My name is Riyo. 

Yes, I am Canadian.

I'm 16, female, pansexual, and Pagan.

I'm in grade 12.

My birthday is November 17.

My favourite things are anime, manga, and video games.

I can root anything I do down to one of those somehow, 
but that doesn't always mean it's the actual reason I'm doing it.

I'm a grammar whore. 
I type like this all the time.



I'm not an artist or a poet. 
I'm barely a writer.

Sometimes, I wish I were a boy, but not as often anymore.

Sometimes, I just wish I was a lesbian.

I kinda wish I was Sora.

Kingdom Hearts owns my soul.

I also love Final Fantasy and Zelda.

Kyou Kara Maou is my favourite anime, and Gravitation is my favourite
manga. 
I also love Ouran High School Host Club (anime) and Black Cat
(manga).

I hate Death Note, so don't even go there.

However, I do like Naruto, though I'm not very far, 
and the idiots running around worshipping it makes me ashamed of
liking it.

I love cats, and someday want to be a crazy, old cat lady 
(but my mom told me, "Don't you dare.").

I recently moved in with my dad,
which means I also now live with his girlfriend, Larissa, and my
brother, Danny.
I keep in touch with my mother,
who currently lives on the other side of the country.
Literally.

What I really want to do when I'm older is voice acting, 
but I'm most likely going to be a teacher. 
An English teacher. 
In Japan.

I don't know much Japanese yet, 
but I memorized the hiragana chart, 
I know some kanji, and I'm working on the language. 
There aren't any classes at my school, so learning makes it
difficult, 
and I'm probably not going to learn much until I take a class in
college/university.

I love Japanese music, but also English music.

Sometimes, I feel like crawling into a corner and dying, 
but I don't do any drugs, smoke, or drink 
(except for special occassions on that one, of course).

I feel like I'm the odd one out anywhere I go.

I try to be happy for everyone all the time, 
but it never really works like that.

I'm ADHD and I don't take Ritalin anymore, 
so I get frustrated and confused easily, 
plus I have a shortish attention span. 
Multi-tasking is not an option--it's a must.

My mottos are:

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, 
it's about learning to dance in the rain.

and

Live your own life, for you die your own death.

I honestly believe everything will work out, in the end.