According to my "User Stats" counter, well over a thousand people have visited my profile since... well, I don't know when, but it's still going up. A lot of these readers ended up wasting a click coming to view my profile, and I know how a wasted click might only add up to a couple seconds or so, but consider how many wasted clicks you've made since signing-on to the Internet for the first time. Upon adding all those seconds up, I bet you'd be surprised to see how many days you've wasted over the years following dead-ends. You might still consider this a wasted click (especially after reading this) even with me writing something here - but what can I say. If you want, go ahead and e-sue. :p

A couple of quick details about me... well, I'm 21, I attend college, and I'm a guy. I'd really like to write poetry for a living, but poetry doesn't exactly equal money, unfortunately. At least, not enough money for one to live comfortably on. Ah well... that's what college is for!

On fanfiction.net (and in other places, too, for the most part), I generally only read stories that fall under the drama, angst, and tragedy categories. Even with all the misery and suffering flooding the streets of the world, I find emotionally trying and heartbreaking stories to be the most appealing of all. Some writers here on fanfiction.net are so incredibly talented that I've been brought to tears while reading their masterpieces. No, I'm not ashamed to admit that and yes, that is just my opinion about their works. What appeals to me might not appeal to others, but I personally feel that Twists of Fate by BE-A-TLE, Aftershocked by Filter1970, & Don't Cry by Spanish Ninja Sneasel, are some of the absolute best pieces of writing I've ever had the pleasure of reading. If you want to check those stories out, they are listed under my "Favorite Stories" list.

I really have nothing against happy endings, and I will read stories that aren't drowning in drama, but they just don't impact me in the same way.

As of now, here's what I'm currently working on:

Current Story: The Journey
Summary: After three years of blasting off, malfunctioning & exploding robots, and pitfall plotting, Team Rocket at last succeeds in stealing Pikachu. During an effort to save his best friend, Ash is seriously wounded and an old friend comes to his rescue. Together, they will embark on a journey that will forever change them, and the people around them. Yaoi Palletshipping
Last Updated: July 23rd, 2007
Next Update: Late August
Chapters Remaining: That's... that's a very good question! At least five or six chapters, I'd say, as well as an epilogue. Trust me, this story will definitely need an epilogue if the upcoming chapters turn out in the way I expect...

And after that...

Next Story: Roses of Ruin & Restoration
Summary: With the Silver Conference over and Shigeru's announcement of becoming a researcher, Satoshi ponders a future without his rival as well as the path he is being led down in life. Yaoi One-Sided Palletshipping (?)
Planned Release: January 2008
Note: Although I have four chapters of this story complete, I plan on re-writing all of it. My characterizations need a lot of work, and believe me, I know it. When I first started writing this story, I was more concerned with vocabulary and not so much with portraying the characters in a way we'd all expect. "The Journey" suffers from this too, and that's why one day, I may re-write it as well. I believe that I've grown as a writer over the past couple of years, but I'll let my readers be the judge of me when I post the revised first chapter of "Roses of Ruin & Restoration".

I'm also the proud founder and manager of the Palletshipper Paradise, a C2 community that quite possibly holds the largest collection of Palletshipping stories on the Internet. There are a lot of talented authors to be found within this C2, and if you have a Palletshipping (Ash/Gary, Satoshi/Shigeru) story that isn't already a part of my C2, then please let me know and I'll promptly add it!