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I don't know much about Tokyo Ghoul (or anime, really), but I do know that Kaneki got cosplayed to death at the local comic con. Hopefully you'll get the part!! :D

So it's more like Percy Jackson, in the sense that they actually interact person-to-person with the protagonists?

(whoops, didn't see your question! To answer it, definitely not, by far. The others are pretty chill, but most of the ones I've seen are, like, middle-agedish, which makes me feel young.)

YEah, temperature's definitely alot hotter than it was compared to a hundred years ago.

And that could be the motto for my life lol.

Yeah, no problem! It's cute how they have little mango-people on their website, though.

Well, I'm not about to blame you for that! c: They seem nice from what I've seen of them, but mostly I don't interact with the employees since they're busy handling phone calls and ~actual adoptions~ and such, haha...

Oh hi lol

I guess i was getting bored of just posting on my friend's forum, a little? XD;

Lol nope, Europe is just as hot as the upper states until you hit Russia.

Fair enough, and nothing really new's been happening XD

Oh damn, that's awesome to hear, Germany's a pretty nice country.

And likewise, sad to say lol. I've basically been existing XD

Oh hey, how've you been?

Wow, that must be super cool! Tell me what plays they put on (especially if they're musicals), so I can suggest them for future theatre club projects.
I'm guessing the bases are some kind of embassy?

Is the one with divine politics based on any existing pantheons (a la Percy Jackson) or are they completely original? That one particularly piques my interest. As I said earlier, I've not really read much fantasy.

Oh, that's too bad. Sangfroidish introduced me to Duolingo, so if you have spare time maybe you could learn some German from that?

Haha, I guess. Most of them that I've seen seem more scared than aggressive, actually, but they're vetted for behavior before being moved to the adoption areas so that might explain it.

That's really cool, actually! I guess immersion is a good way to pick up the language, too.

Basically I just play with the dogs and cats so they warm up to people! Some of the volunteers also groom them. We're allowed to take the better-behaved dogs out to a small turf field where they can play, but actually getting the collar and leash on is harder than you would expect.

That's great! It's nice to hear that your move's going well. (Besides you being grounded, but I hope you're un-grounded soon! c:) Looking at the pictures on Wikipedia, Stuttgart looks like a really cool place to live; from what I can gather it's like a big city but not really, which is pretty cool. Do you speak German? (I've always wanted to learn but it seems difficult, and I will probably never go to anywhere German's spoken, so...)

No problem! I've been doing okay, I recently got a volunteer position at an animal shelter and it's been pretty fun so far. :D

Hey, what's up? How is Stuttgart treating you?

How exactly is the military base? There were a couple here, but the most prominent one in my memory is prominent because it got turned into a water park.

Do you have any stand-alone book recommendations? They can be high fantasy or anything else.

That must be so cool, just exploring a city on your own. You can't really do that here unless you're in Old San Juan, which is a good way away from where I live. I'd say half an hour, forty five minutes.

I've only really read the Hobbit, the first Lord of the Rings and half the second one, but high fantasy is something I've been trying to get into, but I haven't because of lack of books. I'll have to order those, then.

The book talks a lot about how the Pilgrims didn't get there first, it was the Spanish, and it details a couple expeditions meticulously (specifically, Coronado's and Hernando de Soto's, and Cabeza de Vaca's to a lesser extent). It also talks about the Huguenots (French Protestants) who got here before the Puritans, and about Jamestown and the lost colony of Roanoke, all of this before the Pilgrims. It's a nice look into who North Americans have to thank for... everything, really. If it weren't for these previous expeditions, the Pilgrims would've had it much harder.

Why need one in Germany? Seems a bit weird you didn't have one before.

Words of Radiance? Based on the title, it looks interesting already.

Actually, yes! I've been reading a lot this summer. I just finished A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz, my summer reading for my AP US History class. I've also read Where Things Come Back, To Kill a Mockingbird and Miss Peregrine's Homes for Peculiar Children (I bought the former and my sister the latter) I probably also read something else, but I can't remember at the moment.

Voyage deals with US history between Columbus and the Pilgrims; it debunks myths and illustrates more about the first chapter of the US's history that Americans should know. It intersperses history with the author's own voyage throughout America (actually just Canada, the US, a bit of Mexico and the Dominican Republic).

Where Things Come Back is deceptive in its looks; at first I anticipated a John-Greenesque love story with peculiarly named protagonists, but instead got a really good book. It has a variety of stories running parallel to each other, and the way they intertwine at the end is really good.

You've probably already read To Kill a Mockingbird because I assume it's read a lot in the US. If you haven't, it's a very good book. It looks at Atticus Finch, a lawyer who defends a black man charged for raping a white girl, through the eyes of his daughter, Scout. Of course, the trial is later in the book; at first we see what Scout's life is like in her sleepy Depression-era town.

Miss Peregrine's was very well written, but I was disappointed by the ending, but not because it was bad; rather, it didn't resolve any conflicts and it created even more. It was a terrible cliffhanger that wasn't even suspenseful or anything, and it practically forces you to buy the second book. It is, as its title suggests, about a home for peculiar children. However, the book devotes itself to its protagonist, Jacob, and his search for this house. He investigates at the behest of his grandfather.

I also have Moby Dick, Go Set a Watchman, and The Island of Doctor Moreau. I've yet to read these, and I doubt I will for the time being.

I laughed out loud at this joke :D

It's very good! I've not played the multiplayer (my internet won't let me), but it's still great.

Have you tried Thriftbooks? I've not actually ordered from them, but tumblr trusts it. The book side of tumblr, so it's trustworthy.

surprise tournament battle, eh? enjoy!

yoo, it looks like you also crossed your tournament battle off your list too soon?