TANKOBITE

OK, so I'm reading very slowly; blame my friends. I will attempt to push forward this weekend and try and finish the book and then start some rough character sketches...then start [i]On Killing[/i]. On the plus side, I'm still spreading the gospel of Firefly to the masses. My latest (hopefully) convert is an exchange student from Korea. We've been friends for a while and were both bored today so we decided to watch a movie. Me being the kind of guy I am only had the Godfather collection, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, a few John Wayne movies, and of course Firefly and Serenity. Well, low and behold she picked out the box set of Firefly and asked me what that was about; so we watched the pilot today and she did have a bit of trouble following the opening part, but got it with my help and says she really enjoyed it. I just got an email thanking me, and without going into too many private details* [quote]Thank you for allowing me to watch the dvd in your room unlike me ^^** hehe~ i really enjoyed that, actually the begging parts were really confused~ hehe^^^* [b]Keep shiny![/b]^^**********************[/quote] Bless 'er heart, I'll make a browncoat of 'er yet. *edit: Spelling/grammatical errors are hers, but give her a break, how many languages do you speak/write?

MEIMEICOBB

[i]xiong can sha shou[/i] means "ass-kicking killer." In my endeavors to create the ultimate Firefly play-by-post roleplay I think I have gone mad. I've taken to the characters, fallen in love with their personalities, and taken an eerie amount of interest in the actual canon of things. Like... Kaylee, for a great example. She's not all shiny and cheerful all the time. She's got as many dark sides as Jayne does, only she's better at hiding them I think. She's very open it's true, but she's also very mature about it and it's obvious that some of the things others like Simon or Mal might find embarrassing she has no issue with, like openly talking about sex. Not even Inara talks about it as much as Kaylee. That's just the one. Has anyone really put any thought to the little nugget about Inara that Joss talked about? That when she said "I don't intend to die at all" and what it all meant? Nandi does comment that she doesn't look a day older than she did when they were back at the Companion training house; is she hiding more than her feelings for Mal? At any rate, it's just a mini-rant in order to keep my brainpan cool and sane.

DUN

This isn't a rant,aint too sure what it is ,only i've a need to get it of my chest.Where too begin,why am i here?Im 41 and should know better ,tis only a show which got cancelled,but im here most days .I can relate too most of the characters,book,wash even mal,you dont get too my age without collecting a few scars even if i am in my shepard mode and have hope.don't get me wrong i've a good life and know i have ,which is the important thing.When i first came here JETFLAIR gave me a wave and wrote this "being a browncoat is sharing a powerful love of this cancelled show with an extended family of frendly folk all across the world.It's not really a costume thing,or any such artificial construct.Most of us call ourselves browncoats because something about the show resonates very strongly with us and when we discover other people with whom we have that in commom,frendships are born ".Now too the hub of it,I've spent the last two weeks in hospital visiting a relative,I can cope with our pain but i was talking too a nurse ,she had spent three day with my relative and she was in bits,a relative stranger,been doin the job twenty years or so with tears in her eyes.Nearly cut me in two .Im not too sure what im saying only that there is more good in the world than I give it credit for.hopefully someone understand me .nuff sed

THATWEIRDGIRL

My new site is mostly up and running. Yes, thatweirdgirl is still around, but I've added to it. Check out www.thatcostumegirl.com. It's me. Me with a focus, heh. Everything will be related to costumes...in some way or another. For instance, over the next three weeks I'll be walking through the steps to making the Ariel EMT costumes. On Monday it will be sort of geared to females when I demonstrate how to style hair in a Victorian fashion (this takes a little planning because pictures are necessary). Anyway, I hope to have a lot of fun exploring the costume world. If you want to explore it with me, please stop by and comment. Offer ideas, share successes and failures, and generally have fun. I am slowly building a gallery of my costumes, friend's costumes, conventions, and all sorts of other stuff. If you want in, just let me know and I'll add you. See you 'round.

NOMEANSNO

Joss Whedon "For this is your life, your breath, your very soul. All who see it look into your soul and see the light and love that can be found within. They take that glimmering specter into themselves and it becomes a part of them, suffusing them with the shared joy of all things beautiful. Never shall any be the same as always were for they have taken and, therefore, given unto greatness. The body grows as those who have partaken pass on the torch to those they love. For who, having become a part of great works, would begrudge their neighbor the same delight? Woe to those who have known it not, to those who have blinded themselves to it's brilliance. For they shall not know the glory that arises within. Woe also to those who should see the dream end. For when should such a masterpiece be seen again? True delight was seen in this world! Now that it is gone the masses shall mourn for eternity!" Naomi April 11, 2008

ASIANSOLO

Well my wife's car was est. at $4,000.00 to fix, the old house we have to wait until the insurance agents looks at it.So many homes here were hit by hail and high winds, it maybe a while befor we are seen.