Well, this is kinda of a column, but I'm putting it under stories. I'm going to talk about places I've been, people I've meet, PnP included, and animes and mangas everyone should read. To start with I supposes I'll talk about 12/31/04.
I was playing a video game for Game Boy advanced for Christmas thinking hoe happy I was that it was finally going to be 2005! I'd been waiting for 2005 since 2003. There were CD, video games, and movies I was dieing to see coming out in 2005. And I wanted 2004 for to be over. Go read Hurricane for reasons. I stayed up till midnight, a very easy task and was watching the ball drop in New York on TV. When it was on it's way down I started to think. Think about 2004, thank that it was over and wonder. Wonder what new surprises 2005 held for me. If I only knew. My life's changed a lot since then and I welcome every change. Some have been really hard, but truly I'm glad they all happened. 2005's went by much too fast. And there's many times I wished I could go back, but I can't go back I need to move forward. No matter what.
Even though I'll start with all the friends I've meet on PnP. In order I met them.
Samantha H., or as I call her Sam. She commented on Soldier In White offering to edit it. We became friends and were e-mailing daily for most of the summer. She's helped me edit Oblivion and a little bit of Shadow Souls. And got me hooked to Escaflowne! And Inu-Yasha for that matter...Well the anime at least. We're good friends. And I love to pick on her about Sparkles. :p And in return she picks on me with, my favorite book on PnP, Edge Of Power.
P.S. since I know you're reading this, Sam, get to work on chapter 14!
Jordan Screws. Well i though he was mega annoying for the longest time till, I learned that he wasn't a geezer, into PS2 video games, and that ninja squirrels...Now that I'll never forget! I was making fun of the fuzzy dice in his car and he said that his Evil Ninja Squirrel minions know were I live and were going to get me if I kept "mocking" as he would put it, his fuzzy dice. So then I remminded him that he was afraid of the squirrels and then he said they had a dojo in his back yard, and then there was Master FurryFist. Yes, utter insanity.
Mehrina B. Well also I thought that there was no way we were going to be friends, but now we e-mail daily and chat almost daily. I though the obsession with grammar and spelling was mega annoying but I used to it and find it helpful. :) And I thank her for reading Double Bating Heart and and Shadow Souls. And I also love her book The Dying Wish. And I recommend it to any and all PnP members.
There's a many more, Alma, Paula, Lyra, Ana, and more but, those are my three best friends on PnP.
Also in 2005 I started writing dark poems and started the most importing thing I've ever written Shadow Souls. I'm really working hard on that book. Presently as of the start of chapter 19, it's 85 pages. I want to get it to 100 by chapter 20. Wish me luck!
Also Mehrina's favorite, and is constantly embarrassing me with praise, Double Beating Heart. That story I got the idea for and then dropped. After she stared reading it I got back to work on it. And I've got lots of ideas, and I'm up to chapter 6 and it's not even close to being over! I starting to really like what I have planed so far.
Fantasy Reborn. I haven't submitted it to PnP because I've only done chapter 1. It's a deep and dark story. I told Sam about it and haven't worked on it since...Chapter 1 is huge though! 7 full computer pages!
Rune. Yet another story I've started. I'm working on it in my spare time and will submit it to PnP soon enough.
Twilight Rain. I've only done chapter 1 of this one also. I don't have many ideas for it, but once I submit it to PnP I'll get to work.
There's more but that's all I mention for now.
Well...now for the animes! In favorite order.
Fullmetal Alchemist
Inu-Yasha
RahXephon
Escaflowne
Neon Genesis Evagelion
There's more...But that's all for now!
Manga There's too many to put in favorite order...
Fullmetal Alchemist
Inu-Yasha
Neon Genesis Evagelion
Ranma 1/2
Tusubasa
YuYu Hakusho
Rave Master
Kill me, Kiss me
Magic Knight Rayearth 1
Magic Knight Rayearth 2
Crescent Moon
The Candid For Goddess
Cardcaptors
D N Angel
Stg Frog (it sucks)
Pita-Ten (It sucks too)
Girl Got Game
Fruits Basket
Mars (sucks)
Demon Diary
Bleach
Rurouni Kenshin
There's more...That's all I can think of.
Also video games.
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X-2
Star Ocean Till The End Of Time
Ratchet Deadlocked
Jak 2
There's more but that's the one's I've played in 2005. Even though I bought FF X in 2004 I finished it in 2005. I suggest the first three to everyone. And the second two at a lesser status but also highly recommended.
The most meaningful place I've been in 2005 was the local light house. It was so wonderful to see the sea, jetties (larger rocks, and people. And when you're up that high you can't help but thank that, you're only a little piece of some thigh much greater. And something amazing.
Also I've had a number of visions in 2005. All featuring The Castle Of Mist or The Castle Guardian.
They are the same, it's all about the Edge of the world.
Well there's been a lot more to 2005, but that's all I can think of. There's poems to submit and stories too! Wish me luck and read my stuff!
I wish you all luck with writing, the holidays and...
I hope your 2005 was a great as mine. And I also hope all of our 2006's are great too. I've cried, laughed, gotten angry and very happy in 2005. I hope you got to feel it all and enjoyed every moment. I hope you all get the same in 2006.
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I feel I'm a few years behind. All this time I was trying to hide my fanism for FFX-2, because nobody else would have liked it, but I saw that you liked it, so I feel better now; but of course, that was in '05. I saw my name at one point. Did I do something then, or were you just listing names? Kidding. I know we first meet each other then, maybe a little earlier.
I was gonna look into Mars, but you said it sucked, so I won't. I'm not a big Tokyo pop fan, even though I'm a member on their site. A few of their things are good, but most of the manga from Tokyo pop is from American writers. "The Dreaming" is okay but the art work sucks. Anyway, this must have been a very interesting year for you. Talk to you later.
~Alma H.
Oh, I guess now I have to do the analysis, thank you very much, Jordan! *grumble* Well, I am an analytic, so here goes. First, your spelling and grammar wasn't as bad as it might have been! I am so happy! It's like Haley, just when I thought that a year's worth of grammar and spelling lectures from me was starting to rub off, she goes into a state which I like to call "a grammar & spelling life-death situation".
Anyhow, the sentence structure was quite interesting actually, what with the sentence and paragraph variations. There were a lot of grammar mistakes, but not as much as you normally have. And it seems as though you've run spellchecker, or you have had established an electronic speller on your fingertips. I must say, your thesis statement was as varied as I'd ever seen one, which makes it all the better for me. And your language convention was quite interesting. And then there's the voice behind the words, and it adds so much. If it weren't there, it would be like pizza without cheese. Don't let Haley read that last sentence, she'd go ballistic.
The sentence fluency was a bit off at times where the organization was a bit off course. Nothing major, but all the same, it would be a bit more compelling and smoother if those were fixed. As far as word choice is concerned, I think you did pretty well. There were a number of strong and vivid adjectives, and purposeful nouns. Extremely minor redundancy, and if you read the entire thing over, you'll see what I mean. And when you see that, you'll see by what I mean on organization off-course. There were plently of details, but a few abstract words as well. I did, however, really like how you managed to hide some of them, unrealizingly I would say, by using more bright and shiny words around it. The conclusion was a very astute one,once you consider the size of the entire thing. It was interesting, and it kept me hooked. So I would say that this is one of your best works so far! Congratulations, and a happy New Year!"
"The inward eye, which is the bliss of solitude."- William Wordsworth
A great line, which means that memory is the happiness of being alone. Now that 2005 is gone, it no longer exists. It is only cherished in our memories. I thank you for including me in your list of best friends, it's an honor! A new year will begin. Count down! 16 days until 2006!
Me a "geezer"? Quite a humorous observation... you never cease to make me laugh. Nice story, pretty good grammar (I'll let Mehrina do the grammar analysis bit), and amusing commentary. Your spelling could use a little more work, but you have done quite well in improving it. Good job overall!
This looks like a blog entry! I love blogs, and keep one of my own somewhere on this world wide web. I will get to work on chapter 14 soon enough. Be patient, young one.
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