Senkusha

Well, I made my first graphic in a long time.

A long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away), I purchased Scrivener. If you're not sure what this amazing piece of software is, you really need to check it out! This is a God-send to disorganized, write by the seat of your pants/skirt kind of writers, like myself. With this software, you can organize all your notes using Post Cards on the Corkboard, rearrange them as needed, and the software will automatically generate the Outline for you! But there's so much more this software can do. It's packed with features. Like in the Outline mode, you can create Custom Metadata -- which I did to include location, time, and the weather for a scene. These can be anything! And then you can choose to view these metadata tags in the Outline view so that now I can visually see when an event happens. Each Postcard is actually a Scene. And you can write any scene in any order. So like I've had this fan fiction idea for a while, but I'd always get bogged down with the planning. Now I can throw up a Scene and just write the scene, right in Scrivener! When you're ready, you can go to Document mode, where Scrivener will compile your story piece by piece so that you can read it just like a book -- in fact, it has all the industry standards for formatting already included, and you can override them if you choose to (like I do for writing fan fiction). You can keep all your research right there in the software, to include pictures, notes, even full web pages. It'll even keep track of individual word counts (or character counts) for each scene, and it'll automatically total each subsection for you, so if you like to write with counter goals, this makes it easy. You can also configure Scrivener to use multiple window panels (I like to have my outline up top and my document/corkboard down at the bottom (bifocals, don't get old), but you could also go left/right too, but I have my web browser on the right side of my computer. Another piece of software created by the same people who made Scrivener is Scrapple. This is a Mind Mapping software, where you can create text snippets, insert images, all kinds of goodies and then arrange them anywhere on the document pane, then connect them with line-links. You can color code objects-- I have yet to really begin using it, but for $20, I couldn't resist. Scrivener only costs $59, and you can use it for a full 30 days of usage (not calendar time). So like if I run it on January 5th, and then again on April 7th, that's only two days of usage! That right there is why I just purchased the software. I really like those terms. Anyway, I'll be updating this topic with hints as I discover them while writing my latest fanfiction, "Fatal Exception: Heartstring Purge?"

Okay. After some more thought. Pretty Sammy (Sasami) and Skuld with Fate. All three are Magical Girls, fighting evil, saving the day. Maybe on a Sci-fi background? I have some example images...

I think I've finally figured out what I want for a signature image. Science fiction, like space, stars, a galaxy maybe? And images of Skuld (Ah! My Goddess), Fate (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha), and Sasami (Tenchi Muyo!) Smiling, winking, cheering, something happy. But maybe chaotic (like me). My screen name "Senkusha" or the Japanese Kanji for it, probably vertically? And my site name "Kawaii Klub" Creatively Cute Anime Role Playing Adventures. Probably 800x300? I'm open to suggestions and ideas though. This gives me my favorite characters, my preferred genre (sci-fi), and my name and basic site info that I can also use in multiple places. Please let me know if I forgot any details.

Ah! Okay, so that explains why I feel like an absent minded professor...er...college dropout? LOL

I don't regret severing the knot. Marriage is totally overrated. I hope you at least found a decent neighborhood to live in! Build that community!

It was never about "personal data". It's about control and money. It's always about money.

If you need any advice, feel free to ask! I've lived on my own for decades! LOL I'll also check around to see if I can find some house warming gifts for ya too!

I listen to a lot of J-POP, I know, nobody is surprised by that. But do you, like I do, ever get that AH-HA! moment when you're listening to a song in Japanese and you're like "OMG! I know what that WORD means!!" I get a similar feeling whenever I hear my name in any Japanese song. I may not know what the song is specifically about, but I do recognize that the singers are singing about The Heart, The Soul, or perhaps even somebody's Character (morals, values, ethics, etc)

I have never been to Japan, although I did have an opportunity when I was 19, recently joined the Air Force, but chose to "stay close to my (so called) family and friends here in the States. I didn't discover anime until 2002, well after I had ended my Tour of Duty (1999), but I'm sure if I had been exposed to anime before my entrance into the USAF, I most certainly would have jumped on it. I do regret not exploring the world while I had the opportunity to do so. Today, I'm too poor, broke, and broken to really travel, and as I've grown older, I've lost that itch to travel really anywhere. The highlight of my day is returning to my comfortable home--apartment, cooking dinner, and goofing off on the Internet. I experience Japan through social media, internet buddies, and of course anime and the food. When I was in college I took three semesters of Japanese Language, however, because that was in like 2004, I've forgotten most of the vocabulary I learned. You know what they say, if you don't use it, you lose it!

What about featuring food and recipes from anime and manga? Everybody's gotta eat, and some of my favorite dishes are actually normally Japanese items.

I was among the wave of TikTok Refugees when the US Govt banned TikTok, and since FaceBook has seemingly acquired it, the App hasn't had the same vibe. I jumped ship to Red Note, and I'm wondering if anybody else has been astounded by the Chinese culture and OMG, the food!?

I've peaked at quite a few, including the Xenforo, which does look pretty nice. But I'm a cheap bastard, and so my favorite is SMF. I'm ancient, and have trolled among other internet dweebs since the days of Old: YABB. Bonus points if anybody remembers what that stands for!

I'm a "Front End Supervisor" Translation: A glorified cashier with a key. I think in idiot-speak, my official job title is "Your feet are going to hurt all the time, day and night, even when you're sleeping", but that's much too long of a job title. Basically, my job entails me running to and fro like a headless chicken all day, and getting screamed at by stupid customers who refuse to use common sense, or reading ability. I really need a new job!

I'm really not sure I have a dream job, per se, but I imagine something involving Creative Writing, or anime. I've attempted to start a business years ago selling anime merchandise online, but that flopped. I wouldn't mind being a writer, but I found I tend to get distracted too easily, and lately, with the world's events slamming into me constantly, I'm having a really hard time concentrating and keeping my focus. I also enjoy dabbling with programming, and I had a blast working with Unreal Engine 5, so maybe animation, 3D modeling, rigging? Game Dev? It's something creative, I know that much.

I could have sworn I wrote an introductory post at one point....Ah well. Anyway, I'm Senkusha! I'm a Magical Girl. See? I sparkle even! I'm old. Seven-Squared, old. (for the mathematically inept, that translates to 49. cringe). If you haven't already guessed by my attitude, I can be slightly sarcastic. But honestly, I'm a fun loving girl, an anime girl, who loves other anime girls, the fictional heroines of my dreams! Ah, yes, someday, one of them will save me from the tormented dungeon that I am currently residing in, inappropriately named, "Land of the Free". But enough about that Dystopian Dumpster Fire. I mentioned I adore anime, and that's why I'm here. I love building community, making friends and worshiping certain long, pig-tailed goddesses. (Hey, you'd worship them too, if you realized they could whip your butt without flinching!) I'm going to rehash some of the About Me profile stuff here, because I know and understand that probably nobody even reads those pages...unless you're totally bored and like creative torture in the form of multi-syllable words. My favorite anime, even after over a decade is still Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. Tenchi Universe and Ah! My Goddess follow a close second, and then I start getting in to the weird anime, like Shuffle! and Midori Days. Don't judge. 😅 Anyway, my favorite character is Fate Testarossa from the aforementioned favorite anime. She's been my heroine whom has pulled me out of some truly dark places during my nearly five decades of existence. She and I have an absurd level of determination. That's probably one of the many reasons why I feel so bonded toward this particular blond. Furthermore, for music, I enjoy some BabyMetal, other random J-POP music. Songs from K-ON were popular with me for a long time. My favorite songs include I'm A Pioneer (Tenchi Muyo OVA2) -- that's where I originally derived my screen name from, and Happy Material (Negima!). I happen to really find the third version particularly groovy, and will often just start to break out into uncoordinated dance moves as my body involuntarily conforms to the majestic rhythms. You've been warned, so if you're ever out in public with me, that's your cue to say "I really don't know her." Yes, I will embarrass the heck out of you. (and yes, I'm censoring my rather crude tongue.) Have you figured out that I can be rather long winded yet? I really hope you don't mind, but I'm ordinarily pretty shy, that is unless you get to know me, and then you experience my ... unique and interesting style of humor. It can at times be on the perverted side, but fear not. That won't come out until you know me very well, and I know I'm in a safe space among trusted friends. Did I mention I'm hoping to make some friends? I hope so. And I do tend to ramble and get off topic sometimes. I think that just comes with being old. Like me! Finally, I hope to be able to contribute here when I find a spare moment. So, is anybody clapping for me yet? Or did I bore you? Are you snoring?!?! 🙃