General
^^ I live in the US. My name is Erica as many of you little detectives have found out. I prefer to be called Dark though, for no particular reason other than seeing some complete stranger using my actual name in a neomail or otherwise creeps me out a bit. xP
Neopets Account
I have an account on neopets, of course. It's name is dark_riku_765. I do have a couple others that a few of you have found through some site screenshots and examples; please don't neomail me on those. They are for testing/storage.
Pets
I have a dog, Lily. She was born on Easter of 2004. x) The fact that we named her Lily was a complete coincidence. We didn't figure out when her birthday was until several weeks later. (Lily pics: 1; 2)
Loves: Playing soccer & bullying my younger sister. (Haha! I didn't teach her to do that, but I love her for it! xP)
Dislikes: Water and electronic singing hampsters. xD
These are some more pictures I recently found of her, all when she was a puppy. Some were scanned so they look crappy though. xD (I love my dog, demmit):
Click. Look at those eyes...Makes me forget just how great of a problem child she was. x)
Click. I should have let her play with those...She ate two pairs of them while I wasn't looking...I'm on my fourth pair now. xD
Click. Haha, she just looks goofy. I was running backwards in front of her, making her chase after me.
Click & Click. Rawr! x3
Click. This was the first day we got to take her home (not keep her). She was too young to be away from her mom for very long at that point. Poor thing was tired as heck after the drive home.
Birthday
I am 17 right now. ^^ My birthday is May 19th.
Favorites
I love anime. =^^= Particularly Katekyo Hitman Reborn, Code Geass, Naruto, Bleach, Fruits Basket, Mar, Kiba, Ouran High School Host Club, One Piece, & Prince of Tennis. (Quit sending me titles to watch! I've got enough right now. xD)
I have only one favorite game, Kingdom Hearts. ^^ Best game ever. Though when I'm bored I do enjoy a good race on CTR. x) *is the reigning champion*
My favorite US based cartoons are Family Guy and Avatar: The Last Airbender.
I guess you could say my favorite "prime time" shows are LOST, CSI, Medium, Ghost Whisperer, & Supernatural.
My favorite movies include Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, Spaceballs, Robin Hood Men In Tights, & Pirates of the Caribbean.
Dislikes
Justin Timberlake's "Sexy Back"...o.o Yea...It's just not music.
Art thieves, bandwidth thieves, graphics thieves, hackers, spammers, idiots who play kids sites for "kicks",...and the list goes on.
People who take MySpace seriously. I.e. my sister. -.- I swear, if I hear one more conversation about why whosit's ex-girlfriend is still in their top 8, I'll wage war against the dang site.
Unlimited Texting. o.o Thanks for furthering my teenage sister's obsession, Verizon. She now texts faster than she can speak.
People who use the word n00b to describe someone with a valid question.
People who pronounce the "h" that may come after a "w." I.e. "whip." o.o It's not who-wip, demmit.
News anchors (people in general, but that's usually where I hear it) who refer to Washington DC as "Washington" and Washington as "Washington State." o.o Why must we over complicate things?
Music
So, I love music ( although I hate playing musical instruments xD ). I have well over 2000 songs on my computer and use itunes to get them. Favorite songs include Back at your Door by Maroon 5, 1234 by Feist, & Mi Swing Es Tropical by Quantic & Nickodemus.
Neopets on my account
Three of my pets will never be for adoption: Dark_riku_765, Kaikuto, & Erugi. My fourth pet will be available for adoption once the lab ray changes its color to something rare.
Trophies
These are trophies that I used to have on my old main account before it needed to be "put down":
Journeyman (229 pts)
Adventurer (619 pts)
Soldier
(14 points)
Warrior
(Rank 2)
Mission 7 trophy
Armada 3rd place trophy
Snow Wars CHAMPION!
Second place at Pyramid bonus!
Solitaire bonus CHAMPION!
Go! Go! Go! CHAMPION!
Cheat! CHAMPION!
Third place at better than you!
Third place at Geos!
Beating Punchbag Bob CHAMPION!
Cellblock CHAMPION!
Third place at Snowmuncher! (should have been second place though; neo screwed up xP)
Freebies
No, I will not give anyone anything anymore (xD what a mouth full) simply because they "really need it". If a Red Mynci Plushie really means life and death to you, go play some games and buy it. Don't whine about it to someone else. If you wont pay for it why make someone else do it for you?
School Grade Level
I'm a senior. (12th grade). >xO
Do you like making graphics?
=D Yes, but if I've worn myself out, I will lounge around for a day or two before working again.
Do you collect anything?
In terms of neopets, I used to collect battledome items as well as candy items. I'm selling those galleries though and making a new petpetish one. It's still pretty small right now though & won't be up until I'm finished rounding up items for my pack rat avatar.
Favorite color?
Blue. BTW, if you tell me to pick a color on a custom graphic, it will probably be blue. ~.^ Not always, but probably.
Do you have a job?
Not right now! >=D Fwuah!
What do you look like?
=^^= I'll never tell....but to lead you in the right direction, I'm a girl. o.O Shocking, eh?
Hey! I talked to you that one time. Do you remember?
Depends. How long ago was it? Did we have an intelligent conversation or were you begging for something? You say you're a neofriend? Sorry, I get very lost in my neofriend list. If you don't belong to my guild or if I don't keep in touch with you regularly, I'll have a hard time remembering who you are.
May I join your guild?
No. Right now it's just for testing & a couple close friends if they want to hang out in it.
Are you in any chat groups?
No. I haven't found one I'm particularly fond of, nor do I have the enthusiasm to continually visit one.
Do you always answer your neomail?
Yes, I try. I won't respond to request neomails though if graphic requests are closed. Please don't send these via neomail, by the way. When I open the requests, send them through the forms.
Do you accept new neofriends?
Yes.
I don't like you, so I'm going to report you.
Knock yourself out.
What's your password?
...well, first you need to get to my login page, then press Ctrl + W simultaneously. Wait and my password will appear...
Have you ever gotten a warning before?
Yes. I got one for saying 'Ebay' in my guild. Ironically, neo started running ads for Ebay shortly after.
I also got one on Christmas Eve for sarcastically replying (and they knew it was sarcasm) "Dx Demmit, how'd you know?" to someone's wacky topic in the neoboards. Technically, "demmit" isn't even a word, Neo. x) And where's your Christmas spirit anywho?
I also received one for "using inappropriate language" on the neoboards on a spare account. It gets better though. I hadn't been on the account in 5 days. x) Even better, the last topic I was involved in was about Disney and how their old shows are better than the Hannah Montana rubbish they're pushing out today (I said nothing negative in the discussion, rather we were almost only listing old shows that used to air on the network). Bwuahaha. TNT loses at life.
Do you work for Neopets?
No.
Do you know Adam or Donna?
No.
How many neopoints do you have?
o.o More than your face.
It's my birthday, may I have a present?
No. Happy birthday though.
What chat do you visit most?
It used to be the AC, but recently it's been the FC. It's almost like the General Chat now. =P Does your screenname mean/imply anything?
Actually, no. There's a bit of a story behind it, but it has nothing to do with DNAngel and has some to do with Kingdom Hearts. The name of the account (dark_riku_765) is a combination between my former main account (now frozen) and my sister's. We used to share the account before she quit, hense the fusion of names. Her old account is now mine and was riku_chan7, named somewhat after the Kingdom Hearts character & my old account was dark_water657...again, the name implies nothing. x.o I never saw the latest Dark Water movie and made the account years before its release.
What's your favorite kind of pie?
=3 Pumpkin!
Most terrifying moment
Receiving my copy of Kingdom Hearts II shortly after its release (avid fan here) and nearly loosing it when my PS2 tried to play with half of the disk hanging out of the closed slot. Yea, I froze for a minute then ran to grab some screwdrivers. xD Screw the PS2, it was eating MY game.
You're most afraid of...?
The 1971 version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Oompa Loompas...o.o OMFG. WHY ARE THEY ORANGE?!?!?!...their song also scared the crud out of me, for anyone wondering. xD To this day, I refuse to hear it.
Favorite Disney Princess
x3 I'd have to say Ariel since The Little Mermaid was one of my favorite movies when I was younger; second only to the Lion King which I'm told I memorized every single line of, including the songs. ...I still kinda know them. x3
Favorite News Story
B) No one actually asked me this, but I heard this recently and thought it was hillarious in an "Omg, that's terrible!" kind of way:
7/9/2005: "ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping off the same cliff, Turkish media reported. In the end, 450 dead animals lay on top of one another in a billowy white pile, the Aksam newspaper said. Those who jumped later were saved as the pile got higher and the fall more cushioned, Aksam reported."
xD If you only knew how I came across that story, you'd probably find it twice as amusing.
Favorite Quote(s)
"Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door." -My dear friend Bussy.
"A mobile home with a flat tire is a home...?"
Most embarassing moments (recallable).
Setting off my mom's car alarm while waiting in the parking lot at a doctor's office. x) Long story short, she told me I could wait in the car while she was inside and it got hot...it never actually occurred to me that the car alarm would go off if I opened a car door. xD So, I freaked and started pressing a bunch of random buttons inside of the car while trying to get it to shut up...I gave up after a few minutes and started heading towards the doctor's office. Someone was already waiting at the door for me and she escorted me through this really fancy (ok, semi-fancy) building and I really just tried blending in with every object I walked past.
My second incident was more recent...I was giving a 10 minute powerpoint on the Berlin Wall in my History class and hadn't practiced the speech up to a certain point...and so, I came across a German word I couldn't pronounce. (I appologize in advance to any Germans reading this Dx) I had no idea how to say it in English, so I tried a sort of Spanish-English hybrid pronunciation as Spanish is the foreign language I've been taking. The word was 'deutsche mark,' correctly pronounced 'doich-"märk.' I said (without thinking) 'douchemark' (dooshmark). That easily made my powerpoint the most entertaining yet, although I was docked in like 5 different areas for mispronouncing the word...badly. x)
Stupidest Moment
Long story short, I wanted some of the leftover garlic bread from the night before and decided to nuke it in the microwave. It never occurred to me that I should actually take it out of the tin foil wrapper though. e.e For the record, it was the fancy, waxy tinfoil that the bread came in. Just a few seconds after I started the microwave, a blue bolt shot through the microwave and I rushed to turn it off. The microwave was fine after that and I decided to heat up the bread in the oven instead. xD
Favorite Band
Maroon 5. Only because I've liked all of their CDs so far and I got to see them in concert before they went big. They opened for Sugar Ray who was openning for Matchbox 20. Awesome concert, though we couldn't stay for the whole thing because I had finals the next day. Dx
Something else you want to know about me? Neomail me! xP Dark_riku_765.