First of all, I haven't been submitting anything recently because of three things:

1. I'm still trying to complete the doujinshi. No complaints though, I'm getting better with faces and figures nowadays.

2. The practice sketches I'm doing recently SUCK.

3. I didn't draw anything last Thursday and Friday. Sorry about that.

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Anyway, I realized that Pokemon is more than 10 years old (it's 13 years since Red and Blue came out).

Those were the days. Especially for Pokemon Yellow. My Alakazam trashed Mewtwo in 1 hit (which was sad, since I already used up my Master Ball on Articuno - an ice element was quite rare then).

But I got over my loss pretty quickly. Oh, and some idiot saved over my file. Rest in peace...my level 70 Alakazam and Dragonaut.

And the recent cartoon still show Ash as a Pokemon battler.

Imagine..he was about 16 years old then. Now he's about 26 and still hunting for Pokemon. So I decided to ask him about his plans and goals for 2010.

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Me: Hi Ash.

Ash: Hi.

Me: So it's been 10 years, huh? You've grown quite a bit. No, actually you're still the short little squirt you were 10 years ago. But you must have matured a bit. 2009 is ending soon, what's your plans for 2010?

Ash: I WANT TO BE THE POKEMON MASTER! I WANT TO CATCH EM' ALL!

Me: Really? Initially I counted 150 pokemon that you could catch. Not counting Mew. The number seems to have increased to about 500...and it looks like there's more pokemon coming out next year. You sure you still want to pursue your dreams?

Ash: YES! I WILL BEAT GARY AND THE ELITE FOUR! THEN I WILL BE THE POKEMON MASTER!

Me: Umm..suit yourself. Anyway, you're now 26. Don't you think about getting a girlfriend or something? You do have hormones, right?

Ash: NO! I DO NOT NEED A GIRLFRIEND! I HAVE PIKACHU!

Me: Well, ain't that nice. Waitaminute...you..have..Pikachu? What in heaven do you mean?

Ash: I HAVE PIKACHU AND THAT'S IT! I DO NOT NEED A GIRLFRIEND!

Me: Ok..let's ask Pikachu what Ash means by that.

Pikachu: Pikapika.

Ash: PIKACHU! YOU BETTER NOT TELL HIM WHAT WE DO AT NIGHT!!

Me: That reveals more than I need to know. Ah well...the mouse can't talk anyway. So Ash is legally safe. Oh look, here comes May.

May: Hi, Ash.

Me: Wow. You're quite the looker, May. You've grown in certain..areas.

May: I'm flattered. But look at Ash. He's only interested in Pikachu. What's wrong with him? Or am I that ugly?

Me: No. Maybe Ash has a fetish for yellow mouses or something.

Ash: I DO NOT HAVE A FETISH! I HAVE PIKACHU!!

May: What's wrong with you, Ash? Look at me! Why won't you look at me? Help me Brock!!

Me: Brock's not around. Please calm down, May. I'm getting scared.

May: You won't do anything! You won't help me! You won't even hold me!

Me: What the hell?

May: No! Don't come near me! I can live by myself!

Ash: DO YOU REALLY LIKE ME?

May: NOOOOOOOOOOO!! *kicks Ash in the balls*

Ash stands there, frozen. His crotch area glows red. The glow intensifies. Butterfree and Charizard suddenly appear in front of Ash.

Me: What the hell? Ash has replaced his balls with...Pokeballs??

May: Nooooooooo!!! No! No! Ash! Why????

Ash: I WANT TO BE THE POKEMON MASTER!!

I run away from that pit of insanity. I don't know why Ash turned out this way, but I decide not to think too much about that.

Though I still have May's number. I suppose I could try to *comfort* her. Though I'm more of a lolicon.

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Sorry for not responding these days. I'll try to look at your works tomorrow (it's 2 am for me and I've got to wake up at 6.40 am tomorrow).

Anyway, you get a cookie if you figure out the hidden reference in the story.

Also, I'm not a lolicon guy. I like women of all ages (up to about 35). Young girls are nice too.

Mmmmmmmmm..