Name: Ryan Age: 24 Location: Arizona Occupation: PT Frozen/Dairy Stocker, Student College: Collin’s College Major: Game Design
About Me:
Eh, not really good at telling people about myself so bare with me here (or run away now, you’ll skip a lot of boredom). Just a typical person looking to make something out of myself in life while trying not to succumb to the usual doldrums that come with getting older (getting a job I hate and living my life hating it, you know).
Right now I’m attending college to pursue my dream of getting into the gaming industry (I’m a huge gamer, lets just leave it at that). Why? Eh, after high school I was lost at what I wanted to do with the rest of my life so I attended my last college for 3 years with out direction. Finally decided last January (2007) that I’d pursue what I originally intended to do after high school (just didn’t really have the guts) and go get a Bachelor’s in Game Design. So that’s where I am now, 1800 miles away from my hometown pursuing what most will consider a pipe dream. We shall see though.
A little bit about my anime fandom. Been a fan for 10+ years now, longer then most yet shorter then the die hard fans. Came in with Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z (yes, I’m a DBZ nub but I do hate the series with a passion now). Since then, as you have probably noticed from my list, I’ve branched out quite a bit genre wise. My favorite genres (though I’d like to say all) vary quite a bit with my absolute favorites being Shoujo (including Shoujo-ai) and Mecha titles. Yes, as a guy I love Shoujo titles. Chock it up to the awesome stories and characters in the genre. I’m a huge fan of NANA and Maria-sama ga Miteru, two of my absolute favorite series. As for Mecha I’m a huge fan of the genre (though my list could fool you). I don’t know what it is about Mecha anime but I just absolutely love them. On that note I should probably say I’m a huge Gundam fan and by huge I mean huge (we’re talking I own tons of models, figurines, etc.). To clarify even further I’m a fan of the Universal Century timeline of Gundam (the original series and those dealing with it). Alternate Universe Gundam just doesn’t hold the flare and awesome storytelling of the original (with three exceptions. Gundam X, Turn-A Gundam, and Gundam 00 have all proven to be extremely good series). I’m also a huge Macross fan.
Hobbies:
Outside of the obvious (being that anime and manga are hobbies of mine) I’m into quite a few other things. As I noted above I’m a gamer and have been since I was 5 (back when I first got my hands on an Atari and Nintendo). Favorite types of games would be RPG’s (FF, Suikoden, Xenosaga, etc), Flight Sims (Ace Combat series), FPS (Halo, Gears of War, F.E.A.R, etc), RTS (Command and Conquer, Warcraft, Starcraft, Age of Empires, etc), MMO (WoW), and mech based games (Armored Core series, Chromehounds, etc).
I enjoy reading and writing poetry as well (though most of my stuff is rather depressing). Have been published in two books of this date (don’t ask me which though because I’ve forgotten). Tends to be a good way of expressing myself and my emotions since I have a hard time doing so normally. Another artistic outlet for me is drawing and painting. I love drawing and painting though I sadly don’t do much of it anymore for recreation (all of it’s for school now). Sadly my stuff isn’t really good, in my opinion (other people will try and tell you otherwise), but hell if its fun why not do it.
I’m also a huge fan of music, hell you could go as far as to say I’d be lost without it. I’m always listening to music unless I’m in class or talking with people. It’s one of the few ways I can relax or keep myself in a relatively good mood (I’m manic depressive so life is interesting). Favorite genres: Gothic Rock, Death/Black Metal, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Classic Rock, some Modern/Alternative Rock, Darkwave, Techno, Industrial, Classical (hey, can’t go wrong with Bach and Beethoven), J-Pop, J-Rock, and a few others.
Outside of those I enjoy reading, playing the occasional game of Magic (yes, I play Magic: The Gathering), getting together with friends to play some D&D (yes I do play Dungeons and Dragons), sitting on my computer and designing web pages/graphics (I practically have an Associates in Web Design though I was never handed a degree), and a variety of other things not really worth mentioning (but feel free to ask).
Odds and Ends:
Well I think that’s all there really is to say about me so I’ll end this here. You’re more then welcome to add me as a friend, I usually accept all requests (just make sure to drop in and talk to me from time to time, I tend to forget who’s on my friends list). Also feel free to IM me (information above) as I’m always willing to talk about anime or anything (any and all subjects welcome (if you want major points lets talk philosophy as I love talking about it). Just make sure to let me know where you got my IM info from and who you are (I usually block people I don’t know, bad habit of mine).
Started playing Aion now (yay, another money sink!). Play mostly on Ariel server, Asmodian side. Two most prominent characters are Miakis and Aylanis. If you play and play on Ariel-Asmodian hit me up. I'm always up for some hunting, questing, and Abyss PvP once I hit 25.
Apparently I'm loosing my taste for anime as one can probably see. About the only thing I currently watch are the anime DVD's that I get from Netflix and the very few shows I'm currently downloading. Don't know what it is but I'm really getting to that point that anime just isn't cutting it anymore. As such my anime updates will probably as they have been. Just wanted to give a heads up to those friends who still drop by my page.
ahahahaha yeah ill get around to it at some point...i might just be lazy and just take a pic with my phone and upload it right to facebook right from there
I'm far behind on last year's Spring Season XD ... you're pretty current in comparison. I need one of those Matrix kinda props plugged into the back of my head that'll make me read/ watch all anime released so far in 10 mins flat.
Yeah! Im going to do it tomorrow- a huge rant heheh. Then I can make a real fanclub in the FCs Section of MAL haha. I wonder if Im allowed to do that xD
Hahah this is a great idea =D I bet I could get a number of people to join.. we need rules though hmmm.... Drocr and UnhallowedDeceit > ALL. The end haha. No really I want to do that cause it can be funny and can help my boredom haha.
I made a blog for my personality but I want to make a blog of all my fav anime characters and series. And also A blog of how epic awesome we are haha.
MAL should make a FC for us :p It would have over 1000 members I bet =D I didnt know i could make blogs though I might make one for how awesome we are xD Even though I just met you, I can tell, you are as awesome as me :p Andddd Im going to make a blog for my favorite characters and stuff and make my profile pretty! =D
