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Birthday
• 1971-11-21
Gender
• Female
Location
• Idaho
Member Since
• 2004-06-22
Occupation
• Cleaning lady by day, defender of arts and entertainment by night. ^_^
Real Name
• Caprice

Personal

Achievements
• Raising 4 kids
Anime Fan Since
• 2003
Favorite Anime
• Trigun, Gungrave, Rurouni Kenshin...
Goals
• Make it through another day...
Hobbies
• Music, anime, drawing, writing, computers,video games, astronomy
Talents
• My kids say I do funny voices pretty good.

myOtaku.com: Caprice

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Something sad
Monday night on the news there was a story about a 4 year old girl who had died at the hands of her father and stepmother. The details are pretty bad, and I won't mention everything. But one of the things about this, that resulted in her death, really disturbs me. Apparently the little girl would have "accidents" in her clothes and they would make her stand up straight in the tub and wash her clothes. If she didn't stay up they would hit her with a broom stick. Or if she started to fall asleep they would put her head in the water to wake her up. Well, apparently they were making her do this last Saturday night and the stepmother left the room. When she returned the little girl was unresponsive. The father and stepmother tried doing CPR, which at some point the father went outside to smoke a cigarette. They weren't successful at reviving her, so they took her to the hospital emergency room, where she was pronounced dead. The couple are being charged with murder.

Now as a mom myself, these kinds of stories hit me pretty hard. I actually get tears in my eyes for a child I didn't even know. It makes me wish I could be there to save each and every child out there from things like this. Recently, when asked by another myO member the question of who is the most evil person I could think of, whether it be real or fiction, my reply was any person who intentionally harms their own child. This community encountered a tragic story almost two years ago about two kids who had been taken from their home after the guy killed their family. Only the little girl was recovered alive. Her brother had been killed as well at some point during their captivity. And as tragic as that story was, I still think that a parent to harm their own child is even worse. Parents are supposed to be the ones to protect their children from harm, not give it. People like that are the lowest, most evil people on this planet.

So, I had this idea that I'd like to write a poem or maybe a short story of some kind for the little girl who died. I was also thinking an anime style drawing would be nice to go along with it. I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who would be willing to do this drawing for me. I can draw well enough, but I'm not as good at originals. I'd like this drawing to be drawn very well. So, let me know if you or someone you know would like to take on this little project. I'll also give more details of what I'm thinking as for the type of drawing, just PM me.

Anyway, I need to get my mind off of this depressing subject and get onto the Otakubowl. Here's the results from yesterday's match ups.

Anime Series Old Generation
Record of Lodoss War (3) vs Trigun (11)

Anime Series New Generation
Samurai 7 (6) vs Samurai Champloo (7)

Movie (based on anime or video game)
Akira (8) vs Princess Mononoke (6)

Manga
Bleach (9) vs Flame of Recca (1)

Video Game
The Legend of Zelda (7) vs Rouge Galaxy (1)

For a while there I thought Samurai 7 would take Champloo. It was ahead early on. But then the Jin, Mugen, and Fuu fans showed up. ^_^

Ok, here's today's match ups.

Anime Series Old Generation
Orphen vs Cowboy Bebop

Anime Series New Generation
Gungrave vs Eureka 7

Movie (based on anime or video game)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shambala vs Vampire Hunter D

Manga
Saiyuki Reload vs Fullmetal Alchemist

Video Game
HALO vs Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner

Hmmm, so FMA is in two different categories today... interesting.

HALO is pretty big in my house. My hubby plays the PC game online constantly. And when we get four people playing it on XBox, my 8 year old son kicks everyone's butts. He's my little gamer. ^_^

Hope everyone has a good Wednesday.

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