ANWAY, THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO IS READING MY NOW DINOSAUR-ESQE WORKS ;)

I CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THE FAVORITES, PM'S AND REVIEWS LEFT FOR ME IN MY ABSENCE, AND I WILL TRY MY HARDEST TO MAKE MY UNANNOUNCED HIATUS UP TO ALL OF YOU.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE CONCERN AND PM ME, BUT I AM WORKING ON THE GOOD OLD STUFF :)

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What i do...

i work (in Real Estate Finance) and socialize (with my bitchy friends) for the most part. when i'm not working, i typically like to watch anime, indy films and horror flicks (especially zombie films). I collect anime, the dvd's. I'm not so much into manga, I do read it, but i'm an "instant gratification" kind of person. (we all have our flaws) I am a techno/trance music junkie. I love good stuff that really opens your mind up. And i'm now 21 just thought i should put that in there, becuase when you say something like "i work in finance" people automatically assume i'm like 30... stupid stereotypes. And a new man in the life... like a carbon copy of myself but completely different, it';s amazing when things work... and do so effortlessly :) so if i don't update for a while, blame him XD

Interests...

Music (Favorite Bands being Tool, HIM, Bush and Massive Attack, The Birthday Massacre), World of Warcraft, anime and manga- i've come to the conclusion that i watch so much anime that i'm suffering from Itachi-itus. meaning i'll probably be blind by the time i'm 25. collecting art work (not the big stuff, the little indy stuff you see in small coffee shops and whatever), and collecting gadgets. I love my blackberry! and Harvest Moon! I LOVE Harvest Moon. Seriously, marry the doctor or the chicken farmer lol!

Favorite Anime...

Naruto, Death Note, Full Metal Panic, Bleach, Elfen Lied, Ai Yori Aioshi, Love Hina, Ouran High School Host Club, Fruits Basket, X/1999, The Melancholy of Harhui Suzumiya, This Ugly Yet Beautiful World, Samurai Champloo, Diamond Daydreams, Kaleido Star, Trinity Blood, DN Angel and Blood , The Place Promised to us in Our Early Days, Voices of a Distant Star, Samurai X, Red Garden, You're My Girlfriend (manga), Absolute Boyfriend (manga), Vampire Knight (manga), Paradise Kiss, Tokyo Majin, Beck, Mirage of Blaze, the Wallflower and Wedding Peach, Gundam... anything Gundam (thank you Mike for refestering my love of all things Mech) (I absolutley DESPISE dubs, subs all the way!)

Notes, Notes!

Let me start off by saying one thing, you don't have to like everything, and no one expects you to. there is a difference between constructive critisizm and degredation. when i read fics here, i read the reviews as well. it gives you an inkling of what the masses think, and i've just kept seeing blantantly rude remarks. i guess this would be a time for the old addage "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all." let's just be respectful of eachother and offer positive critisizm, let's not crush someone's self esteem.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

To everyone who leaves the kind reviews and favorite author alerts, I swear i will try to update more quickly :)

A Return, A Kiss, A Consequence and A Beginning- ON HIATUS UNTIL MY MUSE GETS OVER THE MOST RECENT CHAPTERThis is a Sasuke/Sakura fic that I needed to get out while i was drafitng chapter 15 of Tactical Manipulation. I needed something fluffy so this was the answer. It's not going to be OOC, there just won't be much external conflict. This fic will be more about self vs. self rather than self vs. others. I think that's becoming a fairly common outlet of mine with respect to my authoring views. I just think that internal conflict can be so much more profound than external becuase you are battling yourself over something whether it's a thought or an action. It goes back to the old addage that nine times out of ten you are your own worst enemy. I will not make this a fluff fest, so don't worry. People assume just becuase there won't be interpersonal conflict it's fluffy. Not true...

To Walk in Fate's Garden- just posted chapter 7... so ya, read it . Thank you guys for reading.

Feel free to PM me if you feel like it! i like to hear from people. Reviews are awesome too, just throwing that out there... and thanks for looking at my proflie, however lame it may be. :) And thank my wonderful Beta, Jayanx for her hawkeyes and consistant support. She rocks eternal socks :)

Any way, that sums it up! Deuces!

-Broken Mantra-