I've never really done a weblog before . . . My mom got me into this.  

Well, I guess I should tell you now that I love putting smileys into whatever I can. My letters to anyone are dotted with hand-drawn smileys, while my emails contain smileys that move.

My mom and I are the only ones in our family that have blogs at the moment. Mom's screenname is gramma2them. She has nice, long, interesting blogs.

I have nine people living in my house. Three different generations in the same family. There's my mom, my dad, my older sister Lynda (nicknamed Lyn), my younger sister Melissa (nicknamed Missy), my brother-in-law Lee (Lyn's husband), my oldest nephew Jonathan (nicknamed Jon or Jon-Jon), my middle nephew TJ (it's a nickname, his real name is spelled really weird and I don't remember how to spell it), and my youngest nephew Cameron (nicknamed Cammie). There's also an inside cat named Isis (like the egyptian goddess), an outside cat named Fluffer-Nutter-Butter (we call him Fluffy; I named him), and an outside dog named Lucky. And I don't count the fish.

I am completely obsessed with Final Fantasy X right now, to the point that whenever I turn it on Missy says "Stop playing that game!" I play it anyway. I don't want to stop playing it until I beat it. It's like how she gets whenever we get a new game. she plays every day until she beats it. She beat Jak III a week or two after we got it. She started a new game on it and is still playing it.

I like anime and manga. My answer to what they are is kind of long. Manga is like an illustrated novel. Instead of using words to describe emotions, battles, etc. they are just drawn. Some mangas, if they are popular enough, and if the writer has enough money, get turned into an anime. An anime is like a television series, but everything is drawn instead of acted out. Both anime and manga originated in Japan, which is where I want to go when I get older. I don't want to go there to live, but I do want to visit Japan. I have read just about everything I can find about Japan, just ask my mom.

I guess that's enough for my first blog. See ya! ~Rachel