while waiting for manga to download...

1) using band names, spell out your name.

Train
Rare Blend
Indigo
Savage Garden
Hootie and the Blowfish
American Hi Fi

2) Have you ever had a song written about you?
Not unless you count my sister making up songs about me that weren't entirely polite.

3) What song makes you cry?

Angels in Waiting.

4) what song makes you happy?
You Get Me, by Michelle Branch

5) What do you like to listen to before bed?
The silence of my bedroom.


a p p e a r a n c e

height: 4'11"

hair color: Golden Brown, natural blond highlights.

skin color: Pretty much peaches and cream complexion

eye color: green

piercings: Just my ears.

tattoos: none

what color pants are you wearing?: jeans

what song are you listening to?: Nothing what taste is in
your mouth?: pepsi

what's the weather like?: A bit warm, but Im risking the
electric bill and using the AC for once.

how are you?: Doing better. Was a little fizzled out before, but a bit of pepsi and some very nice manga are perking me up. And the fact that I can find some truly horrible crossover fanfics to cheer me up.

get motion sickness?: Not anymore.

have a bad habit?: Biting my nails. And I get really pissy on little sleep.

get along with your parents?: Most of the time. Now that I don't live with them, it's a lot better.

like to drive?: Yes... but I can't, really. I think I'm forbidden to drive because of my eyesight.

f a v o r i t e s

tv show: Don't have one.

conditioner: None at the moment, but as my hair grows longer, it'll be time to use it.

book: Do you seriously know how many I read? O.o

non alcoholic drink: Pepsi and green tea.

alcoholic drink: None.

thing to do on the weekend: Thanks the powers above that I have the weekend off to relax from work.

h a v e y o u

broken the law: I've J-walked, and when I was four, I ate a candy bar in the store without paying.

ran away from home: Nope

snuck out of the house: My friends and I used to practice climbing out of my window for fun. We never had to, we could always use the front door.

ever gone skinny dipping: O.o no

made a prank phone call: *grins* but of course!

ever tipped over a porta potty: *laughs* No

used your parents' credit card before: Only when they give it to me to use (permission granted).

skipped school before: Does skipping college classes count?

been in a school play: Unfortuately, yes. A few of them.

l o v e

boyfriend: No, thank god.

girlfriend: No, I'm female.

sexuality: Straight.

children: Would anyone seriously let *me* raise a child?

current crush: Chris... *hugs her boy from Flordia*

been hurt: Mm.. in the dating sense? Not really.. *shrugs* If I have, I've forgotten about it.

your greatest regret: Leaving Utah before every single option was exhausted.

gone out with someone you only knew for three days: Yes, but it was even a shorter amount of time then that. I left AZ soon after.


r a n d o m

do you have a job: Yes, but it's not the best in the world and I'm looking for a new one.

your cd player has in it right now: Nothing.

if you were a crayon what color would you be?: Forest Green

what makes you happy: Accomplishing something, working out a previously unknown part in my writing.

who makes you happiest: My friends.

what's the next cd you're gonna get?: Erm...oh! The pretty pretty cd's MK is sending me!


w h e n / w h a t w a s t h e l a s t

Time you cried: At work on Wed when I found I had to do a certain project three days in a row.

you got a real letter?: Two or three days ago from Chelsea.

you got e-mail: This evening
thing you purchased: Hm.. a Pepsi!

tv program you watched: Have no clue...

movie you saw in the theater: Believe it was the 3rd Harry Potter. >

taken from MK

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While browsing through FFN to try and find a halfway decent story, I am discovering something that is becoming more and more common.

Well, it's not that much of a surprise...badly written fanfics. I'm not talking about your ordinary, run of the mill fanfics, I'm talking about hideous fanfics that have no right to be posted.

Example...

it's baack! ok, so here's the deal: you're an orphan with no memories of the past. the only thing you have of high value is a sky blue shell. so what happens when you find that shell's "mate"? are you truly... the wavedancer? youxhiei

*eyebrows raise* Wow, and I thought Mary Sue's were trying to be more subtle these days. That they've gained somewhat of a bit of style, finesse and general sneakiness. This is just...

And it's not the only one. I've found at least ten, by as many different authors, with the same general theme. "YouxCharacter" Um... yeah... sure. Sounds exciting. *rubs head* The closest I ever came to this was a complete gag story I wrote with my friends. It never got online(thank goodness) and the only people who ever saw it were the ones that wrote it. It was nice and private, and KNOWN as a joke. This just aggravates me. Can people try and be original here? I actually found a "choose your own adventure" type fanfic story for a series.

*bangs head*

Not to mention all the crossovers. *takes a deep breath* While it's amusing to imagine your favorite characters interacting with other favorite characters--some things are simply not done. I'm not aganist all crossovers. Some can be managed, some are actually well written. But some make me want to curl up and cry... or laugh myself sick from the plotline that was devised.

The main trend is putting EVERYTHING possible with HP. Sure, there are plenty of fics about HP. More than you can think of--but the crossovers! Good freaking gods, people! You don't crossover some things. How would you explain the logisitics of things?

Again, some may be done well. But there are too many out there that are so badly written, that I hesitate to give them to title of 'story.' Check your plot, grammar, spelling--everything before you post. Some mistakes are fine. Little mistakes won't kill you. Everyone makes them. But...*tries to calm down*

Why do I read it if it's so awful? Hell, I just read the summaries most of the time. Then I'll peek in occasinally and laugh myself sick at the way things are written. The cliches and bad form and format... maybe I'm more nitpicky since I'm concentrating on my major. I don't know. But... quality does count for something. You can have a fabulous plotline--but if you do, please take the time to write it well. Plan it out, take your time with it and make it so that other people want to read it.