anyone from near Albany, NY? i live 10 min from albany on the other side of the river. anyone want to maybe hang out our talk who is local?

hey we all need to vent from time to time. i guess i am a bit lucky how even tho i am an otaku i still have something else that drives my life that opened doors for me.

i can tell you from experience that bullies can ruin your life, i was bullied from elementary to high school constantly. i tried getting the school to do something but my school sucks at doing its job. finally in 10th grade i had enough and got into a fight with one of the bullies(dont do that by the way) no one got badly hurt so no one got in any real trouble but i realize how i handled it was wrong. and since then i have realized better ways and the past year of school my 11th grade year i found much better. here are some tips i can give from my experiences: 1) just walk away, i know it is hard and they wont stop right away but this helps 2) talk about it to people you trust, this is more of just a comforting aspect to help you deal with it. i like to talk to some family or my closest friends 3) this may be a but weird advice but stand up to other bullies who are bullying other people, this will help you build confidence and may give you and ally/friend in who you stand up for 4) if you talk back to bully try and talk in a sort of proud voice, this is just something i found to help get them to see you are not week 5) try to say something that may make them feel bad without being "mean" i find saying something like "sad how you have to make other people feel bad to feel good about yourself" or something like that 6) find what you like and enjoy yourself. when you tend to have a fun time overall and feel happy you tend to not forgot about bully drama 7) (this is a more temp piece of advise)if possible try to take a different route to class for a bit, however dont do this forever because it will give them a win but doing this on occasion will give you a break from them. but have a good reason to go that route like hanging with a friend on the way to their class

Just be careful with long distance. It can be difficult, but is rewarding in the long run. Kittie and I are making it work because eventually, I'll either save up enough money to move to Cali or move into my own place and move her here. Anyway, she probably needs time to move on and think over things. Everyone is different with how they cope with a breakup, no matter the severity of it. Give her time and take things slowly with her.

Singer, huge music lover ( well mostly japanese and korean music since a few years now), otaku, video gamers is all that i am right now. I'm also a shy, friendly and open minded guy. I'm hoping to find real friendship AND love maybe here, because going to a anime con alone is sad and boring sometimes. Oh and as a singer i got a youtube channel under the name DRAKIS07 where i post songs cover (almost all of them are Japanese songs) that i do. That all i can say about me for now.

I meant to post before getting locked out. Last con at Otakon I was so proud of my self. I manage some bravery and spoke to Aya Hirano in Japanese when she signed a cd for me. It was awesome and memorable. Specially since I only learn about her at the beginning of this year. I want to meet so many more.

I remember posting on those forums Unfortunately I haven't found any other places like it ^_^; Guess I'm not much help

man this was actually really raw and real, i liked it man, i feel where youre coming from on this one, keep expressing yourself dude, we can all get through this together :P

Well I have lots of friends but not a lot of them like anime and I dont want to wait for conventions so Im going to try this site. Hope to fine some friends that love anime as I do.

Anyone going to Sac-Anime in Sacramento, CA? Should be interesting lots of fighting game tournaments and a cosplay cafe. I will be helping run a booth down there.