Just finished reading Death Note! It's sooooooo goooooood (if not a bit sad), but a bit to smart for me. Couldn't understand half of what the smart people were saying... Anyway, here's my review!

Death Note, by Tsugumi Ohba, is (for lack of a better word) a very interesting manga. Not you're average shounen storyline, but not the least bit deficient in action. The story takes place in the year 2002 (?) in Japan. University student Yagami Light (original Japanese translation: Raito), finds a death note, accompanied by a shinigami, Ryuuku. From there, the series of (mis)adventures begins. The artwork is a gorgeous blend of realism with the animé style. The storyline deals with very serious and even dark matters and the plot is so tightly woven you could strangle a fly in it (not that you'd want to). No spoilers so go read the manga and find out for yourself why it's so goshdarn good.

BTW - Correct me if I'm wrong about anything (the date especially, which I got from adding and subtracting the years the characters say). This is the information that I got from the story (fan-translated, online available version, not the American published version).

Clubs

Anime North was great! There were lots of lockdowns and a blackout (which I heard about, but didn't attend), but even those were lots of fun. Yup yup.

1. Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

4. Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6. Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

7. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

9. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

Re-post this if you believe love makes a marriage.

Found on 's journal. Yay !

Does anyone know how to put a picture in your Devious Information section? Answer please and thank-you!

As you may or may not know, is holding a Death Note Crossover Contest, and now it's time to vote. 'Hmmm... which one shall I pick' you wonder... 'Maybe that nice number 23? Yes I think I'll vote on that one...' n__n Please vote accordingly to whichever one you like *cough*23*cough* =>[link]
That is all, thank-you!