I'm about to horrify my husband...

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MUAHAAHAA! It lives!
Also... Gotta have a blackmail pic of the husband playing with the dog. All the cool people are doing it. :-) See? I told you he has long stoopid pretty hair.

Public humiliation is fun! Eh, Greg?

Oh, I noticed that for some perverse reason my picture of Sango failed to load properly when I did my last entry. Which was especially cruel since I mentioned spandex and all... :::shrugs::: Anyway hopefully this time you can see her. SANGO!

And!
Re; "The Twelve Kingdoms". It's getting very convoluted! I'm on the third story arc, "A Great Distance In The Wind, The Sky At Dawn" (don't you just love the lyrical-sounding chapters? So pretty), and I'm getting a little "Waitaminnit...what about that kid so-and-so, who left the kingdom of whoositz, where's he? And what about whats-his-name who fell off the cliff waaay back in arc one...wha happen? And and and..." There's all SORTS of unfinished business, and only a few discs left to finish it in, and new people keep popping in and muddling up the storyline. I'm getting anxious.

Cool thing is I'm starting to really "get" the language. Like I can totally figure out the names of all the Kirin as long as I know their gender and the kingdom they're from...and I know all the honorifics. Which is a good thing because the first few discs had me hitting pause and checking the glossary of terms kindly included with the series just about once every few minutes. S'fun though! Me = language geek.

I'm having a really hard time with some aspects of the story. The whole "babies from a tree" thing...doesn't that cause sexual tension to fly right out the window? Do they even need to have sex? I love the fantasy aspect but... :::shrug::: It just seems so ~odd~ to me because a world where all living things procreate asexually would seem to necessarily have a completely different view of life, morality...just everything. Would an asexual society be territorial? Or proprietary? Would there be monogamy, or romance, or even love? Sex and procreation seem like such all-pervasive motivators in every society, it's so deeply tied into our instincts for basic survival, I just can't conceive of a world without that.

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[aoi-tsuki1.livejournal.com]

Asano-kun (a.k.a. Cliffy)? Coming back, no worries.

Adorable little black Kirin? ... :( I DON'T KNOW, which pisses me off.

Language geekiness? Aaaawesome. *loves being able to chat in weird terms once hang of it has been gotten*

Sexual stuff...well, there was a brothel right at the beginning. It'd mean that pregnancy wouldn't be a problem at the very least. STDs, on the other hands... XD That might affect things a little, but not very much. The people seem very human, just without the little plumbing quirks necessary for baby-making.

[golden-meliades.livejournal.com]

"Sex and procreation seem like such all-pervasive motivators in every society, it's so deeply tied into our instincts for basic survival, I just can't conceive of a world without that."

Since I'm asexual, boy does that strike a chord. To most people, asexuals are the most unnatural things in the world because they can't imagine sex not being one of the driving forces in their lives and think that anyone who differs popbably needs to be on some form of medication, to 'fix' them.

Never see anyone mentioning asexuality and couldn't stop myself from commenting even though my stupid hand makes it very difficult. :) I'm working on a story (and thinking of a second one) where the main female character is struggling with the idea that she may be asexual and isn't sure how she is supposed to fit into a world where everone is obsessed with sex in one form or another. :) she propbably won't be in the end because no one likes to read about asexual characters (what's interesting if there is no sex involved at any point?) but it's still a major issue for her.

Sorry for any mistakes, i'm in a bit of a hurry and feeling preet sick :) Hpe all is going well, glad the con was good.

[lotus-faerie.livejournal.com]

Oh, how funny; your husband looks like my boyfriend's friend. I will send Ed the picture and see if he agrees. :)

[empath-eia.livejournal.com]

Shinee.... if I ever meet your husband, he'd better resign himself to being petted. Apologies in advance.

The conversation above on asexuality is incredibly fascinating. You spark very interesting conversations!

[rumdiculous.livejournal.com]

Hey! He does have really long, shiny hair! Well that's just unfair...