Monday, February 11, 2008

   Jib Jab silliness
Have you have a friend that created a Jib Jab of themselves and you? Well I have and I just have to share.
http://www.jibjab.com/sendables/view/xI9rc5bZhbt6ksvXUQBYez2V
I am the one that has the glasses and freckles and a body that doesn't match.
Please check it out.
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Saturday, February 2, 2008

   xxxHoLic fan fiction ....
Let me know if you like this or not.

Today is a very stressful day. Clan lord Mack finally got finished cleaning the store. Yuko had tricked Mack into cleaning by saying the place was small. But that is now behind us. Watanuki has gone to see Domeki (not that he wanted to mind you) at the request of Yuko.

While he is a way a new customer comes into the shop. A very mysterious customer. The customer's wish is to be some one other than who the customer is. Yuko explains that the price will be too great for the customer to pay. The customer doesn't care. Life is just too hard as things are now. Yuko tells the customer to let her thing about this wish. She needs to come up with a fair price.

Yuko asks Mack to escort the customer to the front gate. At this time Watanuki has returned to from Domeki's. The mysterious customer looks a Watanuki as he walks to the store. Why is the customer interested in Watanuki?

And to continue ...

After taking the the mysterious stranger, I returned to the shop. I was wondering why the stranger was looking at Watanuki so intently. Did he know this young man? (Calling the stranger a him only because of the build of his body.) If he does know Watanuki then in what capacity? OOOO, this is driving me crazy. I am going to ask Yuko … wait scratch that idea. She will never spill.

Well, I was done with my work for the next three years, I could leave for the day. I yelled, “See you guys tomorrow!” and not waiting or a response, I spun around and ran for the gate. I thought about tailing the mysterious stranger. My curiosity was getting the best of me. I know, I really shouldn’t be this nebby but I can’t help it. So, I make it to the gate and turn towards the direction that the mysterious stranger when. But he was not there…

He couldn’t have gotten out of sight not that fast. I was only away from the gate for about two minutes. I am a fast sprinter. (ok no giggling… this is a fiction you know and I can dream) I may have to ask a clan mate or two or three to help me find this mysterious stranger. I wanted to ask the question about how he knew Watanuki, if he knew him at all. It was erry the way he looked at our favorite chore boy. (um… don’t let Wananuki know that I said that. He would get angry.)

So I start to call up some of the clan mate to help me out. But who to ask first? Should it be Kikicupkake? Maybe Jeakers41?Um, I could ask my niece, Kurisushi. Oh, how about Rain66? I haven’t heard from Rain-chan in a while. So many to ask, I cannot make up my mind. I will have to think about this and be on the watch for the mysterious stranger to return. I hope it is not before I contact someone. In the mean time I will be going home to get some much needed sleep.

My sleepy thought….hum, I wonder if Gena (pronounced Gina) from another earlier fiction will show up. Maybe if I apologize to her. Shake head to wake up. Cannot fall asleep while I am walking. Hope I get home soon and with no problems of sleep walking. See you all in the morning, I hope.

To be continued.

What went before …

Yeah, that guy (?) sorta freaked me out. I actually tried asking Yuko, I went and softened her up a bit first and gave her some sake to get her in a better mood. By that time, however, she was spacing out and talking in mystic riddles as always. My next action was to try Watanuki and see if he knew anything or saw any weird spirits nearbye or something. He was attempting to cook something, but Maru, Moro, and even Mokono were bouncing around him making stupid requests. I asked him if he knew the guy (?). I really don't think he even listened to the question, got agrivated and tried to set Mokono on me. It wasn't a good day for him. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hi mack. i do have some ideas, something that might be good for a plot point. (but i warn you, i've only read the 1st and 3rd books, so I might contradict something that happens in one o the other books. T_T sry) maybe the customer was someone else before he (?!) got to be this person here. Maybe he keeps on messing up his life and asking for a new one, so Yuko doesn't recognize him. Maybe he's also really a long-lost relative or god father or something of Watanuki, so Watanuki doesn't recognize him. ok, bye. tell me whatcha think

JEAKERS41
10:20 AM, 08.26.2007


oooo, did I get an earful this morning. Gena (not pronounced Gina) saw what I had wrote and was she angry. Gena (pronounce Jenna) thought it was wrong to involve her when her story isn't even finished. She woke me up from a sound sleep to yell at me. Well I am off to sleep again. My real job would not like it if I sleep through my work schedule.

MACK
08:29 PM, 08.26.2007

And the story continues ….

After a good nights sleep and doing my regular job, I am ready to tackle this mysterious stranger puzzle.
Well Jerkers41 had a great idea, but I had passed on that. I figured that Yuko would be tight lipped. My idea of recruiting Gena was a wash. So now I need to see if Domeki will help me.

Now I can’t go and ask him now. The kids are in school. If I go to the shop, I may see the stranger but then again Yuko may see me (more likely than not). If she does see me than she will put me to work.

What to do, what to do….hm not sure. Maybe I will walk around a bit. It may give me an idea on how to ask for Domeki’s help without getting Watanuki involved. I know that Domeki is still upset about the spider incident and Watanuki’s eye. I don’t want to cause Domeki any more pain.

As I walk I look at the people passing by, hoping to see the mysterious stranger. Why did he look at Watanuki like that? Did he know the boy? Is he related like Jerkers41 suggested? And what if the he is actually a she? Argh! I am getting a headache just thinking of all of this stuff. But the one thing that goes through my mind is will I recognize this person if I were to see him on the street? … My head is really aching. Maybe I am getting hungry. Time to look for a food cart or a ramen shop.

Spotting one across the street, I proceed to the next crossing area. Still not use to crossing at a designated spot. In the US we just cross were we want. Dangerous that bit but if you are in a hurry ….. So, I finally cross the street. Now what to order. Should I have some tokiyaki with ramen? Or should I have something else? ……. Why can’t I seem to make up my mind today? I am usually more level headed than this.

“Can I help you miss?” a young man asks as I approach the ramen shop.

“Uh…,” I say, still not sure of what to get, “Can you let me see a menu in English? My Japanese is not so good when I order food.” A sheepish smile is on my face. I am remembering the time I ordered something that got me really sick a few weeks ago. I knew some Japanese before I got here and have been learning more everyday but foods ….

Smiling knowingly, the young man answers, “Yes, mam. I will get it for you right away.”

As I sit at the counter, I check out the other customers there. You know who I was hoping to see, don’t you? Well, I didn’t see him. The young man came back with a menu in English. He stood there as I scanned the food they have to offer. I did decide on the tokiyaki with ramen and a drink of warm water.

“Warm water? Are you sure? We do have an ice maker,” the young man said somewhat taken aback.

I give a little smile as I say, “Yes, just warm water. Cold things hurt my stomach a bit. So I just drink warm water.”

The young man smiles sadly and goes to put on my order with the cook. He brings me my glass of warm water and then goes to help another customer. As I sit waiting for my meal, I absently mindedly stir my water with my finger.

Outside the shop, a heavily cloaked person stands outside watching Mack. This person seems to be interested in who she is and what she was doing here. The last time this person saw Mack was at the shop of the Wish Maker. And it seems that she knows that young boy that came back from an errand or something. Maybe, I can ask her about that young man, this person thought. But no, to do that will let her see more of me than I want to have seen.

To be continued ….

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I create Ficiton! Check out this one!
I have created a fiction at TP and it has some of my fans/clanmates in it. Check this out and let me know what you think.

The MLC Takes Over What’s The Scoop? part 1

Twas a rather dark and stormy night in Philadelphia. Mack was at her desk reading the latest review coming in from Tokyopop. She had a deadline to make. The newest reviews were not helping her to meet this deadline. “Why did I ever start this endeavor?” she thought to herself wearily. “What’s the Scoop? should never be taking up this much time!” Mack put her head down. Just need to rest my eyes for a bit, she thought to herself as she removed her glasses.
The phone rang just as Mack started to drift off. Jolted out of her very short nap, “Yes, what to do you want!?” she shouted into the phone.
“Um … boss it is me, GinKazeRyuu.” the young voice said on the other end, “You asked me to do some checking on the world wide web for you tonight. Um… I can’t get a good connection. I am not sure that I can get you any new information.”
Tiredly and a bit annoyed, Mack answers, “Are you sure? I mean I have been working on this for about 40 hours now. I can use all the help I can get. Oh, sorry about yelling at you. You woke me.”
“That’s ok boss. Why don’t you take a dip in the pool to relax?”
“That would be a great idea if it wasn’t storming tonight. The thunder sounds like bombs going off. I wouldn’t feel safe in the pool tonight, even though it is on the lower floors of the building.”
“Well, think about it any way boss,” GinKazeRyuu said a bit nervously.
“Alright, Gin, please see if you can find me some help,” a very tired Mack said. Darn it why does this always happen around the deadline. This is the third time in as many weeks that this has happened with GinKazeRyuu’s computer. The thunder cracked and the lightning split the skies. It was a beautiful moving picture that Mack wished she could watch. Instead she picked up the next pile of work. Fiction. The top twenty were from the Mostly Literate Clan, MLC for short. Mack plucked them off and put them aside. I cannot always feature their work, she thought. It makes it hard for others to catch my eye.



A few hours earlier on the west coast, a small group of elite writers and readers had gathered. They were meeting in the offices of the MLC. A plot was in the making. It was a devious plot that concerned traveling across the country. This meant money. Money they were currently hurt for due to What’s the Scoop?
“Well, did we get GinKazeRyuu on board with this plan?” Calamari asked her motley crew.
“Yeah, we convinced her once again to help delay the web news,” a detached voice came from the speaker phone, “I, MrGBH, have convinced the child to give her boss a hard time yet again.”
“Thank you MrGBH,” Calamari said smiling, “Phase one of our plot is coming along swimmingly.”
The others in the room groaned at the intended pun. Calamari turn and everyone there went silent at once. Only the detached chuckling of MrGBH could be heard. Obviously he loved the boss lady’s puns.
“Now, on to phase two. Who wants to take a trip to the city of Brotherly Love?” asked the head of the MLC. “I can’t get away right now and it angers me to no end!!! How about you Lightrafe? Are you game to take on Mack in her environment?”
Lightrafe looked up from Letters from Iwo Jima, and answered in a bored voice, “Sure, whatever. Anything to break the boredom.”
Rolling her eyes, Calamari turned to 9261993, “I know I can count on you. Do your worst my pet!”
“Your wish is my command, my liege” 9261993 said, “Err … sorry don’t know where that came from. Yes, I would love to do my worst.” Evil chuckling followed.
“My, my I liked your answer my lovely pet. Now to the next member of this team,” Calamari turned to the young Dogfan715, “will you be joining our efforts or not?”
The young girl’s answered, “W -e - l - l, why are we doing this again?”
“What, you forgot?! For heaven’s sake!! I will go through this one more time. Mack, who is the editor of What’s the Scoop? has always featured our fiction. But as of late she has been using junk for her the fiction she has been featuring (and I thought we were friends). It has happened for the past month. A MONTH THAT WITCH!” Calamari screamed, startling everyone in the room. “We are going to take over What’s the Scoop? and only feature our fiction! Yes only ours, no one has a right to be featured before our clan. NO ONE!!!! BWHAHAHA!”
“Um, boss, I think you should calm down. You seem to be on the edge of losing it,” the unsolicited advice came from Grinzor. “I don’t think you made much sense to Dogfan715. She went under the table when you started to yell.”
Glaring at Grinzor, Calamari said, “Sorry to scare you, Dogfan715 dear. Enough! No more asking who will be going to Philadelphia. I am cutting to the chase (this scene is taking too long). Going with Lightrafe and 9261993 will be the following.” Taking out a pad she writes the names and then after looking again she made her announcement.
“MrGBH you will be traveling from your current location in England. Dogfan715, Superriceball, Airichan, Mxskai and Grinzor will be joining Lightrafe and 9261993. They will be leaving from here. Now get your stuff together and …”
“Uh boss,” Mxskai interrupted with a wince, afraid of the wrath her boss word toss her way. “how are we getting to Philadelphia? I mean, we don’t exactly have much money since no one is reading our fiction anymore. We can’t afford the air fare and we can’t exactly take our weapons on the plane.”
Instead of an angry answer, Calamari chuckled, “MrGBH, please explain our mode of transportation.”


While MrGBH was explaining the type of transportation, Mack was buried under a mound of paperwork, literally. A hand peeked out from under the avalanche of paperwork. Then the arm started to appear. Shoulder next and finally a head. Then a groan filled the office. The sudden noise causes NearlyMellow to pop her head in to check on the boss. She saw Mack was once again buried neck deep in her work. Walking over to the pile, NearlyMellow was about to yank Mack out by the hand.
“Not that one,” Mack moaned, “That is the one I had my surgery on. It will only hurt more if you yank on it.”
“Sorry boss,” NearlyMellow said thinking about this, “Hey, wait a minute. You haven’t had your surgery yet. That is not until the twenty-first.”
“Are you sure NM? It feels like someone cut into my shoulder with a knife already.”
“Yes, I am sure. I keep your books and appointments, don’t I?”
“That’s right, you do NM. By the way why do you want me to call you NM again? No, never mind. Just help me out of this mess, please,” Mack pleaded.
“Oh, ok but you have to be more careful. These deadlines are going to be the death of you one of these days. You really should think of taking a vacation from the Scoop.” NearlyMellow said with mild annoyance. She liked Mack, really she did. But there were times this lady could drive her crazy. Gently she helped Mack out from under the paper avalanche. “How did it happen this time, boss?”
“Well you see I had just gotten off the phone with Gin.” Mack began.
“Wait! Wait, since when have we had a Gin on the payroll? Did you hire someone new without telling me! Argh! More paperwork and we are already tight with the money.”
“No, no I didn’t hire someone new. sheesh, make one mistake and you never live it down, no not ever. I was talking to GinKazeRyuu, who was having computer problems, yet again. So I started to print out some of the news form the other sites. That is when the printer went skitterish and freaked out started spitting out paper like it was sick. The next thing I knew, I was buried under about a ton of paper. Thanks for the save, NM.” Mack said tearfully. NearlyMellow was the best bookkeeper in the business and she knew how to handle Mack. From the quirks of shortening people’s names to the stress crazed, deadline freaking, emotional powder keg that Mack becomes just before posting What’s the Scoop?
“Why don’t you relax a bit, boss. You are stressing out again and you can never get a good Scoop out when you are stressed out,” NearlyMellow told Mack.
“Well, if you think so NM. But what can I do to de stress is there such a word? Can you give me a suggestion, please?”
“It is still storming out, so I don’t think the pool with be a good place. Why not just walk around a bit. Or you could take your favorite book and sit in a quiet place to read.”
“My favorite book. Yes, that sounds good. Uh, NM ….what is my favorite book again?”
“Oh for the love of Mike, boss. You are definitely too stressed.” Handing Mack the black leather bound book. “I will alert security that you will be taking a walk or reading somewhere.”
“Who’s on tonight? Anyone I know? Maybe I can get a great story from them.” NearlyMellow gives Mack a withering look. “Uh, maybe just say hi. Will that be ok?” the timid answer came in answer to the look.
“I think it is Wolfrider tonight. But you know that he doesn’t like to be bothered when working. Just enjoy yourself. I will see about getting this cleaned up and in the proper order.”
“Thanks NM. I can always count on you.” Mack said as she left the office. NearlyMellow just waived as she dialed the phone.


In the pool room a brilliant light shimmers on the swimming pools water. Stepping out of the brilliant light was MrGBH. He was the first to arrive of the MLC. Eying the swimming pool, he wondered how long the others would take to get to his location. He glanced at the watch and smacked his head.
How stupid of me, he thought, I forgot to synchronize my watch with the others. We don’t even have a time to meet. I have got to find a phone.


At that very moment at the MLC the group was getting ready to leave, when a cell phone started to ring. Everyone started to look at their phones. When….
“It’s mine,” Grinzor said as he looked at the name on his screen, “I have to take this call. Can we leave after I’m done?” he asked nervously.
The others answered as one, “Yeah, yeah!”
Grinzor moved off to a quiet corner, “Are you trying to get me fired…“he hissed into the phone, “The boss is getting kind of suspicious of me. She practically ordered me to go on the raid tonight.”
Grinzor listened to the person on the other end. Interrupting he said, “Yes, it is on for tonight.” ……. “Yes, we will be right over your way in moments.” ……. “I am for real. It seems that MrGBH found a quick way to travel. He may be there already.” ……. “Yeah, it is something special. I would suggest you keep you know who in sight.”
“Grinzor, we are leaving with or without you. So cut call short or Calamari will be angry. Especially if MrGHB calls her to ask what is delaying us. I for one do not want to get yelled at by the Squid.” 9261993 yelled in the direction Grinzor had walked.
“Got to go. Take care of you know who, NM. I will see you soon. We have to stop this take over at all costs.” Closing his phone, Grinzor ran to the departure site. “I’m coming. And I still don’t get how this will get us to Philadelphia.”
“Stop worrying and just step through. Just like MrGBH told us to. We are to think of our destination and we will be there in a nano seconds.” Superriceball squeaked. Grinzor was an idol.
The group stepped through the strange device and disappeared.


In the main office of What’s the Scoop? NearlyMellow closed her cell phone. She looked out at the night sky that was slowly clearing. She shook her head and thought; this could not get any worse. They couldn’t have picked a worse day to invade. Well, it can’t be helped now. Better go find Mack. Grinzor, you better not be double crossing me.
NearlyMellow made a quick call to Security. She wanted to advise Wolfrider of the impending invasion. Knowing the Wolf (as Mack would say) this would be a great way to get rid of the boredom. As soon as she left a message, she ran out the door.
A shadowy figure slipped into the office, giggling quietly to itself. The takeover has begun.

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I am new here!
Hi Everyone!

I am new here! A great friend of mine told me of this site! I knew her at TP! So I am hoping to be a contributing member to this site as well.

I may ask for help from time to time. This is just to help me get around. I see so many things here on the site. I just need to know where to start. Will you be willing to help?

More about me?? Well, I am not sure where to begin. .... Let me think a bit.

I like to do weekly blogs, write fiction,take photographs and just recently taking video. I have not figured out how to get my videos uploaded to YouTube. These are live video from my life. I also have to figure out how to add music to these videos. I am such an amiture (not sure if this is spelled correctly). >_< *stupid spell check*

I fell in love with anime with Kimba the White Lion and Speed Racer. Yes! I know I am old! *grinning* This is something I say quite often. My favorite anime is Kyo Kara Moah! I also like Trinity Blood. My favorite character is the young Earl of Memphis! I also enjoy Inu Yasha, Spiral and so many more.

I was fist introduced to manga in the early 1980's. The first manga I read was by CLAMP. But it was not in the form we know manga is now. They were more of a comic book. You think it is bad now waiting for the next volume of the graphic novel. Try waiting on the next "comic book" to come out. Then not being able to find it anywhere. It was soooo hard to be a fan back then. Not many places specialized in the "comic books" from Japan. See told you I was old. It would take to long to list all the books that I like here. So I will have to make a list for you to check out later.

I also read my Bible. More off right now than on. I had some rather bad advise from a councilor. Now I am trying to ask the Lord for help in getting back into His work. I am not saying that I am perfect. I still stumble and fall. But that is for another day!

Well, that is all I can think of today!

I am glad to be here! ^_^

In His boundless love.
Mack
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