Past Updates - Page 3

Friday, 6/29/01
-  It's a grab-bag of goodies here at the ToT on this joyous Friday (it's joyous in that a big party in which many a-teenager will be running around will be thrown at my humble abode today, and that means wonderful photo opportunities for me.  Blackmail!).  First, the Fan Manga page has been updated with a new artist, and some fixed links.

-  There are two new stories on Page 2 of Trunks Cartoons.

-  Operators Are Standing By has had a new product added to it.  Sorry about the broken images.  I guess I lost them in the server move.

-  The Chat is working again.  Oh yeah, I also moved the most recent Feature Film, "DBZ Sells Out", to this server, instead of having it on my school space.

Thursday, 6/28/01
-  Ah, what a lovely, hot summer day.  'Tis perfect for swimming and stealing corn.   Before I go off to do such things, here is a little update for your pleasure.

-  The Sexuality of Trunks has been made increasingly uh....sexy?  Some of the new quotes are quite obvious, while others are a bit of a stretch, however, once you think about them in a perverted context, they can be funny.  Enjoy, you sick little monsters!

-  The Random DBZ Fill in the Blank Contest has a new winner, as well as a new sentence to be mutilated.

-  And now, the ToTs "Sites-With-New-URLs" Update!  Three excellent sites, Dragonball Kenkon, KHOW, and GotenMYz DFW have all relocated to new hosts.

Sunday, 6/24/01
-   Muwahaha!  Finally!  After many uploading problems, I finally managed to get this baby up on the server.  MAJOR thanks go out to USSJTrunks for encoding the original 56 MB MPEG file to a 10 MB DivX file.  Oh, which reminds me...if you want to download this music video, you'll need to have a DivX codec, which you can download from here.  I hope to have a RealVideo file, or a decent sized MPEG version of the video up someday.  So, without furhter delay, here it is: the *final* version of my Otakon Music Video Contest entry, "Again" (Fushigi Yuugi Music Video), which can be found in the Non-DBZ Music Videos section.   I'm extremely pleased with the finished version (which has changed quite a bit from the "Final web version.")  Enjoy!  Oh yeah, and don't forget to check out the DBZ As X-Men: The Movie trailer from yesterday.

-  The FAQ and About Me page were in desperate need of an update, so..I updated them.  I basically just added on to the lists of "animes I've seen", and updated and added questions to the FAQ.

Saturday, 6/23/01
-  I think today's update is a good indication that I have lost my mind. ^_^ A few days ago, Mike of Daizenshuu EX showed me an MPEG someone had made of Evangelion clips set to audio from a Star Wars movie trailer.  We thought, "hey, that's cool, I wish people would make more of those types of things."   That's when it hit us: we'd make our OWN anime movie trailers!  So far, we have made one, but if the response from this one is good enough, we shall make some more!   It's called DBZ As X-Men: The Movie.   You can find it in the Music Videos section (for now).  That brings me to my next update.

-  I reorganized the Music Videos, so that the pages take less time to load.   They are now organized as follows: Recent Music Videos, Archived Music Videos, and Non-DBZ Music Videos (I should note that all of the videos work now.  I think there's only one I haven't re-uploaded yet).  That should make things easier, I hope.  In addition, I have got rid of my lame-o "ratings", and replaced them with the dates in which the videos were made.   I hope this is helpful in seeing how my videos have progressed from sucky to not-quite-so-sucky.  And speaking of music videos, I hope to have the final MPEG of my Otakon music video up today or tomorrow. Stay tuned!

-  Gah, as if DBZ Uncensored wasn't enough, now my server-mate, Hagemiai, is now calling it quits.  Sorry to see ya go, man. ;_;

Thursday, 6/21/01
-  My original plan for today's update was to babble about the fun I've had these last few days, including going to the beach, and burning, and getting shat upon.  However, something that I feel is much more valuable has come up that I believe deserves more attention than my incoherent, self-indulgent rantings.  I've just finished reading the goodbye message of Chris Psaros of DBZ Uncensored, and...I have to comment on it (yeah, I'm slow on the uptake. I haven't been on a computer for a few days, so sue me! :P).  Please people, respect the guy more than I did (hell, we never even linked to each other's sites), and *read what he wrote*.  This piece of writing is unbelievable, depressing, inspiring, and hopeful all at the same time.  It is the epitome of what I think other web masters like me have been feeling for quite some time. To me, it signifies the beginning of the end of the second generation of "old skool" DBZ sites (meaning, ones that started around '97-'98).  It's almost downright scary how  much I can relate to just about every damn last thing he wrote.  I mean, my gosh, most of the stuff he wrote are *exactly the same ideas* I want to express the day I will sit down to write my own retirement reflection.  Gah, I just can't really stress this enough...Anycrap, if you think it's all peaches and cream to run a big DBZ site, think again.  Chris' writing shows how much something you work on for fun can truly take over your life.  It also shows how much it hurts when you realize that you have to separate yourself from it.   Seriously, this is one of the, if not the most, heartfelt works I have ever read in regards to a DBZ web site, and near the end, I was getting kinda misty-eyed.  I've never seen a web master "step down" like this before, but man, the way in which he did it was very throught-provoking.  I think Chris pretty much said what was on the minds of site owners who have been doing this for so long, and I'm glad he expressed what he felt.  I implore each and every one of you out there to please take the time out to read this.  That's all I have to say for now.  I doubt you're reading this Chris, but if you are, good luck in all you do.

Sunday, 6/10/01
-  Ah, my gal Dena has come through again with yet another wonderful Fanart update.  This time around, there are 20 new images for you to feast your eyes on.  Enjoy!

-  I made a new site-type-thing...^_^;  This is a little vain, though, cuz I finally went and created a personal page for all of my random stuff.  It's called Meri's Junk Jungle, and it contains some of my papers for school and other writings, photos, and other crap that I can't really put on any of my other sites.  Check it out if ya get bored. :P

-  Tic Tac Toe With Chibi Trunks and Trunks Concentration finally work again!  Those two are in the Games section.

Friday, 6/8/01
-  Eek, I wasn't expecting my server to be working properly again so soon!  Ummm...I guess that means I should add some stuff.  Heh, I am a tad un-prepared.  Here goes...

-  I've posted a little teaser preview of the new Music Video I'm working on.  Gone are the days of when I'd make shitty videos in 4 hours.  Now, I'm going to spend time on them, as my experience with my Otakon video and award-winning, anime music video maker guru, Scott Metzler, have taught me.  You can download it here, the "Doesn't Really Matter"- Preview clip.

-  Check out Daizenshuu EX for major news on Dragonball stuff!  Not only will the original theme songs (re-done in English) and music be remain in the Dragonball videos, but the eye-catches will now be included on the DVDs and DB videos!  Excellent, now there will be presumably less whining online.  It's all in his new Feature.   Great work, Jon.  Jon's also made a review of Eric Johnson's movie, "Hall of Mirrors".  I am jealous, I didn't get my copy yet. :P When I do, I'll mention it here on the site. 

-  Today is the day when I give web shout-outs to my friends with sites you may not know abou, but really deserve attentiont.  They work real hard, so please check 'em out.  Give ADawg's new site, Majin Seishin a go!  It's a stomping ground for his editorials, and other fun things.   I'm also a guest staff member there.  Sean, of former "Saiyajin Fusion Empire" fame has a new site, too!  It's all about his epic fanfic, Chikyujin Chronicles (gah, this link is wrong. Sean, what is it again?).  My great pal Cat of Goku Central had the chance to meet a bunch of our online friends at the recent (I also convinced her to go see Eric Johnson, too, haha!).  Check out her full report here.   And just because they're cool, here are Dragonball Kenkon and Aku No Nawabari and Savage Z.   Shout out to Wendy, who is more obsessed with Raditz than I ever have been or ever will be with Trunks.  It's all at the Tenjoukai.   Ok, I'll shut up now.

-  All the DBZ Scans from the other update days ago are now working!  Gawsh, they're purty.

Tuesday, 6/5/01
-   Wow....I can't believe how long it's been since I've made one of these.  For the first time in nearly half a year, and brand-spiffy-new Feature Film (located on my school space, cuz this server still won't let me upload stuff other than html files) has been made! *super gasp!*  It's called, "DBZ Sells Out", and it's all about the perils that the Z-Gang go through trying to make web sites, merchandising, TV shows, and movies, just to make a few extra bucks for a certain evil, scheming company.  I really hope you enjoy it, seeing as how I haven't produced one of these babies in such a long time.  Let me know what ya think. Special thanks go out to Mike (Mr. "I'm Too Sexy For Your Cat") and MG (Mr. "I'm Too Sexy For A New Host") for helping out with this one.  Well then, I have to write a page and go to a concert all in one night, so I'll be seein' you again laters. :P   Have fun!

Monday, 6/4/01
-  Go look at new DBZ Scans.  Too stressed for real update.  Places to go, people to see, concerts to drive to, bye.
Update:  Sorry, the images don't seem to be working.  Everytime I try to upload something other than a small html file, I get an error message.  This happened when I first moved to this server, and it was temporary.  Hopefully, this will be temporary as well.  In the meantime, I'll ready some fun things I've been working on.  I might even upload a preview of my new music vid to my school web space for the time being. Carry on!

Wednesday, 5/30/01
-  Right off the bat, I wanna give a big ol' thanks to all the people who have been sending feedback on the Philly trip section.   I'm glad to know people are actually checking it out!  Well, my summer class just started, which is why I haven't been able to get site stuff done in days.   However, I plan to get back on track, effective immediately.  *snoooore*   Anywho, today, there are six new Trunks Fanfics for you to read.  You can send your submissions to Majin Kenny, who is now able to go through all the fanfics again.

-  An interview with Laura Bailey, the voice actess for Chibi Trunks, has been posted to the Trunks Voice Actor Info page (wow, I've been adding plenty of stuff to this page lately!).  This interview is taken from the Beckett magazine.  Thanks go out to KRaZyKiTtYkLaWz7 for sending this to me.

Sunday, 5/27/01
-  I swear to you, today's update is the biggest one I have made in a long time.  It may not seem like much at first, but seriously, this took more time than anything I have worked on in a while.  But it is damn worth it!  As you may know, yesterday, Mike and I headed off to Philly to meet Eric Johnson and Sonny Strait, who were making an appearance at a mall as part of the DBZ Hummer tour.  It took nearly all day (ahh, vegging out is goooood), but I have finally completed my report and media based on yesterday's amazing experience.  It's titled, "Meri, Mike and Eric Walk Into a Bar....No Big Story", and it contains many movie clips, photos, screencaps, a fun sound file, and a summary of our trip.  I really hope you'll check it out (and maybe you'll even like it, too)!  I worked very hard on this thing, believe it or not ^_^;   You can find the link to it in both the Special Features section and the Trunks Voice Actor Info page.  Have fun, and have a great Memorial Day weekend!

Friday, 5/25/01

-  Happy Friday, peeps.  I got off from work today, so I figured I should make an update this morning!  Later, I'm gonna see Pearl Harbor.  I hope it's good!  Well, tomorrow is the big day.   Ohh, am I ever nervous!  I'm definiately gonna bring my digital camera, and I'm thinking I might bring a video camera so I can make movie clips later on from the experience of meeting the voices of Trunks and Krillin with Mike (hmm, I do believe his site is down for the time being).  Be afraid.  I know I am!  On with the goods..

-  I've made a few Chibi Trunks wallpapers for the Trunks Wallpapers section.

-  Thanks to Presea, a bunch of hot new Contributed Trunks Doujinshi images have been posted.  And speaking of doujinshi, the blook I won off eBay arrived in mail today.  There are two reasons why this one is special: 1) It's a drama, which a type I usually don't buy.  I love my comedy doujinshis!  2) It's nearly 70 pages long.  So, if I ever want to translate it, it's going to take a long time...but I'll have scans of choice pictures from it up soon!

-  I finally got around to updating the Links page, huzzah!  There's plently of really good sites in this batch, so I recommend you take some time out to view them!

-  For the time being, please do not send any Fanfics to Majin Kenny.  He needs some time to go through all the current submissions. Thanks!

Wednesday, 5/23/01
-   So...tired...so very, very tired.  Working...summer class in one week...stuff....work on Otakon video and fan dub parody (I am the great Washuu!)...yikes.   *brightens up* But me and Mike are going to see Eric Johnson and Sonny Strait on the weekend, so horray!   I am revived!  Yesss, and with that said, I have summoned enough energy (Genki dama!? nah.) to make a DBZ Scans update.   Again, this is a lovely batch of huge-ass, good quality pictures that I'm sure people like MG will put to disturbing use. Enjoy them!

-  A cute, reminds-me-of-when-I-was-a-15-year-old-Trunks-teenybopper-type Fan Manga has been posted today.  It's adorable, if you're the type of person who likes to fantasize about things. :P

-  Expect Chibi Trunks media in all forms real soon.  Also, the Links will be updated at some point.  No, I haven't forgotten them...it's just that it's a tedious update, so I wanna save it for a rainy day.  *Looks outside* God dammit.....

Thursday, 5/17/01
-   Alrighty, so it looks like not all the new DBZ tapes are messed up.  Thanks to all those who e-mailed me.  Whee, I can buy the stuff now. :)  Before I forget, please don't send any Fanart to Dena for the time being.  her computer is busted, so she can't deal with submissions right now.  When she's available again, I'll mention it here on the main page.  Let's move on...

-  I just can't stop doing Trunks Doujinshi translations!  I swear, I'm addicted to it.  I hope it's worth it, though!  I wouldn't want all this work to be for nothing. *sniff sniff*  This time around, an all *new* book entirely has been added to the doujinshi archives.  Enter Tora Tora, a crazy little book just about Trunks.  The images are hilarious, it's a fun ride.  I have translated three stories for your reading pleasure.

-  And speaking of "reading pleasure", why not give the new editorials posed in Enlightened Ones  a looksie?   :)  A Dawg, I love your work, mister.

-  4 new Trunks Puzzles have been made!   The puzzles are located in the Games section.

Tuesday, 5/15/01
-  Yikes, the ToT with a news update!?  Say it isn't so! (*little voice- "it isn't so!*).   According to Trujita and Koganei, all the new Dragonball tapes that came out today are defective!  There's a blue line that goes across the screen, and therefore, is impossible to see or hear anything.  Don't buy them!  *whew* Thanks for the info.  I was going to buy them tomorrow, too...Thank goodness for DVDs!  Ummm, my new job has really got me busy!  I now work for my University, so I'm rather tied up right now.  However, I should be able to make a real update tomorrow, yup yup.  Until then, ja ne, my cuties.

Monday, 5/14/01
-  Kuso, I hate bumping my own updates.  Check this out, if you haven't already.  Ok, now that that thing is out of the way, time to continue with Monday's treats.

-  I am a lean, mean, translating machine!  In the Trunks Doujinshi section, two more Golden Lucky 5 stories have been translated for your reading pleasure.  I hope you like them!  Thanks for the help, Napiersama!

-  The Fan Manga page finally has a new addition, courtesy of the wonderful and talented Darci-san!  It's a brand new "Trunks Time" story.  Don't worry, it's just as sick as the rest of Darci's work. :D  Oh, now that I'm done with Cowboy Bebop, maybe I'll make a music video dedicated to it *evil smirk*.

Sunday, 5/13/01
-  The super duper fun project is done!  Ok, so it isn't for the ToT, but I helped with some of it, so I feel it is my duty and pleasure to give it much pluggage.  I present to you the new Feature over at Daizenshuu EX.  It's kind of like....well, it's...umm...Allright, I can't describe it.  It's odd, funny, nutty, and took months of work.  It's Daizenshuu EX: The Series!  In case you were wondering, I play the characters "Fuck" and "Gay MrE".  I also made the title graphics! ^_^; I urge you to download the audio that goes with the story.  You won't be disappointed!

-  For anyone who cares, here is some news on our favorite dub Trunks voice actor, Eric Johnson.  According to the mailing list that I'm on all about the movie Eric was in, Eric has been in a few Sherwin Williams commercials.  I haven't seen any yet...;_; If anyone out there has seen it, and can send me a clip of it, I'd really appreciate it.  Also, it says that he "has been busy doing character voices and writing scripts for the popular anime series Dragon Ball."  Script writing?   Wow, that's news to me.  Pretty cool. *nods*  For all those who don't know, Eric will be playing the role of the Tenkaichi Budokai Announcer.  He's also been co-producing some short films.  All this info has been added to the Trunks Voice Actor Info section.  Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna waste my last day before my new job begins by finishing off the Cowboy Bebop series.  Spike, you little darling, you.... Oh, and happy 17th b-day, Alyssa.

Saturday, 5/12/01

-  *cough* So, "it" isn't ready yet.  Once it is done, however, I shall mention it here on the main page.  Sorry 'bout that.  In the meantime, please enjoy today's update!  I've made a bunch of new Trunks Screencaps, and they've been posted to GT Trunks- Page 2.   Since these are from some GT fansubs (gawd, I haven't used fansubs as a source for screencaps in so long.  I feel so dirty!), the images are smaller than usual, like when I take caps from commercially available goods.  But in any case, they're still rare GT Trunks pics, so I hope you will like them!  Ja ne for now.  I shall come back when "it" is done. :P  Umm, I was gonna have a Feature Film ready for this weekend, but that doesn't look like it'll happen.  I'll definitely have one made next week, though! :)

-  I updated the Links page on my Newbie's Guide to Anime Music Videos site, for a lack of anything better to do.

Thursday, 5/10/01
-  With school completed for the time being, I got time to do odd things, like doujinshi translations.  Wow, it's been a while since I've exercised my Japanese skills, so this was quite the difficult task.  In any case, please check out the Trunks Doujinshi page (which is now working again) to see my new Golden Lucky 5 translations!   Remember that since these stories are un-flipped, you have to read them from right to left.

-  12 lovely and large DBZ images have been added to Scans- Page 2.  I look forward to seeing how MG will mutilate these new images. ^_^

-  It's coming.  Tomorrow.  Oh yeah, be sure to view yesterday's Music Video if you haven't done so already. :)

Wednesday, 5/9/01
-  Yatta!   My finals are done, and school is over.  I have about three weeks downtime 'till my summer class begins, so I shall use that time wisely for making fun goodies for the site.  I had a good time celebrating the end of my school year yesterday, ahhh...^_-  And now, on with the updates.

-  It only took about 5-6 months, but I finished the preliminary final version of my Otakon Music Video submission!  You can find it in the "Non-DBZ" part of the Music Videos page.  Here it is: "Again"- Fushigi Yuugi Music Video (Final Web Version).  I'm gonna remake the *final* final version on a better computer, and ship it off to the contest from there.  But for the purposes of this site, the video I'm posting today is most likely what you'll see at the Otakon, if my video makes it in the contest.  Any feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  This is my favorite music video that I've made...it's my widdle pride and joy!

-  The Fanfics section has been updated with 9 new stories.  I hope you'll enjoy them.  Send all submissions to MajinKenny.  Remember, your fanfics *must* be about Trunks (remember who the focus of this site is, kids).

Monday, 5/7/01
-  Holy crap, this Monday is off to a great start!  Three weeks ago, I re-submitted the ToT to the Anipike, cuz of the url change.  However, I never would have thought that the ToT would be picked as of of the Weekly Web Picks... for a *second* time!  The first time that something ToT-related was picked by the Anipike was back in 1999 for the Feature Films. As far as I know, this is the only DBZ site to be spotlighted not once, but twice by the Anipike.  That's pretty neat, and I'm real happy.  I guess this means I'm doing something right. ^_^   Anywhooo, let us continue with today's shizzat.

-  I've added some (skimpy) info and some pictures of Laura Bailey, the dub voice actress of Chibi Trunks, to the Trunks Voice Actor Info page.

-  The Sexuality of Trunks has new quotes posted!

-  There are two new bios up in the Look into the Future page.

Sunday, 5/6/01
-  Wow, if I told you I spent 2+ hours on this update, you probably wouldn't believe me, heh.   'S ok, cuz I like to pretend that it's worth it.  Today, there's a fabulous new Fanart update.  30 truly wonderful new images have been added to Page 3 of the Fanart section.  6 of those are made by me, huzzah!  I've been wanting to post them up for a while now.  Collectively, I call it "DB Prom 2001", where you can find pics of Dragonball couples all dressed up and purty-like.  I hope you like them... I worked real hard on them ^_^;  I should mention that a *lot* of the fanarts this time around are of Trunks.  Don't worry fellas, there are many hot chicks in my prom drawings, so go check those out to make up for it.  Thanks go out to Dena for handling the submissions.

- Alrighty, my final exams are Monday and Tuesday.  I wish to be thought of as a living zombie until the end of them. :P However, once I'm done, you can look forward to a crap-load of new goodies from me.  I have a new idea for a music video I want to do, as well as a Feature Film, and a new section.  See ya soon!!

Friday, 5/4/01
-  When I went to the mall yesterday, being the pathetic fangirl that I am, I bought a Trunks keychain and a bunch of DBZ cards.  Huzzah, scannable content!  So, I scanned a few of the cards and posted them to DBZ Scans- Page 2.   These images are from the early Buu era, and are really high quality.  I hope you'll check them out.  More scans to come at a later date.

-  And now, I bring you the Friday Super Fuji Fun Time Plug of the Day.  Man, I don't even know how to give this an introduction... it's the coolest thing I've read in a while.  Then again, I'm a tad biased since I was around when most of this editorial was being written.  I'm talking about the new Staff Thought over at Daizenshuu EX.  Man oh man, do I ever feel sorry for whoever is at the receiving end of this editorial.   Mike-boy, I'm jealous of your writing style.  Can you write my paper for me? (ok, so we're in the same Japanese history class, but write mine for me anyways ;_;)   A word to the wise:  if you want to write an effective and convincing editorial, research and well-thought out ideas really help.  Ok, that was my random advice for the day that pretty much sucks.  Happy Friday!

Tuesday, 5/1/01
- May day, May day!  Ah, the weather is to die for, and I ...  I am dying from cabin fever.   It's finals time, so I'm writing papers and studying to the point where I forget what it looks like outside my house. ;_; It's so tragic.  Fortunately, I should be done with all that school crap in a week, so stress will go bye-bye soon.  On with today's update (update!? I should be studying! ARG!).

-  I worked on one of my super fuji fun-time sections, the Trunks Doujinshi page!  Bunches of loverly pics have been added to Misc. Trunks Doujinshi.   I think I accidently put some "Contributed Pics" in this batch, so if you see your scans in the wrong place, let me know.

-  There is a new winner and sentence up in the Random DBZ Fill in the Blank Contest.

-  As I mentioned a few days ago, I've been working on a new site, and it's finally done.  It's called "A Newbie's Guide to Making Anime Music Videos".  This was for a project for school, but I figured it would tie in well with the ToT in that I get a lot of music video questions.  With this little site, I hope that all your questions will be answered.  Enjoy!

-  Gah, a lot of sites have new urls!  I won't go through and fix them now cuz there's a shit-load of them, so I shall save that for another update. :P

-  I added a banner to DBC:WDC below cuz the ToT wouldn't be complete without more clutter on the main page. ^_^

Sunday, 4/29/01
-  I did one of my favorite kinds of updates today... screencaps!  Damn, I have way too much fun making those images.  For your visual amusement, 13 new Chibi Trunks Screencaps have been added to the Trunks Screencaps section.  I hope you like them.   I bought a couple of GT fansubs today (someone shoot me), so I should be making a bunch of GT Trunks 'caps next weekend, hopefully.  Stay tuned for that.

-  Gah, today, is a sad, sad day.  I just read that one of my favorite sites, Saiyajin Fusion Empire, will be closing next month. ;_; Sad am I...  I suggest you give this site a final looksie before it ascends to DBZ web site heaven.  It's one of my top picks for DBZ sites. Ever.  SJFE will be missed muchly. *runs away and whines*

Monday, 4/29/01
-  I did one of my favorite kinds of updates today... screencaps!  Damn, I have way too much fun making those images.  For your visual amusement, 13 new Chibi Trunks Screencaps have been added to the Trunks Screencaps section.  I hope you like them.   I bought a couple of GT fansubs today (someone shoot me), so I should be making a bunch of GT Trunks 'caps next weekend, hopefully.  Stay tuned for that.

-  Gah, today, is a sad, sad day.  I just read that one of my favorite sites, Saiyajin Fusion Empire, will be closing next month. ;_; Sad am I...  I suggest you give this site a final looksie before it ascends to DBZ web site heaven.  It's one of my top picks for DBZ sites. Ever.  SJFE will be missed muchly. *runs away and whines*

Saturday, 4/28/01
-  Wow, the last few days have been just plain weird.  First, a car accident wound up in my backyard, then, my computer literally died for a day and then went back to normal, and then I did some work for a project for another site (that will be mentioned soon, heheh. Be *very* afraid*).  Anycrap, I've managed to do just a little bit of work for this site.  A couple of new, high quality Chibi Trunks scans have been added to the Trunks Scans page.  Expect some Chibi Trunks screencaps in a few days, too.  Carry on!

Wednesday, 4/25/01
-  Ok all you happy fanboys and girls out there, it's the update you've all been wating for!   New Trunks Fanfics!  MajinKenny's da man.  He's selected some fine fanfics to be posted this week (I should mention that new fanfics will be posted weekly, or bi-weekly, depending on how many submissions there are), one of which includes the third installment of "Pan and Trunks' First Date" by TurtleEmm.  Remember that all Fanfics must be sent to MajinKenny.

-  Updated the Trunks Drinking Game with a single Trunks drinkable quality (does that even make sense? :P).

-  If you didn't catch this before the site went down, I'll post it again for all those who missed it. Shelly sent me a very cute song she made just for the ToT!  You can listen to it here.

-  My former server-mates have found a new home!  That's right, I'm talking about my buddies over at Daizenshuu EX. They have a new host, and are back in business... with a bang!  I highly recommend reading Mike's Staff Thought all about DBZ DVDs.  Also, be sure to give his new Music section a peep.  I was at his dorm part of the time  he was developing this extensive music database, so I know how much effort he put in to it.  *sniff* 'Tis a thing of beauty!

-  My new site is just about done.  Just a few more finishing touches, and it'll be finished.  I'll probably "debut" it tomorrow.

Sunday, 4/22/01
- Huzzah, an actual content update! Today, I've not only re-organized the Trunks in English section, but I've also added a new sub-section for dub Season 5 Chibi Trunks sounds. Aside from Trunks sounding like an 8-year-old mobster, I think the sounds are pretty fun. Enjoy!

Friday, 4/20/01
-  Whoa man, it's 420!  Time to get high!.... too bad I despise smoking. *cough* I love you loft *cough*  Anyways, could you believe I'm making this update while writing a paper?  This is called "Meri is lazy and can't write a stinking 2-page Art History paper, so I'll make a bs update instead"!  So, to take my mind off things, I've updated the Links page with just a couple of new items.  Noteworthy places this time around include: Planet Z, Nani, Kakarot's House of Wonder, and Red Ribbon Beauty.   Hey, I recently discovered that I can get this site more popular by putting down other web masters!  So, to the web mistress of Temple *O Gokuo, yer ass is mine, you dumb skank. :P

-  Since Android18, the girl who helped with the Fanfics, has seemingly fallen off the face of the planet, my friend MajinKenny has graciously volunteered his time out to be in charge of the Fanfics!  Please send all submissions to him.

Wednesday, 4/18/01
-  Yatta!   The ToT is finally alive and kicking again!  About 85% of the files have been uploaded, with the exception of some music videos and movie clips (which will be uploaded later), and files beginning with the letter U-Z (long story).  All I can say is wow *sigh*.  I never want to have to go through this again.  If you missed my long-winded speech about the site at the old location going down, please read what I wrote at the bottom of the update list.  Honestly, I don't think many people know what's it's like to attempt to transfer 5000+ files from one host to another.  It's stressful and a real bitch and I wouldn't wish such a thing upon people I dislike, but now, I hope you can enjoy the goodies here again.  I am relieved it's all up again *super, super sigh* Some things are still missing, and I'm in the process of retrieving them.  No, I don't need any help, thank you. ^_^  And PLEASE don't e-mail me telling me that there are some broken links.  I'm well aware of that.   *triple sigh*  Now that that's out of the way, let's have fun again!  As long as you're willing to keep coming back for dis weird shit, I'm willing to deliver.   See ya soon!

Sunday, 4/15/01
-  First up, Happy Easter to all those who celebrate it.  Supposedly, I do, but....ehh, I got family coming over today, so I guess that means I celebrate it.  If you understand the song lyric in the title bar, you get a jellybean!  Last night, Mike and I went to go see New Found Glory, The Youth Ahead, Midtown, and many others in the first annual Surf and Skate Fest in Asbury Park, NJ.  We had to wait 8 hours before NFG played, but hot damn, it was so incredibly worth it.  They put on a great show.  I lost my watch and sunglasses there, and got kicked a few times (short people and crowd surfing don't mix. Save me!), but in the end, I enjoyed it muchly.  I think Mike will be writing a full blown review of the event at his temporary url, so stay tuned for that.  I don't have that much to add to it other than I can't wait to see NFG again... and my feet really hurt.  Whee, only the Warped Tour, Blink 182, and 2 *N Sync concerts to go!  I have warped musical tastes.  Deal. :P

I've been having trouble uploading again, but today, it seems like it's working fine.   I'll upload shit on my crappy 56k modem, so I'll see how long that takes.   Hopefully, I'll be done uploading by the end of the day, if my compy doesn't konk out on me.  Then, I have to go an edit hundreds of html files associated with the ToT.  I haven't gotten around to doing any of that yet.  I'm a baaaddd widdle web mistress.  Anycrap, when all is said and done, I *hope* to have this all done by Tuesday.  Until then, don't get sick on Easter candy!

Oh yeah, I almost forgot!  "The Producers" on Broadway was the best play I've ever seen in my life.  It was so sick and twisted and funny.  I highly recommend seeing it, if you can manage to pay $100+ per ticket for a show that will be sold out for many months ahead. :)  Matthew Broderick was so talented and cute!   I wanted to take him home with me in a box.  Damn you, Sarah Jessica Parker!   Whee, I love how the main page has turned into a place for my nonsensical ranting.   I can get away with it since no one is really reading this, huzzah!

Monday, 4/9/01
-   After not being able to upload pretty much anything all weekend (heh, sorry, things happen. :P), it is time for me to seriously get cracking and move everything to this new location. I was having trouble with moving files over, but it looks like everything is working fine now. Expect this site to be back in full effect any time between Wednesday and Friday. Tomorrow, I'm going into NYC with my family to see the new Broadway show, "The Producers". Yep, it's based on that old Mel Brooks movie you may have seen. I can't wait to see how they will pull off "Springtime for Hitler". It'll be great. Have a good day!

Friday, 4/6/01
-   Hey DBZ freaks, Meri here. Well, eFront has gone and decided that it will no longer host sites any more. To read the full story on this, please go here.   That means no more ToT at sreanime.net, or Daizenshuu EX (which is for the time being, located here!). Oh well, that's that. What's done is done, and I have no problem with moving on. I would just like to thank SREDBZ for taking me in a year ago in my time of need. Now, flash forward to the present, where I'd like to thank Tapion for taking in the ToT here at www.dbcollection.com! Right now, I'm still in the process of uploading files, and I hope to be done with that in a few days. However, the media files will take longer to upload, for I have not yet decided what I what I want to do about that area of the site. In any case, welcome to the new home of the ToT! The usually wackiness will ensue shortly. If you could upate your bookmarks and links (that's http://www.dbcollection.com/trunks), that would be greatly appreciated.

Now, to move on to more serious business. I've been working on the Temple O' Trunks for three years. I'm in college. I have friends, family, and a boyfriend to worry about. I just have other things to attend to in my life that take precedence to working on this site. As much as I love working on the ToT, I can't deny the fact that DBZ and Trunks aren't the biggest things in my life right now, and haven't been for quite some time. Just because my love for Trunks and DBZ has died down considerably over the years doesn't mean my passion for expressing my creativity through these things has. I work on this site because I love to provide you guys entertainment. It really makes me happy. It's as simple as that. ^_^ However, if something should happen along the line that would threaten the existence of this site, I doubt I would continue with it. I've been on more hosts than I can remember. Moving to new locations is stress that I won't really want to bother with, but I keep moving because I don't want to let you all down.... I'd feel guilty that way, and I don't know why. Sounds kinda silly, huh? :) But, enough of that brooding crap. So long as the ToT is able to say alive here, I'll keep working on it. When the right time comes, I'll stop working on the site on *my* terms, not because some server problems won't let me. Catch y'all real soon. Stay spiffy.