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Female Location Washington State Member Since 2004-01-04 Occupation Freelance Writer, theOtaku.com Administrator, OtakuBoard Category Moderator for Community, Anime Screener for ADV Films, Bandai, FUNimation, Viz and Central Park Media. Real Name Gail Shimura-Brightbill
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Achievements I possess the magical ability to make the general public believe I am a normal adult and not an anime otaku. Anime Fan Since The first time I saw Doraemon as a kid. Favorite Anime Full Metal Alchemist, Bleach, Saiyuki, Robotech and many other anime series and movies. Too much to list! Goals Make theOtaku.com the best anime web community on the internet. Hobbies Writing, anime, manga, working with animals, attending anime conventions, cosplay, making new friends and spending time with my loved ones. Talents I can quote random lines from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
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Thursday, January 26, 2006
If Novapup and Panda had a baby...
I am really at a loss for what to write about so I just wanted to show you guys this little video clip of a dog I really want to adopt. Wouldn't this pup be perfect for John (Novapup) and I to have?! I mean it's a panda and a pup... it's a Panda Pup! Since I don't want to have kids and I love dogs it's like it was meant to be! Absolutely adorable!!
Comments on Comments: The Ultra Special Lack Of Sleep Edition! Version 5 AM!
Lytjuh: That darn time zone thing. I am closer to the tail end of the time change. I have a friend who lives in Australia and he teases me that I am just living in the past. Oh well. Plus I had to switch up my comments order to keep you on your toes! I'm wacky that way. :P
Yummy smells are always good to stimulate the appetite. Like when the entire family gets together and starts cooking. There is just something comforting about the wonderful smells that come out of a kitchen filled with family. As for random munchies....I wonder what causes them. I will just start to crave candy from one of those 25 cent machines. You know, like Mike and Ikes or those little sour candies. Oh great, now I want some of those sour candies...
CosmicSailor: I am not a cook per se. I can cook, I am good at it, I enjoy it but when my arthritis flares up it is dangerous for me to be in the kitchen. I am already accident prone to begin with so I know better than to temp fate by using knives and such. Lucky for me John loves to cook so it's not like I have to twist his arm to make dinner. Needless to say I have fallen into the rut of just letting him cook. I told him that is where a man's place is...in front of the stove cookin' me supper! lol
Cooking is really an art form. It is a wonderful creative outlet. Being able to take the different ingredients and create something new and delicious is really a fun thing to watch. I love watching John cook. The only thing I hate is watching the massive amount of dishes pile up in the sink that need to be washed. >_<;;
Ah, the Pocky experience. There are so many different types of Pocky. I like the white chocolate ones. Now if you find yourself in an Asian grocery store or at an anime convention you need to look for an item called "Hello Panda".
It comes in several different flavors. It's a little cookie with a picture of a panda printed on them with a tasty filling. There is chocolate, strawberry and vanilla. You can usually find them in the same aisle as the Pocky and other snacks. Tasty and cute! ^_^
Oh, speaking of using pictures to tell how you feel - go for it. I have this "Angry Panda Rant Engine" picture I use when I am going to use myO to vent. This way if someone doesn't want to read the negativity they can skip that portion. I have one icon for the start and another for the end. Of course there are times when I think I should just leave the "start rant engine" icon up all the time! LOL
As for your vicious comments. You have remorse about it. That is a good thing. It shows that you do care. If you were just some heartless flamer you wouldn't care who your comments offended. You also are working on changing, that is excellent! You have acknowledged you have a problem and you are working to solve it. I am very proud of you for doing that. We all have off days and sometimes the tactfulness gets lost in the shuffle.
I understand the frustration with wanting to respond to something. You think...oh I'm gonna give 'em what they deserve. I've had things said to me online that have left me in tears. I just want to write something back to make them feel as bad as I do at this moment. This of course, as we all know, is a very bad thing. Just keep trying not to let you emotions take over. Which I know is much easier said than done. I'm rootin' for ya. Heck, when something like this happens, vent to me. I know if I can get things out in the open in some from it gives me time to cool down. If you feel like giving that a try feel free to write an email/PM to me.
Joking about the long winded thing. LOL Here is another example of how writing makes it more difficult to tell what someone's true meanings are. Like if I said: "Oh I just I Looooooove Guinea Pigs!". I am sure someone, somewhere would think I was being honest. Oh I would just loooove to get away from Guinea Pigs is more like it. :P I too type like I speak. I am probably more vocal when I write but this is pretty much my speech pattern. I just write what comes to mind. Very much like a conversation with a friend. I don't think anyone would have fun reading a dry, sterile text book sounding journal entry. Unless they really enjoy dry, sterile text book type writing....I am not sure who those people would be, but more than likely they wouldn't be reading my blog anyway. They would probably think I was totally insane. Wait, correction, they may be doing a case study on me. That would be a reason why someone boring like that would be on my site! LOL
Phobophobia! That is great! I bet someone somewhere has named my Guinea Pig phobia. I love all the other animals that would come into the vet clinic, just not the Guinea Pigs. I got to the point where if someone would hand it to me I could hold it. That was about it. And that took 7 years. o_O;;
You and my brother both. He is one of those guys that drove the grade school teacher crazy. He started off right handed, then switched to his left. In sports he switches between being a southpaw and a righty. I know his golf clubs are made for lefties. But I believe he prefers to bat right...I get confused about what he does. I think I heard somewhere that the majority of ambidextrous people are male.
I would very much like to see your handwriting. I think I will fire up the scanner and get some of my writing posted. I could use the tablet John uses for art but when I write on that thing it looks like my signature on those UPS digital clipboards. It looks like a drunk llama tried to sign it. I swear, my signature never looks normal on those digital things. >_<
ShadowLight: Noodles....::drools:: That sounds really good. Now I am craving noodles!!
Fear of cows huh. I can understand that. They are really big. The only fear I have of cows is that they will smash me against a wall or fence or they will stand on my foot. When you are small it is best not to get into large animal veterinary medicine. LOL
SomeGuy: I am not on the Monaco Cup arc yet. Oh I can't wait to get there! A punny clown...for some reason that just doesn't surprise me. LOL
Online meanies, I just really don't know what to think about them. Do they have such sad lives that this is all they can do to assert themselves? Kinda like bullies in school...what made them this way? Who knows. All I do know is no matter what people like that are always going to be around to annoy the rest of us. Meh.
Shanny: We must eat bread together my dear! There is just something wonderful about fresh baked bread...the smell, the taste...the entire experience is just lovely. Now I want some more bread!
I am feeling pretty good...minus the lack of sleep. I wish you well too. Love you much. ::huggles::
abc kid: I love warm bread so your warm biscuit sandwich sounds devine! I just love warm bread.
Smell is a trigger for me too now that I think about how I react in malls. You know, you are walking around and you get a wiff of something from the food court. What usually does me in is the smell coming from Cinnabon. Darn them and their fresh baked cinnamon rolls! Mmmm, cinnamon roll and coffee....
donewiththegames: Step by Step! Oh my! I completely forgot about that show! Talk about a walk down memory lane! LOL
BankofKev: I had that Styx song stuck in my head for days. Now that I am thinking about it again it's back again! Darn you Kev. You are going to have to treat me to some Baked Alaska now!
celestialcharm: Spiders. I don't like them since they seem to seek me out. I hate it when you climb into the shower and one is hanging out in the tub...of course most of the time you don't notice it there until you have climbed into the shower! One of my former co-workers is terrified of spiders. She once had one in her house and she first sprayed it with a massive amount of bug killer then when it fell on the floor she used a upside down garbage can to cover it. After placing some heavy objects on top of the can she left it there until her husband came home from work. I am pretty sure she got it. I am just surprised she didn't get one of her husband's guns out to shoot the darn thing too! >_<;;
I have heard of people eating Guinea Pigs, they are suppose to be pretty tasty BBQ'd. I get this funny visual of me in a safari outfit hunting down wild Guinea Pigs. I wonder what they taste like...
TheMouse: Now I have a question for you...when don't you feel like drinking tea?! LOL
KitsuneTsuki: It's funny how some commercials will just make you instantly want that food. I only wish that I could enjoy my food like the people in commercials do. Like eating chocolate and it's like you are transported to some chocolately wonderland with waterfalls of creamy goodness all around you. Either that or those old 80's commercials for the "Land of Dairy Queen" with the river of chocolate and toppings. Mmm...river of chocolate....
Mamma "the eternal game of phone tag" Vash: We really must go out to eat again. Food tastes so much better when surrounded by friends.
Going to the windy city huh. It's been about a year and a half since I was there. I was lucky since I had gone in June. None of that cold weather stuff for me! It was lots of fun. We stayed at this quaint little B & B which was just a few blocks away from a Polish restaurant. Oh tasty tasty food! Of course we had to also have some pizza while we were there too. I really do love eating.
MiasmaMoon: You are so right about food cravings haunting you. It is just awful. I read somewhere when you are on a diet (kinda like how I say I am but never really am) that if you get a craving for something "bad" you should have some since it will continue to get worse and when you finally do give in to the dark side that you will over-eat that item thus, making it worse. With that in mind I think I need a little bit of cinnamon roll right now. Hmm, I wonder if John will get mad if I wake him up right now in the wee hours of the morning to make me cinnamon rolls....I better not chance it. LOL
The Burger King. Yeah. Creepy. I find it creepy yet interesting. It's like he is just so charismatic I can't take my eyes of those commercials. I think the King is brain washing me. @_@