I love Calvin and Hobbes. <3

So I have plenty of things to talk about. First off, let's find out what's been happening in the past month or so.

I've been away from IT but not from the internet, as my brother has returned us to the fabulous obsession that is POKEMON. I've been learning the Japanese and German names of all the Pokemon, and I've almost learned all the starters names. Here are some for your viewing pleasure ~

English - German - Japanese

Bulbasaur - Bisasam - Fushigidane
Ivysaur - Bisaknosp - Fushigisou
Venusaur - Bisaflor - Fushigane

Charmander - Glumanda - Hitokage
Charmeleon - Glutexo - Lizardo
Charizard - Glurak - Lizardon

Squirtle - Schiggy - Zenigame
Wartortle - Schillok - Kameil
Blastoise - Turtok - Kamex


ICH LIEBE SCHIGGY. <3

Anyway. >W>

Aside from Pokemon, my other new gaming obsession is Tales of Symphonia. : D I got it as a gift a few years back, but I got stuck near the start and hadn't played it since. It's like a brand new game now! I forgot that Lloyd was voiced by the same guy that does Robin. XD It fits pretty well, actually.

Some of the best news relating to anime this year has to be the broadcast of Inuyasha The Final Act in Japan. <3 It's so awesome that they're finally finishing up the series after they left off in such a disappointing way with the last one. I hope if they dub it over here, they get back all the old English voice actors. It wouldn't be the same any other way. D:

After I fully recovered from my illness this month, I started to research different sites to learn German, 'cause if I'm gonna take a break from Japanese I need to learn German while I'm at it. It's such a lovely language, after all. <333 I'm learning it from the site, German-Grammar.de, it's a guide written by a native German speaker, which I would trust over any other site. I also hate that some people think German is an ugly language. :< In a lot of ways, it's even prettier than English, or Japanese!

Speaking of foreign stuff ...

I discovered an amazing thing in the Cosplay biz. There's a convention called the World Cosplay Summit, a yearly convention in Nagoya, Japan. It would be so, so awesome if one day I could attend the WCS and get to meet all the wonderful cosplayers from around the world! Here's a list of the current nations that compete at the convention ~

USA
Brazil
Mexico
Spain
France
Italy
Germany
Finland
Denmark
China
Japan
Singapore
Thailand
Korea
Australia

SERIOUSLY. So many awesome countries and cosplayers, all in one place!! Maybe it's just me but that's so cool. <3

In even moooore recent news, yesterday I went out with my family to the mall. I got lots of awesome new duds! Some shirts, one being a Super Mario shirt from Japan, a pair of dark brown cargos, and two AWESOME NEW HATS. So awesome in fact, I named them. cB Minami Junior and Lids. Hopefully I'll be able to take some pictures and show them to you guys soon. :3

In boring news, I hate Congress. I can't really rant about it 'cause I'm scared they'd come after me. D:

In tiny news, it seems my i.Beat Emo has reached 100 songs! Woohoo!

Also, I've been thinking more of what I wanna do when I'm older. My main goal has always been Translator, but of what I wonder? I think being a translator for an anime dubbing company or a video game company would be really cool. ^^ Being a Translator also means I'll get to travel lots, which is a huge plus.

Now that we have all that out of the way, hmmm ... I think I'll try some art trades! Anyone willing to draw Mars for me? If so, I'll draw any character for ya~ And if you draw Mars with anyone relating to him or any of his buds, for example Mars with his heir Vibe, or Mars with any of his chilluns (or crack chilluns >:3) then I'll draw an equal amount of characters for ya.

Hope this journal wasn't too long. It's my longest yet!

Can't wait to hear from you guys, and I hope you're all doing well! Seeya 'round!

(Credit to for the Calvin and Hobbes skin.)