Kenji Murakami

One of my favorite 80s songs. The video's pretty cool, too.

That's cool; I'd go watch it with you, except for the fact that we live several states away from each other.

I missed it; I slept through the first one, and the second one came on while I was playing Kingdom Hearts. I suppose I'll have to watch it on YouTube or something.

I might have to try those someday, I think.

I like it; I spend a lot of time leveling-up so I don't get killed all the time against the stronger opponents, and there are times I need to go watch a playthrough to get me past a sticking-point, but for all that it's very enjoyable.

I'd say it started out a bit weak, but it's gotten a lot stronger since then. Of course, Xaviax was fun from the beginning. I have a thing for snarky villains.

What's the attraction of those games, Spleach? What're they about?

Well, the bad news is that Best Buy didn't have that game, the good news is that I managed to get Kingdom Hearts 1, 2 and Chain of Memories for the my PS2.

Well, I'm going to get me a PS2 and some games today; probably just the Kingdom Hearts series, but I might buy Katamari Damacy, too. I've been thinking about it.

That's good to hear; thanks for keeping me updated.

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.

Yeah; he was one of the few Riders I was hoping wouldn't get vented.

It's good to hear from you again, man. And good to know that you haven't given up on this great story of yours. I'm really looking forward to seeing where this goes in future instalments.

That's a good one, Spleach.

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.

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.

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.

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

Well, there's only two more days till my birthday; I am so psyched!

Yeah, I have to say it's pretty cool.

It lets me know that I have ten days before I get the edited version of that section back.