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[size=1][color=slategray]I'm one of those rare people you'd call a [B]geek[/B]. Symptoms include: Constant non-stop conversation about StarWars, Harry Potter, Teen Titans, comics, TOM FELTON, video games, slash, internet, online girlfriend... and no one listens to you. Not normally. Well, okay, my friends do. But those are rare for me too. One time someone called my "group" the Rebels. But I don't think doing stupid stuff counts as being a rebel. Thanks anyway.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]I was born on April 14th, the day that the Titanic completely sank at around 1:30 a.m., I believe. Maybe that's why I have an interest in the whole Titanic case. But I highly doubt it. I also know about seven other people that have this birth date. Popular birth date.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]I don't know why you people are complaining. If the Boy Band era [I]is[/I] coming back, let it come. It'll pass again, just like it did before. Hell, I'd actually welcome the Boy Band era back, then I can have fun conversations with the girls that absolutely love those Boy Bands. Random Girl: "Who do you think is hotter? DP Rockar or JC Singar?" Me: "I am."[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]I'm surprised no one has said Blue's Clues yet. Though I don't watch much t.v., I can [I]never[/I] deny my obsession over Teen Titans. This is the only show besides anime that I will keep track of. I love the animation, a lot of people say they "hate" the show because they "stole" the whole anime look. Give me a break. You have to admit, it works perfectly in the anime look. Besides, I don't think the show would be the same without this look. But, aside from that, the characters all work wonderfully. You can relate all your closest friends to at least one Titan. Though some of the lines may be cheesey, I still think the writing is good too. They do a good job of expressing what they need to while keeping it kid friendly. Another thing, I love how they make the characters relationships grow and get more extreme. Note the whole Starfire/Robin relationship, you can tell they have feelings for each other, but they don't make it sappy. And the mix of action and day-to-day relationships with your room mates/friends is something you normally wouldn't expect from shows on Cartoon Network. I just love basically everything about the show. Don't ask me why, but I have a soft spot for Boy Meets World. I never got why, but I watch it anyway, and that's good enough for me. If I watch t.v., I'll normally watch a lot on Court TV, I've always been into the whole mystery thing... so I love some of their detective/forensic shows. Law and Order... see above. Then there is always anime. My favorite anime shows are defiantly things like Paranoia Agent, Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop, Tenchi, Case Closed, Ceres: Celestial Legend, and FLCL. I like more, but those are the top on my list.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]"Dragostea Din Tei" by O-Zone, also known as the "Numa Numa Song". That video was terribly idiotic, but you have to admit, the song is pretty good.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]:O I love Banana Phone, but that's just me. I don't like rap. Period. Any rap gives me a major headache. That "Mr. Lonely" song or whatever. Does this song disturb anyone else? The only song that works if you use the whole "hamster" effect... is in the Hamster Dance song. Let's see... anything by Kelly Clarkson or Avril Lavgine. And I know I am spelling all their names wrong, but I honestly don't care. Yeah, kind of stuff like that. Normally I have a full list, but I can't really think because I'm a tad drowsy. >>[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]I have actually not been fortunate enough to get this album yet. But I have been a Gorillaz fan for quite awhile, and I absolutely loved their first album. I've heard a lot of good things about this, and I expect a lot from it. One of my friends got me hooked on "Feel Good Inc", and since I heard that song and heard of the release of this album, I have been eager to get my hands on it. I really need to just ask someone to take me to the store. I haven't really been outside my house all summer. Unhealthy, I know, but like I care. >>[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]My, we have a lot of angry people here on the OB. ^_~ Actually, the strongest and most confusing emotion I've felt would be love and hatred at the same time. There was a period in my life last year where I was going out with someone I had loved so much and for such a long time, and I was thrilled that he ever said yes in the first place. We had a pretty good relationship and I was pretty happy. But during last summer, I got into a huge fight with one of my closest friends. My boyfriend heard about it, and he was best friends with that particular friend I had fought with. He said he didn't like the way I had talked to her and he broke up with me because of it. Then later I found out that he liked her, and the only reason he had even gone out with me was because she asked him to. She hadn't wanted to see me lonely and depressed over him, so she had asked him to do it as a favor. So... as you probably know... that really hurt me. I still loved him a great deal, but I hated him at the same time because he had done that. I also wasn't to happy with her, either. But who cares, we aren't even friends anymore. But now I am happy to say that I am finally over him, and I've found a much greater love for someone else, someone that actually loves me back for real. So for right now, love is the strongest emotion I am currently feeling. But that whole situation before will always hurt me deep down. On the matter of whether love or hate can be a stronger emotion, I think it depends. And you know what? Love can be hate anyway. Because when you hate someone so much, you can talk about them and think about them constantly, therefore "obsess" over them. That can make love and hate equal in attention sometimes. Emotions and the way people react to them can be really messed up sometimes.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]I think you did the right thing, completely. There are a lot of cases like that in every place. Small or large. There are just some stupid people out there, and I am glad that more people are learning how to defend themselves. I was actually in somewhat of a similar situation about a year or so ago. I had been visiting my Grandma and Grandpa for the weekend. I had gone down to the park with someone I knew for awhile and the she had to leave, so I was just sitting on a bench by myself when two boys came along. They were probably about 16 or so, I'm assuming. But they kept yelling crude things over at me, until one finally came over and tried to grab me. I simply kicked him below the belt and walked back to my Grandma's house. I'm sure he wasn't expecting that, but he sure as hell deserved it. I'm sure most people in their life will be unfortunate enough to have something like this happen to them, and those of you who don't, consider yourself very lucky. It's not an enjoyable experience.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]Well, I live a few blocks away from a Mental Health Institute. A lot of the people with minor cases are allowed to walk around town sometimes, so I run into a lot of "crazy" people. It's just a day-to-day thing I have to deal with. It's normal here.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]Yes, I lost my cat about a year ago. He was very known around my town for being "Claire's Fat Cat." Yeah, Chester was a little over thirty pounds, so you could imagin how large he was. It was funny, actually, because he looked square when he would lay down. He was really nice, though. He had always been a little mischief maker when he was younger, but I guess we wore that out of him. So he was really kind and gentle... but always a pain to carry. To this day I probably still consider him the best pet I've ever had. I had had him just about as long as I could remember. About half my life, I guess. The cause of his death was slow. One day he just stopped eating, and that was very unusual for him, seeing to he enjoyed his food. After that, he started acting strange, he wouldn't move much, he'd always stare into the distance, hardly make any noise if you'd touch him. Which was [i]very[/i] bizarre, because he normally liked to "talk" a lot. So, quick to see that there was something wrong with him, we took Chester to the vet. They said they didn't know the reason why he stopped eating. But because he did, he developed a liver problem. Things only got worse. We just couldn't get him to eat. So we let the vets office keep him for a week, and keep him on an I.V., see how that'd work. They tried to get him back on food, but he just refused to eat. We brought him home after about a week to see if he'd eat if he came back home. He ate a little for the first few days, which left us thrilled. He started to improve, but then one day he just stopped again. We took him back to the vets and they offered to put him back on the I.V., but, we didn't think that'd do any good. So then they offered to do surgery to put something in him that would make him eat. But we just don't have that kind of money. We could have done it, and I don't know why we didn't. I wish we could have saved him... but that just wasn't an option that we had. We knew he'd die... so we brought him home again. We were going to take him to the vets when he showed signs of being in a lot of pain and just put him down. But we were even to late to do that. He started dying around 9:00 p.m., so we had to call a vet... and he couldn't be there until about 9:30. We all had to watch Chester and get him ready, hoping he could hang on until we got there. For half an hour, I had to watch my cat die. If you've never gone through that experience, you don't want to. It's horrible. Like watching another family member or close friend be murdered in front of you. And that was the second cat I had to watch die in front of me. It's just horrible. I try hard not to think of it now, but every so often you can't help it... and that experience flickers across your mind... and it leaves me in tears every time. And that's saying something, because I don't cry over much. But if you have a pet, you always have to go through a death. It's just life. No matter how much you don't want to deal with it.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]Thank you for the comments! I never really thought about that, but he [i]does[/i] look like the drummer from the School Of Rock. O.o What I do in Photoshop still mystifies even me... most of the time everything is experimental, so I wouldn't be able to tell you how to do anything. ^_^;; Ah, yes, here are some more. These ones are a little older, things I did in the past that I never put up for comments. First one: [B]Dead Rose[/B] I don't really know where I got this idea, but I found this [I]lovely[/I] picture somewhere on the internet. I give total credit to whoever drew it, I just happen to be using it for a banner. I mainly just altered a bunch of colors on this one, but I've still grown fond of it in the time I've had it for my signature. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/ShadowFox71/DeadRose.jpg[/IMG] Second one: [B]Ceres Banner[/B] This is another one I made awhile ago. For some reason I am really drawn to it, so I've kept it on my computer for a long time. I don't really know why, but it just appeals to me. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/ShadowFox71/Aya_banner.jpg[/IMG] Tell me what you guys think.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]I think one of the games I am looking forward to most is Golden Sun 3. I have no idea when it is supposed to be released here... but from what I've heard, it's already been released in Japan. I don't know how accurate that is, though. I adore the whole series of Golden Sun, and am eager to play the third. I just hope it comes soon enough.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]Well, I figured it's been awhile since I've put up any of my work... so here I am. I'll just start off with putting up one of my banners, and progress from there. This first one is a banner I made for my Xanga site. And yes, I currently have a slight obsession with the wonderful Tom Felton, also known as the person who plays Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies. I hadn't used Photoshop for awhile, so it seemed kind of hard to think of what I should do. I am surprised I could even scrape this up. Tell me what you think! There you go, and thanks for dropping by my thread. Comments would be widely appreciated. [color=teal]I made the banner an attachment, since it enlarged the screen a bit. Hope you don't mind. ^_^ -Syk3[/color][/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]I am 5'. I'm surprised at how short people can actually be. A lot of my friends are taller than me, around the 5'6" range, I think. Yet, we are only around 13. And yes, I'd love to be at least a few inches taller, just to be on a better scale with my friends. For once I'd like [I]not[/I] to have to look up whenever I talk to them. >> I am only about 90 pounds, so I am very small. I guess that have it's advantages at times. Like, when I need to fit into a tight space, I have no problem. *shrugs* Haha. But, the biggest thing is that people mistake me for being much younger, like 10. O.o I never thought I looked [i]that[/i] young. But, hey, I'm not complaining.... that way, I don't have to pay the full adult fees at the movies. You can always take advantage of the way you look some way or another. Heh.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]In these times of question, I turn to the dictionary... but seeing to that Hack Helba has already beaten me to that... A friend is someone who will direct you to the bathroom when you've had a bit to much to drink. A friend is someone who will still admit they love you even if you do stupid stuff. A friend is someone who sticks by you, even if you are being a blubbering dork right after you've been dumped. A friend is just someone you can be yourself around, and they can be themselves around you. And no matter if you are running down a dark street naked, or just eating cereal together, you can always have a laugh.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]Ah, yes, another sad love story... If you are really interested in knowing how he feels... call him up. You live in the same town, right? So just ask to meet up some place. Talk it out with him. Quite simple really, it's mainly nerves that always seem to make it hard. Good luck, though.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray] [B][U]First Set:[/U][/B] I like the bright, eye-opening colors on these. Very simple, very pretty. I love your first flower one, because of the placing of the picture and that border is very nice, the black and yellow was a good combination. The second flower one, I'm not drawn to as much. There isn't a certain bold color that sticks out at you, unlike on the top flower one, where there is the darker blue for the background. I also think you could have pulled off the yellow and black border again on this, it would nicely accompany the rest of it. In the Sakura ones, I like the placement, but I think I like them equally and don't have much to say on them. [B][U]Second Set:[/U][/B] I absolutly [I]love[/I] these strawberry ones. Very rich colors, that's good if you want them to stand out more. I think I like the top one most, it's just something about the purple and red together. I really don't think there is any improvements you could do on these, unless you wanted to play around with the border colors a bit. But, the placement: wonderful, the borders: exelent, colors: just peachy. I pity a fool who thinks that beautiful avatars, cannot be simple avatars. Nice work on all of them. ^_^[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]Funny thing is, people who dress up in the whole black and chains thing and call themselves Goths, aren't. As people before me have said, people are taking the name and using it for a type of fashion. There is so much more to it than the way you dress. But, honestly, you shouldn't wear certain things to win you a title. Because, if you do that, [I]you are just like everyone else[/I]. You are not unique if you do this, and I think people should go out there and make up their own style to fit themselves, not go into HotTopic and get a few things and say, "Oh, now I'm Punk/Goth." Actually, the real Goths are probably people who wouldn't even call themselves Gothic. They don't care about titles, and they shouldn't. People say that being "Gothic" is all about the clunky boots and "piss-off" attitude, but, that is just an empty shell stereotype. Goths were actually known for their love for art. Normally seen jotting down some poem, or sketching something. True, they normally moved toward darker clothing, but they were also known for wearing quite a bit of white too, and other asortments of colors. And they apprieciated nature and the night, sometimes being in the religion known as Wicca or other forms of this religion. And I'm sure all of their attitudes varied. There was also a great apprietiation for music, of all types I'm sure. I think what was favored was a mix between rock/metal and yes, [B]classical music[/B]. But, when people saw the clothes and music, you can see why that would so quickly speed up into an empty stereotype. It was different, new, cool to a lot of people. But now, basically no one that wears that stuff evens knows what a "Goth" is. So, now it's not different, and it's depressing to see people think they are so cool, strutting around in that stuff... especially when they have no clue how this "culture", if you can call it that, was in the past. Sure does make me sad. And that is my point...>>[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]I talk with just about everybody in my grade.... I guess people talk to me because they think I'm funny or something. >> Other than that, I have about five good friends.. and I am totally fine with that... because no one else I know is cooler than them. *wink* I actually don't need to have a lot of friends, as long as I have at least one person I can talk to and hang out with, I'm fine. And over the internet, I have about four good friends, so, at least I have people to talk to while on the internet too. There are so many people you can meet... and I am lucky I met all the people I did.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]Heh, yeah, I really started the whole faking sick thing in 5th grade. And from there on.. I've been making a habit out of it. Every year I miss at least 13 days of school.. I think that's what I'm up to now. I am trying not to miss anymore days of school this year though. It's fairly easy to get my mother to believe me... I just put a heated thing on my head so it gets warm.. and then when she feels my forehead, it feels like I have a fever. Or, I can say I have a sore throat and talk in a pathetic voice. I am quite the actress. XD Once I got to stay home because I had a migraine... but, argh, those things are horrible. When I do fake.. it's because I'm either really tired, didn't finish a project/forgot about work I had, or I just can't deal with something social wise at school. I am trying to break my habit of faking often.. but this year I've actually been pretty sick.. so I've only faked about two of the thirteen days.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]Well, right now my hair is black, and I must say I look lovely in it. ;) But, my natural hair color is dirty blonde. When I first dyed my hair black, everyone freaked out. Meh. I kept re-dying my hair all year, because after awhile everyone got used to it and though I looked cool with it. But... I am getting the urge to dye it another color. I was thinking, right before school starts again.. I'll just bleach it. That will freak everyone out even more. And if I do bleach it, I'll be dying it hot pink afterwards. That should be interesting. I just know for sure that I will be dying it a new color before school. Claire loves hair dye.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]Oooh... Hate Threads... XD Hmm... now let me see here... - I hate pepper... and it doesn't help when my step dad loves to put pepper on everything he makes.. because I normally end up having to eat it. >> - I hate stuck up people. - I hate gloves.. they make my hands all sweaty and I feel like they are trapped... it freaks me out. XD - I hate it when people stare at you, and then quickly whisper to their friend while still staring at you. - I hate litter boxes along with cat litter. I mean, if they have to relieve themselves.. just let them go outside, honestly. It hasn't made my life easier what-so-ever by having a litter box... just makes my house stink. - I hate it when people try to be something they aren't. Just be yourselves people, you'll do better in life if you are true to yourself. - I hate it when someone that is interested in you keeps bugging you, even though you've told them you don't like them that way. I've got more, but I'll probably get into the small things too. Which would make it go on forever. Wheeee...![/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]The biggest thing I am afraid of is losing someone close to me. Since I don't have a lot of close friends/family, I really worry about that, especially since my mother and father are older than other people parents. I am not very emotionally stable, so I really depend on my friends and family, so naturally I fear losing any of them. I am really paranoid of things like burgerlars, stalkers, and mentally ill people breaking into my house. I really need to watch my back in this town, seeing to we have a Mental Health Insitute right up the street, plus there have been a lot of prisoners and mentally ill people break of of prison/MHI. Another thing is, a lot of people come up my street drunk, and then the police always show up. Even for a small town, this place is a mess. So, adding on to that, I get paranoid in my room at night. I am not afriad of the dark, only what could be waiting in it. I enjoy night the best, it's just that all of the creeps come out and all the break-outs happen then. But I have a sort of insomnia, so I have more time to think about that at night, hours at a time, so.... that just freaks me out even more. ~_~;; Other than that, I don't have many fears. I mainly just have emotional fears rather than physical fears, or other creatures.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=slategray]Grr.. I tried posting before... but then it disconnected me while it was gonna put it up. >:^O Anyway... I'll try to make it like the other one... even make it better. XD ------------------------ "Sailor Scouts, essemble!" Kurumi yelled. "Who the hell are the Sailor Scouts?" Jase asked, munching on another rice ball. "They need to essemble." "Yes, you already said that. But who ARE they?" "They need to essemble... so we can fight for LOVE AND JUSTICE!!!" Kurumi exclaimed, striking an odd pose. "Yeah.. but WHO ARE THEY?!" "Jeez, Jase, you ruin everything...." Kurumi pouted and walked off. "All I wanted was to know who they friggin' were...." Jase mumbled. *** Kurumi walked around the dojo, bored stiff. She needed to kill the hours before Kaz came back. Then she realized she hadn't seen Kit or Amaya practically all day. She walked to the boys' room, expecting Kit to be there. The door was slightly open, so she peeked in. She had been right, he was there... but he wasn't alone. [i]Hee hee...[/i] Amaya was there, obviously. Kurumi decided to watch them awhile. [i]Jees, Kit, you basically eat her whole face.. calm down, buddy....[/i] They kept at it. [i]Hee hee.. they are so into it... they can't even hear my thinkin' over here...[/i] Kurumi snickered to herself. Then she had an idea.... Kurumi slammed the door open with a loud 'crack!' and she leapt into the room, doing an odd dance and singing loudly "I AM TURNING JAPANESE!!! TURNING JAPANESE!!!!" Kit smashed into the ground, and Amaya looked like she was about to have a heart attack. Kurumi continued her act. "You already are Japanese, dip shit..." Kit finally said loudly after he regained the ability to speak. "Sooooooo?" "So... we don't need you barging in here to tell us that! Plus... well... we were kinda.. busy...." Kit exploded, blushing madly. "Busy?" Kurumi asked slyly, her eyebrow raising. "Haha, I know, I saw, smarty." "Get out, Kurumi!" "Make me!" "I will!" "Don't go there girlfriend!!!" "Too bad! I already went there!" "Where?" "GAH! OUT... SLUT!" "BRING IT!" "I ALREADY BROUGHT IT, AND IT BEAT YOU BY A MILE!" Kit yelled. "Yeah right." "Rrr..." Kit looked like her was about to pounce. "SAILOR SCOUTS, ESSEMBLE!!" Kurumi screamed, sweatdropping, moving out of the way. "TUXEDO MASK!! COME TO ME RESSSCCCUUUUUUUUEEEE!!!" "What is going on in here?!" Jase yelled, now in the doorway of the room. "TUXEDO MAAAAAAASSSSSSKKK!!!" Kurumi yelled, jumping into Jase's arms. "Get out, Kurumi!" Kit yelled again. "Fine... biznitch..." Kurumi gave into defeat. "Giddy-up, donkey." "Donkey?" Jase sweatdropped, but carried her out. After they reached the end of the hall, they could hear Amaya laughing like a giddy school girl on crack. "Glad Amaya enjoyed it..." Kurumi said, a wide grin on your face. "Your just ecxited cuz Kaz is coming back." "Well, duh, you splajj!" "Splajj???" "Nevermind... GIDDY-UP, DAMMIT!" She kicked into his side. "Oooowwww!" He ran down and out into the front of the dojo. "What kinda donkey are you anyway??"[/color][/size]