I am once again returning to TheO/MyO. I am sad to see that many of my friends are no longer around. I hope to make some new friends, that is...if I don't frighten them away. *chuckles*

Anyway...for those of you that don't know me...

My true name is Amanda but many of my friends and family call me Shader/Shade. Manna is also a favorite of theirs. At work I am known by my middle name Marie for the simple fact that there is another girl that works at the Home Depot with the same first and last name. In many of the games I participate in I go by Istral.

Now that we have got the many faces of me out of the way. We can get on to the good stuff.

I am and anime/manga/sci-fi/fantasy/gaming addict. Some of my favorite Anime/Manga are Hellsing, Chrono Crusade, BLEACH, Vampire Hunter D, Inuyasha, Naruto, Final Fantasy, so on and so forth.

Movies or Television that I enjoy include Advent Children, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Pirates of the Caribbean, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis(my favorite), Sanctuary, Angel, Buffy, and Bones. I do not watch a whole lot of regular TV. Most of my television is viewed from my computer anyway.

The video game series I like best is Final Fantasy. I also enjoy Prince of Persia, and Kingdom Hearts. My favorite video game is Final Fantasy VII. Sephiroth is pretty darn awesome. ...and so is Vincent. XD I also like Yazoo and Kadaj but sadly, they are not in the game.

Some of the MMORPGs I enjoy include Perfect World, and Fiesta. If you also play these and are interested in maybe meeting in game send me a PM and we will figure out a time and a place. If you have never heard of these games and would like to just see what they are...here are a few links to the websites/download sites for you:

http://pwi.perfectworld.com/download

https://register.outspark.com/fiesta/

Fiesta is more of an animated/anime like game than Perfect World.

Gaara, Itachi, Alucard, D, Chrono, Sesshomaru, Bakura, Marik, Todd the Wraith, Steve the Wraith, Prince Nuada, Frieza, Cell,Sephiroth, Kadaj, Yazoo, and Vincent are some of my all time FAVORITE characters from any given movie or television show.

I love Vampires, Wraith, and Dragons. They are fascinating! Many of my favorite books(and manga) have something to do with them...

I hope that told you something about me. If I think of anything else I will put it up for those of you that actually read these.

...and a video of Prince Nuada...

I love watching him fight. Heh.

If you ever feel the need to strike up a conversation with me, feel free!

All In a Weeks Time...or close to it.

Well, nothing really exciting happened this week. I learned a little bit more about driving a manual and I can drive 'pretty' smoothly. I still make a few mistakes...but for the most part, I'm good with it.

I played Fiesta a lot. I had actually been off of that game for a month or so. I missed my in game husband. LOL I made a few new characters on the Apoline server(most of my characters, including my main, are on Bijou.) I made a pair of archers. They are twins. I tried to design them after Nuada and Nuala from Hellboy II: The Golden Army. I still have a little work to do on their appearance though. I also created yet another Istral...also a Mage. I have a Istral on both Bijou and Apoline.

I played Perfect World for a whole total of 20 minutes...maybe...this whole week. >.<

Hmmm...what else happened? Oh! I bought a wardrobe so I could finally have a place to hang my clothes. You see...I recent;y moved out of my home and into my papa's home. The room I occupy here doesn't have a closet. ...so I had to buy one...thus the wardrobe. Heh. My clothes have been on the floor. >.> No biggy I suppose, but it sure was cluttered looking. It seriously upset my OCD. *chuckles*

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I'm supposed to be working on a graphic for a group over on Facebook. You see, I'm the artistry officer. ...but I can't quite find a picture of this character for the graphic that would work. Ahh, well. I will figure something out. XP

I'm out! *waves*

Ahhhh.

Yea...I drove my truck around the back roads today. *sweat drop* I'm nervous as nobodies business about driving it to and from work tomorrow. Especially from work. ...there will be traffic, and a lot of it. I have a hard time starting out from 0 with the stick shift. ...and I'm nervous in traffic anyway.

Wish me luck.

Yet Another Blah Day

*sighs* I have returned to TheO...and it would seem that all of my old friends have gone. I have tried sending messages/commenting without much luck. Ahh. I will make new friends in time. Hopefully...so far my return has been friendless. *chuckles*

Well. What did I do today...

I got up this morning, made breakfast, and played on the computer.

A little later I cleaned my animals room. Oh yes, I have animals. Two ferrets and one cat. Plus I am catsitting my friend's cat.

Then I came in and we had fried chicken and biscuits from Bojangles.

A few hours after that My uncle and his friend finally got the pup truck I recently purchased up and running. Now I have to learn how to drive it. It is a stick shift. My old car was not. I had an accident and had to get another vehicle so I could get to work. Our friend gave it to me for 600 bucks then helped us fix it.

I played Fiesta for a short bit today. I was trying to get in contact with a close friend...but he wasn't on.

I also made another wallpaper and e-card during the day. The wallpaper I am using for my new world theme I set up today. ...and the e-card is another SGA piece.

Alright. I'm out.

*insert interesting title here*

Alright, not much else happened today.

I reorganized some of my room. I plan on trying to work on it again tomorrow as well.

Created a wallpaper in celebration of returning to TheO/MyO.

And added a couple of my older Stargate Atlantis pieces to the very, very lacking SGA Television section. Seriously...my pieces are the only ones that reside there as of right now. I will rectify that. XP

Other than that...not much else went on. I'm about to go to bed. *is pooped...sorta*

Lurking

Yea, basically I have been in Lurk mode for a long while. >.> I have been all over the place on the net. LOL

So yea, this is me checking in. I'm going to start trying to blog again. I haven't REALLY blogged in a long while.

Whats happening today you may wonder? Well...nothing much so far. I'm eating a sandwich and waiting for the new that my pickup truck can be fixed. That is pretty much it as of right now. I will let you know more tonight once there has actually been time for something to happen today.

...if I remember. Heh