The last show I've been watching is an anime called Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid. It's a great show so far, but quite short at only 13 episodes. I need to watch the final episode which just came out this week.

Local Mods : Could somebody please close this thread? The situation that caused me to make this thread has been resolved so I don't see a need to keep this thread active anymore.

Thank you very much.

So I just started watching a new series called Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid on Crunchyroll and I'm curious what you all think of it. It's only four episodes in so far, but I've found it very enjoyable. I thought it was both cute and funny, complete with plenty of humor, some very over the top action sequences, and even some humorous references here and there. I also picked up the first volume of the manga from the book store.

What do you all think of the dragon maid?

darthyoda : While he will never replace Freddy Mercury (nobody will for that matter), he is actually very impressive in his ability to perform with Queen. I've seen him do it before on TV, and he nails it good. So I think he'll do well on their tour.

I wish I could go see them when they hit Nashville, but I won't be able to make it due to work. But yeah, he's a good person to front for Queen even if he'll never replace Freddy Mercury.

skrt-lord : Awesome! I'll definitely be trying to check out your stuff soon. I just haven't because work's been very busy. And don't worry, I'm sure you'll get really good at mixing and mastering. I've been doing this for a while and I'm still practicing on it. It's quite the challenge!

I'll be sure to let you know what I think though. :3

Well this thread sounds awesome :3

I've been writing electronic music for around 5 1/2 years now, but I'm still learning tons of new stuff. I've been fiddling around in different electronic genres, but I decided after it all that I want to start focusing on hardcore and happy-hardcore techno.

I'm working on an EP for my first project under my new name. I'll post a link here once I finish it hopefully in the next couple of months!

skrt-lord : And I shall check out your Soundcloud. :3

I've always been rather quiet when I speak. Often to the point where people will be in a silent room and still ask me to speak up. As far as my accent is concerned, I never really thought that I had one. All I know is that around 12 years ago, I moved from Washington State to Alabama (quite a difference huh). Ever since I moved, my relatives and friends up north insist that I've gotten a southern accent. Yet, nobody here in Alabama thinks my accent is even slightly southern. It's pretty amusing.

Lexatom : Well the situation has been... well, I don't really want to say "resolved" but I guess, "concluded"? I parted my ways with him. And I apologize for the income wall of text.

It really hurt me to do it but there was something that was essentially a nail in the coffin.

Back in November, we had a discussion about this whole situation. And basically, what I explained to him was that I was getting really stressed out with a lot of things and that I needed some space just to get things under control, because the way he was acting was adding to my stress, and I'm very bad at stress management. Now, on top of this, he himself said that he was going to schedule an appointment with a psychiatrist because he felt that something was wrong with him and he wanted help. I didn't tell him to do that. That was his choice. He agreed to give me space for a while so I could think on things and work on things and so he could start planning the appointments, but he never gave me the space, and somehow got clingier, trying to contact me all the time and following me around if we were in the same public place or such. He also never tried to get an appointment. Also, I told him during the talk that since I'd be busy with post-graduation from college along with my new full time job, I wouldn't respond all the time like I used to. So whether or not I wanted space, I couldn't always be there to talk to him.

Despite all this, he took me not immediately replying to him or talking to him a ton as me avoiding him, and he started going around behind my back, asking my friends if I was avoiding him or if I didn't like him, basically trying to see if I was telling other people things that he didn't know. While it varies from person to person, people going behind my back really hurts me. I never told anything about him to my other personal friends, and the fact he'd assume so was really hurtful. I understand that he got paranoid, but I reassured him during our talk in November that I just needed some space and wasn't leaving him. I was giving him a ton of chances because even though my mind was telling me that I shold move on from him, I didn't want to because I valued him as a friend.

So in the end, I parted ways with him. I'm not proud of my choice at all. But I feel like it'll help me in the long run. Who knows. Maybe we'll be apart, work on our problems (because I know I have plenty) and the cross paths again later. Only time will tell.

The only relationships I'd really consider to be serious were the last two, but they both ended and left me heartbroken. I dated some girls in high school but they weren't very serious relationships. I'll only be talking about the serious ones.

The first girl I was dating dumped me through a text message after dating for around a year and 10 months or so. It was the most bitter break up I've experienced.

The last girl I dated was someone I crushed over for a long time. The relationship was mostly wonderful, and we dated for just over two years. But during the last few months of my relationship, life started hitting me hard and caused me to have some emotional problems that sadly wiggled their way into our relationship. It became too much for her to handle, so she left me.

The thing that's really killing me though is that I still have that crush on her, and she told me that there may be a chance of us getting back together, but she won't give me any kind of definitive answer. So I'm feeling like I need to just move on because I'd probably get hurt even worse if I try to ask her out again and get rejected because she finally chose to make up her mind.

I know that all seems a bit dramatic, but I know that all things must happen for a reason. Maybe things just weren't meant to be with her. I know that one day I'll find the partner for me.

Back in 2010, I discovered Vizzed when I was trying to find a way to emulate retro games without having to actually download and install emulators because I wanted to use my free time in my 10th grade Multimedia Design class to play some games.  

It feels so long ago, because now I'm graduated from college and everything.  This was the first forum I ever joined and one of the only forums I'm active on at all. 

Well this looks fun.  My PC was a custom build I did back in 2014 with only a few upgrades since then.  Here are the specs.

CPU: AMD FX-8320 8 core @ 3.5 GHz
GPU: NVidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition (8 GB of GDDR5 VRAM)
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 at 1600 MHz
Storage: 120 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD + 500 GB HDD
Sound: Sound Blaster Z card
OS: Windows 10 Pro

So the last movie I saw in theatres was actually Sailor Moon R just last week.  It was a special showing they did since they re-dubbed the movie.  It was pretty good.  Kinda cool to see an uncut Sailor Moon movie in English.  Usagi's new voice actress though was super nasally. 

skrt-lord : I hear you loud and clear.  But I've been trying to help him for years.  I've put a lot patience and sacrifices into trying to help him as much as possible, yet nothing is changing because he has no desire to help himself, even though he knows about how things have been affecting the friendship since I've already talked to him multiple times about it.

I would never leave a friend because they're having a hard time.  The reason I'm considering cutting off from him though is because I've stressed all my energy trying to help him through it, and he's just been causing me a very hard time.  And I'm at a point in my life where I literally cannot have that.

I personally just use Windows Defender.  It's good enough for me honestly and it's completely non-invasive.  I used to use Avast, which is good too.

For Malware, I've always used Malwarebytes, but lately it's become a bit intrusive.  I see the comments saying that they use IOBit Malware Fighter and that it's non-invasive, so I may give that a try,

JigSaw :

That's exactly why I've been trying to figure out what to do.  Because for one, I don't want him randomly showing up at my home.  And as far as work is concerned, I would probably freak out if he showed up to my job, because I just scored a new job and don't want to mess it up within less than a week of having it.

I'm going to have a talk with him soon.  And if it fails, I guess I'll take further action.

That is definitely a neat question.  For the most part, I fondly remember it.  Especially around when I turned 9 which was when I got into gaming.  I developed most of the interests I have right now around when I was a young teen which I'm also very fond of.  I do think I'm more fond of my young adulthood though.  Because while I had a lot of depressing and just bad events take place, I also made some of the best friends I've had, and I'm still friends with those people today.

Sword legion :
Yeah you're definitely right.  On top of this, I've been taking space from him, trying to let him get the hint that he needs to stop clinging to me so much, yet it isn't working.  He's actually kept trying to get closer to me since I've been taking space.

I guess my best bet really is to just tell him straight up.  I don't really want to do that, but if I don't I will remain in a "twisted limbo."  

I guess I'm so conflicted with this whole thing is because I hate losing friends, and he's one of my oldest friends.  But honestly, it's grown so toxic that I don't know why I've even held on this long.

I have a bad habit of beating myself for not being good enough at one thing or another.  But at the same time, I don't strive for full-fledged "perfection."  The way I see it, no matter how much better or worse someone else is at something when compared to me, so long as I'm doing well enough to achieve what I need to achieve, that's all that matters.  

My daily routine has grown somewhat bland due to my new job being full time, but nonetheless, here is my daily routine.

Monday - Friday:
-Wake up around 6:00 in the morning.
-Go to my job from 8:30-5:00 for Monday - Thursday, and 8:00 - 5:00 on Friday
-Go to the gym after work depending on how I feel.
-Play video games with friends (usually Final Fantasy XIV or Overwatch) until I have to go to bed by 10:00.

Saturday:
-Sleep in (yay)
-Spend time working on art and music projects I haven't finished
-Play more games
-Hang with friends every now and then depending on how our schedules line up.

Sunday:
-Church in the morning
-Then play more games/work on projects

My biggest flaw is probably a combination of my temper and the fact that I honestly care way too much.  

Yeah, I know that's a very weird combination.  Basically, I try to be very caring.  I put my friends and loved ones before my own well being a lot of the time, really trying my hardest to help them out, even if it drains me.  I do this because the feeling of being there for them when they're down fills me with a sense of usefulness I guess.  But on that other hand, I have a very bad temper that can surface very quickly.

Let me tell you.... those two things combined can lead to some very interesting results... 

I have been working hard on the temper issues though at least.