Erm... hi. I'm jellolids, also known as Sloth, Taida, Jihadi, and, well, a lot of other names that are waaay too close to my real name, and therefore are not going to go up here! On sites such as this, I claim the persona of Jihadi Sloth. Don't try looking it up- if there is a real Jihadi Sloth, it isn't me. I was raised to be a good girl, and fear the internet stalkers, so you won't be finding my real name, or any pictures of me. (Note the profile picture is a rather nifty photo-layered iris close up. And it's aaaaaaall mine!) Sorry, but I have no desire to get kidnapped. I've heard too many horror stories not to be cautious.

You can also find me on DeviantArt! I'm jellolids there too. I have a lot more stuff up there. I'm rather fond of the non-fanfiction stuff so if you have DeviantArt, it would be lovely if you took a look at it sometime!

That's about it, really. If you want to leave a comment, I'm always open to that. I do have one request: if you're going to tell me on a story that you don't like a pairing, and nothing else, please don't bother to comment. I don't particularly care if you don't like, say, InuKag, because you are a KagKog fan, or something like that. If you don't like the pairing enough to complain about it, why are you even reading the story? However, most other comments, even negative ones, are appreciated. If you spot a grammar/spelling problem, please comment and let me know about it! I know I find it irksome when I am forced to read a fanfiction that has terrible grammar or spelling, and therefore, I don't want to inflict bad spelling/grammar on others. Fair is fair, and all that.

Now, some of you are probably looking at the country flag, and doing a double take, going "What the H-E-double pocky sticks?! Wasn't she from America a few weeks ago?!" And it's true. I finally got around to changing my country flag. You see, I am currently enjoying my expatriate status as an exchange student here in Slovakia. While this doesn't effect most things, it DOES mean that I'm posting at REALLY screwy times, and at larger intervals. You see, my computer time, and therefore time to type in updates, has been pretty severely curbed. Sorry!

-jellolids

After a receiving multiple story subscriptions on A Long Awaited Meeting after it was completed, I feel I must ask a question: Why do people get a subscription on a story that the author has stated it is finished? I don't get this. Do they think I'm suddenly going to change my mind, or something?

I have decided that I need to declare a few things:

1. InuYasha is NOT my favorite anime/manga. Actually, it kind of irritates me. The plot is not sufficient to support the length of the story, and it gets REALLY repetitive. However, most of my fanfiction is InuYasha because, as mean as it sounds, the characters are predictable, which means that I can stuff them into various random situations, and actually gasp figure out how they would react incredibly easily.

2. My true allegiance lies with the manga Vampire Knight and Skip Beat!. Yes, I'm a HUGE fan of shoujo, and I'm not afraid to admit it!

3. Also incredibly good are FullMetal Alchemist, Claymore, and all things CLAMP Granted, I've only watched the anime of FMA, and I've only read the manga Claymore, but still. I'm thrilled to be getting my hands on new FMA anime. It's a lovely, happy feeling! In addition, as childish as it may seem, Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02 are quite awesome. At least, the Japanese subs are. I still don't know how I feel about the dubbed version. Side effect of watching the subs first, I suppose...

3. The first manga I ever read was Fruits Basket. There's a catch, though. I didn't read it in English. I read it in French. Yes, I'm a language nut. It's quite sad, but I love it!

4. My current obsession is Hana-Kimi. However, my best friend (who shall remain nameless), who hooks me up with all sorts of lovely and addicting manga, has informed me that she has something new for me to read. I think I shall be getting a new obsession soon...

5. I don't understand the American urge to change perfectly good Japanese names into random English ones. I mean, I can understand Taichi to Tai, Yamato to Matt, Hikari to Kari and heck, even Izumi Koushiro to Izzy and Touya to Tori. I don't like it, but I can see it. What I can't see is Miyako to Yolei, Tomoyo to Madison, Iori to Cody, Tailmon to Gatomon, and Yukito to Julian. I'm sure there are more of these sudden random name changes. I just don't have the heart to force myself to watch both the dubs and the subs to find out. It's too painful.

6. With the possible exception of FMA, the manga is always better. Period, statement, declarative sentence.

Well, that's all for now. I may add on later...

Normally, the "paste this in your profile!" things irritate the heck out of me. I mean, who wants to scroll through nine miles of meaningless declarations? But this one was just too lovely to ignore. Besides, it made me laugh.

You're a 90's kid if:

You can finish this 'ice ice _'
You remember watching Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Pinky and the Brain, Bobby's World, Felix the cat, The Tick...AAAAAAAH Real Monsters!
You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"
You just cant resist finishing this . . . "Iiiiiiin west Philadelphia born and raised . . ."
You remember TGIF, Step by Step, Family Matters, Dinosaurs, and Boy Meets World.
You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
You remember reading "Goosebumps"
You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence . . . not
If you remember seeing hot tub bubbles make bubbly sounds before every music video on VH1.
when everything was settled by rock paper scissors..or bubble gum bubble gum in a dish...eeny meeny miney mo...and even better daddy had a donkey inky binky bonky.
You used to listen to the radio all day long just to record your FAVORITE song of ALL time.
"Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?" was both a game and a TV game show.
Captain Planet. He's a Hero.
You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green ranger, were meant to be together.
You remember when Super Nintendos and Sega Genesis became popular.
You always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos . . . but never taped anything funny.
You remember watching Home Alone 1, 2 , and 3 . . . and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"
You remember watching The Magic School Bus, Wishbone, and Reading Rainbow on PBS.
You remember when Yo-Yos were cool.
You remember those Where's Waldo books.
You remember eating Warheads.
You remember watching the 1st Batman, Aladdin, Ninja Turtles, and 3 Ninjas movies.
You remember Ring Pops.
You remember drinking Surge, and Tang.
If you remember when every thing was "da BOMB!"
When they made the new lunchables so that you could make pizza AND tacos.
You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.
Making those little paper cootie-catcher things, and then predicting your life with them.
You played and/or collected "Pogs"
You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet, or Nano and brought it everywhere.
. . . Furbies
Saved By The Bell was the coolest show ever!
You haven't always had a computer, and it was cool to have the internet.
And Windows 95 was the best.
You watched the original cartoons of Rugrats, Power Rangers, and Ninja Turtles.
Michael Jordan was a king.
YIKES pencils and erasers were the stuff!
All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.
You remember when the new Beanie Babies and Talking Elmo were always sold out.
You collected those Beanie Babies.
Mortal Kombat was awesome--the game and the movie
Carebears
Gak was the coolest stuff invented.
Lambchop's song never ended.
The old dollar bills.
Silver dollars, which were cool to have.
You remember a time before the WB.
You collected all the Troll dolls
You had to read Weekly Reader's in class.
If you even know what an original walkman is.
You remember wanting to sit on the orange Nickelodeon couch.
You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"
You know the Macarena by heart.
"Talk to the hand" . . . enough said
You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"
You remember trying to collect all 150 original pokemon cards but never could and if you did you thought you were all that!
You remember Highlight's magazine.
You went to McDonald's to play in the playplace.
You remember playing on merry go rounds at the playground.
Before the MySpace frenzy . . .
Before the Internet & text messaging . . .
Before Sidekicks & iPods . . .
Before MIKE JONES . . .
Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX . . .
Before Spongebob . . .
Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.
When light up sneakers were cool.
When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.
When gas was 0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was The new thing.
When we recorded stuff on VCRs.
When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off of our walkmans.
When gameboy was a brick.
You did MASH to figure out your future
When you weren't cool unless you had a Starter jacket.
Way back.
Before we realized all this would eventually disappear.
Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!
Post this in your profile if you remember these days . . . .
or if you smiled at one of these things!