Well. My friends in real life know this, but my friends and affies over the internet don't. I was in a car crash on Sunday, and my knee is now broken. I'm feeling good today, but I just wanted to let everyone know since this will greatly hinder my updating-ness (because I update SO often, as you all know). So, don't expect any major updates for a while. I'll get better soon, promise! I'm already getting pretty good and working crutches. ^^

Look, an update! I have a new layout up for Halloween. I added the avatars, avatar templates, and sign under their respective categories, and I updated the About layout section and Previous Layouts page. I also got the images from the first episodes of .hack//SIGN, Fruits Basket, and FullMetal Alchemist under Images. I'm planning on changing the Guess the Pic and Find the Character contests really soon, as well as get episodes and stuff up.

Wow. I am the WORST webmistress ever. Like, seriously. I feel terrible. I'm so sorry to everyone who's been waiting and waiting and waiting for an update and never getting one. I'm sorry to my affies for not staying in touch. I'm just... SORRY. There's no excuse for completely just... leaving like that. No updates for over a month? God, I feel horrible. I can make all the excuses I want, but nothing will change, so I'll just sit here quietly twiddling my thumbs instead.

BUT. Here's the good part. I have PLANS to get more things up. Instead of having episodes for direct download (can't find a good enough host... sorry), I'll put up the bittorent links and show you where you can download some amazing video players and converters. For images, instead of hosting them all on Photobucket and having pages where you can look at thumbnails and stuff, I'll put the pictures for an episode in a .zip folder for direct download. These may be slightly less convenient for you, but it'll ensure that I can get a lot more stuff up faster. Also, if you need the episodes for direct download for whatever reason, you can email me and I'll be happy to upload them to This Host.

Since putting up episodes and images will be taking less time, that means that I can make more graphics and get more information up and stuff, which is good for you.

Out for now.

Well. As you can see, I have a new layout up . It's a much cleaner and prettier look, in my mind, than my usual layout, so I think I'll just go ahead and make this the new norm. From here on out, all of my new site layouts will be like this. The reason my site was down for so long was because the coding for every single page had to be changed, so sorry about that.

I've also made various other changes around the site. I've rearranged the navigation a little, hopefully to make it easier to navigate. I added 7 Avatar Templates and 3 Textures under Graphics for your use. I've changed the format of the Animated Avatars section. I added two avatars under Non-Animated Avatars and a splash sign, all ones I'm currently using with this layout. Some of my Original Art and FanArt is up now, and the Find the Character and Guess the Pic contests have been updated. The complete .hack//SIGN and D.N. Angel episode collections are up for download under Episodes, and Images are coming very soon. The anime info pages have been updated so that there's only one page per anime, but I'm going to change this back to the way it was someday soon. I have a new affie: The Second Time Around, and last but not least, as a suggestion from Alex of Inuyasha - Heart and Soul, I added a page where you can find all my buttons and banners easily called Link Back Here.

Whew, that was a lot. O.o More updates are coming very soon, but I decided to go ahead and let everyone see the progress I've made rather than keep it under wraps for a while longer and make you all more frustrated than you already are.

GUESS WHAT. I'm working on this site. As hard as it is to believe, I'm DOING STUFF. You want proof? Check this out. 3 of the 356 images for the first .Hack//SIGN episode. FMA and Fruits Basket have the same amount. So, I HAVE been working on stuff. Nyeh. I plan to get a new layout up and make some changes this weekend.

Again, good news/bad news time.

Good news: I got a new layout up! The avatars and enter sign are up under their respective categories, and I'm about to go change the layout info and stuff. Also, on a more personal note, I died my hair black (it was brown before) and it looks sooooo incredibly gorgeous on me (not trying to be vain or anything...) that I just had to take a lot of pictures: See? I can look very Scary now.

And, of course, the bad news: Open Hiatus. Meaning, you can come in and chat and use my tagboard and look at my graphics and stuff, but I won't be updating. I don't know how long it'll last. In the time I'm away, I'll be reading my stupid reading list books (see previous update) and writing journals and stuff on them. I'll also be working on my art when I have time as well as maybe some new graphics and stuff for the site. I want to come back with a lot of graphics, but don't count on it.

For another piece of good news, when I get back, I'll definitely, for sure, put up anime episodes! You can even download them, if you want.

In fact, just to show you it's not another empty promise, I'll go ahead and put the FLCL series up right now! :P

Edit: Happy late 4th of July to all my fellow Americans, and happy late Canada Day to my buds up in the north! Sorry, no gifts...

Well. Good news, I'm working on a new layout and I responded to all the guess the picture, award, ask the character, and other forms I've gotten. We now have a total of 7 new questions and answers under Ask the Characters: 3 Inuyasha (Kagome, Naraku, Sesshy), 1 .hack//SIGN (Sora), 1 FMA (Ed), 1 Kingdom Hearts (Cloud), and 1 Fruits Basket (Shigure).

Now for the bad news. I just got my summer reading list, so guess how I'll be spending this last month of summer? That's right, reading and analyzing and writing journals about The Crucible by Arthur Miller, The Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain, and Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. Sucks, huh? After my layout change, I'll put Shattered Illusions on another open hiatus. I'm horribly sorry. I'm just not having any time for this site this summer. >.<

On a lighter note, my bud Nyoom is making an awesome comic that you should totally check out! It's called Blind Spot, and I created the layout for her. Her art is absolutely amazing, and you should also check her out at Deviant Art.

Okay, the trip took MUCH longer than expected, and after that last update, my friend's brother wouldn't let us get on his laptop. It probably wouldn't've made much difference, anyway, since whenever we snuck on, we couldn't get an internet connection.

But anyway, I'm back! I've been back since this past Saturday, but I didn't update because my friend came over and I don't like doing site-stuff when I have friends over, so... yeah... She's still over here, but I figured I had to make an exception to let you all know what's going on.

Well. I don't think updates will resume for a while. My friend's going home tomorrow, and I'm going to my mom's house with a different friend at that point. When I get back, I'm going to be working on a comic for Endling's Endzone competition, so that'll eat up all of next week more than likely. I'm sorry, but I'll really try to get things up and running.

OMG OMG OMG HEY!!! Guess what!! Sorry this is such sort notice, but Shattered Illusions is going on a few day hiatus because I'm riding with my buddy and her brother in a freakin' SEMI! Weird, huh? But it's soooo fun so far, and this is just the first day! We're gonna go to the Mall of America, and weird foreign places like Illinois!

So yeah, basically, until Tuesday or Wednesday, I won't be updating or anything. So... yeah.... just like any other week, right? Take care!

Hey there! Just a quick update to let you know that I've entered a few contests who's banners are on the front page, and that I've entered a contest that doesn't have a banner. Come vote for me in The Anime Realm's SOTM contest!

Also, I've got a new chapter of my story The Way Home up. And I've been searching and searching for an Avi Splitter that works so I can give you high quality episodes to view, but so far I haven't had any luck. I also haven't been able to find a good host that allows big enough file sizes. I'll just have to go back to using icky Windows Movie Maker to split up the episodes, unless someone can help me out here.

Well? Do you like the new layout? It's Pirates of the Caribbean, so of course you do!

But yeah. After watching POTC 3, I went into an OMG PIRATES ARRR phaze. Yeah, I loved the movie that much. Anyway, I decided that, for summer, since people are gonna be out swimming, I should do a pirates layout, and what better pirates than Jack and his faithful cohorts accomplices friends aquaintances?

So yeah, there you have it. When I'm not so lazy, I'll put up the sign and avatars under their respective categories and update the layout info under about site.

Guess what? Summer's HERE! w00t!

What does that mean for this site? More update more often (hopefully)! I got up a new D.N. Angel Frames layout featuring Satoshi, 3 avatars: a non-animated Inuyasha one, a non-animated D.N. Angel one, and an animated D.N. Angel one, and a new Good Start Award style. Go check 'em out!

I would have more, much more, but I've been hanging out with my friend Amanda basically every day this week. I plan to get a new layout up for summer for my next update, but I don't know much beyond that. I guess we'll just have to see.

Of course I haven't been wasting my time playing Kingdom Hearts! How could you say something like that?

... Everyone knows that time spend playing Kingdom Hearts is totally NOT time wasted.

Yes, yes, I was pulled in by that oh-so-tempting game again. But, see, it's different this time, because I'm, um... researching... for the, um... Kingdom Hearts section. Yeah! So, see? I'm not being lazy or anything!

Well, now that all that's cleared up, I should tell you that I've been really, really, in all seriousness, been trying to find a way to get FLCL up. That other host didn't work out, which really sucks, but I did find another host: Putfile. I've tested this one out, and it does work. The only problem is, now I'm stuck on quality. I've come to hate splitting files with Windows Movie Maker, so I've been looking for a good Avi Splitter. The only problem is, none of them seem to work out right... But I haven't given up hope yet!

In other news, I put up a new section under Kingdom Hearts: Time Killers. Find out the best ways to waste spend time while playing Kingdom Hearts! ^^

Now, back to my... er... "research"...

Well, wouldjya look at that? ANOTHER update! With a new layout, no less! Amazing!

As you can see, there's a new layout with Misao from Rurouni Kenshin. The splash is under Enter Signs, and the avatars are under Non-Animated Avatars. There's info about the layout up now, and the old one's been put under Previous Layouts. Also, I've added pictures to the anime pages that are up, and I've started writing a detailed summary for Kingdom Hearts 1.

For all you FLCL lovers out there, I have some REALLY good news. I found a new, totally AMAZING new host for my videos, and the FLCL episodes should be back up sometime tomorrow or the next day! I'm also going to transfer all the other videos onto my host, because it's just that amazing. All hail Video Web Town! ^o^ Look forward to a lot more anime episodes now that I've found an easy way to get them up.

This has been a very productive weekend. I look forward to more weekends like this!

Hey y'all! I got some stuff done today!

- 1 new Award Received up (from Seventh Heaven)
- 2 new affies (, )
- 1 FLCL Signature
- 1 FLCL Animated Avatar
- New Pages: Find the Pic under Fun Stuff, Zero no Tsukaima information page (nothing on it yet), and Previous Layouts and Site under About
- Moved Layout and Site Name information under About to Site under About
- The Way Home chapter 2 posted under Original Stories
- 1 FLCL Premade Div Layout

Aren't you proud of me? ^^ More tomorrow. Rest now.

I haven't updated since the 9th, but I have changed some things since then. I got some new awards up from people under Received Awards, there's now an award under Hit Count for getting me up to 1,000 hits (THANKS!), and there's an avatar under Donated Graphics by Rachey-chan. Also, I've added a new Fruits Basket music video, changed the Guess the Pic picture, and put up a new story under "Original Stories". I suggest you read the story if you like fantasy. The summary sucks, but the story is much better than it seems, trust me.

Also, unfortunately, I found a problem with the FLCL episodes. DailyMotion, my video host, took down all my FLCL stuff, so now I'll have to put them up on another host, which sucks. So, sorry everyone who likes FLCL! I'll try to get the episodes back up ASAP!

Speaking of episodes, I'm about to put up the fourth Fruits Basket one in a few minutes. I hope you enjoy it!

I'm home! I technically got home yesterday (I'm writing at 1:53 AM), but whatever, doesn't matter. I've been wroking on some more graphics, and I'm proud to present a D.N. Angel wallpaper, 3 non-animated avatars (Inuyasha, D.N. Angel, and .hack//SIGN), and a Kingdom Hearts signature. I would've made more, but those took me a bit longer than usual since I wanted them to look pretty.

I'll be working on this site later today after I wake up, since I'm really sleepy. I hope to get some of the awards I received up and maybe some anime episodes. We'll just have to see.

Well, I'm glad to be back, and I know you're glad that I'm back... RIGHT? -evil glare- Well, out for now!

See? I told you I'd update!

There are two new signatures up -- one under Music, one under Unkown. Two signs are up, one 404 error sign and one closed sign, both from unknown animes. The awards page now has five categories to choose from -- good start, beautiful site, cute site, cool site, and romantic site. There are two different styles for each except good start and beautiful. Also, I completely redid the animated avatar page. Now, instead of having all those annoying pages to go through, there's just one page with a non-animated preview picture for each avatar and some info about the animated avatar with links to view them in full. Much better, in my opinion.

One last little touch, I made a favicon (learn more about them, including how to make them yourself, Here and Here).

That's all for now. Enjoy!

I didn't update this past weekend. I'm sorry. I've been lazy. Very much so. Very very much so. So much so that I'm ashamed. Very ashamed. Very very -- okay, you get the point, I'm sure.

This weekend, I swear I'll get some stuff up. Pictures, episodes, layouts -- I'm not sure what it'll be, but I'll get SOMETHING big up. Promise. Swear.

I would start on it all right now, but... well... My boyfriend just broke up with me, so I feel like lounging around the house all day crying and not doing anything else. So I'll start stuff tomorrow.

Out for now.

Hey, it's a REAL update! What do you know?

As you have likely noticed, I have a new luffly layout up for my site featuring Sora, Riku, and Kairi from Kingdom Hearts. What you may not notice is that I've put up the entire FLCL series, the .hack//SIGN opening and ending themes, a new guess the pic picture, 2 animated Kingdom Hearts avatars, a Kingdom Hearts enter sign, and a new link exchange site.

At the moment, I am bushed, so I'm going to sleep. I may update more tomorrow, I may not. It depends on what kind of mood I'm in. I was in a productive mood today, so I was very productive, as you can see! ^^

Alright, time for an update! You see, I got some new awards received awards up, and... uh... well... I, er, gave the winners of the Guess the Pic thing their awards, and... um.... see...

-sigh- This isn't very good, is it? I haven't been doing anything! But give me a break, please, because I just started on a little side project that's going to take up some time. But don't worry, it's a very pretty and open side project! Er.... That probably just made you all very confused.... -sweatdrop- Well, since you're probably not going to see it anytime soon anyway, I'll just go ahead and tell you it's a blog type thing with a layout I rather like.

Out for now!

Whee, another update! Yay! Drinks all around! .... Or not.

Okay, guess what? I got 6 whole new non-animated Inuyasha avatars up! But does it stop there? Oh, of course not, for I also got up some new awards under awards received, an Inuyasha enter sign, 3 original art pieces by Twilight Mistress, 3 Inuyasha fanart by the same, and a new guess the picture up.

I feel very accomplished (even though I just stole the avatars and enter sign that I thought were somewhat decent from my old site). -collapses-

I'm thinking about a new Kingdom Hearts layout soon. Not quite sure yet, though. Also, I'm planning on getting some FLCL episodes up soon. Maybe some other stuff too.

EDIT: I've also just added a new section under graphics: Gaia Profile Themes! Now, if you have an account on GaiaOnline, you can make your profile all pretty-ful with the themes I have created for use. (Also, if you have a Gaia account, you can always donate to my quest for a Chyaku Norisu Scarf. My username is Miss Rika Harada. A big huge "THANKS" would then be in order. ^^)

Guess what I did today? That's right, I updated! I changed the FanFiction and FanArt sections to Stories and Art. Under each I have subcategories: FanFiction/FanArt and Original. Original is for the original stories/art that I/others may write/draw. I added a piece of my own artwork under Original. I also made a new Death Note signature which looks pretty good, if I do say so myself. It goes with the latest Death Note avatar.

That's all for now, but I'm going to try and get some of my stories up under Original Stories. Take care!

EDIT: Also, if anyone has an account on GaiaOnline and would like to donate to my quest for a Chyaku Norisu Scarf, my username is Miss Rika Harada, and you will be <3'd forever. Thank you!

I need to stop that whole "not updating for forever" thing. >.< I am soooo sorry! But you know what? You can blame this site, this book, and this school for my absence and lack of progress on sitely matters.

Today, however, I put everything aside - games, book, homework - and devoted myself to my site. I was able to finish coding my layout and put some new things up, such as:
- 2 new awards received
- 2 non-animated avatars (Inuyasha)
- 3 animated avatars (Inuyasha, Death Note, Eragon)
- 1 signature (Eragon)
- 1 enter sign (Inuyasha)
- New guess the pic picture

As you can see, I've been busy -- it isn't easy making 3 whole animated avatars. Even though two were already made before today... But that's beside the point! The point is that I'm going to try and work on this site more often. I'm thinking about adding a section for fantasy stories, since I have a few that I want to put on here.

Take care 'till next time!

I'm sooo sorry I didn't get everything up on Wednesday like I said I would! I had church, which I forgot about when writing the last update, and I didn't have much time to do anything. On Thursday and Friday I fell asleep right after school, and yesterday I was too busy playing PhantasyRPG, which you should totally Sign Up For. It's free and uber fun! =^^=

Today, however, I got busy, and I've been busy since around noon (it's currently 8 PM). I got two new layouts up, the Murtagh Frames one I've been talking about and another one under Table Layouts. I haven't gotten the FMA one up yet, forgive me. I'll probably do it next. I also got up 2 new Fruits Basket episodes, and in a minute I'll put up a new Inuyasha music video. I'll try working on some avatars and other graphics next. ^^

Well, guess what? I actually held true to my word! I put two episodes of FullMetal Alchemist up. Go me! Also, though I haven't actually started making a new layout yet, I've thought about what anime I would like to feature and what colors and such, so that could be technically considered a start. I would've done more today, but I had a club to attend, and one of my friends came over for a while.

Tomorrow I'm getting that new Murtagh layout officially posted finally, and maybe even a FullMetal Alchemist one. I'm hoping to get more anime episodes up, maybe of Fruits Basket or another new anime or something. Time will tell, I guess! ^^

Okay, that's it! I've gone too long without any substantial updates, and it's time for a change! I'm seriously going to start devoting actual time to this site, I swear. I'm GOING to get a new layout up. I'm GOING to get episodes of awesome anime up. And, of course, I'm GOING to get more graphics up. School will no longer get in my way! Muwahahahaha!

But no, seriously. I've already put up the opening and ending theme of D.N. Angel, and tomorrow I'm going to get more media stuff up, and I'll probably start working on a new layout. I'm tired of letting this site sit around doing nothing. -descisive (sp?) nod-

Oh, and for a tidbit of news about my personal life, visit the About Webmistress page over there ---->

I haven't updated in a while, it seems. I'm sorry for that, but I've been having friends over or going to their houses almost every day. Since school will be starting again tomorrow (UGH), I'll probably not have a lot of time to work on this site, but I'll certainly try my hardest.

Well. There's a new guess the pic up, and a new question for Kagome from Inuyasha has been added under Ask the Characters. Also, I've decided to put up graphics made from live action movies, and an Eragon Frames Layout will be put up in the near future.

That's about it for now. I'll try to have a new layout up soon since it's a whole new year and such, but for now I have to get ready for that dreaded prison school.