Friday, December 29, 2006

Six Things, Six Categories
This is something I'm ganking from my newspaper, and I encourage whoever reads this to do the same. Six things in each of the categories that happened during the course of 2006, and your reaction to it.
Most of the thing I'm listing will have to do with myOtaku/theOtaku, etc., or events that I have posted about. I don't want you guys to be confused. XD

Six things that made me...

Laugh
-The podcast team's poking fun at Adam. "Hurmph hurmph hurmph!"
-The brith of the Otaku Attack Force, and, moreso, our taking up over 50% of episode 22's comments.
-The fangirl wars. >_>;
-bellpickle's guide to writing mediaminer-worthy fanfiction.
-The Inuyasha parodies and "Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series".
-The start and somewhat populartiy of the WaKD comics.

Cheer
-SOAP's huge uprising against the closing of the articles. Plus, the humongous wave of comments that came on the news article about the writing sections closing.
-Receiving a Judge's Award and an Honorable Mention in Lelola's fifth splash image contest.
-Passing freshman year.
-Learning the band had been selected to go to New York City.
-My oldest brother's awesome girlfriend and how I may have a sister-in-law before I graduate high school. ^^ (My oldest brother is 22, by the way.)
-Becoming the second-most popular article writer. I think Adam closed the section because I was catching up. *shot* >.O;

Cry
-The death of Steve Irwin.
-Finally reazling that the writing sections were really gone, and that fanart had become the focus of theOtaku.
-Azumanga Daioh's ending (after I, you know, finally got the sixth DVD)
-Watching "The Gift of Ages" on DeviantArt.
-Realizing how little time I have left with my junior friends.
-Finding out - wait, I can't share. I made a promise that I wouldn't tell anyone.

Cringe
-The blatant stupidity of people completly ignoring the impact the closing of the articles had on us.
-Losing ANN's holiday banner contest - furthermore, losing to the thing that won.
-How the podcast boys rip into anybody who likes dubs and think fansubs are "wrong". (To an extent.)
-Seeing advertisements for yaoi manga in Anime Insider. *shot by fangirls*
-Getting a B+ in art first quarter. Excuse me?
-The pink and small banner, and how Adam just ingores the 150+ comments plus the podcast boys revolting against it.

Think
-The direction theOtaku is heading in becoming a DeviantArt clone. Why?
-The PLAN test. Am I really ready for college?
-The credit wars I have in my schedule for next year. After the three humanities classes, can I fit everything I need in?
-AP U.S. History. Wait, why am I in this class?
-Immigration debates. Why do they think the way they do?
-Being a sophomore. I'm stuck in a boring part of school. What can I do to make an impact?

Believe
-Reaching 1mb for Revival's file size. Sa-weet.
-Having blunt and non-tactful Ryu read Revival and really like it. There's hope for publishing after all.
-Almost winning Lelola's splash contest.
-Going to New York City and performing in the Nation's Day parade.
-WaKD's popularity and the people who enjoy them. I can be funny afterall!
-Having the chance to be in AP Art for two years with only three other people - all of them friends of mine.

2006's been an interesting year. Let's see how 2007 pans out.
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