Roxie Faye

[COLOR=#9933ff]Does anyone believe in in things like Nessie the LochNess Monster, or the Mokle Membe, the Yeti, or anything like that? I was curious to see how many people believe in cryptozoology, because it's kind of cool. =) And of course, YES I believe in that stuff. Probably because I'm gullible. Major P.S.:*cackles* IIIIIIIIII'M BACK!!! YOU CAN NEVERRRRRRR GET RID OF ME MUWAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAHAAAAAAA!!!!!!! *runs around in circles, proclaiming "DIGIMON FOREVER" and "KEN'S MINE!"*[/COLOR]

[color=#9933ff]Too bad such chivalry is dying out. I think it's nice of guys to hold the door and what not. Actually, I do that too. I mean, I would hold the door for anyone. It's just something polite that I was brought up with. My sister's friend (our familes are also friends as well) was talking about this when we saw them last at Christmas. She said that at college in Boston, there was a lot of guys from the south that she and her friends hung out with, and she was amazed by their politeness, like opening doors for the ladies, and treating them with courtesy, etc. My sister's friend told them that no one up here does that stuff for them. I told that story to my friend at school and she brought up a good point: everybody up here (in Jersey), there's so many feminists would think that it was sexist to do stuff like that. It's too bad there's so many of those around here. I kind of liked being treated with respect. That's how I treat everyone. =) [okay that post made no sense, did it. --'][/color]

[color=#9933ff]Wow. I hope you have a good time on your trip! My mom lived in Hong Kong for a year, many years ago, in the late 70s. She said it was a nice city. I'm sure it's changed a lot, and many things have been rebuilt, too, but I'm also sure it's still a great place to visit. I don't know if a lot of people speak English there (I will assume they do), but remember that Cantonese is a lot different than Mandarin. Cantonese speakers have a hard time communicating with Mandarin speakers because the dialect is quite different. If you do speak Cantonese, be sure to know [b]exactly[/b] what you're saying and the [b]tone[/b] you're supposed to say it in, or else you'll be asking for a prostitue instead of a chicken. I'm serious. But yeah, I do hope you have a really really good trip!! ^^;[/color]

[color=#9933ff]I didn't know that flesh could taste so bad, TVE. ^_~ I get really bad allergies in the fall with a post nasal drip (sp?), and nothing helps. Before anyone figured that out though, I was taking all sorts of crap. One of the medicines from the doctor was this green liquid crap the consistency of cough syrup, that was absolutely totally and utterly horrible. My mom made me take it, thinking it would make me feel better. It was disgusting, though. What's also gross is brushing your teeth, and tehn drinking orange juice. ugh. >< BTW Stephanie, there's a reason why some things have less taste when you hold your nose. You essentially "taste" through your nose. The throat and nose are related (as well as the ears - an ENT anyone?). When you smell something, the odor travels downward, and goes past your mouth, where you can "taste" the smell. Ever had a cold with a stuffy nose and said you couldn't taste the food? Thats why. =) ^^;;[/color]

[color=#9933ff]Thanks. They were really just quick fun things for the chatroom, and the last one was so I could host the image on my myO. inserting the image URL of it from freewebs didn't work, and I got an X, so I put it as an attachment, and the image was fine on myO. I [strike]promise[/strike] will try to see that the next banner will not disgrace MS Paint as much as these two banners. V_V Meh.[/color]

[color=#9933ff]Thanks Kenji. ^^;;; So sad that the chat died, ne? ^_~ (I'm the only one that's sad.) There's a eulogy for it in my MyOtaku, and this is the picture that goes with it:[/color]

[color=#9933ff]I don't have any interesting nicknames for my real name *coughwink*, but people on the i-net sure love to give me nicknames! [list] [*]Roxanne - I actually decided on using this one myself. I was writing an HP fanfic 3 or 4 years ago (whic never got published because of its Mary-sue ness), and I needed a firey girl's name. My mom suggested Roxanne. I don't approve of telling real names online a lot (psycoes, anyone?), so Roxanne has been my online name ever since I've entered the 'net. [*]Roxie - a dur. Shortened form of Roxanne. At the time, I thought that everyone would spell the nickname "Roxy" so I decided to be different. I've had this spelling waaay before Roxie Hart came out, and even before Roxie from Sabrina, so you guys can't accuse me of stealing. ;P [*]Moon/moonbeam - easy way to get my attention in a public AOL chat for Harry Potter. Used to go into a lot of those. [*]Sora - I used to roleplay the Chosen Child/Digidestined of Love in a series of Digimon RPs, hosted in AOL chatrooms *shudders* scary days of "r u gonna chat?" and lower case "i"s >< [*]Roxanne Faye Shen - not really a nickname, but a full i-net name, like the way JC Baggee is Chris' full i-net name. Faye from Faye of Cowboy Bebop, Shen because it's my Chinese last name (Grandfather is Shen King Wah). [*]Faye Faye, I'm called this one in real life actually, by a friend, Tom. In one ep of CowBoy Bebop Ed says, "Faye faye, mail mail for bebop bebop!" Faye reads it, speaks in reference to Spike with the word "lunkhead" so Ed says again "lunkhead, lunkhead!" That was one of the first Bebop eps. I'd ever seen. I was discussing it with Tom, and now he called me Faye Faye. :-) [/list][/color]

[color=#9933ff]Heh. I think, like everyone else has said, it's basically a cultural difference, so whatever. I've never eaten cat or dog, but if you want to, who cares? lol. I love Lynx's Cow/India example. I know that people in Thailand (or at least in Bangkok) don't eat a lot of sheep, for some reason that I can't remember, but you don't see them yelling at people here, that like lamb chops? I don't know about the dogs but my mother told me this a couple days ago, the cats that Chinese people eat don't even look like domestic cats here. They look like weasels/ferrets, she said. And no, I don't think she was lying. She lived in Hong Kong for a year, okay? lol. ~Roxie, beware the ides of March P.s.: Shinji, isn't that Bonsai Kitten thing a hoax, as well?[/color]

[color=#9933ff]Yeah, the DeadAIM Halo banner is darker than before, which is good. I love the Naruto one, and the block effect on the pictures only. It gives it a nice flair to it. If you really really wanted to, you could make the border with the red letters a bit bolder, but it doesn't desparately need it or anything. That one was really nicely done. =)[/color]

[color=#9933ff]To be honest, I was a slacker on this one. I barely did anything to it at all. I just copied and pasted stuff. I knew I wasn't going to get everyone to say their lines one after the other without interruptions, so I just copied and pasted whatever they said. And I changed the chat number when someone came in, as well as sticking James' name in there (yes, he was in the chat). This entire banner was made from screen shots and [b]MS Paint[/b]. Honestly, I was, and am too lazy to think up anything more creative with it. People with very good graphic skills (like Syk3 and Semjaza, and some others, I'm sure), if you wanna tweak the banner in Photoshop, make it better, go right ahead. Lumi, you can definately animate the banner now, aiight? =) But yeah. This chat has beeng going since last Thursday*, 24/7, so here's a banner for it's 1 week (and a day) anniversary. http://www.freewebs.com/roxanne/MiscImages/tehsillycircus.gif[/color] *Edit: I thought it was last Friday it started, but it was last Thursday, so that's all edited. And everyone's been telling me the link to the image keeps directing them to this thread. That always happens when I post a link... Anyways, copy and paste (Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V) the image uRL into your browser and it should work. If not, let me know. ;P

[color=#9933ff]Those are some great banners. They're, as the title suggests, simple, and that's what I love about some banners. It's not really busy, sometimes, [i]sometimes[/i], less says more. I do wish there would have been just a little bit more on the halo banners, since they both seem like action scenes, and it doesn't look right just sitting there like an image. Maybe more words (I can barely see the workd on the second), or a filter on it or something. Other than that, I adore your banners, and I especially like the one of vicious from CowBoy Bebop. =) On the whole, good job. The Halo banners just need something more.[/color]

[b][u]General Awards[/b][/u] [b]Overall Member of the Year:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Charles. w00t! ^_^[/color][/size] [b]Male Otaku of the Year:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Syk3!!! You rock, dude![/color][/size] [b]Female Otaku of the Year:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Sara! Sara ish the coolest.[/color][/size] [b]Staff Member of the Year:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Semjaza Azazel. Dude, you put up with me. That's to be commended![/color][/size] [b]Funniest Member of the Year:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Charles - what a funny guy.[/color][/size] [b]Most Opinionated Otaku of the Year:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]wrist_cutter, heh.[/color][/size] [b]Most Likely to Be Here in Two Years:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Adam - there IS no site without him. LOL.[/color][/size] [b]Best Newbie:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Terra[/color][/size] [b]Best Oldie:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Sephiroth - how long have you been here?[/color][/size] [b]Most Likely to Become a Staff Member:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]AzureWolf - your post quality is amazing. And you helped with counting awards, that's a start. ^_~[/color][/size] [b]Most Improved Member of the Year:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Kitty, I didn't think of her before, but yeah. ^^;[/color][/size] [b]Favorite Banned Member:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Taylor Hewitt[/color][/size] [b]Thread of the Year:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Star Wars 411. Heh. Happy, Boba Fett? :p[/color][/size] [b]Silliest Thread of the Year:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]~[/color][/size] [b][u]Random Awards[/b][/u] [b]Signature Award (Best Signatures Overall):[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Sara[/color][/size] [b]Best Looking Otaku:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Juuthena, you are amazingly beautiful[/color][/size] [b]Otaku Clique of the Year:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]OtakuBoards Yaoi/Shounen-Ai Club. So what I'm not a part of it? ;P[/color][/size] [b][u]Otaku Writers[/b][/u] [b]Writer of the Year:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Mitch[/color][/size] [b]Orginal Story of the Year:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]OB: Enter the Net. lol.[/color][/size] [b]Brawler of the Year:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Chaos. Was there ever any doubt? ;P You're nice to me, too (even though I'm a brat).[/color][/size] [b][u]Social Otakus[/b][/u] [b]Entertainment Otaku:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Dragon Warrior[/color][/size] [b][u]Otaku Anime[/b][/u] [b]Otaku of the Year:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Shy, I don't know how you moderate all that. O_O[/color][/size] [b]Digipeep of the Year:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Poor Ben. He's been trying to win an award so badly. Hope this helps! ^_^;[/color][/size] [b]Least Disappointing Yu Yu Hakusho Member:[/b] [color=#9933ff]LUMINAIRE ALL THE WAY. YOU GO, GIRL!!! ^___^ |\/|4_|0|2 \/\/007-|\|355!!!!![/color] [b][u]Otaku Gamers[/b][/u] [b]PC Gamer of the Year:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]DeathKnight. Squeee! *huggles Ken*[/color][/size] [b][u]Otaku Artists[/b][/u] [b]Best Graphic Designer (Banners, wallpapers, etc.):[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Syk3. Domo arigatou gosaimasu kara "Puffy AmiYumi Banner"! I finally have the CD! YAY! *laughs*[/color][/size] [b]Best "Traditional" Artist (Drawings, paintings, etc.):[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Sara, you have amazing drawing abilities.[/color][/size] [b]Best Spriter:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Alexander :p[/color][/size] [b][u]Series Otaku[/b][/u] [b]Series Otaku Member of the Year:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Desbreko. 'sko, 'sko, 'sko![/color][/size] [b]PokéPlaque (Pokemon):[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]Crimson Spider[/color][/size] [b]The Triforce Award:[/b] [size=1][color=#9933ff]OlgatheDwarf[/color][/size]

[color=#9933ff]I think it might be you. *sniffle* now you can't see her pretty avvies. Lumianire, girl, you have NO life! But neither to I, since I have the entire Otakuboard's collection of 50x50 avatars (not custom, mind you). ^^;;; You honestly have no life. I commend your efforts with MS paint, though. That thing can be a *****. I see that there's a chibi quatre image near the bottom. You rock! ^_^ Though, you do have too much "Ron" in there, m'dear. OW!!! Sowweh! @_@ I won't make fun of Kyou again in this thread. I like the red one best. The blue/violet one is strange and the green one makes Kenshin and Kyou go all ewwy. The original is very good. Is there like a fading option on Paintshop pro that you can just fade the picture altogether, with no color on it? That would look really c00L.[/color]

[color=#9933ff]Vicky, it was probably a scam. And if they e-mail you again, just tell 'em to eff-off. Or stop sending you e-mails. That would work, too. And if they dont' stop coming, you can always block the e-mail addresses (I don't know if you can do that in yahoo or hotmail, though...) I've done stupid things that made me look like a total idiot for weeks, in which I thought the world was oging to come to a crashing halt. So many oldies here can attest to to that! *laughs* Whatever happens, I guess you should always maintain a clear head, and not be a crazy loon like me. Things always get better, if you let them (i.e.: don't be a pessimist). Trust me. I'm the master of disaster, and things always get better (to some extent). It'll be alright. ~Roxie, sometimes it seems like the World's on Fire (c) 'Ness[/color]

[color=#9933ff]I really shouldn't, but DAMN STRAIGHT, I'm voting! W00t! I wouldn't have known the voting was going on if I hadn't seen it in Shy's MyOtaku Blog. So you can all blame him for my voting. :p Oh, and pardon me if some of my votes are out of date (i.e. the member no longer frequents the boards), because so am I. XD P.S.: Sorry about my little comments. I know it's hard to read through them to find the member, but this is really one of the only times I post, and definatley the ONLY time I get to give a shout out to some of the members.[/color] [b][u]General Awards[/b][/u] [b]Overall Member of the Year:[/b] [color=#9933ff]Syk. No doubt about it. +see end of post for reason.+[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]Red (aka Ger). I am so pleased I got the chance to meet you through some weird twist of fate. I think you're a super wonderful person, who's always nice to me, especially when I'm crying hysterically about nonsensical things. You have been such a great friend to me this year, and you're so much fun to hang around. Thank you for everything, you're the best [online] friend I could ask for.[/color] [b]Male Otaku of the Year:[/b] [color=#9933ff]Charles. Yes, I'm voting for YOU! *laughs*[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]The Vampire: Ed. OH MY GOSH! Thank you thank you thank you THANK YOU A BILLION TIMES for mentioning me (and I never even post here). You [b]ARE[/b] da bomb! I think you should also win "[b]Best Vampire of the Year[/b]". Heh.[/color] [b]Female Otaku of the Year:[/b] [color=#9933ff]Maladjusted - the OTHER Ginny.[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]Britty (Member name: [b]Gold_angewomon[/b]) I dunno if she's still around, I hope so...[/color] [b]Staff Member of the Year:[/b] [color=#9933ff]SHYGUY!!!! I always wonder how you can supervise so many forums. You are so totally awesome, not only with supervising all the forums and what not, but just in general. You and Syk were the first to meet up off-line, you work(ed?) at Disneyland, and you're one talented journalist. If I had to wish only one person the happiest life, this year it'd be you, because you're super cool.[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]DM (Digital Monster), because it's about time she got some recognition for her good work with her trusty Mod mop (and yes I remember that).[/color] [b]Funniest Member:[/b] [color=#9933ff]KEN KEN KEN FOREVER!!! (Member name: [b]DeathKnight[/b]) Love ya, bro! ^_^[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]Mmm.. Neil? Just because I can. haha.[/color] [b]Most Opinionated Otaku:[/b] [color=#9933ff]Harry? (Why not. ^_~)[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]wrist cutter. Heh.[/color] [b]Member most likely to be here in two years:[/b] [color=#9933ff]James, duh. No matter what happens, you can?t go away forever, James. It?s against OB law. :p [/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]Sephiroth, if he's still around. He's like the OB staple or something. lol.[/color] [b]Best Newbie:[/b] [color=#9933ff]She's probably not anymore, but [b]terra[/b] because she's now a mod, and I remember when she first joined the boards less than a year ago.[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [b]Best Oldie:[/b] [color=#9933ff][strike]Cera[/strike] SARA!!! ^-^ *is going to name her child "Cera"*[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]Transtic all the way! ^_^[/color] [b]Most likely to become a Staff Member:[/b] [color=#9933ff]AJEH!!! Love ya, you Mancunian Brit! I'm always shocked that you've never been a mod. You should be. *bribes James*[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]AzureWolf, you always have great post quality.[/color] [b]Favorite Banned Member:[/b] [color=#9933ff]Zeh. Love ya man, even if I don't love what you did! (Someone get that message to him or somethin'.)[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]Taylor Hewitt. I didn't actually like him, but I can't believe he got more than 500 posts in less than [i]one month[/i]! (Behold, that's why he was banned -- spammer. ^_~)[/color] [b]Most improved Member of the Year:[/b] [color=#9933ff]Vicky, I think, showed the most improvement, from what I remember her as, and the few posts I saw of hers on my quick search.[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [b]Thread of the Year:[/b] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [b]Silliest Thread of the Year:[/b] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [b][u]Random Awards[/u][/b] [b]Avatar Award: (Best Avatars Overall)[/b] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [b]Signature Award: (Best Signatures Overall)[/b] [color=#9933ff]Sara, she always has great signatures.[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [b]Best Location: (Best Specific Location)[/b] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [b]Best Otaku Couple:[/b] [color=#9933ff]SYK AND MEI ALL THE WAY, WOOHOO! I was even there for the wedding, gift in hand, w00teh! (They WILL win this award, lest I kill someone.)[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]Asuka and Piro - the ones who started it all.[/color] [b]Best looking Otaku:[/b] [color=#9933ff]GER!!!! (member name: [b]Red[/b]). Yes, I think you are awesome looking, and definatley handsome, don't you forget it, man!!!! *huggles* ^-^[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]Juuthena, I know you don't think you are, but you're amazingly beautiful. *Would rather be full Asian instead of half-Asian. My eyes look super weird. @_@* And I love your straight hair![/color] [b]Otaku clique of the Year:[/b] [color=#9933ff]Maladjusted's "Yaoi/Shounen-ai" club.[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]So hard to choose, the "Ken" fan club or the "Transtic" fan club... *picks the [b]Transtic fan club[/b] because it was started by Ken, therefore incorporating both.* ^_~[/color] [b]Best MyOtaku:[/b] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [b][u]Otaku Writers[/u][/b] [b]Writer of the Year:[/b] [color=#9933ff]Um... [b]Mitch[/b] Because I've seen his writing, and it's astounding.[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [b][u]Social Otakus[/u][/b] [b]Otaku Social member of the year:[/b] [color=#9933ff]Chris/JCBaggee. You almost never visit this place with your new "project", but I do talk to you a lot. For the whole world to see, thanks for the job, Chris, and MY RULES (which weren't being used -- more like abused), were taken and put to good use by Chris. HAHA! Love ya, man.[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]Dan L, I can always chat up a convo with you. :)[/color] [b]Entertainment Otaku of the Year:[/b] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [b][u]Anime Otakus[/u][/b] [b]Digipeep of the Year:[/b] [color=#9933ff]Armadillomon, he's been there forever.[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]Ben, because he, too, has been there forever.[/color] [b]Yu-Gi-Oh Member of the Year:[/b] [color=#9933ff]Solo Tremaine, woohoo![/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [b]Least Disappointing Yu Yu Hakusho Member:[/b] [color=#9933ff]LUMINAIRE W00T YOU!!!! You should be ?BEST? Yu Yu Hakusho member, for keeping up with telling everyone to stay on topic in whatever you created.[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [b][u]Otaku Gamers[/u][/b] [b]Gamer of the Year:[/b] [color=#9933ff]Ken (Member name: [b]DeathKnight[/b]). You're the best gamer I know![/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]Shinmaru, though I barely know you from a chat. You seem very gamely, though. Heh? =)[/color] [b]Nintendo "Mario" Award:[/b] [color=#9933ff]James. You've always been obsessed, man.[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [b][u]Otaku Artists[/u][/b] [b]Best Graphic Designer (Banners, wallpapers, etc.):[/b] [color=#9933ff]Syk. Again, you never cease to amaze me. DOMO ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU for my kick-ass "Puffy AmiYumi" Banners. You're awesome, Syk! ^_^[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]Semjaza Azazel. I've seen your website and all the great graphics you made for it. (And thanks for all your "HTML" help -- you rock)[/color] [b]Best "Traditional" Artist (Drawings, paintings, etc.):[/b] [color=#9933ff]Sara. I absolutely love your work. It?s fabulous.[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]I don't know if [b]GinnyLyn[/b] is still around, but I give her honorable mention. Heh.[/color] [b]Best Spriter:[/b] [color=#9933ff]Alexander. The fact that I've heard of you somewhere means you're a legend. And I hear you created the original sprite tutorials...[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [b][u]Series Otakus[/u][/b] [b]Series Otaku Member of the Year:[/b] [color=#9933ff]Desbreko, because you're definatley c00L.[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [b]Square/Enix Member of the Year:[/b] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [b]PokéPlaque (Pokemon):[/b] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [b]The Triforce Award (Zelda):[/b] [color=#9933ff]'Sko! (As IF it could be somebody else! lol.)[/color] [size=1]Honorable Mention:[/size] [color=#9933ff]People that should get mentions but weren't/ I couldn't find a spot, for some reason: [b]Mnemolth: [/b]because his only real vote last year went to me. [b]Lady Asphyxia: [/b]because I think she's cool [b]Noryko AngelCry: [/b]hope you had a very "Pippin" Christmas, too. *grins* [b]ZeroG214: [/b]Hello to you, too. I couldn't find an award to give you. Damn. [b]Kinetic: [/b]Just to give a really big "HELLO" to you! ^_^ The Ode to Syk, for he is my nominee for the member of the year: I remember when you were a nameless-faceless member of OtakuBoards, and when you first poked your head into OB, with your AIM sn of "darkgohan", I thought you were a complete idiot (SORRY because was I wrong or what?!). You've slowly risen your way to the top, and now you're one of the most popular people on OB (right after Adam, James and Charles). You've gotten to meet so many people off the boards, like Shy, and even your girlfriend, Mei. Your wedding was the biggest, and most fun (oh yeah!). You're also a mod, which says something about your skills to tolerate others (like me). Everybody thinks you're awesome, and even though you're popular, you're not like.. "snobby popular" in the least, which is the best kind of popular, I think (heh). So you are like a bird, in a way. You started out only learning to fly, and now you're soaring in the sky, flying high, because you're cool, Greg. Have a great ObwakuBoards year 2004, everyone! *tips fedora hat* ~Roxie, there isn't a way to be redeemed, and I'm still taking this from 'Ness (don't tell her, JcBaggee!)[/color] There's one last thing I have to say, even though I know it's stupid and childish to say. Charles (the original Cool Beans), you, too, are an amazing person. You have been the most gracious to me, even though I'm the biggest jerk ever, which I am so sorry for (sumimasen!). I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kindness, and I might stab someone if you don't win an Otaku Award. ^_~ Love you always like a friend, Roxanne.

[color=#9933ff][font=comic sans Ms]How is it that I like the Avatar better than I like the banner? O_o Not to say that the banner isn't good, but I just find the avvie image cuter. ^^;; The fluttery edges remind me of snow, and the girl on the banner reminds me of Sakura from CCS, but it's not (Who is it, Mei?). She also reminds me of someone who might save Christmas if Santa couldn't. O_o That's cool, though. I was unaware that you were [i]only[/i] a beginner, Mei. Yeah right. This is better than anything I make. I do really like the simplicity of it; it just gets the point across plain and clear, which is a really lovely aspect of both banner and avatar. I also like how the avatar isn't still the girl, but it's still related, and it "adds" to the banner -- they complement each other. =) The only things I can see for improvement would be some sort of all-over effect, to add to the christmas tone, but nothing too "busy", as to throw off-kilter the great simplicity. But yah, really uber-great-spiffy-cool graphic work. Keep it up! ^__^ ~Roxie, I'm only the graphic commenter, and yes I'm still stealing this from Ness.[/font][/color]

[color=#9933ff] Roxie: oooo. Ish cool. Roxie: bloody, but cool Roxie: ^^; Syk3: Bloody but cool? =-O Syk3: Bloody cool, I say. 8-) Oh yeah. Syk's bannah ish cool. Or bloody cool, same thing. ('cept bloody cool is British. ¬_¬) The people in the banner remind me of wrestlers, for some reason. O.o I don't know if that's a good thing or not... Also, the green space in the middle, if you look at it closely, it looks like Syk used a tool to scratch out someone's head there. He probably didn't intend to, and that's what's c00. Yeah, yeah, I know I'm supposed to critique this, but I'm really bad at doing that with Syk's banners because there's so good. ^^; x_x yeah. So, go Syk! Or something...[/color]

[color=#9933ff][font=comic sans MS]What an odd way to show artistic ability. It's not expertise animation, but it serves its purpose. Maladjusted's right, his whole facial expression ruins it. The concept is funny, but poor, poor syk...[/font][/color]

[color=#9933ff][font=comic Sans MS]Lumi, what teacher was that in 6th grade that you and BerAm pulled the stunt on? Solomon? (Oh GOD, I can see it now! XD). What defines last year? 7th grade or 8th grade? I hope you mean 8th grade, with what you said about the SS teacher. Kokkinakis is a biatch, and she's coming back this year, too. It's school politics, I think. They're having her come back because Mrs. Pilcer is the school nurse. Bleh. Idiot administration I tell you. But you BETTER mean 8th grade. Do you DARE go dissin' McG. He's plain cool. That's all there is to it. MickeyG McGCIA!! MickeyG-dawg, yo!! Yeah. One of the coolest pranks, well you missed out Lumi. ^_~ It was in Wordsman's class one time (in my LA class). The teacher was in on it. A group of girls (Caitlyn Schnee., Solimar, Alexia Kwia.) played a joke on one of their friends (Katie K.) with the help of the teacher (Mr. Wordsman). What he did was start changing around everyone's seat so that all the bad boys (Tim J., Tyler, Kurt, Jordan, and Nick Phillips) were surrounding Katie K. and after five minutes into the lesson, Katie finally figured it out, and the teacher let everyone go back to their regular seats. It was SO funny![/font][/color]

[color=#9933ff][font=comic sans ms]Like I told you, Syk, great banner as alway. I'm jealous of the graphics program you have, AND your talent. You already know I'm not for the black border on it, but other than that, its a really great piece. And you deserve to make a banner for youserlf. You're always making stuff for other people. *blushes* ^^;; Great job though, I like the parchment look. Go you. w00t.[/font][/color]

It's funny how I can say I'm sorry for your loss as many times as I want, and I give you all my condolence but it will never bring him back. I can see that you're hurt deeply right now. You should talk to someone, whether that be a friend, your family, a professional, and if all else fails, you can always talk to God. But you've got to let someone help you, and be willing to help yourself out. And if you ever need an ear to listen, and you can't get anyone, my door is forever open. Really. IM me, it's Moonbeamxvi.

[color=#9933ff][font=comic sans ms]I'm not trying to yell at you either (er.. I hope you know I'm not), Lumi, but honestly, if you didn't want anyone to talk about what you said, than you shouldn't say it. I know you hate confrontations, so if you know there's a possibility of being one, than don't say anything. And don't you dare do what you talked about. I agree with wrist cutter on how we needed to come together after 9/11, to get through it all together. And France, in my personal opinion isn't so great. I don't see the point with being friends with a country that thinks they're better than you, and the government is just one of those "fair weather friends". Who need people like that? London is better. Besides, Ger lives in London. ^_^ Okay, OKAY, I get your point. Stop glaring!!! *shuts up* :X[/font][/color]

[color=#9933ff]I dunno what you're talkin' about, Lum, cause your post count keeps going up. It's at 110 right now. If you still think it says 88, well then your comps screwy. And yes, I noted before, on the reverse racism thing, and about your one sense thing, too. Quite sad, when you think about it. I would like to just say that I absolutely dispise it when people look at Muslims differently after 9/11. My sister's Sundanese friend couldn't get the proper working papers in NYC, because they wouldn't sign it, as Sudan is on that list of countries to watch out for. And don't you DARE go around saying "Well too bad for her, she shouldn't have been born in Sudan" because that doesn't make any sense at all! You can't choose where you're born! This girl got at the government office where they can sign the papers, at TWO in the morning, on TWO consecutive days. The first day, the lady there said "Oh, I'm sorry, the guy left for the day, come back tomorrow". So she did, and all the lady said was "He's out to lunch, you'll have to wait. I'll just put it in his mailbox and hope he sees it" which is so mean. She did it too, b/c my sis's friend was muslim. I couldn't watch a television show last night because of racism. It was this show about missing people, I think from the CSI creators. And it was about this Muslim man working in NYC, and he disappeared, and even when they're looking for him, the detectives from the FBI think he could be a terrorist, and at the end, he's telling everyone there's a bomb in the building and they all think he did it 'cause he's Saudi Arabian. And then the FBI snipers (I think thats it) shoot him. And he dies. I'd seen it before, and the re-run was on. I told my mom what happened, and we both were like "Oh, I can't watch this. It's too sad." Because the racism against Muslims everywhere just angers me so much. The funny thing is, most people, I'm sure, that are racist against Muslims and Arabs are probably Christian(I'm sayign that because most of the world [b]IS[/i]Christian). And they don't even realize that Jesus was Arab. Oh it just angers me so much.[/color]

[color=#9933ff][font=comic sans MS]I saw a red-ified version of Oruha, from the mange Clover, in a wallpaper, and it looked like the Tsarina of Hearts (Any of you who have heard my insane dramatics know what I'm talkin' about). I didn't want to steal that Oruha, so I made my own. Well, I took a pic of her, and I did things like resize, blur, phade the red tinted pic, and to do that, I put a red tint to it (the red I saw was much deeper, she probably put a filter over it or something n one design program or another). On accident, I found something nifty I could do with MS paint, and it's called "un-check the box called 'Draw Opaque'" ISN'T IT AMAZING?!? I didn't know you could to that, so when you un-check it, and draw, in this case, words, onto an image, the white BG doesn't come with it. Magic I tell you. It's revolutionized the way I'll look at banners and avatars. Woo. I like the font and style I used (invitation and small caps), and I had a larger version of this designed but SOME EVIL OTAKU RESTRICTION implemented by EVIL JAMMIES, wouldn't let me use the bigger version because "it wasn't 80 x 80 or smaller". -.- (j/k about the evilness James, I was just over exaggerating, playing out the drama of the moment. Don't shoot me. v_v) it was quite a nusiance to resize it, and put in the words again, so they fit right, but that only took 10-15 min. phew! I don't like the size of the letters as much as the bigger version, but it's alright. And just for your information, I used ONLY MS Paint, HP photoshop, my 30 day trial of Print Shop (which I ran out of. Boo), and the AOL image program, which only lets you rotate the images, make the contrast lighter or darker, brighten or dim the picture, invert the colors, and put it in grayscale. So I could barely do anything with that. But yeah. It's not the greatest, but I'm pround of what little I was able to do. Go me. :) But what do you guys think? And I'd rather have you constructive criticize than praise. [img]http://www.hometown.aol.com/moonbeamxvi/images/oruha.jpg[/img] ***EDIT*** AHA! I uploaded my picture to a different server, and you should be able to see it now. The only problem is, I can't upload the picture as an avatar, becuase it keeps saying some ***** like "this is not a vaild GIF or JPG file". and no, Don't ask me "hmmm... well is the file a gif or jpg?" BECUASE I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT IT IS! If the mods click the edit button on my first post, you can even see that between the [img] tags, the url is [url]http://hometown.aol.com/moonbeamxvi/images/oruha.jpg[/url] . lol. Meh. Stupid site *kicks it for not letting her upload the image* Still, let me knwo what you think. ***EDIT AGAIN*** Like I said, Domo arigato gosaimasu, Semi-san, for the all great and powerful Semjaza Azazel has aided me in healing my plight. Translation: Semi fixed my avater problem. WE LOVE YOU SEMI!! ^_^[/font][/color]

[color=#9933ff][font=Comic sans ms]To Crimson Spider on pg 2, and The Original on pg 3, Most of what you said, I can believe. And it's like reverse racism, or something. I remember a topic started by Jenna on another forum, and that's what the title was. And she pointed out that Chris Rock (I believe he's African American) doesn't get called racist for his White jokes, but any white comedian saying the same about black would IMMEDIATELY be labled racist. Weird. Bleh. I don't want to go back to school because of so much stupid racism against Asians. I posted something about it in a old thread at [url]http://otakuboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28636&perpage=15&pagenumber=2[/url] and it's psot number three on page 2. To lea2385, I don't know if you're Muslim, but you sound like you are and that kids make fun of you for it. A boy in the grade above me was made fun of after 9/11 because kids were teasing him about blowing up the WTC, and I heard girls talking in the bathroom, saying they felt sorry for him, because there was also a comic drawn of him in a plane next to the WTC. That's awful, you know? Many of you have said that because of your views on whatever (That maybe you're not Christian), you're been told that you'll go to hell for it or whatever. I'd like you to know that TRUE Christians would NEVER say such a thing to you, because it's not true. Please don't judge every Christian religion on what they said to you, because they're A) wrong, and B) many Christian religions, even between Prodestant and Catholic, are quite different. For example, there's that whole big issue ensuing in the Prodestant Episcipalian Chruch about that gay priest, whereas, in the Catholic Church, my Mom (Miss devout IRISH, yes, I.R.I.S.H. Catholic and Miss I-was-forced-to-go-to-catholic-school-for-9-years) told me that in the Catholic Church, it's not SUPPOSED (I'm sure there's stupid wackos out there anyways) to matter. What matters is your love of God. SO EVERYONE, PLEAS DON'T THINK ALL CATHOLICS ARE EVIL! >_> v_v Maladjusted: Towards your comment about the sterotypical smart Asian, I always find it amusing how people can think that. In a chat one time, I was messin' around with an Asian classmate of mine, telling him "So you're gonna be valedictorian, go to an ivy league college to be a doctor or a lawyer, right? That's what everyone expects." and I gave him a winking face. (^_~) And he laughed, because he understood the stereotype.[/font][/color] [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by BabyGirl [/i] [B][color=deeppink]I was once called a racist because I stated that "Stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason." I see a lot of truth in that statement, and I think it's silly to lable me racist for saying something such as that. If people can get past their own hate toward discrimination by race/gender/religion, then they'll look more intelligently and open mindedly into the matter and examine its roots. It's not being a bigot, it's being investiagtory. I'm often taken as any race [i]besides[/i] many generations "American". I have big brown eyes, dark hair, olive skin...and for some reason people feel the need to ask me, "What ARE you?"[/color] [/B][/QUOTE] [color=#9933ff][font=comic sans ms]I'm not sure what you mean by investiagatory. whether you mean to investiagate the root of rascism, or if you mean to investiate a particular ethenic group. Whatever it is, it's still interesting to investigate stuff. Like, FOR EXAMPLE, my mom told me that in the Oriental part of Asia (the stuff that's NOT the middle east, Asia minor or India), the farther you go north, the slantier the eyes are, and that inuit eyes are quiet slit like, and it was simply for survival reasons; to keep out the snow. And the farther you go north, the higher the cheekbones are, for the same reason, to push into the eys to keep out snow. I dunno, I find the roots of many things very interesting. ^^;;; Either way, you're right it's still investigatory, and not racists at all. Oh, one last thing to say about something Crimson Spider said on pg 2. Your'e right, there's only one race: the human race. The Genus species (Scientific classification) for us all is [/color][/i][color=red]Homo[/color] [color=blue]sapien[/color][/i][color=#9933ff]. Lea said she was ashamed to be human because of all the things people do to eachother, and I think Mei's AOL profile (You can only see it if you've got AOL) used to say somewhere in there "You have no idea how depressing it is to realize that we're all one species". A friend of mine (Lumi)'s dad once asked her, that if we only had one sense out of the five, would we sitll be able to discriminate, and she said yes. It's so sad to see how we can't get along. >_<[/font][/color]