Someone I know on mangafox recently launched a website for one of my all-time OTPs. Enjoy and see Why We Ship Kurofai! (It's worth visiting just to check out the pictures in the gallery- an epic collection! Parts of the website are still under construction, but what is up is looking good.)

WHAT'S UP LATELY: And somehow, I am still sick. I'm sorry that I haven't been updating, but man, I feel like crap. Hope all my US readers have a yummy Thanksgiving.

Currently Reading (Fanfiction): "No Way Back" by Meri
Currently Reading (Regular): "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk (Would you believe that I'm reading this for school?)
Currently Watching: Nana (very interesting so far, but I don't know if it's going to hold my interest enough to watch all of it...)
Currently Listening To: "Fallen" by Sarah MacLachlan (Stuck in my head because of this amv. A great Raikou tribute, but beware of spoilers...)
Current Favorite Fanfic Quote: "Watanuki: You bastard, you're enjoying this, aren't you? You want me to die a virgin. / Doumeki: And exactly how would that benefit me?" from "Initiation" by evherie

Currently Working On: chapter 5 of "The Second" (55/100 percent complete, I swear I'm updating this soon!), "100 Days" (14/100 drabbles)

~Essentials~

Name: Check the username. Why is my real name my username? Because it is short and easy to remember. (cough, couldn't think of a good username, cough)
Age: 17. My birthday is February 5th, if you care. (This year, without even realizing it, I did a project on Marianne Moore -died 2/5- and another on Nolan Bushnell -born 2/5-. Freaky, ne?)
Location: Jacksonville, Florida- I've lived there most of my life.

Writing Resume (This list is more for me than you, since I keep track of these for college applications and such, but read if you please):
-Attended Lavilla School of the Arts as a Creative Writing major, (and a Technical Theater minor), from sixth to eighth grade.
-Won Sixth Grade "Writer of the Year" (No one was more surprised than me.)
-Won mock "Rock On" award, reference to my tendency to rock side-to-side while reading in front of the class.
-Accepted at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts as a Creative Writing major, entering third year.
-Nominated for Regional PTSA Reflections Art Contest
-Won 2nd Place in Flash Fiction in Florida Chapter of Society of Arts & Letters Contest
-Won mock "Mispronunciation" award, reference to my tendency to butcher easy words. (I blame my Mom's speech impediment genes.)
-Published in Teen Ink Winter Poetry Journal
-Published in Creative Communications anthology
-Won 1st Place in High School Essay for Much Ado About Books Young Writer's Competition
-Won 1st Place and Honorable Mention in Jacksonville Public Library Teen Poetry Contest (2007)
-Won 1st Place in Jacksonville Public Library's 3rd Annual Poetry Jam
-Won mock "Most Likely to Become Famous Without Trying" Award, reference to my tendency to... be awesome? Rock? I don't know.
-Published in Teen Ink Spring Poetry Journal
-Won 2nd Place in High School Fiction for Much Ado About Books Young Writer's Competition
-Published fiction in the Teen Ink March 2009 issue
-Won 2nd Place in Poetry in Florida Chapter of Society of Arts & Letters Contest
-Participated in the NCTE's 2009 writing competition. Will find out in the fall if I qualified.
-Published in Aerie International's 2009 literary journal
-Won mock "Pillow" award in reference to my comfy shoulders and the fact that a good portion of my CW class has fallen asleep against me before.
-Published Poetry in the Teen Ink September 2009 issue
-Qualified in the NCTE's 2009 writing competition.

~Fanfiction Related Matters~

Het Pairings I Enjoy:
Maximum Ride: MaxxFang
Harry Potter: Harry/Luna, Ron/Hermione on the side
A Great and Terrible Beauty: KartikxGemma
V for Vendetta: VxEvey
Artemis Fowl: ArtemisxHolly
Mediator: JessexSuze
Fullmetal Alchemist: Roy/Riza

Slash Pairings I Enjoy:
Maximum Ride: Fang/Iggy
Harry Potter: Harry/Draco, severely AU Harry/Severus
Fullmetal Alchemist: Ed/Alfons Heiderich, very well reasoned Roy/Ed
Death Note: L/Light, Matt/Mello
Tsubasa Chronicles: Kurogane/Fai
Ouran High School Host Club: Kyouya/Tamaki
Gravitation: Yuki/Shuichi
Loveless: Soubi/Ritsuka
My Own Private Idaho: Scott/Mike (I'm guessing virtually no one has seen this movie. If you have, kudos to you!)
Yami no Matsuei: Tsuzuki/Hisoka
xxxHolic: Doumeki/Watanuki
Legal Drug: Rikuo/Kazahaya
Chintsubu: Iwabuchi/Kamiya (Or rather, I would read it all the time if someone actually wrote it, LOL. This is such a weird manga... if you don't already know about it, then you probably don't ever want to know!)

Other Relationships I Enjoy:
Twilight: Jacob/Bella Friendship
Harry Potter: Parental!Snape/Harry
Fullmetal Alchemist: Parental!Roy/Ed
Nabari no Ou: Parental!Yukimi/Yoite
xxxHolic: Watanuki/Parental!Yuuko
(Yeah, I have some sort of kink for jerks-turned-dads.)

Popular Pairings I Personally Wouldn't Touch With a Ten-Foot Pole:
(No offense intended to anyone, but these are just ick for me. Also, this list is only of pairings with some sort of following, though there are plenty of obscure pairings that are ick for me too.)
Ouran High School Host Club: Hikaru/Kaoru, HaruhixAnyone
Fullmetal Alchemist: Ed/Al
xxxHolic: WatanukixYuuko
Death Note: Near/Mello, Near/Anyone
Yami no Matusei: Muraki/Tsuzuki
Loveless: Seimei/Ritsuka, Seimei/Anyone, Kio/Anyone-But-Soubi

~General Information~

I'm Interested In...

Psychology, Dinosaurs, Fairy Tales, the Russian language, theories on Writing and Literature, Astronomy, Acoustic Guitar, Prince John of the United Kingdom, Harry Houdini, Superheroes, Animation, Opposites, things that come in Threes, Crime, the Supernatural, disorders of various medical variety, Idiosyncrasies, Cool Words, Quotations, Baking, Japanese culture, Technology, Soccer, Comfort Foods, People, Trivia, Colors, Symbolism, Genetics, Soundtracks, Birds, Made-Up Words, Optical Illusions, Gender Studies, more...

I'm Not Interested In...

Staircases, Open Doorways, Hot Weather, Being Vegan, Fingernails, Classical Novels, Politics, Shopping, Anything Grilled, Black & White Movies, Talking on the Phone, Awful Grammar, Architecture, Knitting, the Outdoors, Guns, more...

I'm Also a Huge Fan of:
The Order of the Stick "Your broken corpses will taste delicious lightly seasoned with nutmeg!"
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series "Playing card games is like making love: you usually do it on a table, and you always feel deep shame when you are finished. Also, the older you get, the less fun it is."
xkcd "Where's my fucking jacket?" "Over there, next to your regular one."
David Sedaris "Nobody recruited me, Audrey. And I begged for it."
Megatokyo "...Feelings. You know, those fragile little things that get hurt a lot."
CLAMP Oh CLAMP! What can I say? I love you despite your strange fetish for gorging out people's eyes. And it's all your fault I'm a yaoi fangirl now. It really is.
Bo Burnham "My motto is, if you laugh at one group of people, you've gotta be able to laugh at them all."
New Urbanism The cool new way to build and live.

Questions That Come Up a Lot

Q: Are you ever going to finish “A Little Person Called God”?
A: Well, I won’t say it will never happen, but at this point, I think it is unlikely. If I do start it up again, it’ll be when I’m in college.

Q: Are you amendable to the idea of letting someone “adopt” APLCG?
A: Simply put, no.

Q: Do you take requests?
A: Certainly, I’ll consider any request that comes my way, and would in fact be honored to do so. However, actually fulfilling the request depends upon my own level of interest and availability in my schedule.

Q: You haven’t updated your story in months! What the hell?!
A: Ah, I’m sorry about that, really. However, the fact is that I am a horribly busy person, and my real life takes precedence over my internet life. I promise, however, that if I decide to drop a story, it’ll be after much consideration and I’ll be sure to post and inform the readers. I can be awfully slow about updating, so it is quite normal for a few weeks to pass between updates. If it exceeds that, or you're feeling antsy, feel free to PM/email me and yell at me/kindly suggest to me to get my butt into gear.

Q: Hey, would you please read/review my story?
A: Certainly. Kindly send the info in a PM or email.

Q: Where do your avatars come from?
A: Some I made myself, some I hijacked from random people, which you really shouldn’t do without permission, but whatever. If you’re interested in the one I have currently, feel free to steal it. If you want a past avatar of mine, go ahead and PM/email me and I’ll find it for you.

User Stats:
(I debated putting these up, but since almost every other site I can think of makes stats like this public, I decided, “eh, what the hell”. I’ll try to update this weekly.)

On the favorites list of 267 members.
On the author alert list of 142 members.
Submitted a total of 652 signed reviews.
Total words archived : 181,160 words.
Average number of words per story : 12,940
Total hits to Profile Page : 19,893

~Links~

MY FICTIONPRESS PROFILE (I don’t often post here, and when I do, it is all stories that I did for school.)
MY FACEBOOK (Practically anything else you need to know about me is here.)
MY ANIME-PLANET PROFILE (You can see what animes I’ve watched, am watching, and want to watch here.)
MY YOUTUBE PROFILE (I don't make vids, but I have a wide variety of favorites you can dig through if you so please.)
MY SCHOOL’S WEBSITE (Several people have expressed interest in it over the years, so, here you go. The school I go to is rather unique, and I love it there, though the homework load has left me mentally scarred. )