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Name: Daniel Robert Lance Big Plume
Nickname: Saturnyne
Birthday: May 3, 1980
Age: 26
Sun Sign: Taurus
Moon Sign: Sagittarius
Chinese Zodiac: Monkey (Born)
Height: 170 cm
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Status: Single

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Color: Blue
Food: Chicken
Animal: Cat
Anime: Sailormoon
Show: CSI
PJ's: Sweatpants/ T-shirt
Pokemon: Porygon
Website: NHB Radio
My Linux Desktop

Current Moods
Song: Dog's A Best Friend's Dog

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Official Sins Of Science Homepage
Space-Kitten.Org
Wing Commander CIC
Tears For Fears

Contact
Email: saturnyne1d@netscape.net

 
  Thursday, May 15, 2003

5:49 AM

On a day like this, a million years from now, I'll be sitting here doing this exact same thing. I'll be sitting here on this exact location writing my thoughts out to the world, hoping they'll take from them and learn as I have. And it'll be not prophecy, heresy or even the faith that binds me without freedom, to whichever God in which I choose to believe, but merely the words of a man who is not feeling happy for the moment because archetypes of jealousy, fleeting passion, and the dark, dour words of The Ornate flow through his mind more easily and smoothly than the archetypes of the oft-perceived 'better' alternatives.

Right now, with only the cold bitter morning outside and the quiet, lonely hum of machinery inside to hold me close to their bitter bosoms in a pathetic attempt for comfort, I sit here laden with all the things I had sworn to have left behind. Now I find that I have been holding myself in too high esteem to those I have deemed my friends. That perhaps I am not as integral to their lives as once I percieved. It has been this self-importance that has deluded me. It was this sense of self-satisfaction that blinded me to the truth. It was a heart, too fragile and too afraid of pain and life, that hid this simple and important truth from me.

I am but one of a myriad friends to everyone I know. I am dispensible. Cast me aside, and another, better man will take my place. I am a picture on a wall. If I should happen to fall to the floor and my frame break, I can be replaced with but the whim of my owner. I am too dependent on others. On friends. Family. Lovers. I depend too much on external things in this universe to make me happy. I have not learned to depend only upon myself for my own happiness.

It is because of this that I am held back from my dreams. It is because of this dependency that I have grown too afraid to truly love Chrissy as I should. As I could. It is because of this, that fear overtakes me ritually, and makes an assassin of my heart, where once it was a protector, a lover. A wonderous thing most holy.

But the questions remain. How can I learn? If I am taught, am I not simply just depending on people again? Depending on others once again for the experience and knowledge necessary to better myself? But then... if I do not know how to remedy this problem, how am I to make the correct choice?

The only solution I can think of right now is that I am best left to be independant. That I should simply charge out into the world and carry out my tasks in life without fear. With only myself, and not to worry about if someone is supporting me, or in love with me. But in doing that, I run the risk of alienating all of my friends and family, including she whom I most dearly love. And if I do that, then I haven't done a thing to better myself. Instead, I have started myself on the path to destruction.

So how do I make a choice when all I can choose from are depending on others, or destroying my own life?

2:11 AM

music
The best revenge! You would make Avril listen to
Sk8ter Boi over and over and over and over and
over again until she went insane and killed
herself. What a shame...


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That's got to be the first quiz result thingy I've posted in this. I've meant to in the past, but there's just so much work, what with the pointing and the clicking and the uh... pointing. And clicking.

Anyway, I was going to rant on and on here about what kind of dumbass came up with my latest work schedule. But it's 2 in the morning, so laziness wins. Besides, I already ranted, raved and bitched quite loudly to Jaymie, Lauren and everyone who was in Naked Chat in Moonwings. So I'm all bitched out for now.

Instead, I thought I'd send my praises the way of the webcomics that I've been reading lately. I pretty much like only sprite-based comics because that's what I started with. I kinda like stuff like Penny Arcade and whatnot as well, but sprite comics hold a place in my heart, since I've been video gaming since 1989. The ones I read are The Adventures of Bob And George, Life Of Wily, and the great, GREAT 8-Bit Theater.

Bob And George has something of an interesting history behind it. Originally, the author wanted to do his own handdrawn comics centering around his two title characters, Bob and George. However, he wasn't quite ready at first, so he put together comics made of sprites from the Mega Man games and put stories to those. Eventually, his own hand drawn works were posted, but, according to him, he tried to move the storyline too fast and the whole thing crashed and burned. That said, he returned to the Mega Man sprites and started to tell the stories of the Mega Man games, including Mega Man's fight with the robot masters, intersperced with his own irreverant and humorous side stories. Definitely a good read, I highly recommend it. Oh, Draconis? Butts smell nice. My only beef about it is that for the first few months of comics in the archives, the author has left remarks, much akin to the Director's Commentary feature on DVD's. I have no problem with that, and in fact, I love it. My problem comes in that it just stops after a while, which sucks. The comics continue to be great, but after a while, you end up looking forward to his own remarks about the comic and Boom! Suddenly there's nothing. It's like expecting cake for your birthday but getting a rotted cod. Updated Daily

Life Of Wily is not updated as often as BNG, but it is no less funny. Right from the getgo, the author takes these characters onto their own tangent, doing whatever they want. The storylines take a bit to get updated sometimes (Leaving you on the same comic for months and months), but it's still really great. I love the funky backgrounds. And the whole Wily/Light switching thing is just killer. Just don't be offended when you look in the archives and see Heathcliff the cat. I just kinda passed by that one, actually. My only beef with this comic was that the author took quite a while before establishing exactly what it was that he wanted to do with his comic, but now that it's flowing more consistently, I find myself looking forward to each comic coming out. Updated: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays

8-Bit Theater is so well-known I shouldn't even have to explain it here. But I will anyway, since there are many unwashed masses out there. Though, as of this entry, the author is away at E3 (The lucky bastard) and they are doing guest comics, the regular comic centers around the first Final Fantasy games, heavily borrowing sprites from that, as well as many of the authors own edited sprites. The characters, using all six classes available in the game, are named after their respective classes: Fighter, Black Mage, White Mage, Red Mage, Thief and Black Belt. The characters have their own hilarious and unique personalities (Like the first two comics) and portray them in hilarious ways that are never overdone. The beauty of this comic though, is the one-sided relationship between Black Mage and White Mage. It makes you wonder if the author has something in store for them (Like say, the classic "hero and heroine are stuck alone with only each other and must rely on each other survive" story) or if he's just going to keep things the way they are now. You never know. Updated: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays

In any case, that's that.I've probably said enough. For now. You'll hear from me again, I promise. Just uh... bring some clothes next time. Ladies, I expect clear photos of you topless to be emailed to me post haste. Now. If not that, then topless pics of models. Thank you.


Monday, May 12, 2003

11:16 PM

I've been playing Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem recently. You have to complete the game 3 times to get the 'real' ending. I've been wondering like hell what's been going on. Is what's going on in the game real? Or is it all just delusions that all the characters are sharing because of being linked by the Tome? Is Alexandra just as insane as Maximillian? or Edward? Or Ellia? Are the Ancients real? Or is the whole thing just a cacophony of madness inside Alex's head?

For that matter... did her grandfather REALLY die? And if so, was it really the Ancients who had killed him?

I'm telling you guys. BUY a Game Cube and BUY THIS GAME. I promise you won't be sorry. Eternal Darkness is a psychological thriller that is just amazing. The story ropes you in right from the start and holds you fast with its claws. If you dare move, it'll kill you. But it might just make you ask yourself...

Did you really play it, or was it all in your head?


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