Hello there. Welcome to my world of Random Thoughts. In this world I’ll be posting stuff about anime and manga. Not to mention various other topics. I may post the occasional music video every now and than. And from time to time, I’ll just talk about my life in general. But first, here are a few things about me.

I was born an only child, for one thing. Originally I was planning to go into art professionally, but recently I’ve been more inclined towards writing. I still do the occasional wallpaper every now and then though, and I also still draw a little. But much of my energy these days goes into writing fan fiction. I’ve also recently become interested in archive and library work, which is something I’ve discovered I’m good at. Finally, like most people on the Internet, I like cats.

Favorite Anime/Manga

Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sailor Moon, Tokyo Mew Mew, Card Captor Sakura, Vampire Princess Miyu, Dragon Ball Z, Code Geass, Digimon (Adventure and Tamers), Pokemon (Misty era), Gundam SEED, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Strawberry Panic, Rideback, Full Metal Panic, Slayers, Psyren, El Cazador de la Bruja, Sword Art Online, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Yurikuma Arashi, Kill la Kill, Parasyte: The Maxim, One Punch Man, and Mob Psycho 100.

Other Anime/Manga I Like

Buso Renkin, Gurren Lagann, InuYasha, Kannazuki no Miko, Shattered Angels, Bleach, Naruto, Durarara!!, Spice and Wolf, This Ugly Yet Beautiful World, Dragonaut: The Resonance, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Trinity Blood, Blue Gender, Eden of the East, Last Exile, Soul Eater, Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040, Space Dandy, Black Lagoon, Citrus, Riddle Story of Devil, and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Favorite TV Shows

Original Star Trek, Star Trek the Next Generation, Star Trek Deep Space 9, Star Trek Voyager, Magnum P.I., Numbers, Shark, The Simpsons, The West Wing, Hawaii Five-O (Remake), NCIS, NCIS Los Angeles, NCIS New Orleans, Blue Bloods, Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, Leverage, The Mentalist, Elementary, MASH, Bones, The Red Green Show, Almost Human, Rizzoli & Isles, Supergirl, and Sherlock.

Other TV Shows I Like

Murder She Wrote, Simon & Simon, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Steven Universe, Powerpuff Girls, The Closer, Major Crimes, Columbo, Matlock, Futurama, JAG, The Rockford Files, Unforgettable, Emergency, Mysteries at the Museum, Castle, Covert Affairs, Alias, Due South, Nash Bridges, Body of Proof, Longmire, The Flash, Arrow, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, It Takes a Thief, Frasier, Home Improvement, and Last Man Standing.

Favorite Movies

Summer Wars, Short Circuit, The Abyss, The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid Part II, Tron, Tron: Legacy, Highlander, The Ghost and the Darkness, Dark Shadows, Ghostbusters, Twister, Apollo 13, Alien, Aliens, Predator, Predator 2, The Martian, Rocky (1-3), Creed, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Iron Man (1-3), Original Star Wars Trilogy, Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens, Star Trek (The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, The Voyage Home, The Undiscovered Country), Star Trek Next Generation (First Contact, Insurrection, Nemesis), and the Star Trek Reboot Films (Star Trek, Into Darkness).

Favorite Musical Groups/Artists

Phil Collins (and Genesis), Journey, Styx, Boston, Queen, Heart, Meat Loaf, Billy Joel, John Denver, Survivor, Chicago (and Peter Cetera), and Josh Groban.

In addition to being a fairly good wallpaper artist, I'm also a fan fiction writer who's written quite a few stories on FanFiction.Net. To check those stories out, CLICK HERE

That’s pretty much all you need to know about me. I'm not sure how often I'll post something here, but I'll try to as often as I can. In the meantime, I hope you all enjoy visiting.

One of Those Days, I Guess

Not a really bad day though. Far from the worst day I've had. It's just been one of those days that's had its very irritating moments. It started when I woke up at about 6:30 AM and couldn't get back to sleep afterwards. I wanted to get a least one more hour of sleep in before having to get out the door. The rest of the morning went pretty okay though. But I decided to try and take the rest of the afternoon pretty easy.

So I got onto Netflix to try and find some anime. Seemed like they had a few new shows in their selection. I picked one, it starts playing. But I quickly find that the dialogue is in the original Japanese, AND THERE ARE NO SUBTITLES! I'm fine with watching subs, but not to have them at all... it's just pointless! And it wasn't just the one series, I tried another anime and it was the same problem. I don't know if it was some problem on my end, or if it's some problem with Netflix. It's probably some problem on Netflix's end. I'd be interested to know if anyone else has had the same problem recently. But needless to say, I was pretty disgusted.

Other than that though, my day's been pretty okay I suppose. How has everyone else's day been?

Time's Running Out

I'd just like to let everyone know that time is starting to run out for my current wallpaper challenge. Click the link below to see the details.

Music 5: The Drummer

There's only just a little over two weeks left in the challenge, and so far there's been only one entry. So I'd really like it very much if someone else entered. Besides, TheO needs more wallpapers anyway.

Am Fine Now

As I'm sure many of you reading are aware, I haven't had the best week this week. In fact it seems like a lot of people here on TheO had a bad week. But I thought that I should let everyone know that I'm feeling okay now. There are still a few issues that I'm going to have to work out, and it's probably going to take some time to do that. And it seems that I didn't get that job I was interviewed for. But I feel like I'm back to my old self. So I just thought I'd let everyone know about that, and I hope that everyone else is feeling better too. May the next week be a heck of a lot better than this one.

It Figures

Well the good news it that I'm feeling a little more upbeat since my last post. In fact I end up getting an idea for a new wallpaper to try and do tonight. But when I go to Minitokyo to browse for new scans to use, the thumbnails are all broken. So I have to click on every single scan to see what it looks like before I can decide to use it. And this particular wallpaper idea is a crossover, so I have to compare scans from two different categories to see if I can find two that fit together well. But with the thumbnail images broken, doing such a task is nearly impossible and would take forever.

In short, on top of everything else happening in my life right now, Minitokyo decides to glitch out right when I finally get a brand new idea for a wallpaper. At least the site's glitching out on my computer. I don't know if anyone else is having that problem. But that, my friends, is what could be called "adding insult to injury".

Felling A Little Better I Guess

Follow-up to my last post. First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who left a comment or sent me a PM. I'm really touched that so many people are concerned about me. Right now, it feels like the people here on TheO are the only people I can talk to. Anyway, I am feeling a little better than I was yesterday. I woke up this morning feeling kind of anxious. I ended up worrying about some small stuff that I'm probably imagining or isn't that big a deal. I stopped as the morning went on though. Sometimes my overactive imagination is a bit of a double-edged sword. It helps me be creative, but it also causes me to think the worst sometimes.

I've been doing a lot of thinking about my life yesterday and today. I know there are some things about my life that could stand to change, and even some things that I'd like to change. Yet at the same time, I don't know how to change them and I'm also afraid to change. I think there's also a lot of issues going on in my life that I've been avoiding. Right now I sort of feel like a raw nerve. The slightest thing like a sad song on the radio could probably cause me to break down in tears. I actually have cried a little bit today, though not nearly as much as yesterday. I've also been unable to focus on my writing, even though I think working on writing would help. Maybe forget about what's going on if only for a little while. It's sort of a vicious paradox.

It's still the middle of the week, so there's still a lot than can happen. I don't know how this thing with the job I applied for will turn out, or how the other stuff will go down. Somehow I think that this is only the beginning of some things, but I'll be really happy when this week is over. Again, thanks to everyone who's been concerned. Talking has really helped me a lot.

~Darkarax