Claire

[quote name='Fyxe][size=1]Oh, [B]Mindless Self Indulgence[/B'] =

[FONT=Arial]I'm absolutely horrible at offering constructive criticism...so forgive me if I can't bring myself to do it. I will say this, though; DeathKnight, I really liked your untitled story (the one with the butterfly). I thought it was very well written. I read The Things They Carried a few weeks ago, so that's probably why I was drawn to it more than anything else. :] And now, here's my piece. [B]Aftermath of an Afterthought[/B] She remembers the time and place Where the rain first fell All eyes cast away from The pool of red seeping from her veins. She remains there, still waiting for Every promise they made With fingers crossed To save her from her downwards sin. The last breath is the sweetest As I run from bitter days Holding hands with the shadow I may never meet again I'm running out of reasons Heaven knows there's better ways All that's left is scarlet sorrow That I taste when I breathe in. I remember those brighter days When I stayed asleep There's always silence And hungry eyes filling fast with hell. I remain there, still watching for Any sign of rain With fingers crossed To save me from my fading sight I saw you faceless as I fell And I've never been the same Now I'm dwelling in the fear That I knew it all along. ----- I made a thread for it a while ago but it didn't generate any interest. I also reworked the lyrics, and I'm much happier with it now. I'll go as far as saying this is the BEST song I have ever written (in my eyes, at least). [strike]It still needs a title, but I'm toiling over that now.[/strike][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]The first pet I got was a two year old American shorthair cat named Goldy. I still have him, he just doesn't really do anything anymore. He's not interested in cat toys or catnip and just sleeps in a chair all day. When he's not sleeping in the chair he's either sleeping somewhere else or hunting something outside. A few years after getting Goldy, I somehow convinced my parents to get a dog on a whim. Thus Chipper joined the family. He's still with us, too. He never leaves my mom's side, though, so he's not much fun, either. The most recent addition to the family is Charlotte, who followed my mom home as she was walking the dog. After taking her to the cat vet, we ended up buying a lot of toys and supplies for her. [URL=http://img47.imageshack.us/my.php?image=christmasgiftsfc1.jpg][IMG]http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/4157/christmasgiftsfc1.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] That's her roaming around my Christmas stuff. :] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Mmkay. I consider myself a minimalist at times. I guess the wallpaper could fall into that category. And if anyone was in shock that it's not an AFI wallpaper... [url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/ShikyoKasu/desktop0614.png][img]http://www.mypicshare.com/thumbs/20070614/3rxcves1.jpg[/img][/url] [SIZE=1]...it sort of is. EDIT- Apparently I'm file-hosting incompetent. :[[[/SIZE] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I think this is more suited for the Anime Lounge. Move'd.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I don't want to step on Shinmaru or anything, but I think I have a pretty good one. There's no limit to the wishes he grants He's got goblins who know a magic dance He built a huge maze With hundreds of pathways And he's a rockstar with very tight pants.[/FONT]

[QUOTE=Sara][color=#b0000b][size=1][b] Two con men both cunning and bold Find their way with a map that they stole(d) Despite high priest's displeasure, They are showered with treasure In this hid-away city of gold.[/b][/size][/color][/QUOTE] [FONT=Arial] I've never seen this movie, but is it [spoiler]El Dorado?[/spoiler] [I] A video tape holding horrors unknown And after viewing you must answer the phone Seven days, seven nights And a circle of light Is what you see before you're PWN'd.[/I] ...wow, that was horrible. Hah.[/FONT]

[QUOTE=Darren][SIZE=1] [I]Anyway, onto the discussion:[/I] [B]1)[/B] What grade are you going into after this year? Are you graduating? Or did you already graduate? If so, what year? [B]2)[/B] Are you, or were you, worried? What do you plan to do with your life or are you just as confused, (and in some cases, scared) about the future as I am? [B]3)[/B] Did everything work out in the end? Or was there some sort of hinderance that kept you from going or doing what you wanted to? [B]4)[/B] What sort of advice can you give to someone like me? (Someone in high school who is freaked out of his mind)[/SIZE][/QUOTE] [FONT=Arial]1. Not yet. I'm in the class of '09. That means I'm going into my junior year, and does it ever excite me. I already have senioritis. (I think I've had it since I was in eighth grade.) 2. I'm definitely not worried. I plan to be a musician all my life. Because of this, I don't really care if I can go to college or not. I mean, I'm going to try my best these last two years and apply to several different places, but if I don't get accepted anywhere it won't be such a big deal. I have a really specific plan in my mind that is driving me crazy with excitement.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]The weirdest school exit for me happened this year. The whole day was weird, actually, but at least nothing painful occurred. My school has a really crappy way of dismissing students. First they call all the car riders, drivers, and walkers to go directly to the main hallway and out the front door and to their destinations. About thirty minutes later they dismissed the busriders by HALLWAY. Once you were able to leave your classroom you had no choice but to get off school grounds. "Until you are off school grounds, you are on school grounds." Said my principal. Lolz. Anyway, I was spared from this mess because I was helping my awesome english teacher clean her classroom. I did have to leave once to take something to my friend, and it required a pass from the office. Once my friend and I finished cleaning, the teacher had to escort us out of the hallway. My school probably has some kind of teacher cult going on.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I just uploaded my most recently recorded song to my band's myspace. I've recorded it numerous times before, but today's version is the most accurate one to date. If you want to hear Invierno, click [U][URL=http://myspace.com/nogband]here.[/URL][/U] I'm really proud of it, and very excited. I bought a bass guitar today, so this band has a good chance of taking off soon.

[FONT=Arial]I think I wanted to try alligator once, but my mom talked me out of it. Now I'm positive I don't want to put anything like that anywhere near my mouth, hah. I'm pretty squeamish, so the only thing I've ever eaten that could be considered weird is sushi. I really like salmon and tuna, but I used to buy eel sometimes. There's a huge "gourmet grocery store" around two miles from my house that sells sushi for about $8 a box. On many occasions my friend and I rode bicycles there and splurged on it for lunch. I guess the weirdest part about me liking sushi is that I don't like cooked fish. :/ Oh yeah. One night my vocalist had a rather large sleepover party, and around two AM we made some frozen eggrolls. One girl joked that they had cat in them because they were homemade by a Korean lady. Anyway, we accidentally drenched the eggrolls in cooking spray and left them to dry for about an hour, and eventually my vocalist decided to eat one. She promptly spit it out and threw it away with tears in her eyes; "I kept thinking it was actually cat!" So much later in the night I decided to try one. I bit into it and it tasted weird, but that's not the scary part. I looked at the other half and there was a long purple thing moving. I'm positive it was just some weird vegetable, but I almost puked. To this day I start crying if anyone mentions those eggrolls. [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]1) I'm a little bit tired, but content. Today I found out that love makes me cry, whether I see it in two people acting it out on screen or when a cousin I've never spoken to gets married. I was shocked at myself. 2) At the moment, I have zero obligations, so I can't really say anything is driving me at all. I'm supposed to read, like, four books and write essays and who knows what else on all of them for my AP language class next year, but I'm not letting that bug me. I'm sort of working on a new story and I'm planning things for my band, too.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]If you haven't guessed, I really really love doing this. 1. AFI; "This Time Imperfect" Really, what all can I say about AFI? It's obvious they're my favorite band and that I needlessly obsess over them, to the point it effects my fondness towards other bands. I love almost every song the same (I'd say of a little over 100 songs, there are probably 90 that I love equally, then maybe 8 I consider my true favorites and one or two I don't like that much). This song falls into the "love equally" category, but I'm positive that at some point in my life I considered it my favorite. 2. Evanescence; "Hello" UGH. Evanescence was my favorite band when I was in the seventh grade, next to AFI. I've definitely moved on from them, though. However, at my school's Talent Show a girl sang this song, and I immediately sent the friend that first introduced me to Evanescence (and AFI and many other bands) a text message that simply read "LOLZ." She messaged back with "I was about to send you the same thing!" 3. Five Iron Frenzy; "Ugly Day" I first listened to this band when I was in fourth or fifth grade, and I'm pretty sure I considered them my favorite then. That was before I had ever heard the word "ska." I still like them, their just not in my top whatever. I'm not too fond of ska. :P 4. AFI; "Leaving Song" I used to not like this song very much, but it moved into the "love equally" category several months ago. My band's "tour manager" says it's her favorite song, and it's fairly easy to play, so my vocalist and I wanted to perform it at the Talent Show (unfortunately, this plan never came to fruition). The manager and vocalist went with me to the AFI concert in February, and the band played this song for the first time ever. I was flattened with awe. 5. Strung Out; "Velvet Alley" acoustic Haha, this song again. Well, I still love it just as much as the last time I posted and it came on. I really want to learn the acoustic version to play at a coffee house gig my band wants to get. 6. See-Saw; "Epitaph" I still have a lot of .hack songs in iTunes, just because they fill me with comfortable nostalgia. This song is probably one of my favorites off the .hack//Liminality soundtrack, next to Mai, Grandpa's Violin, and Sweet Memories. 7. Finch; "Letters to You" acoustic I'm pretty sure this came up on an early post, too. Hissss. 8. Thursday; "Lovesong Writer" This was the second Thursday song I've ever heard (Hole in the World being the first), and I love it a lot. My New Jersey friend put it on a CD that she mailed me. 9. Trevor Jones; "Home at Last" This song is from Labyrinth. :] 10. Mourning Waits; "This Too Shall Pass" A local screamo band that I've seen a couple times. I heard their screamer throws up blood after every show, which is sad. The entire band is going into tenth grade or lower and they already have a large fan following (I used to see several people in MW shirts every day at school) and a four track EP. Their myspace is [URL=http://myspace.com/mourningwaitsfl]here.[/URL] 11. Regina Spektor; "Hotel Song" This woman is amazing. This isn't my favorite song, but pretty much everything I've heard by her is great. 12. Green Day; "When I Come Around" This is the only Green Day song I have in my library...probably because it's the only one I like. Hah. 13. Nekromantix; "Alice in Psycholand" Mm, psychobilly. 14. Nightwish; "10th Man Down" Hahah. This band always makes me laugh. I have so many inside jokes about them with the music friend (the one responsible for Evanescence, AFI, and so many others). 15. AFI; "Ny-Quil" The last few times I've been very sick, I refused to take anything except for Dayquil and Nyquil, just because of this song. I took Nyquil the night of the AFI concert, and I couldn't help but laugh.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Haha, I find it interesting that I'm not the only Claire at the boards. I've been the only Claire at the past three schools I've gone to for several years. The only way people manage to screw it up is with the spelling--most people don't put the E at the end. However, one day at school I was trying to buy lunch. Here we have these little number pads into which a student types in their student number and they show up on the cashier's computer. I put in my number and I was supposed to be next, but the lady (who was hispanic or something) called out a name that sounded absolutely nothing like 'Claire.' She called it a couple more times and went to the next person, which was my friend in line behind me. I had to put my number in again and after trying to convince the lady that I wasn't eligible for free lunch, I just gave up and went without food. I didn't go back in line ever again. The same goes for my last name: people put an O where an A should be. As for my nickname, Clurr, people never know whether it needs one R or two. :P[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]1. Strung Out; "Velvet Alley" acoustic I love this band based on just three songs, and this is my favorite by them. They are just amazing. 2. Heliumvola; "Veni Veni" I found out about this group when I was in the eighth grade and into this kind of foreign music. They're completely electronic and have very choral vocals, and all their lyrics are either German, French, or Latin. I'm not sure what they're doing on my iPod now, since I've quite moved on. 3. Slipknot; "Vermilion, Pt. 2" Okay, this is the ONLY Slipknot song I am able to like. I'm pretty sure it's the least Slipknot-ish song that they've written. It's at least the least Slipknot-ish song I've heard. Anyway, I can't help but like it and I'm not sure why. 4. Adicts; "Viva La Revolution" Ah, this song was fun last year. I'm not so into the Adicts anymore. Bah. 5. AFI; "Wake-Up Call" There are plenty of AFI songs in my library I've yet to hear, simply because there are so many total songs. I haven't listened to this one yet because my iPod was broken when I first got it and I'm cautious about listening to old AFI songs through speakers. 6. Horrorpops; "Walk Like a Zombie" This song has a catchy chorus, and zombies are awesome. 7. Nightwish; "Walking in the Air" LOLZ. 8. Alkaline Trio; "Wash Away" I love this cover more than the original version by TSOL, probably just for the less edgy vocals and that this version doesn't have a cheesy synth solo. It has piano instead. :] 9.TSOL; "Wash Away" ...woah. 10. Rasputina; "Watch TV" I haven't heard very much of this song, either. I don't know why but I haven't been as interested in Rasputina as I was last year. 11. AFI; "Weathered Tome" I love Black Sails era AFI because while it's more finely written than the earlier albums, it still has that hardcore punk sound to it. The mix of both is pretty much my favorite thing. 12. Love Spirals Downwards; "Welcome Christmas" Haha, this is a goth band I used to listen to a lot when I was in the eighth grade. I remember searching for them in Windows Media player in my computer class then and finding this song and listening to it. Ah, memories. By the way, this is a cover of the song from How the Grinch Stole Christmas (fla voo floraze da hoo doraze, something like that). 13. AFI; "Wester" I love Art of Drowning AFI even MORE than Black Sails AFI because it's even more finely written. This album has pretty much the greatest lyrics ever. My friend has this song as a ringtone on her Sidekick, and I could identify it within a second of ringing. Bam. 14. The Unseen; "What Are We Waiting For" I don't listen to the Unseen that often for the same reason I rarely listen to old AFI. I don't know when the eff word is going to be screamed out and I can't risk my parents hearing it. Hah. 15. Mindless Self Indulgence; "What Do They Know?" I love MSI so so much. This isn't really on my list of favorites by them, though. The 7:15 bell at my school sounds exactly like the first chord of this song, so whenever it rings I start singing it.[/FONT]

[quote name='Kam']Maybe I'm just a good ole Alabame boy, but if metal weren't so intoxicating to me, I'd be in a southern rock band. And we'd play 'Freebird' every night. And 'That Smell'. And 'Gimme Back My Bullets'.[/quote] [FONT=Arial] At my school's Battle of the Bands, [U][URL=http://myspace.com/domesticbeerselections]the kind of metal band[/URL][/U] played Freebird. >:][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I just remembered-- When I'm on AIM and I want to get something to eat my away message says "Huntin'." ...yep.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I'm not planning on doing much the first month or so of my summer vacation (which started today, hooray). I'll probably try to do a lot of story and songwriting. I hope my singer and I can get some acoustic shows at some coffee shops sometime, too. That large span of nothing is going to take place roughly from now til late July. July 20th is Warped Tour, which I may be able to go to (the only band I really want to see there is Norma Jean, and maybe Tiger Army), and it's also my 16th birthday. I'll have a party early if I can go to Warped Tour. July 22, my family and I are taking a train (EW) to Washington D.C., and hopefully I'll be able to meet my very good friend in New Jersey. I'm kind of nervous about flying home, though. :[ And...I don't go back to school until mid-August, and there are two books coming out then that I am dying to read, so I suppose it will be a quiet week or two before I'm a Junior. >:][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Right now my away message is a simple "RAWR." I used to have a ton of them but I don't really remember what any of them said. Haha. One I put up a while ago said "You wanna know what's behind that door? You don't wanna know what's behind that door." Because I love Courage the Cowardly Dog.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]The only food I can think of is Wendy's 4 Alarm Chicken Sandwich. I saw the commercial for it, claiming that it was incredibly spicy or something. The ingredients on the sandwich made me want to try it; jalapenos, some kind of spicy cheese and sauce, and who knows what other hot stuff. Anyway, I got a chance to try it one day, and I loved it. Wendy's and it's 4 Alarm Chicken Sandwich was going to replace Taco Bell and it's Crunchwrap Supreme. Unfortunately, the next time I asked my mom to get me one, she told me they didn't sell it anymore. Stupid Wendy's! This is like the third time this has happened to me; I am addicted to Rice Krispy Treats Cereal but they aren't sold anywhere in this state, and there used to be some kind of Oreo flavored poptartish breakfast toaster pastries that I ate every morning in seventh grade that aren't even made anymore. I've pretty much given up breakfast. >:[[/FONT]

[quote name='Fyxe][size=1']I've never been in a band, even though I've always really wanted to be. I think the big problem there is that I can only play the trumpet and the basics on a trap set. Haha![/size][/quote] [FONT=Arial]You could be in a ska band. :P But I don't know if you even like that kind of stuff. I'm not too interested in it, myself. At the moment, [URL=http://myspace.com/nogband]Nectar of the Gods[/URL] is some kind of indie acoustic outfit since there are only two members who can actually do their assigned parts (our bassist has never played a bass in her life and doesn't even own one; she just wants to learn how so I plan on teaching her the basics as soon as I get a bass). Tomorrow my vocalist is spending the night so I'm hoping to write some songs and record a lot of covers.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]1. .hack//SIGN; "Grandpa's Violin" I love this song so much. It's the most beautiful anime song I have ever heard, and it used to make me tear up. 2. AFI; "Kung-Fu Devil" 3. AFI; "Midnight Sun" I have this track twice; one by itself and one hidden behind another track. On the hidden version there is about eight or so minutes of silence after the first song before Midnight Sun begins. The intro is really sudden and creepy so it usually scares me if I've forgotten that it's coming. 4. AFI; "Catch a Hot One" Oh my, that's three in a row! :] 5. Placebo; "Something Rotten" I don't really like this song that much. The chorus is nice to sing along to, but the song itself is a little boring. 6. Misfits; "Ghouls Night Out" 7. Adicts; "How Sad" 8. Siouxsie and the Banshees; "Candyman" One of my favorite songs by them; the most favored being "Cities in Dust." 9. .hack//SIGN; "Where You Are" 10. Placebo; "Centrefolds" I think this is my favorite song off of their Sleeping With Ghosts album. It's the prettiest song on there, and I used to never listen to it for no reason. 11. Placebo; "Infrared" As of late, this is my most favorite Placebo song out of all of the ones I've heard. My friend put this on a Valentine's Day mix CD for me and I pretty much fell in love with it (I already loved Placebo, though). 12. AFI; "The Hanging Garden" I think I hold a soft spot for this song (as well as every song on their A Fire Inside EP and Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes album) just because I purchased it at their concert. Other than that it's just a cover of a Cure song that I've yet to hear. 13. .hack//SIGN; "Useless Chatting" 14. London After Midnight; "The Black Cat" I haven't really heard much of this song...it's really too boring to sit through. 15. Queen; "Killer Queen" I haven't heard too many Queen songs other than the ones everyone knows about (Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, etc.) but this is one of my three favorites (the other two being Bicycle Race and Bohemian Rhapsody, of course). I have some great memories surrounding Queen that makes them fun to listen to. Man, this time around was not so good. :/[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I decided to try my hand at writing an article. I'm kind of surprised this subject hasn't already been written about![/font] [B]Prick Wizard[/B] Prick Wizard was a troll who ironically posted as if he lived in a fantasy novel. On the first day he signed up he masterminded two very unbelievable threads, one being a conversation between himself and Pixie_rich regarding the various magical ways they could meet to play Monopoly. The other suggested that the OtakuBoards URL change from using .com to ?.wand or .elf,? and won a spot in the Nifty Fifty of 2007 for sheer absurdity. Prick Wizard?s mystical posts almost always resulted in thread closure, however, they never ceased to supply amusement to many members. In the thread ?I wanna mohawk,? he claimed that ?Mohwaks [I](sic)[/I] are outlawed in America/Europe/Canada and you have little chance of getting one (and that's INCLUDING ebay).? This incident was displayed in John?s signature for a while. Only three months after Prick Wizard?s arrival, Charles pointed out that he and Pixie_rich were the same person, and both accounts were eventually banned. The damage had been done, however, and Prick Wizard remains one of OB?s most infamous members.

[FONT=Arial]1. Smashing Pumpkins; "Today" 2. Nightwish; "Dark Chest of Wonders" LOL NIGHTWISH. I think I just have this album in my library for nostalgic purposes. 3. Evanescence; "Going Under" ...what the hell? 4. Placebo; "Bulletproof Cupid" 5. Blood Brothers; "Set Fire to the Face on Fire" I love this song, and I love the Blood Brothers based on just this song and "Laser Life." 6. 30 Seconds to Mars; "The Kill" I didn't like this song that much when I first heard it on the radio, but I saw the video (which is based on The Shining) and decided it was my favorite by them. One of my friends gave me an autographed copy of this album for Christmas. 7. Son of Sam; "Of Man" 8. Five Iron Frenzy; "The Greatest Story Ever Told" This is the first ska song I've ever heard. A friend gave this album to me when I was in the fourth grade and I'm pretty sure they were my favorite band that year. Then I moved on to N*Sync, of course. :/ 9. Misfits; "Where Eagles Dare" 10. AFI; "Dream of Waking" I'm sure this is one of AFI's most least known songs, but like all their music I love it. 11. Thursday; "Hole in the World acoustic" I have this song on the first Punk Goes Acoustic album. I like it a lot, as well as the original version that I bought off of iTunes. 12. London After Midnight; "Kiss" This is my favorite song by them, and probably the first I heard. 13. String Quartet; "I Want a Mohawk (AFI cover)" Hahah, a string quartet playing a punk song. It doesn't have the same effect as the original does (since there's no one singing "I wanna ride my skate, I wanna stay out late, I want a mohawk but mom won't let me get one"), but the novelty of it is just so cute. 14. AFI; "The Prayer Position" One of my favorite songs off the Black Sails in the Sunset album. I would love to hear this song live, and especially play it live. 15. Nightwish; "Dead to the World" This was one of the first songs that led me to listen to Nightwish. The opening piano line is just so cool. :][/FONT]

[quote name='Hylian']3. How long have you been here/Myotaku?[/quote] [FONT=Arial]I signed up for myOtaku first, and I've had the same account since March 27, 2004. I guess I can't really claim that I've been there for three years since I haven't actually used it in forever. I don't quite remember my sign up date for OB, but I'm sure it was some time in March of 2005. I've also been a mod for one year now, hooraaaay. :][/FONT] [quote name='2007digitalboy']Besides, at 15, I'm allowed to make as many mistakes as i want, lol[/quote] [FONT=Arial]True that. Though I try hard to avoid doing so. :P[/FONT]