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  1. Scarred Nobody
    I'm well aware that I haven't been an active member for some time. I more just help with the Lux Leaderboard, and have been wanting to do more.

    A big reason why I haven't been so active is because real life has been...interesting. To not go into much detail about what's been happening, the heart is good, found a job that I actually kinda like, and I have been living in my own apartment for about an entire month now.

    Living alone hasn't necessarily been how I imagined it. It feels really weird. All the responsibility is on me, which is both a blessing and a curse. But I don't think that this is a mistake. Honestly, I never thought i would get this far in my life, being able to stand on my own feet in this way and being able to live my own life.

    So, anyone got any tips for your first apartment/living alone?
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Aug 15, 2018, 7 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  2. Scarred Nobody
    5 years ago, I let you guys know that I got the phone call I never thought would happen. I would be getting a new heart. And I knew that when I came to tell you guys, there would be a lot of excitement...and referring to me as a Nobody.

    I'm glad that I've always had this community of people around me. And while I haven't been all that active lately, I know I can call a great number of you my friends outside of here. I know that if I didn't have this place, I don't know how I would have survived my wait for the surgery or all the things that followed.

    Thanks guys.


    (Forgive me, I seem to suck at writing nice words today)
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Oct 27, 2017, 1 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  3. Scarred Nobody
    I wanna keep this as short as I possibly could, mostly because going into the full story would involve going deeper into some family drama I'm not comfortable making public right now. I also don't wish for this to become a political thread; while politics are involved, that's not the real purpose of my posting here.

    My immediate family is made up of Trump supporters, very loud and boastful ones at that. And with the inauguration being tomorrow, I'm sure things are not going to be too pleasant for me. I have been anti-Trump since the beginning, and they are well aware of that. My siblings, especially my 22 year old sister, love to torment me because I don't follow their politics.

    Since I help out at my family's restaurant, and I have no scheduled classes tomorrow, I plan to silently protest by ignoring it completely. While there are television sets in the restaurant, I can easily put on some headphones and tune out the whole thing.

    However, I'm sure that my sister will try to say things to provoke me and to make it look like I'm unhinged. She's been doing it for a long time now, sometimes where I can hold it in while other times I lash out. It's an atmosphere that is just complete garbage and I'm not looking forward to dealing with it.

    This entire situation has been going on for several months now and it's made me depressed. Do you guys have any advice on how to deal with behavior like this, not just for tomorrow, but for the future?
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Jan 19, 2017, 1 replies, in forum: Help with Life
  4. Scarred Nobody
    It's hard to believe that four years have passed since I got a call saying I was receiving a new heart. I can still clearly remember staying up all night watching movies and posting when I can. It's kind of hard to sleep when you're told you're having surgery so early in the morning, haha.

    As always, I want to say thank you to everyone here. You guys have always kept my spirit up and cheered me on. I don't post a lot, but this place has always been like home.

    Seriously, I love you guys so much.
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Oct 27, 2016, 9 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  5. Scarred Nobody
    I like to keep you guys updated with all of my medical stuff, so here's what went down for me today:

    I went to the hospital this morning because I was feeling nauseous, I threw up a bit, have diarrhea and constipation. I had a hard time falling asleep last night because I threw up and felt really hot. While this stuff sounds like I may have the flu, it could also mean heart rejection for transplant patients, which is why I went to the hospital.

    The good news is that my blood levels showed no signs of rejection. However, my EKG showed that my heart was "slightly enlarged", these being the words of the doctor. Although he said this showed up on my last EKG when I was in the ER in February, this is the first time I heard about it. I had a catheter in March in Albuquerque, where I'm seen by my specialists, and they didn't mention this at all to me. The ER doctor thought that this was normal, so he didn't bother calling my cardiologists. So, there was a huge argument between my mother and the doctor to call my specialists, which he finally caved into doing.

    I've never heard of Post Transplant Heart Enlargement in the past, so it kinda has me worried. The reason why I didn't have a transplant when I was a kid was because the doctors originally believed that the disease I was born with would infect the new heart. Once we found out that the disease wouldn't get into a new heart, they were more open to the idea of me having a transplant. But now hearing that it has enlarged, even though it's slight, has me really worried.

    I'm honestly just hoping that it really is nothing, and may be just stress. I'm not really going to know more information for a while. I've had an appointment scheduled to see my specialist on Wednesday (I've had it set up for months, so hey, good timing), so hopefully I'll know more then.

    C'mon health; can i live?!
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Jun 2, 2016, 0 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  6. Scarred Nobody
    9 years in this place. Every time I remembered before, it was far too late to say anything. But I have bested you this time...time...

    It's hard to believe that it's only been 9 years since my freshman year in high school, which was when I signed up.

    Man, I was such a nerd.
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, May 14, 2016, 4 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  7. Scarred Nobody
    i just got back to a con that was happening in Albequerque. There were two voice actresses from Madoka Magica as special guests and I was doing a panel involvg the third film, Rebellion. So, I decided to get their autographs on Saturday since I wouldn't have time on Sunday.

    Flash forward to this morning, where I started setting up for my panel. There was no projector in the room, so much of the time was spent finding that. I had been advertising it around all weekend to people, many of which said they were interested. Only one guy showed up for the panel. And outside of the room, in the lobby area, the voice actresses are doing a voice acting panel. Not the best of situations.

    Someone from staff was helping me set up the projector, which was projecting the film's poster. I then hear Mami's actress yell "oh my god, is that Madoka?! What panel is that?"

    So, I step out of the room and told them about what my panel was all about, exploring storytelling, characters, themes, all that good stuff. It felt really cool to be acknowledged by the voice actors that actually worked on what I was talking about, and they seemed to be interested in it. I was even tempted to invite them to come watch it, but they had autographs afterwards. So, it was me showing the presentation to one guy and we chatted for the rest of the time.

    So, long story short, what could've been one of the lowest points of the weekend became a high point of this passed year.
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Nov 23, 2015, 0 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  8. Scarred Nobody
    I proposed this about a year or so ago. I would like to have a bi-weekly movie club here, sort of in the vain of the old book club from years passed.

    For those that would be interested, every time we needed another movie to watch, we would vote from a bank of suggestions, and the winner would be the movie that we watch and discuss for a two-week limit before moving on to the next movie, and the cycle repeats itself.

    There of course would be a few ground rules. First off, the majority of the films would be those on Netflix streaming simply because it is a legal source to watch films and most people have it. If you don't have Netflix, or we somehow choose a film not on that service, there are other avenues (that are legal) that one could do.

    Another would be the rating of each movie. Since this site is a mix of teenagers and young adults, the majority of the films would be PG-13 with the exception of some R rated movies. This will fall upon myself, anyone willing to help with this, and the KHV staff to decide if an R rated film is appropriate or not. For example, if The Conjuring was ever nominated, I would have no problem allowing it because the rating is for scary images and nothing else.

    This is mainly to see if it would be okay to start up some kind of official movie club for KHV as well as seeing if there is any interest for this kind of thing. There is still a lot to explore with this idea, and I'd love to hear your feedback.
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Sep 11, 2015, 0 replies, in forum: Feedback & Assistance
  9. Scarred Nobody
    It makes me so happy and so upset, and I can't understand why!

    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Aug 1, 2015, 3 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  10. Scarred Nobody
    The show will begin July 5th, and be available for legal streaming on Crunchyroll.

    I find the recent amount of Death Note related stuff pretty interested. There's the musical going on in Japan and Korea, and they're still a tiny bit of hope for an American film adaptation. This new TV series is no exception either.

    They're really trying to promote it being a "new story", especially with the addition of Near so early on in the series (it seems). I feel that there are going to be parallels between this and the anime for the first three episodes, simply to establish the rules of this world, and then try to go off on their own. I'm pretty interested to see what they can come up with.
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Jun 21, 2015, 2 replies, in forum: Movies & Media
  11. Scarred Nobody
    I'm asking for help because I'm tired of being yelled at. Her phone became disabled, we connected to iTunes, but it doesn't help. I tried a few methods of doing a hard reset, but it doesn't help.

    My mom has an iPhone 6 plus, has not connected it to a computer since she got it, so there's no back-up, and it became disabled because she forgot her passcode.

    Any advice is appreciated.
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Apr 9, 2015, 1 replies, in forum: Technology
  12. Scarred Nobody
    Forcing yourself to be social. I've randomly decided to go to this special thing my campus is having for midterms, and the second I walk in, I kinda have to force myself to continue going. People are nice; I just have a hard time around a group of people.
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Mar 12, 2015, 3 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  13. Scarred Nobody
    I don't go to the club much anymore, and I didn't seem myself as much as a stand-out member, mostly because I'm not a big fan of a lot of the anime they like. But me and this guy who is a leader of the club, whose nickname is Token, sometimes see each other in the cafeteria area (my campus has an all-you-can-eat style place) and we have lunch together. We usually just shoot the ****, talk about anything that comes to our mind.

    I can't remember how we got on the subject, but we brought up my heart condition. Then, out of nowhere, he said "I would be sad if you died".

    I was kinda taken back. I didn't really see myself that good of a friend, we hardly hang out outside of having lunch, so saying something like that sort of caught me by surprise. When I asked why, he told me "I'd miss all the existential conversation". Again, it's odd, because I didn't think our conversations got too deep. Sure, we talked about storytelling, anime, and some other stuff, but it never hit me that our conversations mattered so much.

    I dunno. I feel a bit like an ass. I always just saw us as "acquaintances". I didn't think we were "friends" because I never made too much of an effort to be a friend, and that's how I am with a lot of people. But it was nice to know that someone took our small interactions as a sign of friendship.
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Feb 3, 2015, 1 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  14. Scarred Nobody
    *Playing Kingdom Hearts 2*
    Me: Oh! I finally unlocked the flight ability.
    Brain: You should totally go back and get some of those puzzle pieces.
    Me: Bu, I don't NEED to. All I have left to do is the final Xemnas battle.
    Brain: Yes, but, if you get more pieces, you can do the puzzles. You love puzzles.
    Me: But I want to finish the story before I leave to LA on Sunday.
    Brain: But...THE PUZZLES!
    Me:...Well, I'll still have another week before school starts when I get back from LA to finish things up...
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Jan 3, 2015, 3 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  15. Scarred Nobody
    In the simplest of words, how would you suggest someone experience a series that was not released in a chronological order?

    This being a Kingdom Hearts forum, I decided to use Kingdom Hearts as my main example.

    Now, before these remasters, where they are neatly bundled together, we had the individual games. If someone were to want to get into Kingdom Hearts, their big question would be to where they would want to start. There exists two possibilities (discounting just starting from starting at any random place): the order in which the games were released, and the order in which the stories are in chronological order.


    Release Order (Japan):

    Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts 2, Kingdom Hearts: Coded, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, and Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance


    Chronological Order:

    Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts 2, Kingdom Hearts: Coded, and Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance


    Now, both have their merit. The release order will give the player a similar experience to those who have followed the series from the very beginning. As well, there are various twists and turns that are revealed that help enrich the narrative. In chronological order, the story is somehow easier and more difficult to follow, but you see a natural progression.


    Another example of alternative viewing order is that with the first season of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. When it was released on television in Japan, the episodes were premiered in a seemingly random order (1 3 8 4 10 9 11 14 5 13 12 6 7), but somehow were able to pull off a cohesive story and a strong ending. In the subsequent DVD releases however, they are in chronological order, with episodes 2-7 telling a cohesive story while the rest are side stories and has a rather disappointing final episode. So, when someone wants to try out the series for the first time, which order would be more preferable to help enhance their experience?

    And, of course, this idea of “viewing orders” stems much further into different forms of storytelling.

    And that leads me to my ultimate question: is there an overall “better” experience when it comes to these kinds of stories? Does it depend on the genre, or the series itself?


    Or, does it even matter at all?
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Jan 3, 2015, 5 replies, in forum: Discussion
  16. Scarred Nobody
    And I'm noticing all the little differences, especially in the music. Like, the theme to Twilight Town has familiarity to it, but it's also very different, and I like it. The fight music is also well done.

    And then there's the music where you travel between worlds.

    Holy shit! That music is terrifying. It sounds like something that would be background music for a creepy pasta narration.

    I was not ready for this!
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Dec 27, 2014, 1 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  17. Scarred Nobody
    Just a little something I wanted to try out. I’ve been wanting to try out doing audio reviews on anime, since it seems like fans of anime are more likely to go on YouTube for reviews than reading them. It also allows me to give it more of a personal touch, and making it clear that this is my own review when it comes from my voice. It’s something I’ve wanted to experiment with, and it would definitely be good to have some feedback.

    Anime Audio Reviews - Sword Art Online II

    Again, I would love any kind of feedback, criticism, comments, etc.
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Dec 22, 2014, 0 replies, in forum: Production Studio
  18. Scarred Nobody
    I feel it’s better I just cut to the chase: I got a D in one of my classes. I’ve been struggling with school for well over a year now, and I feel it’s pretty much caught up with me. My parents have been really riding me, pointing out that the only thing I do is school, so I shouldn’t be having a hard time. To be honest, I hate my major.

    I changed to accounting for one reason: it’s a much easier way to work for a place that has health insurance. I’ve found other silver linings in going for this, but I just don’t feel any sense of motivation to keep going with it. I know that it sounds completely selfish and illogical, seeing that I need a really good and stable job if I want to stay alive.

    And then I was told by my parents that if I didn’t pass this semester, my health insurance would just be gone. I’m their dependent, and since I’m disabled, my insurance shouldn’t be taken away until I’m a little bit older (I think), college or not. And I don’t know how my grades effect the idea that I should not get health insurance at all.

    I’m mostly sure my parents were just bluffing about me losing my insurance, but it scares me that they would use that to try to “motivate” me. I can either get good grades, or not afford the medications that I absolutely NEED to stay alive.

    I’m just really afraid of their reaction to telling the news as well. I know that there will be screaming, and I won’t be allowed to say anything. Anything that I want to say will just be an excuse to them, nothing more. They don't believe that I have any kind of depression because, according to them, I have no reason to be depressed (and they don't believe in it being biological). I can’t just hide the news, and I also can’t just run away, even though I’ve been tempted to.

    I really don’t know what to do. Everyone says to not sweat the small stuff; everyone fails a class every now and again. My situation is different though, and I’m scared of what the outcome might be. If you have any advice, or know any way of helping me, that would be really great.a
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Dec 12, 2014, 1 replies, in forum: Help with Life
  19. Scarred Nobody
    comes "The Hunger Games: Tiger Beat: Part One"!
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Nov 21, 2014, 1 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  20. Scarred Nobody
    Okay, so I have this aunt on Facebook. She's an ultra conservative who subscribes to this website called the Conservative Tribune. She constantly posts the articles, to which I decide to read, then get upset at how ass-backwards the writer sounds.

    And, of course, they had to a whole "War on Christmas" thing. I read it, and got pissed. I'm advised to not respond to her, for it'll cause some stuff in my family, but it's okay to write it on my own page.

    So, this is what I put.

    Looks like it's that time of year again...

    For those who actually believe there is a War on Christmas, stop. Just stop. That is just a stupid thing to get behind.

    Me, I love Christmas. It's a great time of year. It brings people together and have them celebrate family and the past year. This happens with any other holiday this time of year.

    Are you seriously going to get offended because a store clerk tells you "Happy Holidays"? That kind of makes you the person who stand outside Jewish temples and sing Holiday songs in German. No one likes that person.

    It's not because "the evil PC culture is taking over everything" crap. They understand that people come from different backgrounds, cultures, or whatever, and want to be respectful. You are a grown-ass adult; start acting like it. The world doesn't revolve around you.

    If someone says "Merry Christmas" to me, I'll say it right back. If someone says "Happy Holidays", I'll say it back to them. Hell, even "Happy Hanukkah" will get me saying the same back. They all say something different, but they mean the same exact thing.

    PS: If you're upset that stores are going to be open on Christmas, let me ask you this: Are you one of those people who go to the Black Friday sales ON Thanksgiving?

    Just needed to let some steam out.

    Bleh.
    Thread by: Scarred Nobody, Nov 20, 2014, 22 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone