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~ TCJ (The Comics Journal)

"A couple years of experience in the Otaku circle have taught me at least one good lesson--to trust Adam."
~ myO member

"Adam is actually a decently accomplished troll."
~ Allamorph

"The scale of Adam's cunning genius is truly frightening."
~ TimeChaser

Awesome Song

My friend David (AnimeArchAngel) made a very nice video for me (featuring a cameo by Ichigo):

Hikaru in NYC

Measles made the biggest mistake of her life...she let me know via a news post that Hikaru is appearing live in NYC on March 25th...

Haiku

For a while I got really into haiku. Here's one of my favorites I wrote:

How quick and persistant
To cover such great distance
A papillon's gait

Here are two more:

Spring winds
Gently flow across the grass
A squirrel's arch

Two sparrows--
Even in argument
They sing

Have you ever written a haiku? Why not give one a try? (I ignore the syllable rule, I think it's silly.)

Wow-paper

Sesshy made an AMAZING wallpaper dedicated to Version Vibrant's one year anniversary. Check it out:

External Image

I've been in kind of an unhappy funk lately, need to get out of it...

Adam - 1 Measles - 0

For months now I've been joking that Utada Hikaru would be the type to cheat on her boyfriend/husband but one of our members, Michiyo Suzimiya, has been adamant that I was being ridiculous and nonsensical

Then I find out that her newest song is about cheating on her boyfriend and wishing he'd come back!

Now, it could just be a coincidence, but I like to think that every singer has a little of themselves in their songs...EPIC WIN for my intuition.

(I know I was supposed to write a post for our one year anniversary, but perhaps I'll save that for another time, if ever. I think I'll always feel a mix of great pride and accepting disappointment about it.)