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2012
"cAIman" moves up to #5 and Dokuga
moves up to #2 on the
Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys list.
Big move for cAIman, dethroning someone as stable as Zelgadis from
the top 5! But, if you read about him in my
BRAND NEW DOROHDORO SHRINE, I'm sure you'll agree he's pretty
damn amazing. :D
The news for the month of March '12 has been moved
to the Old News page and the countdown in
Beliefs has been changed to Midsummer.
"cAIman" enters the
Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys list
at #7! Give him a hand, everybody! Or a head. I think he might
prefer a head... >_>; He's just endlessly fascinating to me and I'm growing to love
him more and more. I had to drop Gilbert down to Runners Up, but
that's a temporary position. It puts him at an equal chance with his
brother Vincent to get back on the actual list. I just don't know
which of them it will be, or when. Dokuga moves up a rank to
#3, and Tetsujo (Dorohedoro) added to
Honorable Mentions. Also, a
major re-arrangement of the
Favorite
Pairings list.
Bitter Dreams,
on the topic of "cAIman," added to Ramblings.
The news for the month of February '12 has been moved
to the Old News page and the countdown in
Beliefs has been changed to Beltane.
Okay, I can't hold this off anymore. Dokuga has
been moved to #4 on the
Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys list.
I love him so much. T_T I ran out of regular fanart so I started looking up
moth pictures (because
he has a moth form). Moths are so cute! They're like
soft,
cuddly
night butterflies with
bunny ear antennae! Does anyone know where to get a white or
light gray moth plushie?!? I'm serious, e-mail me if you know where
to find a moth plushie!! XD Oh gowd, this is getting pretty bad.
Xelloss moved to #7. >.< I REGRET NOTHING!!!
Dorohedoro: Viz vs. Japanese Release comparison added to
Ramblings.
The news for the month of January '12 has been moved
to the Old News page and the countdown in
Beliefs has been changed to Ostara.
January 2012
Observations
About "Ai" added to Ramblings, and several people rearranged in
the Dorohedoro
Honorable Mentions section. For a long time I've been trying to
decide in what order I like "Caiman," Risu, and Shin. I still don't
really know. But I seem to like thinking and theorizing about
"Caiman" the most, and I'm generally more interested in Risu's
scenes than Shin's. Those two are deeper characters than Shin, too,
imo. However, I like watching Shin fight the most... or do I? I love
watching Risu and "Caiman" fight too. And Shin is such a fun
character! If feels so wrong to have him at #3 (#4 if you count
Dokuga). T_T But Risu's so damn cute and tortured! D: Oh well,
they'll probably change around again at some point...
Dorohedoro volume 16 was released in Japan a
couple of months back, and I lost patience waiting for the
translation, so I looked at the Japanese raw. To make a long story
short, I'm now completely obsessed with Dorohedoro again in general,
and Dokuga in particular. Actually, it only took
this picture to get me re-obsessed with Dokuga, before I even
saw 16, but 16 definitely cemented the obsession. I can't say why,
since it involves a spoiler for those still waiting on the English
translation, but yes, there was blood involved. I say once again, I
love Dokuga for the content of his character, and not the color of
his blood! Sure I only started noticing him after he got
roughed up by Shin in volume 12, but nevermind that!
Dokuga is like fine tea. While the
overbearing presence of the bolder, more prominent "black
tea" characters eclipse him at first, Dokuga is like a green
or oolong tea - more subtle, but with a richer complexity of
flavor once you really start to savor it. On the surface he
is calm, smart, and loyal, but after more re-reading and
paying attention to details, you begin to notice how caring,
considerate, sensitive, responsible, reliable, kind, humble,
idealistic and adorably naive he is....... when he's not
killing people... which he's really good at, by the way. ^^;
But he's still much more reasonable in this than others,
since he actually asks questions before attacking. Dokuga
also tops my very short list of datable characters, which is
quite an achievement! I'd love to have some tea with him out
at some quiet spot in nature. I've even had several dreams
about him, which is another rarity, and greatly strengthens
my sense of connection to him as a character.
ANYWAY, I've moved Dorohedoro up to #3
on my
Top 10 Anime/Manga Series list. Although my obsessions
with Saint Seiya are more intense, Doro is still
unquestionably better in quality. I've been hesitant to
place Doro that high before since, despite its amazing
story, I didn't feel as strong a personal connection to it,
and so first wanted to see how it ended. But now, thanks to
Dokuga and a deeper appreciation of the
Doro world, it has earned this higher rank regardless of
what happens. I have also added a new entry to my
Favorite Pairings list, though it could hardly be called
a "couple": "Ai" x Nikaido/Risu/Dokuga. Yes, it's as
complicated as it sounds. It was a tough call to decide
whether I liked them or Sam x Frodo better, but I settled on
placing AxNRD at #8 because "Ai" wears a cap with a magic 8
ball, which corresponds to the number of his
personalities. >_>;
And, of course, Dokuga is now on the
Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys list. He was notoriously hard
to rank, since he has qualities that resonate with Kurama,
Zelgadis, Hiei, Gilbert, and Anotsu, and so could
potentially play their "roles" on the list, placing him
anywhere between #4 and #9. I put him at #7 to play it safe,
plus that spot has an extra appreciation boost since "7" is
one of my favorite numbers. There's so much politics,
balancing, numerology, and "role"-playing that goes into
ranking these characters, y'all have no idea. XD This puts
Dokuga above Gilbert, and Vincent hasn't even made it on the
list yet. D: (WHAAAT??) But I love Dokuga sooo
much! (Above Gil??) I genuinely like him as a
person and I feel good about this decision!! (ABOVE
GIL?!?) Maybe he can be moved around later, but I
really don't see him going anywhere but up. (What about
Luffy??) I still like Luffy, he only got dropped to Runners Up! ^^; (And
Ichigo?!?) We don't talk about Ichigo. =_=
New Ramblings added:
Dorohedoro World. Cross Eyes vs. En's Cleaners added to
Top 10 Anime/Manga Fights list.
The news for the month of October '11 has been moved
to the Old News page and the countdown in
Beliefs has been changed to Imbolc.
2011
So I blew my Fall Break working on a Pandora
Hearts web shrine. x_x I've wanted to make one for a long, long,
long time, but I didn't know what material could be useful and
unique enough to put there. But then, after a recent dramatic turn
of events in the series, I've started noticing clues that were
sprinkled throughout the art. Eventually I found more and more
clues, and developed categories of symbols that Jun (the author)
regularly uses. The interplay between them became steadily more
elaborate, until interpretation became like reading Tarot cards! But
every time I think I figure one thing out, more questions pop up.
That's why the shrine is called Pandora's Box.
Once you open it, it's virtually impossible to close! My brain is SO
fried. Any time I see roses, crosses, or ribbons anywhere I freak
out. XD Anyways, enjoy the fruits my insanity!
Oh yeah, this is also the first page I designed
to be used with resolutions of 1000 pixels wide or higher. Since the
content is so image-intensive and detail is so vital to preserve,
there was no way around it. Does anyone use 800x600 anymore? ^^;;
The news for the month of August has been moved
to the Old News page and the countdown in
Beliefs has been changed to Samhain.
August 2011
Well, this will probably be my last real
update for a while since school is starting. So... Albafica
(Saint Seiya: Lost Canvas), Gemini twins (Saint Seiya/Lost
Canvas) added to Honorable
Mentions. Also, Saint Seiya/Lost Canvas gets its very own
Favorite Fights list! And
there's 22 spots on it divided on 2 pages (it's the 11:11 list,
hehe)!! Why 22? It just worked out that way. There are literally
hundreds of fights in the Saint Seiya universe so honestly it's
a miracle I could cut it down that much. And, since it's a list
for 2 different series merged together (Saint Seiya and Lost
Canvas), you could almost see it as top 11 lists for each.
Indeed, whenever I reread Saint Seiya Episode G, there may be
more, and I may actually split them into separate top lists.
But, for now, it is what it is. And, of course, Saint Seiya gets
the royal treatment, complete with fight ratings and associated
songs!
ZOMG! Shaka levels up to #3 on the
Top 10 Anime/Manga Guys
list!! :D He just means so much to me I can't even begin to explain.
The way he struggled to deal with the suffering of the world as a
kid, the way he found peace and expounded on the meaning of life
before walking headlong into death to test himself, the wisdom and
harmony he emanates... Shaka is actually able to calm me down when I
get angry at the injustice in the world - which is really hard to
do! To me he is the face of Buddha and is able to bring me back to
my center. Today I found out the original name of Arayashiki, the
8th Sense that Shaka attained. In Sanskrit it is Alaya-vijnana, the
store consciousness that is the foundation of the other 7 Senses,
contains impressions of everything we have experienced, and is
thereby the source of karma and rebirth. It's an important and
fascinating concept for me and I think meditating on Shaka's
character can help me understand it.
A year ago my obsession with Shaka prompted me
to acquire a whole shelf of books about Buddhism because I thought
it would be cheaper than getting his action figure (it wasn't). A
year later I finally got his action figure (and Ikki's, and Misty's)
and am very happy with it. I even made some action figure "porn"
ahaha ^^;; which you can view
here (takes a while to load but scroll down past the rest of my
Saint Seiya spam). I'm also planning on collecting
these 12 Gold Saints and making an altar for them where I can
meditate and raise my Cosmo, ehehe.
Yes, Saint Seiya is spiritually
inspirational to me on many levels, which is also why Saint Seiya
finally bumped down Slayers on my
Top 10 Anime/Manga Series list (D: O.O D:). I don't even know
what to say about that turn of events except that Saint Seiya seems
to have more consistent re-read/watch value for me, more raw
elements that I'm drawn to (blood, violence, hot guys,
death-transcending passion), and I could read a lot more into it
thematically/philosophically. Mind you, I'd never recommend Saint
Seiya a "good" series, just one that *I* insanely enjoy. XD
Dorohedoro got bumped down to #5, and I doubt it'll budge from there
until it's actually completed because there's just too many things
it can get either really right or really wrong to know where it goes
yet.
And who did Shaka knock down from the top 5?
Hiei, *sigh*, which is not to lessen Hiei in any way because I LOVE
Hiei A LOT. He had to fight Ikki for #6 spot, though. They're rather
similar characters, really... both are arrogant, angsty, overpowered
loners who only care about a select few. Both are badasses, but Hiei
can also be shy and cute while Ikki compensates with even more
hardcore badassery. Ikki wins this fight right now by a narrow
margin, but it's still tense.
The news for the month of July has been moved
to the Old News page and the countdown in
Beliefs has been changed to Mabon.
Runaway Dream
(Griffith Essay) updated with more text in
Hawk of
Light & Darkness, as well as a bonus
Hawk Symbols
page.
Knights of the Zodiac
updated with the two Gemini from
Saint Seiya: Next Dimension, Leo Ilias
from Saint Seiya: Lost Canvas, and two of Regulus' new attacks.
Ilias and Regulus were also added to
Honorable Mentions.
Damn, if Ilias was around for longer than that one 3 chapter
flashback, I'd probably like him more than Shaka. O.o;
Ikki added to the
Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys!
Because, dammit, he deserves it. The mere mention of him managed to
interrupt my interest in One Piece and triggered the resurgence of
my Saint Seiya obsession. The Shaka vs Ikki fight was also moved up
on the Top 10
Anime/Manga Fights list, because it's such an epic clash of
paradigms: Shaka, who is a god/buddha and gets power from serenity
and wisdom VS Ikki, who is an atheist that only believes in his own
strength, and gets his power from will and passion. It's a duality
that's very strong in myself so the yin yang harmony these two
represent is very important to me.
Luffy added to the
Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys!
Kanda was moved down to Runners Up to make room. I love Kanda, I
love Kanda A LOT, but if his character gets no development past
where he is now, he feels incomplete. Luffy, on the other hand, is
relentlessly inspiring for me. Nikaido and Noi were moved to the
Top 10 Anime/Manga Girls,
and Yuruichi and Caska were dropped down to
Honorable Mentions
to make room. A few new characters were added to the Honorable
Mentions: Nola (One Piece), Makie (Blade of the Immortal), Edward (Fullmetal
Alchemist), Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist), and Alphonse (Fullmetal
Alchemist).
I've finally read Fullmetal Alchemist. It is
very interesting to me thematically because it deals with the idea
that "all is one." Now, if you spend time New Age spiritual
communities, you'll find many of them believe that a realization of
oneness with everything makes you incapable of harming others. That
has not been the case, in my experience. It can just as easily open
the door to a whole new world of abuse where others are power
sources for you to exploit. Fullmetal Alchemist demonstrates one of
example of this quite spectacularly. It's a valuable series for me
thematically, and has the most profound depiction of oneness through
the food chain that I've ever seen.
I finally caught up with the One Piece manga. I
feel so traumatized by Marineford. @_@ Incidentally, Marineford
added to the
Top 10 Epic Scenes in Anime/Manga. New One Piece characters have
been added to the Honorable
Mentions list: Ace, Shanks, Chopper, and Going Merry. And Luffy
got moved above Zoro on there... which is a pretty big deal! Also,
Yoshioka and Takuan from Vagabond have been removed from the list,
since I just don't care about them anymore.
Drizzt's Corner has been updated with 4 new books: Gauntlgrym,
Neverwinter, The Sentinels, and Collected Stories. Thanks goes to
Matthew for alerting me to do that!
The news for the month of June has been moved
to the Old News page and the countdown in
Beliefs has been changed to Lughnasadh.
June 2011
Dorohedoro has moved to #4 on my
Top 10 Anime/Manga Series List! Because I couldn't wait. I just
like it too much!! ;_; Maybe this was rash and it'll move down
later, but we'll see. Also, several characters from Vagabond have
been added to Honorable Mentions:
Sasaki, Seijuro, and Takuan. If you're interested in what I thought
of Vagabond, you can read my review of it
here, but I warn you that it is filled with sarcasm and
annoyance.
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 added to the
Games section of the Dante Shrine,
Tetsuo added to the Top
7 Anime/Manga Antagonists, and the
People I Just Plain Hate
List finally updated with Neo-Dante, Nero, and Light.
Astonishingly, Naruto is still at #1. o.o
Well, Pandora Hearts has finally toppled
Berserk from its #1 place on my
Top 10 Anime/Manga Series List. This is a very big deal for me,
and has to do with a huge spike in personal resonance between
Pandora Hearts and my own life. That's all I can really say about
that. XD Also, the Houshin Engi series has been kicked off to make
room for Dorohedoro coming in at #7.
I expect Dorohedoro to go a lot higher than
this as more volumes come out. It is like Pandora Hearts crossed
with Silent Hill and directed by Quentin Tarantino's and Tim
Burton's lovechild, and I mean this in the best possible way. It is
immensely atmospheric and creeped me out more than anything else
I've read since it has a way of boring into my brain involuntarily
and messing with my dreams. O.o While I don't have as strong a
personal connection to it as I do with Pandora Hearts, it has
something that Pandora Hearts lacks: buckets and geysers of
delicious blood!! *_* It actually completes a thematic trinity with
Berserk for me: Berserk (violence/blood, desire-driven universe) ->
Pandora Hearts (desire driven universe, memory/identity) ->
Dorohedoro (memory/identity, violence/blood) -> Berserk
(violence/blood, desire-driven universe). They connect! I would rave
more about it, but I'm actually paranoid of giving away any spoilers
because the plot (which you start noticing around volume 8) is so
crazy.
As can be expected, more characters have been
added to the Honorable
Mentions list. From Dorohedoro: Dokuga, Shin, "Caiman," Risu,
En, Nikaido, Noi, Kikurage, Ebisu, and Haze. From Pandora Hearts:
Leo. Pandora Hearts' Vincent was moved up to the Runners Up of the
Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys List,
Lotti jumped to number 3 of the
Top 10 Anime/Manga Girls
List, and Elliot got moved to #1 in
Honorable Mentions. I also
finally finished Death Note after dropping it 6 years ago, and no,
it was not worth it. However, Mello was still added to Honorable
Mentions. Elliot x Leo (Pandora Hearts) and Noi x Shin (Dorohedoro)
have been added to the
Favorite Pairings List.
The news for the month of January has been moved
to the Old News page and the countdown in
Beliefs has been changed to Midsummer.
There's finally a long-overdue restructuring of
the Top 10 Anime/Manga
Girls List. Yachiru and Shampoo have been dropped to Honorable
Mentions in order to make room for Lottie (Pandora Hearts) and Sonia
(Berserk). Reim (Pandora Hearts) and Echo (Pandora Hearts) have also
been added to the Honorable
Mentions, and Break x Reim have been added to the
Favorite Pairings List. I put up
a wallpaper of my favorite picture and scene from Pandora Hearts:
Break with Intention of the Abyss (1920 x 1200), as well as a
Chessboard & Abyss (1920 x 1200). These and other wallpapers are
accessible in the Related Links section of characters featured in
them.
As you could probably tell, I am still very much obsessed with
Pandora Hearts. In fact, I'm reading the
Russian
translation of it now, which has much better quality scans than
the English of most of the chapters. It's nice
to read in Russian both because it helps me practice my Russian
skills, and because the Russian language has levels of honorifics
whereas the English language does not. Although it doesn't have as
many levels as Japanese, it still gives the dialogue that subtle
layer of relationships that we take for granted in English. For
example, Break always talks to Reim in familiar terms, whereas Reim
starts out talking to Break in honorifics and eventually transitions
to familiar style. This shows both their relative rank, and the
development of their relationship over time. Good stuff!
The news for the month of December has been moved
to the Old News page. Also, school started
again, so updates will be rarer.
2010 December 2010
So..... .... There was a huge upheaval in the Top 10
Anime/Manga Guys List... again. As well as the
Top 10 Anime/Manga List. And the
Best of the Best All-Stars List. Last
time something like this happened was when Berserk rose above
Slayers as my favorite series. Well now Pandora Hearts rose above
Slayers, too, although still below Berserk. I thought this might
happen eventually, but not so soon. But, well, now that it did...
Zelgadis' #1 spot on the Top 10 Anime/Manga Guys List, which he has
held since the founding of this website and years before, has been
shaken. Break moves to #1, a twin to Griffith's #0. How did this
happen? Oh, that would be one hell of a trip to explain, but I will
say this: Full Lunar Eclipse. Perhaps this was a rash move; only
time will tell, but I felt the need to do something drastic. A real
paradigm shift - on the site, and inside myself. So there you go.
The
countdown in the Beliefs page has been
changed to Imbolc and news for the month of November has been moved
to the Old News page.
November 2010
In case you were wondering why the lack of
updates, I started Law School in this fall so it's sucking up all of
my time. Still, major upheaval in the Top 10
Anime/Manga Guys List! Break and Gilbert have been added to the
list at numbers 7 and 8 respectively. Now, you might be wondering to
yourself, as I'm sure you've seen this happen several times
already... how do characters who weren't even on the Runners Up
suddenly jump straight onto the Top 10 List?? Basically the idea to
put certain characters on there simmers in my head for a long while
until I just can't resist anymore. Break and Gilbert I've been
contemplating for many months. They've stood the test of time and I
love them lots.
This also means that Lucifer and Manji got
dropped down from the Top 10 List: Manji onto Runners Up and Lucifer
down to Honorable Mentions.
=/ This wasn't easy to do. Manji has been on the Top 10 since the
beginning, and I love him to bits (literally). But the choice was
between him and Anotsu, and Anotsu won. Lucifer... I do love
Lucifer... but I love him in Angel Sanctuary as a concept more than
a character. Since there were only 3 spots on Runners Up, either
Lucifer or Soujirou had to go, and I wasn't prepared to lose
Soujirou.
Ikki was added to Runners Up in Lucifer's place.
Ichigo
and Sasuke also got dropped down to Honorable Mentions because, lets
face it, they're never getting back on the Top 10.
In other news,
Lord of the
Rings Online is FREE TO PLAY! I'm Keramis on the
Dwarrowdelf server if anybody cares. It's seriously the best
MMORPG I've ever played and I need to add it to my favorite
games list whenever I'm not feeling lazy.
Yes, I know about
Devil May Cry 5, and no I will not be talking about it any time
in the near future because I'm happily basking in denial. That said,
the producers of this abomination should be raped in the ass by
Eclipse Apostles.
The
countdown in the Beliefs page has been
changed to Yule and news for the month of July has been moved
to the Old News page.
Inspired by Akira, I have put together a Top 10 Epic Scenes in Anime/Manga list! This list has a ton more spoilers than usual, so don't look if you want want to know!! Also, the Top 10 Anime/Manga Fights list has been updated with two Shaka battles. :D
Akira manga has been added to the Top 10 Anime/Manga List! I've been putting off reading this one for a while. Akira animated movie was what truly got me into anime back in the day. I remember watching it on TV and being in awe of so much graphic violence and death in an animated medium. I was completely in love... with the blood, the soundtrack, and of course the plot. Kaneda was probably my first anime crush. I've seen the Akira manga in book stores before, but they looked so huge and intimidating that I stayed away. Then I kept running into people telling me how much better the manga is than the movie, and I stayed away because I was afraid it might ruin my love for the movie. But now, after probably 15 years, I finally caved in and read it. I'm very glad I did. Although the manga is certainly deeper and more intense than the movie, it didn't diminish my appreciation of the movie one bit. In fact, it probably strengthened my love for both mediums. The movie was written and directed by the mangaka himself, so it's interesting comparing the changes he made to his own work. The two are almost completely different stories! As for the manga itself, I'm still breathless from the sheer epic-ness of the climax, and I finished it like three days ago! For those familiar with Berserk, its magnitude can rival the Eclipse, Albion, and Ganishka combined. For those that aren't familiar with Berserk, think 2012 movie. Tetsuo and Akira can do some crazy craaazy stuff! The ending also has a stronger emotional impact on a personal level, since Tetsuo's... you know... is a much more erratic, gradual process. So, as to be expected, Tetsuo, Kaneda, Akira, Kei, and the Colonel have been added to Honorable Mentions. Unlike the movie, I ended up liking Tetsuo more than Kaneda in the manga, which was a pretty big surprise. I was even annoyed by Tetsuo in the beginning of the series, but his ensuing character development is downright spectacular. I also added 1920 x 1200 and 1366 x 768 size wallpapers for Akira himself. I have the 1920 one on my desktop computer and the 1366 one on my netbook right now. It's the first time I have complementary wallpapers.
1920 x 1200 wallpapers added for Anotsu and Kanda on the Top 10 Anime/Manga Guys List, Alice on the Top 10 Anime/Manga Girls List, and Break, Gilbert, Vincent, and Jack/Oz in Honorable Mentions.
News about Marvel vs. Capcom 3 up in the Dante Diary!! 1920 x 1200 wallpapers added for Shaka on the Top 10 Anime/Manga Guys List, and Ikki, Sisyphus, and Milo in Honorable Mentions. The countdown in the Beliefs page has been changed to Lughnasadh and news for the month of June has been moved to the Old News page.
The Griffith Invictus addendum has been updated with a few notes about the Age of Darkness on the Griffith & the God Hand page, as well as a few other minor tweaks, such as a much more controversial introduction to the afore-mentioned page. :P
The Griffith Invictus addendum has been updated with a few notes about Transcendence on the Griffith & the God Hand page.
The Drizzt's Corner updated with The Ghost King and The Shadowmask books. I haven't read the, but at least they're on the list now. I should really catch up on all these Drizzt books, but hey, whenever I do get around to it I'll have a whole lot to look forward to, right? Also, Sisyphus rose to #2 in Honorable Mentions. Right under Ikki! And I swear he's staying under Ikki. :P
The Knights of the Zodiac web shrine has been updated with the Gold Saints from Next Dimension! The ones that have appeared so far: Aries Shion, Taurus Ox, Virgo Shijima, Libra Dohko, Capricorn Izou, and Pisces Cardinal. There's very little of Next Dimension out right now, so these Saints get smaller sections than the Saint Seiya and Lost Canvas Saints until I have enough content to write about them proper. Except, of course, Virgo. He got full graphics treatment. Because he's special. :3 Dohko and Shion already had full graphic sections, so I just updated those with Next Dimension content.
Okay, it's
finally finished. The thing that's been draining my sanity for the
past few weeks. The Knights of the Zodiac
web shrine to the Gold Saints of Saint Seiya! I had to re-watch
parts of the anime and re-read parts of the manga to write up their
bios and document their attacks, which amounted to me becoming very
emotionally involved with every character. And that's fine, I love
feeling strongly for characters, JUST NOT 25+ OF THEM AT ONCE!!!
That right there is way past my emotional overload threshhold. >.< I
started calling Sisyphus my boyfriend. >_> Hell, I started loving
characters I never even cared about before... and then watched them
DIE, AGAIN and AGAIN, in TRAGIC and PAINFUL ways! Oh poor, sweet
Gold Saints, they fight so hard! So powerful, yet so fragile. I just
want to hug all of them! T_T
Griffith Invictus, a post-Eclipse addendum to the essay Runaway
Dream, has been added to the Griffith shrine.
I haven't updated for a while, so sue me!
Incidentally, I got into law school!! :D I also made a MyAnimeList
profile, so if anyone cares,
here it is. As always, the countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Midsummer, and news from the month of November '09 has been moved to the Old News page.
2009
Lets all congratulate Griffith for finally getting his kingdom of Falconia as of chapter 307, which coincides with the 20th Anniversary of Berserk!! You go, baby! Pandora Hearts has been moved up to #3 on the Top 10 Anime/Manga Series list! On an equally if not more shocking note, Kanda has breached the top 5 on my Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys list, bumping Ichigo down to #6!! How did this happen? In my assessment of how much I love a character, perhaps the biggest indicator is what my obsession with them has driven me to do. Dante made me dress up as his brother and kiss random guys at anime conventions, Griffith made me write a ridiculously long essay analyzing his psychology, Ichigo has several music videos praising his awesomeness, so on and so forth. This is how my obsession usually manifests: web shines, essays, music videos, and (in extreme cases) cosplay. Kanda has yet to make me do any of these things. Indeed, my lack of creative expression in his name is quite baffling to me. And yet he drives me absolutely crazy. It then hit me that my Kanda obsession manifests in much more bizarre ways. These include screencapping most of the D.Gray-Man (DGM) anime, splicing together several episodes into one that features only Kanda. splicing together several manga chapters into one that features only Kanda, getting an emotional high from sniffing lotus oil, and even culinary ventures making tempura lotus root. On top of that, I seek to collect every single Kanda pic on the web. Indeed, Kanda has not one but two picture folders on my computer! (Sure Dante's general "Devil May Cry" folder is a virtual labyrinth of multimedia folders but... Dante is Dante.) Also, like Dante, Kanda is the only one to whom I have dedicated a physical binder filled with picture and fanfiction printouts. So... yeah... before this gets too creepy, suffice to say that Kanda does indeed have a lot of obsessive behavior associated with him from my end which more than qualifies him for his promotion. Why now? Well, DGM just came out of hiatus with a bang. Chapter 188 fulfilled virtually every Kanda fantasy I ever had and rendered me incoherent from excitement for several days. I used to joke that the reason Kanda's backstory was withheld for so long was because they were working hard to make it epic. I never expected to be right. Kanda's backstory is more detailed than perhaps any of the other characters' and of utmost importance to the endgame of DGM! The person Kanda has been talking about through the whole series, the one he couldn't die before finding again, was finally revealed! My Kanda obsession has stood the test of time, and now that he has a full-fledged backstory (at least by DGM standards), he can finally take his rightful place among the "Immortals" of the top 5. Which leaves us with Ichigo. Poor, poor Ichigo. His meteoric rise is only matched by his unimaginable fall. To be perfectly honest, I don't care about him at all right now. Bleach is getting more and more boring every chapter and reading it feels like a chore. However, I can't simply disregard how much I cared about Ichigo during the Soul Society arc and probably still would if I watch it again. This is why I didn't drop him lower than #6. :P All in all, Kanda should really be higher and Ichigo should really be lower, but I leave them where they are for now as a tenuous waiting period. As always, the countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Yule, and news from the month of September '09 has been moved to the Old News page.
Okay, I've been tweaking the Pandora Hearts music video all week, and I think I finally got all the subtitles blurred. So here it is again, the completely completed Pandora Hearts Music Video! I'm having issues with MegaVideo so the streamable version of the video isn't updated yet, but the Download is. To celebrate, I have added Elliot (Pandora Hearts) to the Honorable Mentions. ^_^
Yes, I have made a Pandora Hearts Music Video. If you didn't see this coming, you must not have been following my site for very long. Happy Mabon!! The countdown on the Beliefs page changed to Samhain.
Even more people added to Honorable Mentions! And, actually, the S-Z section was further split into S-T and U-Z. Sure S-T looks a little lonely right now, but I anticipate people from Samurai Deeper Kyo there sometime in the future. Okay! So yeah, now that I split up the Honorable Mentions, I figured I could put in even more minor focuses up! So, without further adieu, the parade of characters with ranks 2-3: Rudou (Mephisto), Sora (.hack//SIGN), Balmung (.hack//SIGN), Parn (Record of Lodoss War), Deedlit (Record of Lodoss War), Amelia (Slayers), Sunako (Wallflower), Hisoka (Yami no Matsuei). Also, Alice (Pandora Hearts) has been added to the Top 10 Anime/Manga Girls list! (Rei from Evangelion dropped to Honorable Mentions). Blame the Pandora Hearts soundtrack for me remembering .hack//SIGN characters. I actually was thinking of adding more people, almost thinking of getting a character to represent most of the series I could remember watching/reading... but... that didn't quite work. Some who didn't make the cut this time around: Chrono (Chrono Crusade), Larva (Vampire Princess Miyu), Dilandau (Escaflowne), Ryoko (Tenchi Muyo)... and then I remembered Aquarion and Lost Universe and Ruin Explorers and Outlaw Star and Ah! My Goddess and D.N.Angel and... and..... and then my brain asploded. >.< So, for the sake of my sanity, characters will only make it onto the Honorable Mentions when I actually re-watch/read their series and can write a profile for them without referencing Wikipedia. The Record of Lodoss War entries are bad enough as it is.
More people added to Honorable Mentions! As a little bit of reparation for Bleach, I have added Ulquiorra. Then I remembered that I completely forgot to update the list with characters from Vinland Saga! So Askeladd, Bjorn, and Thorfinn were added. I find it kinda funny that 3 out of the 4 people added are dead. Also, Scorpio and Leo of Saint Seiya have been dropped. Sorry. :( In other news, my interest in Pandora Hearts has officially reached "dangerous" proportions. Meaning, it might climb higher than #5 ont he Top 10 Anime/Manga list and become a real threat to my high ranking series. This is because I finally realized why I'm so attracted to the plot. The issue of past life memory recovery is one very, very close to my heart. Pandora Hearts revolves around such vital points as why we forget past lives, how remembering can change who we are now, why half-remembered memories are dangerous, and how new layers of memory can change your entire perspective on an incident. On top of that, the karmic relationships that develop between characters there are absolutely fascinating! This puts the plot on a very personal, relatable level to me that I can find oceans of depth in. It also puts it on a level where my objective judgment of its merits is blurred by my closeness to the subject matter. We'll see what happens... O.o;;
Hey look a'that! Isn't that a funny looking date? Okay, so I've been looking for something to distract me from D.Gray-Man manga's haitus. I first tried Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler). It was enjoyable... for the most part (they had an entire story arc about a curry cookoff... a CURRY COOKOFF!!! *tears hair out*)... but it didn't quite have the effect I wanted. Then I went to Bubonicon's anime room since they were showing a Kuroshitsuji episode, and stayed for the next thing they showed, which happened to be Pandora Hearts. I have never heard of Pandora Hearts, and in that first episode I didn't really find any character to latch onto, but I was intrigued by the plot. The plot!! O.o That hasn't happened in a long, looong time. Normally I have to lock onto a character first, and then develop an interest in the plot somewhere along the way because I care about what happens to the character. So, I go home, and look up the series. Start watching it. And DANG!! Not only is the plot awesome, but so are the characters! It's like Slayers characters were warped and thrown into a D.Gray-Man universe with a dash of .hack//Sign. But the plot is deep. Deep enough to provide me with hours of speculation. And despite the fact that they remind me of Slayers, the characters are very unique. So yeah, I'm too dazed from writing character descriptions to properly convey how much I love Pandora Hearts, but I can say I highly recommend it! So, first thing's first. Pandora Hearts has shot all the way up to #5 on my Top 10 Anime/Manga Seris list, finally dropping Naruto! That's higher than Bleach! And much as I love Bleach's Soul Society arc, I can't keep making excuses for the 200+ chapters of crap that's mounting up upon it. The Top 8 Anime Movies list has been updated with Sword of the Stranger at #5 and Paprika at #8! And of course the Honorable Mentions list got a wave of updates. From Pandora Hearts we have: Gilbert, Xerxes, Alice, Vincent, Cheshire, and Jack/Oz. From Kuroshitsuji we have: Sebastian and Soma. I actually like more people in Kuroshitsuji, including Lau, the Undertaker, Snake, and Grell, but when the prospect of looking for their pictures annoyed me I figured they probably shouldn't be on the list. ^^; Oh, and a bunch of Bleach characters got hacked off, too, 'cause I just don't care about them anymore (Hanatarou, Toushirou, Shunsui). XD MID-DAY EDIT: Okay, the entire Honorable Mentions list has been REVAMPED!! It is now divided into several more easily-digestible pages of A-C, D-F, G-K, L-R, and S-Z. Also, even though Kanda ultimately won the Battle of the Emos for a spot on the Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys list, Sasuke is still at the top of the Runners Up and has earned a more recent profile picture. To continue my Bleach-bashing rampage, Renji has been dropped back down to Honorable Mentions and Anotsu (Blade of the Immortal) replaced him in Runners Up. Urahara still hanging on for dear life. News from the month of August '09 has been moved to the Old News page. Also, Inglourious Basterds kicks serious Nazi ass!!! Beware the Bear Jew.....
Okay, it finally happened. Kanda has officially
thrown Sasuke off the Top "10"
Anime/Manga Guys List.
This has been a long time in the making,
but I couldn't deny it anymore. There's just something about Kanda
that drives me absolutely orgasmic. Not in any way that rivals my
tactile feelings for Dante, but in a beautiful way all its own.
Kanda is the epitome of my favorite character archetype: lethal,
cold, calm, angsty loner. He is simply perfect in every conceivable way, with
the added bonuses of bleeding, long hair, dual wield, and katanas.
The only flaw he has is not his fault, and that's an incomplete
backstory that's on the verge of being unraveled. I cannot possibly
overemphasize how maddeningly intoxicating his combination of
personality/physical traits is for me.
So, D.Gray-Man (DGM) has been on haitus for a
while. The last time it stopped, it cut off in the middle of Kanda's
flashbacks about his past. I was quite pissed, but managed to
refrain myself from breaking my monitor. Now there was news that DGM
would be back with a 50 page chapter. Indeed, it was. Kanda was
present for 2 of the 50+ pages, looking obscenely hot as usual, but
I told myself "that's okay, he'll be around more next chapter." That
is, until I reached the last page, where I discovered the next
chapter was three months away!! WTF!!! DGM is "back"?? More like
"DGM punches you in the face and runs away"!!! The fact that the
last we see of Kanda is getting jumped by a guy with mind powers
saying "Your brain, we'll be using it for our party" REALLY does not
help me!!
I guess the only thing I can do to cope is
drink pomegranate juice and smell lotus oil.
(Also, Bleach, and consequentially Ichigo, isn't doing that hot.
Both Bleach and Ichigo got dropped to #5.)
Yes, I
know, no updates for a while... Sorry. ~_~;;
I've been trying to write a new book...
veeerryyy slooowwwlyy. But I did take a break from writing to make a
Griffith outfit! I'm ecstatic about it!! =D
I never thought I'd be able to cosplay Griffith
since I'm not willing to work with metal (armor) yet, but I finally
found a cloth outfit of his that I really like. I made his coat,
shirt, undershirt, boots (well, sneaker ornaments), bought pants, a
belt, a wig, some long socks that you can't even see, and a wine
glass, lol. It's very hot. No, really, I had to turn the AC down to
60F to take these pictures. I
can see why he wore it in the winter! But I'm so, sooo happy to
finally have a Griffith outfit. It's pretty complicated and took
over a week to make, but it was so worth it. *_* It felt like a lot
of pressure because I kept myself to a standard of assuming I'm
making it for him - to wear. Like I was some tailor in the olden
days (and I sew by hand, so I may as well be) commissioned to make
clothes for the White Phoenix General himself! Too weird? Oh well,
it's motivation.
As always,
the countdown on the Beliefs
page has been changed to Mabon, and news from the month of
May
'09 has
been moved to the Old News page.
The Runaway Dream essay about Griffith is updated with a better translation, changes/expansion to the commentary, and two new pages of stuff (Worthless, An Ordinary Life)!! Berserk has been moved to the #1 spot on the Top 10 Anime/Manga List!! Slayers has been overthrown!! Also, tentacle monsters are raining down from the sky, and demons are living in harmony with humans. In other news, 1 more item added to The Saint Seiya Drinking Game, the countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Midsummer, and news from the month of March '09 has been moved to the Old News page.
Okay, I can't take Griffith being below Ichigo anymore. Ichigo has officially been demoted to #3 on the Top 10 Anime/Manga Guys List. I guess the final straw came when Ichigo just got an upgrade to his Hollow form and it did nothing for me. It wasn't an easy decision to make, but there is no debate that I like Griffith more than Ichigo, so it had to be done. *deep breath* Also, 3 more things added to The Saint Seiya Drinking Game. ^_^
Oh, where to
begin? It all started when my Kurama (Yu Yu Hakusho) obsession
resurfaced. It was unbearably strong and I declared it too dangerous
to indulge in during college. So I decided to watch something safe
and manageable to distract myself from Kurama and be sane again:
Saint Seiya! And at first that seemed to be working out great, but
then something happened I did not expect. I became obsessed with
Saint Seiya, but by the time I realized it, it was too late. XD So I
watched all of Saint Seiya TV series, OVAs, movies, and am reading
Saint Seiya: Lost Canvas now. It's a frikkin bishounen
goldmine!! Love it. ^____^
Shaka and Ikki are my favorites in it, closely
followed by Mu. Now, Shaka... Shaka's something else. I've never
seen a character with his fighting style before. At least, if I did,
they weren't pretty enough to make me notice. And Shaka's absolutely
gorgeous... and graceful, and shiny, and focused, and god-like,
and... errm... anyway. ^^; Due to the considerable lack of side
character development in Saint Seiya, I project qualities onto Shaka
he doesn't even have! XD Most notably, I project onto him my
admiration for Buddha. At one point I debated between getting a
Shaka action figure or books on Buddhism. I picked books on Buddhism
because I figured it'd be cheaper. I have since accumulated a
respectable Buddhist library and, in hindsight, it would've been
much cheaper to get the action figure. :P But nowhere near as
productive! I'm meditating a lot more now. Thanks Shaka!! =D
Then I ran out of Saint Seiya. Oh, what to do,
what to do?? Shaka->Shaka with black hair->KANDA!! My pretty, pretty
Kanda. He's such an ass, I love him. Sometimes I just want to go
back through the manga, pick out all the mean/antisocial things
Kanda ever did and make a web shrine to them. *_* Did I ever mention
how perfect Kanda is? Because he is. He really, really is. He's so
unbelievably perfect it makes me cry. ;_; .....*cries*...... If
anybody can kick Sasuke off my
Top 10
Anime/Manga Guys List, it'd be him.
(It's the Battle of the Emos!!) And I'd do it, too, but I'm also
very loyal to Sasuke and really don't want to budge him without
giving him a fair chance. Meaning, I'd have to catch up on about 300
chapters of Naruto manga... which I would love to do, except for the
fact that I really, truly, utterly despise Naruto as a character.
Words cannot begin to describe the kind of averse reaction he
elicits in me. >.< Yet Kanda is steadily gaining on Sasuke. Can he
get strong enough to knock him off the list without me reading
Naruto? Too soon to tell.
So, wait, what's the point of all this?? Oh
yes, UPDATES!! Saint Seiya and D.Gray-Man (finally) added to the
Top 10
Anime/Manga List. X/1999 and Inu
Yasha got dropped. I have put up
The Saint
Seiya Drinking Game! (Not
recommended for those with low tolerance for alcohol as it is
guaranteed to get you drunk in 3 episodes or less.) New additions to
the
Honorable Mentions:
Road Kamelot (D.Gray-Man), Shaka (Saint Seiya),
Ikki (Saint
Seiya), Mu (Saint Seiya), Hyoga (Saint Seiya),
Shiryu (Saint Seiya), Milo (Saint Seiya), Aiolia
(Saint Seiya), Shun (Saint Seiya), Misty (Saint Seiya), Nishi (Gantz),
Katou (Gantz),
Vegeta (DBZ), Trunks (DBZ), Piccolo
(DBZ). Also, a few people got promoted or demoted in Rank, but I
doubt anyone will notice or care (hint: Tyki got promoted from Rank
3 to Rank 4! Go Tyki!)
Okay... not
really an update. I just want to announce that Griffith has moved up
to #2 and Kurama moved down to #3 on my
Top 10 Anime/Manga Guys List.
I don't know why I even announce it. It's a meaningless shift,
really... it has nothing to do with demoting Kurama and promoting
Griffith and much more to do with me wanting to have Kurama adjacent
to Hiei again. Those in the Immortals category are practically tied
anyway, so moving them around doesn't do much. At the same time, the
Transcendent & Immortals categories are really messed up right now.
If I had to be brutally honest with myself, Dante, Griffith, and
Kurama are my ultimate trinity of favorite characters, so having
Griffith and Kurama be ranked #2 and #3 has caused me much mental
dissonance for quite some time. But I'm also not willing to budge
Ichigo and Zelgadis... or am I? Yep, it's a mess. I don't know why I
even bring it up... it's not like anybody besides myself cares about
the fine points of my favorites lists... but it's my website and I
can ramble if I want to! :P
Soo... I've been obsessed with Lord of the Rings and all things Tolkien-related. Watched the extended edition movies at least 3 times in a row, read the novel again at a rate of over 100 pages a day, am finishing up The Hobbit now and excited to start reading The Silmarillion. I have always respected Tolkien for his meticulous world-creation, but I gotta admit I hated the LotR books the first time I read them. They were slow (it takes Frodo like 150 pages to get out of the Shire), with an agonizing amount of description, very little action (Helm's Deep is one chapter long) and even less elves (I had severe elven tunnel vision at the time). But now my focus has changed. I'm quite happy reading about hobbits, I'm in love with his world so am fascinated by the descriptions, and Legolas has dropped off my list of favorite characters. In fact, my favorite characters are now Frodo and Sam, as you should be able to tell by the updated Top 7 Book Guys list. Or, I should say, Frodo AND Sam, and they now have the respectable rank of #4 on my Favorite Pairings List. That list now also has a rating system. I have made a new music video!! This is my first full length (over 3 minutes) music video in over a year! It is called "2 Hobbits 1 Ring" and chronicles the storyline of Gollum, Frodo, and Sam in the Lord of the Rings movies. I've wanted to make an LotR video for the longest time, but couldn't find the right song. Then one day I was listening to NIN's "(Bite) The Hand That Feeds" and it hit me like a bolt of lightning. I'm really happy with the video, as I think it captures the power struggle over the ring and, of course, the hand-biting. :P I have also finally created My Favorite Music Videos list, featuring the top videos that I admire but had nothing to do with. New Wallpapers are up! Five pictures from White Sands National Park in the Deserts section, and one of Cenote Azul in Miscellaneous. I also updated Drizzt's Corner with the latest book releases (not counting the comics). The countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Ostara, and news from the month of November '08 has been moved to the Old News page.Don't forget to click on the new FreeKibbleKat and FreeKibble banners on the right to donate nutritious kibble to hungry cats and dogs just by answering a daily trivia question!
I finally made a Berserk music video! To... a Christmas carol. ~_~ Okay, solstice carol. Carol of the Old Ones, to be precise. No, really, it fits. Also, Berserk has now usurped Bleach's spot of #2 on my Top 10 Anime List. The countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Mabon, and news from the month of May has been moved to the Old News page. Boy, it's been a while. Movies page still in hiatus. XD
I would like to congratulate Griffith for managing to drop Drizzt from my Best of the Best All-Stars list! This is insanely hard to do, but Griffith is used to impossible odds. It was a very painful decision. I obviously still love Drizzt, but him officially hooking up with Catti-Brie and going pure goody-two-shoes is not a favorable development. And could he live up to Griffith's complexity and personal significance for me? *sigh* Sadly no... no way in hell. So I guess, by sacrificing Drizzt, Griffith has finally joined my God Hand! :P I noticed some pictures in the Ichigo Trinity shrine weren't working, so I fixed those. It's funny, I was pretty much ready to give up on the Kaien reincarnation theory (NOT on the indwelling Hollow theory) after the Aaroniro incident, but recent developments in the manga make me think it might just be validated soon! Haha, well, I won't get my hopes up, but we shall see... The countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Midsummer. News from the month of April '08 moved to the Old News page.
!!Happy Earth Day!! A Top 10 Anime/Manga Fights List finally added to the Anime page!! Kanda (D.Gray-Man), Lavi (D.Gray-Man), Tyki (D.Gray-Man), and Luffy (One Piece) added to Honorable Mentions! Zoro (One Piece) got a better bio. I also managed to upload the 369 screencaps (+1 wallpaper) of Kanda that I took, and spliced together episodes 77, 78, and 79 of D.Gray-Man into one uninterrupted Kanda vs Skin fight! (right click and "save as") Together they make up 400mb, which is like half the rest of my website. O.o Go Kanda!! XD I'd talk more about him but, then I'd drool all over my keyboard and/or short-circuit the computer and it wouldn't be pretty. Best just watch for yourself. ^____^ Umm
okay... CORRECTION!! Kamui (X/1999) and Aya (Weiss Kreuz) have been
moved to the Honorable
Mentions list, and Kanda has been moved to Runners Up on the Top
10 Manga/Anime Guys List! Geez, it's barely been half a day and
he already got a promotion. Kamui was dropped because I haven't been
into X/1999 in a very long time and I doubt I will be any time soon,
and Aya because Kanda fulfills the beautiful, disciplined,
katana-wielding swordsman archetype even better than he does. God
help either Sasuke or Manji if Kanda gets a decent backstory. Also,
Setsuna (Angel Sanctuary) has been dropped from Honorable Mentions
altogether because, well, I don't know what he was doing there in
the first place... O.o
My Guestbook has inexplicably died. I suspect this has something to do with my host revamping all the features, but the fact is, I have no backup of the Guestbook, so all the entries are gone. I'm sorry. :( However, the new Guestbook is now up and running, so please re-sign it! ^_^;; I love Heroes... and not just because it's a great show with fun characters. I want to write a ramblings about why I love it, but the feelings are so overwhelming that I can't begin to put them into words. Like K-Pax and Sunshine, it reminded me of who I am and why I'm here. Unlike K-Pax and Sunshine, it helped me resolve a lot of my bitterness and loss of hope towards humanity. I don't want to destroy (2/3rds-3/4ths of) them anymore! Be grateful, Earthlings!! ...It's a pretty big deal, and has given me a less cynical reason to live. (Unless in the 3rd season they put in a really evil cliffhanger and make me wait five weeks to see the next episode... then I might start contemplating destroying humans again. :P) So yeah, the Top 10 TV Shows List has been updated with Heroes, X-Files, Big Bang Theory, and Roar. I also noticed that since I rearranged files on my Dante shrine, A LOT of the image links broke. Wow, that's embarrassing. FIXED!! News for the month of March '08 moved to the Old News page.
A
new category added to the Wallpapers
page: Ancestors!
There you will find wallpapers concerning cities of ancient
civilizations (Maya and Ancestral Puebloan, at the moment). I've
also added several new wallpapers to Canyons
and Mountains. The new
wallpapers are also available in 1920x1200 resolution! Yay
widescreen! ^_^ Countdown on Beliefs page
changed to Beltane.
Devil
May Cry 4 Quotes added!
Sanctus
boss strategy added!
Savior boss strategy added! The Kaien Connection and Hollow Hybrids sections of the Ichigo Trinity shrine updated with more Ukitake info!
Okami
finally added as #6 to the Top 10 Games
List! I mean, it has a wonderful story, it's set in mythic
Japan, it's got the most beautiful soundtrack I have ever heard, and
you get to be a goddess!! A goddess who restores nature wherever she
goes! =D It really makes me wish I had a Wii. I mean, I played it
and loved it on my PS2, but the brush stroke system in the game
makes it ideal for the Wii controller. "Perfect" isn't
even the word to describe how flawlessly the game should integrate
with the Wii controller. *_*
Berial
boss strategy added!
The upcoming DMC4 Dante statue added to the Figures
page.
Angelo
Credo and Agnus boss
strategies added!!
Happy
New Moon!! Echidna
boss strategy added!!
Dante
boss strategy added!!
The Blood Fetish shrine is now updated with stuff on Devil May Cry 4!! A review of Devil May Cry 4 added to the Games page! The Mission Highlights for DMC4 is up! Boss strategy for Bael/Dagon is up! The soundtrack for DMC4 added to the Music page! A new music video, "Dante > Nero," added to the Tribute page (and the generic Videos page)! The Looks page updated with a new picture and description for DMC4 Dante! DMC4 Strategy Guide added to the Books page! I'd do this all sooner but I was too busy playing. :P Funny, the theme song for DMC4 is currently my #1 Vergil x Dante/Dante x Vergil song. I think the lyrics are perfect for them! The countdown on the Beliefs page changed to Ostara. News for the month of January '08 moved to the Old News page.
2007
Happy Yule! Happy Full Moon!! A shrine to Fukki (Taikoubou) from Houshin Engi is now up: The Many Faces of Fukki! Likewise, two years after getting kicked off the Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys List, Fukki makes a triumphant return and re-claims his old rank of #6! It was a long battle between him and Youzen, but Fukki took a quantum leap in the last few volumes of Houshin Engi manga. I still love Youzen bunches, of course... especially after finding out he has a Youkai form! (Anime: getting demons laid since the 1980's) Youzen and Taiitsu Shinjin added to the Honorable Mentions list, and Youzen gets props for being the second person on my lists who actually qualifies as boyfriend material (the other one being Kurama). Unfortunately, Fukki's ascent also meant somebody had to be taken off the Top 10 List, and that somebody was Renji. He is now back in the Runners Up list, with new dialogue! The countdown on the Beliefs page was changed to Imbolc.
Two more characters added to the Honorable Mentions list: Zodd (Berserk) and Byakuya (Bleach). Added a Standardized Rating System for the Top 10 Anime/Manga List and changed ratings accordingly.
The Honorable Mentions list is now expanded to include females! Added: Slan (Berserk), Sango (Inu Yasha), Botan (Yu Yu Hakusho), Mad Hatter (Angel Sanctuary), and Haku (Naruto)... Err, does Haku count as a girl? A few other descriptions and ratings tweaked.
Made a lot of changes to the anime lists. I now acknowledge Griffith (Berserk) as a conscious God Hand, so his power rating on the Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys List has been raised to 5. The Honorable Mentions are now in alphabetical order, with 3 new additions: Serpico (Berserk), Guts (Berserk), and Soubi (Loveless). The Top 8 Anime/Manga Girls List is now the Top 10 Anime/Manga Girls List with the additions of Schierke (Berserk), and Rei (Evangelion). Jeez, Berserk is just dominating, isn't it. XD It has overtaken Yu Yu Hakusho for the #3 spot on the Top 10 Anime/Manga List, hitting the glass ceiling that is Bleach and Slayers. Going any farther is... highly improbable. That list now also has its own rating system for shows, which is bound to shift around as I re-watch shows. News from the month of November '07 moved to the Old News page.
I felt reeeally bad about making Hiei #5, and Kurama reeeally didn't like being so far away from him... so Hiei's #4 now and Xelloss got dropped to #5 on the Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys List. You gotta put up more of a fight, Xelloss!! XD (hmm... I don't think he cares >_>) They're all very close... Griffith, Xelloss and Hiei, that is. Kurama's still not happy, though. He wants Hiei at #3. I guess I'll have to wait and see if Hiei migrates again. Griffith x Guts added as #3 on the Favorite Pairings List and I've been tweaking the Griffith shrine here and there. Now that I acknowledge Femto as sorta kinda Griffith, does that mean I should tweak Griffith's Power rating to "godlike" and Blood rating to "invulnerable"? That would make him a perfect 5... just like Lucifer. Lucifer and Griffith have been fighting for the same rank on my list for a long, long time. That's because up until very recently, they had identical roles in my head: that of "Ice King." Now Lucifer retains Ice King, but Griffith has drifted away from Lucifer and developed his own identity: that of "Dreamer." This is why Griffith made such a sudden jump. Ironically, Griffith's rise and fall is more Lucifer than Lucifer is.
*siiigh* Okay, after two months of work, the Griffith shrine is finally done!!.The Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys List is in utter chaos!! Soujirou has dropped out of his #5 spot among the Immortals, down to #7, Xelloss dropped from #2 to #4 (he'll probably jump up again whenever I watch Slayers Next), Hiei dropped from #4 to #5, Kurama rose from #3 to #2, and GRIFFITH rose from #7 to #3! Griffith trumping Xelloss!? What is the world coming to?? But I figured if I've worked on Griffith's shrine this hard for this long, he deserved it. Also, I know I said I'd have Sunshine screencaps, but I don't think I'll be getting around to taking more of those anytime soon... because: 1) Sunshine Fan already has a huge screencap gallery up and I doubt I can add much to it, 2) no mounting pressure for me to replace the Music Videos page now that I host my own files, and 3) after the Griffith shrine, I don't want to deal with editing more pictures for a whiiile.
Well, I finally upgraded my site to a ton more storage space and bandwidth. This means that the Sunshine shrine's Music Video page doesn't have to come down! I can host the videos on my own site!! This also goes for all the music videos on the regular Videos page and on the Dante shrine's Tribute page! =D So all of you who didn't want to get an account with AnimeMusicVideos.org can now direct download the videos. Huzzah!! I'm pretty sure my 3,000GB worth of bandwidth can handle it, hehehe. But we shall see. I also started screencapping Sunshine because I thought it would be faster to get that out of the way before concentrating on Griffith. When I had 100 screencaps after 15 minutes of footage, I knew I was in trouble. Not sure if I'll finish that or work on Griffith, but suffice to say, when I'm done with Sunshine, the gallery will be rather large.
OK, I didn't update for a while again... ehehehe. ^_^;; Umm... happy late Samhain!! XD I sacrificed a pomegranate and bathed my new Behelit in its blood. As for why the lack of updates? Lotta things going on. I got accepted to University of New Mexico for Astrophysics, been reviewing all the math I know, my house has been turned upside down thanks to remodeling, then there's the Travel business that... wasn't doing as well as I wanted it to, and when I go back to college in January I won't have time for it anymore. So screw it! Back to Plan A!! My long-planned idea for a Tarot reading business that never quite got off the ground - UNTIL NOW! BEHOLD!! The purple button on your right that says "TAROT" now points to my brand new Tarot reading/information website! Yes, Twilight Visions Tarot is now up and running! (after 6 hours of being on hold with IPowerweb tech support... no, seriously... 2 hours for Tech Support, 4 hours for Billing) Didn't know I do Tarot? Well SURPRISE!! I've been reading Tarot for over 10 years. Never had a Tarot reading before? Here's your chance! Whew... Now that that's done I can get back to writing my gargantuan Griffith essay that's been kicking my ass for several weeks now. And once that's done, be prepared for a shake up of the Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys List that will SHOCK you!! Or at least will shock me. Here's a hint: Berserk is now #4 on my Top 10 Anime/Manga Series List, and it's not because of Gutts. At some point I'll also need to screencap Sunshine to replace the non-working Sunshine Music Videos page with an image gallery. The regular Movies page will be in hiatus until everything else gets taken care of. Meanwhile, the countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Yule, and news from the month of September '07 has been moved to the Old News page. In case you were wondering why I have no updates about the Devil May Cry anime, it's because I HATED IT... A LOT... and am in denial. Still, two new Figures added, the Anime section of the Movies page has been updated, and a section for Fanime added to the Voices page of the Blood Fetish shrine! I also updated Drizzt's Corner with the new Orc King book (that I haven't read yet XD) and a couple of new comics. Happy 20th Anniversary Drizzt!!
So yeah... I didn't update for a while. Was too busy obsessing over Sunshine, astrophysics, solar energy, and generally reevaluating what I want to do with my life. But I do have something to show for the blackout: a brand new shrine to Sunshine!! Featuring an even more expanded "To Touch A God" essay, hehehe. A new music video added to the Videos page: Stellar Love Song!! Sunshine also pulled an Ichigo and is now #0 on my Top "10" Movies List! Besides that, countdowns for The Seeker, Beowulf, and Enchanted added to Movie Watch, reviews of Shoot 'Em Up, War, and Stardust added to New & Now, and old reviews moved to the Reviews/Store page. News from the month of August '07 has been moved to the Old News page.
The essay "To Touch a God" expanded in the Ramblings page. Cillian Murphy added to the Top 10 Actors List.
An essay "To Touch a God" added to the Ramblings page. "Current Obsession" tracker now in place below my weather pixie to the right.
A review for Sunshine added to the New & Now section of the Movies page, and old reviews moved to the Reviews/Store page. The countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Mabon and the news from the month of July '07 has been moved to the Old News page.
!!Happy FULL MOON everybody!! Countdowns for Across the Universe and Bee Movie added to Movie Watch, reviews for Sicko, Hairspray, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, and The Simpsons added to the New & Now section of the Movies page, and old reviews moved to the Reviews/Store page!
A countdown for Shoot 'Em Up added to Movie Watch, a review for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix added to the New & Now section of the Movies page!
A countdown for I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry added to Movie Watch, and reviews for 1408, Transformers, and License to Wed added to the New & Now section of the Movies page!
A countdown for Skinwalkers added to Movie Watch, reviews for Ocean's Thirteen, Fantastic 4, Evan Almighty, Live Free or Die Hard, and Ratatouille added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. Old reviews moved to the Reviews/Store page. The countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Lughnasadh, and news from the month of June '07 has been moved to the Old News page. But the biggest news is that I finally have my own business started, which hopefully explains the lack of updates. I've had a "Store" button in the right column ever since my site's inception, which was utterly useless, since I never put up a store. That button is now changed to the purple "TRAVEL" button, and leads to my business website. As anyone who's been following my site knows, and as my Wallpapers page well attests to, I looove to travel. It keeps me sane since I can't be stuck in one place for any length of time. Unfortunately, traveling is @%$# expensive, which is why this business is a godsend for me! I can now travel anywhere I want at wholesale prices, paying only processing fees, taxes, and amenities. And I can share the joy, since I now sell these lifetime travel memberships! I also help new business members get started doing what I do. I
even made this nifty ad: And
this nifty ad! And
this nifty ad!! So yeah, lol... check it out, you just might like it. And if you do, give me a call! ^_~
New Wallpapers added from my trip to Hawaii on the Oceans, Woodlands, Waterfalls, Mountains, and Miscellaneous pages. A couple of new Photos added to the Me in Hawaii section. News from the month of May '07 has been moved to the Old News page.
A section for Crouching Waiter, Hidden Chef added to the Voices page! A countdown for The Simpsons Movie added to Movie Watch and a long overdue Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End review added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. I mean, I saw that thing last Thursday... at 8pm... dressed as a pirate in a Chinese shirt with Jack Sparrow eyeshadow. I love being in costume, but it really makes it hard to blend in with the crowd that way. I mean, I dropped this cup of water on the floor, and now everyone can say "the pirate girl did it!" ^_^;
A page for WF Episodes 25 (WxE) and 34 (WxE) added, thereby completing the Episodes portion of the "Quantum Power!" shrine!!
Again, better late than never... A page for Episode 24 (WF) added to the "Quantum Power!" shrine, complete with its corresponding Wes x Eric page!
A page for Episode 40 added to the "Quantum Power!" shrine, complete with its corresponding Wes x Eric page!
A page for Episode 39 added to the "Quantum Power!" shrine, complete with its corresponding Wes x Eric page!
A page for Episode 38 added to the "Quantum Power!" shrine, complete with its corresponding Wes x Eric page! A countdown for Transformers added to Movie Watch, reviews for Blades of Glory and 28 Weeks Later added to New & Now, and a few old reviews have been moved to the Store/Reviews page.
A page for Episodes 36 and 37 (WxE) added to the "Quantum Power!" shrine!
Better late than never... A page for Episode 34 added to the "Quantum Power!" shrine, complete with its corresponding Wes x Eric page! Also added a link to Dan's ATA/Dr. Pepper Video Short and Fight Training Jennifer Love Hewitt for The Tuxedo.
A page for Episodes 31 (WxE) and 33 (WxE) added to the "Quantum Power!" shrine!
A page for Episode 30 added to the "Quantum Power!" shrine, complete with its corresponding Wes x Eric page!
A page for Episodes 28 (WxE) and 29 (WxE) added to the "Quantum Power!" shrine! *prays it's not too horribly mislinked/misnamed and runs to work*
A page for Episodes 26 (WxE) and 27 (WxE) added to the "Quantum Power!" shrine!
A page for Episodes 24 and 25 added to the "Quantum Power!" shrine, complete with their corresponding Wes x Eric page!
A page for Episode 19 added to the "Quantum Power!" shrine, complete with its corresponding Wes x Eric page! A Wes x Eric page for Episode 20 has also been added, as well as links to Shakira - Objection (Tango) and Xzbit - Symphony in X Major because Dan is in them.
A page for Episode 18 added to the "Quantum Power!" shrine, complete with its corresponding Wes x Eric page!
A page for Episode 16 added to the "Quantum Power!" shrine, complete with its corresponding Wes x Eric page!
A page for Episode 15 added to the "Quantum Power!" shrine, complete with its corresponding Wes x Eric page!
A page for Episode 14 added to the "Quantum Power!" shrine, complete with its corresponding Wes x Eric page!.
A page for Episode 13 added to the "Quantum Power!" shrine, complete with is corresponding Wes x Eric page!
A page for Episode 12 added to the "Quantum Power!" shrine, and the Wes x Eric page is also up.
A section for U.S. Seals 2 added to the Voices page of the Blood Fetish shrine! Countdowns for Fantastic 4 and Stardust added to Movie Watch and a review for Spiderman 3 added to the New & Now section of the Movies page.
The Quantum Ranger shrine, Quantum Power, has been launched! (The Shrines directory has been updated accordingly) I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do with it, but for now I'm working to screencap episodes and put a brief summary of each relevant episode as it pertains to Eric. A page for Episode 20 is up! The countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Midsummer and news for the month of April '07 has been moved to the Old News page.
A section for The New World added to the Voices page of the Blood Fetish shrine!
A section for The Medallion added to the Voices page of the Blood Fetish shrine!
Now that I finally have the Ultimate Versus DVD, there are 24 new screencaptures added to the Versus DVD Extras gallery of the Tak Sakaguchi shrine! A brand new page, Voices, has been added to the Blood Fetish shrine in honor of Dan Southworth and Reuben Langdon! Expect to see a ton of Power Rangers screencaps there in the near future. ^_^; The Cosplay stuff has also been given its own page.
Cosplay performance video now linked to Tales of Anime: The Novel! (page 7). Countdowns for Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and 28 Weeks Later added to Movie Watch, a review of Pathfinder added to the New & Now section of the Movies page, and old reviews moved to the Reviews/Store page. Pictures from Tales of Anime added to the Me as Vergil section of the Photos page. So, like, I'm obsessed with Dan right now, cause he's AWESOME!! *_* Trying to find movies with him to watch. Rented House of the Dead 2, and while I figured he'd die, I hoped he'd survive for longer than 20 minutes and maybe be a prominent side character. Well, at least he got to talk and actually fought a zombie hand to hand... that was a baaad idea, by the way. Damnit, Dan, why'd you have to go and get bitten by a zombie. ~_~x So now I'm looking for Power Rangers Time Force! I went on Youtube and searched for Dan Southworth... and my camera blooper with him is like the 4th result down! O.o;; So maybe, if Dan ever looks for himself on Youtube, he'll see that and think "hey, I remember her! that's the crazy chick that tried to kiss Reuben!"
Cosplay photo/video-blog, Tales of Anime: The Novel!, added to the Tribute page of the Blood Fetish shrine!!
The In-Dwelling Hollow section of the Ichigo Trinity shrine has been slightly updated with yet more mask stripes (back from chapter 222) and a manga strip to accompany the assertion that Hollow Ichigo showed up during the first Renji vs Ichigo fight. In anticipation of the upcoming Tales of Anime blog, the Cosplay section of the Blood Fetish shrine has been moved back to the Tribute page and links to individual blog pages. The Fanfiction section now also links to individual stories from the Tribute page. News from the month of March '07 has been moved to the Old News section.
A new section has been added to the Ichigo Trinity shrine: Reincarnation! It isn't exactly coherent right now as I am still sorting through the recent developments in my head, but it's a start.
OMG, so I was obsessively re-reading Ichigo's fight with Hollow Ichigo during his Vaizard training (while listening to T.I.'s "What You Know About That", which is very fitting for Hollow Ichigo), and I do believe I stumbled upon near-solid proof that Ichigo had an in-dwelling Hollow before the Shatter Shaft trial in the pit. Updates on that in the In-Dwelling Hollow section of the Ichigo Trinity shrine! Ichigo being Kaien's reincarnation is hanging on a very thin limb right now given chapter 268 (more on that later), but frankly, I don't need Kaien to justify Ichigo's power anymore. It would be nice and romantic and karmically relevant for me, but Kaien is no longer a pre-requisite for proving Ichigo's inner Hollow... whew!
The Movies page in the Blood Fetish Dante (and Vergil >_>) shrine has been updated with a link to the trailer for the Devil May Cry anime!! AAAARGHH June just can't come fast enough!! >.<
The inevitable byproduct of any obsession, a new music video: Strong Enough! It it my long overdue tribute to Ichigo and the Soul Society arc. I'm very happy with it. ^____^
The Aaroniiro Aluluerie section of the Ichigo Trinity shrine has been updated with the latest developments in the manga. *twitch* The countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Beltane.
The Ichigo Trinity shine got a facelift! The scrolling was getting out of hand, so I organized the essay into more easily accessible/digestible sections that you can click through. I have also updated the Aaroniro Aluluerie section to reflect the latest developments in the manga. The look on his face at the sight of sunlight was priceless! I pointed and laughed at him like a madwoman all morning. ^_^;; A countdown for Grindhouse has been added to Movie Watch and a review of 300 has been added to New & Now section of the Movies page. Old reviews have been moved to the Store page.
Those following the United States manga release might be confused by a key phrase discussed in my Ichigo Trinity shrine. Kaien's "I will stand by you even if I die" is translated as "I'm your friend for life" by Viz Media. It might make more superficial sense, sure, but it misses out on a potentially important undertone. If you read the Japanese chapter 134, the phrase is "Ore wa shin de mo omee no mikata da" - "I am your friend/ally even if I die." Likewise, Ichigo's phrase in the Japanese chapter 152 is "Shin de mo hanasuna yo" - "Don't let go even if you die." I added a note about that in the shrine. I also added a panel all about how Isshin's identity as a Shinigami captain might effect the source of Ichigo's power.
Don't think I haven't been keeping a close eye on other developments in Bleach! Yes, I'm talking about Kaien making a comeback in the Manga. The Ichigo Trinity shrine has been updated to cover the story as it unfolds. Exciting times indeed!
A countdown for The Invisible has been added to Movie Watch, and reviews for The Number 23 and Zodiac have been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. Wow, what are the chances of seeing two movies about obsessed people in a row, eh? In other news, the great Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys List has shifted! This does not happen often, and as such is a noteworthy event. Urahara has been dropped down to Runners Up while Renji takes his rightful place as number 8. This has been a long time coming, but I could no longer deny that I have stronger feelings about Renji than anybody else in the series. That goes for you too, Ichigo, but you're a very special case that isn't affected by my unbridled lust for hot, tattooed, crimson-haired men whose face gets rubbed in their own blood on a regular basis. Be grateful, for Renji is a very formidable rival for my affections! Yes, for a long time I had held Urahara in the Top 10, telling myself that even though I love Renji more, Urahara is a unique asset to the list whose only flaw is his limited role in the series. Surely we would soon see him kick ass and his true potential as a focus unfold! But that time has yet to come, and while Urahara was out of the picture, Renji has been growing very steadily in appeal until finally, yesterday, the scales have tipped. It was in Chapter 265 of the manga, when Renji is forced to fight a "researcher" who has stripped him of bankai and expressed interest in keeping his soon-to-be-dead body intact. It struck a cord with me and greatly amplified my worry/caring meter. Besides, there's just something incredibly erotic about Renji's body being used for unholy Arrancar experiments. ^.^;; *ahem* To celebrate Renji's ascension, I have updated his profile pictures to his cuddly bankai form. P.S. The pizza with extra vegan cheese and mock duck was everything I dreamed it would be! *_*
Here's some more vegan Ramblings called "So Long and Thanks for all the Fish!" Speaking of vegan food, I've found this place in Minneapolis called Galactic Pizza that serves vegan pizza and cheesecake! They're an extremely Earth-friendly facility that runs on wind power and electric cars. Can't wait to try some of it this weekend! News for the month of February '07 has been moved to the Old News page.
The OSCARS are on today! WOOHOO!! Also, a new Ramblings has been added called "Return to Eden." It is a lot less coherent than the "Food of the Underworld" one, but oh well. Maybe I'll refine it later. As for myself, I am still very Vegan and loving it. This is definitely the best decision I ever made. I learned how to cook and I never imagined food of any kind could taste so good! I really need to do a Ramblings about Vegan food sometime.
A countdown for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix added to the Movie Watch section, reviews for Ghost Rider, Hannibal Rising, and Bridge to Terabithia added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. A few reviews moved to the Old Reviews/Store page.
A countdown for The Number 23 has been added to the Movie Watch section, and reviews for The Messengers, The Last King of Scotland, and Letters from Iwo Jima added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. A new entry, "Food of the Underworld," has been added to the Ramblings page. The countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Ostara. News from the month of January '07 has been moved to the Old News page.
Countdowns for The Messengers and Spiderman 3 added to the Movie Watch section, and a review of Pan's Labyrinth added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. Go see that movie NOW! Definitely one of my favorite fantasy movies. Nothing else like it. But, to save some of you time: it's all in Spanish subtitles.
The Blood Fetish Dante shrine's Books page has been updated with a review of the Devil May Cry 02 novel (finally), and the Looks page with Dante's character design from the upcoming anime series, and Dante in the Devil May Cry 02 novel. Several movie reviews have been moved from the Movies page to the Reviews/Store page.
Uhh... Happy New Year everybody... and Martin Luther King day!!! ^_^;; I know I haven't been updating much lately, but that's because I was working a lot on revamping the Caldora novel and sorting out a few back stories. The changes probably won't show up on the online version, since I'm more concerned with actually publishing the book. I'm even considering taking the whole novel down, or leaving up just the first few chapters. Anyhow, time for some updates! Drizzt's Corner now has a review of Road of the Patriarch, a new Short Stories section on The "Drizzt Books" Guide that lists books featuring Drizzt-related short stories by R. A. Salvatore, and updated cover art mouse-overs have been added for the Legacy of the Drow section. Countdowns for Epic Movie, The Invisible, Bridge to Terabithia, 300, and Pathfinder added to the Movie Watch section. Reviews for Children of Men, Night at the Museum, The Good Shepherd, Blood Diamond, Pursuit of Happyness, Casino Royale, Eragon, Apocalypto, and The Fountain added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. Old reviews moved to the Reviews/Store page. Countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Imbolc. News for the month of November '06 has been moved to the Old News page.
2006
Countdowns for Tenacious D and The Fountain have been added to Movie Watch, reviews for Borat and The Prestige added to New & Now section of the Movies page. Old reviews have been moved to the Store/Reviews page. The gargantuan Links page got split up into one category per page to prevent your computer from freezing. ^_^; The countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Yule. News from the month of October '06 have been moved to the Old News page. Guess what today is!! That's right, the Devil May Cry 02 novel comes out TODAY!!! *drooool* Besides that, it's also Election Day... so go out there and vote! Mid term elections aren't too popular as far as voting goes - which means your vote will count more!
!!HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! 16 new pictures added to the Shinobi gallery of the Tak Sakaguchi shrine! In other news, all my hopes for bearable male WoW characters are ruined and Blizzard can go to hell.
The Photos page has been updated with pictures from Yaoi Con in the Me As Vergil section. Blood Fetish shrine has a new story in the Cosplay section, Vergil Does Yaoi Con. Its Movies page was also updated with information on the Devil May Cry fan movie "Tears of Sparda."
A review for Man of the Year added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. On the Blood Fetish shrine, a Map page has been added to help navigate the site. In other news, check out these BLOOD ELF BLADES!! I want them so bad.
A review for The Grudge 2 added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. On the Blood Fetish shrine, the Movies page was updated with news of an unofficial Devil May Cry movie, "Sins Remembered," being made. Dante Diary has two new inane entries. Games page has been updated with names of Dante's voice actors (that I know of).
Reviews for School for Scoundrels, Employee of the Month, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Departed added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. Old reviews moved to the Store/Reviews page. The Top 10 Fight Scenes List has been updated with a little screencap of the Phoenix battle from X3. News for the month of September '06 has been moved to the Old News page.
The Lists page in Blood Fetish, my Dante shrine, has been renamed the Dante Diary page and has two new entries: "Nero" and "Devil May Cry 4." The Movies page was updated with a newly released Devil May Cry DVD book: The Trinity of Fates.
Once again, a Dante update that deserves a news entry of its own: THERE IS GOING TO BE A DEVIL MAY CRY ANIME!!! *ECSTATIC SCREECHING* CHECK OUT THE OFFICIAL SITE!! IT'S ALL IN JAPANESE BUT YOU CAN CLICK ON A VIDEO ON THE BOTTOM!!! /caps lock off The Movies section of my Dante shrine, Blood Fetish, has been updated accordingly. The Devil May Cry 4 site now has a trailer up under Movies. The beard? Still there. Dante with blood on his face? Nothing sexier in all the world! Nero? I @#$% hate him now. How @#$% dare the little @#$% kick Dante in the head?!? Gameplay looks @#$% awesome though.
!!Happy Mabon, everybody!! A countdown for Borat has been added to Movie Watch, reviews for Fearless and Jackass: Number Two added to New & Now, and old reviews moved to the Reviews/Store section of the Movies page. Countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Samhain.
A review for The Black Dahlia, cursed be its name, added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. I believe my first words after watching it were "I never thought I'd hate it so much."
A review for The Protector has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page.
A countdown for Eragon added to Movie Watch and a review of The Covenant added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. Since there has been more conclusive news released regarding Devil May Cry 4, his DMC4 profile on the Looks page has been updated. It appears that Dante is not the main character in DMC4 and, to make matters worse, they gave him the shadow of a beard..... I have to admit that I am very traumatized by this information, but I have faith in the Japanese fangirls. Japan will not stand for this atrocity!! A quick review of Code 2: Vergil has been added to the Books page, as well. And now, behold! More Blood Elf animations: Emotes & Battle, Jokes, and even more Blood Elf male dancing! (complete with oddly homophobic commentary... "Walked a bold androgynous line"? "Less than masculine hairstyles"? Somebody needs to watch more anime)
A review for The Illusionist added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. I'm playing World of Warcraft again. Sometimes. I hope it doesn't get in the way of writing my story... >_> Can't wait for the Burning Crusade expansion, though. I wanna be a Blood Elf!! And with the addition of Blood Elf males, there will finally be something in the game that I can be attracted to! I mean, check out their hairstyles!! (towards the middle of the video) I want to make Keramis, he'd probably look something like this and have a rogue skill set like this. And they dance!
A countdown for Stranger Than Fiction added to Movie Watch and a review of The Wicker Man added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. News for the month of August '06 added to the Old News page. The 1973 Wicker Man is one of my favorite movies. It does not reflect the lifestyle of modern pagans, but I think it is the most accurate portrayal of historic paganism we have on film. Yes, even the occasional human sacrifice. The remake, however, is an insult to paganism both ancient and modern. Paganism deifies nature's cycles of life, death, and rebirth. It celebrates the union between male and female as necessary for the continuation of life. They are equal, and equally divine. The enslavement of males as shown in the remake is neither spiritual nor natural (well, maybe among some insects). It is a breach of harmony between the sexes and an insult to everything the religion stands for.
OK, I lied. 10 new pictures added to the Death Trance page/gallery of the Tak Sakaguchi shrine, making my goal of 100 screencaps! Creepiest Moments in Horror Movies list has been added to the Movies page. The Ritual page has also been remodeled for better readability. I guess I'm procrastinating from the pressure to write the book. But at least I'm being productive. ^_^;;
A countdown for Running With Scissors added to Movie Watch, reviews for Clerks 2, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Talladega Nights, Pulse, Accepted, and Little Miss Sunshine added to New & Now, and a few old reviews moved to the Reviews/Store section of the Movies page. Updates from now on will probably slow down because I am working on the prequel to the Caldora novel. To celebrate this, the Stories page in the Library has been made easier on the eyes.
A page/gallery for Alive added to the Tak Sakaguchi shrine.
A review of Snakes on a Plane added to the New & Now section of the Movies page.
A page/gallery for Azumi 2 added to the Tak Sakaguchi shrine.
35 new pictures added to the Death Trance gallery of the Tak Sakaguchi shrine.
A page/gallery for the movie Aragami added to the Tak Sakaguchi shrine. The Wallpapers page has been remodeled and new photos added to the Canyons and Deserts sections.
A countdown for The Covenant added to Movie Watch, a review for World Trade Center added to the New & Now section and a few movies moved to the Reviews/Store section of the Movies page.
A page/gallery for the movie Cromartie High added to the Tak Sakaguchi shrine.
The Devil May Cry and Tribute pages of the Dante shrine have been remodeled to look less intimidating. A Shrines page has been added to organize all the shrines I have made to various characters/actors/series, since they are so scattered and otherwise hard to find.
A remodel of the Tak Sakaguchi shrine, with each section having its own page. I also tweaked his biography and added a "people to keep in mind" section to it. Cleaned up a few of the Versus pics. General remodel of the Movies and Anime pages, with most of the lists now having their own page.
From the creator of Blood Fetish: Dante & Vergil Shrine I bring you "The Man That Lives In My iPod": Tak Sakaguchi Shrine - with 1,000% more image galleries! The "Drizzt Books" Guide and the Tribute to R. A. Salvatore have been moved from the Books page to Drizzt Do'Urden's Corner, because I figured he has enough material to warrant his own shrine. Thanks to the advent of screencapture, the Top 10 Fight Scenes List now has shots of the actual fights rather than the movie cover art. The countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Mabon. News from the month of July '06 moved to the Old News page.
Countdowns for The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and The Wicker Man added to Movie Watch and a review for Lady in the Water added to the New & Now section of the Movies page.
Top 10 Actors and Top 10 "Foreign" Actors Lists are now up on the Movies page. Tak's fault. Many things I've been doing lately are Tak's fault. It is thanks to my desperation for more Death Trance pics of him that I discovered I am able to take screencaptures off of DVDs. A very dangerous discovery for someone with obsessive tendencies as strong as mine. Well, 250 screencaps of Death Trance later, and after narrowing them down to about 100, I decided to donate them to the best existing Tak Sakaguchi site (Street Fighter) - go check them out in the Gallery! It should be illegal to be that hot, I swear! I do love Tak a lot, so it makes me feel really proud to be credited on a site so dedicated to him. Thank you, Minhea! ^_^ The old movie reviews section has gotten long enough to warrant its own page, and has been moved HERE.
OK! Dante shrine is now officially UP! Go HERE, go now! =D And for those that don't give a damn, here's a review of Click on New & Now of the Movies page. ^^x
Got Death Trance in the mail yesterday, but couldn't watch it just yet because I had to go to Convergence right away. So all I could do was unwrap it and hug it thinking to myself "Yay!! It's a... PRETTY BOX!! I LOVE you pretty box!!" Went to convention, liked Anime Detour better. Less people in costume at Convergence and there was a terrible lack of Dante. Got some pizza on my way home so I could relax and watch the movie. Watched Death Trance..... And since I didn't think I would need to take any precautions in easing myself into it, I got slammed with the worst case of sensory overload in a long time... probably ever. I like blood. I like pretty things. I like blood on pretty things. It's fairly simple to make me happy in that respect. But this? Damn... My brain went completely haywire, I swear the neurons were shooting sparks, and I had to actually bite my hand to keep myself from running up a wall. It was pretty bad. I had to take several breaks to calm down. Tak Sakaguchi officially the prettiest human alive. No contest. None... *Ahem* My Top 10 "Foreign" Movies and Top 10 Fight Scenes lists have been updated accordingly. If it were not for the abrupt/cliffhanger ending, Death Trance would easily drop Battle Royale from #1. If there is ever a sequel, I'm sure it will...
A countdown for Fearless has been added to Movie Watch, a review for Pirates of the Caribbean 2 has been added to New & Now, and the review for The Matador has been moved down to the Reviews section of the Movies page. The news for the month of June '06 has been moved to the Old News page. I know I've promised to have some new Wallpapers up sometime soon, but alas I have been preoccupied with my Dante obsession... I wanted to build him a little internet shrine, but it has since developed into a rather large sub website of its own... O.o;; I will officially link it sometime very soon (hopefully within the next week), but anyone clever enough to figure out its address is welcome to observe updates as they develop. Also, Taku Sakaguchi is really hot and I want to watch Death Trance... NOW.
A countdown for Lady in the Water added to Movie Watch, a review for Superman Returns added to New & Now, and a few movies moved to the Reviews section of the Movies page.
!!HAPPY MIDSUMMER!! The Top 5 Superhero Guys List is finally up on the Books page, as well as the You Might Be Obsessed With Wolverine If... list. I wish I could've written more about Wolverine, there's so much to him! The Anime Wolverine sketch is now up in Fan Art. I've linked to it before, but I figured I should officially put it on there. A review for The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. The countdown on the Beliefs page has been switched from Midsummer to Lughnasadh.
!!HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!! A countdown for Snakes on a Plane(!!) added to Movie Watch, and the Reviews section of the Movies page now has a new layout (it was a lot harder than it looks). A few new Devil May Cry fan sites added to the Single Player Games section of the Links page. Devil May Cry series moved to #1 of the Top 10 Games List. Due to its size, the Honorable Mentions list has been given its own page. My perpetual Dante obsession is now definitely dominating Wolverine. But judging by the fact that I paid a co-worker $5 for a Wolverine pin I didn't want for free 2 months ago, Wolvie's still going strong. A less worthy focus would've been entirely eclipsed by now.
The Pink Panther review moved to the Reviews section of the Movies page. New ramblings added: Obsession Is A Beautiful Thing, because I figured Wolverine deserved some kind of recognition before I figure out what list I can put him on. Incidentally, June 11 2006 marks the day that I officially named Dante from Devil May Cry my favorite character. Not only because this was obvious to everyone besides me, but also because he was the only one able to instantly disrupt my Wolverine obsession. You see, I've been waiting for the Devil May Cry novel to be released for a while now, and have been keep track of it on Amazon.com. However, I went to a graduation party this weekend and one of my friends already had it... in her hands... showing it off to me... I was absolutely flabbergasted and vowed to order it right away. But when I came home and went to Amazon, it still said it had not been released. Now, it takes a lot to get me out of the house again after I just got home from a draining social gathering, but such is the lure of Dante. I rushed out to several stores right away until I found it. I was actively focusing on Dante now, and was very concerned about how this would affect my Wolverine obsession. Already I could feel it slipping away from me, overwhelmed by Dante's undeniable power. This is the first time another focus has managed to usurp the reigning obsession's time of peak intensity. Normally an obsession is not interrupted until it has run its full, natural course. But on my way back from the book store, through the mall, I was passing a Hot Topic and thought to myself "hey, X3 is out, maybe they'll have some overpriced Wolverine T-shirts" and they did. Walking further, I passed an EB Games and thought to myself "hey, maybe they'll have a random used X-men game for real cheap," and they did. So, for the time being, I am hoping that Dante and Wolverine can co-exist in harmony. After all, I like them for the same reasons: they bleed, they heal, repeat.
Added crown awards to the "Key Traits" rating system for all the Anime, Books, and Games pages.
A countdown for Clerks 2 has been added to Movie Watch, a review for The Omen has been added to New & Now, and a few movies have been moved to the Reviews section of the Movies page. A brand new "Key Traits" rating system has been added to the character lists on the Anime, Books, and Games pages! News from the month of May '06 has been moved to the Old News page. My Wolverine phase has officially progressed from "I like Wolverine's claws!" to "I WANT WOLVERINE'S CLAWS!! (surgically implanted into my arms, with possibly some silicone-rubber tubing through my hands for painless retraction)" I've seen X3 five times now and have bought $200 ($350+ retail, but thankfully I never buy retail) worth of Wolverine comics and cartoons, including Wolverine: Origins & Endings, Wolverine: Enemy of the State volumes 1 and 2, Best of Wolverine volume 1, and all of the Ultimate X-Men in existence. *sigh* Obsession is a beautiful thing..... It also helps that I have the amazing ability to like a character not for who they are, but for who I want them to be. ^_^;; Now, this only happens in instances of severe visual trauma, such as the case of comic book Wolverine (praise the gods for movie-Wolverine!). So, the way I see it, Wolverine isn't about the yellow tights, the hairy muscles, smoking cigars, or saying "bub"... No! The essence of Wolverine is his claws, his powers, his attitude, his angst... and so long as I hone in on that, I can superimpose THIS onto him and be happy. *_*
Countdowns for The Omen and The Fast and the Furious 3 added to Movie Watch, reviews for X-men: The Last Stand, The Da Vinci Code, Mission Impossible 3, and RV added to New & Now, and a few movies moved down to the Reviews section of the Movies page. Just got back from vacation in Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Went hiking in Canyonlands, camping on the bottom of Canyon de Chelly, visited all the places the first few minutes of Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade was shot in Arches, saw Jerry Seinfeld LIVE in VEGAS!! I was in the fourth row which means he saw me, which makes it that much more meaningful. It shouldn't take me too long to sort through the photos from the trip and put up some more Wallpapers. I really enjoyed X-men 3. I saw it midnight opening day (and again on Sunday) and have been re-watching the first two movies every day ever since. You could say I'm going through a mini Wolverine phase right now, which is amusing because I'm not normally attracted to grouchy, hairy men. Wolverine is a perfect example of point #5 in my What I Look For In Anime/Manga Guys List: "It's not that I like to see my favorite characters hurt, it's that I like to worry about them when they do. It creates an intense high that amplifies my caring about a character tenfold, and has been known to elevate otherwise negligible characters to the level of a focus." Granted, movie Wolverine is toned down from the comic book Wolverine, and Hugh Jackman isn't too hard on the eyes to begin with. In other news, I hear SASUKE is back in the NARUTO manga - and he brought a katana! This should go a long way towards securing his already entrenched place on my Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys List whenever I get around to reading the new chapters. If he manages to kill Naruto it may even shoot him up a few ranks.
The Wallpapers section of the Art pages has been organized into categories and 7 new wallpapers have been added from my trip to Oregon: Rocky Coast (Oceans), Boulders & Rapids (Water), Top of Waterfall, Cliffside Waterfall, Impact Point (Waterfalls), Mossy Woods, and Woodland Rapids (Woodlands). I'm going to the southwest next week so hopefully more will be added to the Canyons and Deserts categories soon. The Sabbat countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Midsummer. News from April '06 has been moved to the Old News page.
A countdown for Apocalypto added to Movie Watch and reviews for Thank You For Smoking and Silent Hill added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. Yeah, Silent Hill is something else. Freaky as all Hell. I almost feel like the world has entered a new dimension since it came out... The best part is I got to drive through thick fog on my way home, and I laughed. A pathetic, whimpering laugh, but a laugh nonetheless. I loved the movie because the darkness they portrayed, brutal and harsh though it was, is close to my own view of (the non-existence of) "evil." For all things there is a reason and all things have an intelligence that can be reasoned with.
A new page, Videos, added to the Fun Stuff area! Finally, a way to post my videos right on my site without redirecting people to register at Anime Music Videos and not killing my bandwith! I've known about YouTube for a while, but it never quite clicked with me to try this. Now I finally got an account there and logged on... only to realize random people already posted some of my music videos on there O.o Thanks, guys!! =D Anyway, I added those that weren't posted and used YouTube's codes to embed them on my page. I also kept the links to where they are posted on AMV for those that want a higher resolution version. The Site Map has been updated accordingly. I've also been DMC-ing up my MySpace site. I typically hate MySpace, but it's a way to keep in touch with my out of state friends and right now I have to admit I am having fun with it... especially with embedding tacky videos and songs on there!! :P
New (and very late) Ramblings regarding my Vergil cosplay adventures at Anime Detour 2006 added: Mission Accomplished!
Reviews for Scary Movie 4, Stay Alive, and Inside Man added to the New & Now section, and a few movies moved down to the Reviews section of the Movies page. Oh yeah, and the Guestbook kind of self-destructed for a reason I still don't comprehend, but I restarted it...
I finished my Lucifer video!! That's right, Lucifer, 6th rank on the Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys List, now has his own music video tribute!! ^_^ This video has been months in the making... Off and on, not continuously, but still!! After scouring 20 volumes of Angel Sanctuary manga for every scrap of Kira, Nanatsusaya and Lucifer pictures I could find, compiling the images, editing out non-relevant text, finding near-identical images to switch between, coming up with a concept, I finally got to make the video itself! Most of it is a slideshow of pretty pictures compounded with a quadruple layer blitzkrieg of effects. And
by quadruple layer blitzkrieg of effects I mean... this
is what a normal music video looks like ("VERSUS
- Renji, Zaraki, Byakuya"), and this
is a music video on CRACK ("Lucifer
- In His Head"). Not necessarily better, just very very
painful and mind-boggling... I am very happy it's done X_x
It's been a long time coming (I wanted it to go live on January 1st >_>), but the Best of the Best All-Stars List of the top 5 characters from anime, manga, games, and books is now up on the Fun Stuff page. Basically it's my excuse to give my favorite characters bigger pictures. o.o The Favorite Pairings List has also been moved from the Anime page to the Fun Stuff page because it included characters outside of anime. These lists are not for the homophobic or the sane. You have been warned. The countdown for the next Sabbat has been changed to Beltane on the Beliefs page (now counting down to the right year!) and news from March '06 has been moved to the Old News page. Also, I'm not obsessed with Dante anymore..... BWAHAHAHA....... April Fools! >_>;;; I have, however, bought Residen Evil 4 after watching this video, so Leon might make it to my Top 5 Game Guys List if I ever get past the first village of diseased humans.
!!!MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!
A countdown for Silent Hill was added to Movie Watch, reviews of V for Vendetta, Failure to Launch, and The Hills Have Eyes have been added to the New & Now section, and a movie moved to the Reviews section of the Movies page. Besides that, I'm very busy working day and night on my Vergil cosplay for Anime Detour. The plan is to go dressed as Vergil, find someone dressed as Dante, and kiss them... thereby fulfilling my dream of kissing Dante - as his twin brother Vergil! It's brilliant!! (hooray for twinscest ^^;;)
OK, for those that don't like N'Sync, there is now a short music video of the final battle in Devil May Cry 3 set to the last half of the song "Dawn of Victory" by Rhapsody. This scores Dante four projects that were inspired by him, tying him with the top two on my Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys List. Very impressive indeed, congrats Dante!! A review of Ultraviolet has been added to the New & Now section, and a few movies moved to the Reviews section of the Movies page.
*Siiiiiigh* So ok, for several months now I've been nursing the idea to do a Devil May Cry 3 music video set to the song "Bye, Bye, Bye" by N'Sync. Because 1) I find disturbing imagery set to happy music amusing. 2) I think the song actually fits Dante and Vergil's relationship pretty well, and has the bonus of casting yaoi undertones. 3) I LIKE THE SONG, DAMNIT..... there, I admit it!! Anyway, I had almost given up this dream, since I could not find DMC3 cinematic footage to work with, but after finding The Devil's Lair, this video became possible and I am so, SO HAPPY!! ;_; If you don't believe it can be done, I dare you to watch it! News for February 2006 has been moved to the Old News page.
CORRECTION!!! (and this deserves an update all its own) Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition does, in fact, have a cheat code! I repeat, DMC3SE does have an UNLOCK ALL cheat code!! It is: at the title screen press R1 + R2 + L1 + L2 + up/left on D-pad + down/right on left analog stick
For the poor souls who are not aware of this, a Special Edition of Devil May Cry 3 is now out (and has been taking up much of my time). In addition to the full original game (minus a very convenient cheat code >_>), the Special Edition features a Bloody Palace mode (a dungeon of 9999 rooms), a cinematic viewer (how I've been praying for this), and Vergil as a playable character with his own moves, weapons, style, and costumes (I can not begin to describe how awesome that is)!! Last weekend my friends and I ordered pizza and watched all the cinematics of DMC3 in one long beautiful movie. My life is now complete... A countdown for Superman Returns has been added to the Movie Watch, reviews for The Matador, Walk the Line, The Pink Panther, Firewall, Final Destination 3, and Date Movie have been added to the New & Now section, and a few reviews have been moved to the Reviews section of the Movies page. The Top 8 "Foreign" Movies List is now the Top 10 "Foreign" Movies List with the addition of The Promise and The Storm Riders. Lucifer has been moved to #6 and Urahara has been moved to #8 on the Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys List. The countdown to the next Sabbat changed to Ostara on the Beliefs page. News for the January '06 has been moved to the Old News page.
I have finally finished Promise of the Witch-King, so its descriptions in The "Drizzt Books" Guide has been updated.
A countdown for Date Movie has been added to the Movie Watch, reviews for Munich, The New World, and Underworld: Evolution added to the New & Now section, and a couple of reviews have been moved to the Reviews section of the Movies page. The News section of the Movies page has been taken down since it was terribly outdated and I hardly ever touch it.
I have finally finished all books in The Hunter's Blades Trilogy, so their descriptions in The "Drizzt Books" Guide have been updated.
Countdowns for Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World and Thank You For Smoking added to the Movie Watch, reviews for Tristan & Isolde, Brokeback Mountain, The Producers, and Memoirs of a Geisha added to the New & Now section, and a few reviews moved to the Reviews section of the Movies page. The news for December of '05 has been moved to the Old News page.
2005
!!Merry Christmas!! Countdowns for Tristan & Isolde and The Da Vinci Code added to the Movie Watch section and a few reviews moved to the Reviews section of the Movies page. The Reviews section itself was remodeled into alphabetical quick reference to make it easier to manage. Daryoon and L added to the Honorable Mentions list on the Anime page. (Kigai Yuuto taken down) The sabbat countdown on the Beliefs page was changed to Imbolc.
Ikari Gendou and Nagisa Kaworu added to the Honorable Mentions list on the Anime page. (Ishida and Ukitake taken down)
For the record, I did go see King Kong the day it came out. I work at the movie theater, though, so I was afraid they'd see me and say "if you got time to watch Kong, you got time to clean Kong!" But thankfully they didn't... ^_^ A countdown for Pirates of the Caribbean 2 added to Movie Watch, a review of King Kong (finally) added to New & Now, and the review of Fantastic Four moves to the Reviews section of the Movies page.
A review of Narnia added to the New & Now section, and a countdown for X-men 3 added to the Movie Watch section of the Movies page. I got to see Narnia today and it was so, so wonderful. I had high expectations for it, but it still surpassed them. The fight scenes were spectacular, and the Top 10 Fight Scenes List has been updated accordingly! I saw it right before my movie theater shift, and while sweeping outside its auditorium later it was amusing to see the many adults and kids going for bathroom breaks. The adults were literally running back to the movie as unabashedly as the kids. Hopefully some of the more extremist Christians will stop whining about Harry Potter now that there's a Christian fantasy movie out. (later that day) OK, saw Narnia again. I may have overreacted, hehe. I mean, the movie is still awesome and the White Witch is still the most badass female I ever seen (especially dressed up in that Aslan getup), but she didn't get enough screentime in the final battle! So, upon further consideration, when compared to Lord of the Rings' final battle, Narnia loses out. Therefore, it has been replaced by Return of the King on the Top 10 Fight Scenes List.
A review of Aeon Flux added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. Shinji added to the People I Just Plain Hate List on the Anime page... it's about time.
The Links and Art pages have been resized to make them more friendly to lower resolutions, and there is now a black backing to most loose text to make it easier to read against the twinkling stars. Also, here's me as a South Park character thanks to this nifty generator!
Tribute to R. A. Salvatore - King of Action added to the Books page. You know, I discovered today that if you image google r a salvatore a picture of me getting The Thousand Orcs signed is on the first page. That's kinda awesome and kinda embarrassing at the same time, considering which picture it is. Pretty funny either way, though. The lower portions of the Anime and Books have been resized to give some sanity to those viewing this site at a lower resolution.
Obsesssion... no longer just a perfume... In more celebration of one of my favorite books (Homeland by R.A. Salvatore) being released in graphic novel form, a semi-chronological "Drizzt Books" Guide has been added to the Books page (because there aren't enough such lists out there already). Also, Jarlaxle x Artemis have been added to Favorite Pairings List in the Anime section. A countdown for the New World has been added to the Movie Watch section and the reviews for Mr. & Mrs. Smith and March of the Penguins were moved to the Reviews section of the Movies page. News for the month of November '05 has been moved to the Old News page.
To celebrate the release of one of my favorite books (Homeland by R.A. Salvatore) in graphic novel form, the long overdue Top 5 Book Guys List has been added to the Books page! Also, to promote traffic retention and easier navigation, this main page was moved to the root address of my website. The star graphic in the upper left corner now has the text "HOME" on it to make it easier for those stumbling upon my sub pages to find their way here.
A review for Just Friends has been added to the New & Now section and the review of War of the Worlds has been moved to the Reviews section of the Movies page.
Happy turkey genocide day... A countdown for Brokeback Mountain has been added to the Movie Watch section (lots of things coming out on the 9th O.o;;) and reviews for The Ice Harvest and Zathura have been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page!
Gave up on not trying to fix the Forums and added a Guestbook instead, so sign it!
A countdown for Aeon Flux has been added to Movie Watch and a review for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page.
Just Friends added to the Movie Watch countdown and reviews for The Legend of Zorro, Saw II, Jarhead, and Flightplan added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. Old reviews have been moved to the Reviews section. The Sabbat countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Yule. News from the month of October '06 has been moved to the Old News page.
A review of Stay has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page.
A review of Doom has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page.
A review of Domino has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page.
A review of Serenity has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page, and Batman Begins and Kingdom of Heaven have been moved to the Reviews section. But the most important update for today is that my joint project with my friend Ashvolt (Cheeseball & Sugarcube) is finally done!! We have been working on it for 2 and a half weeks, battling a highly uncooperative video editing program every step of the way. It is a music video of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children set to "Mitternacht" by E Nomine, a song I have been dying to make a music video with for years. It is called "Jenova's Legacy" and is available for download at www.animemusicvideos.org (membership is free).
The
Movies page is updated and live! I
repeat, the Movies page is no
longer dead!! New countdowns and reviews have been added, and old
reviews moved to their appropriate place. If some of the comments
seem uninspired it is because The countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed to Samhain, and news for September '05 has been moved to the Old News page.
Well, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is out, and it kicks an incredible amount of ass *_* (and I'm sure it would kick more ass if I actually played the game >_>) so my Top 6 Anime Movies List has been updated. Cloud vs Sephiroth... wow... just wow. Stare and gape and drool and wow. O.O *can't get Sephiroth theme out of my head*
The Top 10 Anime List has been changed to include manga, and expanded with descriptions on the Anime page.
Well, since my Anime page seems to be attracting the most traffic to the site, I decided to give it a gigantic upgrade: Top
10 Anime List - changed! All with mouseover goodness. Kurama & Hiei-related Ramblings added entitled You Are the Weakest Link, Goodbye! On the downside, the option to comment on drawings in the Art sections has been taken down due to spam-bot issues that were freezing my (and yours, I'm sure) Internet Explorer. Thank you to everyone who were kind enough to comment, and you can still do so through my e-mail. ^_^ The news for August '05 moved to the Old News page.
Dante update this time. The picture Devils Never Cry added to the Fan Art page of the Art section. A short fanfiction "Dante's Awakening" added to the Ramblings page of the Me section since there's really nowhere else to put it. Sabbat countdown updated to Mabon on the Beliefs page. The news for July '05 moved to the Old News page. Movies page still dead... ~_~;;;
Wonder of wonders! The Full Moon script is now up on the Ritual page in Beliefs! Dante still hot as all Hell.
!!Happy Full Moon!! (and it's at a perigee, too) I have taken a brief brake from playing Devil May Cry 3, which is the best console game ever, to put up a New Moon script on the Ritual page in Beliefs. Why put up a New Moon script on the Full Moon? Why not update the horridly behind Movies page? I don't know. All I know is that Dante is so hot right now...
Nature photos from Hawaii are now up in the Wallpapers section (maybe I should organize it one day). Me In Hawaii section has been added to the Photos page, as well as a Me In The Northern Great Plains section which contains mostly pictures from that area that used to be stashed in Miscellaneous plus 3 new pictures of me at Wounded Knee, Crazy Horse Memorial, and the Badlands. A poem Road Less Traveled added to the Poems page. The sole news entry for June has been moved to the Old News page. :P
Just got back from trip to the southwest where I was invited to San Juan Pueblo's Feast Day! While there I also got to visit Chaco Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Monument Valley, and finally got to go camping. Long story short, it gave me a lot to think about. My kitty really didn't want me to leave. She knows what a suitcase means and started attacking it the moment I brought it out. Eventually she realized it wasn't going away so she tried to neatly place herself inside it instead. A picture of her in my suitcase has been added to the Kitty page. Yes, I know the Movies page is horribly behind and I have no excuse for that, but at least there's new photos in the Wallpapers section now! A Me In The Southwest section has been added to the Photos page. I'm planning to go through my Hawaii photo album too, so hopefully there'll be some updates with tropical pictures sometime in the near future. The countdown in the Beliefs section has been switched to Lughnasadh. The news from May 2005 has been moved to the Old News page.
A rather large and graphic-intensive essay about Kurosaki Ichigo, complete with blatant spoilers, added: "I'll Stand By You Even If I Die": Unraveling the Mystery of Ichigo's Enormous Power. Slayers' rank as #1 on Top 10 Anime List under official but not immanent threat.
neiru2012 (9:51:45 PM): omg, Ichigo just got my favorite ability Mmm... so who didn't see this coming? (besides me) Yes, this is the huge Kurosaki Ichigo update; a cataclysmic upheaval of my Top 10 Anime Guys list unprecedented for a decade. This is a big deal. So big there is even a blog in my Ramblings section about it. The series Bleach has changed my life (dramatic, but true :P), it inspired me to draw again in over a year, and that is truly a significant feat. A new drawing has been added to the Fan Art section, "Strong Enough" and its close up "Strong Enough (Ichigo close up)." For this and for being who he is, Ichigo now occupies #0 on The List, overshadowing all. He has transcended the list, bypassed the mandatory waiting period as effortlessly as he challenges the assumed limitations of reality in his own world. I started out determined to hate him, yet he has proved to be everything I want out of a character and only keeps getting better. I surrender. I see a lot of myself in him. The long-suffering Soujirou has been restored his rank as #4 and Urahara Kisuke steps in to take 5th place. Urahara Kisuke... another amazing character... perhaps closer to myself than any other. And now I am off to Hawaii for a couple of weeks (will hopefully take lots of pics for the Wallpaper section)... Aloha!
!!!Happy Beltane!!! I give up, Kurosaki Ichigo moves to #4 on the Top 10 Anime Guys list and Bleach moves up in the Top 10 Anime list. O.o;; Also, Dante takes his rightful place as #1 on my Top 5 Game Guys list. I mean, really, the only thing that was holding him back is that you couldn't play him in a vs fighting game, but now there is a huge likelihood he will be playable in Soul Calibur 3! *drool* Countdown in the Beliefs section has been changed from Beltane to Midsummer. April '05 news has been moved to the Old News section.
OK, make that #5 for Kurosaki Ichigo on the Top 10 Anime Guys list..... ^_^;;
A review of The Interpreter has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. The Anime page has undergone a major shift in hierarchy as Bleach was added to the Top 10 Anime list and Kurosaki Ichigo usurped Rurouni Kenshin and knocked down Uchiha Sasuke, climbing to #8 in my Top 10 Anime Guys list.
A review of Kung Fu Hustle has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. The review of Meet the Fockers moved to the Reviews section.
A review of The Amityville Horror has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page.
A review of Sahara has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. Newly released movies have been moved down to the Reviews section.
Desert Moon Art's Creativity Award added to the Awards page - thank you!
Happy April Fools! And look, it's an actual update! O.O ...just kidding... no, really. Yeah, I haven't updated for a while... Long story short: computer broke, and then lots of other stuff happened. The countdowns for White Noise, Elektra, Hitch, and The Ring Two have been taken down and replaced by ones for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Kingdom of Heaven, War of the Worlds, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Reviews for Sin City, Hostage, The Ring Two, Hitch, Hotel Rwanda, Constantine, Be Cool, House of Flying Daggers, White Noise, Sideways, and Million Dollar Baby have been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. A whole bunch of other movie reviews have been moved to the Reviews section. Magickal Dragon Dreams' Sweet Site Award has been added to the Awards page - thank you! The countdown for Beltane is now up on the Beliefs page. The news from December '04 has been moved to the Old News page.
2004
A review for The Life Aquatic has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. World of Warcraft has been added to the Top 10 Games list in the Games page.
Hellu, ahehehehe... no updates in a while, huh? You see, I've been sucked into the blissful black hole known as World of Warcraft. I'm playing a night elf rogue on a PvP server, whee! >^_^< It is so, so much fun! I'm very impressed. And to think I almost got stuck on EverChore 2's pointless leveling treadmill. The mere thought alone makes me nauseous, knowing what I now know about WoW. Anyways, I finally got some updates! (and my internet being down for most of the day preventing me from playing WoW had nothing to do with it, I swear :P) The countdowns for House of Flying Daggers and Life Aquatic were taken down, replaced by ones for Elektra, Hitch, The Ring 2, and Star Wars: Episode III. Reviews of Blade 3, Ocean's 12, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Meet the Fockers, and Finding Neverland have been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. The reviews for Anchorman, Collateral, Dodgeball, Hero, I Robot, King Arthur, Manchurian Candidate, Resident Evil Apocalypse, Shaun of the Dead, Spiderman 2, and Two Brothers have been moved to the Reviews section. The countdown for Yule has been replaced by one for Imbolc on the Beliefs page. The news from the month of November '04 has been moved to the Old News page. So yeah, apparently the last forums update made them so much better and safer that nobody can log into them anymore. ^_^;; I am aware of this, but the problem is very bizarre and I don't know how to fix it *and* keep the data (posts, profiles) from the old forums yet. I'm working on it... sort of. =/ I figure people can e-mail me if they want to talk or ask something for now. ^_^;;;
The countdown for Alexander has been taken down and replaced by one for White Noise. Watch the White Noise trailer (late at night in a dark room all alone), I dare you! A review of Alexander has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. The reviews for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and The Terminal have been moved to the Reviews section.
The Forums now have a new address, and have been updated to a better, safer version. The countdown for National Treasure has been taken down and replaced by one for Meet the Fockers. A review of National Treasure has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. The review for The Chronicles of Riddick has been moved to the Reviews section. Anita Lee's Award of Excellence has been added to the Awards page.
A review for Seed of Chucky has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. Well, I got EverQuest 2, now I just need a computer that can play it! I'm currently playing it on a laptop that doesn't even fit the minimum requirements, and the performance really, really sucks. The game itself, though, is a vast improvement over the original and I daresay I am rather happy with it thus far.
A review for I Heart Huckabees has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. The review for The Stepford Wives has been moved to the Reviews section. Yet another shameless parade of prettyboys has been added, this time to the Games page. The Unicorn and the Jorge's Top Fantasy Site Award, as well as Black Triangle UFO Roma's Gold Award and Fantasy Future Award added to the Awards page.
Hello, and welcome to the United States of the Christian Theocracy! Maybe I should put up a countdown for WW3 someplace... Lets seee.... Well, I saw Incredibles, so a review for that is now up in the New & Now section of the Movies page. The reviews for Around the World in 80 Days and Shrek 2 have been moved to the Reviews section. Cheteau de la Mort's Dreamer Award, My World's Wiccan Excellence Award, and Elena's Excellent Fantasy Site Award have been added to the Awards page. The Sabbat countdown on the Beliefs page has been changed from Samhain to Yule. I finally took pictures of my Halloween ninja outfit so a few of those are now up on the Photos page. It's a real comfy ninjutsu uniform, I even got to drive on the highway in full ninja getup. But before going on the highway I saw I was low on gas and was forced to make a detour. I would've probably gotten myself arrested if I tried paying inside, but I parked at the farthest station and tried to seem as inconspicuous as possible. Cause I was a ninja, and I was hiding, since that's what ninjas do... And it worked out great, because that outfit melts seamlessly into the night shadows.
Well, it's November 2nd, and if you're in the USA, that means it's election day! So go out there and vote for Kerry! Just kidding... vote for whoever you want, hehehe. I don't even like Kerry, but I voted for him anyway... or, rather... against Bush. Hell, I voted for Nader last time (sorry!). To celebrate election day, I have posted my Political Alignment in the About ME page. The news for the month of October '04 has been moved to the Old News page.
The Prayer page has been added to the Practice section of the Beliefs page! The Mercuralia ceremony has been added to the Ritual page. Ldy-Icedragon's Most Creative Site Award and Most Mystical Site Award added to the Awards page! =D A Top 10 Fight Scenes list has been added to the Movies page. The review of Dawn of the Dead has been moved to the Reviews section. The Site Map has been updated accordingly.
Wowza! The Beliefs page is actually starting to take shape! It was always my plan to start organizing it by Samhain (Halloween) to at least have some ritual scripts up, and I'm happy with myself for sticking to that goal. That's right, the Practice button on the Beliefs page now works, and the beginning of the Ritual page is up. The Site Map has been updated accordingly. It took me a while, but I finally realized that not everyone has the fancy Lucinda Blackletter and Curlz MT fonts that I often use, so links to download them have been added to most of the pages that apply.
A review for The Grudge has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. The review of Van Helsing has been moved the Reviews section.
I finally got to see Shaun of the Dead, so a review for it has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. A Top 8 "Foreign" Movies list has also been added to the Movies page, and pretty much consists of Japanese and Chinese movies. The Top 10 Games list has been modified to include not just computer games but also console games. Now excuse me while I try to get the Kung Fu Fighting (those cats were fast as lightning) song out of my head...
Welll... I'm kinda obsessed with my new PS2 and Mortal Kombat: Deception right now. A very horrible time to be obsessed now that I'm actually getting pretty good traffic yet not working on the site. But, what can ya do... I just have to let it run its course. ^_^;; I do hope there's still plenty already up on the site to keep everybody entertained. Damn do I love Noob Saibot. As I like to say... I'm married to Noob Saibot, but I'm having an affair with Kilik. Also, I'm gonna be a ninja for Halloween (shocking revelation, I know)! Sure I could've been cheap and dressed up in all black but nooo, I actually bought an authentic ninjutsu uniform and shoes, plus two Kung Fu fans for weapons (because I doubt they'd let me into Mall of America with a katana). Why use Chinese fans when I'll be a Japanese ninja? Don't ask... Err, I digress. On to actual news! The countdowns for Taxi and Team America have been taken down and replaced by ones for The House of Flying Daggers and The Life Aquatic. Reviews for Team America and Taxi have been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. The reviews of Fahrenheit 9/11 and The Day After Tomorrow have been moved to the Reviews section.
!!!HAPPY MORTAL KOMBAT: DECEPTION DAY!!! A new section (Me Doing Tai Chi Chuan) was added to the Photos page. Lavenderwater's Magical Website Award for 2004 was added to the Awards page.
I was selected as one of the Artists of the Month at World of Froud!! *_* Brian Froud is my favorite artist, so even if he doesn't judge the sites himself, just to appear on his website is such a great honor! You can view the Artist of the Month banner on my Awards page. A review for Shark Tale has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. The reviews of Mean Girls and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind have been moved to the Reviews section. The news for the month of September '04 has been moved to the Old News page. I'm currently obsessed with getting a Playstation 2, so I ordered a used one with a bunch of games off eBay - it better work! I've always wanted to get a PS2 to play SoulCalibur 2, but kept putting it off since I had SoulCalibur for Dreamcast. But Mortal Kombat: Deception is coming out now and this was the last straw. Noob Saibot f0r t3h w1n!!! Or, rather, Noob Smoke now I suppose... O.o I'm also hyper obsessed with ninjas, so I can't wait to play Tenchu 3. I wish I could play Ninja Gaiden but then I'd have to get Xbox... ARGH... And I also really really wanna play Link on SoulCalibur 2, but that's on Gamecube... *bangs head on wall* I guess I'll have to settle for drooling over Red Shadow for the time being.
It's finally here! The page that nobody's been waiting for! That's right, the Language page is up! It sure was a pain to make the font, but it's functional (and if you make it size 20 and bold you might actually be able to see it! :P). The Site Map has been updated accordingly. Circe's Place's Enchanted Site Award, Art Space 2000's 2004-2005 World Web Award of Excellence, and Pier Rat's Fantasy Site Award have been added to the Awards page. Thank you!
Paulina's Playground's Classy Site Award, Enchanting Site Award, and Dream Island's Fantastic Site Award has been added to the Awards page. Thank you!
For any reading the APOCALYPSE NOVEL or STORIES, the name of MIRAJE has been changed to LIANNA. Miraje was originally supposed to be some sort of shapeshifter or karaci, but since she's nothing of the sort anymore, that name has no rational significance for her. The name Lianna, however, refers to the fact that she uses a whip as her primary weapon. The character who was supposed to be Miraje will finally reclaim her name and take her place as Karaci's successor. Karaci, by the way, is also possibly due for a name change... but not the karaci themselves. :P On a lesser note, Dinictis's symbolic name of Living Dragon was changed to Order Dragon because, well, that's what she correctly is. The Art page finally has a formal introduction and explanations of each gallery. The countdown for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow has been taken down and replaced by one for Taxi. A review of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow was added to the New & Now section of the Movies page.
The huge tacky graphic that has been dominating the entrance page is gone! All gone!! It has been replaced with a formal introduction, the fluffy and long-winded prose of which I had to cut down quite a bit because I fear most people don't have that large of an attention span for an opening page (myself included). Much of it will be infiltrated into the introductions of other pages, particularly the Library where people actually go with the intent of reading something. I'm quite proud of the entrance page, and quite amused that it possibly houses the most advanced coding on this entire site! ^_^;; Of course, the code was not written by me, but rather by my very generous friend Timothy Humphrey, which I adapted to my text. The black hole graphic is also not mine, and taken from this lovely free graphics site, which now has a permanent spot on my ever-growing Links page. Little Shy's beautiful awards proudly added to the Awards page. There is now a cute little Weather Pixie below my moon phases over to the right. Also, I made some anal-retentive adjustments to fonts throughout the site that nobody will ever notice nor care about. :-P~
To celebrate my first web award, the Awards page has been created! Thank you Fantasy Fights Crown Web Awards!! :-D A number of "I Believe..." buttons were also added to the Beliefs page.
!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!! Two new stories added to the Stories page: Cosmic Dragons and Yugashii & the Sleeping Goddess. New Wallpapers added to the Art page and new Photos added to the About Me page. If you would like to link to me, you could use the banners I have added to the Links page.
The countdown for Resident Evil: Apocalypse has been taken down and replaced with one for National Treasure. A review for Resident Evil: Apocalypse has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page.
The countdown for Hero has been taken down and replaced with one for Blade 3: Trinity. A review for Hero has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. Reviews for The Girl Next Door and The Passion of the Christ have been moved to the Reviews section. The news for the month of August '04 has been moved to the Old News page.
A review for Exorcist: the Beginning has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page.
The countdown for Without a Paddle has been taken down and replaced with one for Team America: World Police. Reviews for Collateral and Without a Paddle have been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page.
!!!Happy Friday the 13th!!! ^_^ I consider this day very lucky - AND SO SHOULD YOU!! The countdown for Alien vs. Predator has been taken down and replaced with one for Resident Evil: Apocalypse. A review for Alien vs. Predator has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. Reviews for Kill Bill Vol. 2 and Godsend have been moved to the Reviews section.
A review for Harold and Kumar go to White Castle has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. Reviews for Hellboy, Starsky and Hutch, and Whole Ten Yards have been moved to the Reviews section.
A review for The Manchurian Candidate has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page.
The section for Yugashii is now up on the People page in the Library.
A new page has been added! The People page is now up in the Library, and has section for Aloquin and Dinictis thus far. It has some profile pictures of other characters as well, just to give you some idea of how it will be organized, but those will definitely not be the only characters featured on that page. The countdowns for Catwoman and The Village have been taken down and replaced by ones for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow and Alexander. A review for The Village has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. The countdown in the Beliefs section has been changed from Lughnasadh to Mabon. The news for the month of July '04 has been moved to the Old News section. Corresponding changes have been made to the Site Map.
The countdown for I, Robot has been taken down and replaced by one for Without a Paddle. Reviews for I, Robot and Anchorman have been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page.
The countdown for King Arthur has been taken down and replaced by one for Catwoman. A review for King Arthur has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. The reviews for Butterfly Effect and Cold Mountain has been moved down to the Reviews section. The news from June has been moved to the Old News section. Perhaps most importantly, two new Stories have been added: First Universal War and Triple Helix: Star, Planet, and Moon Spirits. I draw Moon Angels a lot, and from time to time I get asked what the hell they are. Well, these two stories are the most straightforward answer to that question. They also explain the roles of Star Angels and Planet Angels. In my attempts to make the story spiritually neutral, I have changed their titles from "angels" to "spirits," but hopefully that won't be too confusing.
The countdown for Spiderman 2 has been taken down and replaced by one for I, Robot. I am seriously running out of movies I want to see in the next 3 months. ~_~x A review for Spiderman 2 has been added to the New & Now section of the Movies page. I got to see it early and it kicked major ass, much more ass than I ever expected it to!!
Some introductory text and a new story added to the Stories page: Apocalypse VII: Chapters 9 & 10.5.
A review for Fahrenheit 9/11 is up in the New & Now section of the Movies page. I also fixed a couple of countdown applets.
The countdowns for Fahrenheit 9/11 and Two Brothers have been taken down and replaced by ones for The Village (again) and Hero (nevermind that everybody who cares already seen and/or has it). A review for Two Brothers is up in the New & Now section of the Movies page. I really should get caught up in my story summaries for Stories section. I already wrote the damn novel (and it is up in the Novels section... hint, hint :P), so I feel it's pretty redundant summarizing it into little stories. But still, somebody who hasn't read or doesn't plan to read the novel should have the entire history of my world available for them in summarized form on the Stories page. But I am so much farther along in my story world now than the Stories section would have you believe. I already have in my head all the major stories that lead to Lossi's destruction. I even have in my head all the major stories that lead to the subsequent world's destruction. So really, I'm on my third world right now. I JUST WISH I COULD WRITE AS FAST AS I THINK!!!
A review for The Terminal is up in the New & Now section of the Movies page. The Links page has also been updated, most visibly with the addition of Asian Philosophy & Martial Arts as a subsection of Spiritual links.
!!!HAPPY MIDSUMMER!!! The countdown in the Beliefs page has been switched to Lughnasadh. Three new stories added to the Stories page: Apocalypse IV: Chapters 7 & 8.5, Apocalypse V: Guardian Nexus and Raven, and Apocalypse VI: Chapter 8.5. The chapters in the Novels section have been further adjusted for your reading convenience to have "Previous Chapter" and "Next Chapter" links at the top as well as the bottom.
OK, The Village has been taken down from the countdown and replaced by Fahrenheit 9/11 on the Movies page, because a film that will discredit the reigning President of the United States is just more important. Reviews for Around the World in 80 Days and Dodgeball have been added to the New & Now section. Enjoy!
Your eyes do not deceive you - it is indeed an update! But before I elaborate upon the update, let me introduce you to Specimen A, Specimen B, and Specimen C. Yes, I have been playing the new MMORPG City of Heroes, and my pursuit of more levels and cooler powers is taking time away from working on the site. But I have learned not to fight my obsessions. Instead, I find it is best to indulge them fully and let them burn out on their own. The countdowns for The Day After Tomorrow and Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban have been finally taken down and replaced by ones for The Village and Alien vs. Predator (I'm rooting for Predator) in the Movies page. Reviews for The Day After Tomorrow, Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban, The Chronicles of Riddick, and The Stepford Wives have been added to the New & Now section. 50 First Dates, Along Came Polly, Big Fish, and Eurotrip have been added to the Reviews section. The news from May has been moved to the Old News page.
May 2004
The Siya Neijar story has been completely redone (now with yaoi! O.o) and split into three parts: Siya Neijar: Shining Flame of Destiny, The Price of Yugashii's Favor, and Seeds of Destruction, which leads into another story several millenia later when he is resurrected by Suknuru as Mahat Neijar and destroys the world XD. A review for Shrek 2 has been added to the New & Now section. In honor of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King coming out on Video and DVD today (GET YOURS NOW!!!), I have added the Movie Reviews section to the Movies page! ^_^
The Shrek 2 countdown has been taken down and replaced with a countdown for King Arthur on the Movies page. Also, a review of Troy is up in the New & Now section!
New story is up in the Stories section: Siya Neijar: Shining Flame of Destiny. The Anime favorites lists have been slightly rearranged. Soujirou has dropped to #4 while Kurama & Hiei have risen to #3 in the Top 10 Anime Guys list... because the combined power of Kurama and Hiei is enough to topple Soujirou. The Top 3 Anime Girls list has also been updated to Top 5 Anime Girls with the inclusion of Mukuro and Caska. The countdown to Troy has been taken down and replaced by a countdown to Two Brothers on the Movies page.
Finished my drawing of Kurama today! (who didn't see that coming?) Truly obsession is my creative muse. You can find it now in the Fan Art page, entitled Youko Guardian. I took down the counter for Van Helsing on the Movies page, and added one for Spiderman 2. Also, reviews for Mean Girls and Van Helsing are up in the New & Now section.
!!!Happy Full Moon!!! ^_^ So many holidays this week: Beltane, Hermes' birthday, Full Moon... Yes, yes, I haven't updated in a while... ^_^;; Between Tai Chi Chuan classes, work, Tarot, and being completely obsessed with Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho (WHY CAN'T HE BE REAL?!?), I've been trying to get myself to draw. Most immanently, I am trying to draw my own Tarot cards again, starting with the Empress. Spring is here and things are green again, so my creative juices should be waking up again. A review of Godsend is up in the New & Now section of the Movies page! The news for the month of April have been moved to the Old News section.
The countdown to Kill Bill Vol. 2 has been taken down from the Movies page, replaced by a countdown to The Day After Tomorrow. Reviews are posted for the movies Kill Bill Vol. 2, The Whole Ten Yards, and The Girl Next Door in the New & Now section.
One new Story added: Apocalypse II: Chapters 5 & 6.
One new Story added: Apocalypse II: Chapters 3 & 4.
One new Story added: Apocalypse I: Chapters 1 & 2. A review of Hellboy is now up in the New & Now section of the Movies page. The countdown for Hellboy has been taken down, and replaced by a countdown for Shrek 2. The news for the month of March has been moved to the Old News page. Some may have noticed that the frequency of new stuff being added has gone down. This is in part due to the fact that I am actually working on fresh information, not just stuff I can copy-paste onto the site, and partly due to the fact that I'm researching the philosophies and applications of various martial arts, and where I can take classes in them. Can't wait! ^_^
A review of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is up in the New & Now section of the Movies page. Sadly, Sesshomaru has dropped off my Top 10 Anime Guys list on the Anime page, and has been replaced by Manji! Manji should've been up there in the first place, how could I ever forget Manji?? *lowers head in shame*
A review of Dawn of the Dead is up in the New & Now section of the Movies page. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind countdown has been taken down, and a new countdown for Harry Potter: Prizoner of Azkaban is up in the Movie Watch section.
Added my review of Starsky & Hutch to the New & Now section of the Movies page.
For those wondering why so few updates, it's because I was working on a new PICTURE!! Writing those little story summaries about Raven has inspired me to draw him again, although the drawing takes place way after the story summaries or the Apocalypse novel. So feast your eyes on Raven Dual Wielding in the Fantasy Art section!
Three new Stories added: Raven, Blood and Fire, Raven-Kranti War. Now the world history is finally up to the point of the Apocalypse novel! New countdown up on Movies page for Troy. In other news, I want to learn Kung-Fu...
One new Story added: Kayintas.
Three new Stories added: Troubled Times, Keramis and the Ogre, and Keramis Earns 5th Rank. Also, Mad, Mad House premiers today on the Sci Fi Channel, so I took off its countdown from the Television page. Don't forget to watch it!
Two new Stories added: Acora Lynn and Earth Dragon Embryo.
The results are in and it's a clean sweet for Lord of the Rings as they won all 11 academy awards that they were nominated for! Sean Penn won Best Actor, but I guess that's ok, he deserves it as much as Johnny Depp. Two new Stories are up today: Tshushani and Nexus. February 2004 news has been moved to Old News. Also, it's my spirit brother's birthday today! Happy Birthday ^_^
!!!Happy OSCARS day!!! The most anticipated television event of the year as far as I'm concerned. If I didn't say this enough, I'm rooting for Johnny Depp and Lord of the Rings. The Oscars countdown on the Television page has been removed. Other than that, I'm still obsessed with Asian cinema. In the past week I have watched Battle Royale, Battle Royale 2, Tomie, Suicide Club, Ichi the Killer, Versus, and Returner. Up next on the watch list are Princess Blade and Azumi. Basically, if it's in Japanese, I'll watch it! I also finally got to see Hero, the much-acclaimed Hong Kong movie starring Jet Li. It's much better than Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but I hated CTHD. Iron Monkey still funnest Hong Kong movie!
!!!Happy The Passion Of The Christ day!!! That's right, the movie's finally out - sold out, that is. Yes, the Christians are going to see it in hordes and I hear there's a theater in Dallas that's playing it on all its screens! It certainly lives up to the hype, although I wouldn't call it anti-Semitic. Either way, there's a review of The Passion of the Christ and Eurotrip now up in the New & Now section of the Movies page, and a countdown for Van Helsing in Movie Watch. The Ramblings page is now up, featuring the first of my rants: Christians Blaming Jews.
I totally forgot to mention yesterday... but Johnny Depp won the Screen Actors Guild award for Pirates of the Caribbean!! ^^;; *feels mortified at such an extreme degree of negligence* (And, of course, Lord of the Rings won best cast, but who didn't see that coming?) Three new Stories added: Aramil Coast, The Dark Sun, and Aramil Empire!
Wanderings of Siyanna added to the Stories page.
!!!HAPPY NEW MOON!!! Two new Stories added today: The Great Abomination and Suknuru Comes to the Annukai. If you've been wondering why no updates past few days, it's cause I've been (and still am) deeply obsessed with the movie Battle Royale, and the actors Tatsuya Fujiwara & Masanobu Ando.
I heard some very exciting news today! One of my favorite books, The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub, is finally being turned into a movie! And not just by anyone, mind you. The studios are Universal Pictures and Dreamworks. The producers are Steven Spielberg (!!!) and Kathleen Kennedy. The director is Vadim Perelman and the screenwriter is Ehren Kruger. How could they go wrong?!? (watch them screw up) Well, I am avidly awaiting that movie, and in its honor I have finally put something up on the Books page! and the Games page! and the Music page! A News section was also added to the Movies page!
The Site Map page is up as of today. There has also been some minor tweaking and re-organization of links and tables throughout the webpage. You may have noticed that there is now a moon phase tracker both on the main page and in the Beliefs section. I always wanted one of those! ^_^ Since I saw 50 First Dates yesterday, there is now a review of it up on the Movies page.
Three new Stories up today: Tashari Empire, Sealing of Aladoon, and Birth of Yugashii. All the stuff up on the Stories page is rough drafts for now, so eventually they'll undergo some changes. But I just want to have them up anyway ^_^;;
OK, I lied, the Links page has expanded again. The areas most affected were the Spiritual and Games sections. I love my Links page, it is a work of ART!! A new story, Split of the Sidhe Court, is up on the Stories page. Also, the news from January of 2004 has been moved from this main page to the newly-created Old News section.
The new, improved, and anal-retentively organized Links page is up! Now with more links and an explanation of why some sites have violet text for the degree of on-site background music they have. Yes, it is no longer the WARNINGs system, but a violet text system, since the WARNING system wrongly makes it seem that music is a bad thing. Be assured, this is not the end of the Links page, but you will probably not notice anything terribly drastic happening to it anytime soon. And yes, organizing it took a lot longer than expected... Also, I fixed all the "back to top" links so that they actually take you to the top of the page and not make you reload it. :P
I bring you the enhanced Links page - now with banners and descriptions! There are some shortcuts to the categories now, and everything *should* link to a new window, but it's still far from organized. I also put WARNINGs by sites that I know to have on-site music so that you have ample time to plug your ears if you so choose. :P Well, that took a LOT longer than expected. I'm saying that pretty often regarding the website...
A rudimentary Links page is up. Eventually the Links page will have short descriptions of the sites, the links will open their own windows, and will hopefully be organized in a more coherent manner. Also, I saw a commercial for an interesting new show premiering in March on the Sci Fi Channel, so it now has a countdown on the Television page. The Forum, Wallpapers and off-site pages (except ones in the Links page) now open their own windows.
The beginnings of the Stories page is up! Also, I am going insane. But don't worry, it'll pass o.o;
!!!HAPPY FULL MOON!!! The Forum now works! I might be switching to a different message board software sometime, or changing the Forum categories, but still, the Forum now works! Yay! Also, I added more copyright notices and disclaimers.
The Fan Art page has been converted to the new title/description/feedback format, as well! Boy does it feel great to get that out of the way. No matter how lonely we feel when a loved one passes into the Otherworld, we should always remember that they are in a far better place and we should be happy for them. I hope Mirko's feline friend Paavo is happily frolicking with the angels right now.
The Sci-Fi Art page has been converted to the new title/description/feedback format! That took a long, long time. Also, Games section has the correct topic circle.
A Top 10 List is now up on the Television page. But, most importantly, the Art section will be undergoing the major change I have promised. Each thumbnail will link to a page with a bigger version of the picture, a title, a description, and the option to leave a comment. This feature is already up and running in the Fantasy Art section, and I will be upgrading the other sections very soon.
!!!HAPPY IMBOLC!!! Also, happy Groundhog Day. Today my goofing around with animated GIFs came to fruition. I have made the Dancing Yumeni gif and the Flying Yumeni gif. There shall be more to come. As you may have noticed, there are little Yumenis with peace signs welcoming you to Twilight Visions today! I also added correct upper right circles (gah, I'll just call them "topic circles" from now on) to the Music, Television, Fan Art, Fantasy Art, Sci-Fi Art, and Wallpaper pages. Also, a new counter is up for Ostara in the Beliefs section to replace the one for Imbolc.
Well, I goofed around with animated gifs today and... well, nothing came of it yet, but I felt you aught to know. :P Top 3 Anime Girls and Anime Smiley Dictionary added to the Anime page.
Top 10 Anime Guys List added to the Anime page today. That took A LOT longer than I had expected. Sadly, Sasuke is gone from the upper right circle of the anime section, and was replaced by Lina and Gourry. But that's ok, there's bigger pictures of him in the Top 10 Anime Guys List anyway. :P Hidden features have been added to the Anime and Movies pages, and will soon be all over the website.
All of the links in Fun Stuff now work! You might notice there is a new button for TV. The Movies page had the New & Now and Top 10 List sections added to it. The Anime page is up and running, with a Top 10 List and a cool Sasuke circle thingie in the corner! Furthermore, after spending lots of time yesterday putting copyright on all the pictures, I spent lots more time today taking it off! Besides the obvious problem of plastering my real name all over the webpage the day after I took it off About ME, putting text on the image ruins the picture. I instead decided to put the copyright under the pictures when they each get their own individual pages with descriptions, and they will be (c) Yumeni, not the real life name. I figure if people want to steal the pictures, they'll find ways to do it no matter what I do, so no point in being a bitch about it. Also, the page will soon be going live, so it's probably a good idea to start de-potty-mouthing it.
Nothing too big happening today. The Kitty section has more pictures, and the Art section has same-page links to the categories now. I have also added name and copyright to all the drawings in the Fantasy and Sci-Fi.
Big image day today. The Wallpaper section has been added to Art, featuring scenic panoramas from my various trips. My own wallpaper right now is Dancing Light, go check it out! The Kitty section now has pictures of Angel and other cats I have known. The page that everybody's been bugging me about is up. Yes, the Photos section. I hope you're all satisfied! Lastly, the link to Beliefs section works, although there's barely anything there for now. Today is my parents' 26th Wedding Anniversary!
Well, lets see, what happened today. The About ME page was slightly altered, a picture has been added. The Love Altar has burning candles (yay!). The Movies section in Fun Stuff is active, and already sporting several countdowns! The Poems page has been added to the Library section, complete with same-page links to poems. And, hmm, I guess that's about it! Took a lot longer to do than to say, I'll tell you that much. :P
Before I begin, I would like to congratulate Lord of the Rings for winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Song, and Best Music on the Golden Globes!!! Bring on the Oscars, Mystic River you goin' DOWN!! OK. I have redone all the mouseovers, and some pages finally have a picture other than the star in the upper right circle the way they're supposed to. Fun Stuff now links to a viewable page. But the grand achievement today is the 4 new pages in About ME!, including Kitty and Soulmate. In honor of Mirko 'Dzeron' Koponen's best feline-friend (who is very sick right now ~_~), let us all give the cats we know a hug and never miss a chance to show how much we love them!
I would like to present Twilight Visions... now with MOUSEOVER! That's right, all the buttons now magickally light up at the touch of your cursor! I also added more buttons that don't lead anywhere (yet). The Art section now has titles under the thumbnails. The background of the text in the Novels section is now black, making it possible to read without getting distracted by the ever-prevalent twinkling stars. But do not fear! You may still gaze at them on either side of the text area. For sake of convenience, links to "Previous Chapter" and "Next Chapter" have been added to the ends of the chapters, as well as a link back to Novels. If you have not seen Butterfly Effect yet, I pity you...
We're starting to see the beginnings of the Art section! Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Fan Art all work and have *gasp!* clickable PICTURES! I worked very hard to do black airbrush around the picture thumbnails so that they blend mystically into the background, and I hope you like it. But I'm far from done with the Art section. Soon the thumbnails will have titles and maybe open separate pages with descriptions of each picture. There'll also be a lot more text explaining why I organized the art the way I did. Mayhaps I should scan more art, too... Did you see Butterfly Effect yet??
The the Novels button is fully functional!! So is the Library button, but there's not much there yet except for the Novels button. :P~ The Art and About ME buttons work, too, but nothin' there yet either. Enjoy!! In other news, I saw the movie Butterfly Effect, and it was awesome. Seriously, this was the first movie I ever turned to the person next to me and said "damn, this movie's AWESOME!" - several times, no less! Go see it. Now. It blows Donnie Darko out of the water, I shit you not. (No memorable demonic bunnies, tho)
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