Paramahansa Yogananda Hope you like it, *Cheza* Does the walker choose the path, or the path choose the walker?

I've been playing Xenosaga alot recentaly, and I'm almost done with the game. Yay, I'll have it defeated before the second one comes out. The game, however, that has taken up most of my free time during the day is Shadow Hearts Covenant. I love this game, and I'm completely addicted. I enjoy its humor and the graphics aren't to bad either. :)

Hm, I think the rpg that I was the most disappointed in was the Bouncer. Someone had recomended it to me, and I thought I would give it a try since it was an older game and was hecka cheap. Well I defeated the game in six hours, and I was very mad at how easy the game was and at how messy the story plot was.

I think the game that triggered me into being an obsessive rpg player was Kingdom Hearts. I absoulutaly love the game, and ever since I defeated it I love to play rpjs like Xenosaga, the Final Fantasy series, and Shadow Hearts. :love:

When I meditate I have bursts of energy and I'll feal really happy. When I meditaite I try to focus only on God because thats what I believe in, but sometimes when I am really concentrating on something I can make it happen. There has been many a time when I didn't want to go to a class at the college, and I would just dwel on not wanting to go and then we would get a call saying that class has been cancled. Another incident is, one day I really didn't want to do my Spanish tapes, but my mom insisted so I got really annoyed. I couldn't stop thinking about how much I didn't want to do it. I kept on saying to myself that I didn't want to do this. Then all of the sudden the tape just stopped and it didn't work for awhile after that. When things like this happen I freak out. I know that I'm not supposed to use meditaition for that kind of stuff. So know I try not to meditate so much on those kinds of subjects and I just focus on God. It has given me alot more pleasent results.

What, does he think that his life will improve if someone buys it. What if some freak buys it. I don't know, I kind of hope he realizes soon that what he's doing is just weird and just gives it up.

Hehe, I'm also being forced fed Spanish. I like the language, but for some reason I just can't get used to it.

I really only have four nicknames. My old nickname from my swimteam days was noodle. I recieved this title when I kept on running into the lanes of the swimming pool while I was swimming in a backstroke race. The couch said I looked like a noodle when I was swimming, so the whole swimteam dubbed me noodle. :laugh: My other nicknames are Kak or sometimes Kit Kak or Kakky. Since these are my initails my friends thought it would be a great idea to make it a name. :flaming:

[quote name='Box Hoy']I'm a little confused as to how you can erase your thoughts. I've meditated before but I've become more focused on trying to erase my thoughts than my actual focus. Sometimes I imagine my distractions as paper leaving my mind but I don't know if that's something that works or I'm just trying to focus on getting rid of my thoughts.[/quote] I know what you mean. It's very difficult sometimes especially if you have distractions. Hmm about the focusing of getting rid of thoughts, whenever my thoughts start to wonder I take a deep breath and try again. If i'm too restless, I stop and try again later when I'm more calm. I think the best time to meditate is right before bed and when you wake up in the morning, but that's just me. I also like to repeat things about what I'm meditaiting on, and that helps sometimes too, because your forced to focus on your subject. Anyways, hope that helps. :)

[quote name='kaisha']I really want to learn how to meditate, can someone help me learn how? I know this is kinda stupid. :p[/quote] No problem. ;) It depends on what you want to meditate on. If you want to meditate on a commen subject it's sort of easy. What you do is try and erase all your other thoughts. Then pick your subject and focus on it completely. You can repeat things in your head to keep you focused on your subject. Such as, please let me do well on school, or something like that. To me however meditation has a deaper meaning. Meditation to me is a silient pray to God. I don't know what your beliefs are, but I use this method all the time and it has helped me get through alot in my life. So if your interested in this aspect of meditation let me know. And trust me your question isn't stupid at all. :)

Speaking of restarting the series, Cartoon Network has just restarted it from the very beginning. $#@$#@ them!!!!! :flaming: Anyways, I guess I'll be buying the dvds from now on. :( I like I said the unedited versions are better anyways. ;) Ya Jin is going to show up in the series after the Chapter Black Series. Yusuke(I don't think I spelt that right) goes to some fighting tournament in Demon world, and he sees Jin and Toya there.

My religion is called Self Realization Fellowship. We are a non-denominational Christain church. We believe that all religions are just different paths to God, so we don't condemn anybody for there beliefs. People from all religions can go to our church without changing their own faith. I love my religion because I can feel comfertable around everybody's different religions. It's just when people turn around and criticise me for my beliefs, it's sometimes really hard to swallow. I do get over it quickly though. :) We also have no problems with atheists. We just say that's their choice and they are happy with it so we willl leave it at that. I was wondering if anyone else here was in SRF since it really isn't a small church organization or if anyone has read the Autobiography of a Yogi. Anyways, I'm done talking.

I draw manga because it's something I can lose myself in, like a good book. I also like to draw because when I'm really depressed or really happy I can draw something that expresses how I feel. The one down side to drawing according to my emotions is that my pictures offend some people. I don't draw anything too obscene, but I guess I just can't please everybody. :p

I have one survival story. Well when I was born I was given my baby shots just like everybody else. These shots, however, caused me to become an extreme asthmatic. I became allergic to everything. I couldn't have any dairy, and wheat products and no sugar at all. The bad thing was the doctors and my parents didn't realize how serious it was. So in my first years of life I had problems when I ate things. I wouldn't be able to breath, I'd get hives and scratch myself until I bled, and a whole bunch more unpleasant things. Then, starting about when I was three, I started to have really bad attacks. When I ate something I was allergic to my throat would immediately swell up, and I wouldn't be able to breath at all. Most of the time I would pass out, and wake up in a hospital. It got so bad that the doctor would tell my parents that if I made it through the night I'd live. I can't remember what happened during most of my attacks because I was so little, but I will never forget what it feels like to have one. I remember being really frustrated and angry. It's hard to explain, but having an asma attak sort of feels like when you have been running really hard. Then when you stop to catch your breath you can't, no matter how hard you try. So you panic, then you get angry because there isn't anything you can do to help yourself. It's a really scary expirence. I'm very happy that I servived. I have actually grown out of most of my allergies. I still have problems with animals, but I haven't had a series attack for many years. Anyways, that my eventfull childhood for you. :)

I tape all anime shows I watch on t.v. Ya, obsessive. :rolleyes: I mainly rewatch Yu Yu Hackusho, Wolfs Rain, and FullMetal Alchemist. It all depends on how good the show is.

K, this is a tough one. I'm kind of picky on personality. That's probably why I don't have a boy friend yet. :rolleyes: Personality wise, I want someone who respects me and treats me old fashion. I would also like someone who shares my interests, and would discuss them with me. So far no guy who has been interested in me has even fit any of the things I want. I don't really care about the outward apearance stuff.

Cool, thanks. I really like this anime, but I have to say I like the uncut dvds better. However, I don't like to spend a small fortune on Yu Yu Hackushu dvds, so I just watch it on cartoon network. Anyways, my favorite characters are Hiei and Kurama, of course. ;) I also am a fan of Jin and Toya. I love Jin's Irish accent in the English version. :love:

I would love to goof off in my school, but since I go to college....well....I don't know how well my professors would take it. :smirk:

I also was depressed after watching the ending for Wolf's Rain. :( However, I think the anime that really got me worked up was a Rurouni Kenshin movie. I can't remember which one it was, but I do remember crying when [spoiler]he dies in Kaoru's arms[/spoiler]. The movie was really good that just kind of ruined it for me. OMG.....I't was so sad! [COLOR=#503F86][SIZE=1][b]If I hadn't already read that spoiler from a few months ago I'd be very annoyed right now- I'm currently workg my way through the Kenshin series, heh. Please be careful of what you could be revealing to everyone who might not have seen it yet. -Solo[/COLOR][/SIZE][/b]

I definitely act older for my age. I can't really help it though. I'm 15 years old and have been taking college classes since I was 12. I've also been home schooled for practically all my life. I hang out with a lot of people my age that go to high school, but sometimes it?s difficult because I just can?t get into some of the stuff they are into. Not that it?s anything bad. For instance, I haven?t dated yet. So I usually hang out with people who are older than me, because they are usually interested in the same topics I am. Though, I don?t think I can say that for anime. I may sound like a complete brain for some people, but I?m really just a normal kid. :genius: I just was willing to sacrifice four years (high school) of my teenage life to get a jump start in college since I?m planning to receive a doctorate specializing in historical archeology. Dang, I sound like a nerd again.......sorry. :(

Does anybody know what happened on last week's episode. Was it the one where Yusike (don't know if I spelt his name right) is [spoiler]killed by Sensui[/spoiler]? Um, sorry for giving that away, if you didn't know that.

I think I prefer manga because sometimes the English dubbed versions of Anime annoy the heck out of me. However, I do watch about as many shows (even though they irritate me) as I read in manga, so ya. I'm also into the instant gratification thing. It especialy annoys my parents when I go into a book store and blow all my money on five or six graphic novels. It's just that once I buy one I have to get the whole series or I'll go nutz. :eek: