Taco-Calamitous
Mr. Person

I just listened to the first band and I like it.
There's not enough more quiet music around. Radiohead and Beck, but other than them.
The first band doesn't really sound country though. More like folk, if you want to avoid the 'pop' word.

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. Why is Joe out? Why shall I have the honors?

Hmm.. my weekend was... argh. Yeah, it was argh <.<" Saturday was really a bad day, from morning to evening. -_- There... was a certain person in a certain forum (not TFF XD) that got on my nerves. <<" We had a huge, huge argument, and in the end nobody won because she retreated after I said that she was too lazy to do what she was told to do. Then she was angry and said something like "I won't talk to you if you're like that" ... damn, I hate that person -_-" I started ignoring her now. xD" So my weekend wasn't that good.
I didn't play much FFVIII, and I still haven't finished it. .,. But I think I gained a few levels. xD" All in all, I just waited for Monday to come. XD
But I'm glad to hear that your weekend was way better than mine. ^^

I admit, I'm also a different person when there are kids around. ^^" I don't swear that much, I try to smile more, be convincing that life is good, such stuff. I'm really strange when it comes to kids. (But they make me happy, so smiling is inevitable xD") Also, I tend to be a different person when the police is around. XD Like a few weeks ago, when the police drove right behind me and I drove carefully because of that. xD Normally, I drive quite fast, but they changed my attitude. xD
"**** mongrel"... OMFG I like that XD *laughs*

Oh, perhaps now I should mention how I am in the morning. xD" I'm very very grumpy in the morning, I don't even say "Good morning" at all. XD" And if anyone comes near me I get pissed off. Don't ever talk to me in the morning, all you get as a response is some grumbling. XD I wouldn't even want to touch work in the morning. xD" So I think I'm lazy in the morning. I'm so lazy that I won't even open my mouth and speak. XD
But I CAN be lazy, too. When I'm tired I also just shut up. Everyone who ever talked to me late at night knows that I'll be more quiet every minute. ^^"
Today, we got a massage from our boss at work. I had to sit still for thirty minutes. That was thirty minutes too long for me. I couldn't stand just sitting there, letting myself be massaged. ^^" I wanted to work... and that was really strange. :/

Why don't you post it on TFF? oo As far as I saw there are quite a few people here who know how to write constructive feedback. ^^ At least I haven't seen someone flaming a person who wrote something... But I'll rather listen to your experience, as you've been here for so many years now and I'm still a noob.
You're lucky. I haven't found out yet why I write stories... I don't know if I want others to enjoy the stories I make up. I don't know if I want profit. I don't know if I want to live my fantasies. Dunno. I just write stories. :/ But there are many things I desperately search reasons for. XD"

About your story again: I didn't think there was too much dialogue. Oo At least not in the first chapter. And your fighting scene was well described - so enough description. There has to be dialogues, but there shouldn't be TOO much. You have to find the in-between. ^^ And I think you've managed to find it. :3
You'll get a PM shortly after I answered this VM, containing my mail address.

Yep, a pick helps playing faster songs. x3 It helps your fingers, most of the time. If you play Punk, you'll surely feel what I mean shortly. You play one note quite fast, so your fingers will hurt. (Or your wrist, at least mine did xP) Buuuut of course it's true what my learning-bass-book told me: You better master both ways to play, could come in handy one day. xP (Like for example in one of the bands I played it the leader wanted me to play with my fingers ONLY. ^^")

*bows* Glad to meet you, Corporal Punishment. >3 I am at your service.

Btw. thanks for the nice answer in the date-thread. xD After thinking it through I suppose you're right. But as I said, I tend to open up after talking to a person for a while. So it wouldn't be THAT bad. xD

So now I read your story. <3
I liked it, actually, although it was not perfect. It was lacking a bit of atmosphere, but perhaps that was because I read it on deviantart. ^^" I was really happy that it didn't have the same atmosphere as all the fantasy novels I've read so far. ^^ And the characters seem to be interesting, too.
I like the fact that every character has his/her own story. :3 I hope you'll show what happened thoroughly. I'm quite interested in Remy, to be honest. I'd really like to know why he's hunted... oo
Also, I loved your descriptions. <3 Especially the first. Showing everything from the point of view of an owl is just a great idea! ^^ And I could really imagine all the characters, particularly the Scarlet Mare. I kind of saw her when I read it. ^^

So hopefully you'll show me more. :3

WEEKEEEND!!! Finally it's there, the days I waited for sooo~ long during the week! I'm sooo~ happy that I'll finally have time. I totally forgot to print your story yesterday, so I have to read it now. *_* I can't wait, seriously! I was really frustrated when I couldn't read it in the train... :/

"I will argue for a little bit, but it's kinda emotionally draining to keep that up, likely because I'm really a shy, reserved person."
/signed xD" It's really the same with me. After writing to you and writing the journal I went to the other forum which stressed me for quite a while now and answered a message from one of them again and then I was exhausted again. Today... well, I won't go there, I need to play FFVIII, so I thought that I'd just come to TFF today. ^^ That makes me really happy - no stress today! =D

Oooh, believe me, I can curse a lot. xD" When writing to a friend of mine I always use.. really bad words. But I must admit I avoid curse words most of the time. I say "****" a lot when I'm at work or when something just went wrong, but I'm not writing it, for some reason. .-." I also avoid "shit" where it is possible, as well as "ass" or even "asshole". I don't want to write that. Mostly because I think that there might be some problems here. ^^" The worst thing I've said in the last few days was "those mother****ing, damn whores!" or something like that. I was really angry. <.<"

Haha, me being lazy... I can't even imagine that happening. I'm quite what that personality test said about me: The Duty Fulfiller. I know what I have to do and I WILL do it. No matter the cost. I even came later for breakfast a few times now. Or worked 15 minutes longer than usual. Because I can't just let everything be as it is. I have to finish things first.
My partner and I recognized today that the little girl I was mentoring made some... really really bad mistakes. xD" Possibly every mistake you can imagine. So I had to get rid of all the mistakes today. ^^" It was quite much work, but it was okay. My partner then said what you just said: That she was just lazy and didn't want to work, that's why everything was out of order in there. ^^" I can't understand those people... ^^"

Well, the medieval fantasy stories started with The Lord of the Rings and I think almost every fantasy author wants to create a story equal to LotR. But not many are able to write good enough.
I have to agree with you on one thing: I also think that descriptions are most important. I hate books in which there is only dialogue. Like Harry Potter. XD" I've read 6 of the 7 books and the 6th was soo~ bad. They were just talking all the time. X.x I like stories with action. Something happening, not only the characters talking to each other. Character developement is important, too, but most authors try to reach that through dialogues. In my novels I try to make the developement clear through the actions of the characters. For example, a novel I started once but have cancelled: The leading character was a totally shy boy who couldn't stand being outside his house. He was forced to get out (because of the war) and met someone who showed him the world outside and how to interact with all people. And at the end (which wasn't written ^^") the protagonist should have learned that he didn't have to be afraid of the world.
I'll look what I can show to you. =D I thought about showing something on TFF of my stories before, but I'm not sure if I'll take an old story or a rather new one. (I've started a new, quite short story a few weeks ago. ^^)

I learned bass quite fast (but I played guitar before learning bass). It's really simple, but you have to train your fingers. ^^" I played only using my fingers for a few years (2, I think), but then started to use a pick, because the songs were too fast for me. xD" (But I survived a Death Metal band without pick xP)

Oh, don't think wrong of me, please! T.T I'm out of touch with pop music, too. I just have to listen to it at work. :/ And in the morning.. because my father listens to the radio channels which play these kinds of songs. But normally I don't listen to that kind of music. :/ Mostly, that I have to admit, I listen to the songs just to get the lyrics and then laugh about how stupid they are. xD For example - Jungle Drum. Starts with some kind of "Hey, I am in love with you" - things we heard about in sooo~ many songs.. xD"

I hope you'll also have a nice weekend - mine will be a bit lonely, I suppose, as I can't write long messages to a certain person, but that'll be okay! (It's just sad because the weekend is the only time in the week that I have enough time... :/ )

By the way, I never thought that men could write that much! *just kidding*

Oh and will I get an award for writing the longest VMs on TFF? XD *really random comment*

And before I forget it: I don't only listen to Metal. I'm pretty much tolerant when it comes to music. I sang along with the Folk songs today. XD I enjoy such stuff, if I don't have to listen to it all the time. There are also a few songs on the radio that I really like. (Actually, I have to admit that the song "Jungle Drum" - you surely have heard it on the radio - is stuck in my head and I kinda like it... :/ )
I also love Pop music of the 80's <3 I can't really say that it's "my generation", but my parents listened to it most of the time when we were driving somewhere, so I grew up with that kind of music. =) And I really really enjoy it. Also, I like the 90's. For the same reasons. There are even (!) some Techno songs I like. Basically you could say that there's almost nothing I don't like. ^^

Last thing that I'll write here, I promise!!! I really grinned when I read the first sentence of your journal. Thanks for mentioning me in such a nice way. <3 And by the way I read through all of it. I see so much parallels X.x I used to think my sister was my hero, too, when I was younger. She is the oldest, so it's basically the same as your case. It must sound really awful now but... at the moment, I really don't want to be like her. The weird thing about this is that I try my best not to become like her... and that saddens me quite a lot. I used to love my sister, but... ah well, I haven't had a bound to her in my whole life. XD" It was always my brothers and I against my sister.

And now I'll write the journal. Thanks. Writing to you really calmed me down a lot. I was really angry when I came home today. And now I feel like I'm... happy. =D

LOL XD" My VM is too long. Damn it! XD That's why I parted it ^^"

First things first: I really love writing back and forth with you. I have the feeling that we're kinda.. equal. When I read your VMs I see myself writing it. You are just like me, that is somehow strange but I also enjoy it. I normally don't meet persons who are like me. ^^" Most of my friends are totally different from me...

The person I mentioned wrote again in the forum I mentioned. And he was like: "FU, I don't care about what you say, anyways." XD I liked that, to be honest. I saw through him and then he was pissed off. ^^
About the band: I didn't have the selfconfidence to face him back then. :/ Unfortunately. I really would have liked to face him and tell him how weak he was not to be able to kick someone out of a band personally. I don't get why they're afraid of that. I'll write a journal after answering your VM and I'll probably tell about how I had enough courage today to teach someone a lesson. xD" I admit, I'm kinda... hm, let's say exhausted today, just because of that. If you've really read my whole journal, then you'll probably know that I hate arguments. I hate hate hate it T.T""

Aaah, I didn't mean that you can't call me sweet! T.T I'd be flattered if you called me sweet, that I must admit. Nevertheless, it was about persons I don't know. Like on websites. The first message (!) you get from most of them: "Hey sweety, how're ya doin?" or something like that. .-." That's just too much for me. When someone I've talked to a long time (long means a few days if the messages are long ^^) calls me sweet, there is no problem.

You... write fantasy. Just like me. That was the thing that impressed me most (after - of course - the thing you mentioned last, I'll come to that in a few minutes ^^). I enjoy reading and writing fantasy, although I have to admit that I don't like the normal fantasy novels. I'm currently reading one and I really found it good at the beginning. But... basically, it's all the same. :/ The same atmosphere, the same characters, the same stories... There is nothing special about them. The fantasy I like is modern fantasy. I can't name you any example, but I'll try to make a definition of "modern fantasy": Setting of a modern world with fantasy elements. Like a normal girl who.. erm, has a magical ability? Something like that, for example. ^^
I also wrote a few books (yep, a few... I think I've finished.. 3 or 4 by now ^^) and they're basically all that. My first book was about a girl who... erm, wait a moment, I don't really remember now... omfg I forgot the story of my own book O_o" She... had visions. Visions of the boy she was in love with... she had to fight an evil vision of the boy she loved - that's it! =D" After all, it was my first book. ^^" The second was about angels of death. I liked that one most, to be honest. I even gave it to my aunt and asked her to read it. She read half-way through and she really liked it. She didn't say it was perfect, she just gave me a few tips of how to improve. But she said that I'd become better throughout the book. The third was more classic fantasy. It was about a... kingdom which was terrorized by the brother of a knight of that kingdom. It's mostly a story of the fight against the brother, but with a few conspiracies and romantic stuff. I wrote it for a friend, actually. ^^ The fourth I'm writing currently. It's a kingdom again, but this time the protagonist has to fight an Empire. I think I was inspired by FFXII and FFVI for this one. I really enjoy writing it, because it's again full of twists, fantasy elements and such. ^^ ... did that even interest you? .-." I mean, I haven't talked about my books for quite a while now, because nobody was really interested in it. xD"

I'll read the first chapter of your book on the weekend. Unfortunately I won't have time today. Hopefully I can read it tomorrow T..T I can't wait to read it... Maybe... I should print it out and read it in the train tomorrow morning! ^^

So, now the last thing you mentioned. The instrument. Oh gosh, you are sooo~ asskicking. T_T" Finally someone who appreciates the bass. >_< I also play bass. I've played it for... three or four years now. I've still got the feeling that I'm a noob because I get thrown out of so much bands (okay, two, but that's still too much ^^"), but I love that instrument. <3

I'm not exactly sure what section you're at . If you've only just entered the underground then you may want to look at the computer. And the book beside it

I must admit, I really appreciate the fact that you're honest with people. In the last few years I also started to be totally honest with everybody I knew. There may be a few lies I make (mostly because I don't want to hurt someone), but I really want to be honest. I started doing so because of my "real life" (I don't like that expression xD"), I got kicked around lots of times and it hurt not to know how the people really felt - they didn't tell me. Most of the time I got to know every detail of an argument through another person - who was not involved in it. Okay, now I think I got you confused. Let's take this example: A band I played in kicked me. The leader of the band didn't have enough courage to tell me so, so he let a classmate of mine tell me that I was kicked. .-." I don't know why, I can just speculate that I wasn't good enough. (It's always like this with my bands, to be honest. ^^")
Through forums I learned a few things, too. Like how stupid mankind is. xD Seriously, just today in another forum I read a posting of someone who was kinda whiny. He always wants to be seen as the cool and evil guy, but then he tells everyone that he's been sooo~ depressive over the past 13 years and that he has to take medicine so that he can get his life right, etc. -..- I just don't get people sometimes. (Like yesterday, when I said "Oooh, I hate mankind!" loudly in my car although the window was open XD)

There are actually people who get something like that in a negative way? ôô How's that possible? A compliment is a compliment, and as long as it's not meant sarcastically or ironically, there is no problem. (Although I must admit that I don't like men I don't know who call me "sweety" or such things when they first talk to me. <.<")
I wouldn't call you "sweet", as I don't think that men are sweet (only handsome <3), but you're also a really nice person and as you can see - I love writing to you! ^^

Hm, your family seems to be... quite like mine. I also have two brothers and one sister. Though I mostly mention one of my brothers, the one I like most. ^^ But I don't have a half-sister. So, if I may ask, are you the youngest, the oldest or inbetween? ^^ (I'm the youngest >3)

Aaand another thing I wanted to ask for a long time now (actually, since I first read it): You want to publish a book. What kind of things do you write? ^^
I currently try to get myself a bit of attention by writing stories for contests. Hopefully in a few days I'll get a message from one of those contests. They said they'll tell us who is in the final round at the end of August. And now it's the end of August, if I'm not completely retarded now. xP

We have to thank the admins for expanding the maxium of VMs... this wouldn't be possible with just 1000 characters

I do really want to post once more. Though it has to be somewhere special.

Thanks for all of the spelling/grammar errors you've pointed out in the game. A lot of the NPC text is written as a spur-of-the-moment thing, so I don't really pay attention to my English-language skills . I'm really bad with: 'there, their and they're' owing to the fact that the Scottish accent means all three of the words sound identical!

I'd like to say I'm not a '4.0 fanatic', but the Scottish school system is very different to the American system (we have no GPA number). The exams I did are the ones that decide whether or not you're 'clever' enough for University. I did do quite well but the class I'm grade-scoffing is one that I was expected to get an 'A' in since I started it.

Oh well. It wouldn't even have mattered if I'd gotten a C for that class. Heck, I could've failed it. I met my requirments and I'm going off to Glasgow Caledonian to study Games Design, hurrah!

The internet is full of surprises today. xP I wouldn't have thought that YOU of all people here would be shy. You gave me the impression of a.. hm, how can I put it...? You seemed to be the person to say his opinion every time - not caring whom you're talking to. Like a person who'd probably tell his boss that he was an a..hole. And so I thought that you'd easily tell people what you think about them.
I'm really shy, myself, I have to admit. For example, if we said that we'd meet in a café - I'd be there, but I probably wouldn't say much in the beginning. It's some kind of "testing the waters", as you put it. I don't know how much I can trust a person - even if I talked to him on the internet before.
And it really takes long for me to say something like "I like you" or "You're cute" to a person I don't really know. ^^"

Haha, I know exactly what you're talking about. -..- Not about TFF, but about forums in general. I've been smod of a forum for... now three years I think, and every time in summer all the other mods are getting lazy. O.o So there is much more work for me and sometimes I even think I'm the only one doing something.
So it seems to be quite normal. By the way I also enjoyed forums more when I was younger. Must be due to our age. .,.

Lastly, I read your journal and I was amused, to be honest. x3" Before you get your axe ready to cut me to pieces, here my explanation: I found myself in your journal. Not everything about it, but the basics. I really really loved the sentences your brother found out about your father - my father is exactly like yours. For example when he's missing something, a disc or some tools, it's always the kids. And when he finds out that he's been having it all the while he tries to forget the issue. He's never at fault. NEVER. -.- And I also love my mom. Mostly because she's a kind of model for me. I want to be like her - at least partly. And I like her more than I like my father. ^^"
Although, the most important person in my family is my brother. <3

Oh and one last comment: Long post FTW xP

Hmm. I'll have to think about this some more, clearly. If I still can't work something out, or if I do, I'll probably come say something in the United Catholics group. Thanks for your help man.

"The way I see it is if you know about God and His teaching and such, yet you still turn away, you're rejecting Him."

So am I doing this if I don't want to accept it? What if I have friends who aren't Catholic/Christian, what happens to them, according to this teaching, even if they are really good people?

It's always kind of niggled at me, ever since I became aware of liberal thoughts, really. But I've only really thought deeply about it recently.

Thanks for the compliment. Unfortunately I can't handle compliments, so I don't know what to say. If you'd said that to me personally I most likely would have blushed immediately. xD

Ah, Lococolt was the admin I saw a couple of times, too. ^^ And I don't see any problem in being sarcastic - I'm very sarcastic myself, sometimes. Mostly in those situation in which it isn't appropriate to be sarcastic. <.< But I need my time to open up enough to really say what I think straight forward. You'll probably recognize that I'll lose all of that shyness that seems to surround me like... hm, let's say fog. (Just because today I drove through some fog while it was still dark xD)
Hmm... I just saw that there are pics of you in your profile... kehehhe, now I MUST check them out... >3