YES!!!! Back by popular demand, its the oft asked for but almost never received Super Random Rants and this is chapter 4 in the long awaited series. Ohaiyogouzaimasu.....I'm kinda in a bad mood already because i'm at work a full 4 hours before i'm supposed to be which means i coulda been sleeping right about now. Anyway, without further ado lets get this show on the road.....

1. Did you know i was having a daughter??? If you didnt then where the hell have you been all these months??? Anyway, as i said months ago, being that i won the almighty coin flip, i got naming rights over the kid and thus i chose Aya. Feeling short changed my ear was screamed off by the mother since she had no say in naming or anything like that. So i decided to give her the middle name, which in my opinion is more than fair. The middle name she decided to come up with.....Nanally. i was kinda skeptical when i first heard it. Nanally.....Nanally.....Nanally....Aya Nanally??? It didnt take me long to actually put the two together and see how good they really sound. Anyway, i know her to be a huge huge HUGE Code Geass fan so i figure that Nanally was some sort of tribute to that character (poor Nanally. Blind and crippled because of her evil father *sniffle sniffle*) She says no its some other reason for the name but i know otherwise. Anyway, Aya Nanally should be making her way sometime around October November so look out for that. Hey that actually brings me to number......

2. I heard of mood swings and cravings but this is ridiculous!!!! I swear, this is not the same person i swore my life to when we first met those years ago. I find myself going out for weird types of foods at all types of the night and getting stuff thrown at me in anger for no reason a lot nowadays. Whats up with that??? I dont think things will better anytime soon but i must stand tall and brave the storm. *Stands up* i must NEVER GIVE UP!!!!! (wow, you're so cool!!!!)

3. Is it just me or are there an absurdly high amount of comic movies coming out nowadays. Either comic or some type of superhero type movie??? I find that though most do rather well from the general fan base that the comics created over the years, some dont even come close to living up to the standards expected of it. They wanna focus completely on the image of the movie and completely forget about the actual storyline of the comic and throw some piece of trash, half-hearted, not very well thought through plot in your face and expect you to just sit there and take it. Which comic movie do you think was the worst??? (*cough X-Men 3 *cough*) I didnt ask you, i asked them.....

4. I've been bumped from hourly wage to salary wage since i've been promoted to A.M. here at C.C. but i dont know how to take it. on one hand i have a somewhat stable job coming right out of college, but it also takes away from my persual of being a speech pathologist which would kinda make the last 4 years of my existence kinda meaningless. (*scoff* You'd swear school was the only thing you did over the last years the way you talk) What are you implying??? (Well maybe you're not looking at things in a big enough picture.) Whatever....all i know is that i wasted time and money persuing something that i more than likely wont get. (Its not like you're the only one who isnt doing the thing that they studied for so suck it up. the thing that they....hehe, like my alliteration???) SHUT UP!!! anyway, its supposed to be a joyous occasion, so why do i not feel......well....(joyous???) yeah joyous....

5. My main union, The Toonami Union, has just reached 1K members and is in the top 10 of union views for all the unions here in GS. (why are you whoring yourself out like this???) SHUT UP!!!! i have a point where i'm going....so anyway, i'm curious at something. when was the first union ever created and what was the original purpose behind it? i mean who was the person with the bright idea that people could come together and chat about random stuff or specific topic stuff. I dont really wander around this place much and its obvious by my llong membership, low level and low post total but still i wonder what is like the most pointless union out there. why isnt there a limit to the creation of unions and whats with these union invites??? pisses me off everytime i get 4-5 a day like that. LOOK.....i wont come around by invite. i'll only come around when i personally find the place and deem it worthy that i may grace it with my presence. (Cocky bastard) Yeah and what of it??? Anyway, i wonder how long we can actually keep this Toonami thing going??? We all lead our own lives that at times, cause us to neglect or shirk the duties presented before us so i wonder. (only time will tell buddy) i guess so....

6. God this sucks just sitting here in the lounge waiting for my shift to start. i could be sleeping right about now!!! Anyway, moving on, i can proudly hold my head up high and say that i'm the owner of the R4 for DS. (THIEF!!!!!) am not, i just....dont like paying for games. (so you steal them from the internet for free huh??? sounds like a thief to me.) Well you're wrong. utalizing the R4 shows my ability to get 1UP on those who have the money to spend on games. for those who dont know the R4, its basically a thingy that allows you to download NDSroms into a mini SD card that goes into your DS for free. I have a 2GB mini SD so i can fit just about 20 games into that slot.Great huh??? (No not really since i still pay for my games like a good upstanding citizen.) Well then you're a hater and its your unfortunate loss. Anyway with a DS MUST buy the R4. your pocket will thank you for it.....

7. Bulking up for hockey is super hard for me. i'm just about 6' 1" and around 190 give or take 5-10 pounds. (wouldnt that make you 180 instead then?) SHUT UP! as mentioned in previous forums and in Random Rants Karte San, i do in fact plan on returning to the ice after a 3 year absence. I wish to bulk up because i wanna continue to play the enforcer style that placed fear into the hearts of the smaller children. (those were the days *sigh*) Yeah see, back those years ago, i was 5' 10" and maybe around 210. i used to throw my weight around with ease, checking guys into the boards, or neutral zone bone jarring hits oh and dont even get me started on the fights. Those were legendary, because though i was one of the if not the smallest enforcers in the league (all the other enforcers were at least 6' 2" at the time), i could still punch with the best of them. anyway, long story short, i got sick one christmas and in the span of like 8-10 days dropped about 40 pounds from 210-170. i hate those life threatening flu sicknesses. (ruined our Christmas didnt it???) sure did, but now i'm working my way back up. thing is, my metabolism has somehow sped up so i consume the same amount as when i was big but burn it off WAY quicker and find myself barely breaking even weight wise. Either way, i'm getting back into hockey no matter what my weight is and i'll make my impact known as soon as things kick off. (seriously, you're too cocky sometimes i swear.) well no one is talking to you....

8. A lot of you have been asking so i must oblige. My life as Ichigo 100% will be returning for the third installment in a week or so. (you were gonna write it anyway werent you???) yeah i was but i didnt think i'd such positive feedback on it and have people actually want to hear my story. I'm so....touched *sniffle* (cocky and over dramatic. pathetic) Well i was trying to play off of my audience. I know a lot of you have decided to pick up the Ichigo 100% manga after my shamless advertising of it a few months ago (shamless whoring of yourself you mean) i'll ignore that and i know you all shoulda finished it by now and wanna see how closely my life actually was to that title so now worries, next one will be out in the latest 2 weeks. Will i choose to stay with X or will i finally see the advances of Y or what about the Z character who hasnt even been introduced in the story yet??? What impact will she have on me and my love life??? For these answers and more, tune in to next installment of My Life as Ichigo 100% (*shaking head* i think i've already said it twice but i'll say it once more....shameless whoring. its a real shame.)

I have more to write but i figure this will suffice for now. I wrote more than i thought i did which is surprising. Anyway, work is a good 2-3 hours away and i'm getting hungry. I need a snack so i'll see you guys around. This is Nica, saluting and signing off on Super Random Rants Karte Yon.....

So i've decided to continue comparing my life to my fav manga of all time Ichigo 100%. now is the second installment of my TRUE story. if you havent gotten the characters yet then here they are....Junpei=me, Tsukasa=X, Aya=Y and Satsuki=Z. so there ya go and here's chapter 2 of my series.....

So as i sat on the rooftop watching the sun set over the distant horizon i couldnt help but wonder how i would make X mine. it was a tall task that i was asking of myself, but i knew that it was something that had to be done. a few minutes passed and suddenly the door behind me opened. lo and behold it turned out to be Y and all her plain splendor lol. she eagerly handed me her book which i found astounding since she had said previously that it was something she wouldnt anyone else besides herself to see. so 10 minutes passed of nothing but the sound of the leaves on the tree being blown by the wind as i found myself enthralled within another one of Y's chapters. like before, i praised her for her work and continued to encourage her to get her work looked at by some higher up. it was really some good stuff. anyway....she put her book away and we continued to stare out to the sun, but i decided to break the silence. (This part i remember clear as day) I turned to her, she turned to me and i asked her, "Y, what is the proper way to ask a girl out?" Y's eyes bulged at the question as it seemed that she was in complete shock. (I still am oblivious and have no idea that she has a thing for me) She begins to blush and turns her face away from me as a small smile crosses it. I stood there confused and yet eager to hear a response as i wanted to try out her plan against X. "So....what is it?" She cleared her throat, took a deep breath and turned back to me. "Might i ask who you wish to ask out?" The question caught me off guard because i figured it was none of her concern but hey, she was my new friend and i doubt she woulda told anyone anyway. "It's X from Class B." Her head lowered and her tone changed from eager and anticipating, to dejected and sad. "Oh.....i see. Well, you do know that X is the most coveted girl of our year dont you? It wont be easy." She just took some jabs at my confidence whether knowingly or unknowingly. "Okay, so this is what you do....you're gonna be playing baseball again this year right? (I nodded yes) Okay, and you guys will practice during the fall/winter time right? (I nod yes again) Alright, she has club activities during this time so what you could do is while you have your practice, go over to her club room when it ends and ask her there. (WHAT?!) No, hear me out here. Wear a sleevless workout shirt and when you ask her, drink some water or something and flex your muscles as you bring the water to your mouth. Trust me, it will work. (I dont know Y.) Do you have any other ways to go about it? (I shake no) I thought so. Give it a shot and see what happens." The wind picks up and we make our way inside. As we walk out the school, I notice as X begins packing up at the end of her club activity. "Hmm....the last one to leave are you? That will make it a little easier for me." All Y can do is sigh and turn her head away. I had no idea how much i had hurt her in that small span of 5-10 minutes.

Two weeks passed by. Y wrote another great chapter for her novel and baseball practice had finally began. for those two weeks i did nothing but pump iron as much as possible to build my biceps. turns out my right bicep looked the best and so thats the one i would be drinking my Gatorade with (hate water!!!). The day passed by rather quickly and i found myself in the gym with my teammates running basic drills all the while, eyeing the clock to see when X would leave her club activity room. When the proper time came, i ran out of the gym and up to the room only to see that she was already gone. i began to panic but regained my composure as i noticed the front door of the school slam shut. "Maybe thats her. She cant get far." So i ran outside in 40 (F)degree weather in nothing but shorts and a sleevless shirt and saw her slowly making her way to the front gates. I called out to her and she stopped. My heart began racing as the moment of truth quickly presented itself. "Umm...did you call me?" I caught up to her and there we stood. The wind blew her scent to my nose and made my knees weak. "So....what do you want? I cant imagine that you're very warm wearing that out here." (Oh well....i have baseball practice right now, but i wanted to ask you something.) I saw as her stare ran up and down my body. The door behind me opened and closed. Y was leaving for the day and began making her way towards the gates in our direction. "Well X, i've been watching you for some time. (What are you some type of stalker? Hahahaha! Nah, i'm joking. I'm used to it anyway continue.) I began lifting the Gatorade to my mouth. Well i just wanted to know if you would mind going out with me. Her eyes showed interest and the Gatorade reached my mouth. i began to drink and drink as Y stopped in her tracks behind us. I kept watching my bottle as the Gatorade supply dropped and dropped, but quickly looked at her and notice that she continued to examine my body. (Is it working? Is Y's plan really working?) My mind raced with thoughts as my Gatorade finally finished. I dropped the bottle from my mouth and my bicep uncurled, contracting the muscle. "Well...idk. Sure, i bet it'll be fun!" I thought that the grouping of the those two sentences was kinda odd but then came to the realization that she had in fact said yes to me! "You dont seem too happy that i agreed to go out with you. Did i make a mistake in choosing you?" No!!!! I'm very happy, its just that its a little shock is all. "Oh....well i would ask you to walk me home, but i see that you have practice and i wouldnt want you to abandon your teammates." She wrote her number in a paper and handed it to me. "Thats my cell number. You're only the second person besides my mom to have that so take care of it. I look forward to hearing from you soon." She smiles and walks out of the gates leaving both myself and Y in the courtyard. Y begins her walk to the gates again as i stand near still in continuous shock. She puts her hand on my shoulder and smiles. "I told you it would work." OMG, i dont believe it Y!!!! Thank you so much!!! I hug her tightly. I owe you big time you know. I look to her face and see her empty smile. (Still oblivious and ignorant. Its not until now where i realize that her smile was completely fake.) "Its alright, I just want to see you happy is all. Now get back.....to your....(she begins to choke up) practice." Hey, is everything okay with you Y? She begins walking to the gates but turns around at the end and forces another smile. "Yeah....i'm fine. I'll see you tomorrow." Ecstatic and oblivious, i ran inside and enjoyed the rest of my practice not realizing how much my life would be affected by that one incident in the courtyard.....

Ohaiyougouzaimasu!!!! Its morning time here in my time and i had nothing better to do than to write my ever popular Super Random Rants series. It is in fact chapter 3 as you see the Karte San in parentheses (spelled correctly???) and after a brief hiatus i decided to bring it back. Those looking for Karte Ni of "My Life that was Ichigo 100%" (what a title!) will just have to anxiously wait for next week when i do decide to continue it. Those who are reading or who have read that manga can almost predict whats gonna be in my next story though. (what happened to random rants???) OH YEAH.....anyway, lets get this going (Wall 'o' Text warning).....

1. So i picked up GTA the day it came out and i must say i'm impressed. Being a native New Yorker and all and seeing all the subtle details poured into the game is amazing. One thing though, its funny how they have the Brooklyn Bridge right next to Coney Island even though they're like 5 miles apart in reality, but directly on the other side they (accurately) have the Belt Pkwy running on the edge of Brooklyn through to Queens. OH and how they have no type of uptown in Manhattan yet. It goes....downtown, midtown at 42nd and then skips all the way up to Harlem at 125th once you past Central Park LOL. (umm....i think only New Yorkers can laugh at that one). Oh, anyway all in all i love the game and its a perfect 10 in my book. Anybody who rates it lower is just trying to be a perfectionist and went in looking to find flaws in the game. I've already seen it. Someone rated the game (ON THIS SITE) with a 7.8! The audacity i swear!!!!

2. So the Dim Wars III have officially started over at the Toonami Union (great....he's gonna be an advertising whore again. like the huge Dim War sig wasnt bad enough lol). Currently my team, Genesis (great name right???) is winning our battle against the Reapers. Being the master strategizer that i am, i have a bad habit of letting up just enough to give the opponent a SMALL amount of hope that they might win. I gotta stop that or i might pay for it in my next match. (next match?) Yes next match, even though we havent finished the quarters i've long since predicted my teams victory. As champion of the Dim Wars II, i owe it to my fans and admirers (was that spelled right?) to make it back to the finals and WIN IT ALL AGAIN! YEAH!!!!! (sidetracked again?) OH yeah, so anyway, if you're in the mood to see how i systematically pick all my opponents apart then come down to the Toonami Union and check it out. Hope to see you there.....

3. I know you've all seen it. (seen what?) You know...the thing. (what thing?) The thing at the top of the screen sometimes flashing and stuff. (the....ads???) Yeah thats what they're called. You know those ads that advertise that you can win this and that and god knows whatever else for free if you just CLICK HERE! (i hate those things!!!) I know i'm not the only one who has ever tried to click on those things and actually check out whats going on only to see some huge stipulation in order to win the prize. Like this last one i clicked on....Win a PS3 WITH GTA4 AND a 46" Samsung TV for FREE. i already had low hopes because in the corner you could clearly see the sign, "Certain Rules Apply" (ooooh....red flag.) Usually its to some site that bombards with third party ads and subscriptions left and right in an attempt to hook you in with promises that you're getting closer and closer to your "prize" Its actually rather funny how some people actually fall for that and still wind up with nothing at all. What they dont realize is that you dont automatically win the damn thing, but in reality are entered in a raffle to win the damn thing. WOMP WOMP!!!!

4. So a few days ago i learned the sex of the soon to be kid. Turns out that most of my unions were wrong. ITS A GIRL!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! (umm.....calm down???) Oh....so yeah as i mentioned in an earlier chapter, all naming rights after the coin flip went to me if it was a girl, but i decided to give the mother the middle name since i'm a nice guy. Her first name you ask? Well its gonna be Aya. Something short and sweet that can interpreted in both English and Japanese and looks pretty written in English or in Kanji characters. Plus combined with my last name, which will remain anonymous (wait someone here knows my last name but i'm still not telling) it sounds pretty good. It rolls right off the tongue. Kinda worried what the mother will give as a middle name but i'll let it slide cuz i got what i wanted. (Gloating???)

5. Currently its mid Spring right? The weather around here fluccuates (spelled right?) with each passing day. 80 one day, 55 the next then up to 75 then down to 63 or something. Is this global warming thing affecting us now??? Is this what Al Gore was crying about??? See i kinda have the mentality (dont hate me) that this is not gonna really affect my generation so frankly i couldnt care any less about the situation. Care to sway me and my thought process towards it???

6. Why isnt the U.S.A an education concious society like other countries anymore??? We're the fattest and soon to be if not already, the dumbest country in the world. I mean when i first came to America, i remember being shocked that my friends were all laughing their butts off and like pretty much not caring when they got scores like 65 and 70 on exams and stuff. Being from another country that stressed education, i couldnt see myself with a score lower than maybe a 90. Anything less would be considered failure. In retrospect, maybe my family was pushing me too hard but i still havent had anything less than an 82 as a final grade or exam. (Tell em about the great freakout over the first sub 90 score you got) NO!!!! (Tell em) It wasnt anything special. I just kinda....in the c!ass.....the teacher.....the grade....scared to....NO!!!! i'm not getting into it. Nothing happened and we'll leave it at that.

7. Have you ever tried listening to other bands that dont speak your language??? Dont you find their music kinda weird but still cool at the same time??? I like to expand my horizons and listen to tons of other stuff that might be classified as weird. Any union that has a WAYLT thread (What are you listening to) always has my share of anime music on it and ONLY anime music. Not to say that i dont listen to anything else, but i find that certain Japanese music is really cool y'know? (of course not, they dont listen like you Weirdy) Shut up! Anyway, do you listen to anything else and if so, what do you listen to???

I'm kinda getting hungry. I think i spent 45 minutes writing this thing. (Slow.) Nuh-uh....i just periodically stopped to do stuff. Anyway, its still Saturday morning and i think i'll get a quick jump on the day before the Met game starts at 1. (Last night's got rained out.) I'm so hoping to catch a double header one of these days. Anyway, the woman wants to use my computer EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS HER OWN!!!!! (but yours is faster) SHUT UP!!!! so i'll be signing off now saying....THE SPIRITS ALL ALWAYS AMONG US!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

i told you i'd do it. and now without further ado (since i have nothing better to do) i'll put into comparison how much Ichigo 100% was like my awkward teen years (late middle through high school). The characters.....

Junpei Manaka= me
Tsukasa Nishino= hmm....i dont wanna give a name so i'll say X
Aya Toujou= Y
Satsuki Kitaooji= Z

I could in depth with other characters but they're not as much of a factor for now. And so it begins.....

It was the beginning of 8th grade. Everyone was stressing us to study for high school entrance exams but personally i didnt care. I was smart enough so i did what i usually did which was sleep. Nothing really interested me so i never really paid anything any mind until one day. No one knew that i had well technically still have a thing for landscapes. Everyday i would go to the roof and watch the sunset over the horizon beyond our school. One day i went up there and saw a girl that i hadnt seen around the school before. She stood about 5'4" with long black hair and fair skin that glistened in the light projected from the sun. She was walking towards the door going back inside as i was walking out the door to the roof and we collided. She fell and dropped something and in a flash, just got up and ran away. Needless to say, i was shocked and a bit surprised. I sat on the cool ground a tad dumbfounded for a while and noticed a notebook lying next to me. i flipped through a couple pages and noticed a story the likes of which i had never read before. it was profound and it got me thinking who the owner was. someone with that type of writing skill couldnt possibly be an 8th grader....could it??? so the next day i track down the person whose name (Y) was written in the book in hopes that it would be the stunning girl that bumped into me the day previous. i didnt know many people since i kept to myself sleeping most of the time, so i had hoped that the beautiful girl was actually X. the most popular girl in the school and the one adored by all. lo and behold, its a plain looking nerdy type girl with thick glasses who seemed rather shy and unapproachable and so my hopes were dashed. it was the nerdy girl's book. it didnt belong to X nor did it belong to the pretty mystery girl on the roof. i was devastated, but i let that slide for a minute. i called Y up to the roof at lunch to talk. i needed to know if that story was in fact written by her. Y confirmed it and i couldnt stop praising her about it. her reaction showed that she didnt really have that much contact with other people but i didnt care. she told me that she felt kinda embarrassed that someone else read something that she wanted to keep personal but i merely praised her and said that we should get that story out to the world. our day ended with me making a request to always see her notebook whenever she wrote new chapters. the story kept me glued to my seat at all times. anyway a few days passed and as i walked to school with my friend (he along with many of the other guys had a super huge crush on X) spotted Y walking by herself. me thinking nothing of it, abandoned my friend to go talk to Y and find out if she made any progress with her story. as we made our way to the room we overheard a couple of guys rating the girls in our school and low and behold Y came up last. they would throw words out like boring and plain and then the word ugly came up and i snapped. Y ran away sad and i went to the three to defend her. i think i was kinda loud because the entire hallway heard what i said including X who, at the end of my angry rant, nodded her head and smiled at me. Me being the horny little adolescent that i was took that as her signaling for me to confess my love for her. i wanted to do it, but i didnt know how. i'd never confessed to a girl before. i'd never shown my true feelings nor did i know the right way to do it but a quick idea popped up in my head. My best buddy was the "Don Juan" of the school. he didnt have to do anything and i mean ANYTHING, but girls would still come and fawn over him. i went to him for ideas and he merely laughed at me. "What chance do you have of getting X? She's turned down all the guys in this school and guys from other schools and more importantly, she turned down ME of all people! You're just average looking. Dont bother wasting your time." that hurt to hear my best buddy say it, but i figured it to be true. i left dejectedly and spent my time alone for the next two days. I forgot all about Y and how sad she was and completely focused on X. i swore to myself that i would confess to her some way or another and she would accept it!!!!

Thats part one. Theres still more to go and i know you people are already tired of it, but bare with me. its actually interesting how it ends. Anyway....feedback from part one???

Yes its official! Back by popular demand. The one, the only Super Random Rants. Episode 2!!!! (obvious by the Di Ni part) Hey that actually brings me to my first random rant....

1. Currently I'm in the process of learning Japanese and i must say it SUCKS!!!! My GF (soon to be wife) continues to mock and ridiucle me every time i practice my pronounciation and study my flash cards. (Lucky bastard gets to be born japanese and knows the language from birth) Doesnt she realize what a negative effect that can have on a person trying to learn a new thing??? Currently i'm getting all the easy stuff out of the way. You know the basics like sounds: Ah, Eh, Oo, Ii and (DAMN) well i'll remember it another time and also i'm doing numbers (my personal fav and specialty) and colors and other assorted stuff like that. People say,"Hey, why not do something thats less stressful and doesnt have the potential to kill you?" My response....considering the crap that i'm going through at this moment, this is bliss.....

2. At this exact moment, I am shopping for an AUTHENTIC Johann Santanna NY Mets jersey. I Caps authentic because you have some people trying to pass off replicas and charge authentic price. (the audacity of a few i swear) So yeah i'm looking around for one either XL or XXL (anything bigger will just make me look like a starved child lol) around the price range of maybe 70-80 bucks. Think i can pull it off??? If anything i can just go down the block and talk to a couple of friends and have them get me one from some unknown location (they always say it falls off the back of a truck and i believe them) for like 20-30 bucks. But thats like a last resort type thing....

3. Some of you may know already, but most probably dont. I've currently finished reading a great manga by the name of Ichigo 100%. I know, some of you are like, "Aww crap, he's talking about it again." Well yes i AM and i will continue talking about it. Why you ask? (free publicity???) Because this manga almost completely chronicles my life from the end of middle school through high school. (maybe not the ending but its still all good.) It makes me wonder how my ending wouldve been if I wasnt in my current situation (baby) and was just living a normal life. Well i'll never know now but whatever. I'll actually go more in depth in comparison between those past years of my life and Ichigo 100% in another blog. Now though, its all about the thank you. Many, many thanks to Chaosmaker X (another super huge manga enthusiast like myself) for setting me up with this manga. It made me feel bad considering that this manga is going on 3 years and i just got to it last month, but still i read it, loved it and pushed it into the No.1 spot in my heart manga wise. So once again, Arigatou-Gouzaimasu Chaos-san *respectful bow* (GF is currently pointing and laughing at what i wrote and my spelling. bastard!!!)

4a. For those who dont know, i am an avid hockey fan (played for 6 years/watched for maybe 15) and currently my team, the NY Rangers are leading their quarterfinal series against the hated cross town rivals the New Jersey (crappy) Devils 3 games to 1. I went to the first two games in Jersey and we won decisively in both but i missed the third game due to stupid work and we lost. I went to tonight's game and we also won again to go up 3-1 (Pattern maybe???). Unfortunately i'll be working the next couple so i wont be around to root for my team live. The Rangers, though in my mind dont have a Cup worthy team, still show signs of greatness and I'm enjoying myself watching them make their push to the Cup as would any fan towards their respective team. So now altogether, lets get a collective chant. Lets Go Rangers!!!! Lets Go Rangers!!! *looks around and hears nothing* (whatever, i'll just chant by myself then....bastards!!!)

4b. As aforementioned....i am a former hockey player. (ages 13-1. My position was Left defense and i played more of an enforcer style....well until about 16 when everyone started to grow and i didnt. I mean dont get me wrong, i could still check with the best of them and still stood up for my guys but my presence had dwindled somewhat....ANYWAY, i'm thinking about getting back into the hockey game again. I still havent grown much. I'm currently 6 feet ( yes i said 6. after Gaby said she was 6 i swore to get that extra quarter inch and i did it!!!!) and like maybe 185 pounds. I lost like 10 pounds by working at CC. (i cant have just 1-2 meals a day) So yeah i plan on getting into that one of these days soon.....

5. SUCCESS!!!! I have just found a Johann Santanna AUTHENTIC Size 54 (XXL) black jersey to buy. it has all its patches AND the commemerative 1964-2008 Shea Stadium patch. The price you ask....(200???) a mere 55 BUCKS. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT???? I know i cant but i jumped on the opportunity and am getting that jersey shipped to my house as we speak. I'm so happy i think i'm gonna do this.... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! (GF points and laughs at me some more.)

6. Today i got paid which means i have my 90 bucks saved for GTA 4. (90???) Yes 90, because i chose to get the special edition with the tote bag and all. I'm telling you, i'm going into that day prepared to take anyone out who even looks at me the wrong way. I'll be in such a defensive mode to protect my game and bag so....i know it doesnt relate to any of you but just as a precautionary reason....if you are in the Tri-state New York area and see a guy around 6 feet tall walking with a GTA 4 tote bag, do not approach him, look at him and his bag too long OR attempt to call him over to you because i swear i will take you down. (He's dead serious wow!!!)

I have a ton more to say but the Japanese chick wants to use my laptop now so i'll take my leave. I realize that these rants werent as random as the first edition but dont worry, the third edition will have more. well....depending on the reception of this one. This is Nica signing off and saying, "THE SPIRITS ARE ALWAYS AMONG US!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" (GF laughs some more.) Anyway, i'm gone. Oyasuminasai!!!!!! *respectfully bows and walks out of blog*

Its like 2 in the morning and i think i'm getting a case of insomnia. Anyway....i dont have anything specific to talk about but for some reason i just felt like writing. I'm just gonna put down whatever comes into my head and go from there. who knows what the topics will be. Currently i'm looking around the room. Ooooh a picture of Card captor Sakura just caught my eye. Oooh first topic....

1. In Card captor Sakura, Mei Lin and Lee were shown as cousins and Meilin had admiration for Lee in the dub. Now in the sub, she wanted to marry him. Interesting huh? This cousin marriage thing is severely looked down upon here in America but i was reading something on Wiki one time that said that the US is actually one of the few countries that looks down on cousin marriage and that its a natural occurance in other countries namely Japan who even allow first cousins to marry. I know, i know, we have been told that children within family lead to defects or something but that has never been proven and is thus considered to be be just a scare tactic and myth. Interesting huh? Wonder what you guys think about that one....

My eyes continue to move....

2. I just saw a Metrocard on one of my tables by my bed. That reminds me. Most of you dont know but on Tuesday i was forced to walk home from work because i somehow de-magnetized my transport card. I got out at 11 pm and had to walk 8 or so miles home from Manhattan to Brooklyn. had to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and everything. anyway long story short, i destroyed a 80 some odd dollar card one day after i bought it, ended up walking home in 20 degree weather over 8 miles (metric people in other countries sorry but i dont feel like converting now) and it took me just over 2 hours. When i got home i was kinda maybe a little irritated and mighta snapped on some people in some forums but they will remain anonymous. For that i apologize.....

Eyes moving....

3. I just quit two dead unions today. Do you guys get the same feeling i do whenever you enter a union where you can tell if its gonna be sucessful or not just based on the first 2-3 days? You know its all downhill but you're like, "Well its my friend and i said i would be there for him/her." So you end up wasting your time trying to help a lost cause. Pisses me off sometimes is all.

4. Three of my other unions felt the wrath of mods and two of them dont seem like they'll recover one bit. (They shall remain anonymous.) I'm hoping that at least 2 of 3 will recover but the one that i see that has potential is my favorite so i'm happy for now. You never realize the significane of a mods presence until the aftermath. You can see the psychological effects their thread deleting, point deducting, user banning actions can have on other members. Me....well it doesnt faze me one bit because....idk but it just doesnt.

5. If you've noticed i've decided to stick with Chibi-Gin for now. I guess he won the competition so thats my "permanent" header for now. (Does that make sense?) Permanent for now lol. Think about that one for a bit....

6. Schools almost over and my bachelor's degree is in my sights (Speech Pathology). My first kid is on the way and....idk, its natural to be a little worried right?

7. I was just told yesterday that i'm in consideration to become one of the Assistant Managers at the Circuit City that i'm part timing at. They say i show confidence, poise, and a general calm, nice disposition around customers. Frankly it doesnt matter to me as long as i remain the top audio guy in the store (My passion for home audio overflows!!!) Wanna hookup a system to your TV then i'm your guy. Home theater in a box, Component reciever systems, they're all handled by me. But hey AM wouldnt be a bad promotion now would it???

eyes continuing to wander.....

OH CRAP!!!! my food is getting cold. I got tons of other stuff to talk about, but for now this will suffice. Pretty random huh??? Feel free to comment. Chibi-Gin commands you!!!!