I am an emotional sponge

This is from a question a formspring person asked\ "Does someone's mood affect your own mood?"

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My response is, YES I am an emotional sponge. If someone is down, it's possible that their emotions will bring me down.

This happened one time last March at work. We had this girl, we'll call her "Madame Marsha". The lovely Madame Marsha was called to the office, and was having an argument with the store manager.

The store manager and Madame Marsha were arguing in the hallway outside of the managers office, this was because the store manager was about to leave to go home. All the managers were there because of what Madame Marsha had done, it was like an investigation.
So, the the manager, and Marsha are yelling at each other in the hallway. The other managers just had that face on, of when people are yelling at each other. The supervisor Laura, and I open the door to the hallway to see this heated argument..
One second in that hallway, and you could feel the tension. I was thinking to myself, I cannot be here, because negative things affect me drastically! In my head I'm saying to the supervisor, "Laura.. I can't be here.. let's go let's go!". Of course Laura just had to sit there with the other managers... lol
We had to go to the cash room, which is across the hall from the manager's office. But Laura had to stay for the spectacle, but I just wanted to go to the cash office, finish counting the money from being on register, and get going.

I just really wanted to be away from this mess! I KNEW it was going to affect me later, it always does, even if it doesn't affect me personally, the negativity will affect me anyways.

For the rest of the day I felt like crap, I just had this horrible feeling. Even though I had nothing to do with the argument, the tension, and everything affected me.

Funny thing though, I recently just found out I am a "Psychic Vampire".
Well, guess what a Psychic Vampire is? It's someone who can give or take away someone's energy.
So, that means subconsciously I take people's energy.
So, that day with the argument, there was so much tension and negative energy and I was taking it all in unconsciously and that was why I felt like crap the rest of the night... I took all of their negative energy from them.
Although I didn't know I was a psychic Vampire back then, I still knew it would have a negative affect on me.

News Flash from 2019, I'm not a Psychic Vampire, Psychic vampires are bad. I'm an Empath, which is the ability to "feel", what others are feeling. 

The Lost Files: Chrono Cross

Chrono Cross is one of my most favorite video games of all time, even almost 20 years later, as I edit this in 2019. CC is still an all time fave of mine!

I always played my favorite video games every now and again, at least once a year. Games like Suikoden, Kya, Soul Nomad, Sly Cooper etc... But I have not played Chrono Cross for about 6-7 years! (From 2013)

The reason why I haven't played it, is a peculiar one. Chrono Cross comes with two discs, and once you get to a certain part in the game, it asks you to use disc 2 to continue the game.

Back in 2006, my friend, and his brother were over my house. We had been playing Chrono Cross, and I left the disc on top of my Playstation 2. Before they left my house, I noticed the disc was gone! I asked if anyone knew where it was, and they said they did not know.

For years, I wondered what happened to it. At one point, I thought maybe one of them stole it. But your friends stealing something that belongs to you, was just not the right way of thinking! So I always trashed that thought.

I had also lost two other games, at two other unrelated times. One actually a year earlier in 2005, but eventually I found both of  those games, albeit years later. (I had lost my copy of Breath of Fire II, and Champions: Return to Arms. Both of those games, were found in a random pile of junk in my room lol. My mom must have found them, and put them somewhere else).

Drawing of Kid, from Chrono Cross.

A few weeks ago (2013) I cleared out the last place the disc could have been.
So the disc is just gone, and there is no way of finding it now... it's just gone! My first suspicion of my friend stealing it becomes a bit more real, and I'll tell you why.

There was a motive.

When I first got Chrono Cross, I showed it to my friends, and they enjoyed the game so much, they also obtained a copy. But their copy would mess up on certain parts, and wouldn't play properly.
Perhaps my friend, or his brother stole the disc so they could play it again? I was 16 in 2006, my friends were a little bit younger than me, so they had to be 14-12-ish. They couldn't have just driven to the store, and purchased a new one, their parents would have had to get it for them.

The irony to this is that my friend, and his brother don't play Chrono Cross anymore. They like shooter games, drinking beer, and getting high all the time. (Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I would still play the game, where as they wouldn't.)

So it's possible they have both their copy, and my disc one, and they don't even use it anymore!! Or they could have sold it!! (This also happened to me once, where my neighbor borrowed my game, and his little brother sold it, not knowing it was mine...) And here I am.. 6-7 years without it and I still love the game, and would actually play it again!

I actually am not really friends with them anymore, because we just became completely different people as we got older. He started to like his other friends more than me.

Whenever I was at his house, and his other friends were there... the "cool" ones.. he'd always pay attention to them and hang out with them, while I'd be hiding in the corner playing with their dog and cat!
We used to be best friends, but if I see him on the rare occasion, it's hard for me to even say hi to him because we're so different now.

None of that matters anymore as I had ordered a new Chrono Cross game online.
It's funny though, because I ordered one and it didn't work, I got a refund and ordered another one that was a bit more expensive, that one works fortunately! After all those years, I got to play it again!

Current Events: Mystique

So if anyone is curious about the person I knew as Mystique, in October she actually asked to be friends again. She told me that she was wrong, and all of this other stuff. I was asking two of my friends about this and asking.. what should I do?
Well, I decided to give her a second chance! She feels really bad, she wants to change and wanted to be my friend again! I had no intention of talking to her again, even though I kind of wanted to.

At first everything was fine, we were talking again. But there was something different, and I even said there was something different, and it could not go back the way it used to be even before she had changed.

We actually do not talk the way we used to; we used to talk back and forth, I would be so excited to talk to her. But now it's like "Eh.. whatever".
She was actually butt-hurt when I started saying how I don't like the F word, apparently she doesn't like it when something is off topic. But I always make things off topic! You could ask me how the weather is, and I'll tell you about this one day when there was a hurricane or something... It's just how I am, I tend to talk about similar stories...
But saying I didn't like the F word when she asked about the N word, apparently set her off. I said I didn't like the N word, but I hate the F word even more. Then she said something ignorant about gay people always "throwing their sexuality", or something stupid like that.

She isn't the same person she used to be, times two, but some of the "Bad" her is still there. It's just more nonchalant.

The funny thing though, is that anytime I see her name and picture on formspring. I instantly think she made some nasty, or rude comment. I never think it's a positive one, when usually it is positive.

We actually have not really talked at all, it's just not the same anymore. I used to talk to her about everything! But now I don't talk to her at all. I used to get so excited talking to her, but now if I do talk to her, I am not excited at all, and I don't really care.
Half the time we talk, she has to say something ignorant, not necessarily offensive, but something stupid and ignorant about gay people. (Which is also ironic since she did identify as bisexual for a while)
The other half of the time everything is fine, and we do have certain things we agree on that most people would find morbid, and just a terrible way of thinking.

Before the fight, we used to be great friends. But now??? Not so much. I know she used to recommend people to follow me on formspring, and she would mention me in a good note sometimes.
But she does not do that anymore, she never talks badly about me. But never says anything to anyone like she used to. (Only one time, but only because someone asked people on formspring if they were into anime and she was like follow Firespot!)
If you know her even a little bit, it's obvious who her best friend is. But I was always like one of her second best friends, and of course since things are different now we aren't anywhere near that close anymore.
But now she has replaced me with other people, although It's understandable. I feel left out at the same time, especially since she was the one that wanted to be friends again.
She isn't really trying too hard to be my friend, and since things are not like they used to be, I guess it doesn't matter because I don't really want to be hers anymore anyways.

It's just not the same anymore and to be honest, I don't really mind. We're so disconnected now, that I do not think it will last much longer. Eventually we will be someone we used to know, but it will just have ended on a nicer note than last time.

I'm probably going to quit formspring soon anyways, so it won't matter. Although we do have each other's email, I doubt she'll even bother sending me messages, I really don't want her to anyways.

Here are links to the entire Mystique Series!
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 3.0 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6

Chemistry

I believe, we as people all have a certain type of chemistry, and it allows us to interact with other individuals. We all have different personalities, and our chemistry allows for us to have good interaction with certain people, while others we have bad interactions with.
I wouldn't say we just have positive, and negative chemistry, because we're all very different.So it really depends on the people, and how you get along with them.

Chemistry is something that allows us to be best friends with one person, but worst enemies with another.
I really pay attention to chemistry when becoming friends with someone. Of course, becoming friends with someone can be automatic, but for me I have to have a certain feeling, and want to be around someone. Where as other people, I don't have much of an interest in being around them.
For instance, my best friend at my current job,  right from the beginning we had a good chemistry, and now we are best of friends. We don't have many of the same interests, but we get each other, and sometimes, that's all that matters! But meanwhile, there are other people at my job that I don't really talk to because, we just don't click. There are also others where our chemistry doesn't fit right away, but it slowly starts to fit in and we can become friends only after time has passed.

I think that we have more levels of chemistry too, such as having a different level of humor, or even how you act with one person and another.
I have one friend whose humor that is similar to mine, and we are the best of friends, and both make each other laugh like there is no tomorrow! However, I also used to have a friend where we did not have the same humor, and I thought she was being really mean to me, but in reality, she was joking. Our level of humor didn't match, so I just found what she said was insulting. (Which was one of the reasons why we stopped being friends with her).
Chemistry levels also change how you can act towards one person, and a different way to another.

For instance, I had a friend who was silly and cool towards me, but with his other friends he was a total jack-ass with.
I also have a friend who is so far the only person I have been friends with, where we insult each other, but we know we are both joking, and our chemistry matches in that field of humor.

EDIT: As of 2018, I have a job where I have no chemistry with the supervisor. We just don't get each other, and she tends to lash out by being rude to me. She sometimes gets mad at me for being serious when she made "A joke", but what she said wasn't funny! Any time I've tried to joke with her, she looks at me like I have five heads!

Sometimes I feel like the only homo in the world

I request, that you play "Only girl in the world" by Rihanna while reading this!

Sometimes I feel like the only homo in the world, and even like I don't exist. The reason for this is as follows...

For starters, LGBT people on tv shows, and even in the public eye are scarce. There are not many lgbt characters on tv, and when there are, their love life is never explored, or they are side characters... I also noticed that most of these shows GET CANCELED!! (EX: Happy Endings and Southland).
Without powerful gay characters, I feel alone because tv isn't pressing on the romance, and stories that I relate to. It's always about heterosexual couples, or women!

The main reason why I feel like the only homo in the world is because everyone around is me is a heterosexual, all of my friends in the real world, are heterosexual except for my friend Victor.
I have on gay cousin on my father's side that I never see.

At work, all of my co-workers were heterosexual as well. When I worked in a mail room, I was the only gay one out of like 8, and I met 16 different people during a 4 month period,  I was the only gay one. (One of them was really rude, and had to ask me how I knew I was gay, if I've never been with a woman. How ignorant can someone be, I should have asked him how he knows he's not gay, if he hasn't been with a man. )
At my second job in a big office, I was yet again the only homosexual, except for this one guy that I didn't see too often..
At my current job in retail I have met over 50 people and only one of them were gay, in which she got let go months ago.

It's just like wherever I go everyone is ALWAYS STRAIGHT, and I'm the only gay one, and it really annoys and bothers me. I feel so isolated and out of place, especially when people are talking about the opposite gender, especially if they ask me if I have a girlfriend, I'll just say no, but I am always too shy to say I like dudes.

I feel like the only homo in the world, because no one else around me is.

I actually have more LGBT friends online, where as in the real world, I know about 1.

Man proposes to boyfriend in Home Depot with flash mob

Here is a video of a guy who proposes to his boyfriend, via a surprise flash mob in Home Depot!

What do you think of this video?

I skipped all of the dancing and singing until the guy jumped in, I'm just not a fan of the singing and dancing! But the ending was cute.

Personality quiz

Here is an interesting quiz that figures out your personality!

Want to get a free personality test in five minutes? Want it to be easy, fun, and accurate?  Then visit ColorQuiz.com right now!

Here are my results.

Your Existing Situation Desires to be respected by others in order to gain their trust and support for his own personal gain.

Your Stress Sources "Needs to meet people who have the same high principals and values as himself, but finds the need unfulfilled. His need to feel dominate and superior leaves him feeling isolated and does not allow for him to give freely of himself. He would like to surrender and let go, but sees that as a weakness he must not give in to. Holding back will allow him to stand out for the crowd and earn a higher status, recognized by others as unique and important."

Your Restrained Characteristics Current events leave him feeling forced into compromise in order to avoid being cut off from affection or future cooperation.Giving more than he is getting back and feels misunderstood and unappreciated. Feels he is being forced into compromising and even his close relationships leave him feeling emotional distant."Seeking to broaden his horizons and believes his hopes and dreams are realistic. Worries he may not be able to do the things he wants and needs to escape to a peaceful, quiet environment in order to restore his confidence.""Seeking to broaden his horizons and believes his hopes and dreams are realistic. Worries he may not be able to do the things he wants and needs to escape to a peaceful, quiet environment in order to restore his confidence."Current events leave him feeling forced into compromise in order to avoid being cut off from affection or future cooperation.

Your Desired Objective "Always trying to make a good impression on others, and is constantly watching to see if he is succeeding in this. Is interested in how others react to him; this makes him feel in control. Strategically plans out ways to gain further influence over others and special recognition. Is easily distracted by the pleasingly beautiful and original."

Your Actual Problem "Impressed by unique and one of a kind things, and by people with exceptional personalities. Tries to takes the characteristics he likes in other people and apply it to himself as well as coming across as a unique individual."

The only thing that is not true is that I am not trying to gain respect by anyone for a personal gain. O_o

What college did for me.

Gather round' children, and local hobo! It's time for me to tell you what college did for me!

Question: What did college do for you Hotspot?

Answer: College allowed for me to go into financial debt at a young age, yay! :D


I started going to college in the summer of 2008, right after I graduated high school.

My college screwed me over  big time, and I'm not the only one.

• For starters, I graduated a year later because they screwed up, and wouldn't let me take more classes than I should have.

• Then after getting my associates in Graphic Design, I went to go for my bachelors. However, they wouldn't let me back in, unless I started paying them! If I am correct, you're not suppose to pay the college money, unless if you've been out of that school for 6 months!

I was stuck not being able to pay them, and they wouldn't let me go back until then. I couldn't get a paying job at the time because I didn't have any experience in my field, or work experience at all.

• I ended up getting two volunteer jobs for a year, and a quarter. 20+  interviews later, I ended up getting a job in retail. Which ironically, I never went on an interview with, they hired me on the spot, after an orientation with them.

• The loan company wants me to pay 400 a month. By the time I got a job in retail, I was only making about 20--150 a week. I had to pay for rent, and other expenses.

My Student Loans get higher and higher, as I cannot pay the amount they want. As I edit this in 2019, I've only ever been paid minimum wage, which is currently 12 an hr. When I started retail, minimum wage was 7.25 an hour. check out my hourly wage guide!

Ironically, almost 10 years later, and I've yet to get a job in my field "Graphic Design". The most of done, is for this blog, and for forums, back in the day.

Funny enough, I've learned more things on my own, and online, than I did at that school. The only good thing about my college experience, was the friends I made.

The staff did not care about you once you are not enrolled anymore, I called three different people at three different times, and NOT ONE ever got back to me, how is that customer service exactly?
My friend was also groped by a teacher on camera, and when the "staff", looked at the footage, the "footage", was conveniently gone. Another time, a male professor told one of the girl students to wear more clothing because "It's distracting". This college was honestly a disgrace.

Most of the teachers were cool, (except the creepy ones) the one admissions counselor was nice too! She bumped into me in retail once, and was glad that I found something to keep me up.

Luckily, the college closed down in 2018. They actually got sued back around 2015, I got a large sum of money to help pay my loans.

Can someone change?

This question is from a completely different question from a formspring friend of mine named  Lizzie! She asked...

"Is it possible to fall out of love? Or was it never Love to begin with?"

My response was as follows..

When someone falls out of love, it usually just means that they changed, and they aren't the same person anymore.
Despite some people, who think someone can't change, you can, anyone can.

On a side note, I always thought it was ironic about someone I used to know. We were friends until they changed themselves and started acting up, being nasty etc..
I thought it was funny because that very person said that people don't change, but meanwhile they had changed themselves!

People not changing is just a fallacy, we change all of the time! But certain things stay, and certain things go, it's just how we flow!
I've changed over the years, but on certain levels. Everyone does, and everyone has!

The person that I was no longer friends with, was my ex friend I mentioned in previous posts named Mystique.
Originally we had gotten into an argument about Paula Deen saying the N word.
I said that it was 20 years ago, and that people shouldn't be so upset because people do change and she apologized. But Mystique didn't think for a second that Paula Deen was really apologetic.
Mystique thinks that people never change, and I thought that was funny because Mystique herself had changed, she used to be a nice person but then she had turned into a nasty vicious bitch.
I thought that was ironic that she said no one changes, when she did herself, and I wasn't the only person that said she changed, a few people said it as well.

The funny thing is, there are many people "Canceling", famous people, for saying dumb things 3-10 years ago. People can change, and sometimes people just say rude things, but don't actually mean it.

Here are links to the entire Mystique Series!
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 3.0 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6

The 21st of August is a special day for me

I cannot believe it's the 21st already! The 21st of August is a special day for me that I think will always have a special place in my heart!

The 21st of August 2009, was the day that I realized, and accepted my sexuality as gay male.

Before that day for at least 1-2 years, I was so confused, and I just didn't want to be the person that was starting to shine through as the real me.

Even though I understood, and accepted my sexuality, I was not a happy camper at first,. There was a whole lot of maturing, and growing up I had to do.

I've learned so much over the past four years, and my eyes were very closed before hand. I had no idea of the ignorance, and hatred that occurred in this world when you are LGBT+.
It took a while for me to adjust to accept who I really was as a person, but I was able to do so and now, I'm better than ever!

I do find it a shame that society has built stereotypes that men, or women who are LGBT have to act, and/or behave a certain way to be LGBT. This was one of the big reasons why I didn't think I was gay because,

I wasn't like the people on tv, or in the "real world".

I wasn't flamboyant, I wasn't necessarily feminine. I was just a shy quiet nerd, that liked Anime, and Video games. I didn't realize I could be gay, because I didn't fit the mold of flamboyancy. I didn't know you could be an average joe, and be gay. I thought you had to be a cross-dressing, flamboyant person, to be gay.
This is why it's important to see lgbt people, of all shapes, sizes, and personalities, on tv, and in other media. I couldn't relate with people on tv, because I wasn't like them. I didn't know it was possible.

In reality, everyone is different. No matter what someone is, they can, and should be who they are! All because some people are one way, doesn't mean everyone else is the same way. Stereotypes are not to be trusted, and are very toxic! It just causes negative assumptions on people.

Hopefully one day society will take away stereotypes, and let people be who they are. (And not have people asking me if I want to date their friend with big breasts 50 times a day, just because I'm male, and don't fit the role of a flamboyant guy. )
There are plenty of flamboyant straight guys out there, as well as the gay ones.

I'm also not a big fan of the word Gay, as everyone uses it to mean "stupid". (As of 2019, I'm getting over it, and don't mind it so much anymore)

I prefer the word curved, because you don't go straight to the opposite gender, you curve to the same!
Let's make this an actual word people! Spread it around!

So, for now, and forever the 21st will always be a special day for me. Even if it just involves me sitting in a chair eating chips, and playing video games all day. :P

If you want the complete story and understanding, then just check this link out.
http://s4.zetaboards.com/Hotspots_Journal/forum/3853436/2/

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My LGBT rant: Collective Thoughts

This is my response to a question on formspring about "Vent about something.

Here is me, venting!

People who assume I, or anyone else is Straight:

It annoys me how most people In the real world (And sometimes online), automatically assume I am heterosexual. Just because I am not a flamboyant, or feminine male, does not mean I can't be lgbt, and same for the other way around. All because a male is flamboyant, or feminine, doesn't mean they're lgbt either. I know straight guys who are flamboyant, a friend of mine knows a straight guy who cross dresses, one of my best friends is a bisexual cross-dresser, he likes everyone!! All because someone appears one way, doesn't mean they're one thing, or another. Sure, there are more heterosexuals than homosexuals, but it is still not a cool, and inconsiderate thing to just assume I'm straight. Just because I don't fit the type, or that someone else is gay because they dyed their hair once.

For some reason, society has this thought that the only way a male can be gay, is if they're feminine/flamboyant. Which is not true at all, there are plenty of gay men that are regular guys. There are plenty of straight guys, who have feminine qualities. As I edit this article in 2019, I HAVE MET MANY STRAIGHT MEN, who have feminine characteristics. I had a crush on a dude, who would do project runway poses, but he was straight as a wooden ruler! I have a straight guy friend who loves Ru-Pauls drag race, and everyone thinks he's gay. (By everyone, I mean three people.) but he's not, he likes girls.

The same would apply for women, they could be feminine, and like girls. I've also met plenty of straight women, who were tomboys. In fact, a few straight women I know in the real world, are more of a man than I could ever be.
Because society has created this horrible stereotype, It has created this monster in people. They assume everyone is heterosexual until proven otherwise. In fact, I would go on a limb to suggest that many/most straight people don't even think gay people exist, until someone gay is right in front of them. Like they could walk into a room of 1000 people, and not think any of them could be gay. The only time they'd think someone was gay, is if it was "blatantly obvious" they will assume they are gay. 10 years ago, when I wrote this, the term would have been metrosexual. But now, straight guys are being themselves, and are showing more feminine characteristics. You really can't just judged a book by it's cover.

I think the worst part for me is when IRL, someone assumes I am heterosexual, that I am too shy to correct them!(As of 2019, I'm getting better at not being shy about it. I'm just concerned if someone is a homophobe, I wouldn't want them to know, because I don't want to deal with the drama!)
I had one guy at my retail job ask me if I wanted him to hook me up with a female friend of his with big breasts (That is putting what he said mildly).
I just told him no maybe 5 times (because he kept pushing... Are you sure? YES I AM SURE I DO NOT WANT TO DATE YOUR FEMALE FRIEND!!!), but I didn't tell him why. Which gets annoying because he has asked me at least three times on three different days, and months. Like why does a straight guy care so much about me getting a girlfriend, is beyond me.
Although, I am sure there are plenty of heterosexual, bisexual and pansexual men who do not want to date random women who they have never seen or met before. As well as homosexual, bisexual and pansexual women.
There was one time though, where he asked me in the break room. I was under the impression that my one friend told him about my sexuality, because he started calling one of our male co workers my boyfriend. (Which ended up just being a random coincidence.)
But when he asked me if I had a girlfriend, or something under that line. I said "I thought "Insert co-worker/friend's name here" told you something about me that would make you not ask that question anymore.".
And one of the girls I was becoming friends with named Latifah, said she thought she knew why I had said that.
Eventually he asked me if I'd rather sleep with Ashley, or Cerina. (I changed the names for privacy reasons). When I told him "Scott, you know, the security guard". He looked at me like I had five heads, I said. "What? You never asked me what gender I was attracted to!". After that, he never tried to set me up with girls again. Ironically enough, he was also quite flirty with me, and even admitted it once.
At the time, Latifah, my other friend Karina, and my friend Victor's mother, are the only ones at the time, that figured out my sexuality all by themselves, not counting certain family members.

Another time I walked into work, and I had a new hair cut. One of the managers went "Nice hair cut, you'll get all of the chicks!" or something along the lines of that. I think she said girls not chicks, but she sure does use the word chicks a whole lot.
I just kept walking, and muttered under my breath that I don't want that.
She even went to a male customer the other day, and asked him if he was getting a gift bag for his chick. She was right that one time, he was getting the gift bag for his girlfriend.
I think she has asked me if I had a girlfriend one time, and I just said no. I just couldn't say why, because I was shy.
The guy Scott, that I mentioned before, was my crush at the time. She would always ask about "his chick".
I know she doesn't know my sexuality, but it kind of bothers me though. I know I have to get over him anyway since he's a straight guy. I get dull faced and a sad thought process, but I have no idea if my face changes and people notice.  (EDIT from 2019, girl, there are so many better looking guys you end up liking later on anyways)
But then an image pops in my mind of my friends from college, and they're screaming at me going "IT DOESN'T"T MATTER IF HE HAS A GIRLFRIEND!! YOU JUST HAVE TO SEDUCE HIM!!!". I love my friends from college, they're awesome. XD
That actually happened too, just not in that context. I just told them I liked a security guy at work and that he had a girlfriend. They just told me it didn't matter, and that he'll already have handcuffs. lmao.

For some reason, I think it would be easier if I wasn't single, I might have the courage to just say "I don't have a girlfriend, but I do have a boyfriend!". That seems like something that sums things up pretty quickly! I feel like that could be easy for me to say.
There's also the other part where I am afraid to tell people my sexuality, as not everyone is cool with it.
I just hate how everyone thinks I am heterosexual because I am not flamboyant or feminine, I am just your average guy who likes anime and video games. I just so happen to also like the body, face and genitals of a man and want to fall in love with one. That, and I have no attraction to women at all. (They're icky) :P

Gay People are totally flaunting their sexuality!:

I also hate it when people say that gay people are flaunting their sexuality. GAY PEOPLE ARE NOT FLAUNTING THEIR SEXUALITY!
The reason why there are idiots who say gay people are flaunting their sexuality, is because they aren't used to it because of societies dislike for the LGBT community. Because gay people are condemned from the world, there is no exposure of them, so due to the lack of exposure. Straight people think they're "flaunting" it because they just haven't seen it enough to see gay people as the norm. For instance, If they were reborn in a time where men hold each other's hands, and same for women, they would NEVER say or think that. They would think that LGBT people are just like everyone else and wouldn't bat an eye. But because it's rare and not considered the norm it's considered flaunting because they haven't seen enough gay exposure.  They're simply not used to it, and think it's int their face when they see it that one time.
They could have a movie, where there's a minor gay character in the background, that gets 10 seconds of limelight. Out of a 2 hour long movie, people will complain saying that "Gay character was unneeded", and how they're "okay with gay people, but they didn't need this character to be gay, or in their face". People like that need to GET...OVER...YOURSELVES!!! The world does not revolve around you, there are always going to be people that are different than you are, grow up!

If anyone is flaunting their sexuality, it would be straight people. You can find straight people holding hands, kissing, being "cute". You see straight people half naked with each other in ads, on tv, you see them in tv shows and movies. Sitcoms, and other shows usually revolve around a straight family, and about how boys like girls, and like manly stuff. While girls like boys, and like girly things like dolls. Not only do straight people possibly flaunt their sexuality, by being everywhere, and sucking each others faces off. But they also promote people in gender roles. (Like what you like, and not like things because it's supposed to be for "boys", or for "girls". Gender roles are formed by society to put us in boxes! )
STRAIGHT PEOPLE ARE EVERYWHERE, being very sexual with each other. The one time a gay couple holds hands, everyone loses their minds. It's ridiculous, and hypocritical.
When I see straight people kissing, or anything. I just ignore it and move on, I don't complain about it like some whiny bitch.

With idiots thinking everyone is straight, many of us have no choice but to constantly say that we are gay. Which is what the straights consider "Flaunting our sexuality". Listen here, if you're assuming I'm straight, and I have to come out to you as not straight. You're the one flaunting your heterosexuality to me, by assuming I'm what you are.

If society didn't assume everyone was straight, then no one would have to come out and say they are gay or bi. In which no one would be "flaunting" their sexuality, even though they aren't though.

Why isn't there a straight pride day?

There are other people who will say... "Why isn't there a straight pride day?". Gay pride is just like mother's day or father's day. Every other day is kids day, in which every other day is straight people day. The LGBT community barely exists, and the only way to get recognized is to hold events and get more out there so people can understand that not everyone is the same, as well as teach tolerance and love.
With Gay pride, we finally get to be heard, known and seen. We barely exist in this world due to many straight people and their ignorance, hatred towards us.
Which is when I realized that some people will never understand certain things because they are just too ignorant to get it.
LGBT people are constantly murdered, attacked, kicked out of their houses, banned from stores/restaurants, banned from adopting, or donating blood. (Which is ironic because then blood banks complain that no one's donating blood... well maybe don't ostracize an entire group for being ignorant! LGBT people are so careful with preventing diseases, that they're probably more disease free than the straight people!!)

It is however a fact, that some people of any shape and size will flaunt themselves for various reasons, ut that is really a tiny portion of people, and should not reflect everyone because it doesn't!
I sure as hell don't flaunt anything, I'm too shy to tell anyone anything that isn't my first name.
In reality though, there will be gay people who do flaunt it, but not a whole lot of people at all, especially if the world consists of 10% of gay people. If anything, these gay people just like to be flashy, and wear crazy outfits, and act extra.

Ironically, the only reason why we have gay pride. Is because STRAIGHT PEOPLE, are the ones being prejudice in the first place! If there weren't so many homophobes in the world, and everyone was accepting of LGBT people, we wouldn't need a gay pride in the first place. So if you want someone to blame, that's on straight people!!

The word Gay, (DAS GAY MAN):

For a very long time, I hated the word "Gay". Many people used/use it to mean "Stupid". To me, it feels like I'm just calling myself stupid, instead of calling myself someone who likes guys. So I usually used the word "homosexual", or my made up word "Curved". (Because like, why are straight people straight, and gay people are gay? Wouldn't it make more sense if gay people were Curved?)
Lot's of times, I just say something like, oh I like guys.. etc..
As of 2019, I'm getting way more used to the word Gay, and not using Homosexual. I've also realized that sometimes when a word becomes negative, you have to use your power to take it back! Make it mean something positive again!

The following are fun quotes you can use to describe your sexuality.

1. Sorry, I like Hot dogs, not tacos.
2. I like Churros, not donuts.
3. And my favorite, which is "I like the pole and not the hole". Which so far I told one person and I don't think they got it.....
4. My friend Victor said if a girl flirts with me, I should say. "I would tear that up, but unfortunately, you have the wrong parts. Now, if you have a brother, bring him over!". lol

Right now, I honestly think the only way for people to not put me in the heterosexual category is to just get a giant rainbow colored tattoo that just says "IS GAY" on my forehead!
I'd be on the 10 o clock news... "23 year old boy gets beaten for tattoo on forehead."
I wouldn't be surprised if some people still didn't get the message =_=".
It'd be like "DO YOU WANT ME TO SHOW YOU WHAT THAT MEANS YOU GIANT IMBECILE! WHERE'S THE ACTOR GEORGE EADS AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT IT MEANS!". (2019 Me: Oh my, 2013 me sure was something else wasn't I....)

Why are straight men hot? It's not cool.: 

I'd also like to make a short paragraph on my frustration that 99.9% percent of the men I have ever crushed on were straight guys! It's so not cool, and unfair. Most gay men I found to be unattractive, so I also sometimes worry If I will ever meet anyone.
Although, it's also true that I don't go anywhere... so....yeah.

Although, sometimes I just wish I was asexual, cause then I could just do more fun things and not worry about men related issues. XD

My hiijinks

Question: When was the last time you royally f*cked something up?

My Answer: I don't remember, so I'm going to make something up!

I made lot's of cool variations of this image!
(Night, Sunset, Blood!)

There was this one time that I was invited into a kings castle, and well I got adventurous, and decided to explore!
Of course I got curious, and just had to move this oddly shaped candlestick that was just poking out like a penis!
All of a sudden, WOOSH! A door opened up and an extreme amount of air sucked me right in!
There I was, in the dark, when all of a sudden candles starting light up, one after another... it revealed a hallway that looked like it would never end!
I walked down the never-ending hallway, to find a room, there was nothing in it except for a treasure chest.
Now, I'm not a greedy person, but I am a curious one... so I had to look inside!
Would you believe it if I told you there was a gold plated vase inside of the treasure chest?
It was so beautiful I just had to take a picture of it, and post it on Facebook!

But what I didn't know was that anyone who takes out the golden vase, curses the whole castle! Suddenly, the ground started to shake, and the whole room was trembling.
Pieces of stone were falling from the ceiling, and I knew it was time to get the F*CK out of there! I ran towards the hall way, and out to the door and room where the candlestick was.
I saw a soldier who told me to evacuate, which is exactly what I was doing.

I ran out of the castle like a bat out of hell.

Eventually I ran so far I had reached the mountains... that is, when I saw the entire castle delve into the ground, and disappear into a bottomless pit!
 

I was appalled as to what just happened.

That castle was called 108 Stars castle, and the reason why it doesn't sound familiar is because this happened centuries ago. You see I am a time traveler, and I went back in time to explore castles...
You may know the place now as Mount Everest! A mountain totally took form there afterwards, pretty amazing stuff I might add!

That's the story on how I destroyed a castle by complete accident!

My hero is Neil Patrick Harris

I only have one hero.

Neil Patrick Harris

He is my hero because, he showed me you could be a average guy, and be gay. Growing up as a teen, I only knew of gay guys who were super flamboyant, and wore women's clothing. I thought, well that's not me, so I can't be gay! I had a hard time coming to terms with my sexuality, and what made it worse is, I didn't identify with gay men that I knew/saw on tv. I just thought you had to be a flamboyant cross-dresser to be gay. I was just your average shy nerd. In fact, a friend of mine's first opinion of me was a "Shy Virgin". lol She didn't know I was gay at first.

When I was 16- 17, I was struggling with my sexuality. I was having feelings I didn't want, and I didn't like the idea of being gay, I just wanted to be heterosexual, or bisexua. I wanted to be into women, but no matter how hard I tried, I was just not attracted to the opposite gender and it bothered me. I think one reason why I had a hard time with my sexuality was, I just didn't really know, or understand that it was an option. I always thought people could only be straight  (This is why LGBT representation in the media is IMPORTANT, so people don't think there's something wrong with them, and that there are more people like them!) If I had known people could be gay, and that everyone's different. I wouldn't have struggled with my sexuality like I did.


One of the reasons for my denial in my sexuality was because of my cousins cousin, who is a big time flamboyant/feminine homosexual man. Since he was my only real life exposure to the gay world I thought all gay men were like him, flamboyant. Since I didn't have those characteristics I told myself I couldn't be into men because I wasn't like that, I wasn't flamboyant. I wasn't like him, so I figured I couldn't be....

I also think the media also gave me a bad impression, since there weren't really any LGBT characters on tv or anywhere. I barely knew that someone could be into the same gender. But any time there was a homosexual man, they were always flamboyant and wore female oriented clothes, and maybe even a spot of make up (Ya gotta look fabulous ya know. :P).
Unfortunately I didn't know about Will & Grace yet either, Jack was flamboyant, but not over the top flamboyant. Will & Grace would have helped me with my sexuality when I was younger, but I didn't watch it until I was 21 in 2011, not 16..etc..

Neil Patrick Harris came out to the general public in 2006, around the same time I started having feelings I didn't understand and when he did. I heard about it, He changed my eyes on what a gay man was. Here he was, just an average guy. Not a stereotypical gay man, but Neil Patrick Harris showed me that you could be average and be gay too!
The reason for all of this, was that I wasn't flamboyant like my cousins, cousin. So I thought I couldn't be gay, because I wasn't like him. But I didn't know that there were more than just one type of LGBT people. (In reality there are plenty of types of people per category really).

I look at NPH as my hero because he was the one that made me realize that you're your own person, and stereotypes are just that, stereotypes! There are plenty of LGBT are are flamboyant to the bone, but there are plenty of average ones too, they just aren't as noticeable since flamboyant men tend to stick out more because of their , heir bright colored clothes, amazing taste in fashion.

We're all different and all because one person is who they are and are a certain way, doesn't mean you have to be anything like that. You're your own person, and stereotypes are just that, stereotypes!

Unfortunately lot's of people in society haven't grasped this concept yet, people always assume I'm straight unless I tell them! Since I'm shy I don't usually tell them. Usually they find out after I add them on facebook.
Sometimes I'll get someone asking me if I have a girlfriend and I just say no cause I'm too shy to tell the truth. Maybe one day I'll just say "I like the pole not the hole, thank you very much." XD

How To: Not get angry and kill someone over the internet, real life too

Here is some advice, in which I help you make your life easier by not doing something you'll regret possibly later when you're watching reruns of Law & Order and go "Hey! Maybe I shouldn't have said that!"

So, you've just seen the most offensive, angering, loin pulling post/comment you've seen all day? Well here are my tips to you!

-Calm down

#1. Instead of getting angry and saying mean, nasty things that would insult their mother, dog and moldy fruit. Step back for a moment, and cool down. Get your head together, clear it up and just think for a minute. Let the anger flow out so you can think, and release your inhibition from captivity.

You don't want to do something hasty, that you will regret later!

-Analyze the situation

#2. Think about what the person is saying, are they aiming their comment towards you, or a group you're in? Maybe they don't mean it the way you think they mean. They could have meant the statement in a totally harmless way, and you're just over-thinking it. Their dialogue could even be satire (Have you ever heard of the onion? If not, check it out for what I mean by Satire). Whatever the situation, take a step back for a moment, and re-read what they said in a clear, and open mind, no ignorance and rage shall enter.

You need to analyze the situation so you know exactly what is going on!

-Represent yourself in a logical or comedic manner

#3. If they're wrong about what they're saying, or if you have some really good things to add to the horrible things they're saying. You must defeat them with logic and wit, or just logic, or just wit! You have to make them into the fool, before they make you into the fool. If you come up with your idea, and execute it poorly, they can shoot you down with their own logic (If they have any) and you will look like the fool.

But you have to execute your logic, wit and facts in a well done manner in order to win the argument.

Who is Suikodens Millie? Only the best character ever!

My most favorite video game series of all time is called Suikoden, and my favorite character from the series (and of all time) is a character named Millie. She appeared in  Suikoden II, and the spin off title  Suikogaiden II.

She is a young girl who appears in the village of Ryube, looking for her pet Groundhog, Bonaparte. After assisting in locating her pet, she joins your team as a token of her appreciation. She uses a Boomerang as her weapon, and has decent magic capabilities. (Also very high luck, and magic defense). She isn't the strongest character in the game, but she's definitely not the weakest either!

A drawing I made of my home girl, based off of her character art.
The creature on her arm, is her pet "Bonaparte", who can also do a special attack.

So here's a little back story. 

Note: Runes, are the magic of the Suikoden world. They work differently than in other games, as each magical rune can have up to 4 different spells. As a characters magic ability gets stronger, more spells unlock so that they can use them more frequently.

Back in 1999, I started playing Suikoden II because my dad got the game. He went to take a break, and told me to go around the towns in the game, and try to recruit people. (The Suikoden games require the hero to go around the country, trying to find allies to fight against an enemy nation)
My dad left off in the town of  Ryube, where you can recruit a few characters. This includes, but not limited to, a bum on the streets whose tab you pay for, some very flashy circus performers, and of course, Millie! (Who also watches the circus performers show before you can recruit her.

You first find Millie walking around town, just talking about whatever... But after a certain event, she appears in another spot, and is asking for help. Her pet Bonaparte, has run away, into the woods! (Maybe he's throwing a surprise party?!)

You have the option to help Millie find her pet, or just leave her there. Obviously, we want to help a home-gurl out! She joins the team as a temporary character, and when you find Bonaparte, you have to fight him. (Maybe he just doesn't want to take a bath?)
After defeating Bonaparte, this makes him "normal" again, and Millie joins your group!

Millie is a long ranged mage type character, who's equipped with a boomerang as her weapon. She's excellent with Fire, Lightning, and Blue Gate magic. (Blue gate is just monster summoning magic) In fact, she's the best Blue Gate magician in the game, even surpassing the other mage characters who surpass her in magic stats.

I usually gave her Wind magic, because I give characters magic based off their outfit colors. (Wind magic is blue in the first two games, but it changes to a green color in 4 & 5.)
She's only really bad with Water magic.

She has a special attack with Bonaparte, where he eats an enemy. This is a "whatever" ability, that is useful in the early stages of the game, but then somehow you get many "miss" attacks against stronger monsters.

When I first recruited Millie, I thought her special attack with Bonaparte was hilarious! The Suikoden team had a sense of humor. The special attack involves Bonaparte jumping out of Millie's arms, causing her to fall flat on her face. He then goes up to an enemy, changes in size, and eats them!

Anyways...

One other thing to mention, is Millie can use something called a "Kite Rune", this is an ability only long range characters can use. (There are 19 long range characters in the games). Kite Runes duplicate the characters weapon, and cause them to throw multiples of the weapon at the enemy at once.
Since half of the long range characters are mages, it's mostly good for characters with low magic capabilities.

But it's a wild ride watching Millie throw like 80 boomerangs at once! Which is also what the character Van does in Chrono Cross...
(There's another boomerang character in the fifth Suikoden named Faylen, she is not able to use the Kite rune because they probably realized it didn't make as much sense as a knife thrower doing it!)

Personality wise, Millie does not get much character development at all. We just find out that she's a part of the "Special Forces" (Whatever the hell that's supposed to mean!), and that she likes to sleep inside her pet after he turns into godzilla.

Because Millie was my first recruit, I just thought she was so cool, and it's also how my boomerang obsession started as well! (A weapon that needs no ammo, and is long range is pretty cool! Granted, it wouldn't work in the real world, unless under specific circumstances.) 

 So of course when someone on youtuber who I won't name, states their opinion that Millie sucks. I can't just keep silent!

It's one thing to have an opinion, but running around in the video constantly saying Millie sucks and that she is useless, is totally not cool. Especially when people in the comments are now agreeing with the youtuber, when they have never even played the game before! They have no right to say anyone sucks if they haven't played it themselves!
You cannot form much of an opinion on someone else's opinion, and now ignorant viewers are being fed this poison not to like Millie (And another character named Freed Y). So Millie and Freed Y will now be disliked characters automatically just because of the youtuber's opinion. (Granted, most people hate Freed Y already, because of other reasons. But everyone loves his wife Yoshino, whom you can recruit later.)

Some comments are as followed,

Negative Comments

¤ - "C" "Someone should do a solo Millie run >.<" - This is insinuating that Millie is a useless character, even though she has nice magic and okay stats. (There's plenty of other characters who have really bad stats) As a Millie Mega fan, I have her in my party most of the time, and have never had an issue with her. I usually bring her in my party for the final boss!

¤ - "Ch" *REQUEST* I noticed that three characters: Tengaar, Millie, and Meg have a unite attack. Since Millie's so bad I thought it would be fun to see how effective/ineffective this attack is at some point in the game."

¤ - "Blank" "Wait, if Millie is crap and Freed is crappier than crap..........does that mean using Millie is actually better than using Freed?"
(I think this is funny, since the character Tuta, has literally the worst stats in the game.)

I don't think it's fair that viewers are making their own opinions on a character because of what the youtuber says. Millie is in no way useless and if you give her good items, she can become an even better character to have with you. I should know since she's my favorite character of all time and have her in the party constantly.

Positive Comments
There were probably more positive comments in the comment section, than negative ones. So that's good!

¤ - "J" I loved using millie. she always ended up with the highest magic defense of all of my characters, and had amazing affinities. Use the wizard rune to transfer the mdf into magic attack, and she was a power house
¤ -  "D" - Millie's actually my favorite party member. She becomes an awesome spell caster later and has really good magic defense too! Her only real downsides are being stuck with the gopher rune and that she's a late bloomer character, but that kinda makes sense since she's only like 14 years old.
¤ -"Ji" I've trained Millie to the point where she has been useful to me. I'm very much a long ranged/magic party person. XD

Just a drawing I made of Millie as a witch, ready to sacrifice virgins to the moon god! You know, a typical day!
Yes, I made bonaparte a pumpkin creature!

Counter Argument to why Millie can be a useful character!

1. Millie has high magical stats that surpass most characters in the beginning of the game, the only bad thing is that her magic stops after a certain point and doesn't grow for a long time, but that isn't until the second part of the game. So after a while, other characters do surpass her, but that is only when you start getting other mage type characters. There is something you can give characters, that make their magic better, and an item like that would be perfect for Millie. Usually I just give her two magic runes.

2. Her affinity with runes are mostly high scores, She has an A in Lightning and Fire, a B in Darkness, Earth and Wind. The only thing she is not good with are Resurrection runes, which she has a D in and Water rune which she has an E in.(The E rating means the spell can backfire, and injure your characters instead! I don't know how this works with water runes considering Water does not have attack spells until the third game.)
Obviously, the creators wanted her to be a black magic type character, since she's only poor with holy and healing type magic, but she's good with dark, attack and defense type magic.

3. In Suikoden II and up, there is a powerful rune called the Blue Gate Rune (Pale Gate Rune in some installments). This rune has a different type of elemental spell for each spell, the first is fire, one of them is lightning and one of them is water, which is the only one she can do badly with.
It has been proven by the biggest Suikoden fan site known as "Suikosource", that Millie is in fact the only character that is able to use the Blue Gate Rune to the highest power, not including the one water spell. Even the greatest mage characters cannot make as much damage as Millie with the rune. The water rune affinity and Blue Gate rune should be tested out sometime, maybe I can do it in the future and update this post!

4. She is one of the few long range characters that can equip more than one rune, characters in the game can hold up to three runes. Depending on the character, certain characters never get their rune slots open (Every character has at least one).. Millie gets all three of her rune slots open, the third slot is taken by her rune called "Groundhog" which is the attack using Bonaparte.

Millie is really just a lesser version of two other characters Rina and Eilie, Millie has Eilie's magic and Rina's health! lol

If I were to give Millie an A-E rating based off of her stats, I would says she's a C+ character. Her HP and magic stats are decent, but is over shined by other characters. But there are plenty of other characters who just fail in many categories, she's somewhat of a middle ground character.

It's interesting to see that the youtuber did NOT complain about the character Tuta, who is widely criticized as being literally the weakest character in the game. Statistically, Tuta is very weak in every aspect. He is a character you have to babysit in the beginning of the game, and is just very weak, dying all the time.
I don't hate the character, but I only use him when he's forced upon you.

Note as of 11/8/13:
Any negativity about Millie will be deleted! This is about liking the character Millie.. if you don't like her, then go somewhere else, make a cult for all I care, just take a hike!

The Aftermath

So, if anyone is curious (Which I know it's just me : P )

The aftermath of my now ex-friend "Mystique". It's been two weeks, almost three since our friendship was broken.

We have not spoken, and although I was melancholic for a day or two,  I felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. I wasn't talking to this person ,who was being a complete ass to me, and everyone. I was just happier because I wasn't around them anymore, I was surrounding myself with people I enjoy being around!

Although at first, I was hoping she was going to just turn up again, and everything would be like it was before she mysteriously changed. But it wasn't, she wasn't there on my profile anymore, it's like we had never even met. I thought she would put up a fight for our friendship, but she didn't, it's almost like she never cared to be friends with me in the first place or something...
I miss the old Mystique, but I know that the old Mystique isn't coming back. I know that would be a bad road if I even thought of speaking to her again. At times I feel like we should be friends again, but I know that will never happen. She said it herself, people don't change, and even though she did change recently, I know she's not going to change again. She was once a cool, and nice person, but now she is nothing but a nightmare!

The feeling that "It is over" is nice, but sad at the same time. Sometimes I think about the good times,  no matter how hard she says she has been the same person. She isn't/hasn't. I remember the Mystique who was actually apologetic for saying the F word (Rhymes with HAG), the one that didn't want me to see a message she sent to me before we became friends. (Which I still have no idea what she said) Back when she actually cared about me, and everyone else.
It's not just me, she's upsetting other people, and I know there's at least one other person that isn't happy with her.

Our friendship break up has actually allowed me to see who my REAL friends are, and I've actually gotten closer to some people that I was only a bit of friends with.

I think the funniest part was that I was starting to abandon Formspring after they said they were closing, I wasn't on Formspring that much anymore. But when Mystique, and my other friend Ronan came back, I went on formspring everyday again, my energies for the site was renewed!
But now that I am not friends with Mystique anymore, I find myself drifting from formspring once again. I'm on forums again, which I had taken a break from, and I've actually been doing more me things now. The chains that formspring had on me is disintegrating.

Here are links to the entire Mystique Series!
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 3.0 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6

So, I like Dr. Who now

A few months ago, it was announced that the show Warehouse 13 was only going to have one more season, of 6 episodes for 2014. It will end with only 64 episodes, and I think it's a great show with a cool idea! (Magical artifacts that all have their own mystical properties, from a pipe that creates tornadoes, to a coin that erases one's memories!)

Warehouse 13 came up with an extraordinary idea, but most Sci Fi shows just like the whole futuristic idea with guns, and stuff. Which is also why I tend to like anime more, because it has all sorts of magical shows, and I'm more of a swords and magic person myself.

Because it's ending, I wanted to increase my sci fi library. I've already seen Supernatural up to like the 7th season, and Arrow. So, I thought of some of the popular shows that the kids these days watch. (Aside from talking ponies, I'll pass on that one.), and so I thought of Teen Wolf, Lost Girl, and Dr. Who. As well as Fringe, which I just stopped watching on tv because I literally forgot about it.
I want to enhance my sci fi library.
So, when my friend asked a question on formspring, about Dr. Who. I said I was interested in it, but I don't feel like watching 700 episodes...(I will never understand Soap Opera's, those things have over 1000!! How does that work?!)

Ain't Nobody Got Time Fo' Dat!

He told me to watch the reboot that was made in 2005, which is much shorter if you start from there. So that is what I did, and I like it now. As of 2019, I've seen the first season, and a part of the second.

 Cassandra, is a villain of the Doctor. She's a piece of human face, that is conveyed on a metal grid. She screams, MOISTURIZE ME! She's funny, and probably my favorite.

Tamako Market

So, I started watching this anime called Tamako Market, and I am LOVING IT!! I watched 6 episodes in a day, which I only do if I really like a show.

The anime is about a girl named Tamako, who meets a talking bird named Dera. Dera, is in search for a princess for his prince.
Dera is a complete weirdo, slightly perverted, and a complete narcissist!

Tamako market has lot's of interesting characters, and introduces more every episode. Dera, aside from being slightly a pervert, actually helps out the characters with their problems.

What I like about the anime, is that it brings in lot's of cliché elements, but throws them out the window, and makes the cliché things interesting and different.

What I think is also cool is that unlike many anime, it is not heteronormative! (Look it up).
The first scene introduces a blonde male to female transgender character. The second episode has no problem mentioning that one of Tamako's friend's, get valentine's day stuff from the guys, and the girls. Not to mention, it is very clear, that one of Tamako's female friends is in love with Tamako! Along with Tamako's male friend who is also in love with her as well. (The two of them have a bit of a rivalry, and understanding that they both like Tamako)
It's really an anime for everyone, it's fun, funny and heartwarming!

It is definitely the feel good anime of 2013.

Oh yeah, and the ending theme Neguse is AWESOME! (As I edit this in 2019, I haven't seen TM for at least 5 years, and I can still think of the song right off the bat!)

The Exes = Male version of the Golden Girls?

I love the Golden Girls, it's one of my favorite shows of all time. There was a Golden Girls marathon on TVLAND today, it was the best! Now, TVLAND has these four shows that they made themselves, and one of them is a show called The Exes.

The Exes, if you do not know. Is a show about three heterosexual men who end up being roommates after their divorces, and do everything together. They were brought together by their Divorce Attorney Holly, the four of them become great friends etc..

 I was noticing something about The Exes when I saw the preview for the next episode, It's basically the Golden Girls, except with men!
If you think about it, they match up pretty evenly.
The Golden Girls is about 4 women who move in together, they're all either divorced or widowed and they all become great friends.
As for the characteristics which each character, they mostly match.

Stuart is basically Rose, the nice one who is very dense, and often seen as dumb and clueless.

Phil is Blanche, the promiscuous one who usually only cares about themselves when it comes to anything sexual, basically a slut, and a narcissist.

Haskell is Dorothy, the un-attractive one that gets few dates, and is intelligent. Dorothy is more book smart, while Haskell is more Tech smart.

Together the three of them form one group of friends.

Then there is Holly, who is kind of the Sophia Petrillo. The fourth member not always included, a bit out of the group but in the same time in the group with the rest of the characters. Always trying to help out and can be a bit crabby and ridiculous.

I'd also like to give a moment to give some David Alan Basche appreciation. He is freaking gorgeous! He's the only reason I continued to watch the show! What a delicious man, search him up on-line, and see for yourself!

This adds to my "All the hot guys are straight" complaint.