My entire life hinges on this appointment.

Don't make me do it. I feel like I won't know myself after I come out. What if there is something wrong with me? What will I be then - still the same?

I'm scared.

A year ago today, we were all waking up to the news that the tabernacle had burnt down. A year later, and we have the news that it will restored - as a temple.

The Lord works in mysterious ways.

So for blogpost number 600 (yikes! where did the time go?), I'm going to confess a little bit.

Don't worry, it's not anything bad. As warning, it's hugely nerdy so if you're not into that sort of thing, escape now while you can.

Okay. Ready? Good.

Pokemon Manga. (linked for your convenience to the very first page of the very first book. it even reads left to right, as opposed to most mangas that go R to L. awesome!)

Honestly, I've read through the third generation four times and I've been enthralled EVERY time. It's just... woo! (that's all the way up through ep 337, btw. yeah, I'm lame. what else is new.) the ones that I love the most are through ep 90, but they're really easy to get through cos they're only 20 pages each, and they have big pictures so it's an easy read.

Anyway, the question of canon is likely to come up. (canon being material accepted as "official" in that fictional universe. i.e., there are tonnnnns of head-canons about the children of Harry and his friends, but none of it is official because JK never claims any of it. that's the beauty of her creation, but that's another story for another day.) Is the anime canon? Is the manga canon? What about the games, where do those fit in?

Well, honestly, they all pull from each other. The manga strongly follows the games in terms of plot, and the anime doesn't follow anything close (Red is SO much more pwn than Ash; Red actually is the league champion for two years before he goes missing) but the rules of the pokemon/evolution/etc. is structured off the others. What came first I actually don't know. I think the cards and then the anime, then the games and then manga. As far as canon is concerned for me, the anime never happened. I could live off the manga alone. Red is totally a fictional crush of mine. I'll just admit it.

In any case, I just got through ep. 90 (again) and I remembered it inspired this picture I pieced together almost two years ago:

I hope it's big enough so you can read it.

"So time flows, and the stories never truly end..."

This simple phrase has captured my heart, and I do my best to remember it always. It's so powerful. Time keeps moving. A fact of nature and the universe, yet so easy to forget that no matter what happens you can't help but keep moving. And the stories... the chapters of our lives and the things that touch us deeply never leave us. Just like how Pokemon and the lessons they've taught me, however cheesy they may seem in hindsight, will always be close to my heart.

Anyway. I wanted something epic for a milestone post and this is what I came up with.

I hope you have something dear to your heart that you can turn to, to make you feel like a child again. For me, it's Pokemon. And I adore it.

What do you have?

*le phone*
me: Hello~?
lady: Hi, it's Pam! Calling you back from Florida!
me: uhhh...
lady: *starts rambling about... stuff*
me: UHHH....
lady: ... not doctor anderson?
me: noooope.
*we both laugh nervously and apologize (a lot) before hanging up*


sometimes getting the wrong number is entertaining. usually not. like when I get a voicemail for muhammed. did you listen to the voicemail?? rachael's fridge is talking to you! *headdesk*


XD

why do our early nights never line up, and why do you disregard mine when I need it?

not pleased,

me.

Keeping secrets isn't hard, unless they're my own.

I just feel the need for sympathy I guess.

you know, it would be super awesome if you could become a certified pokemon trainer in real life. like, take a test from nintendo or something and get a certificate and everything.

cos then I would seriously introduce myself to everyone "hey I'm a CERTIFIED pokemon master!" I really would, and you know it. (and I would pass that test eaaasy.)

and THEN they could release new tests for new regions and stuff :O cos they're always going to be coming up with new stuff, y'know. and you could get certified in like, training or breeding or take a massive test on all of it

and the training bit would have separate parts of the test for like what pokemon learns this move or what level it learns it (and you could be in the ballpark for it at least cos that's a lot of information) and type matchups and then maybe to make it legit you could write an essay on your favorite pokemon type XD okay, maybe too much effort for an essay, but still.

idk about the breeding stuff too much since I personally never bothered with it much; maybe provide the ways if you would want to get a certain kind of pokemon, like an eevee with a certain nature or something like that


... and obviously it is really late and I'm FAR too entertained by this idea XD

rm: just so you know your pumpkin has mold in it.
me: ... yeah, I know.

rm2: your pumpkin smells bad!
me: -__-' *takes pumpkin outside to throw it away at 1am*

honestly if I bothered you two about your messes you'd never hear the end of it.

we've lived together too long.