HAKEN

For those of you who have never seen one of these (or heard of it for that matter), the Quiksilver was held yesterday.

WERZBOWSKI

Ni Hao, fellow Browncoats... Yes, I am still about, even though I rarely have the time to visit anymore. I just wanted to wish all my fellow Browncoats a happy holiday season, no matter what you celebrate. To those of you I call 'friend'... Sorry I haven't been around lately, and I hope everything goes well with you. The reasons for my absence will become obvious in this blog. To those of you who have read my fanfiction... I'm sorry to report that due to real life, my writing has completely dried up. There will be no more tales of Werzbowski, or stories from the crew of Pandora, in the forseeable future. Again, the reason will shortly become obvious. Because of this I have removed all my fic from the site so that people wouldn't be left hanging. It is unfortunate that I must report that thanks to work related issues, and the recent discovery of my father having lung cancer, I don't anticipate being able to hang out with you guys again any time soon. I hope to stop by now and again though to lurk, and if you can spare any prayers & best wishes for my father, they'd sure be appreciated. - 'Ski PS: To those of you who I used to correspond with via email... my address has changed. It's now werzbowski1@yahoo.com

THESOMNAMBULIST

Well it's all Mr Whedon's fault. I'd given up watching TV of any kind since Northern Exposure. Then he goes and makes Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly and takes TV to a new level. Three TV shows of such quality and accesibility that he's inspired myself and two friends to try and write one of our own. So that's where we are, just a few days shy of having a pitch ready for the BBC. It's not easy this TV writing lark. When you start of with a blank canvas the possibilities are limitless, and we all have individual ideas of our own. But we've managed to find a format that all three of us love and things have come along wonderfully. Of course we're under no allusions. There's a long way to go, and it'll be extremely difficult to keep our original idea in tact, but at least having a completed script is better than not having a completed script. That's the impetus. The script. That now gives us something to approach the BBC with. So there you go. I'll keep things updated as they develop. TheSomnambulist

HOTPOINT

Hi All, Just a few lines to help advertise my next FanFic Series [i]Horse, Foot and Artillery[/i] which is my take on the idea of a Second War of Independence. The new series continues the Storyline established in my earlier series; Death Or Glory, Wolf Pack and Here Be Dragons... because I just can't tear myself away from it. You can find a "poster" advertising the new series at

DTUCK

There comes a time when everyone makes the choice between family and career. But when your career involves your family, what do you do? Disregarding everything I've always been careful with concerning online identity (because, honestly, I'm not sure I believe it anymore), I'm just gonna say it outright, because the details are what's important. I work in an Internet Gaming Center, like an Internet Cafe, where people come and pay to use our computers to play online multiplayer games. We also host Magic the Gathering tournaments on Fridays and casual play at all other times. My older cousin is a big guy. He comes in to play Magic, and, as family, has a VIP account on our system, which gives him unlimited time on the computers. Pushing 6 feet tall, he's also very muscular, and tends to use his size to intimidate people, though not maliciously. Now, I'm short. Barely 5'4", skinny too. But I've always been unusually resilient. I was a shoe-in for sports, since I could run faster than anyone else, and get back up from a hit that would make others dizzy. My resilience has acted as a buffer between his actions and my feelings about them. I never thought he was too rough, because I could take the rough-housing and give it in return, but his actions towards others recently have opened my eyes. Apparently, when I wasn't here, he twisted a kid's arm, and has done it before. I'm thinking he made sure he didn't do it in front of me, because, first and foremost, this is a place of business, and needs to be a safe environment for youngsters. The next time my cousin comes in, I'll inform him that he's lost his computer rights, and that he should take a voluntary leave of absence from the Gaming Center for a month or so, until he can sort out whatever makes him feel the need to mess with people the way he does. What's more, my family actually owns the Gaming Center (and the local ISP), but he's related to me through my mom, and it's my stepdad's business, so that adds new angles that may or may not prove troublesome. And to top it all off, I think I'm in love with the daughter of the manager of the Center, my 3rd cousin by law... (not really, but that'd make a bitchin' Springer episode, wouldn't it? :biggrin: ) What I want to know is, have I done the right thing? Was I too harsh, not harsh enough? How do I react when we're at my grandparents' house, away from my place of business? Should I try to mediate situations where he will be in the same place with my paternal relatives, and vice versa, or just stay out of it? Eternally confused, D-Tuck