The moon is a white strange world, great, white, soft-seeming globe in the night sky, and what she actually communicates to me across space I shall never fully know.

                                                                                  David Herbert Lawrence

While I await clarification on putting up some more Aura Papers and such here, I came across this lecture in my archive. Since it was delivered to the Societas Rosicruciana it would seem not to fall under any of the caveats I am under. Even though there is no indication I am pretty sure this lecture was also distributed to members of the Whare Ra temple. It certainly was produced in the same manner and on the same paper as some of the older Whare Ra documents.

There is no indication of the author on the document, but it is obviously Robert Felkin, who was a unique individual by all accounts. He really deserves a good, contemporary biography. I pretty sure this has not been published elsewhere. But it could have been and I've forgotten or it could be reproduced in a newer work I don't know about. Please let me know. Ta.

As is often the case in Robert's writing, the title of this document is as really a little misleading, but this is the title of the lecture, handwritten on the cover. It doesn't actually detail any history of the RR et AC - the Inner Order of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Nor is there much real history at all. A lot of myth and interesting ideas though. Since the document is 4000 words long I am not putting the text up here. Simply download the PDF transcription or the scanned version.

There is no year given, but from what we know of Felkin's life this had to be 1921.

Enjoy or ignore :)

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feeling better now. thanks for the amazing comments! i can't believe anyone actually visits here anymore...

i have a job that requires me to be positive and compassionate in the face of suffering. i have to say, i'm really good at it. i think the people i work with would be shocked at the level of my own inner turmoil. it's IRONIC.

i love my business, but i find myself longing for something more predictable, a fresh challenge. i'm contemplating getting more education and trying something new. i'm certain i could continue with my business on the side and that it would actually be a lot more fulfilling if i weren't so conscious of the quotas and goals i need to make to support the family.

it's so easy to slip away from gratitude and into a space of lack. it's way too easy for me personally.

on a lighter note, i adopted a cat. her name is rose and we have done some amazing bonding today. she was lost in my basement for awhile, but i dreamt about her last night, went down there this morning and got her. she's now creeping around the midnight house, getting to know the place.

i hope she will be happy with us. i'm so ready to love her! i know rose will bring some magic to the house.

The July issue of Today's Parents has an article on 'Magical Ways to Host a Birthday Party', and being one of the premier entertainment company in Singapore, Mighty Magic Factory is also featured in the article. The article talks about how to plan and organise a good birthday party and of course, having a good birthday party means NO to boredom for the kids, and that's where we come in!! :)

The article introduced Captain Amazing with his puppet friends Kenny, the Friendly Chicken (KFC) and Koko Nut, Kinetic Gal with her super cool juggling (that's yours truly) and Agent 81 with his secret agent missions and quests. :D

Check out Today's Parents for the article!

The lineart is not done by me :(...and I don't remember who, but it's really good art/lineart that I found on deviantart. Had a great time coloring it.

yeah, lets not look too deep, I had tried to color this a few times, and it didn't work out as I had hoped, so i got lazy and did the gradient on it, and did a very JUNKY background.

I don't do backgrounds

This was fun to color, once again, backgrounds suck because i don't do them. Yes, I do know that the shading is really terrible....but just ignore those :D

Magic Gopher

This is a story about a boy with magical powers who goes to boarding school and ends up taking on a big bad evil guy in the end. Sound familiar? I am an uber Harry Potter fan, and, initially, I liked the similarities to Rowling's story. But it only took a few chapters for the similarities to go from "hmm, that's neat" to "oh my god, is this legal?" Okay, I'm not asserting that Neff broke any copyright laws, but the book reads as if he took the best parts of the Harry Potter books and movies, changed them just enough not to constitute copyright infringement and then smashed them together to make this book.

Let's take a look at a FEW of the many similarities:

1. Harry goes to a boarding school for wizards - Max goes to a boarding school for kids with magic powers
2. Harry has the Sorting Ceremony - Max has the room configurations
3. Harry befriends Seamus Finnigan (Irish) - Max befriends Connor Lynch (Irish)
4. Feasts in the Great Hall - Feasts in the Great Hall
5. A half giant named Hagrid works at Hogwarts - Bob the former ogre works in the kitchens at Rowan
6. Harry plays Quidditch - Max plays Euclidean soccer
7. Harry is forced to attend the Yule Ball - Max is forced to attend the All Hallow's Eve ball
8. Harry suspects Snape of being on the enemy's side - Max suspects Miss Boon of being a traitor
9. Voldemort needs Harry's blood to become corporeal - Astaroth needs Max's blood to escape a painting

It's sad, because this story did pack some suspenseful moments. However, the characters and plot were not as fully developed as their "mother story," i.e. Harry Potter. A good read-a-like for younger kids who just want to read another book about a boy who goes to wizard school, but nothing original here.

DweebMeter: 2/5

But hey, some people were able to see past the similarities and give this one a decent review:

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Analysis: From the Sixers perspective, these are bold moves. New GM Ed Stefanski is quickly making a name for himself as a creative risk-taker. These maneuvers give the Sixers the inside presence they desperately need while only losing an inconsistent role player in Carney, the seldom-used Booth, and hopefully a late first-rounder. Stefanski is taking a page from the mold the Pistons are constructed by putting together a very talented core (Brand, Andre Iguodala, Samuel Dalembert, Andre Miller, Thaddeus Young, and Louis Williams) without having a superstar. On paper, this puts the Sixers immediately in the upper tier of the East, alongside Orlando, Detroit, and Cleveland.

The question for the Sixers and Stefanski is....what's next? While this makes the Sixers one of the best teams in the conference, it's not enough for them to compete for a title. In fact, they will have only ten players under contract if they re-sign Iguodala and Williams - which puts them 5 players under the limit. Their obvious immediate need is outside shooting, which can be improved by adding one or two inexpensive free agents - Salim Stoudamire, Eddie House, Tyronn Lue, Kareem Rush, James Jones, and Brent Barry, to name a few. However, I believe  Stefanski must have another big move in mind. The facts are that the Brand will turn 30 this basketball season and Stefanski knows that they probably only have a 3-4 year window to win a title with him. Plus, by the time the young guys fully develop, Miller (if re-signed) and Brand will be on the decline. Look for the Sixers to acquire another big name in a trade involving Iguodala, Miller, or Williams.

For Minnesota, the move to acquire Carney does not seem to make much sense on paper. Carney has done little to distinguish himself, and the Wolves are loaded at SG and SF - Mike Miller, Corey Brewer, Ryan Gomes, Rashad McCants, and free agent Kirk Snyder. The Wolves true needs are at center (Booth is not the answer) and PG if Randy Foye does not progress.

In other news, the Magic are reportedly going to sign G/F Mickael Pietrus. Pietrus underachieved as a Warrior, but the Magic hope he can step in as another perimeter threat who has the ability to become a defensive stopper. The biggest need for the Magic is in the front court, but they are not going to throw their money at Juwan Howard or Othella Harrington. I am not sure this will improve their team greatly, but the off-season acquisitions have just begun.

You can reach me at TheRealNBA@yahoo.com

Rating:

Now an adult, as the quartermaster of a pirate ship, Kestrel loves the freedom of living on the seas. But her way of life could end if anyone on board learns her closely guarded secret—that she has magical control over the wind.

One day a black ship appears, and her life changes. Its captain is a handsome rogue of whom Kestrel is strangely, constantly aware.

When Kestrel's captain is led into a trap and is arrested, she gathers her crew and sets sail in relentless pursuit. . . .

My Thoughts: I've read some very positive reviews about this novel, but I'm afraid to say that I was disappointed.

It's a fast-paced adventure, I'll give it that, but I just couldn't empathize or even understand the protagonist. I didn't really like her as a character--her situation didn't have a very believable background in my opinion. I get that the whole deal was that Kestrel was the "only woman on a ship full of pirates!" and "she's a fearless leader!" but it really, really didn't come through with me.

I've read several books about female pirates. One was a young adult novel, Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary Jacky Faber, Ship's Boy (Jacky Faber Series #1) by L.A. Meyer, and that was fun and cool and all sorts of adventure.

However, the best "female pirates" book I've ever read has to be the fictional retelling of the story of Anne Bonny, a real Irish woman who sailed as a pirate in the 1700s. It was Kingston by Starlight by Christopher John Farley, and it was amazing--exotic, poetic, exciting, suspenseful, romantic, everything a pirate novel should be.

Mad Kestrel, to me, just seemed underdeveloped and there was absolutely no chemistry between the main character and her love interest. I didn't feel it at all.

Didn't really enjoy this one all that much. Fabulous cover, though.

I'll breeze quickly over the Nets-Magic game from late last night

• This game was horrific. Barely watchable. Both teams were horribly disorganized and dysfunctional. Orlando lack huge amounts of talent on their roster meanwhile the Nets have talent but aren't using it very well.
• Brook Lopez had zero rebounds. Overall he was quite disappointing and was too quick to make soft moves going away from the hoop (fadeaway) out of the post. I had larger expectations on him so hopefully we'll see more as the tourney carries on.
• CDR showed off some of his talent and was able to create good shots for himself. Good sign
• Courtney Lee was disappointing. He had a solid game and was one of the better Magic players but again I expected more.

Sonics-Magic

• This was a rout by the end of the first quarter. Once again Orlando's lack of talent made the game tough to watch but at least Seattle put their guys on the floor.
• Surprisingly Kevin Durant showed up and played. He dominated the game whenever he choose to but mostly allowed the others to involve themselves. Durant had an easy 22 points and 5 boards
• Jeff Green had a very good game. Before the tourney there was talk of the Sonics asking Green to work on his ballhandling especially in the open floor .... clearly he's making a concerted effort at doing just that regularly leading the break and trying to get out in transition. Green was the player of the game as he dropped 28 points and played very good defense.
• Westbrook had his second straight fine game. I missed the first so this my first chance at seeing him in a Sonics uniform. The expectations of him being a dominant athlete, great defender and great finisher in the open court were all on full display. For those of you don't know, I've been very doubtful of Westbrook as a lottery pick. But today I was happily surprised to see how composed he was on the ball and how good his decision making was. Kevin Kruger was the best opposing point guard tonight so I'm not making too much of it except to say he's had himself a great start. Russell finished with 19 points and 3 dimes against 1 turnover.
• Courtney Lee had a quiet but excellent game for the Magic. He didn't ever really go above himself or look to dominate the play but his team ... who were getting their heads bashed in ... but he did manage to score 27 points on 8-14 shooting and 8-9 from the line.
• There was a real ugly spell to end the first and start the second were Orlando just couldn't buy a basket. Their poor play was the bigger reason rather than the Sonics' defense.
• The Sonics clearly had way too much talent for the Magic putting three top 5 lottery picks on the floor and a decent supporting cast.

Indiana-Chicago

• Surprised that Chicago managed to win this one. When you were watching the game you always felt Indiana were winning and in control because they were in control, in control of everything. But Chicago kept slogging away and found a way to pull it out with their bench guys coming up huge.
• Before the tournament I was looking up and down the rosters seeing who's names you recognize and who has a good squad. I thought Chicago clearly had the most quality and depth with a starting lineup of - Rose/Langford/Nichols/Ty Thomas/Noah - and Gray, Curry, Cedric Simmons. That's all NBA talent or have NBA experience. Indy in contrast had only Shawne Williams as a proven NBA talent and two borderline cases of Stephen Graham and Andre Emmet.

So was I surprised Indiana lost a close game here?

The Talent clearly favours Chicago right?

• Indiana have the best prepared and best drilled summer league team I can remember in recent years. It was incredible to see their team defense and offensive movement. They knew how they wanted to play and were able to impose that style of play. The level of cohesiveness on that team was incredible. They looked like they've been playing together for a year or two.
• Which leads me to beg the question .... who the hell is coaching them? The answer is Lester Conner. Remember that name because we'll likely start seeing it mentioned as a possible future head coach within the next 2 years.
• Indiana have a few good players who caught my eye. I haven't seen much of them on the whole so I won't comment too much on them. The two players that looked the most interesting were Courtney Sims (big man) and Earl Calloway (point guard). I'll be keeping my eye on those over the remaining games. The rest of their team all look fairly talented too but probably not NBA talents. Here's a link from the Pacers website on their local longshots on the roster
• In contrast .... as good as Indiana were and as well drilled as Indiana was ..... Chicago were awful.
• One of the surprising parts of this tournament was finding out that Vinny Del Negro was going to coach the team. Rarely do you see head coaches work the sidelines down here, they normally hand those duties over to an assistant. You see it the odd time with a top prospect and new coach and this is one of those times. Well I have to say that Chicago look the most disorganized team in the tournament. The talent is there, the game plan and the understanding of how to execute the game plan isn't. This is only summer league and it doesn't mean too much so don't read too much into this .... but at the same time Del Negro has done nothing here to build up hopes over his coaching credentials.
• Derrick Rose struggled again. Whenever he got in the halfcourt he looked confused about where and how to attack. Again he was passive and looked to pass off rather than create. When he did try to create he ran into Indy's help defense and couldn't manage to get much going. In transition he showed some great talents and he's clearly a huge threat in the open court.
• Chicago had their best spell offensively with Rose on the bench. JamesOn Curry was running the point then although he didn't look like much. Looked worse than last year actually.
• Chicago had several stretches in the game were every halfcourt possession was coming down to the final 5 seconds in the shot clock. The reasons were twofold (1) Indiana was playing great defense, especially for summer league (2) Chicago didn't have a clue how to create a shot or how to attack and Rose looked helpless on several of those possessions.
• Keith Langford again looked like a solid end of bench NBA player. He's a 6-4 shooting guard with a decent all-round game and athleticism who shoots well.  I think San Antonio had on their roster twice last season but I'm not entirely sure.
• Nichols also looked promising. He would have looked better if the Bulls guards created a bit more for him and didn't keep throwing off target passes forcing him to lose his position for his set jump shot ... ala Nate Robinson last year.
• Ty Thomas and Noah again looked unspectacular. It's surprising watching them play at this level. They're carbon copies of their NBA selves. They should be coming down here and dominating this competition but they're not. The paint is up for grabs whenever they're in the game. They're blending in. It's not so much that they're playing down to the competition, it's that neither really has the skills to be more than a role player even at this level of play.

Surprising Box Score from earlier

• Beasley was terrific in the opener going for 28 points in 23 minutes. Today he shot 1-16 from the field. Ouch. I want to know who was guarding him, I'm betting Sean Williams. I wonder if it was just a horrible shooting night or if Williams gobbled up all those high percentage looks and forced into bad shots. Disappointed I missed that game now. Beasley did look great against two very good athletes/defenders in Thomas/Noah which we shouldn't forget.
• Chalmers dropped 19 and 9 to lead Miami to a victory over the Nets. I love this kid.

So of course I'm playing along with it. And every time I see a kid I tell them "I know what you're thinking!" Pretty hilarious, really. We'll see how long it lasts!!

And the quote of the day...

While pushing an 8 year old kid on the swing:

"How's this for aerodynamic?!"

Genre: Fantasy

Age Level: 14 and up

# of Pages: 328 p.

RAC Book: Yes

Aislinn has a secret that only her grandmother knows and that is that she is able to see faeries. All of the women in her family have always been able to do this and so Aislinn was trained at a young age to pretend like she cannot see them, because if the faeires know they are seen they will torment the human who has that gift. Unfortunately, one day Aislinn notices that two faeries keep following her and becomes alarmed enough to tell her best friend, Seth. Seth tries to help her figure out what the faeries want and how to get them to leave, but of course the problem is much more complicated than they anticipate.

Keenan is the Summer King, but his power has been bound for many, many years. Unless he can fulfill his mission and find the girl destined to rule alongside him he will never get his power back and catastrophic things will happen to everyone in the world, faeries and mortals alike. Standing in his way,is his mother, Beira, who is the Winter Queen. She is a cunning and deceitful villain who will stop at nothing to win.

Fans of any fantasy series such as Twilight will enjoy this book. The plot is unique and original and contains a lot of mystery, action, and adventure. There are many rules in place that the characters have to abide by in order to win, which makes the plot complicated and unpredictable. So far it has already caught the attention of many students and I think will continue to pull in readers as word spreads. A must read for fantasy lovers.

Touch the Dark

Mediocre vamp novel with a clairvoyant heroine gaining increasing power over the spirit world. The writing is a bit obtuse and meandering. And the author has an annoying tendency to make a vamp out of every historical figure she can think of- throwing Cleopatra, Rasputin, and Jack the Ripper in the same room.

For those that don't know DH is short for Dark Hunter, which is the main novel I've been working on for a while now.  I am going to push myself to post regular updates on how it is going along, including the wordcount [above].  1,283 of those were just typed up in the past couple of hours while I had peace and quiet before I hit a block.  I know why I hit a block, I'm going offroad or traveling uncharted waters as it were.  I tend to be a sprint writer so when I change the story in the middle of typing it I get slowed down, but a Muse made its presence known so I followed for a time.  A day or two and I'll be over my stumbling block.  And I'm done rambling so I'll return tomorrow to show you more of my jumbled world.

1. MAGIC
2. KITTENISH
3. MAKE LOVE
4. PRISM BOY
5. HEART
6. SUPERSONIC
7. SEARCHLIGHT
8. NATALIE
9. KITTENISH -Yasuka Nakata Mix-
10.  PRISM BOY -Extended Mix-

STEP opens with MEG's 2nd UMJ single, MAGIC. The song starts off with its blaring and highly synthed up chorus. The verses were a little bland, but the chorus makes up for them with its quite infectious synth line and nice underlying beats. MEG's vocals fit the BGM well and I loved the lalala's near the end of this song. MAGIC happens to be one of the lighter songs on the album.

KITTENISH begins with the song's main synth beat, which happens to be more like a synthetic piano, then transitions into the somewhat lighthearted atmosphere. This song is like the previous track in terms of overall feel but a little heavier with it's rhythmic melodies and cute dance beats. I think this is one of the album's strong points.

Track 3, MAKE LOVE, has more of that intense club feel to it, with its heavy and lazy synth line. I didn't really like this song though because of the extremely random sounds, beeps, beats, and vocals that MEG presented, which happen to be in english. And speaking of vocals, they don't appear very often and make this song more of an instrumental experience than anything else, and being over 7 minutes, I could barely take in 3.

The next track, PRISM BOY, opens the same as KITTENISH with its looping synth line, however I really liked the verses in this song which have a more dramatic and much more reserved mood to them compared to the rest of the album. I say the same for the choruses which is where the song picks up and more beats and synth were put in.

HEART was the only single released after her previous album BEAM. I absolutely LOVED this song when it first grazed my ears. The extremely cute and more pop oriented atmosphere set off this really nice dance number. MEG sang in a faster paced and in shorter notes during the verses to add to the uber cuteness. The choruses were where most of the fun took place and MEG elongated the notes and all the BGM got really catchy.

The album takes a sharp turn and turns to a more industrial and really gritty and heavily synthed up SUPERSONIC. Even MEG's vocals got a huge makeover. The extremely overdone distorted vocals during some parts of the song added to the grittiness, and even without those moments, MEG sang in a very brazen matter. I actually think this is a pretty good song since it's so unique from the whole album in general.

SEARCHLIGHT begins with a sound reminiscent of it's own title and quickly goes into a really nice piano arrangement accompanied by a light dance beat bubbling underneath. This song sounds a lot like Baby cruising Love by Perfume, but a little more reserved. This song's composition was well done and is worth a listen.

The album closes with NATALIE. This track really brings us back to capsule's roots with it's extensive use of and reliance on drums, perscussion, and piano. This song has a really melancholic mood to it with the dramatic, yet jazzy piano chords played in a lower key and MEG's elongated notes. NATALIE is much like Macaroni by Perfume as well, minus all the synth. This song was a great way to end the album and is one of my favorite songs by MEG next HEART.

The Yasuka Nakata Mix of KITTENISH makes the song sound more upbeat by changing the main synth line to repeated notes produced by a (synthetic?) electric guitar. Throw in a few beeps here and there and change the synth line's pitch every now and then, and you basically have this song.

The Extended Mix of PRISM BOY was a nice bonus track for this album. It pretty much extends the synth line in the beginning and extends the use of the chorus throughout some parts. I'm not exactly sure, but I think a few more dance beats were thrown in.

STEP definitely took MEG in the right direction because it has some of her most mature work to date. I noticed that almost all the tracks used the same beat in the background but Yasu was able to work with his creativity and add a certain uniqueness to each track. Save for MAKE LOVE, the biggest offender, I think that this album was great and that if your into trance and eletro-pop, than you should give this album a listen.

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On another note I just want to give a bit of thanks to David von Sunder over at http://www.millionareorbust.com/ for his regular reading of the stories I've posted on here. 

That's all that I can think of for now so I'll tie this off and get back to work.

It's been a long time since I read Namie Akimoto sensei's work. I couldn't find any other masterpiece from her. This one is the best!

The series end on volume 9 and they also made the anime version from this one.

My Rating:

Koei tries to help by performing magic to attract people. He scouts two creatures: a weird dog and a girl who likes the legendary magician, Fantastic Magician. But, it's too late. The head master has lose hope. Koei pushes him to prevent that. So, he decides to give the student second chance: if Koei could find his dog, the school will be saved.

Can Koei protect his precious magic school? And what is the true identity of the Fantastic Magician?

Find it out here!

My Rating:

Cocona doesn't lose hope. She looks for Sora, a magician who can turn appearance of others.

As she turns into human, she's not completely happy. She's actually caught in Sora's trap. Sora wants her devil soul so she can rule the magic world. She created Prince Almond to lure her so that she would give her soul up.

My Rating:

Phill Niblock would like to visit our festival and even play a set :))

This is really cool news and we're really honoured!

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Now a good magician’s not supposed to reveal his secrets, but I'm a very bad magician, and I don't mind.  Scroll back up until you can see the second set of cards (the frame with all cards face-up).

Pick a different card from this group and then scroll down to the frame with the one card turned over.

That one seems to be face down, too. Hmmm... If you haven't figured it out yet, scroll back up and choose a third card. Then look at the last frame, and you'll see that it's missing, too.

The secret to the trick is that the frame with the face-down card in each set contains completely different cards than the first slide.

The trick works, because you are so focused on the one card you are memorizing that you don't pay attention to the others. I was able to replace all the cards without you noticing, because you assumed that your card must be the face-down one.

This trick, like many magic tricks, depends upon me getting you to focus on one thing so that you aren't focused on anything else in the trick. It's deception, pure and simple, and it's the same trick Satan uses when it comes to the people around us.

He likes to get us focused on the flaws in our friends, our families, our boss, our peers at work, our fellow church members, different people groups... He wants us preoccupied with the annoying, frustrating, difficult things about those around us so that we won't notice all the great things about them, so that we won't notice how much we have in common.

If he can get us looking at just a few frustrating character traits, habits or customs, he can disrupt relationships, create prejudice and hatred, short-circuit evangelism and ministry and prevent the one thing Jesus said would prove to the world that we are His disciples - that we have love one for another.

Don't fall for Satan's cheap parlor trick. Keep your focus on what we have in common with those around us.

She is bringing language into our lives with learning skills for each persons own. Whether they be audio, audio digital, kinesthetic, etc. She has made the seminar presentable, easy to understand and follow and very professional. Tori's main concern is to be able to reach everyone with the knowledge she has gained over the years.  Today her dream is realized.

Go to www.mygenielovesme.org and find out what she is about, what she has to offer.  There is nothing to lose in doing so and a lot to gain.  Find the Magic in you.

"Big News"

It's the 2nd season of Someday's Dreamers!

by Llora-chan

It's the 2nd season of Someday's Dreamers! I've read the manga and I love it. Now... I saw the 1st episode of the 1st season and I hated it. Why? I think it was because I watched it as a dub. I could not find any subs. Now, I wouldn't mind watching it as a dub... but I don't know, I couldn't watch Someday's Dreamers as a dub.

Nowadays, I find it hard to find an anime with good English voice actors. Ones that can actually show some emotion or whatever... It felt really odd watching Someday's Dreamers with those English voices. Some people might be saying, "Well, of course they can't be compared to the Japanese VAs because the Japanese are the original voice," or whatever, blah, blah, blah...

As you can most probably tell, I'm in a bad mood. Why?:

• My little sister ( age 8 ) slammed door on my knee and my head which caused me to fall back onto my desk, hit it, then fall on to the floor. Yeah, pain... A LOT! I couldn't even stand!! My little sister has a habit of slamming doors when she's really mad. She's going bring the house down one day with her constant slamming.
• I just got over stress of doing my Biology assignment. Gyaa~
• Watching this episode got me going crazy with the backrounds and it kept reminding me of the 1st season.

You know, I started blogging because I've read that journaling or writing things out helps relieve stress. I think it's true. ...I feel a bit better now.

So, anyways~ Let's go back to the episode...  It was a pretty nice episode...

It kinda takes getting used to with the backgrounds and such. The backgrounds I think got more attention than the characters. At many times, the characters wouldn't look good. I could Sora-san's face getting really chubby and back to normal many times.

Because it's a slice-of-life show, it has a tendency to be slow. This show might get really good. I'm just not happy with the 1st episode.

Aria came to mind while writing that last paragraph. Aria was a beautiful show... but it WOULD get boring SOMETIMES. I'm still stuck on watching the 2nd season but I did watch the 1st and the 3rd.

I may decide to not blog this show, but I will probably continue watching it anyway. I'll give this a few more episodes.

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Few other Role Playing Games have as much depth of history as Morrowind. Every race in Tamriel (except for the Orcs) has its own province and a rich back-story detailing their place in the greater political order of the land. Races of Tamriel features pictures and maps of the various inhabitants of Morrowind, along with a brief description of each race.

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If I were to try my hand at modding for Morrowind these are some of the mods I would have aspired to create. Since that is very unlikely to ever happen I offer these concepts to anyone willing or able to bring them to life - no strings attached.

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