![]() Name: I can't tell you that, you're all strangers. Age: Dunno, it stopped meaning something once I was legal to drink. Sex: No thanks, I'd rather watch. Then laugh. Status: I'd like to say single but my job screws me over everyday. Then again, can it even be called a relationship if I get paid by the hour? Does that make me a whore? Dreams for the future: World Peace. Goes without saying really since it's never going to happen. Hence, dream. Hobbies: Doing absolutely nothing. And sleep. Lots and lots of sleep. If you are employed full-time in retail you know what I'm talking about. Ethnicity: Mixed. Like severely. Jamaican, Irish, German, Italian, and judging by my eye-shape some sort of Asian as well. Family: Seen the movie: Yours, mine, and ours? My family in a nutshell. Dad had four, mom had six, both got divorced from their first spouse, married one another and had three more. Me? I'm number 11, the eldest of the "babies". Enough said. Height: Tall enough that people come to me at work to reach something for them on a shelf but short enough that I usually have to get a stepladder in order to do it. Likes: Not much honestly. With as many kids in the family as we had, you learned really quickly to be happy with what you actually got. You also learned that possessions were never personal. Even if your name was on it, if it could be found in the house, it was free game. Books were something of a sanctuary for me, I suppose. Of all the brood I was the most literate. I'm also a fan of cooking. That's something. Rather sad, but still something. Dislikes:Lots. People. I hate people! The absolute worst are those who are on welfare and are perfectly capable of providing for themselves but choose not to, so that leaves the rest of the population supporting them with our tax money! You KNOW who you are and you DISGUST me! When the system was founded I find it highly unlikely that the plan was to allow people to spend all their food stamps money on three carts worth of canned soda, let alone a freaking wedding cake! Really people? I mean, REALLY?! Runner ups are the moochers, the friends and family, that drift from person to person asking for rides to places, offering no gas money, doing their laundry at your place, never replacing the detergent or bleach, inviting themselves over for the night and staying for days, weeks even if they're family members, never once offering money for the food that they eat or the water that they use, when they shower, or the minutes that they use up on your phone, which they took OFF the charger and left to DIE, after using it WITHOUT permission in the first place!! The homeless. I'm sorry but I have no sympathy for you. There are shelters everywhere, places to go that give you a manual labor job for a day and pay you if you just show up regardless of how bad you look or smell, and medical practices that cater solely to those in need. If you can spend eight hours on a corner begging for change you can spend the same amount of time at the library searching for a job. If you do feel sorry for them though, give them FOOD! Not something they can return to a store and exchange for cash to buy booze with either, I'm talking McDonald's or something. Then wait for a reaction, the ones that are addicts toss it half the time or will cuss you out, the truly appreciative will thank you and sometimes wish you God's blessing. Those are the ones, I at least, will slip a few bucks, usually only around Christmas or Easter though. 'Tis the season and all that. Stereotype conformists. You know the people who buy into societies caste systems. Black people who choose to speak as though they've no education whatsoever, dress like media portrayed gangsters and have multiple illegitimate children with their baby mommas. Shining example: My little brother. All of us attended private school from kindergarten through junior high before attending public high school. We paid for a higher level of education and we received one. We were raised to speak proper English with proper diction and yet he choose to drop out like all the little dealer friends he made, get in all kinds of trouble with the police by associating with them, as well as falling into the annoying habit of street jargon and slang. He has no job, no diploma, a felony on his permanent record and two children with two different girls, who can't stand each other. Martin Luther King must be so proud. Profanity. Don't get me wrong, there is a time and place for profane language, usually when dealing with acute pain, fear, or surprise in general. It is not, however, in the work space, behind the counter, and especially not when helping customers. I don't know how many times I have to remind coworkers not to do this and it's just sad. Is professionalism really such a foreign concept? Another problem with this is, people who curse every other word. First of all, there's no reason for it. Second, you're taking too long to make you're point. Third, it's just plain rude and finally, depending where you are, you might wind up spending time with security. Pointless tattoos. My older brother has a few that are really nice and my sister has a rose on her collarbone but the ones that bug me are the ones that you look at and are like, "you actually paid for that?" To name a few that I've seen: A smurf. Phil and Lil from rugrats. A cassette tape. The worst have got to be a tie between the misspelled ones, example: Don't let the past, make you're dicisions, four today. (Note the words in bold are a bit off. Did this artist not have spellcheck or something?) The other being really dark-skinned people with tattoos in black ink. My little brother has these and I don't get it. You can't even see them unless he's standing just right under strong lighting, then it becomes all glittery looking and twilight-ish. More could be said but I'll leave it at this for now. Future work subjects: Naruto: Current guilty pleasure. Love the concept and thought that went into it, the characters, not so much. Uzumaki Naruto, the character, is middle ground for me. He is the protagonist so there is a lot to love, but his glaringly obvious faults never get addressed really. His dream is to become Hokage but he never really puts any effort into this, despite the fact we know it will happen simply because that would be the happiest ending. He doesn't study in school, skips class, defaces monuments, and in the time he searches for Tsunade with Jiraiya we find he has trouble even reading road signs. It reminds me of the movie Idiocracy. The only reason he actually becomes Hokage in the end is because he's the strongest available for the job, not exactly a shining recommendation when one looks at those who were before him. His rivalry with sasuke is initially instigated by him and his jealousy of the boy being a star student, which is later fed by his stupid crush on his "Sakura-chan". A crush that is never explained of how it even came into being. Haruno Sakura, dead-weight, end of story. Defend her all you like, the girl knew what she was getting into at the Academy, the fact that the few Shinobi rules they speak of clearly paint a picture of a more militant curriculum than all the flashbacks let us believe. A softer option than other countries but still spitting out soldiers which makes her even more pathetic in my book as she decided to focus on looks and her diet rather than skill. She faced missing-nin her first outing outside the village and it isn't until the Chunin exams that she wakes up and thinks, "Hey, I might just die the way I am now." The fact that the Menma movie tells us her parents are in fact shinobi as well makes it even more unbelievable to me. Initially I wanted to blame them but if you look at Ino she's just as bad, so I believe it's more of a matter of them ignoring parental advice than bad parenting. Her obsession with sasuke is just creepy to me and borderline criminal. Hatake Kakashi, my absolute favorite character. He's the one of most real fictional character in this series. He has crippling emotional baggage, dead sensei, dead teammates, dead father. He grew up isolated by his own intellect and he's the very last of his family. As for his cronic lateness, its actually something only done in the anime version, or was the last time I looked, it was a quirk they threw in to make him more unique, I suppose. Uchiha Sasuke, a sad, lonely little boy with mental problems. His brother worked him over with that genjutsu until he was borderline certifiable. His vendetta is the only thing keeping him focused and it drives his very being. Case and point, joining Orochimaru. It wasn't about betrayal it was about overcoming his personal limits and going beyond the imaginable. I'm convinced had he actually known about the Kyuubi being in Naruto and giving him those power-boosts he would have been much more content to stay. Orochimaru, my sweet honey. I love this guy, he's so unpredictable, a regular Moriarty. He has charisma that draws in others and brains enough to build his own village and keep it hidden away until the invasion. He's created countless jutsu and medical procedures, resurrected a lost bloodline and actually owns more than one outfit. Seriously, I think out of all the characters he may change clothes the most. Sasuke a close second. He's also a good teacher. Look at Anko, Kabuto, Sasuke, the Sound Four, Kimmimaru. What does Jiraiya teach Naruto outside of the Rasengan, channeling Bijuu chakra, and summoning? Naruto doesn't even know he can learn with his Kage Bushin. He also has no scruples about killing unlike all the other bleeding hearts in this series. Inuyasha: One of my first serious obsessions. I absolutely loved the art and the fact that they didn't generally cut back on the gore when killing demons or humans for the matter. Sesshomaru is my absolute favorite with Naraku a close second. I'm a baddie lover what can I say. As for Inuyasha the ears and the fire-rat outfit are some of the only few things I like about him. He never learns to properly wield his sword he just swings it around like it a club or something hoping it kills things. It's also so overpowered it's not even funny. His indecision between Kikyo and Kagome is something I'm still on the fence about. The fact of the matter is he is a dog, half-breed or not, he has instincts. Dogs are vary rarely monogamous if given other opportunities to breed. The whole two-timing concept wouldn't even apply in the feudal era even, especially for the son of a lord, as Inuyasha's father was, demon or not. A woman was property be it her father or husband, brother or lord, she was a belonging and had very little say in who she gave her body to. Multiple wives even were a statement of wealth, Inu-no-taisho had two, that we know of, both at the same time. His son's mothers. So his question of "can't I have both of them?" is totally valid. The whole necrophiliac thing aside. Kagome is someone I've actually grown to loathe. Initially I liked her as she can be very take charge in a dangerous situation but she's out of her depth half the time and doesn't listen when told to get out of the way. She's always getting kidnapped and always stopping them to bathe or save this or that village and it makes you wonder how much time they wasted, how many people died by Naraku's hand, while they were doing so. Her perpetual need to go back to school doesn't help much either. Her outfit is totally is inappropriate for the time period and yet she gets so offended when men comment on it The thing that drives me up the wall is her abuse of those kotodama beads, they were meant solely for her protection against Inuyasha and yet she uses them in any fight they have or when she's simply upset. She perverted the initial purpose of them and uses as punishment, spousal abuse at it's finest. I lost all respect for her when in the Sword of an Honorable Ruler movie they broke and she put them back on him saying they weren't connected otherwise. Shippo, one word, useless. Sesshomaru, gorgeous. I like how his character develops throughout the whole series and that despite the loss of a limb he's still a formidable opponent. There aren't that many anime or manga character that are handicapped, that I know of, that can still function on practically the same level as they did before, let alone at all. Gohan, from DBZ, and A, from Naruto, being the only others I can think of off the top of my head. I love his tail, moko-moko-sama, and his poison drool was so cute. His sword that grew with his arm was just weird though, I mean did he make it in his body or was it put there by his father and he just didn't know like Inuyasha and the Black Pearl tomb. Naraku, genius. There is no other way to describe this guy. He has plans within plans within plans. If one plan doesn't work, that failure has already been taken into account most times and a backup is already being instigated. He spins a web of lies and manipulation and decorates it with the blood of his enemies. The fact that half the time he's naked under that pelt or after a battle, well...I don't hate it. Dragonball Z: My first introduction to anime and will always have a place in my heart. As far as I'm concerned, and many of you are with me, GT never happened and does not exist. Except for that outfit Vegeta wore and SSJ4 nothing good came of it. Fluffy Saiyajin men with bare midriffs and long prehensile tails, mmmmm. PET PEEVES IN ANIME: These are the things that are super cliche to me or just so out there its obscenely annoying 1. Power of Friendship. Dbz and Naruto do this to death. All hope is lost, death is imminent and then protagonist's power skyrockets in defiance because it can't end this way and s/he won't see their precious people or planet destroyed. It doesn't happen. It doesn't make sense. If they couldn't win in the first place they deserve to die for resisting or just buying time for the "hero" to make an entrance. 2. Lateness in times of need. It never fails that regardless of how punctual the protagonist may be, when the planet or their friends are in trouble they are, more often than not, on some trip of enlightenment or something. If this is so common, keep them with you or invest in, I dunno, a CELLPHONE! 3.Oversleeping. It's like the fallback intro for every shoujo first episode. Main character sleeps in, usually on the first day of new school, has to rush and runs the entire way, often with a piece of toast in their mouth. Why? So they can bowl over their future love interest or just some random person in a way that gives us a fanservice shot of panties. Usually striped. Or in other cases a breast groping or boob faceplant. 4. Large breasts. In any kind of anime that targets a larger male audience usually one or more girls have massive jugs. My problem is that half the time its disproportionate to the rest of her body and in some cases the size is just obscene. Not to mention the whole no bra thing. If they're about to get down and dirty than fine but not all the time. Example: Tsunade. B freaks out when she and his bro show up and he sees shes not wearing one. She's a freaking kunoichi, she's active all the time, I know it's fanservice stuff but it's not feasible, not to mention gross if you remember her real age an the few shots or her arms and mouth when her youth jutsu fades. Sports bras exist for a reason people, and it's because it hurts like hell to be active with any generous amount of boobage. Take it from experience, when puberty sets in and your genes are generous, you can kiss profession sportsmanship goodbye. I was all set in Junior high and half-way through high school to go pro swimming only to turn out to be a late bloomer. By senior year my top speed dropped significantly and it had to do with drag not less training. 5. Tsundere. The female kind mostly, simply because it seems directly proportionate to small breasts. For whatever reason girls with small breasts in anime, Sakura, Ino and Tsunade, in her youth, all have flip-switch tempers and a flat-chest complex. Not to mention a habit of reacting in a physically violent manner to anything that upsets them. I don't get the attraction to women like this. Is it the challenge to tame them or some form of closet masochism? Don't get me wrong, some anime are very good with tsundere characters, my particular favorites are the horror ones since it's more believable. If you met one in real life, after all, they'd be certifiable and a danger to those around them. 6. Chest-complexes. Be it small breast or too large there is usually one girl in every anime that has a boob-complex. Why? It's not something you can change it's genetics. It's also not cute if they never get over it, bringing it up all the time. If it bothers you so much, don't mention it. You just draw attention to your breasts when you do. 7. Lack of gore. If it's an action anime, or a military based one, I want gore. Don't refocus the picture to the side so you only see the shadow of the person and then shift to the ground to watch a puddle of blood grow. I want to see the details. War is dirty, let us see it. 8. Lack of deaths. Naruto is the worst with this. He always avoids killing his opponents. It's all about finding out why they're doing this, what their sob story is, that "I know how you feel and you're not alone, I'll be your friend" they seem to come to and parting ways as allies. What the what?!? It's a ninja story and the main character won't kill anyone, it's just...there are no words for how wrong this is. 9.Deaths that don't matter. Basically this is when people die for the sole reason of getting the protagonist to go all out. Pain destroying Konahagakure and Naruto hitting sage mode. Krillin dying so Goku goes super. And so on and so forth. It's just annoying. Especially when all is said and done and they are miraculously restored to life. No. Just no. Stop it. 10.Second chances. You tried to kill me, you tried to kill my friends, you came her to destroy my planet, you did destroy my planet, but I know deep down you can be a good person and now that you know you're no match for me I will let you live to change your ways. Goku in a nutshell. As for Naruto, it's more let's talk this out because we're all people and though our villages are enemies it doesn't mean we can't be friends. They might as well just join hands and sing, " Kumbiyah". |
A Hidden Relationship by wicl93 reviews