Welcome, stranger! Reading this right now, I assume you're quite aware of the fact that you have just stumbled your way into a cybernetic page aptly dubbed as a 'profile'. As such, I greet you with open arms, and thank you for bothering to utilize the minimal amount of energy required to click on the link that led you here! The virtual cookie tray is located on that table to your right, the amusing avatar is situated to the immediate left of this paragraph, the fanfiction display is directly below the massive glob of text, and the review button is located via clicking on the title link and scrolling your way to the bottom! :) Inquiries concerning constructive activity, communications continuities, Review Reply replies, and other general message issues can be thus handled by selection of the white envelope icon situated at the top of this page, and the door leading out is that blue arrow placed at the top left section of your screen.

I do sincerely hope you enjoy your stay!

General Info

Name: Yeah. Like I'm giving that away. What do you take me for?

Age: Eh, I'll leave that to you to judge. And even then you might be wrong.

Location: One small house on one small world in one small galaxy. In one small corner of the universe. :P

...Well, let's see here...I'm assuming that, after the forementioned list of information, I'm supposed to then tell you my likes and dislikes, favorite pairings, favorite games, anime, etc. etc. However, seeing as I probably don't have the motivational willpower to complete a list like that, and I'm feeling lazy, I'll instead just give you a few random things about myself that I've come to realize - things that don't really matter and don't really tell people anything, but are interesting all the same.

-I always reach out for a banister when I'm climbing up or down stairs...even if there aren't any banisters at all.

-When I laugh for longer than five seconds, tears start to come up in my eyes, even if whatever I'm laughing at isn't exactly funny in the first place.

-I have been, and still am, nicknamed as 'Alien', due to a role that I took in speech class involving a cow being abducted by extra-terrestrial beings from outer space. Still beats me where the plot came from. O.o

-When I read, I like to repeat the words in my mind, especially dialogue. In terms of dialogue, I try to imagine the voices in my head. For that reason, it always feels like there are echoes in my brain whenever I read. But it helps to remember stuff, I guess...

-When I catch a cold, I try not to sniffle, even subconsciously. Which I guess is a bad thing, as I need to carry tissues everywhere in subsitute.

-I love and despise plot bunnies. Love them because the ideas get hustled into action, instead of sort of floating around and being forogtten. Hate them becuase those little sharp teeth tend to keep a person up all night long...'specially when they break into the cabbage patch...

-Fish is great, broccoli is all right, but I cannot stand baloney sandwiches.

-When I was young, I used to think that MP3 was a virus and Trigonometry was a planet. :)

-I despise people who hold accounts for the sole purpose of flaming people with a...coincidentally fiery passion. Unsurprisingly. Nobody loves a flamer. Though there are times when a flame-worthy story pops up...and I hate those almost as passionately...believe me, I'm sure we've all seen one or two floating around here...

-I find romance stories to be enjoyable when written right, but at the same time emotionally exhausting. Like, when you finish one, you feel like a wrung-out rag, eh? Anybody with me?

-I generally like to take a look at people's profile pages, surprisingly. Heck, I didn't even know that the 'Hide Bio' button existed until I was about three months into being a fanfiction writer. Yup yup.

I'm a pretty loose-laid writer when it comes to fanfiction - I update sporadically, and hop from fandom to fandom without so much as a second warning. As such, it'll probably be par for the course if it seems that I haven't updated something for months, or have temporarily abandoned one fandom for a different one entirely. Hopefully none of you are offended by that, and if so...I'm terribly, terribly sorry. I just can't help myself most of the time. Inspiration is a nasty mistress. D:

Fanfiction is more like an amusing hobby for me than anything, although I also view it as a prime source of inspiration and constructive criticism - any writer worth their salt always aspires to improve even more than they already have, after all. But life tends to loom over my head threateningly a lot, and if I happen to abandon this site upon occasion, it's safe to say that I will come back...eventually...although there's no need to wait with bated breath. I've no guarantee that said 'coming back' will always be soon.

I tend to lean more towards drabbles and oneshots than full-fledged stories, as my motivation is a rather fickle thing, and not yet up for the kind of devotion and timeliness a full story tends to demand. Evidence enough can be seen in the list of works below this profile. -_-' I have a rather large arsenal of fandoms to write about at my disposal as well, and as such I have no allegiance to any particular one. What I write depends mainly on what I'm currently obsessing over. :d My main genres will probably be revolving around action/adventure and friendship, and I'll ocassionally try my hand with a bit of angst, but don't be expecting too much of that. ~_~ I also find crossovers to be immensely entertaining when written right. They're hard to find, but by gosh they're worth it. :D

I'll probably never be seen writing yaoi/yuri/lemons/etc. on this site; I honestly have nothing against any of those, but they're beyond my current ability to emulate. :\ Constructive crit is forever welcome to my stories with open arms, however, and reviews make all authors happy. 8)

Why the Pen Name?

Well, I suppose there aren't many other 'nalagaOcean's around here. Probably a name to arouse questions. Mainly, it's kind of a spinoff from the name 'Malaga Ocean', which, for those of you who might have played Tales of Phantasia, happens to be that restaraunt in the seaside port-city of Venezia. The name kinda stuck in my head for some weird reason I can't explain...and when the site required a penname, it popped up. So why not?? You gotta admit it's unique, anyways... :D

~Updates and Notices~

As of 05/07/09:

Contrary to what all of you are probably believing, I'm NOT dead. Really. Honest. Figuratively nor literally. I've just had a rough month. ...Okay, a nasty month. Life's been pounding me with problem after problem lately, resulting in me being ridiculously busy, and then both my PCs decided to up and crash on me when I needed them most, though I managed to yank one of them back from the brink of death and saved my work after three days of troubleshooting. X_X Aaaah...it was terrible. =_= Although I'm glad to say that the worst is probably over. I intend to be back in writing action pretty soon here. 8D So yeah...just thought I'd let you all know that. I owe you guys that much. XD

As of 10/23/08:

Mmkay. Well. With the unfolding of recent events, there has been a slight change of plans in the updating agenda. After much deliberation, I have decided that I will continue updating Something About Oneself until the story has reached nineteen chapters. I repeat, nineteen chapters. Once this limit has been reached, this fic will then be put on an indefinite hiatus while I FINALLY get around to finishing some of my other projects, such as The Subspace Emissary. Entering Video Game and Though a Pirate's Eyes are still going to be works in pending, as I'm still unsure as to whether or not I'll be completeing those.

So, ya. Sorry, guys. D:

Let it be noted, however, that once these current aspirations are finished, I will be moving on to other things. Several plot bunnies loping around in the cabbage patch of my brain are slowly but surely evolving into potential new stories, and though none of these will be posted anytime in the near future, they shall be coming in eventuality. :) So, in the meantime...those be teh new plans. Now we must cross our fingers and hope I actually get done... :d

Copies and Pasties

Who likes copies and pasties? Who doesn't like copies and pasties? Heck, you can copy and paste this very line into your profile, if you want. I'm not forcing you into anything.

~REMEMBER WHEN...~
getting HiGH meant swinging at a playground?
when the worst thing you could get from the opposite gender was c0otiEs?
when )m 0 m( was your hero
and 'D a D' was the boy you were gonna marry?
when your W0RST ENEMiES were your siblings
and rAcE iSsuEs were about who ran fastest?
when -WAR- was a card game
and life was simple and carefree?
when all you wanted to do was
GROW UP?

~Put This In Your Profile If You're Still 5 Inside...No Matter How Old You Are Now~

If at least half of your music library is domintated by video-game background music, and you're still adding more every day, copy this and paste it into your profile.

If you have ever experienced the unpleasant event of having an Easter egg spontaneously combust (a.k.a. explode) in your microwave, oven, boiling pot, etc., copy and paste this into your profile.

Ninety-five percent of kids out there are concerned with being popular and fitting in. If you're one of the five percent that are more concerned about global warming, meteor trajectories, and other more life-threatening situations that could end the world, copy this and put it in your profile.

If you've ever burst out laughing in a quiet room, post this in your profile.

92 percent of the American teenage population would probably die if Abercrombie and Fitch said that it wasn't cool to breathe anymore. Put this in your profile if you're part of the 8 percent that would be laughing their asses off the entire time.

Many writers don't know the difference between 'your' and 'you're.' If you happen to understand this fact, and wish to keelhaul those that do not for their ignorance, copy and paste this into your profile.

98 percent of teenagers do or has tried smoking pot. If you're one of the 2 percent who value your life over a few seconds of corrupted bliss, copy & paste this in your profile and be proud about it.

If you think that those stupid kids should just give that God-forsaken Trix rabbit some Trix, copy and paste this into your profile.

99.5 percent of teenagers and kids have a Myspace and are literally addicted. If you are a member of the 0.5 percent that didn't know what a Myspace was until you found this pastie and looked it up, paste this in your profile and continue making your friends the good ol' fashioned way.

If you think you have too many of these "copy and paste this into your profile" thingies, but have no intention of stopping now, copy and paste this into your profile as well and keep adding to your collection like you have.

Notable Quotes

Well...here we have quotes, short poems, dialogue, excerpts, etc. that either struck me deep or made me crack up. Not that you'd care, but maybe some of these could brighten up your day. Entertain yourself if you wish.

"See, me, I'm dishonest. And you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you ought to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're about to do something incredibly... stupid."

-Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, Pirates of the Carribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

"We!
Are about to head to the battlefield!! Believe, our blades will not be shattered. Believe, our souls will not be cut!

Promise!!
Even if the ground may split, we will come back alive to this place!"

-Tite Kubo, Bleach

“Oh my gosh, there it goes! Watch, watch Roxas…burn baby burn!”

“Axel…it’s only a marshmallow.”

“Correction Roxy - it is a flaming marshmallow. It’s special.”

-Daisuke Wantanabe and Kazushige Nojima, Kingdom Hearts

"Master Meriadoc," said Aragorn, "if you think that I have passed through the mountains and the realm of Gondor with fire and sword to bring herbs to a careless soldier who throws away his gear, you are mistaken. If your pack has not been found, then you must send for the herb-master of this House. And he will tell you that he did not know that the herb you desired had any virtues, but that it is called westmansweed by the vulgar, and galenas by the noble, and other names in other tongues more learned, and after adding a few half-forgotten rhymes that he does not understand, he will regretfully inform you that there is none in the House, and he will leave you to reflect upon the history of tongues. And so now must I. For I have not slept in such a bed as this since I rode from Dunharrow, nor eaten since the dark before dawn."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

-(I believe that this is one of the few times Aragorn actually indulges in some relative form of 'angry rant'. But hey, every King-of-Gondor-to-be has to crack with the stress at some point or another. 'Tis hilarious if one reads the happenings before the quote, though. XD)

“There are only two things that are infinite: the universe and human stupidity…and I am not so sure about the former.”

-Albert Einstein

"What? Missingno is evolving! ...Congratulations! Your Missingno evolved into TM55!"

-Satoshi Tajiri, Pokemon

Then, doing my best to look more thankful than surprised, I faced the elder squarely. "You saved my life, and I am grateful."

Casually, he scratched his nose. "Think nothing of it, my lad. I've always had some difficulty with people who try to die on my floor. Positively indecorous, you know - even indecent. Nothing personal, mind you...but I'm certain you can understand. Such a beastly mess, what what."

-T.A. Barron, The Mirror of Merlin

"One cannot simply chocobo into Mordor."

-Anonymous

"You won't believe the amount of trouble we get because Howl keeps falling in love," Michael said. "We've had lawsuits, suitors with challenges, fathers with cudgels, mothers with rolling pins. And aunts. Aunts are terrible, they go for you with hat pins."

-Diana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle

"Donuts. Is there anything they can't do?"

-Matt Groening, The Simpsons

"Darkness always had its part to play. Without it, how would we know when we walked in the light? It's only when its ambitions become too grandoise that it must be opposed, disciplined, sometimes - if neccessary - brought down for a time. Then it will rise again, as it must."

-Clive Barker, Abarat

"May the Force be with you."

-George Lucas, Star Wars in general

"Yes, I am a necromancer, but not of the common kind. Where others of the art raise the dead, I lay them back to rest..."

-Garth Nix, Sabriel

The strongest memory is weaker

than the palest ink.

-Chinese proverb

"Here's an example of a typical scene: Trees full of apples. Unassuming, you stride under one, and an apple falls from the tree and crushes you, sending you back to the start of the screen. You approach again, this time cautiously poking your nose out under the tree in an attempt to goad the apple into falling before you pass. ...About halfway across, you notice an apple low enough you can jump over it. ...You jump over the apple, and the apple falls up and kills you. The apple falls up and kills you."

-Anna "Dessgeega" Anthropy, on I Wanna Be the Guy

Lancelot considered his cup.

"He is inhuman," he said at last. "But why should he be human? Are angels supposed to be human?"

-T.H. White, The Ill-Made Knight

"I, who stand in the full light of the heavens,
Command thee, who opens the gates of hell!
Come forth divine lightning! This ends now!!

"INDIGNATION!"

-Makoto Yoshizumi, Tales of the Abyss

"This tale of everybody having to die doesn't sit too well with me. I will go in search of the land where one never dies."

-Iyalo Cavino, "The Land Where One Never Dies," Italien Folk Tales

He held up the book then. "I'm reading it for you to relax."

"Has it got any sports in it?"

"Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautiful ladies. Snakes. Spiders...Pain. Death. Brave men. Cowardly men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles."

"Sounds okay."

-William Goldman, The Princess Bride

He was a simple man that died of complications.

-Anonymous, Humorous Tombstone Epitaphs

Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.

BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR

per

G.G., CHIEF OF ORDINANCE

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Well, you heard the order of the author! Make no assumptions, and predict nothing, or so suffer the grievous consequences!!

...Eheh...

Anyways.

May be adding more to this sometime sooner...or later...so, until then, out you get. Read one of my fics if you've got nothing better to do. They're right down below, you know. ;)