Hello, and welcome to my world of random thoughts. This world is where I'm going to talk about stuff related to anime and manga, and maybe a few other things. First, a few things about me.

I like cats, my favorite food is french fries, and I was born an only child.

Favorite Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sailor Moon, Tokyo Mew Mew, Card Captor Sakura, Vampire Princess Miyu, Code Geass, Digimon: Seasons 1 through 3, Pokemon (before they got rid of Misty), Gundam SEED, Strawberry Panic, Rideback, Full Metal Panic, and Slayers.

Other Anime/Manga that I like: Buso Renkin, Gurren Lagann, InuYasha, Kannazuki no Miko, Shattered Angels, Bleach, Dragon Ball Z, Durarara!!, Spice and Wolf, This Ugly Yet Beautiful World, Dragonaut: The Resonance, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Trinity Blood, Blue Gender, Eden of the East, Last Exile, and Soul Eater.

TV Shows that I like: Star Trek (Original, Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager), Magnum P.I., Numbers, The Simpsons, The West Wing, Hawaii Five-O (Remake), NCIS, NCIS Los Angeles, Doctor Who, Leverage, The Mentalist, Elementary, and The Red Green Show.

Favorite Musical Groups/Artists: Phil Collins, Genesis (the band that Phil Collins was with originally), Journey, Styx, Boston, Queen, Billy Joel, John Denver, Survivor, and Josh Groban.

So now that's all you need to know about me. In this world I'll be talking about notable anime news stories, maybe stuff about the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game for anyone who's interested, stuff about me that relates to anime and manga in some way, and I'll probably rant about a certain series or a bunch of anime and manga. Or I may just talk about my life in general, if I feel like it. I'm not sure how often I'll post something here, but I'll try to as often as I can. In the meantime, I hope you all enjoy visiting.

~Darkarax

Different Kind of Styx

I've had this Styx song going through my head a few times this week. It's a bit different from other stuff they've done. See what you think.

As for me, I'm not sure if I like or hate this song. It's not my favorite song by Styx, that's for sure.

IMPORTANT! Please Read!

This post goes out to everyone here on TheO. I have an urgent matter to tell all of you. Fan Fiction.Net has been deleting various stories on their site. Specifically stories that are based on songs, and stories that aren't exactly PG-13. Now a lot of this is about censorship, and I can understand that. But there are better ways to prevent kids from reading stories that aren't suitable for them, like age registration and other security methods. The reason I started writing stories on Fan Fiction.Net was because the site gave me a little more freedom with what I write. But now that freedom has been threatened. So now I need all of you to do me a big favor and sign the petition at the link below.

http://www.change.org/petitions/fanfiction-net-stop-the-destruction-of-fanfiction-net#

Now I don't care if you're a writer of fan fiction or not. Heck, I don't care if you're a reader of fan fiction. Just sign, please. You'd be doing a service to me and other fan fiction writers out there. Thank you for your time.

EDIT: I should've mentioned this when I posted yesterday, but it would be a real big help if after you signed you tell all your friends about this and post about this in your worlds. Again, thank you.

~Darkarax

Desert Moon

Here's another song by Dennis DeYoung that I found. Now that I think about it, I do recall hearing that he had a fairly good solo career.

New Discovery

I found an old song I'd like to share with you all. It was done by the original lead singer of Styx, Dennis DeYoung.

It was part of the soundtrack for Karate Kid II, though I don't recall ever hearing that song in the movie.

Coming Soon

Sometime in the next few days (hopefully before next weekend) I will be making a wallpaper set to this song.

It's going to be Yu-Gi-Oh! GX wallpaper, so stay tuned.