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Hello and welcome to my userpage! I'm Zesty Cactus, a ninteen-year-old Pokémon fan from Canada. I've just recently graduated from high school and I'm currently working at an independent toy store (which has depressingly little Pokémon merch).
I've been playing the Pokémon games since I recieved Pokémon Red Version in the late 1990s. While my favourite main series game is Pokémon Emerald Version, I do dust off my fourth gen games every so often to keep up with the times. I read most of the Pokémon manga that's out there, my favourite being Pokémon Adventures (isn't it everyone's favourite?). I like the anime well enough, but I'm never home when it's on TV and I don't have enough time to watch it on DVD/internet, although I routinely waste money on the DVDs anyways. I actually hate shipping so much, not just for Pokémon but for all fandoms... I particularily dislike PokéShipping and RocketShipping. I do like to joke about DaddyShipping though because.... duuuuude.
I'm an avid collector of Pokémon merchandise. I'm not one of those creepy collectors who buys stuff and keeps it in dusty boxes, though - I collect all the crap I do because I just love Pokémon that much. The centrepieces of my collection are easily my international items - anything I brought back from Japan (I went to Japan with my high school last March), the Spanish stuff that Dany36 gave me (she's from Mexico!), and some random French stuff I have lying around. I'm always adding stuff to Project Globe and "In other languages" sections: I find languages fascinating and I love learning about Pokémon in countries outside of my own. I'm currently trying to brush up my French to a usable level (Mon Français n'est pas bon) and I'd like to eventually pick up a third language like Spanish or German.
I have a boyfriend, Dech Amim, who I met in high school and I love him very much. :') Although I've always loved the Pokémon games, it was with him that I rediscovered the fandom when we both started new games in third gen. Other people I know that you may have seen around Bulbapedia are Thatguywiththecodes, my little brother (>_>) and Dany36, my bffl for life. ^^
☆ Thanks for visiting my page and reading all my crap! ☆
Pokémon games I own: Red Version (JP), Red Version (US), Silver Version, Crystal Version, Ruby Version, Emerald Version, FireRed Version, LeafGreen Version, Diamond Version, Platinum Version, Pokémon Snap, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2, Pokémon Colosseum, Pokémon XD, Pokémon Channel, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team, Pokémon Dash, Pokémon Ranger, Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon Puzzle League, Pokémon Puzzle Challenge, Pokémon Pinball, Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, Pokémon Project Studio Blue, and all four Pokémon Game Boy Advance Video cartridges.
