Site FAQ
  • What is this site for?

    This site first came to exist for the sole purpose of having detailed information on characters from Final Fantasy VII.  Then it turned into my own place to record my life on the web log page.  I then just added stuff that I wanted to record so I could read them again sometime later(Anime reviews of series and episodes, crappy fan fiction, quotes, etc).

    Currently, things that are updated:  Anime episode reviews, the occasional Anime series review, my web log, a quote every now and then, and web test once in a while.
     
  • Why not just keep it as a personal webpage on my own PC?

    I thought that someone somewhere could find some of what I have written useful in some way, and there have been a few people who have contacted me and complemented me for one reason or another.  ^_^
    Only one has ever flamed me(by e-mail).  I expected more in the two years I have kept this thing running.  >_>

  • Site History

    When I first made the site, I decided to name it Gaea.  Gaea was the name of the world in the Escaflowne TV series, and Escaflowne was high on my favorite Anime list at the time. 

    The site was first on the American Tripod servers.  Then it moved to the U.K. Tripod servers and Netfirm servers.  Finally, I got money to get my own domain and server space.  All the addresses with Gaea had already been taken(the ones I wanted).  I had to decide on a new name and came up with a few: Desert Graveyard, Desert Coffin, and Kitetsu.  I had others, but these three were the ones I thought were best of all the ideas.  The first two are attacks that Gaara(Naruto) uses.  The third one is the name of Zoro's(One Piece) "evil" sword.  I finally decided on Desert Graveyard because it sounded best in my opinion.

  • What do you keep the message board for?

    It's there in case there's actually someone who wants to request I write up a certain review for some Anime (episode).  The board doesn't require registration to post so people are free to spam it with whatever.

  • What's with the layout?

    I dislike most super flashy sites actually.  Bandwidth is obviously not a problem for me.  I just like to keep things simple.  This place isn't trying to win anyone's approval but my own.  The actual layout is from some free layout site.  I have no idea where since it was so long ago now.

  • Why do I always put two spaces after the end of every sentence?

    It's just a strange habit I have that derived from my computer classes in high school.

  • Navigation Stuff

    Navi Control is the name I gave to the main set of links around the main site.  Anime reviews, Anime episode reviews, Final Fantasy VII character information.
    Clicking on "Shoju's Section" will take you the the second set of links:  Scorpion Control.  The "Other Stuff" will be linked sometime in the future, and that leads to a third set of links for other stuff.

    Scorpion Control is the name I gave to the set of links about my personal stuff.  Web tests I have taken, articles I've written, my outdated profile on myself, and my favorite things.

    When/if I ever get to it, Other Stuff will have it's own little set of links to my "other stuff."  My unfinished shrine to Ayumi-sama, my super crappy fan fiction, and some other stuff I can't remember right now.

  • My Web Journal

    If you look anywhere on my ICQ or AIM profiles, you won't see a link to my web log.  My web log is really just for me, but if anyone actually wants to read it, they can.  I only submit the core of my site to search engines and Anipike.  Other than that, I really don't advertise much to anyone.  I also have my site listed in my Quote on my GameFAQs user profile.  I want people to wander into my site because they're looking for something that might be here.

  • Stuff I Say

    A lot of times I'll type stuff saying that I'll do this and I'll do that, but I'm one hell of a lazy bastard.  I usually end up not doing something and doing other things instead.  As I type this, I have a huge back-log of Anime episode reviews to write.  So take anything I say with a grain of salt, and feel free to flame me/pester me to do something if you actually want me to do something.
     
  • Traffic and visitors

    On the Tripod servers, my site just had one long ass history page with all my old site news and web log on one page respectively.  At that time, my site wasn't using Iframes and everything was directly on the page.  After two years of running, those two pages got pretty big.  Most of my hits were because of those pages.  Gaea recorded up to 100,000 hits, and most of it was just because of those two pages that ended up on some search results of someone who didn't search very well.  Why or how I still have hits now is just weird.  There was a spike in traffic this month (June 2004) because I recently submitted a link to a certain site that involves pictures of a very nice and naked Lulu cosplayer.  For the other months, some have wandered in through Anipike or search results.  I don't really get much traffic now because I guess search engines can't crawl very well through Iframes.  I'm sure I would come up on much more search results if every page of my site was searched through.



     
  • Here's a list of things I've said/I want to do at some point in the future

    To Do List:
     
    • Tenjou Tenge reviews
    • Write up a detailed information on Jenova and the Lifestream
    • Finish converting my Ayumi-sama shrine and fan fiction (The fan fiction is actually partly done.  I found someone trying to access it and wondered who in the hell would actually want to read that, and it kind of lit a fire in me to get it done.)
    • Start making an online manga (HAHAHA.  Like I'm actually going to make this happen.)

    * - These items actually have a chance of getting done soon.