RDD is a personal blog and graphics wonderland for the romantic idealist, the eternal dreamer, and the ultimate otaku, part of Radical Dreamers 2002 and a member of the web community since November, 2002, revived on October of 2007, owned and maintained solely by Yanagi

WELCOME

Hello you wandering soul. So you've stumbled across this tiny utopia on the net. Well, this site has been around for quite some time but life had been unusually crazy the past two years, resulting in the practical hibernation of Radical Dreamers Designs. However, the lure of webdesigning was far too strong to keep me away and so, here I am but no longer at anyone's service. I've decided to ditch making custom layouts when requested by ingrates. To celebrate the launching of the all-new RDD, I've decided to keep this a purely personal site, meaning, it will contain my works which will all be available for downloading but I will no longer entertain silly requests or suggestions to make so and so design. I will only make what I like and the rest of the web can either like it or lump it. Also, I've decided to make this a sort of blog site to record my random thoughts and intellectually stimulating musings which center mostly on anime and jdoramas. Lastly, I am no longer obliged to inform visitors what's new and all the sophomoric updates I used to do before so if you want something from this site, explore, explore. All these being said, feel free to roam around my wonderland or join my forum for some healthy, uncensored chatting. To all the romantic idealists, eternal dreamers, and ulitmate otakus, welcome to RDD.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Once upon a time, I wrote a rather lengthy article on terms and conditions for the use of any of the graphics in my site. I really wasted my time on that one since practically every single user violated every single term and condition. Now, I only have three simple conditions for you to follow if you feel like grabbing anything from this site:

One - Place a link back to this site if you're using a layout or wallpaper.
Two - Even if you place a link back to this site but if you COPY or REWORD any of the write-ups I put up here, I will sue you for everything you're worth.
Three - DO NOT EMAIL ME when asking for help. Leave a message at the forum.

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REVIVAL!

July 05, 2008, 11:31:46 AM by Yanagi in .

And I'm back! Haha! It's been ages but a lot has happened since March. First off, I got married with an absolutely gorgeous wedding topped with the most marvelous husband a girl could ask for. Yup, being a teensy bit biased here but hey, we've been together for seven years before tying the knot so do allow me this piece of bravado *pumps fist*

Second greatest news of the year: I'm pregnant! Yup, yup, my very first aka-chan and I do hope he or she will be a healthy, feisty, glorious little bundle of joy. I'm due December and though there were some complications during the first trimester, I'm feeling up and about now that all the nausea and stuff has ended---and so back to RDD which I've neglected for the past couple of months.

Right now, we're debating on the baby's name. If it's a girl, I'd want her to be called Yanagi Lei as a tribute to the sweetest anime bishoujo and my favorite character in Rekka no Honou. Lei because...hmm...because it fits with Yanagi I guess, haha. If it'll be a boy, I'm thinking of Shin Kaede after my two most loved bishounens but my hubby wants to put his two cents in and name the little one Night from Night Tenjo in Zettai Kareshi. Well, we'll see who winds up victorious in the name game, huh?

Ok, I'm jabbering off here, but I *WAS* on hiatus for so long you see. Just wanted to rattle off a few thoughts before I scoot over to the kitchen for lunch: hmmm, like Matsujun and the HYD Movie that came out this June. Can anybody give me any more info on that? I'm guessing no one's subbing it yet. I can understand Niponggo but not when it's being spoken so damned fast. Wonder if SARS will fansub it...?

Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal at the Wimbledon championships---now that's something to look forward to! Any Fed fans out there?

Oh and before I forget, Crunchyroll's being an absolute pain these days. Everything's licensed you can't watch anything decent there anymore except jdorama reruns. If anyone knows of a good alternative to viewing jdoramas online, do let me know. I can't watch at Veoh because the connection is horrible.

Ahhh, last one! Got a new layout up at the Tables Section. Do check it out. Happy weekend everyone .

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Shattered Hearts

March 26, 2008, 09:44:03 PM by Yanagi in .

I heard an awful rumor today, from people in my profession. It was nasty, downright mean, and though it didn't point to anyone in particular, I had the unshakable notion that I was one of the targets of those rumors. Actually, that didn't affect me so much...I'm used to being put-down, underestimated, and backstabbed by others. What hurts was when I shared the story with my mother, hoping for her sympathy. Of course, she never sympathized. I sorta expected that reaction from her, knowing how much she hates me, but I guess I was just hoping that things were somehow changing between us ever since I became independent.

My mother, sad to say, is the one person I hate most in the world. I've had bitter enemies, met awful types of people, but still, no one could stir such animosity within me like my mother. Ever since I was a kid, I prayed that she would die soon. Unfortunately, it was my father who died earlier. Hopefully, my prayers will answered one day and I will wake up with my mother disappearing forever.

I am not encouraging anybody to hate their parents, much less their mothers. This is from my experience and this is how I feel. I am praying that my kid someday would not feel the same way I'm feeling right now towards my mom, but I can't predict the future, can I? All I can do is try to be a better person than the one I call my mother.

In any case, I still wish she would die soon. She has caused me so much pain I may burst from within. I would love to cry, I really would, but there's no room to do so in my life. That's why I'll do what I always do to heal my shattered heart: watch anime, watch jdoramas, make a layout or two, and just lose myself in this imaginary world where I am accepted as a person and friendship and love are what matters most.

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ALMOST DONE!

March 03, 2008, 10:41:41 AM by Yanagi in .

Ok, the site's back and running, all sections have been fixed and you can now download the graphics, except Cloud's original artworks and the gallery. I'm not going to use Coppermine anymore since asshole Philhosting changed my permissions (for useless reasons, naturally!). Any suggestions for a PHP-scripted image gallery that I can modify?

As for the Arashi gallery, I'll be working on that this weekend. It pains me to have so much stuff lying around but I just don't have the luxury of time to get everything up

On a lighter note, I'm into Japanese light novels nowadays and I'm planning to try writing one myself. I'm thinking of doing an adventure/fantasy-themed light novel, following the Slayers series. I'm still researching material for it though. I'll be posting my first chappie in the Fanfiction section soon. Oh yeah, the reviews form...yeesh, I'll get around to that as well. Now time to scurry back to the humdrum world of reality, office work, and nosy, demanding clients

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