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I just got my first blog award! Thanks, Roxie! I'm not really sure what this means, but I'm excited and blessed nonetheless!

So the rules are:

1. Post who gave you this award
2. State 10 things you like
3. Give this award to 10 other bloggers and notify them with a comment

1. Reading: Having a degree in English, I'm sure this surprises most people ^_~ I've loved books since my mother started reading to me as a child. For the most part, I would only read fantasy novels. Now, I have to say, urban fantasy and horror spark my interest. Wanting to expand my horizons, I started picking up general fiction, and I love them too ^_^ I've been part of a 50 book challenge -- you read 50+ books a year -- for several years. The first year didn't herald much success, but lately I've been averaging well over 50.

2. Drawing: I've been doodling on my notes for years and messing around with crayons. Wanting to expand my drawing horizons, I started drawing anime pictures from reference. It just took off from there. After taking a drawing course -- and passing with flying colours *pats back* -- I kind of lost my desire. It is starting to return, but slowly.

3. Video Games: I remember when the NES came out. My brother got one for Christmas. Before that, we played my grandfather's Comador 64. Same with Roxie, I remember playing MUDS when I was younger. For some reason, the highly interactive RPG style games don't hold my interest as much as others. LoL, a lot of guys don't want to believe that every gaming system in the house -- aside from the Wii -- belong to me. Currently, I have a Sega Genesis, PS1, PS2, Xbox, and Xboc 360. At the moment, I have playing my way through Batman: Arkham Asylum, Silent Hill: Homecoming, and Brutal Legend. When I want mindless game play, I put in Guitar Hero.

4. Graphic novels/Comics: I was always facinated by the art in graphic novels an comics, but I didn't get into them until I took an English class dedicated to them. My favorite is the Sandman series by Neil Gaiman, Hack/Slash, Fables, and some standalone like Th Watchmen (read it a LONG time before the movie came out).

5. Batman: Even though I never read the Batman comics as a kid, the movies and TV show sprouted a respect for Wayne. The Dark Knight is my favorite Batman movie. A class required for graduation in the English department is a seminar class. We have to write papers and present them as though we were at a conference. My paper was about Batman (Frank Miller's version) and Rorschach. I argued that in order to become the hero, they must first become monsters so they are able to move outside the limits/lines of society. In The Dark Knight, Batman taking the death of Harvey Dent proved my point in film. I wish it had come out earlier, so I could use it as a source ^_^

6. Anime/Manga: I experienced my first anime in The Last Unicorn and some Nic show as a child. Hubby, friends, and I have been to numerous anime cons. Scary, but cool ^_~ Some of our favorites include Trigun, Helsing, Death Note, Moon Phase, Trinity Blood, and so on. This love also includes a collection of scantily clad anime figures ^___^

7. Horror/Slashers: Slasher films preform a specific function in society, and they have yet to fail. To me, they are absolutely hilarious! I can't explain my love of horror films. Part of me enjoys the adrenaline of being scared, and part of me loves to laugh through them.

8. Harley Quinn: She makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. I have about three figures of her and another one on order for the Arkham Asylum collection!!

9. Zombies: Do I really need to explain this one? ^______^ (Survival of the Dead is sitting in my mailbox from Netflicks and Resident Evil: Aftershock 3D is coming out on September 10th!!)

10. Piercing and Tattoos: I have six piercings -- both lobes, helix, industrial, and nasal. I've thought about getting more, but my helix has been a pain for the last 4+ years I've had it. Also, my industrial has some hypertrophic scaring that won't go away :( I have 3 tattoos. I'm getting my 3rd coloured in on September 11th. I have one more tattoo to get. It's a tattoo I had drawn/designed from a commission. Hubby likes ravens and I like wolves. I had a tribal wolf and raven tattoo drawn up as a special thing to get done. I have weird issues with tattooing some person's name on my body, but this could be considered the same :P I would like to get a half sleeve of Delirium from Sandman comics on my left arm. I think it would be awesome to get Gambit on my forearm. I also want a pin up zombie/a pin up with a sugar skull. But, really, I might not get anymore after the tribal.

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