Kiyu-chan

So, my birthday? Well, November 26th, 1988. That makes me a Sagittarius. I'm happy about that. But I share traits with the Scorpios.. My birthday was also the very first Thanksgiving...pretty neat, actually. That's about all I know about that particular day. It was the year of the Dragon. The Earth Dragon, if I remember correctly.

Hmm, well, this topic is my new love. I've found a few titles to check out while reading through it so far, and so now I'll share my favorites. At the moment, I've just finished [B]Banana Fish[/B] volume 6, and I'm eagerly awaiting the next one. I really love this series, it's got all the essentials of a good manga. Now to own it... :catgirl: Also, I'm reading [B]Gravitation[/B]. I'm not sure whether I adore it or am bored of it. It kind of switches off. The characters are pretty neat and the plot *is* good...I guess I just need a break. I read [B]Eerie Queerie[/B] but I didn't really like it that much. I mean, it was good and all, and the characters were hilarious what with the way they interacted...but I just couldn't really get into it. The ending, that sucked. I really disliked that. It kind of ruined the series. I've started [B]Hands Off![/B] but I can't really tell you if there's any shonen-ai in it, because I've just read the first book. I caught some hinting, but nothing else so far...I'm liking it though, it's similar to Eerie Queerie.

While I would absolutely adore seeing Dragon Knights animated, I don't want to hear the English voices. They're never done properly. So if it's to be animated, it should be done in Japanese, and have it sub-titled. And I would *love* to own Dragon Knights plushies! That would make me squeal with happiness, and then hide from my friends while they try to take them... :animesmil

Oooh, my friend was telling me about this series, but she couldn't remember the name. I wanted to go read it, but you know, a description wasn't much to go on. How long is it?

Well I used to want to be famous, but I've decided I really don't. Why? Because quite simply, the media would drive me nuts. I'd be one of those really scary famous people who go all nuts on the reporters and photographers, and they'd all run for their lives as I chased them down the streets laughing maniacally. Yeah. I have that big of a problem with people invading my personal life. Not that that wouldn't be funny. Because I'd enjoy seeing that on television. Really I would. :animesmil But I've always wanted to be remembered after I died. That's probably just human nature. So. What would I want to be remembered for? Well I've always had a passion for writing. So I've always wanted to be an author. But I would never use my real name. I'd use a pen name, and listen to everyone try and figure out where I'm from and what I look like. That would be amusing. I also think it would be cool to be a stand-up comedian. I don't really think I could do it, but it would be pretty neat to be known for that. My friends always say I'm funny enough, but sadly everything funny that I do is unplanned. So that would never work. Ah well.

Oh, I dunno SadBlue, Seattle's just about that bad. :animeangr Speaking of, where do I live? I live on the west coast of the US. Washington to be more precise. Near the Pugett (or however the heck I'm s'posed to spell that. Kind of sad, living here and not knowing, but oh well.) Sound. Around Everett and Seattle. We're a small little town where nothing exciting ever happens. Oh, ocassionaly we get a bomb threat from some stupid kid who doesn't want to go to school. There was one time that the police had some idiot confined to a house across the street from my school. Fun times there. No one in my classroom, or the rest of the school for that matter, was allowed to move around. Pretty boring. Once a year we get a street fair. Our little town just turned 100 this year, so maybe the street fair will be more exciting. It's a nice thing to hope for...but it probably won't happen. Everyone hangs out at the library or the elementary school. What does that say about my town? Pretty sad, huh? We have a park, but no one ever goes there...waste of money to be honest. All that said, I'm pretty attached to this place. I like living where I do. It's just that there's a lack of things to do during the summer.

Has anyone ever had a grilled peanut butter and jelly sandwich? It sounds terrible, but it's pretty good actually. And speaking of sandwiches, I now want a peanut butter and banana sandwich. Yeah. That's what I get for even viewing this thread. Now I'm hungry, and it's 10:30 at night. Hmm...time to go rummage in the fridge.

You know, that's kind of funny. You own most of what's out, and haven't read it? Why's that? Oh, yeah, um...how many are out now? I've kind of lost track.

I've read through...volume...10 I believe. Maybe a bit further. It's pretty good so far, but I really want more.

Blankets. I love them. Except, I don't love them when I get warm. I can't sleep through the night with my feet covered. Period. That's just how it is. But that aside, I own a couple. I've never made my own, I'm not the patient type. I have one that my grandmother made for me. It's my favorite blanket because it's light, so I can take it with me on cold days, and yet it's nice and warm. It's a plaid blanket, and I take it to school with me every day. Because it always rains here, and that makes it cold. It's also a comfort thing. I don't feel comfortable without it there to hide me from the world when they're irritating me. Usually after a fight with my parents I throw myself in my room and bury myself beneath the big heavy blanket on my bed. At least until I'm convinced I might just suffocate beneath it. :animeswea That blanket has been with me since I was very young, and it's starting to show. It's coming apart at the seems (sp?) and stuffing's coming out...but I love it anyway. :D

I've got something I think everyone should try. It's a meal I only get once a year, for my birthday, but it's delicious all the same. It's called Frito Chili Pie. You take Fritos and lay them across the bottom of a glass pan. Size doesn't matter, it's all about how much you want. You then pour chili over the top of that, put more Fritos over that, add more chili, add some onions, then some cheese, and toss it in the oven until it's hot all the way through. That's some good eating. :D

Smoked Salmon you say?! Now I'm hungry! That's the ultimate snack food! And amazingly, you're right, it's good with ketchup. Then again, that could just be the inner ketchup lover in me speaking.

Oh wow. I feel like I belong here. :animesmil I'm known for reading several books at once. I can't honestly say how many I'm reading right now, I know there're a few that I started a few months ago and haven't picked up since. That tends to happen when I get bored. I'm one of those people who will read for days on end, and then suddenly put down a perfectly good book and forget all about it for weeks. Not exactly a good thing. Especially when I'm checking the book out from the library. Which has happened before. I'm a horror junkie. Like Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine. If I see those kind of books sitting for sale, I have to buy them. I may have several of those going at the same time, but they don't take long to read, and I don't confuse the plots of those. Then I could have several manga books going at the same time. That's a frequent thing for me. :animeswea I just finished a really good book about a werewolf, and I picked up the third book in a series to take it's place. I was in the middle of a Stephen King book, but I put that down last summer and haven't picked it up since, much to my chagrin. Especially since it was so good! But my point? I have a short attention span as well, and I definately read more than one book at a time. Just a side question, it struck me that I might be odd this way. Does anyone else prefer to keep to themselves after finishing a good book, and just think it over? Or is that just me...? :animeswea

[QUOTE=Delta][COLOR=#7C0201][SIZE=1]^ Roll mashed potatoes into balls, coat them with tempura batter and deep-fry them. That's how you prepare potatoes for those who hate 'em mashed. [/SIZE][/COLOR][/QUOTE] Oooh, that sounds really good! I'll have to try that! Thanks! And Bloodseeker, beef isn't something my family eats. With the exception of the stroganoff (did I spell that right?) that I made for dinner tonight...mmm...that was good. But I'll have to try buffalo. Sounds interesting! Cream cheese. That's the good stuff. I especially like it as a dip. Mix some garlic and milk in with it (heavy on the garlic in my case :D ) and grab some pretzels or chips...voila! Delicious snackage! Ricotta cheese, that I haven't had in a long, long time. I don't think I was ever especially fond of it. That brings up memories of cottage cheese. Now I think I'm going to go get ill. Excuse me. :animedepr

Yeah, I know what you mean. It gets easier to understand the further you get. I wasn't real sure about what was going on with it when I was that early in the series either. It didn't seem like it had a plot. But once you get further into the series, I promise it makes more sense. The characters grow on ya real quick. :D

I. Hate. Chicken. It is food from the devil I tell you! Granted, this comes from eating nothing but chicken breast for months on end...(I'm still eating chicken...) :animedepr Ground turkey is disgusting as well. However, potatoes are good any way but mashed. I don't like the texture mashed potatoes have. Same with Jello though. :animeswea What can I cook? Hmm...what can't I cook is the better question. I don't particularly enjoy it, but that's only because it's expected of me. I don't like to make dinner. I do that every night. But when I'm not required to cook, I really enjoy it. Recently I learned how to cook a mean meatloaf. Meatloaf is my friend. Except...I'm sick of ground turkey. So I guess I won't be having it for a while. Usually when I make meatloaf I use a pound of ground turkey and a pound of sausage. It's good that way. Then add some garlic, some oregano, some basil, some chili powder, some celery, some bread crumbs (or rice, either one's good)...I'm too lazy to look up exact measurements right now...but it really is good. :catgirl:

If I don't believe in something, why would I risk my life for it? That makes no sense to me. While I love my country and just about everything she stands for, I'll not fight for something I don't believe in. What reason is there to do so? There are so many things I *do* believe in that I could risk my life for. However, there are some things I don't believe in that...hmm...how do I explain this... I guess I'll go with an example. I believe in freedom of speech. Okay, well and good, right? Well, what if someone had a message to give out, something they were spreading the word about that I didn't agree with? What if they were saying something I completely didn't believe in? Well, that would bother me. But if that person were to be forced to stop spreading their message, I would fight for their right. Even though I didn't agree with them, it's violating their freedom of speech, which I do believe in. I'm not sure if that's fighting for something I don't believe in or not... :animeknow But there ya go. That's what I think. :animeswea

~*needs to quickly aquire money so as to own more Dragon Knights things*~ Does anyone know exactly how many books are in the series? Is it 20 or 22? I'm too lazy to go and look... :animeswea

:D That's pretty good. I must say, I don't think I've ever done that before. One time I was walking through the courtyard in middle school, and it was after science. I was on my way to...lunch...I think. Anyway, in my courtyard, there are blocks of grass. The grass is on a platform, so the platform's made of brick. I'm having a hard time explaining it, but suffice to say that the platform is hard. It's at about knee level. So, onward. I was walking to lunch with my friends, talking and the like. And I wasn't paying any attention to what I was doing. Well, being clumsy like that, I walked straight into one of the platforms. I banged both of my knees up, and fell face first into the grass. Looking back on it, it was pretty funny. My friends were laughing pretty hard. At the time...it just hurt like bloody hell. :animeswea

Seriously?! There really is anime of it?! :animeblus That makes me so happy. :D Would you happen to know the conversions from American money to Yen?

My friends and I were at Disneyland, and we got lost. So we're like, "Hey, let's just ask for directions." My friend is looking at us and walking, and she says, and I quote, "No, we don't want to look stupid or anything!" Then she turns and walks straight into a pole. That was kind of funny. We haven't let her forget. :animesmil

Ha! I love that part. I was laughing so hard when I read that. What I love is when Lykoulean (or however you spell his name...) goes out in diguise and Alfeegi finds out.

~*laughs*~ I'm sorry, it's a little mean to laugh at everyone's embarassment, but...yeah. This one time, I had sprained my ankle over Halloween (don't ask, that in itself was embarassing enough...) and had crutches. So I was just getting the hang of walking with my crutches (I'm a klutz even without them, so this was quite the accomplishment) and it was raining. This wouldn't have been a big deal, if it weren't for the fact that I had to catch a ride with my mother because I refused to try and get on the bus with my crutches. Well, I slipped as I was trying to get into the car. That was embarassing, but I just laughed it off, because it was just my mother and I, and that kind of thing happens all the time. Well, I didn't notice until later, but my shirt was all muddy, and I had a scrape on my elbow. And wouldn't you know it, that wasn't the last time I slipped that day! I was walking into the commons of the middle school, to meet up with my friends like I always do. Well I didn't take the time to dry the feet of the crutches (or whatever you'd call them) and so they were wet. Well I walked in, and the floor of the commons was already wet. I made it over to the table just fine. But then, I went to sit down, slipped, hit my chin on one of the chairs, and just sat on the wet floor, looking stupid. My friends were all staring at me, trying not to laugh...but I could tell they wanted to. One of them helped me up, only for me to end up slipping again, and then I just sort of sat on the floor until it was time to go to class. I was laughing just a bit, because that was the only thing keeping me from crying in embarassment. So then I slid into my second period class. Literally. Slipped on the linoleum on the way in and landed next to the bookshelf in my science room. By then it was funny, and I wanted to do it again, because that time had been fun. :animeswea

Don't worry, the manga revolution is coming! It's coming I say! Soon you shall be among the many informed of Dragon Knights! Okay...so the following is a little small, but that's no reason we can't go all cult like! Right. Sorry. My favorite characters have to be Alfeegi, Kaistern, Rath, and Ruwalk. Though I do adore many others... :D

I've read 1-18 and am patiently (heh...impatiently more like) awaiting volume 19 from the library. I stumbled upon the series at a book store, picked it up...and became addicted. I absolutely adore the series. There have been some parts that were...upsetting...shall we say? Having to do with my favorite characters...and for lack of wanting to fool with spoiler tags, I'll just leave it there and see who knows what I'm referring to. I've heard rumors of an anime of this series...does anyone know anything about that?