Sunday, December 31, 2006

And so, another year draws to a close
Hiya everyone. This is my last post of 2006, and thus a grand review of the year according to Darke.

First off, some recent news. On Friday I went and got me a new leather jacket. And its looking pretty shweet. ^^

And on my birthday I am going on a roadtrip! Me and nic are going to Cambridge to have lunch with Rhian! Its gonna be a blast.

At the hospital where I work there has been an outbreak of something called the Winter Vomiting Virus. 10 wards now have it and the hospital is on high hygiene alert… it’s a real pain…everything has to be cleaned and I have to wash my hands like…all the time… its crazy. But I certainly don’t want to catch the bug, so I put up with all this crazy prevention procedures…

Oh and if ya wanna know how my crimbo went, scroll down and read the post after this one…it has a CDD in it too~


And now…the review.


2006. what a year its been. Its been a good year for travelling and a good year to be with friends. On the other hand, its been a bad year for jobs and careers, and also for story writing. ^^;;;

And as always, a good year for anime and manga and Gundam Models (judging by the complete lack of shelf space in my room.

Bad stuff: not getting into RAF, still stuck in shitty job, got kicked out of cadets, not quite sure what I'm doing with my life and having less and less time to do stuff I enjoy like watching anime, writing stories and the like.

Ok enough of the bad stuff…

This year I have travelled to Malaysia, Tennessee, Wales and Ireland. Malaysia was fantastic, a real life-changing experience, and I had a beautiful time there. The memories are still fresh in my mind, and I always enjoy helping out at Raleigh events cuz it reminds me of the fun and joy I had out there. Its something I will remember for always.

Tennessee…what can I say? Same thing as last year I guess…. DAMN!!!!!!! YOU GUYS ARE THE MOST AWESOME PEOPLE I KNOW! ALWAYS AND FOREVER!!! Seriously, the kindness and hospitality you all showed me out there really touched me deeply and I'm am so grateful that I got to spend two whole weeks with you. I got to see you graduate, I got to go to project graduation, I got to accompany you to Gatlinburg, I got to go to the zoo, I got to go to the lake again (huzzah!) I got to meet ky-chan finally, and I got to cook for you guys. And that’s just a fraction of it. You guys are my closest and bestest friends ever. Mindy. Chrissy. Amber. Ky-chan. And not forgetting Riss-Riss. Thank you for everything. I will never forget you. I look forward to meeting you again. Say hi to PC for me!!!!

Wales and Ireland were the pretty damned fantastic too. I had a real blast there. ^^

Of course, the other highlight of the year was passing my drivers test. (though it took me two tries to get there!) its another measure of freedom. ^^

Artiscally, its been an ok year. there have been some sporadic Chibi Darke Days, but the fella does keep ticking, I’ll give him that. also we have seen the introduction of Boxman. ^^ story wise, not so good. I have only written one story this year, and it’s a short one shot. Hopefully next year I will return to continuing my Gundam Saga.

New anime for me this year include FMA, Macross 7, Macross Zero, Macross Plus, Seed Destiny, Stargazer, Suzumiya Haruhi, Mazinkaiser and Panda-Z, Read or Die and Advent Children. I have also got into Kingdom Hearts this year and am considering buying the game. (KH 2)

2006 has been a good year online too (even though I spent 10 weeks effectively cut off from the internet) especially here on MyO. Xanth Reborn made a comment the other day how I have been here on MyO for a long time. Well, its true. I have been here over three years now. And its always giving me enjoyment. theOtaku and MyOtaku are my online homes and I don’t think I’ll ever leave. I’ve made so many new friends this year. Grifter99, Dark Phoenix, Shireishou, Jangalian, Xanth Reborn, ryuu-kiba and of course, Blue Eyes, to name but a few, and I’ve kept in contact and become even closer to my exisiting friends, including 29, cee-kari, flueky, Mitzy, living doll, weaver, sailor firestar, purgatory, mew wem, luicifers wife, red tigress, mourghan, princess ookumae, shadowcat69 and Yukina123.
Anyone I have forgotten, I apologise.

So 2006, despite some minor set backs, has been a absolutely brilliant year for me. To be honest, I'm very sad to see it go…I almost wish I could do it over again and do it even better. But alas, I am mortal and bound to the flow of time. And besides, who knows what 2007 holds for me? If its going to be anything like 2006…well, I can’t wait. There is a lot of uncertainty facing me this year. but with God and my friends by my side, I say:

BRING IT ON!!!

^^

Hope you all have a wonderful new year and I hope 2006 treated you as kindly as it did myself.


I finish with two items. One is my end of year CDD.




And to finish this year off…a video. It’s an FMA amv set to the song “Two Perfect Girls” from the anime Pokemon (hell yeah!) as sung by Brock…i have had this song stuck in my head. And now its your turn…




You can try to tell me you didnt enjoy that, but you know in your heart that you'd be LYING.


Thank You EVERYONE. I look forward to spending 2007 with you.



Toodles!!!


*strolls off into the new year singing*

“Jenny…oh Jenny…Joy…ohh Joy…a one woman man is what I wanna be, but there’s two perfect girls for me…”

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