Homosexuality and Intersexuality in Mythania

I was on the website for Dungeons and Dragons when I found a forum on the Forgotten Realms. There was a section where they were talking about homosexuality in the Forgotten Realms. I found this interesting, for instance how would dwarves feel about homosexuality?. In the end, the people have decided that the Forgotten Realms are pretty excepting about homosexual relationships, since there are also relationships between all kinds of species. Come to think about it that doesn’t prove anything.
Anyway, I have decided to write a thing about homosexuality in my own fantasy universe of Mythania. Mythania is home to all kinds of cultures and they all have different views on homosexuality. In some cases it is considered the ultimate taboo, in some it is necessary for the priest caste. I will also deal with Intersexuality, which is a word that I have just made up. Below is a definition.

Intersexuality, 1.(noun) the preference of another sentient species. 2. The romantic and/or sexual relation between two beings of different species.

Okay, so here is what various Mythanian groupings feel about homosexuality and intersexuality.

Dylisanite, because of there genetic memories, Dylisanite are bisexual. Gender boundaries mean next to nothing to them. Dylisanite do not date, their entire breeding process is carefully monitored so that there population doesn’t experience any booms. This maximum will go up during wartime, but not by much. Marriage is rare in Dylisanite society, but not unheard off.
Dylisanite do have relationships with other species, but they rarely take them very seriously and prefer relationships with there own kind. This is because of the vast amounts of knowledge carried by each Dylisanite makes it hard for the Dylisanite to relate to other species. This is was a common theme in early Commonwealth literature, such as the classic Tragedy of G’Dki’Tel and Wodan.
Half-Dylisanite, a term for any hybrid of a Dylisanite are rare. There have been records of Talortreal, Draan, Cronullaban and Korling Half-Dylisanites. Alexander Buddhachrist, father of the Alexander Bloodline was a great lover of non-dylisanites and fathered over thirty children with non-dylisanites. Dylisanite hybrids have some of the powers of there dylisanite parents, but they are rarely as powerful.

Draan, The draan, being known as the most enlightened of all species, are excepting of all species and almost anything. The draan are capable of homosexuality, but it is even more complex because of the draan third gender. While most draan are either male or female, there is a separate gender combining both male and female characteristics. This third gender is highly respected among the draan and are the closest thing they have to priests.
Intersexuality is common among draan, but they are picky about partners with other species. Because the draan are completely devoted to peace, they find most other species barbaric. They have been known to make exceptions among some for the member of that species being less violent then other members. On no conditions would a draan ever have romantic relations with a soldier.

Perxesism, Perxes is considered one of the most influential religious figures in the history of Mythania. Rarely does one man start a religious following of his magnitude. Not only did Perxes start a vast religion with hundreds of different sects, movements and schools. Perxesist beliefs on homosexuality and intersexuality differ. Amoran Perxesism is against homosexuality and intersexuality, and basically anything sexual at all. However, Amoran Perxesism is not the most common form of Perxesism. Most Perxesist sects are open to homosexuality. This can be defined that they believe God is both male and female. In the end, most Perxesist sects are all right with same-sex and different-species relationships, with Amoran Perxesism as an exception.

Riusism, the faith of genetic memory has different views of homosexuality and intersexuality in there ranks. Making there way to the top of the list against homosexuality and intersexuality, not only among Riusism, but Mythanian religion in general are the Zaiokyn. The Zaiokyn are the greatest examples of a religious movement bent to the will of madmen into something decrepit and corrupt. Zaiokyn believe that the teachings of Rius are meant for the Traidon people only and that all other species should be whipped out. Homosexuality is also against Zaiokyn beliefs because it goes against genetic memory. It should be said that Zaiokyn are not a majority in the world of Riusism and only makes up 5% and is constantly going down.
Mainstream Riusism has nothing against homosexuality itself. They accept gay men and lesbians as part of the community and do not harass them about it. If the individual had children before coming out, it is even the better because it guarantees them eternal life in genetic memory. Since the science of creating a child with the genetic material of two beings of the same gender has been discovered, Mainstream Riusism has no problems with them.
Intersexuality is considered respectable in Mainstream Riusism because of the ultimate goal of Riusism is to create a unified species. Because of this Riusists are some of the most open Intersexualists in Mythania.

Tawazee and Elayren, Tawazee and Elayren are liberal in their views of homosexuality. Despite their common ancestry, the Tawazee and Elayren differ in homosexuality, being the Tawazee have the second smallest percentage of homosexuals and at 6%, and Elayren have the highest percentage of homosexuals at 19%. Bisexuality is unheard off in both species.
Intersexual relationships are common among the Tawazee and Elayren, but only among themselves, being they find "Mainlanders," unattractive. Intersexual relationships among Tawazee and Elayren are usually a Tawazee male and an Elayren female. Tawazee-Elayren hybrids are often outsiders in the societies of both the Matriarchal Elayren and the Patriarchal Tawazee. These outsiders usually join the Explorer’s Guild. Despite their outcaste status, the Tawazee-Elayren hybrids are highly romanticized in both societies.

Dvekti, While the ultra-right wing Zaiokyn are on the end of the expectance of homosexuality, there is no doubt that the Daina/Kaylynn cult is on the far left, being the only religion that doesn’t only embrace homosexuality, but makes it a necessity in there clergy. This is because Daina and Kaylynn, Co-Founders of the Dvekti Goddess Cult are lesbians. While no one is sure what a gay fertility Goddess represents, it remains a necessity for the clergy of the Dvekti Goddess Cult to be homosexual, or at least act the part.
Note of Interest: Only female dvekti are allowed in the clergy, but this does not prevent males from joining. Stay with me on this. For a male to be initiated into the Dvekti clergy, he must be castrated, have his tail spikes cut off and injected with female hormones. The male initiate is then at a half-way point between male and female. There faces still betray their masculine past, but they are more relaxed and feminine.
Intersexuality is unheard of among Dvekti.

Well, that’s it. I do not know how to end this, hope you found it interesting.

Oh, if you want to see the inspiration for my latest post, click here.

SCHOOL'S VIRTUALLY OVER!!!!! YAY!!!!!

Well, today was my last day of grade 10, not including exams. To celebrate, my mom is making spaghetti. I wanted to go out for supper, but my mom doesn’t want to because Delila isn’t here. We will be going out for Friday however. So I hope we aren’t going to eat at McDonald’s or anything like that.

Well, what do I have to say?. I found a web site that has some good information on D&D, this stuff is taken out of the books. I printed of a few things on classes I’m into. I’ll set up some links for you guys.

• Here is the link, System Reference Document v3.5
• And here is a link for character sheets, if you want to write up your own D&D characters.

Well, as I said, I still have exams. I’m pretty confident about them. I was allowed a cheat sheet in math and has basically every lesson I learned on it. I have a vague idea of what to expect in History and English, so I’m not worrying much about that.
After that it will be a trip to Colorado and through Republican infested territory, so I plan on shaving the scruffy beard I am growing so I don’t look to much like a hippie. I won’t be able to make any posts for awhile, but I will keep a log of things that happened on my trip.

Alright, I have no idea what else to put in. Later.

Hey, Remember "If I Had An Otherland Account," and my crazy sister's birthday is the day that is today

Okay, first off, my sister (who for all intensive reasons will be called Delila) is now Thirteen. She told me to write this down on my blog least she reck havoc to dastardly to convey.

Anyway, I have a few new ideas for "If I Had An Otherland Account,". I know I haven’t done that in awhile, and I don’t know if you remember it, so I’ll just write down my new ideas.

• The World of After Man, After Man is a book about what animals will look like in the future. It is a very interesting book and has all kinds of interesting pictures of animals. It would be pretty much the same size as Earth, or I may just have it as a bunch of isolated areas for specific environments. I would make a link to some pictures for you, but I can’t find anything.
• Boys’ Own Adventure Mars, This is again another simulation from the Otherland network, but give me a break already. I have only read a bit of Edgar Rice Burrough’s A Princess of Mars, and I found it a little disappointing but since summer is coming I think I’ll bring it up with me to my Aunt and Uncle’s cottage. It’s basically going to be similar to any Pulp Fiction Mars world, except for British, American and Soviet colonists. Because I sympathies greatly with any native inhabitants of a colonized world, the various Marsian species will have equal if not more advanced technology then the humans.
• C.S Lewis’ Solar System, You may not be aware of this, but C.S. Lewis wrote science fiction. His trilogy was based mainly around I guy called Ransom going to Mars and Venus and eventually some big coup that I have been meaning to read but have never been able to finish. I recommend it because it’s a very good trilogy. It won’t be a complete solar system and at the very most will end at Jupiter. Jupiter doesn’t really come in anywhere in the series it just made sense to me.
• Forgotten Realms, This is the most popular campaign setting for Dungeons and Dragons, mainly because of all the books and Dritz Do’Urden(God I hope I’m spelling that right). Since I’m into D&D know, I figure this would be a terrific new addition to my vast virtual reality multiverse, and the best part is, I don’t have to worry about which dice to use. It will work on automatic.
• Golden Age, This is something of my own creation. It is a world with superheros that starts some time in the 20's. It’s not like the DC or Marvel universes as that there are negative consequences to the work of these Superheros, for instance the Psiserker, a Cree Superhero is considered a hero by First Nations peoples because of his rebellion against the Canadian government, but the Canadian Government had a few problems with him. I will be using this as a major timeline so expect some of my work out about the storyline.

There. I don’t know what else to say. Shalom.

Oh, wait. Here is the complete list of Worlds I Would Have If I Had An Otherland Account.

1. Australian Dreamtime
2. Boy’s Own Adventure Africa
3. Boy’s Own Adventure Mars
4. Brian Jacques’ Redwall
5. C.S. Lewis’ Solar System
6. Douglas Adam’s Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy Universe
7. El Dorado
8. Faerie
9. Forgotten Realms
10. Frank Herbert’s Dune Universe
11. Golden Age
12. Human University
13. John Mandeville’s Orient
14. Larry Niven’s Known Space
15. Lemuria
16. L. Frank Baum’s Wonderful World of Oz
17. Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain
18. My Future History
19. My Hometown
20. Mythania
21. Robert A. Heinlein’s World
22. Roman Empire
23. Spider Robinson’s Callahan’s Place
24. Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
25. Tolkein’s Middle-Earth
26. World of After Man
27. World of Greek Mythology

Okay, know I'm done. Shalom for real.

in 2015...

The phone rings. I look up from the copy of my newest graphic novel and pick it up. I look out the window to see it starting to snow over the Toronto streets.
It’s my agent. "Hey," he says "I got the novel into an agent. They said we can expect it out over the summer, ". Yes, I thought. I had been working on Mythania for years. This year I had ironed out the finer points of the appendix. It drove my agent crazy when I turned in fifteen sections. We limited it down to information on the Doradane order, Political history, a much shorter section on language and a glossary. We have a conversation for awhile and decide to celebrate by going to an Italian place I heard of. I hang up.
I let out a yell of joy. My cat Zoroaster runs into the bathroom. I call up my parents and sisters and girlfriend to tell them what happened. Then I look thru my CD collection and pick out A Night at The Opera. I deserved it.

in 2035...

I look nervously around the room. My wife puts her hand on my arm and tells me to stay calm. I just heard the title of my latest novel on the list of best science fiction novel of the year. I wait in anticipation, I hum Pink Floyd’s "Shine on you Crazy Diamond," to myself. It didn’t help much.
"And the winner is," says the announcer. "The Magdalene System,". That was my novel. I’m stunned, granted this isn’t the first time I had gotten a major award. Mythania won best novel in 2016, and I got a few Shusters for stuff like Golden Age, Immortals and 11.12.13. I’ve also won a Nebula for The Civilization Masters.
I get the award from the smiling, what do they call the people who give the awards at these things?. I look out over the crowd. My wife looks at me and smiles. "Wow," I said. "I didn’t think the Magdalene system was that good. I mean, I knew it was big. Everyone told me so, but I didn’t think it was Hugo big. Anyway, I’d like to thank my wife and kids for their support, the fans off course and all those religious extremists who haven’t killed me yet. Thank you, ". I wasn’t joking on that. My last novella had some Church in some southern US state in an uproar and I had the world in an uproar when the first Immortals out, what with showing the founders of the world’s religion in a completely different light. Somebody had called me the most controversial science fiction writer since L. Ron Hubbard. I shouldn’t worry about that know though. I’ll just go back to my table and wait until the buffet is open.

in 2055...

Over forty years since I published my first short story in my future-history and I was wrong about my idea of the 21st century. I’ve got a bit of a new age following that could be described as Naousim and the American government has come clean about the whole Roswell thing, but it wasn’t what I said it was in 1947 and the World is Ending. Just as well, North America is still as screwed up as I thought it would be. I’ve decided to take this time to travel the world with my wife. We had just finished our third circumvention of the globe by checking up on how China is doing since the Communist block has fallen over there. I’m currently sitting across from my wife in a café in Istanbul.
I take a drink of water. For all my life, death has bothered me. I don’t think it will anymore. My life has been eventful enough. The translation of Mythania from book to Movie was good enough, but Hollywood never stays too faithful to the source. Well, there was Sin City, but that was a fluke. I’ve got a shelf full of awards back at my estate, which is good. There is a whole sub-culture of Dylan C.G. Thomas fans. Last convention I was at I had a meaningful conversation with someone using complete Tawazee pop-culture references. And I have been married for thirty years know, that’s pretty good. I don’t know how she can take it though. I’d ask her, but she is to busy deciding what to do, I’m fine if we can just go see Hagia Sophia.
I look over to see some other tourists who are pointing are looking at me. I tell my wife that we have possible fans coming. I was right. One of them walks up to me.

"Excuse me?" he says
"Yes,"
"You’re not (place my name here), the science fiction writer?,"
"If your with any religious group I apologize,"
"Oh, no. I’m a big fan. Your Mythania series inspired me, ".
"You’re a writer?"
"Oh yes. I’m with my class on a trip. Can you sign my book,"
"You mean a book? Not one of those e-books kids carry around these days,".
"Yeah, here," he passes me what appears to be a first edition of Mythania. Wow, this book is in better condition then mine.
"This isn’t the first edition is it?" I ask.
"Yeah," he said "My mom had it. I guess it’s still hers, but I’ve read it more then her I guess." I take out a pen.
"Who should I sign it too?" I ask. He tells me the name of his mom and himself and he gives me his book.
"Oh, wait," he says. He takes out a minidisk and hands it to me. "This is a short story I wrote. I was wondering if you could look over it,"
"Okay," I reply. "How can I contact you?"
"My e-mail is on the disk," he says and walks off. I go back to discussing things with my wife.

Livin' In His Head (a parody of "Livin' on the Edge" by Aerosmith)

Mayan Date: 12.19.12.6.16, 14 Zotz, 3 Cib
Something’s new in his head today
I don’t know what it is
But it has more then two eyes
Nuts he’s starting to stim right know
Space/time will know distort
I’ll have myself a pie.
(Ya!)

We’re living in his head
We’re living in his head
We’re living in his head
We’re living in his head

Buddhist England is placed across
an Islamic Rome
This kid is half insane
Hey can you name that species
It was on Star Trek: TNG
All aboard the Crazy Train

We’re livin’ in his head
You can’t stop the thoughts from coming
We’re livin’ in his head
Don’t want to be in here at all
We’re livin’ in his head
You can’t stop the thoughts from coming
We’re livin’ in his head
Don’t want to be in here at all

Tell me what you think about my sit-u-a-tion
Complication- frustration
Is getting to him
It’s not even for a decent reason
But every little thing that goes thru his mind is
Sent to me - But not intentionally
It comes & it comes & it comes & it comes

Something’s new in his head today
A short story’s coming on
The drainage will be good
I’d get a soda if I could
But the snacks have done and gone

We’re livin’ in his head
You can’t stop the thoughts from coming
We’re livin’ in his head
Don’t want to be in here at all
We’re livin’ in his head
You can’t stop the thoughts from coming
We’re livin’ in his head
Don’t want to be in here at all

This is a song sung by Ralph about living in my head. Which I believe is an interesting place at some level, but mostly it just sounds dangerous from what I understand of the stuff I get down on paper.

A Quote

Mayan Date: 12.19.12.6.13 11 Zotz, 13 Ben

A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.

Jean Chretien

I just felt that I should put this quote in for no logical reason.

I SPENT 24 HOURS WITH PEOPLE!!! (oh, and 10 more days left of school, not including weekends)

Mayan Date: 12.19.12.6.12, 10 Zotz, 12 Eb
You may be a little surprised by this. It is the date by the Mayan Calendar, which I find very cool and I will be making the date in the Mayan for every post unless I have made a post that day.

Well, over the weekend. My friend Loncrow came over to my friend Ruric’s. We stayed at Ruric’s for awhile and I played Age of Wonders with him. Age of Wonders is a fantasy-based computer strategy game. I played humans and Ruric played the Azracs. It was fun.
After that, we went over to my house to play Dungeons and Dragons. We had to bring Ruric’s stuff, because I don’t have any D&D stuff. Since it’s such a cool game, I plan on getting some at some point. There are quite a lot of books, and I don’t plan on getting them all, but besides the board(or sheet), Standard Player’s Guide, Dungeon Master’s Guide and Monster Manual, I would like to get Races of Destiny(which deals with humans and species similar to humans) and the Quintessential Bard (because Bard’s are my favourite class, mainly because they can have weapons and use magic).
Anyway, Loncrow has changed his character from a Salamander Fighter to a Rakshasa Ranger. He changed the rules a bit because his alignment is Lawful Neutral and Rakshasa are always Lawful/Evil. He is known the most powerful member of our group.
Just for the record, I’ll tell you how the campaign is going. We were able to defeat the Wizard of the Onyx Tower, so we can get a Dwarven Tome that contains the Location of the Dwarven City of Guan Tylgrym (Gwan Til-Gr-eye-m) and the Arcanum Mysterium, a secret document containing information on the secret society that Nai’Atha belongs to. I also got out Ten Arcane Scrolls, a silver ring with no magical value and a Staff of Shock for Nai’Atha. After that we went to the nearest town were we all got some drinks and Ralz’Chi’Ryn beat up some poor idiot for calling him a rat. Loncrow’s character went out to get us some mounts, and discovered that we needed some money. He and Ralz tried to make off with some money from a bank, but it was to heavily guarded, and we all decided to go troll hunting for the bounty. We all ended up defeating three Trolls, Four Orcs and I’d say ten Goblins at the least. We all ended levelling up, we can know afford the mounts and will soon begin our journey to Guan Tylgrym.

My little sister, Sprite played for a bit with us. Her character is a Half-Elf Druid who is a sister to Nai’Atha. She’s not going to be a part of the Guan Tylgrym campaign, but once I get my own board, I’ll come up with a campaign for her.

Sunday was uneventful. I was tired because I was up till five in the morning and I’m not used to that. I would have continued the campaign with Loncrow, Ruric and Umpsh (Ruric’s brother), but I really wasn’t in the mood. So I went swimming with my family and spent the rest of my time not being to stimulated.

And, I told you that I'd set up a link to some Talking to American clips, so here they are.

Well, that was about it. Bye.

12 days until school ends, not including weekends

The heat, God I can’t stand it. I don’t know what it’s like for people in Cincinnati Bloody Ohio or wherever Dan is from, but the heat is killing me up here in Canada. Good thing I listened to my mom and put on the cool shorts. They’re good, but I have to tie them up with a string and that kind of annoys me.
Also, I understand that readers such as Steph are from the USA. I feel that you have the right to know that Canadians have been making fun of you guys. See, A Canadian comedian named Rick Mercer came to the United States and asked Americans there opinions on non-existent issues such as the reinstituting of the Saskatchewan Seal-hunt (Saskatchewan is land-locked) and that the Prime Minister of Canada is Jean Poutine (At the time it was Jean Chretien. George W. Bush Jr, fell for that one. Everybody laugh at the President). I just felt that American readers needed to hear about this.

By the way,click here and go to the bit about the D&D characters, trust me on this.

That’s all I can think off, auf Wiedersehen

What D&D character are you?

This is a test I took, to do it click here.

You Are A...
Chaotic Good Elf Bard
Alignment:Chaotic Good characters are independent types with a strong belief in the value of goodness. They have little use for governments and other forces of order, and will generally do their own things, without heed to such groups.
Race:Elves are the eldest of all races, although they are generally a bit smaller than humans. They are generally well-cultured, artistic, easy-going, and because of their long lives, unconcerned with day-to-day activities that other races frequently concern themselves with. Elves are, effectively, immortal, although they can be killed. After a thousand years or so, they simply pass on to the next plane of existance.
Primary Class:Bards are the entertainers. They sing, dance, and play instruments to make other people happy, and, frequently, make money. They also tend to dabble in magic a bit.
Secondary Class:

Detailed Results:

Alignment:

Law and Chaos:

Law ----- XX (2)

Neutral - XXXX (4)

Chaos --- XXXXXXX (7)

Good and Evil:

Good ---- XXXXXXXX (8)

Neutral - XXXXX (5)

Evil ---- (-3)

Race:

Human ---- X (1)

Half-Elf - XXXXXXX (7)

Elf ------ XXXXXXXXX (9)

Gnome ---- XXX (3)

Halfling - XXXXXXXXX (9)

Dwarf ---- XXX (3)

Half-Orc - XXXXX (5)

Class:

Fighter -- XXXXX (5)

Barbarian -XXX(3)

Ranger --- XXXXXXXX (8)

Monk ----- XXXXXXXXXXX (11)

Paladin -- XXXXX (5)

Cleric --- XXXX (4)

Mage ----- (-4)

Druid ---- XXXXXXX (7)

Thief ---- XXXXX (5)

Bard ----- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (15)

Hmm, I used to have a character who was an Elven Bard, maybe I’ll make my next character an Elven Bard.

This is the most acurate test I have ever taken: Which Illumanati are you?

The U.F.O.s:
You're the secret master, and YOU don't even know
what you're up to.
Fnord.


Which Illuminati are you?
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Oh, I knew. Haha, Mwhahahahahahahahahaha

15 days till school ends, not including weekends

People frustrate me.
Take this morning. There is a movie that I rented and haven’t gotten the chance to see yet and my sister is watching something upstairs. I guess I can watch it later, but it still bugs me.
Something else that bugs me is one of my classmates. This is more or less the conversation we had awhile ago...
...He’s not a friend of mine by the way...

Me: I think Thor could beat Superman
Classmate: No he couldn’t.
Me: What are you talking about? Thor is a god
Classmate: Well maybe Superman could get help from Batman
Me: oh, Thor could obviously beat Batman
Classmate: No he couldn’t. Batman has got a utility belt.
Me: A utility belt is unless against the God of Thunder
Classmate: Well Batman has got a mask.

You can see how stupid this is. When I want to have a conversation with someone about which superhero can beat which over superhero, I want to look at things objectively. Granted, Superman is a powerful superhero, but Thor has practically all of Superman’s qualities (i.e., flight, super strength) and is additionally a god. I can think that Superman could survive an attack on Thor, but I don’t think Superman could win without a lot of help from an outside source, possibly a very yellow sun.

I talked to Ruric today. I think I should tell you that Ruric will be moving to another town at the end of the month. His parents said that they will try to keep our friendship together, but I’m going to miss him because then I’ll be the only one left from the old days when Ruric, Loncrow and me went to school together. I feel very alone writing this.

A Newspaper Artcle from the Front of WW1 I wrote for class

VICTORY AT VIMY RIDGE
Ralph McTashe
The Canadians have done the impossible. After four days of fighting, Canadian soldiers have finally taken the German fortress of Vimy Ridge.
Vimy Ridge is a key link in the German Hindenburg line. From Vimy you can get a good vantage point of surrounding territory. Obviously it is heavily guarded. Vimy has three surrounding trenches, concrete gun placements and deep protective dug-out shelters.
There have been other, less successful, attacks on Vimy by Allies Forces. The French made an unsuccessful three-pronged attack. The British were able to set foot in Vimy, but it was soon recaptured by the Germans. Many thought that it couldn’t be done. "I certainly knew that it couldn’t be done," said General Sir Douglas Haig "It was simply to fortified and well guarded,".
However, just to prove them wrong, the Canadians defeated the Germans at Vimy. General Byng, leader of the Canadian forces, used a strategy called "Leap-Frogging" that carefully combined attentive preparation, precise timing and great accuracy on part of the Canadian gunners.
Needless to say, the Canadians are pretty happy. Life at Vimy isn’t all celebration. Over 10'600 people died in the attack. "I lost ten friends in that battle," says Private Kyle Johnson. "Mat was going to marry my sister. What am I going to tell her?"
There does seem to be a growing feeling of nationalism among the Canucks. "If you Brits feel like packing up, we can take it from here," jokes Lieutenant O’Toole. "We could probably take Berlin in the next month or so,".
Despite the troops feelings, General Byng believe’s it is best to wait. "We lost a lot of good men out there," he says. "I think that its best for us to strengthen our hold here,".

Keirsey Test Temperament Results

Idealists, as a temperament, are passionately concerned with personal growth and development. Idealists strive to discover who they are and how they can become their best possible self -- always this quest for self-knowledge and self-improvement drives their imagination. And they want to help others make the journey. Idealists are naturally drawn to working with people, and whether in education or counseling, in social services or personnel work, in journalism or the ministry, they are gifted at helping others find their way in life, often inspiring them to grow as individuals and to fulfill their potentials.
Idealists are sure that friendly cooperation is the best way for people to achieve their goals. Conflict and confrontation upset them because they seem to put up angry barriers between people. Idealists dream of creating harmonious, even caring personal relations, and they have a unique talent for helping people get along with each other and work together for the good of all. Such interpersonal harmony might be a romantic ideal, but then Idealists are incurable romantics who prefer to focus on what might be, rather than what is. The real, practical world is only a starting place for Idealists; they believe that life is filled with possibilities waiting to be realized, rich with meanings calling out to be understood. This idea of a mystical or spiritual dimension to life, the "not visible" or the "not yet" that can only be known through intuition or by a leap of faith, is far more important to Idealists than the world of material things.
Highly ethical in their actions, Idealists hold themselves to a strict standard of personal integrity. They must be true to themselves and to others, and they can be quite hard on themselves when they are dishonest, or when they are false or insincere. More often, however, Idealists are the very soul of kindness. Particularly in their personal relationships, Idealists are without question filled with love and good will. They believe in giving of themselves to help others; they cherish a few warm, sensitive friendships; they strive for a special rapport with their children; and in marriage they wish to find a "soulmate," someone with whom they can bond emotionally and spiritually, sharing their deepest feelings and their complex inner worlds.
Idealists are rare, making up between 20 and 25 percent of the population. But their ability to inspire people with their enthusiasm and their idealism has given them influence far beyond their numbers.
The Four types of Idealists are:
Healers (INFP) Counselors (INFJ) Champions (ENFP) Teachers (ENFJ)
Which one are you?

What Should The Rest of Europe Done About Hitler?

I believe that the nations of the world should have used force against Nazi Germany. This may come to some as a surprise because I am usually a pacifist, but I am against everything that the Nazis stand for. It is also shown that Hitler would not listen to reason and would not give in to diplomacy, because of his actions against Poland. Some may argue that it would cost to much to declare war against Germany. I will respond to that by saying that money is no object in the battle against good and evil. I’m not glorifying the British and the French, they both have histories of discrimination, but
Nazi Germany’s attacks on minorities goes far beyond anything in human history. I say the Nations of the world should have done something. In my opinion they should have completely redone the treaty of Versailles, that way we could all be living in peace. However, in this cause, I would say defeat Hitler before he become’s a bigger problem.

Did Canada Have An Identity In The 1920's, an essay

Cultural identity has always been a big issue with Canadians. During the 1920's however, Canada didn’t have it’s own expression. The expression of Canada was only an imitation of the United States. This can be illustrated using inventions, entertainment and Canada’s development as a nation.
America was better at making inventions in the 1920's. One of the single most influential devices, the automobile was created by American Henry Ford. Henry Ford also created the assembly line, a device that has lifted the economy greatly. However, some might say that Canada had it’s great inventors. It was Canadian Joseph Bombardier who invented the snowmobile. However, considering the climate northern Canadians have to deal with it can be safely said that the snowmobile was inevitable. Henry Ford’s inventions have changed the world, and western culture greatly, while Canada didn’t make as good an impact.
America was also better at entertaining. Despite the fact America has been able to assimilate Canadians like Mary Pickford into their entertainment industry, these individuals represent America more then Canada. Also, American history has given them their tough attitude and a lot of story ideas, while Canadian independence is mainly a series of flucks. In addition, entertainment is a business and business is something engranded in the American culture. Americans have been able to monopolize the movie-making industry in Canada because of these reasons.
The most important reason Canada didn’t have it’s own voice was because Canada didn’t exist as an independent Nation. The idea of Canada as a Nation originated during World War I, where Canadian soldiers started feeling more Canadian after successful battles. Canadians started feeling they could run things without the British. Flags where considered to give Canada a symbol to identify it with. Eventually Canada became an independent nation, but it still didn’t have a voice. So the nation turned to the nearest source of cultural output they could find, the U.S.A. Canada echoed the U.S. because it was the only thing it could do.
In conclusion, I do not believe that Canada had any important influence on the world during the 20's. Partially because Europe and America were the main focus for western civilization, but mostly because Canada had just become a nation by the end of the decade, so it didn’t have much of a chance in making a big splash on the pool of human civilization.

The World According to Ralph: Smurfs, Dungeons and Dragons

Hello, my many human readers.
Well, I thought I would give you an update on the People’s Republic of the Smurfs. They have settled in a pit somewhere near the house. They pretty much ignore us, but recently one called Igor Smurf has defected to our house. I don’t see why, because we aren’t really a government as much as a house, but considering the complete lack of talent of their pilots and military it was pretty wise. They probably couldn’t take the sandbox.
I have been watching these Communist Smurfs recently and I have made a list of the natives, it's not complete.

1. Stalin Smurf, He is the boss of the Communist Smurfs. At least the hairy-symbion that’s controlling his brain and is latched under his nose is. He usually goes out onto the top of his giant mushroom house and yells a lot.
2. Village Idiot Smurf, Pretty much does anything he’s assigned to do. Nice kid, but is as dumb as a post.
3. Guevara Smurf, the only member of the Smurf militia with any competence. The only problem is that he’s to short to be taken seriously by us and he’s the only one with any competence. He could probably take the Sandbox by himself, but he would be chased out later because of a squirrel or something.
4. Grocho Smurf, He serves no purpose besides making puns. He has a larger mustache then Stalin Smurf, but so far it’s not threatened it(Stalin Smurf’s mustache) in anyway.
5. Chico Smurf, Nice hat, Italian accent, no skills
6. Harpo Smurf, Hangs out with Zeppo Smurf a lot. Doesn’t talk but talks using a series of whistles and honks.
7. Zeppo Smurf, Were not so sure what he does.

Anyway, Writer may have told you that I have a version of myself in the Dungeons and Dragons Universe. I thought I would take some time to talk about it. It is really a very interesting experience for me and I would like to take some time to talk about it.
First of all, Our group is dysfunctional. It’s manly Krisco’s fault (He’s the giant fire-snake-person-thing). He really hate’s Ruric, who I guess is our team leader what with the fact that he’s the only dwarf we got and we’re going to find a lost Dwarven City that’s probably crawling with Drow and what not, and to tell you the truth we aren’t really that experienced. Currently, the highest is Nai’Atha(Writer’s main character) and that’s only because he did a bonus round. He’s only level 3, though and only knows one cool spell, magic missile, but’s that’s it. Also, Umpsh is completely deficient in language. He called Ruric Gold Piece out of some mistake in language, but he’s a good fighter and probably the only person in our group who can hold of Krisco if he eventually turns on us, not for awhile mind you but enough for us to escape. I guess that if worse comes to worse, me and Nai’Atha can run of with everything of value and run to the next city, course considering the fact that Krisco’s a giant fire-snake-person-thing, I’ll just run of with whatever Ruric and Umpsh have of value.
Also, I hear that people say there is a Satanic influence on the D&D game. I will say that it is addicting, but there are no Satanic curses or whatever you think it is on the game. It’s mainly just paganism which is a good, wholesome religion.

This is Ralph (AKA Ralz’Chi’Ryn) signing off.

The Awakener Dies, American Civil War Ends

in -4 CSY Rephezi Wyksyn Chorion, of the Tawazee and Florana Dae’Khanti enter the valley of New Mesopotamia, becoming the first beings to cross the Talortreal Spine mountains in over five millennia. The two lived in New Mesopotamia for a period of three years until the Return of the Ragondra Legion, when they returned to from isolation with Alexander Buddhachrist.

in 1865 Confederate General Kirby Smith signs the surrender terms, ending the American Civil War. The United States of America, after the great casualties of the war begin a peace campaign around the world. Today, the USA is considered one of the most enlightened civilizations in the world, and was voted best country to live in, in 1997.

in 1954 President Joseph McCarthy charges that communists have infiltrated the CIA. Known for his paranoid beliefs that communists had infiltrated practically every area of the American government, including Girl Scouts. McCarthy was eventually taken into custody by local forces. Joseph McCarthy spent the next three months in an insane asylum and never went into politics again.

in 8.10.9.13.10 Altecocha the Awakener dies in Machu Pichu. The father of modern Aztec philosophy and religion forever changed the face of the world by speaking out against the priesthood and ultimately defying the gods. The bloody sacrifices to the false gods were replaced with the celebration of the Great Spirit. Under the teachings of the Awakener, the Middle Continents would develop into the greatest nation the world has ever seen.

in 1953 Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of England, making her the third leader of the British Monarchy to rule during the Golden Age. Despite her popularity, she was unable to reunite all of the United Kingdoms, but was able to bring a stability to the European Islands.

in 1997 Timothy McVeigh is convicted of 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murray bombing in Oklahoma city. A survivalist who gained a great distrust for the government after being layed after the Soviet Union collapsed, McVeigh. President Bill Clinton made strict gun control laws because of it. Today, 85% percent of the American people don’t own guns.

in 2109 The Colonist ships Nelson Mandela and Eland land outside the Tliwan city of Tlao Shan. The humans, originating from mainly from South Africa and surrounding nations, would come to know the planet as Burroughs’ Mars, in tribute to the wildlife similar to that in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ "A Princess of Mars". The Tliwan and human alliance would become one of humanity’s best successes in the history of human civilization.

in 1967 Vishnu Rose makes his first political speech in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he made a talked about the corruption in the American system and how it affected Canada. Vishnu Rose’s skills with public speech would help him while forging what would become the Hippie Civilization.

Alexander Buddhachrist born, Islam takes Rome

in -30 CSY Alexander Buddhachrist of the Dylisanite species is born in New Babylon. Alexander lacked the mental abilities of his Dylisanite brethren such as genetic memory. He eventually became the first Dylisanite to leave the valley of New Mesopotamia. During the Return of the Ragondra Legion, Alexander helped on a mission to find the Draan to the Aethyran Continent, where he began to develop abilities beyond that of any previous Dylisanite. He helped sign the Commonwealth Constitution in 0 CSY and eventually started the Knights of the Alexander Bloodline, made up of his offspring which possessed his mental abilities to protect the Mythanian Commonwealth.

in 1953 Desiderio Bontecou, French revolutionary during the Great War is proclaimed Grand Advisor of France. Bontecou was one of the first superheros in Europe and became known as M. Liberty. Bontecou was able to recreate the French Parliament and continued his job as guardian of France and advisor for the French government. His work made France one of the most stable countries in Europe during the turbulent Golden Age.

on Sha’ban 10, 126 The Western Empire Capitol of Rome falls to Muslim forces. The Christian forces of Constanople were unable to put up much of a fight, and with Rome captured the rest of Christian Europe soon fell to Islam. Rome later became the seat of power for the Islamic Roman Empire which would become the most powerful nation in the history of the world.

in 1968 Helen Keller, one of the worlds leading artists dies. Despite her blindness and deafness, Helen beacame one of the leading artists of in the world with such classics as Breakfast, San Francisco at Noon and Face #9.

in 1938 Superman appears in issue 1# of DC’s Action Comics. Superman flopped in the United States, but became legend in his co-creator’s, Joe Shuster homeland of Canada. Joe Schuster started up Shuster Comics, which became the most popular Canadian comic book publishing company.

in 2227 Ahmed "Jay-Shooter," Johanmesburg, the most dangerous man on the northern continent of Bekoworld during the colonial period enters the city of Bronzewood, where he got a job as a cattle-herder. He was later arrested after bragging he killed 57 people, but it is widly believed thta he was lying. Historians believe it was ruffly half that number.

in 1946 Vishnu Rose, father of the hippie civilization is born in London, Ontario. Born Joseph Marvin Kent, Vishnu would become involved deeply in the hippie movement that help largely in it becoming a distinct culture in North America and eventually the world.

What I did on last Friday

In hind sight, it was probably more appropriate to tell you this earlier, but here it goes.
On May 27th, I went to see my friend (Who for his own protection, and for the sake of him recognizing himself, we will call Ruric), I usually don’t visit him on weekends, but my other friend (Who we will be calling Loncrow) was also there. We went to Microplay and played a Warhammer game on computers. I forget what it was called, but I was the Elves. I’m always the Elves for some reason. I just like Elves, I guess.
Then we went back to Ruric’s house and we settled into a day of playing D&D, Gundam and Time Splitters. I would have to say that my favourite part was the D&D. I am still new at this, but I’m enjoying it so far. It’s a really addicting game. Ruric is the name of that person’s character. In case you are into D&D, our campaign is to find a lost Dwarven city called Guan Tylgrym. Our group is consisted of my characters Nai’Atha, A Half-Elf Sorcerer, Ralz’Chi’Ryn, A Nezumi Rouge created because our group didn’t have a rouge (For any D&D enthusiast, I know the Nezumi aren’t Faerun, but it’s my character so there), Hrisca, a Salamander Fighter (Loncrow’s character), Ruric Brewers, a Dwarven Cleric and Umpsh, a Half-orc Barbarian. When we left of, we were storming a wizard’s tower.
Anyway, I almost spent the night at Ruric’s but I couldn’t get settled so I went home, which is convenient, because it’s only a few blocks away.

Happy TIAH Anniversary's Eve

Well, tomorrow the Alternate History Academy will be having their first anniversary. It was little over a year ago the Academy opened up under Robert Taylor. Thru his research we have discovered several alternate time lines. Here is a list.

• The Mlosh timeline, split from our time in the 1700's when the Mlosh, an alien races that I understand look like silver skinned elves with tentacles for hair and antenna. This timeline has technology advanced beyond ours including space travel. The Alternate History Academy has released a text talking about the Human League, an anti-Mlosh terrorist organization in the 1800's called "Warp,"Information on this is sketchy, being that the information about it stops in 1910.
• The Greater Zionist Resistance Timeline This is a controversial timeline in origins. It may be that the authorities have covered up the fact that in 1969, Neo-nazis helped to finance a time machine to go back in time to create a real Jewish conspiracy. They were able to create a new timeline, but there Jewish conspiracy soon blossomed into the G.Z.R
• The Chinese Empire Timeline, In this timeline, the Monarchy of the Chinese Empire survived and gained control of most of the world. They have made contact with alien life and have atomic weaponry. Recently it has adopted democracy because of contact with the Chdo democracy.
• The Pete Best Timeline, is not that different from ours really. The main difference is that the Beatles (known as the Silver Beatles in that timeline) never really got of the ground. Pete Best, who used to drum for the Beatles was able to go on to great success. Other bands such as the Rolling Stones(Gathering Moss) and The Doors(The Presence) are also there.
• The Soviet States of America Timeline, this is a Communist America. It is very similar to this America, only it’s Communist. Apparently Karl Marx went over to the USA and a communist move kicked of. Walt Whitman was Comrade President. Richard Nixon has yet to comment, in any timeline.
• The Holy British Empire Timeline, The British Empire became a Catholic Theocracy and controlled practically all of the world. It has recently collapsed, because it became corrupted and the Resurrected Christ came. She is currently bringing a golden age to Earth.
• The Martian Invasion Timeline, In this one Marsians invade Earth. We win.
• The Dreamtime Timeline, In this one, Aborigines in Australia make contact with a giant space spider thing that gives them the ability of Space Travel. The contact with this one is kind of sketchy, and we don't here a lot about it much.
• The Speaker Timeline, this is about a secret society that began long ago in prehistoric times when Telka the Speaker decided to go to the Stars. It is considered that the information about this from a timeline where someone figured out that this was going on. So there could be members of Telka the Speaker reading this right know.
• Richard Tolman, a British Scientist who discovered the secrets of travelling across space, time and dimension. His taste in scarves is as of yet unknown. He is currently returned to his usual non-time travelling life.
• And Finally WWIII, this is basically the same as WWII, except Hitler is a guy called Ralph Shepard. Germany is America. Japan is South Africa. America is England. England is Egypt. The Soviet Union is China and it takes place around the 1980's. The events are the same daily, so I don’t know why everyone hasn’t clued in yet.

So, happy Anniversary This Day In Alternate History.

Ara-Do Mahmoud, A breif bio

Name: Ara-Do Mahmoud
Species: Jinn
Age: over 60'000 years
Occupation: Protector of Humanity, over the years has picked up numerous skills

Ara-Do began life in the Jinn revolution against God. During a disastrous first battle against God, the Jinn military was spread across the multiverse. Ara-Do, while not a major figure in the revolution was cursed to be the guardian of a new species called humans. Because of Ara-Do’s new duties he was given immortality as long as humanity exists.
Because of his immortality, Ara-Do soon developed an overly suicidal tendency. At one time he attempted to whip humanity out, but was unable to kill a single one. He eventually decided to hide out in a cave in Arabia. He remained their fore a century before he was met by a human wandering around in the desert. The man was the Prophet Muhammad. Ara-Do listened to Muhammad and soon converted to Islam. He began his duty to protect the human race.

Ara-Do Mahmoud began studying with martial arts and regular meditation. While he rarely got updates from God, he made attempts to make sure humanity from destroying itself or being destroyed from supernatural forces.

A Post Without Reason

Okay, I’m bored. I’m on a computer. I have nothing else to do, therefore I post.
I’ve finished my history essay and am now working on my English project. I posted the essay recently on my blog. It’s the one about Marc Garneau. There is your explanation.
Second, you may have noticed that I have redone my blog. I felt that there should be more of a change and am making it this one for a while. Godchecker will no longer be a regular feature, because it is to frustrating to get in. I will have links to fellow bloggers such as Steph, however. They shall remain.
Thirdly, My mom got me a very nice T-shirt that has one of the Apes from Planet of the Apes as Che Guevara. I like it very much. I’d give you a picture of it, but I have neither a digital camera nor the knowledge of how a picture of it on my blog.

Fourthly, Me and my dad may be going on a trip to Italy and Greece as a school trip. I may have figured out how to get pictures from a digital camera out then, so if I do go, you will be able to get pictures of myself. So people like Steph and Dan who have never seen me will be able. This is all depending on if I am able to scrap up enough money.
Nuts, that’s it. Bye.

Okay. Is Good.

Well, the weekend is going good. Some of my relatives came over and we had dinner all together. And today was relaxing enough, because we got some movies. This is a pretty short post, so anyways. I am okay.

What Am I Going To Do With The Rest of My Three Day Weekend?

I’m blogging for no reason other then to throw my mind into a sharp relief. I have no idea what I’m going to do with the rest of my three-day weekend. The Book Vault is closed, so I can’t there. I’ve already gone to the Library, so I can’t do that again. I was hoping we could go see Revenge of the Sith and possibly go to Chapters, but it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen. So at the moment the only thing I can do is blog.
I just ran out of ideas. Oh, hum. I’ll tell you how my three-day weekend went on Monday or something.

Will I’m blogging, I might as well tell you that the Alternate Historian, Robbie Taylor is having another poll at althistory.blogspot.com. This one is about the direction that this Day in Alternate History will be taking. You can either keep it the way it is now, go with the novels, or go for the monthly e-magazine. Personally, I would like to go with Monthly Magazine because I can get some things published in it, so here it goes.

VOTE FOR MONTHLY MAGAZINE AT ALTHISTORY.BLOGPOT.COM

Not All Men Are Like This, Especially Me

This, I don't know for sure what it is, was on Steph's blog and I found it insulting. Anything in bold do not apply to me. The ones in italics have never come up.

Your last name stays put.
The garage is all yours. (No one owns our garage, we just keep stuff in it)
Wedding plans takecare of themselves.
Chocolate is just another snack.
You can be President. (This is because I am Canadian and have Prime Ministers)
You can never be pregnant.
You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park.
You can wear NO shirt to a water park.
Car Mechanics tell you the truth.
The world is your urinal.
You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky.
You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.
Same work, more pay.
Wrinkles add character.
Wedding dress$5,000...Tux rental $100.
People never stare at your chest when you are talking to them.
The occasional well-rendered belch is practically expected.
New shoes don't cut, blister, or otherwise mangle your feet.
One mood all the time.
Phone conservations are over in 30 seconds flat.
You know stuff about tanks.
A 5 day vacation requires only one suit case.
You can open all of your own jars.
You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend.
Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack.
Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.
You almost never have strap problems in public.
You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes.
Everything on your face stays its original color.
The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe even decades.
You only have to shave your face and neck.
You can play with toys all your life.
Your belly usually hides your big hips. (I am very skinny)
One wallet and one pair of shoes one color for all seasons.
You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look.
You can"do" your nails with a pocket knife.
You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache.
You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes.

Looking at this I realize that women can do most of this stuff. Hmm? This looks like a conspiracy

My Opinion On Christians Who Believe That There Is an Anti-Christian Conspiracy And A Bit On This Little Island Called Earth

I was reading an article by Dan, who was complaining about how Christians are complaining about worldwide conspiracies about waking off Christianity. First, I can only think of some historical attempts to get ride of Christianity(i.e., Nero) and those were barely a conspiracy to get ride of Christians and Second, It’s highly unlikely that there is a group of Liberals who are trying to knock off Christianity.

I do not deny that there is anti-Christian sentiment in the world today. At my school, one of my classmates (who will remain nameless, because any Catholic who reads this is going to be madder then a hog in a hornet’s nest) said that "I’m glad the Pope is dead. He said he would rather all those people in Africa die of AIDS rather then use birth-control." I’m not Catholic, but I ended up defending Pope John Paul II, since nobody else would.

I have noticed that some people at my school believe that religion is causing more good then evil. I disagree with this, because it’s our primitive, tribal behaviour that is causing all the trouble. Humanity’s tribal behaviour is sneaking into religion, which is why practically all religions are bickering about how they are the right one. This is brought to the fore-front in the Judeo-Christian-Islamic religions. Look at Judaism, Christianity and Islam and you’ll see they are all convinced they are the right ones. This has caused all kinds of terrible atrocities in human history, which I believe is unnecessary and just shows how stupid humans can be.

What really bugs me about Religions like Christianity is their relentless desire to convert "more primitive" cultures. There is a quote by Herman Melville that I really like. Here it is...

Are there no Moravians in the Moon, that not a missionary has yet visited this poor pagan planet of ours, to civilize civilization and christianize Christendom? Herman Melville

I like this quote because Herman Melville is basically saying that we may think of ourselves as the greatest thing since sliced bread, but there are more advanced civilizations out their who will look on Jesus Christ the same way the Spanish looked at Quetzecoatl. The following is a little bit of Alavallan wisdom.

There is always someone with a better ship then yours, there is always someone with better technology then you. No matter how fast you develop, there is always someone smarter then you. Amaj’El, an Alavallan Philosopher.

The World According To Ralph: !Xe, the Spatially Displaced Bushman

Hello, Humanity
Maybe it’s the fact my reality is based on Writer’s imagination, but all the crazies seem to come to use. First was Naous, the Roswell Alien and avatar of Shiva, and Djidjo, a genetically altered roma (gypsy). Then Charlie Chaplin, who seems relatively harmless and now we got something even stranger.
See, While Writer was walking back to school, he saw this Bushman walking about. Now Bushmen are these people from South Africa who have stayed at a really primitive level for a long time, so long that they are still in the twig age for the most part. I’ll set up a link here to a web site about bushmen. Anyway, we find this half-naked Bushman walking around who’s never seen white people and can’t speak English. Naous, for some reason, can speak Bushmen so we were able to understand him. Turns out he has no idea how he got here and was experiencing a large amount of culture shock. Says his name is !Xe. He’s currently living with Naous and Djidjo, who are getting a long with him just fine.
I find !Xe a nice guy, even if his name is a little hard to purnounce. He seems like a nice enough guy and is pretty bright. Naous is trying to teach him English, so he can communicate with us. He’s currently picked-up North American clothing by Naous’ standard. It’s hilarious. He’s wearing one of Naous’ old Led Zeppelin T-shirts.
Anyway, This is Ralph, signing off.

Marc Garneau, The First Canadian In Space (an essay)

Would you feel important if you were the first Canadian selected to go into space? Marc Garneau probably felt like that when he stepped onto the Challenger in 1984. Marc Garneau is important to Canada because he was the first Canadian in space. Marc Garneau’s life before being selected as an astronaut, then being selected to go into space and the missions he would go on later in life are all important parts of him becoming the first Canadian in space.

Marc Garneau was born in February 23, 1949 in Quebec City. He was a family man who is married with four children. Before becoming an astronaut, he worked as a combat systems engineer in the navy. Marc was also an instructor for the naval weapons instructor. He retired from the navy in 1989 to work full time in the space program, despite his wife’s original comment of “I can’t imagine you as an astronaut,”(Canada in Space 43). Marc Garneau’s life and career in the navy, prior to becoming an astronaut was important for him being selected to go into space.

One cannot become an astronaut overnight. Marc Garneau would describe signing up for his career as an astronaut as “just fate. I saw a career ad for Canadian astronauts in the paper. If I had taken my holiday in July, I never would have applied,”(43) Marc Garneau had to meet stringent medical requirements. His flying experience and being bilingual was an asset. Once he met those requirements, he would become an employee of the NRC for up to three years. Marc was picked as one of six from 4'000 Canadians to go to the Canadian Astronaut Program (CAP) in 1983. He started his astronaut training on February 19, 1984. This was the beginning of him becoming the first Canadian in space.

In total Marc Garneau went on three missions. His first mission was at 5:01 AM EDT, October 5, 1984 and he helped work on experiments. He spent eight days in space and completed one hundred and thirty-three orbits (over 3.4 million miles). Garneau ,during a presentation of the mission said “I had a ball,”(36). On his second mission, in 1996, he helped deploy the Spartan satellite and small satellite test units. His third mission involved using the Canadarm to install the first set of solar arrays. During the mission he preformed three space walks and delivered equipment and supplies to the space station’s first crew. These missions helped Canada to carve out a place in the world of interstellar travel.

In conclusion, Marc Garneau, while not a Canadian household name, is probably one of the most important Canadians in the 20th century. His previous jobs in the navy and training from CAP helped him become an astronaut and go on three missions. He would later become the first Canadian in space. Because of this, Marc Garneau is a real Canadian hero.

Arghhhhhh, I got the Stupid Gobber Song in My head

Anyone remember my little sister Sprite? Little girl, we play imaginary adventures together sometimes. Well she was playing a game on the Internet for the Spongebob movie, and there was this mini game with this song so annoying that I’ve got it stuck in my head. I fear even the power of Bohemian Rhapsody will be of no effect.

Sometimes I feel like my relationship with my little sister is deteriorating. This probably sounds crazy to you readers, but I like playing my imaginary games with someone else. She just wants to play as another character and that bugs me, kind of.

Well, I’ve got to get the Goober song out of my head. Bye.

A Public Service Announcement

In recent posts and exploration of the net, I have discovered that there are people besides my family members, Steph and friends I visit on the weekends who read this blog. Hello, were ever you are. Please tell me your reading this blog by commenting. I would really appreciate it.

The Time Machine Triology P1: The Time Traveller's Device

(Inspired by the work of H.G. Wells)

Gentlemen
Please take your seats
Here I have gathered you
The scientific elites
To witness the most grand of feats

For years I have studied the nature of time
And while drinking my tea, seasoned with thyme
I came up with the answer, conclusion, therefor
What we call time is dimension number four
We move thru time as we do through space
And I thought to myself, well if that’s the case
I could construct a device
Construct myself a device that can
Travel. Through. Time

You don’t believe me
I can see how that can be
Just a minute. Let me see
I built a prototype that can
Travel through time. That’s the plan
Eventually I’ll build one to carry a man
Now just leave it alone on the tray
I pull the switch, it fades away
Into the middle of next Thursday

Now you may go back to your homes
There are things I must attend to.

The working plot of Mythania 1

On my last post, Steph asked what the plot to the Mythania novel is. Well, I have thought about this novel for awhile, and this is how I see the plot so far.

Mythania is a world similar to Tolkein’s Middle Earth, but I have taken elements from Frank Herbert’s Dune series and the species are not what you would traditionally find in a fantasy universe. I used to have Elves and Dwarves and talking animals in Mythania, but I got rid of them because they clashed with some of the created species I made up, like the draan.

I believe that the creatures in Mythania are inspired more by Farscape then anything else. I love the premise of Farscape. Also, I have noticed that creating species in fantasy seems to be a large no-no in the fantasy genre. There are a few examples, but for the most part you just have the species layed down by Tolkein, and there is no reason to use different species. Some may say that some of the species are derived from other sources, and I can say that they probably, and in some cases are.

And now to the plot.

The story starts three thousand years before the main events during the story. The draan (who are the equivalent of Tolkein’s Elves) and the ragondra (my concept of evil embodied), are preparing for the final battle. The draan are able to banish the ragondra into another continuum and leave the mainland.

More than Three thousand years later, the Aethyran Ocean, a large inland sea that was once ruled over by the draan, is split into four major powers. The Talortreal Confederacy(a race of beings that look identical to humans, and were the former soldiers of the draan) and the Hurgolanimm Alliance ( An alliance between the Tawazee and the Elayren species) inhabits the north. In the West live the corrupt Amoran Empire (Run by the Cronullaban, who are descended from the draan, but distantly). In the East and South are the Korling (A species of the same stock as the Draan and Cronullaban).
The Amoran Empire is preparing a final attack on the Korling, who are the only thing keeping them from the conquest of the Talortreal Confederacy and the Hurgolanimm Alliance.

Beyond the mountain ranges of the Confederacy, however, is the city state of New Babylon. The inhabitants are the Dylisanite, a race of humanoids created from the genetic stock of a now extinct species called h’mans (Yes, I put humans in Mythania. But they’re extinct by this time) and with added genetic material from the draan and talortreal. Each Dylisanite poses both genetic memories going back to the times before the draan species and mental abilities equal to that of the draan and ragondra. The Dylisanite are only vaguely aware of what is going on beyond their homeland, but fear what would happen if the other worlds discovered them, so they remain in hiding. The Dylisanite are positive that they did not evolve naturally and they wonder greatly on where they came from.

Meanwhile, the ragondra escape from their extra-dimensional prison. However, only a few months have gone by in their prison and they find themselves in a new environment, without the draan to destroy them. They begin undermining the governments of the Aethyran Ocean. However, they soon find this difficult to do accomplish because of the fact a secret war is being raged against them by an organization only known as the Doradane.

Alexander and Raphech discover that this is going on, and begin a desperate quest to find the draan. Florana remains in the Athyran Ocean with allies from major religions to begin a holy war against the ragondra, who are becoming a growing force behind the Amoran Empire.

As the story goes on, Alexander learns of his species relationship with the Doradane and their creation and a great deal about himself.

That is the story basically. I hope on making Mythania a series, and I truly believe that this story is going to be placed on the same lines as Lord of the Rings and Dune.

Contemplating my Future Career as a Writer

While I was walking home from school today, talking to Ralph and eating M&Ms. I decided that I want to write about superheros. I don’t want to use the word superhero, mind you. I just want to write about superhero-like environments. I guess Naous is kind of like a superhero, but I really consider him kind of a cross between Doctor Who, Indiana Jones and a Hindu Mystic.
I do have a basic idea for an environment for superhero characters. It’s a 20th century time period that mixes elements of the world’s religions. I basically have two ideas for characters. The first is the superhero character, Ara’Do Muhammad. Ara’Do Muhammad is a jinn who was cursed with immortality and forced to protect humanity from various threats. The other is an idea that I’ve been tossing around about putting the founders of the world’s major religions together, so I’m putting people like Jesus Christ, The Prophet Muhammad, Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, Krishna, Moses, Confucius and other important religious figures in different eras. I don’t intend on giving them any powers, they’re just their for story ideas.

Maybe I should try my hand at writing superhero comics. Maybe I should sign on with Marvel. I like Marvel Superheros more then DC ones for some reason. I don’t know why, I’m probably more familiar with them because of the movies. But I’d like to come up with my own. I guess I could do an original thing and make independent comics. If I am going to make comics, I think I’ll alternate between Marvel and my own thing.
And if your all wondering "What? He’s going to do comics? Why would he do comics?" I have this to say to you, Ahem.

Neil Gaiman.

Also, I am working on a novel. Yes, I haven’t gotten anything published as of yet, so I shouldn’t be doing something as ambitious as a novel. But this isn’t just any novel. This is the first book in the Mythania Chronicles, taking place in a world that I am in a constant state of creation with. I’ll work on this novel for a few years until I get it right and in the mean time publish short stories and maybe a few shorter novels from my other universes.

Having Aspergers Syndrome is like being the Incredible Hulk

One of the things about having Aspergers Syndrome is that I occasionally (okay, that’s probably an exaggeration) make strange noises when I am experience intense emotion, which for me is just about anything. I also make large, I don’t know what to call them, spasms with my body. Nothing like a seizure, I just move my arms and squeal. It is because of this that I believe Aspergers Syndrome is like being the Incredible Hulk. I have also had outbursts during grades 7 and 8, but I’ve got that under control.

And just for the heck of it. Here is some Incredible Hulk Links

• The Hulk's Blog I kid you not. Looks like the Incredible Hulk has an internet diary. Check it out.
• The Diffinitive Information on The Hulk This is a good sit for anything about the Incredible Hulk
• The Marvel Website The People who do the Hulk comics. The subscription looks very tempting.

And know a quote from the Simpsons. More or less. I got the basic joke down.

"He’s not the Incredible Hulk. I’m the Incredible Hulk. Uh, uhhhhhh. Come on damn it ,change. Uhhh. I did it once,"
"Yes, If only you had the power to leave my store,".
-Stan Lee and Comic Book Guy

My English Project

I’m having some emotional difficulty with my English project. I believe I talked about it in an earlier post. I decided to go along with enlightenment, because I had something to go along with. Then my educational assistant comes along and ruins all the fun. Just because I use the word enlightenment, she believes we should go along with Buddhist themes. I’m okay with Buddhism, but using Buddhist references are to obvious. I want to do stuff about the Gnostic Christians or The Matrix. God, that woman can just drive the fun out of anything.

Aspergers Syndrome Links

To put more on Aspergers Syndrome on my blog. I am making this list of web sites dealing with Aspergers Syndrome.

• The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy has this and this (from someone with AS) on the subject of Aspergers Syndrome.
• Aspergia is a pretty weird site, and has a bit about an ancient civilization made up of people with Aspergers Syndrome. Don’t act to much like a norm (my word for a non-aspie). I don’t think that anything weird will happen if you do, but you can’t be too careful.
• Mozart and the Whale is an upcoming romantic comedy about two people with Aspergers Syndrome who fall in love. I’m just glad they made it as a romantic comedy because I can’t see it being something like the Titanic. I mean, two Aspies trying to have a romantic relationship?!, that’s hilarious.
• A List of Famous People With Autism This isn't the best list, because some of the bios are unaccounted for, but it gives you and idea of famous people with Aspergers Syndrome.
  

A Bit On Aspergers Syndrome and The Aspie Diaries

I’m worried that this blog isn’t dealing with enough Aspergers themes. For the most part it exists so that I can have a creative format to put in writing and a way to post up poetry and parodies. I haven’t really made any posts about Aspergers Syndrome since January. This bothers me. I wanted this to be a site dealing with Aspergers Syndrome.
Why not write about my experiences with Aspergers Syndrome. Well, I don’t know what my experiences are in Aspergers Syndrome. I know no other way of thinking. That’s why I believe I have difficulty explaining Aspergers Syndrome to people. I know no other way of thinking.
So what am I going to do? Well, quite frankly I don’t know yet. I guess I could look up web sites of people with Aspergers Syndrome and put links on them. If I ever go back to the group of other people with Aspergers Syndrome I used to go to, I could talk about that. Also, one of my Uncles has a kid at the school he works at with Aspergers Syndrome who he says he could introduce me.

Communist Smurfs

Once, as a joke, I made up an imaginary scenario were Ralph was trying to figure out if Smurfs were communists. He managed to incite a bit of conflict by kidnapping their Leader, and we ended up starting a year-long conflict which was ended when Ralph finally agreeing to stop catching the Smurfs.
The Communist Smurfs I imagined are unknown to use as of yet in society, but they have domesticated crows which they used to attack Ralph and me. Their style is an ineffective Kamikaze charge (which we later discovered was because they were just lousy pilots). Because of construction near their village, they are moving in with us.
I decided to do a search on Communist Smurfs and I discovered that there is over four thousand sites. I was not aware of this, so I’m posting links to some of the web sites.

• Smurf’s Communist Leanings are two essays that deal with Smurf Communism. I found this one a bit of a joke and was probably written by some American who was brainwashed to believe that communism is inherently evil.
• Socio-Political Smurfs is an essay dealing with not only Marxist Smurf theories, but feminism and homosexuality in the cartoon. I liked this one better.
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy has this to say on the subject of Smurfs.

The World According To Ralph: My existence, I need a beer

Hello Humanity
I’ve been contemplating my existence recently. I have a bizarre one, that’s to be said. On the one hand, I have a life in Mythania. I am over two thousand and have gone thru twenty-three wives. I’ve seen the fall of empires and the birth of gods. On the other hand, I’m an over developed figment of some kid’s imagination, along with the kids previous hand. Sometimes, such as know, I feel that I am just some kids imaginary friend and that kind of makes me feel weird inside, because these are really major questions. Quite frankly, philosophy isn’t my strong suit, so I don’t like thinking about the big questions.
Course, I’m familiar with philosophy. I am over two thousand years, you usually read a lot. Perxesians believe reality is an illusion because some jerk screwed over the universe. Riulatrians believe that what we call reality is just another stage of the great celestial equivalent of genetic memory. Tawazee Religion believes that reality is an illusion that is to be overcome. However, looking in the face of this illusion. I don’t know if I can triumph over it.
The only joy I get out of this whole thought is that all you guys could just as well be a figment of somebody’s imagination, so either way were on the same boat.
This is Ralph, signing off.

Assignment after Assignment

If I didn’t have a resource period every day, I would be swamped. I’ve just completed my careers assignment, just barely, and I have a history and English project. The history project looks like it’s going to go good. I have to write a thesis, which shouldn’t be too hard. I’ve got the thesis statement, so the rest will just come out. English looks like it’s going to be the most fun. I’ve got to do a thing on a human emotion. I have two ideas so far, something dealing with human tribalism and Enlightenment. I may do both, Enlightenment as the school one and Tribalism as a personal project.

Anyways, I went to see "As You Like It," at the Stratford Festival with my mom. It was a good play and I recommend it. For any hard core Shakspere fans, the setting is in the sixties and the Barenaked Ladies do the music. I liked the character Jacques, because he reminded me of Marvin the Paranoid Android from The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, since he was always depressed. I also liked his coat, which was of the same design as the one’s the Beatles used on the cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and I would like to know were I could find one.

My family members have been joking about how they would like a window in my mind like in the movie "Being John Malkovic," (I’m sorry if I’m not spelling this right). One of them said that was what this blog is like.

The Enayon Brotherhood

The enayon are the creations of the ancient Khon Engineers. Originally designed as a collective, the enayon destroyed the Khon Engineers and began a conquest of the galaxy. The Enayon Collective was cut short by the Galestrael Empire when they created a computer virus that split the Enayon Collective into various personifications, that began fighting amongst themselves.
Today, the Enayon population is at little over 500'000. They have stolen technology from whatever they can find including the Khon Engineers, the Galestrael Empire and the Alavallan Clans. The enayon have evolved technologically to the point were they have powers similar to that of gods. The enayon do need a lot of mental stimulation, and usually get it by making war against each other. The military is made up of species that they have encountered and have found useful. The main species in their military are humans.

The enayon encountered humanity after the alavallan. The enayon were impressed by humanity’s capacity for violence and took a few and began immediate breeding for their own benefits. The alavallan were angered by the enayon’s actions and began the Enayon Containment, destroying the 50 enayon empires. What is know the Enayon Territories are only a fifth of what it used to be.

The enayon encountered humanity after the alavallan. The enayon were impressed by humanity’s capacity for violence and took a few and began immediate breeding for their own benefits. The alavallan were angered by the enayon’s actions and began the Enayon Containment, destroying the 50 enayon empires. What is now the Enayon Territories are only a fifth of what it used to be.

The Brotherhood is currently facing social upheaval, beyond anything it has ever gone thru before. The Aethean Resistance, a race of enayon-human hybrids used to make enayon "games" more fun. Also, the Enayon are facing the combined forces of the Katorcasian Federation and the ever-expanding Human Diaspora. The Diaspora is probably the greatest threat to the Enayon Brotherhood. Seven Enayon Empires have been crushed just in the tidal wave of humanity.

The Bloody Hamster Dance, Napolean Dynamite shirts and a Test I did

I went to see my cousin’s play yesterday. It was really two plays and he was only in the last one, but they were pretty good plays.
The first, Percival the Preforming Pig was about a pig that can sing Opera. It was a funny play, because they didn’t have any scenery and they had to get people to be the scenery. Also, they had a several scene’s with a song that was later identified as "The Hamster Dance," . My response to this is "Hamster Dance. It was the bloody Hamster Dance," . Up until this point, I had never heard the Hamster Dance. I think it was one of the stupidest things I have ever heard.
The second play was called "How To Eat Like A Child," and had many useful advice on how to be a child. The how to beg for a dog scene was okay, but I liked the how to torture your sister bit. This one was the one with my cousin, and he did a lot of prank phone calls. In one of them, he asked KFC, how big their breasts are. As a joke, we gave him KFC breasts.Did you know that they are making Napoleon Dynamite shirts. Here is a list of the logos.

• Vote For Pedro
• Tina, you fat lard, come get some DINNER!
• Rex Kwon Do. You think anybody wants a roundhouse kick to the face while I’m wearing these bad boys? Forget about it.
• ‘82. Back in 82, I could through a pigskin a quarter mile
• Alaskan Wolverine Hunting. A fricken’ 12 gauge what do you think?
• I see you’re drinking 1%. Is that ‘cause you think your fat? Cause’ you’re not. You could be drinking whole if you wanted to.
• Don’t be jealous that I’ve been chatting online with babes all day.
• I caught you a delicious bass.
• Who’s the only one here who knows illegal ninja moves from the government!?
• Ohhhh, man I wish I could go back in time. I’d take state
• You wanna play me?
• Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills. Nunchuck skills, Bowhunting skills, Computer hacking skills.
  

I dare anyone to say who said these lines and in what event.

To conclude, I did a test at www.icpac.indiana.edu/surveys.cgi It gave me a list of things that would be a good career choice for me. This is the list.

• Actor
• Advertising Manager
• Announcer
• Architect
• Art Director
• Camera Operator
• Cartoonist and Animator
• Choreographer
• Composer and Music Arranger
• Costume and Wardrobe Specialist
• Dancer
• Editor
• Fashion Designer
• Film and Video Editor
• Fine Artist
• Floral Designer
• Graphic Designer
• Interpreter and Translator
• Landscape Architect
• Librarian
• Merchandise Displayer
• Model
• Museum Technician and Conservator
• Musician and Music Directors
• News Reporter
• Photographer
• Producer and Director
• Professional Makeup Artist
• Set and Exhibit Designer
• Singer
• Sketch Artist
• Technical Writer
• Writer

I'm Overworked, An Island Republic is planned and Ralph's Dead "Parrot,"

How the heck am I supposed to get all this homework done today. Okay, so I am probably over exaggerating the situation. I can probably get it done today, but it is driving me crazy. Me and the guys have done some talk and we have discussed our options. I changed my name to the identity I use for the blog, partially for my own safety, but partially so my Grandma doesn't have a heart attack while reading this.

Ralph: Hello Writer, how are you.
Me: We're moving to India.
Ralph: What?
Me: In India, I will convert to Hinduism. Become a yogi and I WON'T HAVE TO DO CAREERS HOMEWORK.
Ralph: Isn't that a little extreme. You were sick for two days.
Me: Stop siding with my educational assistant. I hate it when you do that.
Ralph: Well stop wining. We don't have the money to go to India.
Naous: Hello guys.
Ralph: Hey Naous.
Naous: What's with Writer.
Ralph: He's got three hours of homework.
Me: And with my ability to concentrate it will be twice as long, so I will be up until Eleven.
Ralph: Stop it, it's silly.
Me: Oh give it a rest with the Monty Python skits. Math class is over.
(Ralph pauses, then rises a little purse and takes of in an old lady out fit)
Ralph: HELL'S GRANNIES
Naous: What's with Ralph this time.
Me: At the end of math class I said that I don't see how factoring will help me in the long run. Then my math teacher Mr. Armstrong said that I was just being discriminatory about math because he thinks Latin won't affect me as much. It was very surreal and said it was like being in a Monty Python skit. Ralph has been of on a rant all day. Look in my locker.
Naous: What is it?
Me: It's a log.
Naous: Why is it nailed to a bar in a parrot cage. Ohhh, It's supposed to be a...
Me: Yes
Naous: Well he got the basic idea. You think he will go far?
Me: No, he's wearing high heals.
Naous: So, you have homework, huh.
Me: Yes
Naous: Well, it's not that much. You can handle this.
(Ralph returns)
Ralph: You know I never wanted to be a granny.
Naous: Well, I hate to break your illusion but...
Ralph: I wanted to be, a Lumberjack.
Me: Oh God.
Ralph: Leaping from Tree to Tree. With my best buddy at my side, We'd sing, sing, sing.

(Ralph starts singing something to the tune of Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson,")

Ohhhhhhhhhh
Cheers to you, Spider Robinson
Know how 'bout you buy us another round
Ow, ow, ound
Pikachu, Walrus and Carpenter
Seahorses and Bunnies are at play
hey, hey, hey
hey, hey, hey

Naous: What the heck was that?
Ralph: Pardon?
Naous: Weren't you going to sing the Lumberjack Song?
Ralph: I can't remember the words.
Me: Well those weren't the lyrics to Mrs. Robinson, either.
(Pause)
Ralph: I have a dead parrot in Writer's locker, I can go...
Naous: Seen it, it was a log.
(Ralph sighs)
Me: We should move to an island.
Ralph: What?
Me: An island. Were no one will ever bug me again.
(Pause)
Ralph: I have $3.62, two buttons and a paperclip. How much do you guys have?
Naous: I'm a holy man. I'm not supposed to have money.
Me: negative eight dollars.
(Pause)
Ralph: See, I don't think that's enough.
Me: Well, we find an island that dosn't have anybody their, and move in.
(Pause)
Me: It will have to have lobsters, we can eat lobster every night.
Ralph: How many people will be coming?
Me: Well, there's you two.
Naous: Djidjo will have to come.
Me: Okay, four.
Ralph: I may have a girlfriend.
Naous: Five, oh and will have to bring Charlie with us.
Me: Six
Naous: And I just got a cow.
Ralph: Pardon?
Naous: Well, I am an avatar of the Hindu god Shiva. I figured I might as well get one. It keeps the pilgrims happy. Want to take a picture of me and the cow? That sort of thing?
Ralph: They take pictures?
Naous: Not really, they can't afford camera's, but you get the idea.
Me: Okay, Seven.
Ralph: What if Daina and Kaylynn want to tag along?
Me: I'm okay with them, but they'll have to drop back on the priestesses and entourage. Preferably none, we don't want many people there, that's the point.

Ralph: What about all those gods we know?

Me: Well, they can come too. Most of them are so powerless know they have stopped being jerks

That is basically what happened yesterday. Sorry posting this blog took so long.

The Hitchhiker's Movie

Well, it took some convincing of my parents, but I was able to get to see the Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy movie. I would say that it was good for what it was, and I’m glad it wasn’t a complete insult to the book. It was disappointing in some places, but the jokes were good. I especially liked the Dolphin song and the references to the British series (i.e., the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy theme from the series, TV Marvin’s cameo). The actors who played the characters did them very well, in my opinion. I also liked that Jim Henson Creature Shop did most of the aliens. I’m a big fan of Farscape, and they did the aliens from that.

This is a public service announcement

You may have noticed that I put up something new on my web site. Well, that’s from a web site called Godchecker which deals with gods and their ilk. This little gold box feature a different deity every day. You can check it out any time you want. I put it up because I thought it was cool. Thank you for reading this.