"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song."
"The journey is the reward."
"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light shining from within."
"The way to get started is stop talking and begin doing."

Hi! I'm Bayo-Bayo--welcome to my profile. :)

I guess I should start with a little info about myself... Let's see. I'm an American-Asian (of Thai descent--NOT Filipino, as I'm most often accused of. Not that I have anything against Filipino's--they make up most of my friends anyway) who loves bragging about her homestate, since most people like beating up on it (Arizona is NOT a desolate, barren wasteland! Most of the time, anyway...). I'm turning eighteen in September of '09, and around that same time I'll be starting my sophomore year in college. And yes, I skipped a grade: my sophomore year in high school. I started writing when I was fourteen and posted my first story in July of '06. It's funny looking back at your old stories and seeing how you wrote then to how you write now. It's pretty fun!

I'm a big fan of music, and it's rare that someone can be around me and I don't have music playing or a song I'm singing. :D Sometimes I sing so much that my friends get annoyed... My favorite music consists of Japanese Symphonic Orchestras, Old Classics, Contemporary Christian, and Japanese rock. Absolutely no rap, metal, or screamo though. I'd like to keep my lungs and sanity, please! :) Mostly what I look for in songs is a meaningful message in the lyrics--and I'm a generally happy person that likes to laugh and smile and all that fun junk. It needs to be catchy too. :D

I was born in Germany, lived there for like a month, and then moved to Japan, where I lived for about six years. :) I wouldn't be envious of me though... Considering I remember very little of what there was to see there. :P

I absolutely love writing! When I'm bored, I'd just sit at my laptop and type up random stories. :) It's not what I'm studying in college, but someday I hope to become an author. Books are one of my best friends. When looking for a good one, I research to see if there's any fantasy, action, adventure, romance, or mystery. And if I do write a book someday, the genre will definitely be a mix of all it. :D

Oh... and I didn't think I'd actually have to classify this, but I seem to have a lot of reviewers asking whether I'm a girl or not. So, for all of those who are wondering--yes, I AM A GIRL! A WOMAN! THE OPPOSITE OF MAN! :D

So I think that's already more than you need to know about me. :P Nice to meet you?!

MY FAVORiTE BOOKS:

The King James Version Bible.
The Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer.
The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer.
The Pendragon series by DJ MacHale.
The Juliet Club by Suzanne Harper.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke.

I'm a big fan of books, but ironically, I haven't read that many. :D It must be an issue that expresses my laziness...

MY FAVORiTE SERIES:

LOVELY COMPLEX.
BLEACH.
FULL METAL ALCHEMIST.
Mermaid Melody.
Tokyo Mew Mew.
Gakuen Alice.
Sonic the Hedgehog.
"Tales of" series.
Sailor Moon.
Dragon Ball/Z.
Hana Yori Dango.
Hayao Miyazaki films.
The Cat Returns.
Final Fantasy.
Code Geass.
Digimon.
Pokemon.
Full moon wo Sagashite.
Inuyasha.
DNAngel.

... Yeah, I've seen/read more anime than I have actual books. :D As you can probably tell, my favorites are listed in CAPS.

STORY iNFO:

This is a list of the stories I'm working on, along with some info and summaries about them. The stories are listed according to how much of a priority they are to me. :)

F U R A R E T Ax x
.a bleach fanfiction.
Name Meaning: Something to the effect of heartbroken/rejected.
Genre: Romance/Mystery
Rating: T - Teen (for blood)
Number of Chapters Estimated in All: 60
Completion: In Progress - Almost done!
Pairing: HitsugayaxOC (Nagasuki Megumi)
Brief Summary: The moment he stepped into class, I knew my life would never be the same again. Shinigami, Bounto, the afterlife—I'm having enough trouble passing Geometry! How can Toushirou expect me to juggle my life like this and NOT go insane?
Notes from the Author: When I posted the first chapter of this story, I honestly thought that it would be a failure. After all, it is a HitsugayaxOC story, and OC's are generally hated nowadays. Nonetheless, I posted the story, expecting little to nothing on my first swing... And lo and behold, I scored six awesome reviews for my first chapter. It was a huge number for me, so I posted another chapter. Another six reviews. I could live with this, I thought. So I kept going. Chapter three went, and then chapter four; ideas upon ideas came crashing down on me and I incorporated them into the story. I finally reached chapter ten, which Toushirou starred as the narrator of; it was also my first time writing AS him personally at all. Since the first chapter my number of reviews for each addition gave me more--and by this chapter I received twenty-five. Wow, I thought. It was a success!
Furareta is just living proof that you never know if your story is going to work unless you give it a try. What went from about 25 hits and 6 reviews for the first chapter went to over 2600 hits and 103 reviews for chapter 38. I'm in love with this story, and also with my reviewers--because they're the ones that keep me writing!
My Favorite Chapter: Chapter 10, "Through Teal Green Eyes" and Chapter 53, "The Angel"

DESTiNY's TRAiL x x
.a full metal alchemist fanfiction.
Genre: Adventure/Action/Romance/Mystery
Rating: T - Teen (for blood)
Number of Chapters Estimated in All: Unknown
Completion: In Progress - Just Started
Pairing: EdwardxOC, maybe EdwardxOCxAlphonse (Kaida Locke)
Brief Summary: Destiny never lets you see into your future, and I was fine with that... until it landed me in a world that I didn't know existed and in an adventure that I never asked to be a part of. Constantly running for your life is not an ideal lifestyle.
Notes from the Author: Well, there's not much to say about this story right now; I'd just posted the prologue! :D With college and junk coming up, I don't know if I'll have time to update this consistently... so sorry guys, but the adding of chapters for this story will be ultimately sporratic. At least, until Furareta is finished.

Y N I T S E D » D E S T I N Y
.a kingdom hearts fanfiction.
Genre: Adventure/Action/Romance/Mystery
Rating: T - Teen (for blood)
Number of Chapters Estimated in All: Unknown
Completion: In Progress - On Hiatus
Pairing: AxelxOC, maybe AxelxOCxRoxas (Destiny)
Brief Summary: Succumbing to the plea of a fading hero, a normal gamer travels into the worlds of Kingdom Hearts. Soon she's thrown into a journey filled with pain and loss, surviving merely by these ambiguous words: “Always follow your heart.”
Notes from the Author: I started this story back in '07 with the intention to finish it... But somehow I got side-tracked. I don't know if I'm going to continue this story or not; but I liked the plot I had, so if I do continue it, I'll most likely re-write it.

Cruel F A T E »
.a naruto fanfiction.
Genre: Romance/Adventure
Rating: T - Teen (for blood)
Number of Chapters Estimated in All: Unknown
Completion: In Progress - Stopped
Pairing: GaaraxOC (Nadine Wingard)
Brief Summary: A nerdy school girl is transported to the Naruto world by a forbidden jutsu that is emailed to her. But when the protection and destruction of the world is placed on her shoulders, will she decide to follow her heart or go home?
Notes from the Author: I'm really sorry, but I won't be continuing this story for one main reason: I don't like Naruto anymore. I stopped watching it ever since the beginning of Shippuuden. I dunno, I used to be obsessed with the show... but then it got really old, and REALLY slow. I think that's what turned me off. :P

"Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead."