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.

Don't Do What I Did Today

I'd like to talk about some stuff that happened to me today. At about 11:30 PM, I left the house to go get my learners permit. Now when I left, it was about 89 degrees outside, which was pretty hot, but not extremely hot. Anyway, it took me over half an hour to get to the courthouse. I took the exam and got my learners permit (pauses for applause), so I decided to celebrate by getting the Yu-Gi-Oh! 2011 Starter Deck, Dawn of the Xyz. Unfortunately, the store that was nearby the courthouse did not have the deck in question, so I decided to go try the store where I usually get Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. Here is where things get stupid.

Now as I said before, it took me half an hour to walk from my house to the courthouse, and it usually takes me half an hour to walk from my house to the store where I get my cards. So I was walking under the blazing hot sun for about an hour. I should also mention that I hadn't had anything to drink for awhile. So I finally got to the store, and as one might guess, they didn't have the deck I was looking for either. So I decided, cut my loses and just bought a pack of Extreme Victory. I also took a few swigs from the drinking fountain before I left. After another half hour of walking in the hot, hot sun, I made it home. There was a second on the trip back where I thought I was going to pass out. Of course it didn't help that I had to walk up a hill with no shade. Anyway, I got back home at about 3:00 PM. After about an hour of re-hydrating and laying on the couch in the dark, I looked at the thermometer. It read 102 degrees, which was probably how hot it was during my trip back.

So, even though I got my learners permit and an ultra rare Yu-Gi-Oh! card (which I can't really use at the moment), I am currently half dead. I've almost been fried to a crisp. In fact I think I might have sunburn on my arms. So the moral of the story is; don't spend more than half an hour outside on a day where the temperature is going to be over a hundred. Thanks for reading.

One Week Left

This is a little reminder for those of you who might be interested. I just realized that my current wallpaper challenge, League of Heroes, ends in about a week. There are currently only five entries in the competition, so it could still be anyone's game. I asked everyone to take there time with this challenge, so there's no need to rush, but the clock is ticking. I'm won't be making any final judgments until probably the day before the challenge ends, and I assure everyone that I'll be sure to judge each entree carefully. I may even post who won here in My Random Thoughts world. Good luck to everyone.

Promoted, Yet Again

I was just informed by PM that I've been promoted to Senior Otaku. I'm actually a bit surprised since I've only been here on TheO for over a year. I guess I'm just climbing up that ladder. Anyway, I'd like to once again thank everyone who's subscribed to me. I'll try not to disappoint.

~Darkarax

50 Subscribers!

As the title says, I now have fifty people subscribing to me here at TheO. I know that fifty probably isn't that big a deal, but I've only been a member here at TheO for over a year. Anyway, I'd like to thank everyone who's stuck with me and everyone who's only just subscribed. I'll try not to disappoint. I know that I haven't been submitting as many wallpapers as I have in the past, and that's due to reasons currently beyond my control. I hope to change that in the near future. For now though, I'm usually here a couple times a day to either post stuff in my worlds or to just see how things are going. Again, thank you everyone.

~Darkarax

Riders of 555

A couple of days ago, I mentioned that I tried to find the series, Kamen Rider 555 online and couldn't. I still can't, but I have been able to find clips from the series. Here's one that's pretty good.

I'm not a huge fan of the Kamen Rider franchise, but I do have kind of a passing interest that comes and goes. After all, the franchise has been referenced in various anime from time to time, and I am rather fond of superheroes. Superheroes and robots that is. Anyway, I've done some reading about the franchise, and I found three or four of the shows in the franchise kinda interesting. So I've attempted to watch some of these shows online for a laugh. Well, thanks for reading my little rants on this subject.