August 10, 200916 yr I haven't watched Grave of the Fireflies or Barefoot Gen, either. War films kind of get to me, since they're emotinally exhausting by their very nature, and I tend to have a lot of empathy for people. Band of Brothers is all right, because it seems that the violence - horrible as it is - is spaced out over the length of a ten hour series more than it would be in a movie. Also, the longer running-time lets me get to know the characters better, which can be a bit of a mixed blessing given that this is me we're talking about, but if I can't relate to at least one of the characters then the story tends to bore me. The only WWII films I ever watch are black and white, where you tend to get a slightly less realistic (ie, blood and gore) image than you do in more recent films, the old ones all seem to be 'they all lived happy ever after' (s)happy endings. The only more recent one I watched was Tour of Duty, and that was Vietnam, (cos, hello, Anderson = hotness). Oh, and Grave of the Fireflies is seriously depressing, it made me want to cry, and I don't.
August 10, 200916 yr Author Well, whatever you guys did to get me back in here without it giving me a mutant 404 error, thanks guys.
August 11, 200916 yr ha ha! a mutant 404 error? I never heard of that before XD glad it's working again. thanks to dekared for doing that
August 12, 200916 yr Author Good night, you guys. I'll see you again tommorow; Ryuki, this is a great forum you've put together.
August 12, 200916 yr Ya know, I just realized that out of all the blogs here, Kenji's has the most pages. Glad ya could make it back in Kenji-chan.
August 15, 200916 yr Author I went to see the G.I. Joe movie today; it's pretty much just your standard brainless action movie, but it's fun enough to make up for that in my opinion.
August 15, 200916 yr Author Yeah! I've just put up three more chapters in my Teknomorphs saga; they're in story 2, if anyone here reads them.
August 15, 200916 yr Author The third part of Meeting Places is on its way to my beta; it'll probably be a month before I get it back, but I can at least say I have it done.
August 16, 200916 yr Author I just got an ETA from my beta; seems that, barring one of life's little curveballs, I should have my story back in ten days.
August 17, 200916 yr Author Well, it's going to be my birthday in a few days. Yep, me Kenji-chan; I'm going to be 25 soon.
August 17, 200916 yr Author what does it do? It lets me know that I have ten days before I get the edited version of that section back.
August 19, 200916 yr Author And, just to make things that more interesting, here's the last two pages of my second chapter: And the relevant chapter itself, of course: SOM-2.htm
August 21, 200916 yr Author Well, this is a wonderful start to a Friday: I managed to stub my little toe against the threshold of the kitchen doorway, and, as if that wasn't bad enough, I tore the skin open badly enough that it started bleeding all other the place. I went through three tissues trying to sop it up. I don't think that's a hopeful sign.
August 21, 200916 yr Well, this is a wonderful start to a Friday: I managed to stub my little toe against the threshold of the kitchen doorway, and, as if that wasn't bad enough, I tore the skin open badly enough that it started bleeding all other the place. I went through three tissues trying to sop it up. I don't think that's a hopeful sign. Ouchie! There is a very dim bright side, though, it could have happened yesterday.
August 21, 200916 yr oh dear. that's not nice well the joys of healing are on you now I love it when something heals. of course the pain of getting injured is not desirable, but then at least i can go through that wonderful process of healing! i have a problem with my big toe for a while. it takes a bit of maintainance to get it to heal properly because it's right by where the nail grows from. so I have to get it to a place where my nail doesn't open the wound again.
August 22, 200916 yr Author The good news it that the blood has mostly clotted over by now, the bad news is that no matter how hard I try not to, I can't seem to keep from jostling that toe when I walk, so it's still stinging. Thanks for the sympathy, though, guys.
August 24, 200916 yr Author We're going to celebrate my birthday this Tuesday, since my sister had to work on the day itself; I'm really looking forward to it. Both the presents, and the special dinner.
August 26, 200916 yr Author Well, I got my story back from my beta, and I just got the new chapters up; I hope a certain person is going to enjoy them. I deeply enjoyed my birthday celebration, too.
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