Hey, this is UsuakariTOT, also known as TearsOfTwilight. Guess what. I write fanfiction! Okay, sorry. Anyway, my favorite genre to write in is anime. My favorite shows include Yugioh, Inuyasha, and, lately, Death Note. I write mainly yaoi (guyXguy) so if this kind of thing offends you or in any way disturbs you PLEASE DON'T READ MY STORIES. What keeps me writing are reviews and those new little plot bunnies that always pop into my head. My worst writing habits are procrastination and OOCness.

About Me

I'm entering my senior year in high school. I live in a small town, so there isn't much to do. Some of my hobbies besides writing and watching anime/reading manga are snowboarding, running, partying (not in excess), reading, hanging out with friends, shopping, and watching movies. I can't really classify myself into any specific group. I'm certainly not emo, but I'm not very preppy either. If anything, I'm more of a granola/hippy girl (though I do endorse shaving one's armpits). I work hard in school and hope to get a scholarship to a good liberal arts college. My main extracirricular activity is singing. I participate in my school's top choir and hope to make the all-state chorus as a first soprano. I also play french horn, trumpet, and a bit of piano. Music and math are the world's universal languages, but I suck at math so I do what I can with what I've got.

Favorite Pairings

Yami Bakura/Yami Marik (psychoshipping)

Yami Marik/Malik (bronzeshipping)

Thief King Bakura (aka Touzouku)/Yami Marik (sickleshipping)

TKB/YB/YM (misanthroshipping)

Inuyasha/Sesshoumaru

Bankotsu/Jakotsu

Raito/L

Mello/Matt

Plans for the Future

I need to work on updating more promptly.

Favorite Quotes

Y. Marik- "Go to hell!"

Y. Bakura- "Been there, not as bad as you would think." -from 'Lost Bet' by ladywolfTer

'The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars...' -Jack Kerouac

'But whoever says light does not necissarily say joy. There is a suffering in the light, an excess burns. Flame is hostile to the wing. To burn and yet to fly, this is the miracle of genius.' -from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

'Myths hook and bind the mind because at the same time they set the mind free. They explain the universe while allowing the universe to go on being unexplained.' -Jeanette Winterson

Benjamin Kapanay: My heart always told me that people are inherently good. My experience suggests otherwise. But what about you, Mr. Archer? In your long career as a journalist, would you say that people are mostly good?

Danny Archer: No. I'd say they're just people.

Benjamin Kapanay: Exactly. It is what they do that makes them good or bad. A moment of love, even in a bad man, can give meaning to a life. None of us knows whose path will lead us to God. -Blood Diamond

'To love or to have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life. To love is a consummation.' -from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

'Remorse? Heh. Remorse is for quiters.' -Bakura from 'Wicked' by cassie_k

'You can keep the lighter. Take it with you to hell!'-Yami from the Yugioh before Duel Monsters

'Only fools rely on the help of the desperate.' -Yami Malik from Battle Ship

'You can regret your foolishness in hell!' - Thief King Bakura from the manga (AE arc)

'When fate decides that second place is all you'll become, it's hard to fight back...but if you want it badly enough...who says it's really that hard?' -a wallpaper created by schmoof37 at theotaku.com (to the best of my knowledge, he/she is the creator)

'Hurry, hurry. Everyone will die!' -Yami Malik from the end of the Noa Arc

'Shut up and die!' -Yami Malik from Battle Ship (Japanese)

'Come one, come all! It's the Pharaoh's grand parade!' -Thief King Bakura from the manga (I think)

'If everyone leaned in the same direction, the world would tip over.' -Yiddish proverb

"Donnie, an atheist is someone who denies altogether the existence of God. You're an agnostic. An agnostic is someone who believes that there can be no proof of the existence of God, but does not deny the possibility that God exists." -Dr. Lilian Thurman, Donnie Darko

Dr. Thurman: "What did Roberta Sparrow say to you?"

Donnie: "She said, "Every living creature on earth dies alone.""

Dr. Thurman: "Do you feel alone right now?"

Donnie: "Oh, I dunno. I mean I'd like to believe I'm not but I just...I've never seen any proof so I...I just don't debate it anymore, you know? It's like I could spend my whole life debating it over and over again, weighing the pros and cons and in the end I still wouldn't have any proof so I just...I just don't debate it anymore. It's absurd."

Dr Thurman: "The search for God is absurd?"

Donnie: "It is if everone dies alone." -Donnie Darko

Goodlooking Peruvian man (standing in front of a mensware store): Buenas noches. Eres muy bonita.

My friend, M: Whatever. You just want me to buy men's pants -trip to Cusco

"If you go into religious studies, I'll give you my Bible. It was my grandfather's, then my father's, then mine. It's over 100 years old. Doesn't look that old, though. None of us ever used it." -my dad

Likes

1. things that are well-written

2. open-minded people who are compassionate

3. opera, musicals, The Killers, music in general...

4. Yami no Bakura's voice from the dub (one of the few things they got right)

5. well-rounded characters with interesting backstories and believable personality traits (see 'Severus Snape' from Harry Potter)

6. kickass movies like The Departed, Chinatown, Pan's Labyrinth, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and La Strada

Dislikes

1. beeping noises that get progressively louder, faster, and higher in pitch (ex.- my alarm clock)

2. Yami no Malik's voice from the dub (he sounds like a fricking robot) -Malik's is also bad

3. narrow-minded people (especially those who are homophobic, racist, or religiously prejudice)

4. super whiny, angsty alternative music (doesn't apply to bands that are actually good)

5. badly characterized antagonists with generic motives and no reason for being the way they are (see 'Anubis' from Yu-Gi-Oh! Pyramid of Light)

6. suicide and depression- a bad deal for everyone involved

Favorite Book

Tie between Les Miserables, Catch-22, The God of Small Things, and the Harry Potter series