Hey all, nice to meet ya (kinda).

Important thing: I refuse to leave any story of mine unfinished. It might take me awhile, but I will get it done.

!!PAY ATTENTION TO THIS!!: Hey everyone! I now also have a joint account (called "lost inc," you can find it in my favorite authors list) with Watery-the-strange. We just put up our first story, so please go check it out!

And Once More: I now have a second joint account (called "wolfclaimed") with Wolfborg007. Our stories will be mostly FMA oriented, so if you read/watch this awesome series, please go check it out!

Quotes:

It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, she locked me in the cellar.

Fact: No husband was ever shot while doing the dishes.

When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.

"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." - Douglas Adams

Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where the heck is the ceiling.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It's just that yours is stupid.

Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain. -Lily Tomlin

I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. -A. Whitney Brown

He who laughs last didn't get it.

There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?

PetPeeves in writing (-O-meter)

(Love ya, hate ya- I'll stand by these. Doesn't mean I won't make a slew of my own mistacks.)

1. Confusion between "maybe" and "may be." Be assured, there is a difference. "Maybe" means perhaps. "May be" means perhaps it is so.

2. The (pseudo)word "anyways". The word is "anyway". It is not "anyways". There is no "s". "Anyways" is not a word. It does not exist and it does not sound good. It is cacophonous, as it were. As said by a wise man (read: a stand up comedian), "It's shorter. Isn't that a reason to use it?"

3. Stories that are amazing then cut off in the middle and are never seen again. Self-explanatory. (See "Important thing" at top)

4. People who pick on me through my spelling. There is a difference between correcting me and picking on me. I'm dyslexic, yo. (By the way, never say "yo"...please)

5. People who don't edit. I don't mean every comma has to be in place or that one (or a hundred) typo(s) ruin a story. I'm talking about stories where you can't even tell what sentences mean they're so discombobulated.

6. Words lifted out of a thesaurus and dropped into writing. The beauty of language is in its ability to communicate, its subtle nuances, and its sound. Big words that don't match the meaning the author is reaching for don't help anyone seem smart (The author or the poor reader who now feels stupid for not knowing the definition of "defenestration" (P.S. Look up the definition of defenestration; you won't be disappointed)).

7. Confusion between "blond" and "blonde." The difference is slight, but important. Here it is: "blonde" refers only to females. Example: He is blond. She is blonde. They are blond. Get it? Got it? Good.

Reading this I realize I sound like a grammar-crazed nut job. The funny thing is I'm really not. Go figure.

P.S. If anyone has actually read this you get a cookie and an "I'm da BOMB!" sticker .~

YET ANOTHER THING TO PAY ATTENTION TO: Read the stories in my Favorites list. No, really. Here's why: I only put stories there if I think that everyone, everywhere, should be reading them. You won't find a single one that can be classified below "magnificent" in some way or another. There are just some fanfics that are not only immensely enjoyable, but actually help you grow as a writer just by reading them. My favorites are some of those.