12.11.08: I just received a review for one of my older stories, and I read it over so I could remember what and how I had written. With that, I realized that my writing isn't as flowery as it used to be. All of PC's chapters seem to be devoid of description and detail, which makes me a little annoyed with how far I've fallen. But I think that's what I get after taking an English AP class with such an experienced teacher. I've learned how to be strictly concise when writing, getting straight to the point within the essay, and I think that's what's been carrying over into my fanfiction.

12.25.08: Well... Oops. I guess I violated my declaration about writing shounen-ai by a small margin. Just a little.

8.30.09: I didn't realize it at first, but now that I look back, I can see that if I like a male tsundere, then I will absolutely and unconditionally love them, such as Kamijou Hiroki and Li Kouyuu. Heh.

11.18.09: Almost Thanksgiving! I can't wait to go back home. I am so sick and tired of college life. The best part? I get the entire week off!!

Some Important Notes I Want to Make Clear

1) Really. The lot of you, get it right. It's grammar. G-R-A-M-M-A-R. I have the worst compulsion to simultaneously laugh and feel like committing some crazy (not necessarily heinous, though I may often desire it) act whenever I see "grammer." At the very least, spellcheck, or get an editor. And don't be a hypocrite. Don't say, "I didn't see any real grammer mistakes." XP

But hey, go here! http://www.bartleby.com/141/ The Elements of Style, to the dot.

Oh, yeah... I might sound like a giant hypocrite myself for saying this, but this rant doesn't apply to my first three stories since I will definitely be getting around to fixing them in the near future. I wrote them my freshman year of high school. I only learned of the holy Style book my junior year. :P Believe me, I wish I had been acquainted with it earlier.

2) God, the one thing I hate more than bad "grammer" on this site. I will rant because I feel it imperative. (Ironic how I listed it as number two if I hate it more than number one...but that's not what's important.)

I absolutely hate/detest/abhor you (insert appropriate derogatory insult) people out there who whine and scream and beg for reviews. The point of writing is to write for yourself. "I won't update until I get so and so number of reviews."/"The main reason I'm not updating. Not enough reviews."/"Want more? Review, people!" Do you people honestly know how sad that is? Reduced to begging for reviews, eventually even for flames at some point. Why do you degrade yourselves this way? No writer in the real world out there writes what people want to read; they write what they themselves want to write. Write, regardless of the quantity/quality of reviews you get!

The satisfaction is supposed to come from the process, not from the reviews. Yes, they make you happy, but I bet the authors who don't care about their review count are happier.

If you write what people want to read, then the only credit you get is putting someone else's thoughts into words. Get it? You write. Your own. Have your readers connect with the unique imagination your ideas communicate. I quote from Thomas C. Foster, "...a reader's imagination is the act of (your writing's) one creative intelligence engaging another (reader's)."

Those of you know who you are. Take it to heart.

3) Agh, how many times have I seen this mistake?! Where did it even come from? My dear fellow authors, characters cannot speak when you do not write something to indicate that sound is coming from their mouth! I cannot count how many times I have seen dialogue written with only an action to go with it. The characters have to be 'saying' something! Saying, whispering, shouting, grumbling, whatever it may be. It is not possible to have words come from your mouth with just a bodily action. Understand this, please!!

Also for some of you, please note how to properly punctuate dialogue. XP There are plenty of authors who write beautifully, but their mechanics are all over the place. If the sentence is an exclamation or a question, then it's fine to end the dialogue with the proper punctuation mark, but if the sentence is normal and would usually end with a period, replace the period with a comma! That is, unless the character is not 'saying' something. Then you put the period. And the end punctuation mark always goes inside the quotation marks.

Jak102 is a girl, no matter what her profile says. I know her personally. She may be my best friend, but she really pisses me off the most sometimes. Don't all your best friends? The irony.

Please note, I support shounen-ai (not yaoi, there is a difference between the two!), although I do not write it.

Stop the Pairing Wars!

By copying and pasting this in your profile, you vow to respect other pairings and the people that like them.

You shalt not insult them, explain why they can't be together, or say that they would rather be with someone else.

You shalt have your opinions but shalt not insult pairings. You shalt avoid them if you hate them.

You shalt keep an open mind about stories even if you despise the pairing.

You shalt paste this in your profile.

Name: Rei/Reno (I could be considered a figurative schizophrenic by most when you look at the difference; these aren't my real names, but respective ones that reflect personality. If it's any interest, I, on the whole, happen to be neutral concerning most things, and my D&D alignment is true neutral - no, I do not play. This just proves some of the theory surrounding Rei and Reno.)

Birthdate: March 6

Ethnicity: Asian

Favorite color: anything that settles within the range of green or blue (sometimes red) except neon/fluorescent/of the like, and I also like silver

I'm an avid anime fan and gamer. That's basically all you need to know. XD I also like dramas. I like to read, draw, dream/write, work logic, sing (or at least make some sort of music), and especially sleep.

Current video game fandom: Fire Emblem 10: Akatsuki no Megami

Favorite character(s): Janaff, Oscar, Ranulf

Last video game fandom: Tales of the Abyss

Favorite character(s): Jade Curtiss, Guy Cecil

Current anime fandom: Rurouni Kenshin

Favorite character(s): Sagara Sanosuke

Last anime fandom: GetBackers

Favorite character(s): Midou Ban

Favorite pieces of music that I could never, ever get tired of: "Eien no Setsuna" by ON/OFF, "Treasure" duet from Gensoumaden Saiyuki by Toshihiko Seki/Sanzo and Hoshi Souichiro/Goku, and "True to Your Heart" from the Mulan Disney soundtrack by 98 Degrees (Runner-up: "Ryuusei" by TiA or "Omokage" from Shaman King by Hayashibara Megumi)

Catchiest song I've heard: "Deep in Your Heart" by Doumoto Kouichi (Runner-up: "Sakura Kiss" by Kawabe Chieko)

Favorite seiyuus - in order, more or less: Sakurai Takahiro, Seki Toshihiko (but first in my favorites regarding quality of voice acting - a job well done!), Koyasu Takehito, Hoshi Souichirou, Fukuyama Jun, Koshimizu Ami, Seki Tomokazu, Maeda Ai

Favorite actors: Sakamoto Kazuya, Sakamoto Naoya, Sato Takeru, Miura Yuu, Seto Koji, Furukawa Yuuta, Miura Haruma

Favorite bands: ON/OFF, Ali Project (black Alice), Halcali

Favorite book: I absolutely worship The Elements of Style by Strunk and White. (Yeah, so I'm a bit of a freak - as if that wasn't obvious enough already, but this book is everything!)

Instrument: flute (El Toro Royal Blue Regiment 2005-2009) and piano

Favorite band ensemble pieces: "Molly on the Shore" by Percy Grainger, "Russian Christmas Music" by Alfred Reed, "Hymn of the Highlands" by Frank Ticheli, "Second Suite for Military Band in F Major" by Gustav Holst

Random: I was disappointed with Tales of Legendia's animation and its character sprites, which makes it hard to take the game seriously. But the music makes up for almost everything, in my opinion. The most beautiful and dramatic music ever. Not to degrade the music from the other Tales games, but Legendia had a different composer than the usual expected consistency, and thus the orchestrated music came out sounding very symphonic in instrumentation structure. Nothing beats the classical piano with some strings and a wonderful woodwind/brasswind line. ("Big Sister Honwaka" is the best!)

Bishounen/Anime/Video Game/Drama/Etc. List

It's in alphabetical order, but the bishounens aren't in any particular order - do skip if you must! XD I guess it's just to give you an idea of what fandoms I have experience in, but my consistent knowledge is a bit spotty (i.e. I know almost next to nothing about Final Fantasy but am quite knowledgeable on the Tales and Fire Emblem series). But just about all the animes/whatever listed here I have finished.

Also, to boot, I don't take interest in reading manga, strangely enough. I usually prefer the anime, and I think it's because of the addition of voice acting. Don't get me wrong; I absolutely love manga art, but my obsession with music and seiyuus is quite overwhelming. Give me a popular seiyuu, and I can name at least three or four roles on cue. n_n

Overall: Ritchie/Hiroshi (from Pokémon) ...Don't ask why. XD

5 Centimeters per Second: none

Aishiteruze Baby: none

Atashinchi no Danshi (Jdrama): Okura Masaru, Okura Satoru

Ayatsuri Sakon: none

Beyblade: Kon Rei, Hiwatari Kai, Kinomiya Takao, Mizuhara Max, Oliver, Enrique

Bloody Monday (Jdrama): Takagi Fujimaru

Brother Beat (Jdrama): none

Bus Gamer: Mishiba Toki

Card Captor Sakura: Yue

Chiisana Kyojin Microman: Izam

Chinese Ghost Story: none

Close the Last Door: none

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: Gino Weinberg, Li Xingke, Kanon Maldini

D.N. Angel: Niwa Daisuke, Dark Mousy

Death Note: none

Digimon Adventure: Yagami Taichi, Ishida Yamato

Digimon 02: Motomiya Daisuke, Takaishi Takeru, Wallace

Digimon Tamers: Akiyama Ryo

Digimon Frontier: Kanbara Takuya, Minamoto Kouji

Elf Princess Rane: none

El Cazador de la Bruja: none

Fighting Foodons: Chase, Sir Dumpling, Fried Ricer

Final Approach: Mukasa Haruki

Final Fantasy VII: Reno, Cloud Strife, Vincent Valentine

Final Fantasy VIII: Squall Leonhart

Fire Emblem 6: Fuuin no Tsurugi: Roy, Wolt, Alen, Lance, Klein, Lugh, Rei

Fire Emblem 7: Rekka no Ken: Eliwood, Matthew, Raven, Sain, Kent, Wil

Fire Emblem 8: Seima no Kouseki: Ephraim, Seth, Joshua, Kyle, Forde

Fire Emblem 9: Souen no Kiseki: Oscar, Janaff, Reyson, Shinon, Rolf, Boyd, Geoffrey, Ranulf

Fire Emblem 10: Akatsuki no Megami: Oscar, Janaff, Reyson, Shinon, Rolf, Boyd, Geoffrey, Ranulf, Edward

Flame of Recca: Koganei Kaoru, Mikagami Tokiya

Fruits Basket: Souma Kyo, Souma Yuki, Souma Ayame

Full Metal Alchemist: none

Fuma no Kojiro (Jdrama): Kou, Shoryu, Kirikaze

Fushigi Yuugi: Nuriko, Chichiri, Tokaki, Koutoku/Amiboshi, Shunkaku/Suboshi, Tomite, Tatara

Futakoi: none

Futakoi Alternative: Futaba Rentarou "Nidaime"

Gakuen Heaven: Shinomiya Kouji, Taki Shunsuke

Galileo (Jdrama): none

Gensoumaden Saiyuki: Genjo Sanzo, Son Goku

GetBackers: Midou Ban, Fuyuki Shido, Kagami Kyouji

Glass Fleet: none

Gravitation: Eiri Yuki, Seguchi Touma

Gunslinger Girl: none

Happy Boys (Jdrama): none

Happy Lesson: none, though I like Yazakura Hazuki, Ninomai Kisaragi, and Gokajou Satsuki (it's way too harem...)

Harry Potter: Remus John Lupin

Haru wo Daiteita: none

Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Fujiwara no Takamichi, Abe no Yasuaki, Morimura Tenma, Inori

Here is Greenwood: none

Here is Greenwood (Jdrama): Tezuka Shinobu

Hunter x Hunter: Killua Zaoldyeck

I'll/CKBC: Tachibana Akane

I, My, Me, Strawberry Eggs!: Fukae Akira

Izumo: Takeki Tsurugi no Senki: Kagutsuchi, Yagi Takeru

Junjou Romantica: Kamijou Hiroki, Kusama Nowaki

Juuousei: Third, Zagi, Thor

Kamisama Kazoku: Tenko is at the moment the only anime girl I truly admire and love; no bishounen for this anime

Kaze no Stigma: Yagami Kazuma, Kannagi Ren

Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de: Kojuurou

Kyou Kara Maou!: Conrad Weller, Yozak

The Lord of the Rings: Legolas Greenleaf, Elrohir Peredhil, Elladan Peredhil, Glorfindel, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Peregrin Took

Loveless: Agatsuma Soubi

Maburaho: Akai Haruaki

MegaMan NT Warrior: MegaMan, Hikari Lan

Mei-chan no Shitsuji (Jdrama): Shibata Kento, Aoyama

Meine Liebe: Gerald, Eduard Markgraf von Sekt Braunschweig, Orpherus Furst von Marmelade Nahe Gorz, Ludwig Herzog von Mohn Liechtenstein, Ishizuki Naoji

Mirage of Blaze: none

Mobile Suit G Gundam: none

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Trowa Barton, Duo Maxwell

Monochrome Factor: Nikaidou Akira

Monster Rancher: none

Mystic Heroes: Tai, Shiga, Captain Dax

Nabari no Ou: Kumohira Durandal Thobari

Naruto: Hatake Kakashi, Hyuuga Neji, Hagane Kotetsu, Kamizuki Izumo

Nobuta wo Produce (Jdrama): Kiritani Shuuji

Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru: none

Ouran High School Host Club: Hitachiin Kaoru, Hitachiin Hikaru

Outlaw Star: Jim Hawking

Pokémon: Hiroshi, Satoshi, Joshua (the kid at May's fifth Pokémon contest, not Professor Birch's assistant, although... XD)

Prétear: Sasame, Mannen

Prince of Tennis: Tezuka Kunimitsu, Kikumaru Eiji

Princess Princess: Kouno Tooru, Yutaka Mikoto

Princess Tutu: Fakir

Ramen Fighter Miki: none

Ranma 1/2: Mousse

RH Plus (Jdrama): Nogami Makoto

Romeo x Juliet: Francisco, Tybalt

Ronin Warriors: Hashiba Touma, Date Seiji, Mouri Shin

Rose of Versailles: Hans Axel von Fersen

Rozen Maiden: none

Rurouni Kenshin: Shinomori Aoshi, Sagara Souzou, Sagara Sanosuke

Sailor Moon: Sapphire

Saint Beast: Genbu no Shin, Seiryuu no Gou, Kirin no Yuda, Houou no Ruka

Saiunkoku Monogatari: Li Kouyuu, Shin Suou, Ran Shuuei

Seraphim Call: none

Shakugan no Shana: Satou Keisaku

Sister Princess: TBA

Skies of Arcadia Legends: Vyse, Enrique, Gilder, Domingo, Ilchymis, Hans, Ramirez, the store owner in Maramba (don't laugh, he's cool! XD)

Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic, Shadow, Miles Tails Prower, Knuckles, Espio

Sotsugyou M: Oretachi no Carnival: none

Soul Blade/Calibur: Kilik, Raphael Sorel

Spiral: Narumi Ayumu

Spriggan: Yu Ominae, Jean Jacques Mondo

Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shouganai: Hashiba Sora, Honjou Matsuri, Nanami Kai, Nagase Kai (most everyone is cute, really XD)

Super Smash Brothers: Roy, Marth, Link, Fox, Pit

Tactics: Sugino, Haruka

Tadashii Ouji no Tsukurikata (Jdrama): Yoshiyuki Kirin

Tales of Eternia: Keel Zeibel

Tales of Legendia: Jay

Tales of Phantasia: Cless Albane, Chester Burklight, Klarth Lester

Tales of Symphonia: Zelos Wilder, Lloyd Irving, Kratos Aurion, Yuan

Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk: Ratatosk, Richter Abend, Aster

Tales of the Abyss: Jade Curtiss, Guy Cecil, Luke fon Fabre, Peony IX

Tenchi Muyo: Kamidake

The Third: The Girl With the Blue Eye: none

This Ugly Yet Beautiful World: none

Trauma Center: Second Opinion: Tsukimori Kousuke (Derek Stiles), Aragaki Shuya (Victor Niguel)

Triangle Heart~Sweet Songs Forever: none

Utawarerumono: Oboro, Benawi

Vampire Knight: Aidou Hanabusa, Kain Akatsuki, Shiki Senri, Kaien Cross

Vandread: none, but Meia's pretty cool

Vexille - 2077 Isolation of Japan: none

Weiß Kreuz: Hidaka Ken, Fujimiya Aya, Kudou Yohji, Tsukiyono Omi, Schuldig, Naoe Nagi, Honjou Yuushi, Naru Uyou

Yami no Matsuei: Watari Yutaka, Tatsumi Seiichiro, Minase Hijiri

Yu-gi-oh!: Varon, Amelda, Bakura, Dark Magician, Celtic Guardian

Yu Yu Hakusho: Kurama, Hiei, Jin, Touya, Rinku, Karasu, Kuronue, Itsuki

Zoids: Van Flyheight, Raven

Zoids/ZERO: Bit Cloud