"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." Ralph Waldo Emerson

About Me:

I'm so sorry for such a long hiatus, but I am back and I will try to post things soon! So sorry again! ;o;

Name: Julia

Age: 18 :o)

Hobbies: painting, anything artsy, reading, writing, meeting new people, traveling, walking where angels fear to tread: aka. doing really adventurous and dangerous things.

Dreams: I am currently a college student with a double major and a double minor. (Majors: Art and English; Minors: History and Education). Every summer until I graduate college I plan on going on a missions trip. Last year it was China and this year it will be South Africa. Once I graduate college, I hope to join the Peace Corps for the required 27 months. After, I will pack up to North Carolina and teach English, still taking those mission trips every summer :)

Currently Reading: Marked, by PC and Kristen Cast; Wicked, by Sara Shepherd.

Contact:

myspace: www.myspace.com/tare_panda

xanga: www.xanga.com/innocentxxonigiri

youtube: www.youtube.com/juliaxblaine

Please feel free to contact me anytime, okay? I love talking to everyone and I'd love to hear from you =3

Favourites:

Favourite Manga/Anime: Bleach, DeathNote, Aishiteruze Baby, Vampire Knight, Furuba, You're My Girlfriend, WANTED, Marmalade Boy, My Girl, Imadoki, MeruPuri, Cowboy Bebop, Moe Kare, Tsubasa Chronicles, Sailormoon

Favourite Video Games: KH, KHII, FFX, FFVII, Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals, Lufia I, FFIII, Crisis Core, Star Ocean: The Second Story, Dirge of Cerberus

Favourite Movies: Mouling Rouge!, The Cure, Pitch Black, Alien Quadrilogy, Peter Pan, Pan's Labrinth, The Labrynith, The Cave, Finding Neverland, RENT, Spirited Away, Across the Universe, Chocolat, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, Enchanted, anything and everything Audrey Hepburn ;)

Favourite Bands: Misty Edwards, Paramore, Linkin Park, Death Cab for Cutie, Alkaline Trio, Celtic Woman, The Hush Sound, Switchfoot, Goo Goo Dolls, Kill Paradise, Hellogoodbye, Anberlin, The Academy Is. . ., Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks,

Favourite Books: BIBLE, Captivating, The Irresistable Revolution, Redeeming Love, The Host, The Twilight Series, the Pretty Little Liars series, Harry Potter series, The Hero and the Crown, the Blue Sword, Memoirs of a Geisha, the Happy Prince, Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, Just Listen, The Lovely Bones, The Wheel of Time series, The Hollow Kingdom Series, The Pact, Wicked Lovely, Ink Exchange, The City of Bones trilogy...

Favourite Pairings:

KH/KHII: RikuxYuffie; SoraxKairi; SquallxYuffie; CloudxAerith; CloudxYuffie; RoxasxNamine; AxelxYuffie

FFX/FFX-2: TidusxYuna; WakkaxLulu; GippalxRikku; AuronxRikku

FFVII: CloudxAerith; ZackxTifa; CloudxTifa; VincentxYuffie; RenoxYuffie; ZackxAerith; CloudxYuffie

StarOcean: ClaudexRena; AshtonxPrecis; DiasxPrecis; AshtonxCeline; BowmanxCeline

InuYasha: SesshoumaruxRin; SangoxMiroku; InuYashaxKagome; SesshoumaruxSango

Vampire Knight: YuukixKaname; KainxRuka; ShikixRima; YuukixZero (to an extent -- not to the point that she'd choose Zero over Kaname, though)

Furuba: KyouxTooru; ShigurexAkito; RinxHaru; KakeruxKomaki; KisaxHiro; HatorixKana; HatorixMayu

Stories in Progress:

Hearts Shattered: Just a collection of drabbles from the Furuba characters point of view. UPDATE: I'll try to get the fourth out tonight. I'm thinking maybe. . . Kureno's views on Akito.

Gold Hearts Fade Away: (GHFA)Vincent was once the most renowed artist in all of Japan, but ever since the 'incident' occured, it's been harder and harder for him to find work or find a buyer, that is until he finds his muse again. In her. VincentxYuffie. UPDATE: This is my main focus right now, but I will try to update Just Hold On faster as well!

Just Hold On: (JHO) From a malicious scheme of events, Yuffie finds herself living alone in the beach condo that her father, Godo, bought a long time ago. So long, in fact, that he had forgotten about it's existence. In her attempt to put herself back together, the ninja finds that sometimes the best way to heal yourself is by healing someone else as well.

Stories to Come:

Marble Tears: SesshoumaruxRin. Plot is still being worked on.

Before It's Too Late: RenoxYuffie. Sometimes, in life, you'll find out that people are never what you expect them to be. The ones you trusted will betray you, and the ones you thought were the bad guys turn out to save you, more than once.

Glass Hearts: When you’re promised to someone you don’t love, wouldn’t you be bitter and resentful too? And what would happen if you did fall in love… except with the wrong person? YuRiku

UPDATES FOR DECEMBER:

12/4/08~ I have no excuses for not updating and I am so, so sorry! I've just been lazy :/. BUT as soon as finals are over (finals are next week, by the way), I will definitely step it up with the updating scenario! Gomen!

12/5/08~ Recently, I've gotten into the mood where all I want to do is write! I've re-written my old story, Glass Hearts (do any of you remember it? Ha ha.) and plan to put it up soon... quite possibly tonight... anyways, that doesn't mean I'll ignore GHFA: it is still my main focus! Promise!