Hi! I'm Saiko17, and I am...

Intelligent, creative, empathic, devilishly good-looking, Jewish, a writer, a reader, a learner and a thinker, a Spartan, a Falcon, an enemy of ADHD, old-fashioned, kind, level-headed, strong, trustworthy, loyal, friendly, gentle, cheerful, brave, respectful, simple (as far as possessions and such go), independent, enduring, determined, a happy camper, sharp, witty, conversational, a Eagle Scout, thoughtful, sexyfine, lovable, fun-loving, humorous, and proud. I only use Fine- and Medium-Point black ink RSVP pens when I write, unless I'm doing math.

Age: 19

Birthday: July 28

Sun Sign: I'm a Leo, what's your sign?

Origin: Where are any of us actually from, dude? That's heavy, man.

Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Dog. Shigure is the shit.

Favorite Colors: Green and brown are the best, but I like a lot of colors.

Activities: Football, BSA, BBYO, BSP, writing, etc.

Interests: Reading, writing (stories and poems), listening to music, going to the movies with my friends, etc.

Favorite Foods: Pizza, Coney Dogs, and Asian food.

Favorite TV/Radio Shows: Young Justice, Teen Titans, Justice League (Unlimited), The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Saturday Night Live, The Big Bang Theory, Psych, Monk, South Park, etc.

Favorite Superhero: Garfield "Beast Boy" Logan. I've wanted to be this guy ever since before I even knew he existed. Goddamn am I envious of this shape-shifting mother fucker! I not the ropy, scrawny one from the cartoon; I'm talking big guns here, I'm talking comic book version BB. That guy is ripped as shit, yo!

Other Favorite Superheroes: Superman/boy, Batman (that's a given). Red Arrow, Flash, (Kid) Flash, Robin/Nightwing (Dick Grayson), Blue Beetle, Cyborg, Dr. Fate, Raven, Koriand'r, Captain Marvel, Metamorpho, B'wana Beast, Zatara, etc.

Favorite Anime: Hajime no Ippo, Bakuman, Akira, BLEACH, Ah! My Goddess! (Flights of Fancy), Avatar: The Last Airbender, Naruto (Shipuuden), Death Note, Fruits Basket, Full Metal Alchemist (Brotherhood), Love Hina, Zoids: Century Zero, Pokemon (kinda), Ghost Hunt, Shuffle!, Dragonball (Z), Yu Yu Hakusho, Soul Eater, Wolf's Rain, Welcome to the NHK, Ouran High School Host Club, Tsubasa Chronicle: Resevoir Chronicle, etc.

Favorite Manga: Hajime no Ippo, Bakuman, Fullmetal Alchemist, BLEACH, Naruto, Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Death Note, etc.

Favorite Movies: 2001: A Space Odyssey, all of the Harry Potter movies, all of the Lord of the Rings movies, The Muppets, A Streetcar Named Desire, I Love You Man, Dead Poets Society, 500 Days of Summer, Serendipity, Love Actually, Pineapple Express, The Matrix, Shooter, X-Men, X-Men 3: The Last Stand, Tropic Thunder, Sozin's Comet, Who's Afraid of VirginiGreen Street Hooligans, Dances with Wolves, Scent of a Woman, Scary Movie 1-2-3, Superbad, Airplane, Fletch, Eurotrip, Superman Doomsday, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern: First Flight, Justice League: The New Frontier, American Pie, Apollo 13, The Comebacks, Rudy, Iron Man, Road Trip, Knocked Up, Trouble in Tokyo, Transformers, Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, Clue, Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, Forrest Gump, Zoolander, and The Da Vinci Code.

My Favorite Sports Teams: MSU Spartans, Detroit Tigers, Detroit Pistons, W.E.G. Falcons

Awesome Authors (Not FFN Authors, though they're awesome, too): John Steinbeck, Nick Hornby, Haruki, Murakami, Christopher Paolini, Chuck Palahniuk, Vladimir Nabokov, David Sedaris, Michael Crichton (God rest his soul), David Baldacci, James Rollins, Isabel Allende, PB Kerr, Rick Riordan, Stephen Colbert, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Stephen King, JK Rowling, Gary Paulsen, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, Garth Stein, J.R.R. Tolkien and Dan Brown.

If you don't know who some of those authors are, check them out. They are all amazing storytellers and I get a good portion of my inspiration and writing styles from them.

Favorite Book Series: "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien, "Sigma Force" by James Rollins, "King & Maxwell" by David Baldacci, "Animorphs" by K.A. Applegate (I don't read them anymore, but damn were those some good books), "Oliver Stone & The Camel Club" by David Baldacci, "Jaguar and Eagle" by Isabel Allende, "Maximum Ride" by James Patterson, "Harry Potter" by J.K. Rowling, "His Dark Materials" by David Pullman, "The Inheritance Cycle" by Christopher Paolini, "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" by Rick Riordan, "The Children of the Lamp" by PB Kerr, and "Warriors" by Kate Cary & others.

Great Books (please note that these are not the only books I love. If I typed them all, the length of my profile would literally be doubled): "Cannery Row" by Jon Steinbeck, "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" by Haruki Murakami, "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk, "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft" by Stephen King, "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman, "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay" by Michael Chabon, "The Dark Half" by Stephen King, "Jurassic Park" by Michael Crichton, "Zorro: A Novel" by Isabel Allende, "The Sight" by David Clement-Davies, "Subterranean" by James Rollins, "The DaVinci Code" by Dan Brown, "The Green Mile" by Stephen King, "Maus" by Art Spiegelman, "The Death and Life of Superman" by Roger Stern, "The Andromeda Strain" by Michael Crichton,"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams, "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman, "Absolute Power" by David Baldacci, and "Firebringer" by David Clement-Davies. Trust me, guys, these books are AWESOME. And so are many of the other books these authors have written that are not listed here.

Quirky Quotes:

“Your greatest asset is also your biggest weakness." - Coach F

"Maybe when people take their eyes off them, inanimate objects become even more inanimate." - Haruki Murakami, "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle"

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." - Charles M. Schultz

"If you don't take a chance, you don't have a chance." - Anonymous

"If children are our future, doesn't that make us their past? Let's face it, our kids are out to replace us. Need convincing? Have you ever caught your kids walking around in your shoes? It's a chilling moment; like finding an empty body snatcher pod in your basement." - Stephen Colbert

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean

"Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time." - Steven Wright

"Nature is a haunted house- but Art- is a house that tries to be haunted." - Emily Dickinson

"It doesn't make a difference what temperature the room is, it's always room temperature." - Steven Wright

"Not all those who wander are lost." - J.R.R. Tolkien

"As a writer you have a God-given right to eavesdrop on any conversation that is going on around you, because you will get writing material that you wouldn't have thought up in a million years." - Mr. D

"As a matter of principle, I never attend the first annual anything." - George Carlin

"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted." - John Lennon

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." - Yogi Berra

"What's another word for Thesaurus?" - Steven Wright

"Before I do something, I think, 'Would an idiot do this?' If they would, I do not do that thing." - Anonymous

"Never give up, for that is the place and time that the tide will turn." - Harriett Beecher Stowe

"Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you see the whole world." - George Bernard Shaw

"Life is like a square root, it can never be negative." - Mr. Springer

"Everyone who got to where he is has had to begin where he was." - Anonymous

"On this football team, we learn who pisses standing up, and who pisses sitting down." - Coach F

"We cannot direct the winds, but we can adjust the sails." - Anonymous

"Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am the force." -Elaine Maxwell

"If who I am is what I have and what I have is lost, then who am I?" -Anonymous

"You must never give in to despair. Allow yourself to slip down that road, and you surrender to your lowest instincts. In the darkest of times, hope is something you give yourself. That is the meaning of inner strength." -Iroh

"When I woke up this morning, my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said, 'No. I mad a few mistakes.'" - Steven Wright

"I always knew that one day I would laugh at the times I cried; but I never knew that I would cry at the times I laughed." - Anonymous

"Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy." - George Carlin

"The difference between easy & hard is understanding." -Anonymous

"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, 'You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.'" - George Carlin

"You can't make footprints in the sands of time by sitting on your butt. And who wants to leave butt-prints in the sands of time?" -Bob Moawod

"When people no longer fear your power, it is a sign that you possess great power." - Lao Tzu

"The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort-he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature." -Arnold Bennett

"Geniuses learn from other peoples' mistakes, smart people learn from their own mistakes, and dumb people make the same mistake over and over again." - Coach F

"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy." - Anne Frank

"Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books." - Bell Hooks

"People are just about as happy as they make their mind up to be." -President Abraham Lincoln

"I spilled spot remover on my dog, and now he's gone." -Stephen Wright

"Pride is not the opposite of shame, but it's source. True humility is the only antidote to shame." -Iroh

"Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand." - Ezra Pound

"Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the Pen is mightier than the Sword." -Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"Total absence of humor renders life impossible." -Colette

"Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be." -Anton Chekhov

"Problem prevention is better that problem control." -Me (No BS, I came up with this one myself)

"He Knows does not speak, he who speaks, does not Know." - Lao Tzu

"Nothing less." -Anonymous