Clover Heart

I've lived in this apartment for 4 years, now. I'm debating whether or not I'd eventually like to own a house in the future. On the one hand, owning my own property and doing whatever I want to with it would be nice. On the other hand, I'm not so keen on the idea of having to do things like take care of the lawn and keeping things like electric and plumbing and such maintained. Each has its own pros and cons. Well, either way, I live in an apartment now and I don't see that changing anytime soon.

One that's been bugging me that I seem to be noticing a lot lately is "without further adieu." And I facepalm every time. Along the same, I've noticed people using "bazaar" when they mean "bizarre." It's.... whyyy? "Wierd," cuz at a glance, it looks like "wired." You'd be surprised at how many people cannot spell "tongue." For some reason, so many people think there's an "H" in it. Second, so many people don't realize that there's a "U" in there. I find it grating when sophomores can't spell the word "sophomore." Yeah, I know it's hard to hear that "O." You're also 15 years old (or even older if you're in college, making it even sadder.) Learn to spell. Typically, all the commonly swapped homophones. That's not that interesting, though, cuz that bugs everyone. I guess that's all I can think of for the time being.

Every night. Occasionally, I'll skip an evening when I'm particularly tired, but I shower every night. As for baths, it's a once in a while sort of thing for me. More in the winter than in the summer. I used to take more baths, but it became sort of a hassle, so I just stopped taking baths for the most part.

My least favorite food, period, is cherries. Hate them. They make me gag. I'm not sure what my least favorite vegetable is. I was gonna say goya, but apparently, that's a fruit. I guess broccoli. It always tastes like it's rancid to me. And mushrooms for much of the same reason. Even though mushrooms aren't a vegetable either.

Jumpscare/horror warning. If you're sensitive to material like horror or are startled easily, you may not want to watch. Click below to see the first video in my let's play: I thought I wasn't gonna be able to play this until after I got back from a trip and I was sad that I wouldn't be able to play this right when it came out. But it's out today and now I have the chance to play it! Yay!

I'm a native English speaker. I live in Japan so I also speak Japanese. Whether or not you'd call me fluent depends on who you'd ask. I suppose from a definitive standpoint, I'm not technically fluent, but I can speak fluidly and typically I have very few if any problems with language in my daily life. In the past, in addition to Japanese, I've also studied Chinese, German and Arabic. Chinese, I remember bits and pieces when I hear it. German is the same way. Arabic, not so much. I only took it for one semester and the professor wasn't really a very good teacher. All I remember is "Hello," "Thank you" and how to write my name. As for other languages, I'd be willing to learn almost anything. Language is the only academic area I'm any good at. I can't math, I can't science, I can't history but I can sure language you some words. I just find it fascinating and if I had the opportunity, I'd jump at it. For whatever reason, recently, I've taken an interest in Esperanto. I just learned that there are actually native Esperanto speakers, which made me very excited. So I guess I was sorta curious about it. But for all intents and purposes, I'd like to learn just about any language.

Well, "best" implies some level of "good," so...

My personal suggestion is to learn how to draw real life, first and foremost. It might not seem as fun as drawing anime, but it'll be worth it in the long run. If you can draw real life, you can use those principals to turn it into anything. Starting from cartoons, however, is like trying to put a roof on a house before you've put up the walls. Take it from someone who started out drawing anime and only after 10 years of hitting a wall even attempted to learn -real- human anatomy. I really feel like I screwed myself over with that. I can't say I blame myself, really. There was nobody to tell me how to do things properly. I just liked to draw characters. But now, I feel like I'm constantly behind the curve. I've been drawing for, like, 15 years and I'm nowhere near pro, or even good for that matter. If I'd learned to draw realistically from the start, though, things might have been different. However, if you really wanna start drawing anime right away, I suggest checking out Mark Crilley. He has a ton of videos on how to draw manga and has been drawing manga for many years. He also has his own series of how to draw manga books, so if you're looking to buy, maybe take a look and see if his stuff is something you'd be interested in purchasing. Happy drawing!

I'm trying to write a story. I intend for it to be a comic, eventually. Graphic novel style. The problem is that the story kinda sucks. It's basically just a fetch quest. And it's not really interesting. I was hoping for a lot of interesting lore and subplots, which I have in my head, but the actual story itself is linear and boring. So, here's what I have. There are 8 kingdoms in a land yet to be named. (Yeah, I know I gotta name more things, but this is still heavily in development.) Each kingdom controls a certain property of all the land and different kingdoms' properties affect others. The 8 properties are Time, Life/Death, Weather, Seasons, Growth, Night/Day, Water and Atmosphere. For example, time affects night and day and seasons. Seasons are affected by weather affect growth. Weather is affected by water and so on. Having effects on each other, I didn't plan to go into too much detail, except when conflict arises. Each of these kingdoms possess relics with allow them to control these properties. All relics are adorned with a magical gemstone which reacts with the blood of the royal family. However, if the relics cannot be controlled or someone else attempts to wield them, the property the relic affects will be thrown into chaos. Many years in the past, the land was unified under the ruler of a queen. Her royal court were knights and dames able to control one of the relics. One knight, Xyrvane (possible Zyrvane?) wanted to wield all of the relics in order to gain power and admiration. But he was stopped by the queen and was suspended in a magical case. From there, the land became divided into kingdoms, as the balance was upset and much fighting began to occur. As the queen had been gone for many years, her magic spell on Xyrvane gradually weakened until he was able to break free from the magic keeping him bound. However, he was in a weakened state, and unable to escape from the cave where he had been left. Two outcast sorceresses, Verzys and Berdyn, came across him. Xyrvane had yet one magical item left with him: a moonstone. He broke the moonstone in two, which then turned to the Onix Drop and the Hematite Drop. (Yeah, I know that's not how gemstones work. Just roll with it.) His command was for them to gather the relics so he could rise to power once again and seek vengeance upon the land. For this, the promised great power to Verzys and Berdyn for doing his bidding. The focus is on the princess of the kingdom of Dzerynzen named Lanmyre. Dzerynzen being the kingdom representing time, the relic of their kingdom is the Amethyst Hourglass. The hourglass passes sand at a rate of 50 years. At the Semicentennial Hourglass Festival, where the hourglass is turned in front of the entire kingdom by a member of the royal family, Verzys and Berdyn attempt to sabotage the festival and steal the Amethyst Hourglass. As they approach the hourglass, the necklace Lanmyre's mother gave to her as a memento begins to react with the hourglass and they're unable to touch it. The sorceresses leave. Everyone in the land possesses the ability to use at least some magic. The base level of that magic and whether or not it's honed affect how useful and powerful one's magic is. Magic is based around the emotions of the user. At that time, Lanmyre wanted to stop the sorceresses, so her magical will was to do something to prevent them from taking the hourglass. Her mother's moonstone linked her magical will to the amethyst of the hourglass and put a powerful protective magic around it. Lanmyre is the only one linked to the moonstone and the moonstone is the only object linked to all of the relics. In order to prevent the world from being thrown into chaos, Lanmyre must visit each of the other kingdoms in order to place a protective spell on the relics to prevent them from being stolen. And along the way, she meets an outcast fairy named Zrid, a fire mage (whose name has done nothing but frustrate me from day one) who isn't confident in her abilities since she isn't happy about the nature of them, and a troll named Yarmid who's misunderstood because... he's a troll... And this is where I run into problems. From there, it just becomes a fetch quest. A race to get to the end. To get to each place to cast her spell on each relic. I suppose the end I was thinking of had to do with Xyrvane trying to destroy Lanmyre's moonstone or kill Lanmyre in order to destroy the bond to the relics and take control of them. I haven't figured out that much. But the main problem, I think, is that it just becomes too linear, too predictable and not really that interesting. I had a few thoughts about this. One was that perhaps it's more about revealing the story of how things came to be as the characters move forward, as the back story seems to be more interesting than the present story. I'd always planned the story to start at the Semicentennial Hourglass Festival, so that could actually work out, potentially. I'd just have to figure out how to make it more interesting and less like exposition. My other thought was that maybe it could function more as a "journey, not destination" sort of story. Like, the going through things is what the reader reads for, not so much the ending or the individual goals. Because I did intend to incorporate individual problems for each sort of chunk of the story, including areas with environmental obstacles as well as societal problems. But I don't know if it's all interesting enough to work out like either of those scenarios. I also have to figure out a lot more world building, but I'm not entirely sure how to go about everything. I definitely have ideas, but I don't know if I have enough ideas. So, I guess, is this story okay or do I need to fix it? If I do, how can I make it more interesting and less fetch-questy? And what can I do to build more of the world? Also, I was wondering about a place to post once I get to the actual drawing stage? In the past, I've used Comic Genesis, Drunk Duck and Smack Jeeves. I didn't like Smack Jeeves at all. Drunk Duck was okay, but I didn't like the lack of customization. And Comic Genesis, while I liked the freedom of being able to design pages as I saw fit, I didn't like just about anything else about it. Does anyone have any suggestions for a place where the comic could be hosted? Your thoughts and comments are appreciated. Thanks! PS, sorry for posting this weirdly in limbo, for whatever reason. Huge thanks to whomever moved it to the correct location!

I have a hard time judging myself, so I can't really say how accurate I think other people's perceptions are. However, people tend to think I'm younger than I am. Not by a lot, maybe, like, 5 years. I'm in my late 20s, but people think I'm in my early 20s.

I'm living in Japan, so East Asia for me. Been here 5 years.

The stupid freaking cell phone I have now. They're both prepaid, so they should be comparable, but, no. I've actually considered saving money specifically to fix my old phone so I can junk this stupid piece of shit. The only reason I got this one was cuz I thought since it's cheaper, it'd be the better deal. No. I should just have bought the more expensive one or gotten mine fixed in the first place, even if that meant being phoneless for a while. First, I had to do a massive fucking run-around to get this stupid phone. I had to return home 3 times just to get everything they needed. Fuck's sake. And, like, when I got it home, I immediately hated it. It's not cuz I had to run around to get it. Although that probably didn't help. It's cuz it's a piece of shit and they can't hide that it's a piece of shit. It's more expensive than the one I got 5 years ago. It has practically no features. My old phone had a translator. This barely has a calculator. And when texting, in order to change case, you have to press the button that many times. Meaning if I want an upper-case z, I have to hit the friggin button 8 times. That's insane. My 2003 Samsung dinosaur phone had a button for changing case, for fuck's sake! Changing to kanji sucks and takes too much time. I've turned into one of those people I said I'd never turn into: those who text as lazily as possible, sacrificing all grammar, punctuation and spelling in order to make a quick text. And believe me, if I didn't have a phone that came directly out of Satan's asshole, I would bother to take the time to make sure everything was correct. But no. It seriously takes too much time. I can never send a quick fucking text. It always has to be a freaking ordeal to sent a text. First it's gotta uncompress. Uncompress what, I have no fucking idea, but it's gotta uncompress its asshole, or some stupid bullshit like that. And then, like I said, it takes forever to write anything because you gotta press every freaking button 395474840`8319895751843 times. And then, it never wants to sent it right away. It's such a fucking brat. Why can't it just send it? No. It never sends it the first time, so I gotta go back into my unsent folder, dig out the e-mail, sent it again, and then -maybe- it'll send it. I never even use my phone anymore because it pisses me off just thinking of the stupid thing. I hate it more than anything I've ever owned. This has got to be the worst thing I've ever bought. And the sucky part is that I don't have any money and you kinda need a cell phone nowadays, especially since I don't have a land line, so I'm stuck with this piece of shit until I can either get a different one or fix my old one. It's seriously depressing. I should just have saved my money. Or splurged. Now I'm stuck with this gorilla's ass of a phone. Why is this piece of shit more expensive than my last phone when it doesn't do jack shit? When it doesn't have half the features of my old phone? When just looking at it makes me wanna smash it into the wall? Such a freaking rip off. I probably would have been better off without a phone. At least that would have been something I could have used: money. I know I complained about my phone in another topic, too, but goddamn! I just hate it so much! You don't know the rage simply possessing this phone fills me with. I don't even care, as soon as I can, I will destroy it and I will love every minute of it. I don't know if I've ever hated anything so much in my entire life.

I don't have a thinking voice. When I think of something, unless I'm thinking of something I'm going to say or something someone else said, I don't think in words. I think in feelings and concepts. Like, when I think "dog," I don't think the word "dog" or a picture of a dog. Rather, I think of the abstract concept of a dog. I think it's kinda different from how most people think. And sometimes causes me to be awkward and not relay myself in the best way... Even when I read, though, it's never in a voice. As I'm typing this now, there is no voice. It's just concepts putting themselves into words via my fingertips.

My partner cooked for me

Laughs don't come in barrels. They come from inside you as your body's response to delight.

Because unicorn is master race. I dunno. I guess I never really thought of it. But I'm not that big into the other types of animals that exist in Equestria. I mostly just like the ponies. The only other one I particularly like is the Chimera, but that's out of MLP context. I don't like that the 3 parts are of individual consciousness. Or the orthros, but it isn't sapient. Also, most non-ponies are villains or antagonists. Also, I don't know how to draw most of those things... ._.

Pink: It's abrasive, obnoxious and I can't stand it. I hate it for several reasons. First, it just hurts my eyes. It's just ugly to me. Second, being female agender, having this color I can't stand being associated with me and things people might give to me is super-obnoxious. Third, pink tax. It's just the worst. Red: This color's alright. I prefer deeper reds, but bright reds are okay, too. I particularly associate this color with sports cars. Not bad. I think it's probably my favorite of the warmer colors. Orange: Orange used to simply be a color I didn't really think too much about. I have a new-found appreciation for it in recent years. In terms of aesthetic, it doesn't do anything more for me than it did previously, but I'm now more willing to consider it when choosing a palette and overall, I just appreciate it more than I used to. Yellow: I'm okay with most yellows. I'd say the electric variety is something I'm not a fan of and there are definitely inappropriate times and places for it, but it's okay. It's adjacent to my favorite color, which means that it goes well with it a lot of the time, so I'll often choose this color to go with green. I like golden yellow and butter cream colors the best of any yellow. Green: This is the best color. I love green. I love almost every shade of green. It's just awesome. It's so versatile and has so many different looks to it. I really think my affinity for green is biological. One of my first memories is of me saying, "My first favorite color is green, my second favorite color is green, my third favorite color is green..." and so on. So from a young age, this has always been my favorite color. I suspect it might have to do with a certain conical makeup in my eyes. Because, as I said, pink hurts my eyes, and pink is complimentary to green. So, that's what I think. My favorite shade is this one. I love it. Blue: Blue is my third favorite color. It's very easy to match. It goes well with just about anything. It's also very calming. I use blue a lot. Purple: This is my second favorite color. Can you tell I like the cool colors? I like green and purple together. Also green, blue and purple altogether. But sometimes, purple can be difficult to match to other colors, so there's the downside, I guess. I prefer purples which are more bluish, like this one. Brown: I like wearing brown. I've always felt it goes well with my skin, but I don't really know if that's true or just a notion I have. As for using it, I have difficulty. When it comes to skin tones, hair or eye colors, it's fine, but using it in a background or in the overall composition, I struggle a bit more with, unless it's something that specifically has to be brown, like tree trunks or something. Gray: I really like cool greys for whatever reason. Like this. Another color I sometimes struggle with, but it has its uses. I seem to have a lot of grey clothes, for whatever reason... White: Well, not a lot to say about this one, I guess. It has its purposes. Not one I pay all too much attention to, but a decent color. Also, white allows you to be sneaky ; ) Black: I really like black for whatever reason. Maybe because it goes with everything without feeling like negative space. I'd say it's probably my fourth favorite color. I also have a lot of black clothes. So, I guess that's what I think about colors. Yup.

I hate when people reply to what I've said but, one, don't quote or tag me in order to give me a notification that they've replied or two, don't mention my or anyone's name so I don't know if it's me they're replying to. But this doesn't really happen too often. If they haven't tagged me, I don't even know if they've replied so I'm unaware to be bothered by it. When people take a joke and turn it into serious, no-fun-times. That's just a pet peeve for life in general, though.

I'm from the US. Other than Canada (which, if you're from the US doesn't really count,) I've only been to Japan, where I now live. I'd like to visit other countries, but money...

Why am I always the only one to say telekinesis? It's, like, the best power ever.

We don't have a dryer. If we're talking laundry combos, though, I like Tide detergent with Downy fabric softener.

I think mine is 9... Wow, do I feel suddenly inadequate... ._.;;