All Hope Is Lost

Levi: I thought the number of Zelda stories on Fanfiction.net were exceptional. I seem to have been wrong all this time. Both Shino and I went onto Fanfiction and looked up how many Game stories there were compared to other sections of the Fanfiction community. The numbers don't make a lick of sense for me.

Honestly, I believe that goths, emos and anime/sugoku kawaii retards have just burned down your house. Meaning they took over the world. At least, the fanfiction part of it anyway. I think it's obvious to me now just how many geeks like to write about stuff they've READ about rather than something totally new. Honestly, get some originality.

Now, a word from our sponsors, Shino & co.

Shino: *holding a mic* And the votes are in! Here are the rounded up numbers of the top 5 fanfictions in the Game category:

GAMES
1. Kingdom Hearts - 28,000
2. Final Fantasy VII - 19,000
3. Pokemon - 17,000
4. Final Fantasy VIII - 11,000
5. Zelda - 11,000

Holy crap, I knew Kingdom Hearts was good, but never THIS good! And how the crap did POKEMON of all things get in there!? I don't even KNOW what FF VIII is about, and Zelda just BARELY made it. How sad. Any comments Levi?

Levi: Solid proof that little kids and/or creepy old guys use Fanfiction. Honestly, POKEMON? Shame, shame, SHAME. Now back to you, Shino.

Shino: Thank you Levi! And now for the top 5 in the Anime/Manga category:

ANIME/MANGA
1. Naruto - 105,000
2. Inuyasha - 76,000
3. Yu-Gi-Oh! - 43,000
4. Gundam Wing - 39,000
5. Dragon Ball Z - 29,000

Oooh! The highest Game fanfiction wouldn't even be on this list! There were some other worthy series also like Sailor Moon, Card Captor Sakura, Fullmetal Alchemist, etc. but they just didn't cut it. Also, notice that all these stories are OVER NINE-THOUSAAAAAAAND!!! XDDDD

And now some other randomly high-numbered fanfictions:

Harry Potter - 327,000
Lord of the Rings - 40,000
Star Wars - 19,000
CSI - 18,000
Pirates of the Caribbean - 15,000

And just for fun:

Bible - 2,000

Levi: With that many Harry Potter stories, I wonder if there is such thing as a "good idea" anymore when it comes to writing a story in that section. Absolutely amazing. I almost feel ashamed for being a Zelda writer. Fear not, I won't change sides. Zelda is my pimp, after all.

And WOW. The number of Zelda stories is only 3.4% of the Harry Potter stories. Allow me to grab the noose and find a high spot.

Shino: So we can go hang all the Harry Potter emo writers. :P We're gonna need a looooot of rope to hang them all. Or we could tell them there's a Harry Potter Fair on the edge of a cliff then just trip them with one rope! THINK OF HOW GOOD THAT IS TO THE ENVIRONMENT!!! Any last words, Levi?

Levi: ... *swinging off a branch*

Shino: He's only on the swing set. It's okay. He still needs to live to kill all the emos in the world. It's a never-ending battle, really.

Levi: Join us in the Gamer's CRUSADE!!!

She's at the University!

Levi: I should do my math homework. Speaking of which, my homework takes up about half the page just to do. Not nearly as bad as a whole page, but still irritating. Math is ALWAYS the class that I run out of paper in! I even stock up extra paper just so I can be prepared, yet I still run out. Curse ye, paper gods.

Hmm, time for some school-related news. My English teacher said I was too good for the ordinary English class, so he strongly suggested I joing Honors English. I probably will; that way, I don't have to deal with Casey, Jordan and creepy-emo-looking-kid trying to cheat off of me during class. They're all my buddies (except for creepy-emo-looking-kid), but it's annoying how DUMB they are when it comes to sentence structure. Casey once asked me what "subsequently" meant. I think he asked what "despite" meant too.

Might I add that I'm sucking at Spanish class? Don't ask me why; I did good last year, but I just can't get the hang of it this time around. I'm getting too old for this. Hmm, I just checked my assignments that I've turned into that class, but the numbers don't add up. Should I not be getting a better grade? I shall consult the teacheress.

Casey asked what "consult" meant too.

Anyway, what in the world am I DOING here? I have this amazing urge to write my story, yet I can't get the juices flowing. I guess I'll use the maaaagical method that my dad uses when it comes to art. Just make random stuff, and that'll usually get the gears turning.

Oh god, I just used two ways to say "work". I said "gears turning" and "juices flowing". I feel so smart.

Where's Shino?

Shino: I just did ONE math problem, and it took almost a whole page. Wow. Haven't had one of those for a while. But there are still times when only one problem takes up two, sometimes even THREE pages. (XoX) Oh yeah, and now you all know what my folder looks like. Some kinda Hello Kitty thing I got like 6 years ago. WHAT!!!? Six whole years ago!? *doesn't remember anything*

Oh yeah, I'm at Levi's place for the week. I didn't really want to go trick-or-treating cuz of FREAKING HOMEWORK!!! ...but I'm gonna go for a little bit anyways. I mean, come ON! It's freakin' FREE candy!! I couldn't think of a cool costume so I'll just be a ninja pirate.

Look at this very sad wood. He's sad cuz he's not a real wood. He's just one of the many fake woods in that fake fireplace. :(

Guilty Speaking

Levi: So I'm at my mom's friend's house, and I just ate some yummy pot roast. It was really good! They've got some yummy cheese too. I think I just overused the word yummy. GRR.

Hmm, that makes me think. My writing "policy" states that I may not reuse the same adjective, noun or verb in the same page of something. Don't ask me why; ask the book, "The First Five Pages". That book has changed my life. Monotonicity is a sin!

Anyway, I feel so guilty right now. A perfectly good UEA weekend (it's a school-off weekend where all the teachers meet up and talk about crap in Utah), yet I haven't even started on the next chapter of my story. And to think, I'm not going to update until I FINISH the story! BOOHOO!

Well, I feel that there will be a large hiatus for this story. But fear not; the end is still nigh. Look at that as either a good thing or a bad thing. I guess that the end means I can finally sleep at night, while it also means that you can't read anymore beautiful literature and explain to your schoolteacher why you didn't do your homework. SAAAAAD SAAAAAD READER!!!

Well, goodnight and fairwell. I have a feeling that I said that completely wrong.

Tales of the Union, part II

Shino: So I'm gonna be at Levi's place for a few days, bring him back with me over the weekend, then stay again at his place from like monday to...I dunno, wednesday? Hm, do you capitalize the name of days? Oh well.

I'm really starting to get into Gintama. Especially the last episode I saw, 21 I think, was so freakin' funny! XD Too bad I was watching it at school so I couldn't laugh out loud as much, but just thinking about that show brightens up my day. Yeah, anime is my anti-depressant. Yesh, that includes manga too. Ugh, I dun wanna do HW and go to class after this...!

So, funny story time. *children yell happily* *hands out candy to children* This has happened for the last 3 times in a row. My gas in my car would start getting low, so I'm thinking, "Oh, I better fill it up soon, but I'll wait till the warning light comes on so it's even more empty." But then the gas prices would go up like a whole 10 cents THE DAY BEFORE I FILL UP MY GAS. Yeah, it's happened 3 times in a row now. What's even worse is that 2 of the 3 times, gas prices would go down like a cent a day for 2 weeks, then again! Before I fill up my car it goes up higher than before! Gosh!

So lights and lamps are still dying on me everyday and night still. Especially when I'm driving to work. There's like 6 lights under this brige, and EVERY time I drive under/near it, one goes out. Going, AND coming back from work. That's 2 times a night! Then sometimes they come back on after I leave. So weird, so weird......

Speaking of lights, I notice that when I'm driving and it isn't that busy, lights change on me. Like I'll be the ONLY car driving to a light, it's green so I'm thinking, "Woohoo! I'm gonna make it!" But the light starts turning red before I even finish thinking this. And even if a speed up I know I won't make it. It especially seems to happen when I'm coming home from work. Yeah, I seem to notice a lot more things when coming home from work. Or late at night. Levi seems like that too where we're more creative/funnier, and notice things more during the night.

Dang. Still 10 minutes left. Aw dang it! I could of been listening to music right now! Oh yeah, speaking of music and my love of Gintama from before, I'm singing the opening song, Pray by Tommy february6, like 20 times a day. And I still love it. It's just such a cute, bouncy, fun song! Levi and I had the 2nd ending song, Mr.Raindrop by amplitude, stuck in our heads like last week. That's a really catchy cute song too. :P And there's only like 3 lines/verses/sentences. Yeah, Levi and I had like a 2 minute argument on what to call song lines/verses/sentences. He said verses, I said lines. Who cares, a string of words! (Wow, and this whole paragraph took only 3 minutes...)

Well, since I still have 5 more minutes, here's a reeeeaaally random string of thoughts I had on monday. I was eating lunch and this girl I knew came and sat next to me to eat lunch too. We didn't talk much cuz we were eating, but while I was chewing, this is the order of thoughts that came to my mind:
1. "The world is your oyster." What a weird phrase.
2. Another weird phrase about shells is "Happy as a clam." Clam's aren't happy!
3. Clams = SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!!! XD
4. I like the Spongebob opening. Which reminds me, I like the Gintama opening song!
5. (This led to another weird thought, but I forgot. It was the craziest one yet, too bad you missed it. :( )

TO THE SKIESIMEAN CLASS!!!

Lookit dat!

Shino: Here's a scene from the last Naruto episode. 109 I think. But I just had to show you this picture! Why? Just look at that scroll-poster-thing on the left side! It says "Kishimoto Sense!!" And Masashi Kishimoto is Naruto's creator! XD LOL I wonder who put that there in the animation studio? And they allowed it? XDDD *laughs maniacally for no reason* (Yeah, I'm kinda happy/hyper right now. WHAT!?)

Tales of the Union, part I

Shino: Gragh! So here I am at school, with my math book as the only textbook I brought because I thought I could only fit one book into my backpack. BUT, it turns out that I probably could have fit one more book in so that I could do homework during my 1 hour and 2 hour break. Not only do I ONLY have my math book, I don't even HAVE any homework I need to do with it!!! DANG IT!!! DX So now I guess I'll just waste up to THREE hours here. Good job Shino. Good. Job.

And now back to "Tales of the Union" part I, cuz I'm so cool like that. Dand, that's a really fancy title. Makes me wanna almost talk fancy myself. Almost. (hmm...should I make art during my 2 hr break, or just watch anime?)

First on my (no, not our) agenda, I would like to discuss an important and irritating matter (to me). Ever since I started driving over 2 years ago, I've noticed MANY street lights going out when I drive near/under them, or they were off and turn on after I leave. Coincidence? (sp?) Then how come it happens almost EVERY day?!? And today it happened, WHILE I WAS WALKING. This message has been brought to you by 'Shino, the Paranoid little Asian.' (But seriously, I think it's weird/cool.)

Oh yeah, something I forgot to mention in the One Piece report. What's also cool about it not being owned by 4Kids anymore is that they're using the original background music too now! No more stupid over-dramatic crappy orchestrated music!!! XD

Kinda funny story. There a speed-o-meter near my neighborhood so I see it every day. But one time, it did the OPPOSITE of what I really was! I was slowing down, but it said I was speeding up, then when I started speeding up it read (finally) that I was slowing down. Yeah, it's retarded. :P

You know when birds die/get eaten, there's just a bunch of feathers around? Well, this always makes me think that the bird just exploded (or imploded!!?), leaving only feathers. I've seen a bunch lately. Must be a disease. The "Birdy-Kablooy Disease."

I saw a guy's sport shirt, you know, with their last name (or just A name) and their player # on the back? Well this one said "LYNK". Dang, so close to Link. (BTW, you have no idea how many typos I've had on this post. Good thing there's a backspace button. |D I should do a post without it one day (again?)... Yay.)

Well, I'm bored of talking to myself, so adios muchachos. |P

Time for Edumation

Levi: Har-har, tis time for me to get my funk on!

No, not that kind of funk. I mean my English funk! Anyway, what I mean is that there are some mistakes that I see far too often when I read online stories and other people's grammar! GRR! These are just a few of them.

When you're trying to show ownership to "it", it's not "it's"; the correct way is "its". NO APOSTROPHE! Why? Because "it's" mean's "it is", so it can't have a double meaning!

PEOPLE! Learn your freakin' "there, their and they're"'s! It's SIMPLE! I just LOVE it when I see, "The dog was there's."

On a side note, also learn how to use apostrophes! I see people saying "didnt" or "theyre" too many times.

On rare occasions (well, not THAT rare), I see people not using quotation marks. So, it could look like this: He walked up to the bartender. Give me a beer, he said.
Oh, I see, the NARRATOR wants a beer... NO! The narrator most definitely does NOT want a beer!

I hate it when people use hyphens instead of dashes. Rarely do I see peole who know even HOW to use a dash, but a lot of people don't even know how to CREATE a dash. Here is the difference: a hyphen is -, while a dash is —. How do you create a dash? If you type -- in microsoft word, it automatically changes it, or you could do it manually, typing alt+shift+hyphen.

Anyway, I think that's all of it. When it comes to mispellings, that just means it sucks to be you. Profreading is all you can do, which I believe EVERYBODY does . Honestly, learn to either type like a champion, or just take a few minutes to make somebody else read it. Ask your derranged sister who goes to college to do it!

FINALLY!!!!!

Shino: YEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!! XD One Piece has finally been changed back to it's original form!!! *cries with joy* Before, 4Kids changed pretty much everything you COULD about OP, but now it's how it should have been all along! Man, this is like finding out that your best friend isn't dead! WE MISSED YOU ONE PIECE!!! *cries some more*

New OP Opening

(ZOMG!!! They're using the original song! YAY!!!)

New OP Ending

(I actually only watched the "next episode" of this. The "Don't mess with White Beard" one.)

New OP Voice Actor Samples

(Hmm...I think I'm just not used to the new voices yet. :( )

Luffy still sounds too raspy/girly, isn't Zoro Piccolo!? (too bad they kept all the stupid names too though, like Zolo and Trace), Nami sounds better but still too girly, Usopp is OK but not like the Japanese original, Sanji is WAAAAY better but also not the original, Chopper's WAAAY too girly too (I think I liked his older voice, but atleast he still sounds the same when he gets big), and Robin's not mature enough.

I just hope everybody will be able to get into character soon so they can make OP alive again and happy/funny to watch. That's also another problem. All the voice actors/actresses can't seem to do the funny scenes that well. In the beginning at least. Let's pray for their success!


Also, Naruto just started it's fillers! *le gasp!* Well, they actually did a few before, but this is when like the 80 fillers start, don't they? Stupid Sasuke!! People hate him SO much! Too bad he's hot. Damn you hot people! Daaaaamn yooouuuu!!


(In case you haven't noticed, this post is gonna be ALL on anime. :P )


Death Note's gonna start on [adult swim] on Oct. 20. W007! Boondocks seems to finally have some new episodes. Avatar season 2, aka Book Earth, came out, and with it an interview with M. Night Schamalan...Shamelon...Chameleon (whatever!) about the Avatar movie (I think. I'm gonna go look on YouTube right now and see)! And there's a cute chibi short on the DVD's too I think. There already been like 3 or 4 new Avatar season 3 episodes, but I haven't seen them. :'( I think I'll just wait till they're all shown in a giant Nickelodeon Avatarathon (if they even have one), or just on YouTube. Aww YouTube...how did the world live before you? |D