Hello and welcome to Keba's Anime and Manga Place (KAAMP for short)! Here at KAAMP, I write about anime and manga that I have seen/read as well as my views on them. I'll also post about my original stories from time to time.

Just beware that some of my posts contain spoilers. I'll put them in spoiler tags just in case.

KAAMP's history: KAAMP was created in July 2002 by yours truly. It was a sloppy-looking website on Yahoo's now defunct Geocities. I posted my anime fan art on that site. Also, for a time, I posted my thoughts on the few anime series that I had seen. Now that I look back on it, my thoughts were rather ill-informed (is that even a word?) because I had only seen bits and pieces of anime dubs. Now that I've seen more series, I think that my commentary on various anime will be a little better than before.

So, come on in and stay awhile! KAAMP is now in session.

Hiatus = OVER

That's right, I'm back, b*tches. ♪

My hiatus was shorter than I thought. Now I can catch up on looking at everyone's lovely art. ^_^ I have a bit of art to scan and post, myself.

Now that I have my computer back, I feel like a bundle of sunshine. Sure, I have to reinstall all of my programs, but that's not that bad in the grand scheme of things. This is coming from someone who lost 3.5 of her knitting projects for good and had to go to the ER over the past two weeks. So, despite all that messiness, I'm feeling much better. It's amazing how a little Internet socialization can do that for you.

Oh yeah! And now I can watch Hulu again. I missed that. Stupid, FlashPlayer-less iPad. But I'll save that for later after I install the rest of my programs.

So, how's everyone doing? (No matter how good/bad you are, I'll give a Gift to anyone who comments.)

Unwanted Hiatus

Remember how my old computer was acting up until it eventually died? Well, as you know, I have a new one now, but this one is also giving me problems. It won't wake up from sleep. Also, when I try to shut it down the proper way, it goes to sleep instead. And, of course, it can't wake up.

After a month's worth of back-and-forth between tech support and me, they finally decided that it would be best for me to ship it off for repair. Good thing the warranty covers it.

I'll be shipping off my computer on Monday. I probably won't get it back until two weeks after that. So, you won't be seeing much of me.

I'd like to do a livestream as a "goodbye party" of sorts. It might be on Sunday.

Meme: 10 Things

I was tagged by Ellenor Mererid on DA, but since I already did it there some time ago, I'm bringing a new one to theO.

Rules:
1. Write 10 things about you.
2. Tag 10 people to do the same.

My 10 things:

1. My custom title here on theO is "Don't Forget 3 Oct", not just for the obvious Fullmetal Alchemist reference, but because I won a Premium on that day in 2013. Also, exactly one year before that, I moved into my apartment. FYI, I didn't burn my old place down, especially since my family was renting it out. Our actual house was under construction. I'd tell you what I did on 3 Oct 2011, the (fictional) 100-year anniversary of when Ed and Al set off on their journey, but I didn't start reading the FMA manga until a month after that.

2. Speaking of when I picked up the FMA manga, I started reading it after recovering from surgery. I took a break from it shortly after reading about Tucker doing... THAT. What can I say? I was in a hospital, which is kind of a lousy place to be in while reading that stuff. Reading Azumanga Daioh in a hospital is a different story.

3. "Keba", or some variation thereof, has almost always been my username. Before that, I was known as either "SaturnPuff" (Sailor Saturn plus Jigglypuff) or "Pwek" (the name of an alien species that I made up).

4. The high school that I went to had a radio station. I took broadcasting classes starting my second semester as a freshman, all the way to the end of my high school career. I was even a DJ at the station.

5. The best day of my life was March 1, 2003 because I got my drivers license and went to my first rock concert, all in the same day. It was a Bon Jovi concert; what a shocker. That was also the day I decided that I was going to be a rock star.

6. The album that I'm trying to record so badly will have 12 tracks. They are (in no particular order):

  • Anthem
  • Battle Scars
  • Your Name
  • All Bow before the Queen
  • Everything to Everyone
  • Suburban Prophet
  • Rebel without a Clue
  • Growing Up the Wrong Way
  • Fell in Love with a Rock Star
  • This Ain't Your Song
  • Get Immortal or Die Trying
  • I went to High School with a Guy from Fall Out Boy and I Didn't Even Get a Stupid Song Written about Me

7. If you're wondering about that last track, it's 100% true. I know you don't believe me; it's the interwebz after all. One of these days I'll have to livestream and show you one of my yearbooks. That is, after I remember to lug all my yearbooks over from my parents' place.

8. I've never met an anime that I didn't like on some level. Even the ones I wasn't too keen on have at least one redeeming quality. Then again, I guess I must only be watching the cream of the crop.

9. I still have my brother's old Nintendo 64. I don't play it much, though. Still, it's the only thing my grandma's old TV is good for... besides taking up space.

10. I miss playing Pokemon. I wish I could play the current Pokemon games, but the Pokemon are so numerous and my training methods are so time-consuming that the game would take over my life. One of these days I want to get my old Pokemon games' batteries replaced so I can "catch 'em all". And now that I know how to do "the Mew trick", I technically could be able to.

My 10 tags:

1. LGA775
2. elricbrothersfan
3. Artgrrl
4. Judai Winchester
5. TheDarkEclipse
6. clueless101
7. nikkeh09
8. toyotami kun
9. SmallxLady
10. XxArrancarFanxX

But you don't have to if you don't want to.

Ad for an RP

No, not my RP. 'Cause I'm not all that great at doing stuff like that.

I'm here to advertise TheDarkEclipse's Star Wars RP, Order of the Fifth Republic. He's looking for three or four more people to get it started.

I'm not actually part of the RP. As I said, I have very little RP experience. If you have any questions, contact TDE through the World link I provided.

What Do You Do with a Neglected Tumblr?

Edit: Thanks for the input, everyone! I think this is going to be one of those "little of this, little of that" blogs. I just added a post.

This might be off topic, but here goes...

This is my Tumblr. As you can see, it has exactly two posts. I was going to make it my music blog, but it seems that my album is coming along much slower than I thought it would. Hence, why there are only two posts from a few Decembers ago.

So, what should I do? I can't add more of my music, so should I just keep it as it is? Should I scrap the idea of it being a music blog? If so, what should I make it? And do I keep the music posts?

Here are my ideas of what the blog could be (aside from or in addition to music):

  • My art
  • My knitting
  • A personal journal
  • Something involving my OCs
  • Something to market myself
  • A combination of any and all of these

Thoughts?