My mom's a gamer. We played everything old school and have faithfully stuck by Nintendo and a bit of Playstation for the most part. My mom is still playing Animal Crossing and Bejeweled quite regularly even now. XD

I can't imagine what it would be like to live in a temple --for the most part, I imagine the stone floors to be very cold at night, and the silence of of the temple to be eerie. I suppose that you'd have to be very respectful of such a place since it still has an owner (the goddess, I imagine, will remember the temple even when the mortals forget --at least that was the perspective I took for some of my stories. XD) I think that I would put up offerings if I were a believer of gods in that world and at least curb my tongue if I wasn't one completely. Being witness to a war can seriously strengthen or kill your beliefs, however. I like writing about "believers" though many of my characters seem to turn out more or less atheist/agnostic. XD;

The Jake I mentioned refuses to put his faith into a higher being; partially out of insolence and stubbornness, and partially out of laziness. *headfloor* I have another character who is a Christian, and a few who are deities themselves or believers of them in another world.

I don't think I can ever seriously/truthfully cross-over real religions in my stories though; partially because I can't convert Christianity or any other creator-based religion without some odd plot-hole appearing, and partially because I keep making my own deities which are different depending on the time and the different realms. XD; Also, my stories have reincarnation, but since I write with a Christian influence (even a subconscious one) it tends to get kinda fuzzy in the religious area. :X

In the end, I guess whatever belief works out for each individual character, but the "truths" of the world still remain a mystery.

As the creator of the world, you have the decision in whether or not something's true. Of course, not going into detail about such things is your choice and right as well.

Er, by people to wonder those things, did you mean the readers? And if so, will it later be revealed?

I think that religion is a beautiful and wonderful thing; it's a part of culture, why people are as they are. I would like for all of my characters to have something to believe in, even if it wasn't gods or religion itself, though having a religious character or RPing with a religious character strongly appeals to me too. That there's something to follow gives a person a different sort of depth.

What I meant about the Christian influence in generally a sub-conscious one (Toby aside, because I made him with the mindset of having him as a Christian kid); in terms justice and practice, I wouldn't say my stories follow Christian ideals much. Many of my characters have lifestyles that contradict Christian standards in one way or another and each one chooses what they believe in or was influenced with different beliefs in their own ways.

I think the whole reincarnation thing was influenced by Buddhism, which is practiced by some members in my family (mostly aunts and uncles and such.)

Aha, people could say that you're a purple man-eating monkey and it wouldn't be true; I think whether you're religious or not is up to you to decide. I don't think being religious is as bad as people make it out to me, but I like romanticizing religion, so. XD Nothing wrong with being religious or not though.

Today my brother joined my friend and I for coffee and I realized that after I introduced her to Oofuri, she went on to watch it without me and nearly finished the first season. XD; I wanted to watch it again (preferrably with her), but I guess I wouldn't mind watching from the DVDs after I order them either. >>b

Today I finished about two and a half online assignments which I needed to do at the computer lab. I've also done two essays, so what's left is another four or so online assignments, two finals/final projects, and another group project. I'll be so happy when school is out; frickin' gonna have an anime marathon, read up on all my new books (which I keep buying but can't read yet), and I'm finally going to RP and work on my OCs. Aah, I feel so happy just thinking about it! Ah, and I have art to do too! :D

Uh, yeah... I don't do that.

Nah, I don't think it's fair to vote for someone on a show I don't even watch.

You're not the only one getting into it though; my facebook feed is full of The Voice. XD;