before i registered, an email sent to Danny.. :p --- [Subject] hiya danny (^-^)/~ [Content] Heyya Danny, You can call me Izu. I discovered your site ... After reading thru your profile, and *lurking* around your site, I'm not really an 100% dedicated Otaku. I'm more of a 'halvie'. Heh, not half-japanese, half-something.. just in terms of Otaku-ness. Anyway, basically, I do read Manga, watch Anime, play video-games, leech/seed stuff (torrent'ing), listening to music which includes J-Pop, do have a girlfriend (10yr+ relationship) and she understands my life, do drive a car (Honda Jazz), *shameful to say this* still live with my parents xD, 26yrs old, working as a Tech. Support guy, has a core2duo PC with 26inch Sony Bravia screen, Nikon D70s DSLR.. basically, i'm geeky but not extremely geeky.. lol. Oh and another thing (a few more..), I live in South East Asia, to be exact Brunei on Borneo Island, next to Sabah/Sarawak/Kalimantan(Indonesia). Hm, am I forgetting something.. ah yes, about the Otaku part of me.. I'm a BIG SUCKER for MORNING MUSUME!! xD (pls tell me honestly how u reacted to that). I've spent thousands of dollars (doru? en? usd? sgd? bnd?) on their merchandise, and everytime I tell myself that this is the last time I do it.. I do keep up to that with their latest release, and finally, with the *evil* help of paypal, I got into those Yahoo Auction Japan.. and yada~ yada~ etc. So basically.. I'm all that.. only 1 fatal weakness.. laziness.. unlike u of course. xD I *do* have blogs, and I do look after one of the Morning Musume forums online, but I'm now one of those people who idle alot, lurk alot, doesn't talk/chat/post much anymore (unless provoked or ..um, necessary). So.. the BIG question is.. do you think I should register myself up with ya? Cause it looks fun, and I enjoy reading your stuff, and I would love to link you up.. just that.. I'm embarass to say that I don't actually have a proper blog.. so is it a must for me to put up my link too? ^^; Ok thats all, that took alot of effort in typing.. since I did mention I was the lazy type.. but I like reading your content and profile etc., kinda remind me of my *younger* self.. you sound like my Chinese friend who always play poker with me.. hahaha.. or more like, "cho-tai-ti"(big2) or "sam-chong". xD So one of these days, if we really hit it off with each other (*cough* in the correct manner), we could be buddies (maybe just online first, duh), and one of these days.. my dream (DREAM) is to come over to Japan.. to.. PLAY!! hahaha.. not sure if I want to consider migrating there permanently.. ^^; Oh wow, my closing statement and it's that long. I'll shut it here for now. Hope to hear from ya.. yes I read about your "email policy".. xD ;p Best Wishes, and keep up the great stuff. :thumbsup: Izu.