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I never caught the Shiny Gyarados in the original Gold version. However, I saw a shiny Nidorina on Route 15 in Kanto, but my poor Jolteon's Quick Attack was too strong and killed it :(
That said, my first caught shiny was a Spinda on Ruby. I would catch two more shiny Spinda in Generation...
I am in the same situation as you.
Originally, in 9th and 10th grades, I had very good grades, but then things fell apart from there, and I started to miss school often; namely because of other people's behavior. (I think having Asperger's syndrome has something to do with it) Those issues...
I like shopping at American Eagle too. It is also my favorite clothing brand. (prior to about June 2009 or so, Hollister was my favorite) Lately they have come out with some good men's graphic tees that look very cool; some of them do not even have a visible AE logo on the print!
In fact...
Well, I used My French Coach for a little bit (I got it as Christmas present a few years back), and if I recall right, it reminded me somewhat of a classroom approach.
You could check out UniLang (unilang.org), which provides free resources for learning and practicing a foreign language.
Have any of you heard about the recent controversies regarding Internet Brands' (they bought out Jelsoft a while back) decision to change vBulletin's pricing scheme? It has made many paying vB licensees angry, and some of those customers have been banned from the vbulletin.com support forums...
Well, I guess I was just wanting to try something new with Articuno, different than the standard... well I guess I'll go with Ice Beam / Roar / Roost / Toxic with the suggested EVs. I could see using that over my "invention" now.
Well, I have a copy of Miamisportsfan45's redistributable Articuno, and I thought up of a moveset that I could use with it. Anyways, here goes:
Articuno@Life Orb
IVs: 9 / x / 10 / 31 / 30 / 25
Bold Nature
Move 1: Ice Beam
Move 2: Ancientpower / Hidden Power [Bug 64] (which would be...