What can I say? My encounter with the legendary Tara Strong was a strange one, like many others. After waiting for an hour, I approached her and addressed her as Mrs. Tara Charendoff-Strong, the maiden name I learned from a copy of <ins>Nickelodeon Magazine</ins> commemorating the first Rugrats movie when I was in the fifth grade. She said that she liked my Angel plushie and a drawing I did of Angel inspired by the Babyfier episode of the Lilo and Stitch television series. I even asked her about what cartoon she looks forward to when it feels like it all went south, but she said that even though she stays positive through the bad, she looks to Family Guy.

This one is a testament to what can happen even as it looked like it all went south, even 25 years since a near drowning tested whether or not I was human enough to survive. Who would have thought that I would live to meet one of the most respected voice actresses on the continent? This is for all my friends and colleagues who knew me all those years for watching The Powerpuff Girls and My Little Pony. For the rest of us, she played the original Bubbles and Twilight Sparkle respectively. This is also for the training I have had in dealing with people. Even though it didn’t seem likely, I got it to a point where I was able to safely approach people with grace and poise.

Now, with hope, my brothers see more as to why I hold cartoons so near and dear versus most others in my age group. I thank them for supporting me in this endeavor.

She even sung Angel’s song to me.

It doesn’t affect STITCH.