Today I lisean to the Rolling Stones

Watched Spinal Tap yesterday. I never realized until know that it's rated R. I suppose I should have guessed since the songs have some not very-subtle sexual innuendo. Still, good movie. In case you don't know Spinal Tap is a "mocumentary" of rock and roll music. It is about a fictional rock and roll band, who go on tour in America, and some guy named Marty Di Bergi or something makes a documentary showing what it is exactly they do and does a breif history of the band. Funny movie.
Let's see, what else? My mom has talked me into getting my hair trimmed so that it will stay long, but I'm a little nervous about this. I like my hair the way it is to be honest.
Another thing that bothers me is the lack of comments on my blog. I havn't gotten any comments. I find this desturbing. Is this the right way to feel? COMMENT PLEASE!!!
Also, I am working on a picture of Naos. I don't know if I can get it up, but if I can I'll do it. This way you can all get an idea of what Naos looks like.
That's it. Oh, and see Benny & Joon. My sister, Delila got it. (Does she even know who Delila was I wonder?), anyway. It's a good movie. Johnny Depp is in it. His character kind of reminds me of me, mainly in his social awkwardness. Good movie, see it.

I'm liseaning to Rush on my Mp3 player, and yes I know this title is completely LAME!!!

Well, my little sister Sprite has a freind over. She's been here for a week. Slitely annoying having two screaming little girls around the house.

It dosn't look like Rowiin the human can make it for Dungeons and Dragons. This whole D&D thing would be so much better if I hade a little brother who was into this. Anyway, I plan on bringing them to the cottage and playing it with some of my relatives. Maybe I can get them hooked and have them over every friday or something. Well, their's only one, but I figure it's better then nothing.
Whatelse is happening? Oh, as I've said I'm going to a cottage next week. I don't know if I'll be able to make any contact. Let's hope I can.
Also, as some of my longtime readers havn't noticed, Ralph hasn't made a post or anything like that in awhile. I am considering making an entirely different Ralph account. I could post it up and write a bunch of things on it to make it seem like Ralph has an existance beyond random conversations. Do you guys think it's a good idea?
Writer out.

Sulu says Captain, The Tholians have got us in a bordum web

To all available Trekkies (or Trekkers, Star Trek fans) guess what episode this is from. There is no prize and I can't confirm it, but do it anyway.
Anyway, The summer blahs have finally set in. There is a chance of Dungeons and Dragons this week, but I am at a lose to figure out how spend the intervening time. I tried painting, but I can't seem to get the sketch the way I want it. I'm feeling like doing something with Naos. Oh, right, my first painting is up. It is of Ralph exploring an ancient ruin, probably some Pre-Draan Talortreal ruins. At least that is what I'm going to say. I'm the only one who will understand, but I'll say it anyway.
Maybe I should do a painting of some various Mythanian species, like in my Forgotten Realms book, with them all standing. Maybe two for each gender (three for draan). It won't explain cultural detail, but it will show them what they look like at least. Hm, would this include cultural differences. Should I draw a Tarkesh and a Hand Cronullaban? Maybe I'll separate sketches for various countries. Anyway, Tarkesh and The Hand are very close so they should have a similar fashion, especially they were both a part of the former Anoran Empire.
I've lost you? Haven't I.
Well, I'm at the library, even though I could easily write this at home. The library just seems to be a better environment for me to get this down. Beats me why I'm doing it here. It's not a private place. Maybe their's just a less emotionally attached environment for me.
Back to the Painting and doing it as a line-up of Mythanian races, I don't think I could easily do it with the three boards I have on me. I have at the very least twenty sentient species inhabiting it and I keep trying to come up with more. Maybe I should just paint some random Mythanian inhabitants, I was thinking of doing something with The Sisters of the White Lady, a religious sect of the Singer Cult. Maybe I should just go home and type stuff up on Mythania, I was hoping to get all the information on it out by next fall. I just need to get it all down.
Last, I am reading The first books of the Masks of God. It's a non-fiction series about the evolution of Myth, written by Joseph Campbell. It was given to me by one of my aunts and I haven't really gotten around to reading it until today.
Okay, I have just one more thing to talk about. I'm really worried about all this talk of WWIII. Why can't everybody just get along and leave each other alone. It's like all the world leaders in the world don't care about the people who are following them. Why do humans feel the need to follow someone, even if that someone is a religious fanatic, you can interpret that as either Bush or the leader of Hezbala, sorry if I misspelt that. No, you know what, I don't care how to spell your stupid cabal of death-dealers. And I don't have any respect for your administration Bush. I don't care if you believe that this whole thing is the fricking rapture, if this is your rapture then screw it. You can go up with St. Whatshisname, who said that the richeaous will all enjoy seeing the damned be tourchered over margarettas and I'll stay down here in the flames, because if that's Heaven then you can keep it. I'd rather stay in Hell if that's Heaven.
So to put it bluntly, everyone in charge of the world is insane. Authority has shown that it is a flawed insitution. ANARCHY NOW!!! See you at the Revolution, unless there's a nuclear war. Then we'll all join up in the Boulder Free Zone and start a new society.

Update. Cool Bookstore

Okay, Urgent Update. On Wednesday (yeah, ruins the urgency) I went to a bookstore called Citylights Bookstore in London, Ontario. It is a very good bookstore. Not as organized as some of the ones I've been to, but the celection here is great. You have to check it out. I'll put the adress down in a comment. These are the books I got.

• The Swords of Corum, by Michael Moorcock (First Three books in the Corum series)
• The Cornelius Chronicles Book 1, also by Moorcock
• Earthclan (Startide Rising and The Uplift War), by David Brin
• Forgotten Worlds, I forget who wrote this but it's said to be more shocking and true then Erich Von Daniken's Chariots of the Gods, which I am reading.

Thats it. Bye.

Missing Things

Hey. I'm reading the sequael to Illium, called Olympos, in which our heros are no longer in the Illiad as much as an alternate version where everybody is fighting the gods. I'm not going to get much more into it since it would ruin the entire reading prosess. It has proven to be as good, if not better then the first novel.

This has been happening for a long time know so I should have told you sooner, but I'm going to physiotherapy. Apparently my posture is so lazy it affects long term pain so I need to do a bunch of streaches. That and swim alot, but my dad's parents have a swimming pool. I was their today and did fifteen lengths.

Still no update from my D&D group (i.e. Rowiin the human). I really miss Loncrow and Ruric, my first D&D group that was scattered to the far corners of the Realms. Me and Loncrow hade a really good campaign too. I was enjoying it at least. I think I may work it into a novel or something.

Well, tomorrow I'm going to a used book store. I have sworn of Chapters since it dosn't always have what I'm looking for and I am know looking into buying exclusivly from small retail bookstores. My mom has agreed that we will try to go to one used book store each week this summer. Sounds like a good idea to me.

And on the weekend we are going to a big Folk festival in London, Ontario. It should be interesting and I hope to pick up some new buttons for my jacket. I'm not wearing my jacket these days since it's too hot. I like that jacket.

Think that's everything. See ya.

Hooray! I'm Blogging From Home.

Yes. The internet is up and running from my house and I can blog from home. I'd like to thank Willy's dad for the technical support and you know, doing it.

Anyway, things going fine for me. I'm going swimming later today at my grandparents. I didn't get up until around noon today since I didn't get to sleep until three since my mom and dad were at a party and I was at my grandparents for some reason. God, I got to go. I'll get back. Here are some blog things enjoy.

You Are 73% Indie

You're a very indie person, and admit it, you look down a little on people who strive to be normal. You'll indulge in a little mainstream pop culture every now and then. But for you, anything not indie is a guilty pleasure!

How Indie Are You?

You Should Spend Your Summer at the Beach

You're a free spirit who is always thinking of new ways to have fun. And you don't just love summer... you live for it. So, you really should blow off your responsibilities and head to the beach!

Where Should You Spend Your Summer?

Your Ideal Pet is a Cat

You're both aloof, introverted, and moody. And your friends secretly wish that you were declawed!

What's Your Ideal Pet?

You Belong in 1963

If you scored... 1950 - 1959: You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in! 1960 - 1969: You are a free spirit with a huge heart. Love, peace, and happiness rule - oh, and drugs too. 1970 - 1979: Bold and brash, you take life by the horns. Whether you're partying or protesting, you give it your all! 1980 - 1989: Wild, over the top, and just a little bit cheesy. You're colorful at night - and successful during the day. 1990 - 1999: With you anything goes! You're grunge one day, ghetto fabulous the next. It's all good!

What Year Do You Belong In?

You Are The Hulk

Super strong and super scary, you were never meant to be a superhero. You're not really into saving the world. And the world better get out of your way.

What Superhero Are You?

You Belong in San Diego

Laid back and friendly, you were meant to live most of your life on the beach. You usually think everything is "all good"... except when the weather dips under 60F. You stay classy - especially when you're in Tijuana!

Where Does Your Inner Californian Belong?

Ilium Rocks

I finsihed Ilium by Dan Simmons last night and it is a cool book. Dan Simmons writes the kind of stuff I want to write, big long epics where the fate of humanity lies in the balance. Course, I'd like to have a more Stephen King element, character development and use of language. Seems that I do have a small understanding of language Steph, I just have a different view of it.
Maybe that's the secret of language. Maybe different styles of writting attract different types of people. I'd appreciate some feedback on this, and not just Steph this time. I want to see more hands this time.
Anyway, breif plot of Ilium. It takes place in the distant future where Mars has been Terraformed and is ruled by Ancient Greek gods. Know these gods are currently in the middle of the Trojan War and have brought back a bunch of famous classical scholars who work as field agents. One of these field agents is Thomas Hockenberry, who near the beginning of the novel is hired by Aphrodite to kill Athena.
Meanwhile back on Earth, the world is inhabited by a bunch of eloi-type humans who's only goal in life is to go around and party as exemplified in Daeman, who's only interests are getting laid and collecting butterflies. On one of his missions to get laid he meets Harman, who is possibly the only human on the planet who still knows how to read. They end up going on a mission across most of Earth via fax-portals, where they learn a whole lot more about what's going on with Earth.
And on the moons of Jupeter, a bunch of Moravecs are gathered together to investigate the build up of Quantom activity on Mars, which may lead to a real catistrofic event like destroying the solar system. The crew includes Mahnmut, Ganymedian captain of the Dark Lady and amateur scholar of Shakesphere's sonnets, and Orphu of Io, a giant horseshoe crab robot with a foundness for Proust. There are two other moravecs, but they die so they arn't important.
I'm not going to give away the rest, but it has everything a good novel needs. Read it, and while your at it, read Hyperion, also by Dan Simmons. They are good books and I'm pretty sure are an influence on me.

Painting by Writer (no pictures yet)

Hey. Is anyone else having problems reaching the 8 bit theatre link? I keep on ending up in this link place and I would like to know how it's going.
Well, nothing much happening. Bunch of kids beside me playing some game in which you destroy a computer. I never got those games. It makes no real sense. I'd blame violence in the media, but I'm pretty sure that may just have something to do with a inbred human aggression or something that we arn't all that keen on talking about.
So, nothing much has happened since my last post except that I am working on a painting of Ralph. I had to get get some black paint from a local art store, but it's coming along well and everyone I showed it liked it. Except for Delila, but she probubly just dosn't want to tell me how cool it is. I'm not sure how I'm going to do next in it, Ralph is almost done except for some more details and his whiskers. After I'm don Ralph I'm going to work on the background. I also don't know how to get a copy on, but I'll try.
That's about it. Nothing interesting happening. Bye.

If everyone but me went to Kansas City

Since I have been reading The Stand by Stephen King, in which a bunch of people find themselves alone because everyone's died of a plauge I've been thinking it something like that would happen to me. Not everybody dying, but everyone just going to another plane of existance or planet or Kansas City as Tom (the newest character in this epic novel) believes they did. If they could just leave everything like it is then that would be fine with me, and leave the electricity one. The electricity isn't on in the Stand because everyone who can manage it is dead from the plauge. I figure I'd be like that guy who was in the one chapter, I can't remember his name but he painted landscapes and used to be a sociology professor until almost everybody died. He seemed nice and I suppose that he would be me if we ended up in a population desimating plauge, except I'd be painting mystical animals and warriors and stuff. He also had a dog, and I don't praticularly like dogs. If it was the only other being in my home town however then I figure we'd have to move in. I'd call the dog Blood, because that's the name of the dog in the Harlan Ellison short story "A Boy and his Dog." It is a good story and I liked it alot. I recommend it.
I'd still like to have some people around, but at a distance. Steph, your on my list since you are a freind, but we have a long distance relationship. I'm presumming that all the people went to Kansas City where you are too, by the way. If you like we could meet at Halifax or something and try and get to Hans by ship or something. I figure I'd learn how to drive, since their arn't alot of people and since civilization has collapsed anyway so their. Or since we're working on the assumption that everything is working in our favour (or mine if that's how it's working) you, Hans and I are all on the same continent. Either way, I'm still fine talking to you via blogs (and msn if I can figure out how to get an account) since I'd just like to be alone for extended periods of time. That and I'd have to go to a bunch of cities to pick up more art supplies and free books. I may just move into a local university and make base their.
Anyway, that's my secret apocalyspse fantasy.

A letter to The Watchowski Brothers concerning their rescent movie, V for Vendetta

Dear Watchowski Bros,

Loved the Matrix, but I have my doubts about your new movie. I am a fan of V for Vendetta and I was disappointed with the result. I don’t want to sound like Alan Moore here, but I don't know why you guys felt that you had to change the story. V for Vendetta was great the way it was. For one thing they made V way to soft in the movie. He just went out and killed the guys for one thing. The V I met in the graphic novel brought whatshisname, the propaganda guy brought him back to Shadow Gallery and burned his dolls in a makeshift concentration camp. (If you read the book, you'd know that propaganda guy collects dolls from before the nuclear war and cares about them a lot more then he did the people in the concentration camps. This is an example of Irony I think) I was really disappointed with that once I thought about it. Also, why'd you have to add the whole biological war thing when the nuclear holocaust was just as good. Sure the threat of nuclear anniolation is not as big these days, but you could have at least presented it as an alternate history or something. And you left out the Fate Computer, the Fate Computer is really important to the plot. And you left out Adam Susan, the REAL leader of Norsefire. How could you leave out Adam Susan, he's a great character. Sure this Adam Sutler guy falls into the more Hitleresque view the public has of a fascist leader, but that's just bowing to the masses ,Watchowski Bros. (or siblings if the rumors I've heard are true) but Adam Susan has his own special craziness with the whole love affair with the Fate Computer. That's a good plot hook guys, run with it. Also, the whole romance thing between V and Evey, come on. V isn't suppose to have any determinable human feelings. There are more complaints, but I'll let Alan Moore deal with them. I'd tell you guys to go back to writing something original like the Matrix, but I've heard that you may have gotten the whole idea from the Invisibles, by Grant Morrison. I don’t care that much, since that’s Mr. Morrison’s idea, but either way you guys had better come up with something good soon. Come up with something original for God's sake. That's what Hollywood needs right now. Something Original, something nobody's ever seen before. That's what people want. Look at Star Wars for Christ's sake. Come up with something really cool. Have you agent lock you in a room for a week until you come up with something. I want to see something original fella's.
Anyway, good luck on your endeavours. Hope you come across this in a random search for you movie, or if you accsidently spell Mythology as Mythania or something.
Sincerly Yours,

Writer.

P.S. Ralph says hi.

New Books and Art Supplies

Yesterday I went with my mom and sisters went out to a big city, where I got art supplies and new books. The art supplies consist of three brushes, four canvases, and a set of acryllic paints. I don't know what I'm going to paint, but it will depend greatly on whether I have skin tone or not. If I have skin tone, I may do Roland. If I don't I'm probubly going to do either Ralph or Elric.

Anyway, the books I got at the used book store I went to are (know let me see). Something about a torcherer by Gene Wolfe, The Seventh Book in the Elric Saga, which I was pretty sure ended at the sixth, and Barlowe's Guide To Fantasy. I already own Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials. These books are basically a guy who drew a bunch of aliens and characters from Fantasy and Science Fiction. It is pretty cool. We also went to a Chapters, but I didn't find anything I wanted. I've decided to stick to Used Book Stores from know on. Mom says we can try going to a new used book store every week this summer and that sounds like a good idea.

I also got a copy of the Koran and The Avram Davidson Treasury today to add to my personal library. I plan on working on this. I also want to upgrade all my Dark Tower books to the ones with pictures in them.

I guess for my personal library I would like to have alot of books dealing with religion and mythology and stuff, and alot of classic science fiction and fantasy special editions. I'd also have a fairly good collection of graphic novels. V for Vendetta would certainly be on the list, but I'm also working on getting the entire Bone series in colour. I may also get a bunch of Cerebus, but I'd stop before it gets into all the right-wing bantering. Oh, and the entire Sandman series by Neil Gaiman. I don't really know how much classic stuff I'd have, because that never really rubbed off on me. I like the movies, but I just don't care that much for the comics. I don't know if I'd have a copy of Watchmen either, because I don't really like it as much as V for Vendetta. I'd like Rorscach on my side in a fight, but I don't really like the series that much.

I don't really know why I like Rorscach. The guys a right wing, vigilanty nutcase. I think it's the mask. Rorscach has a cool mask. V could beat him in a fight though, mainly because V is capable of abstract thought, if you ever read the book you'll notice he's always talking in riddles and symbolism and such, for instance the whole 'five' motif. "You Can Call Me V" for instance has five sylibals.

Well, that's it. Hope you enjoy Letter to the Watchowski Bros.

Babbling on about D&D, Jesus and the Grateful Dead

Well. I don't know what to say exactly. I'm going to be picking up some art supplies and new books tomorrow and I've got a new the basic plot of the next Dungeons and Dragons campaign down. I'm not going to say anything, but it revolves around the amazingly new concept of a magic ring. Oh, magic ring. Shiny. Precious and such.
Incidently, I just realized that in Lord of the Rings, the Fellowship set out around December, so they would be trekking across snow, but they are always shown walking around in farely temperate climates. Does it snow in Middle-Earth, or is it more like New Zealand then first thought. I want answers people.
Well, we visited some family freinds which was okay. I don't have any code names for them but their cool people. They are christians, but their cool christians who don't look at Jesus as THE MAN. That is the big mistake that most christians make about Jesus, that he is THE MAN, or THE GOD or whatever. They way some christians look at Jesus (and I'm looking at some people featured in a documentary about a gay bar in the American South) look at Jesus/God as a really pissed of fella who's sending lightning bolts and such onto all the heathens and gays and liberals and such. I don't really consider myself an expert in this area, but I from what I've heard of Jesus he's just some guy who went around telling people to stop being stupid and get along, kind of like Gandhi or Martin Luther King Jr or the 16th Dali Lama (I think's that the one we have today) only most of the world looks at him as a god or at the very least a prophet. I've probubly written this down becaue I'm always going on about it, but JESUS WAS A HIPPIE! I mean look at the guy. When was the last time you think he shaved? And the whole peace and brotherhood and the fact he was very anti-establishment (he said that man could gain unity with God without the use of a priest class or something like that). He was a hippie, or at least a resonable facsimily. All the people on the religious right would probubly hate his guts.
Think how funny it would be if Jesus came back today and this whole thing turned out to be true. I would be laughing for the rest of the day. I just hope I can see him before somebody shoots him.
I'm liseaning to the Grateful Dead at the moment. I have downloaded a bunch of Grateful Dead songs on my Mp3 player awhile back and I have liseaned to them over and over again. I think I am a delayed Deadhead. I don't really know what a Deadhead is, but I'm farely sure it is a fan of the Grateful Dead. I don't know if it has anything to do with drugs. I don't do drugs because from what I gather they make you loose concentration, giggle at random moments and see giant talking mice and wise old grey elf people, and I already have the first two and I fill in for the last one. Anyway, the point is like the Grateful Dead and I don't do drugs because I can find myself in a similar state without their help.
This has been a stream of concious session.