"I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear." -Joan Didion

Welcome to my profile. You must be either extremely bored or - I knew it - you're a stalker, aren't you? Well, Mr./Ms. Stalker, you're not getting a word out of me. For my fellow companions who are also suffering from boredom, however, I shall attempt to provide you with a brief respite from your agony.

Let's see, I'm at the age where my friends and I constantly lament at how old we are, but our sempai keep telling us we've got a couple more years before we can really complain, and the middle-aged folks tell us to shut up 'cause if we're old, then what does that make them? Hm. I realized I can't find an appropriate English word for sempai. Wow. Punishment for reading too much manga. That's about all I'm willing to tell. You'll have to gleam anything else from my profile. ;) See? Told you it would be brief. Didn't relieve your boredom at all, did it?

Reviews... are greatly appreciated. They brighten up my day, seriously. I even enjoy critical ones, because they mean someone's actually paying attention to what I'm writing, instead of just skimming through, and taking the time to help me improve.

Favorite...
Cartoons: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Batman, Batman Beyond, and various others from the good old days, when the action and animation made them worth watching.

Manga: Basilisk, Bleach, Death Note, Fullmetal Alchemist, Gintama (my comic-relief, plus the artwork and detail is fantastic), Hikaru no Go, Naruto, One Piece (behind by three digits worth of chapters...).

Anime: Dragonball, Gundam 00 (a fantastic plot; giant, shiny mecha dukin' it out in space with bazookas and beam sabers... what's not to love? ~sigh~ Neil Dylandy was awesome T_T.), Rurouni Kenshin, Yu Yu Hakusho (demon-butt-kicking action, the anime that got me into anime).

Books: A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson), Blindness (Jose Saramago), Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky), The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald), The Hundred Secret Senses (Amy Tan), To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee), Uncle Tom's Cabin (Hariet Beecher Stowe)

Currently...
Watching: Gundam 00, FMA: Brotherhood, Code Geass;
Reading: Bleach, FMA, Gintama, Naruto, Discourse on Method & Related Writings (Descartes).

Future Fics:
(Note: My Bleach sequel has priority to all other fics.)

Untitled -Bleach- Humor/Parody. Sequel to Cooking for Espadas. Yes, it's true! I'll be writing a multi-chapter sequel for my lovely readers, this time with the whole gang in it. That means Ichigo and company, Soul Society, and other miscellaneous deserte-er, characters, shall be making grand appearances. And best of all, there's a plot to this madness! Progress: Chapter One is about 80 percent complete.

Untitled -Naruto- Family/Spiritual?. Tenten-centric. Canon. Multi-chapter. Behind the smile, behind the normalcy, who is she really? Follow Tenten as she grows and matures, from her humble origin to the unknown future.

?Untitled -Naruto/HP- Adventure/Suspense. I shouldn't even be touching this crossover anymore, but so many people have been asking me to continue Dark Alliances, even though I've stated that it's a one-shot challenge. I will not be continuing it; however, I might write a proper fic using the concept. If I do (note the IF), it will be completely different than any other HP crossover out there, with so many twists and turns some happily-ever-after shippers may hate me. I already have some of the plot thought out. If I happen to come across a story out there like it though, then plans for this fic will be scrapped, since there won't be a point. There are no guarantees for this fic, so no one get your hopes up. If I get around to doing it, I'll notify everyone though DA since there are so many alerts, despite it being a one-shot. ;)

Walking In Circles -Naruto- Spiritual. bildungsroman. Canon into AU. Multi-chapter. Two OC's. No mary sues. Shadows breed insecurity, insecurity breeds weakness, and weakness forces one deeper into the shadows. There is no escape for the worthless.

Fics to be Edited:
The Half-Blood Prince: An Alternate Ending
Heaven Trilogy
Inferior
Bloodlines and Demons - A single person can't possibly influence everything he comes across can he? Naruto is used to overcoming all obstacles thrown at him, slowly changing his world for the better. But taking the chuunin exams in Kumogakure, he finds himself in a new situation. Accidentally stumbling into a secret war, he realizes his insignificance in such an arena. With conspiracies and conflicts occurring around him, should he enter himself into affairs that don't concern him? No one knows who he is. No one wants his help. No one cares. None of his precious people are in danger, nor his village or name. So even if the Hidden Cloud Village is boiling in pre-war, he has no obligation to do anything and is expected to stay out. Yet, why is he still experiencing inner turmoil over his helplessness? Hiatus - No New Chapters Until After Thorough Editing

7/23/08 Author's Note: News regarding Bloodlines and Demons: When I first started BaD I meant for it to be an epic fic. A tale where Naruto and Jiraiya travel the shinobi world meeting a myriad of characters from different countries and allying with them and other jinchuuriki. It was simply to be an adventure AU with no definite purpose other than entertainment and action. However, I now realize that I just don't have the time or patience to write an epic adventure story, nor the mental capability. After contemplating for a rather long time, I've come up with a different take on the story. It will be one with a defined purpose and conclusion and will carry a more realistic take on the many characters that will be introduced. I have made a detailed outline, and for the most part, while several aspects will remain the same, they will be used to serve a different purpose. I hope that the results will prove to be more mature, more thoughtful, more philosophical, and more introspective than the original story. Once I finally pull together all the research and willpower, the fic will be posted under a new name and summary.

09-2009

Second chapter of Monster is up... I decided to make it a two-shot. I kind of wanted to write a one-shot for Lockon as well, but I don't think I'll get around to it since I just moved back into college. Move-in plus catching up with friends equals exhaustion. That, plus once my classes and extracurriculars begin, things will get hectic again... Cheers to a new school year!