Name: Ailene
Birthday: Dec. 13
Height: 5' 5"
Western Zodiac: Sagitarius
Eastern Zodiac: Ox

Hobbies: Besides anime and manga: drawing, reading, writing, running, (sports in general), videogames, making life random with my friends, computers (site-building, networking), D&D (though I don't play), engineering.

Favorite video/computer games: Zelda64: Ocarina of Time, Wipeout64, Morrowind, Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes, Streets of Rage II, Jedi Outcast, Neverwinter Nights, Metroid Prime, Kingdom Hearts, SW: Knights of the Old Republic, Halo 2, Demon Stone, Jade Empire, [Advent Rising]

Favorite Authors and Novels: The Ender Series, Harry Potter, His Dark Materials, Dune, R.A. Salvatore, David Eddings, The Sword of Truth, Stackpole, The X-Wing series, and various of the Star Wars books minus the prequel ones. Oh, and Ursula LeGuin.

Favorite Artists: Carrie Olaje, Todd Lockwood, Sam Wood, Jon Foster, Cliff Nielsen, Keith Parkinson, Drew Struzen, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Yoji Shinkawa, Jason Engle, Masashi Kishimoto

Favorite Anime / Manga: Naruto, Evangelion, Lodoss War, Bebop, FLCL, Miyazaki works.

Favorite Music: Alternative, some Anime music, lots of game music, techno, mix of a little of everything else . . .

Favorite Movies: The Star Wars Trilogy (especially ESB), Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban. . . and some others

Favorite Colors: Red, Blue, & Silver (or gray)

Favorite Areas of Study: Humanities, Technology

Don't ask why, but here's a list of books I really enjoy reading in no particular order. It's A LOT of books, so don't continue unless you are either a reading fiend, or exceedingly bored. The more stars, the more I enjoy reading it. Three *s and four *s are about the same. '[ ]' are books I'm anticipating... If you demand recognized literature, there's some below... Currently drooling in anticipation over... Shadow of the Giant : Still drooling cause of that last chapter!!..Still. Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince : 7.16.05!! Streams of Silver : That cover sure is eye candy 07.2005 A Battle Schhol Christmas : Random, but want anyway. [Ender in Exile]: Ender is the most awesome character ever. Hopefully out 2006 Ender : Shadows in Flight ~Myst~       -The Book of Atrus**       -The Book of Ti'ana**       -The Book of D'Ni** ~The Earthsea Trilogy~       -A Wizard of Earthsea***       -The Tombs of Atuan**       -The Farthest Shore**       -Tales From Earthsea*** ~Harry Potter~       -The Sorcerer's Stone****       -The Chamber of Secrets****       -The Prisoner of Azkaban *****       -The Goblet of Fire**       -The Order of the Phoenix *****       -[The Halfblood Prince] Merchandising is a sad, evil monster.... ~His Dark Materials~       -The Golden Compass****       -The Subtle Knife****       -The Amber Spyglass*** <>[Lyra's Oxford] ~The Enchanted Forest Chronicles~ <>Dragon's Blood* <>Heart's Blood* ~Dark Elf Trilogy~       -Homeland*****       -Exile****       -Sojourn**** ~Legacy of the Drow~ ***** ~The Hunter's Blades Trilogy~       -The Thousand Orcs***       -The Lone Drow***       -The Two Swords*** <>The Lord of the Rings**** —Dune Series—       -Dune*****       -Dune Messiah*****       -Children of Dune***** ~The DragonCrown War Cycle~       -Fortress Draconis***       -When Dragons Rage***       -The Grand Crusade*** <>-[Secret Atlas] <>One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich**** <>Catch-22***** <>The Sound & the Fury ***** <>The Lathe of Heaven**** <>The Left Hand of Darkness***** <>No Exit***** <>Hamlet***** <>King Lear***** <>Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead***** —The Ender Series—       -Ender's Game*****       -[Pre-Speaker, Post-SotG Book]       -Speaker for the Dead*****       -Xenocide*****       -Children of the Mind*****       -Ender's Shadow****       -Shadow of the Hegemon****       -Shadow Puppets***       -Shadow of the Giant*****       -[Shadows in Flight] <>First Meetings: in the Enderverse***** <>[A Battle School Christmas] ~The Belgariad~       -Pawn of Prophecy****       -Queen of Sorcery****       -Magician's Gambit****       -Castle of Wizardry****       -Enchanter's End Game**** ~The Malloreon~       -Guardians of the West****       -King of the Murgos****       -Demon Lord of Karanda****       -Sorceress of Darshiva****       -The Seeress of Kell**** <>Belgarath the Sorcerer**** <>Polgara the Sorceress*** ~Star Wars~       -Shadows of the Empire****       -X-wing: Rogue Squadron****       -(The other X-Wing books)****       -I, Jedi****       -Heir to the Empire**       -Dark Force Rising**       -The Last Command**       -Specter of the Past**       -Vision of the Future**             -New Jedi Order       -Dark Tide I: Onslaught***       -Dark Tide II: Ruin***       -Balance Point**       -Edge of Victory I: Conquest****       -Edge of Victory II: Rebirth****       -Star By Star**       -Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream***       -Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand***       -Destiny's Way***       -Force Heretic II: Refugee***       -Force Heretic III: Reunion***       -The Final Prophecy** ~The Sword of Truth~       -Wizard's First Rule *****       -Stone of Tears****       -Blood of the Fold****       -Temple of the Winds*****       -Soul of the Fire****       -Faith of the Fallen****       -The Pillars of Creation**       -Naked Empire**       -Chainfire**** <>Debt of Bones**** ~The Sword of Shannara~       -The Sword of Shannara***       -The Wishsong of Shannara***       -The Elfstones of Shannara*** ~The Heritage of Shannara~       -The Scions of Shannara***       -The Druid of Shannara***       -The Elfqueen of Shannara***       -The Talismans of Shannara*** ~Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever~       -Lord Foul's Bane****       -[The Runes of the Earth] ~A Series of Unfortunate Events~       -The Bad Beginning****       -The Reptile Room****       -The Wide Window****       -The Miserable Mill****       -The Austere Academy****       -The Ersatz Elevator****       -The Vile Village****       -The Hostile Hospital****       -The Carnivorous Carnival****       -[The Slippery Slope]       -[The Grim Grotto]       -[A Series of Unfortunate Events #12]