Erika

[quote name='AnujSuper9']What system is it being released for over there?[/quote] [size=1][color=royalblue]It should be on the Gamecube, lol. I think it's also for PS2 in Japan. Anyways, I have an odd question regarding Kratos! [spoiler]I saw a screen of what looked like a Japanese character/instruction manual and showed the characters' ages and stuff....Kratos is Lloyd's dad, right? [b][i]Then why the hell is he 28 and Lloyd about 17?!?![/b] LOL!!! Unless I'm seriously mistaken![/i][/spoiler][/color][/size]

[size=1][color=royalblue]Hahahaha!! *laughs at Baron* X3 Ok, it looks like this place needs some sprucing up, so I'll take over, lol. I found a pic that I guess has a lot of potential. :3 [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/Dark_Serena/259c43df.jpg[/IMG] "I said turn right, Mom."[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=royalblue]LOL. I have no clue as to why that happens! :p It's just so ODD. I'm amazed that Des came closest to what I was describing, lol. For example, I remember feeling moody while trying to collect 100 coins in Bianca Hills, and I kept thinking about my best friend, his girlfriend, and how his other friend kept randomly taking stabs at me (well, not the gf) over AIM, and why they kept doing that, and how frusterated and confused I felt at the moment. So, whenever I spray the treetops for coins I get those thoughts back into my head, albeit those thoughts are about half a year old, lol. The same exact thoughts. It doesn't matter how good of a mood I'm in, whether or not I'm brooding, it just [i]happens.[/i] :twitch: The oddest thing is? Only 3D platformers/adventure games do that to me, lol. RPGs never do that, or anything else. I guess when you're in games where you wander around, your mind starts to pick up on that. :whoops: Maybe it's because I focus more on the game when it's an RPG, racer, fighter, shooter, etc.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=royalblue]I believe love is something that shouldn't be used loosely. There are different kinds of love. There's romantic love, brotherly love, and the kind of love/respect you have for your parents/mentors, etc. The only thing that all this shares is selfless concern/meekness for others. Not just pleasing them BECAUSE you love them, but also because you're willing to, without really expecting anything in return. I'm kind, not a pushover. I'm forgiving, and generous. I hate it when people see these things and use them for their own benefit. [b]EDIT:[/b] Oh, there's free hugs?! That's odd--I'm not used to getting any, lol. *nabs one* X3 Oh, yeah...*gives a bunch to random members in turn*[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=royalblue]I'm just considered average: 5'6 and 130-35 lbs. There's more to weight than just [i]fat[/i]. There's muscle, bone size, etc. etc. My bones are most likely between medium and large. I have saddlebags, whoopdeedoo. I'm a 34A. I have childbearing hips, albeit I won't ever have more than one kid. Y'know, I didn't ask for all this, but I am gonna deal with it, even if I do feel a bit out of porportion. Although I'm a girl, I'm not too accquainted with my size. Womens, juniors, blah. If something fits, I just get it, lol. Most of my pants are a little too big in the waist, but a little snug in the butt (and that drives me crazy). Yeah, it wouldn't hurt for me to get up and get active on a normal basis, lol, I could use the toning, but I'm not gonna consider myself a Klump. I can wear an average pair of Mudd bellbottoms, a screen tee, and people will voluntarily compliment me (my close friends and family members especially, and I know they're not doing it to be nice...and I have a critical sister, lol). I never ask for anyone's opinions to begin with (unless I'm feeling curious). If I think I don't look good in somethin', [i]I won't wear it,[/i] even if other people oppose. Basically, I try to look my best, and I know what my best is. Because of my butt and everything, I have a hard time finding jeans/pants than don't make the worst stand out, so I solve the problem by finding pants whose bottoms are as or a bit wider than my hips. As for my tummy, the only time I can't stand it is when I'm on my period, and I feel like some queen termite that hardly moves, or I just got through eating a meal. I guess it depends on the person's metabolism, lol. I gain a few, lose a few...it never stays, lol. It can range from 125 (when I'm sad/lonely/hurt and lose my appetite) to a healthy 135 lbs. But like I said, I'm just average. Not really slim, but not overweight, not even by a pound. I'm active in general, but I don't get out much, lol...I guess that explains why I'm pale XD My diet...well, I'm just one of those "organic hippies", for the lack of a better word, so I guess I'm not overweight at all because I rarely eat junk, let alone pork or fried crap. Y'know, for the people with low self-esteem, just limit your crappy food intake, or eliminate it completely. If you have energy to spare, but hate workouts and wandering around your town/neighborhood (or have no none to do it with, lol) at least vent it out with housework and/or yardwork (or even find work, or learn to enjoy your job, rather than drag yourself through it). Y'know, help people out. When I'm just too relaxed, I play my games. But I do love helping out people, and yeah, the occasional walk feels pretty damn good. Ok, to wrap up my idiotically long-winded post, don't worry about what other people look like. As long as you enjoy your lifestyle and you yourself (because it IS your life, and you are your own person), there shouldn't be a reason to worry about other peoples'. But don't get too carried away with things that cause you to gain weight/any other health issues. You should know what those are. Basically, eliminate the cause, not the effects.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=royalblue]Gott, I can't believe I haven't posted in this yet. X3 I've always liked Rikku. She's so fun, colorful, and is just an oddball in general. She really does make a pretty noncliched thief, lol. I just think characters are neat and interesting when they don't act how they look. :whoops: Haha..."Oh, poopie!" I've always thought that line was cute. :3[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=royalblue]Y'know, I discovered the oddest thing in video games. Well, it happens to me anyways... Like in Mario Sunshine, I remember thinking negative thoughts, or just thinking out a personal problem, or anything of the sort (and it was usually negative, lol). Like, it's probably been MONTHS since I've played Mario Sushine, but whenever I go back to an area, such as Rico Harbor/the treetops in Bianca Hills, memories of thoughts I had once thought about there in the past automatically fill my head. Like I'm thinking that stuff all over again, as of it never happened before, lol. -_o; It's rather akward, and kinda annoying, too, cause I don't wanna think that stuff all over again. Isn't that the most oddest gaming experience? I was wondering if anyone had ever experienced this odd deja vu-ness when a game is played, and I don't mean nostaliga, either. :p[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=royalblue]The reason why he's like this is because we're not intimate anymore. Anyways, I leave my door open a crack to anyone, even jerks. I don't get hurt easily, at least anymore. I rarely feel uncomfortable about talking about my problems, or taking in others, because I really don't have any feelings to protect, or anyone else's.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=royalblue]Well yeah, no kidding, lol. Romantically, I've over him. I don't really give a crap now. But I'm still confused as to why he did that (or why anyone would do that). Coming from me, it's just an honest thought. But some people just have that effect. I just want to find someone who will always treat me opposite of what he's doing. Some people even change in a relationship, so sometimes it can't be clear as to whether or not they're true for them before that change is made. And the change isn't always a bad thing, lol. I've accepted things, and I am moving on, but I still can't shut the door, let alone lock it. It's just the way it is: I always leave the door open just a crack, if anybody ever wants to come back home.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=royalblue]Ish rather pleasant...X.X; For some odd reason, I've been moderately active thoughout my life, daring occasionally, but I've never been seriously injured, lol. The only thing that caused me to lay down and screech and cry was when I was about middle-school-aged. Well, I was sitting at the living room desk, 'k? Thing is, there was a 25-30-pound concrete block underneath the leg space, against the wall. I happened to have nothing on my feet... ...and happened to accidentally kick it over. Worse enough when I stubbed my toe, even worse when the block fell onto it. My own world of pain seemed to have known no bounds. :p My toenail turned bluish purple for a few weeks, before coming off in the public pool, lol. XD The most gruesome memory I have is when I was wearing regular shoes (and I was about 5-6-ish), and was climbing over a lumber pile. I stepped on a large, rusty nail, which left a hole in my foot and the sole of my shoe. My foot was literally skewered.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=royalblue](Btw, I'm nineteen, lol, so I'm totally out of high school. :3) My feelings for him are quite odd. They contradict each other. I'm not going to act on either notion, though--one side of me sees his attitude and everything that has followed and just cut him out of my life, because he doesn't act like he needs me anymore (if he has his gf, and [i]so many wonderful, supportive friends[/i], I see no point in continuing this rabble)--yet the other side is exactly opposite. But we see each other as siblings...that would be the best way to describe our relations to each other. BUT, I have a younger sibling, and an older one, but for some reason, I just love him on a more extreme level. I certainly don't feel like a sister. I feel more like some discarded old shell of a friend. He never seems to take me seriously, even. I dunno what to do about it. If I just cut him off, then I'd be hypocritical, throwing away five meaningful years of friendship away, like he seemed to have done, albeit I know it's not the entire case. I can't tell which side of me I should side with, because both have different notions, ideas, worries, and concerns, but in all, they both leave me feeling confused and reluctant. I see love, and infatuation, as a kind of drug (and this's symbolic, not to be taken literally, lol). It's addictive, makes you feel good, etc., but leaves you feeling like total crap. Then you go searching for more to get rid of that dreg. It's just like some neverending cycle.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=royalblue]I agree with you, Wic. I believe that love is as blinding as the sun. You can love someone, and as I described in my scenario, and be snooty/double-standard your relations with your own friends. I, for one, would never want anything to do with someone who does that to their friends, regardless of how I felt. Maybe they deserved it? So what? Maybe they didn't! Love can cause a person to support and agree with everything the other says and does, or find a reason to do so, whether or not it's good or bad, and without much thought or consideration. I dunno about any of you guys, but I grow sick of it all. I get so sick of these groups of emotionally-driven saps, especially in public. -_o; I may sound like what Wic above said about herself, but I don't have any regrets--I just feel a bit more sensible than I was let's say...a month or year ago. I still love, I just choose not to flaunt it everywhere and not tell myself that I'm in some angel-laden love story bathed in warm and comforting mist that will last for eternity. I still feel like that sometimes towards certain people (w/o the angels, of course) but that doesn't mean I should thrive on it, and claim it true.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=royalblue]"Can you hear me now? Damn."[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=royalblue]Ah! Well, I could only put the text in the [i]upper[/i] left corner, and Fayt is a liiiittle bit lower than Sophie, but I tried, lol. Probably one of the most simplistic banners, lol, but I made it as clean as I could, considering I did this in MS Paint. :p Nothing fancy, but I like it, so...I hope you like it, too. ^o^[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=royalblue]Here's me shot at it. For now all I can do is simplistic banners and avvies. :whoops: Eternity made an awesome banner, and I wish I could've given my avatar a pinkish hue, but I couldn't, lol. Oh, well. Here's the avvie. :3[/color][/size]

[quote name='terra']I know this thread is old now. But how can you guys like Sheena?! She sucks! :p[/quote] [size=1][color=royalblue]Hey!! She happens to be my favorite! But she does suck in battle--I hardly use her then. I guess I like her because we have a lot in common, lol. :whoops: Our personalities are almost a perfect match. And Haruko's voice actress is in there?!?! Dat's just awesome, lol!! I know I've heard Kratos's voice a bunch of times elsewhere, but I just can't put my finger on it. -_o; I STILL haven't gotten around to beating the game--it's just one of those [spoiler]damned "can't-leave-the-area" situations, because I never knew what lied ahead...otherwise I'd've stayed behind and did all those side quests and crap.

[size=1][color=royalblue]Ach mein GOTT!! I totally see where Juu's coming from! T_T UGH! I've had so many bad hair incidents it's not even funny anymore. T_T I had a friend who was trying to give me hairlike braids, that involved using wax at the ends and burning them. Failed. And I ended up with a plastic Safeway bag over my head, sunglasses on, and a coat with the hood up, so no one knew who I was, while we decided to finish up at her house, and had to walk through TOWN. By the time I let my hair out of its braids and whatnot, I looked like Scary Spice, only worse. o_0; When I was a tomboy in middle school, I had it ridiculously short--just barely below my ears. o_0;; And whenever I let it grow just past my shoulders, it cut again. But my hair always did this rebellious flip that went to one side...I couldn't get either side to curl in or out; I probably would've looked like Selphie if I had it flipped out. XD Well, it was my bangs that I always screwed up for reasons that now fail me. The more I tried fixing them, the worse they got, and the shorter. I was just an idiot. And when I decided to get my hair done like Rinoa's (I couldn't think of any other hairstyle I wanted at the time; if my hair was longer I'd've been able to pull it off, lol), it came out flat and my bangs were in three, flattened chunks that kinda curled. But then when I was 16 I decided to get one of those long-in-front-short-in-back haircuts. If it weren't for my damn glasses being in the way, I bet half the hairdos I had would've looked nice. X-/ Anyways, as a result, I either 1.) looked like an Asian waitress (but I'm not Asian, let alone look it, and my sister has a poor sense of judgement, lol) or 2.) looked as if I were wearing a black beanie. O_

[size=1][color=royalblue]I think it's sick, plain and simple. But in the end, I eat the chicken anyways, but the only thing that realistically irks me is how they're kept, and what they're fed, because I'm more health conscious than not. Free-range--it's pretty much the traditional way for keeping chickens...and for good a reason. And as how to kill the chicken, well...hold the chicken down. Chop its head off. Let its blood drain. Pluck. Gut. Ship, cook, eat, whatever. Task done. There's no legitimate reason for anyone to screw around with them just because they're going to die anyways. The animal doesn't suffer after you've chopped off its head, albeit it is messier, but y'know...they're slaughterhouses. :rolleyes: During the time it takes to slam a chicken against random objects or treat it like some jock toy, two or three chicken heads could've simply hacked off. Oh, and to wrap up my post, I watched the local news tonight and found out something involving chickens. Also, it is an odd coincedence, lol. :whoops: Near Oregon City, on HWY.213, a 10,000+ lb. semi containing some-6000 chickens did a complete flip after failing to stop at a yellow light in time (that's all I managed to catch--how the semi flipped is beyond me, lol). Hundreds died, but the ones that survived were taken away in another truck.[/color][/size]

[img]http://otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21427[/img] [size=1][color=royalblue]"Hello, is this the manager? Ok...well, I have to make this quick, because the guy next to me is about to beat me over the head with a giant stick because I've been on the other line for an hour with my Grammy, and--huh? Oh, yes! You see, when I was little she.."[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=royalblue]Oh, gosh. o_o; I never knew anyone'd experience practically the same thing as I did! Yeah. But, there's still good qualities of him, too. I still love him, and always will...I just bristle at his attitude. We both get critical to one another, but I'm the one that ends up apologizing, regardless of who started it. We've been through sh** together--and I was ready to go through more. Heartbreak did show me a lot. Not saying I wanna marry him, lol, bvut if he decided to come back to me, at least we'd together, like old times, except we'd just be dating. I wouldn't care how long it'd last, as long as it was a joyful experience. But I know I influence him, because he never was really like this until he moved to his grandparents for school in January (they live about a couple hours away). In fact, he was mostly opposite. And yeah, I do see myself as sensible (and thank you, lol, I'm used to being called pessimistic and ignorant)...I was raised with a realistic mother. And when someone's realistic, you better listen to them, lol! XD They generally give good, honest, hard-hitting advice.[/color][/size]

[quote name='Pumpkin][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1]...Ii have to work for my own car, i have to work for my apartment...[/FONT'][/SIZE][/quote] [quote name='wrist cutter']Like everyone else? Boohoo.[/quote] [size=1][color=royalblue]I'm sure she meant that her parents won't be helping her out on it.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=royalblue]God's existence is something you prove to yourself, not to others, or others to you. And He doesn't hate...punishment and correction aren't meant to be done through hatred. People just make it seem that way. And I agree with Pumpkin and eternity on this. "..." has some good points, too. Love is notion, not emotion; like fine wine is betters over time. When you don't get what you want, it's not a loss, because you never had it. It's a loss of fantasy, not reality. I know this all too well. Although I've never been in a relationship myself, it's because I'm picky and I'm cautious. I choose to dive footfirst than headfirst. Because, well, it's not just me involved, but the other person, too. I can't control his thinking, or anything like that (but I can influence, hehe), so I make sure we're good friends first. Which leads to the worst experience. Well, to be honest, it's a long and complicated story (well, it has more depth and meaning than just having romantic feelings). So, make a long story short and simple, I fell in love with my best friend of five years, and it turns out that he took another girl instead of considering me, because, y'know, he had feelings for me, too. That, and his girlfriend is now his best friend and not me. He even puts her on a higher level than his closest friends (and regardless of what he says, I know him a lot more than his girlfriend, let alone anyone else outside his family). No one can deny this in truth--I can tell by just how he acts, and how he talks to me. He even said so himself, even though I already knew it. I'm just not significant in his life. Not just romantically, but at ALL. It's not the fact that he's dating someone else, it's the result: an imbalanced attitude towards his friends. It's double-standard BS. A few of his friends (which used to be "ours") have a sarcastic sense of humor (and can be cutting or blunt, but they're not sadistic about it), and generally, it's the same with me--I've always been a kind of wise-a**, lol. But online, whenever I make a remark about something, usually out of playfulness, I get sh** for it, but the others don't get anything of the sort. It's no wonder why my attitude seems to grow worse around them. So basically, he wants friends who feed his pride, and as along as they agree or support him on [i]everything,[/i] he sees no reason to get mad at them. I would never date someone who treated their friends like that, regardless of how well they'd treat me. And he's the kinda person that relies on his heart, which is his emotions, to make decisions on short-notice, especially important ones, instead of using his head first and taking time. People rely too much on what they feel, and on words alone. The "L" word is to be admitted to the other only if you truly mean it...better to admit false feelings than lie about it. And if you love someone, you don't prove it in any given amount, because you can't. You prove it in a way that you're letting him/her know that you mean what you say. So...thought leads to action. When you love someone, you want to do things for them, support them (but if you have a bad feeling about something, you wouldn't hesitate to question), be there for them, and accept them, not tolerate them. I'm over him now, though. I don't want anyone that treats his friends like that, even if it's just one. I don't want anyone who puts people on levels of importance. Love is selfless, outgoing concern for others. It's giving without expecting anything in return. And I believe compromising isn't a good way to thoroughly solve problems And just because you don't agree with everything, or have different points of views, doesn't mean you won't ever get along. Remember, it's something the two of you are in together. Focus on how you treat others, not how they treat you. When you know you're wrong, admit it. Being humble and honest, with youself [i]and[/i] other people, doesn't make you vulnerable to being walked all over. It's a braver thing to do than keep resisting and making things worse for yourself and the other person. And it's not love that destroys, it's selfishness.[/color][/size]

[quote name='ChibiHorsewoman][color=darkviolet']Damn, the alligator got my nose again![/color][/quote] [SIZE=1][color=royalblue][b]Hahahahahahahaa!!!!!![/b] XD Ohh..I dunno why I thought this was so funny. Juu's also made me laugh, but I decided to pick this one, lol. X3 Ok, CWH, your turn--post a piccer up. :3[/color][/size]

[SIZE=1][color=deepskyblue]Well, I'm just going to add that parents aren't born parents--just like every other human being, they grew up, too. They could have high expectations for their kids because there's a good chance that they don't want them to go through what they did. When I care about someone I love, I'm a bit realistic about it, and albeit I don't force my will upon them, I get somewhat oppressive when I know something's for their own good. Actions speak louder than words, so if a parent lets their kids do whatever they wanted, when they wanted, wherever they wanted, it all speaks for itself. But parents don't have to be pricks about it, [i]and neither do the kids,[/i] lol. But some kids do need the occasional shove, and some parents need to check on themselves, and focus more on how thery treat people, not how people treat them. Effort should be praised, not intelligence.

[size=1][color=purple][b]OK,[/b] I'm putting up a new picture, lol!! I mean, I don't see how anyone can make fun of a picture of a guy holding a football. :rolleyes: Who cares, it stinks, lol. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/Dark_Serena/headtoilet.jpg[/img] "Oh, so this's where mom stashed the Tootsie Rolls..."[/color][/size]