I heard part of this song the other day for the first time in several years and thought I'd look the words up.
After reading them I thought thy might form a song that could change Boomers into Japanese citizens.
Depending on what Loon's power latchs onto it could have serveral effects.

The Song might have the possiblity of
Making the Loon look asian
Making the Loon think he looks asian.
Making all nearby boomers human enough to be Japanese citizens.
create a million pictures around the Loon
Giving him a x-ray picture of a person or persons.
Banish all women from near him or maybe all drugs.
It might even turn the Loon into a creepy Lone Ranger

TURNING JAPANESE - The Vapors
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I've got your picture of me and you
You wrote "I love you" I love you too
I sit there staring and there's nothing else to do
Oh it's in color Your hair is brown
Your eyes are hazel And soft as clouds
I often kiss you when there's no one else around

I've got your picture, I've got your picture
I'd like a million of them all round my cell
I asked the doctor to take your picture
So I can look at you from inside as well
You've got me turning up and turning down
And turning in and turning 'round

Turning Japanese, I Think I'm Turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese, I Think I'm Turning Japanese
I really think so

I've got your picture, I've got your picture
I'd like a million of them all round my cell
I want the doctor to take your picture
So I can look at you from inside as well
You've got me turning up and turning down
and turning in and turning 'round


Turning Japanese, I Think I'm Turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese, I Think I'm Turning Japanese
I really think so


No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women
No fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark
Everyone around me is a total stranger
Everyone avoids me like a psyched lone-ranger Everyone


Turning Japanese, I Think I'm Turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese, I Think I'm Turning Japanese
I really think so

Turning Japanese, I Think I'm Turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese, I Think I'm Turning Japanese
I really think so

While reading chapter fourteen this song started playing on my mp3 player. It was started playing while I was reading the scene where Doug and Lisa were with each other.
CHANTAL KREVIAZUK "Leaving on a Jet Plane"
It seems like a gate song to me for while Doug leaves, but it seemed to really fit the scene when it came up.

Shawn Earl

Once again, I'm making the new chapter available to you loyal folks who hang out here before it goes anywhere else. Your only charge for this exclusive access is the request that you post your opinions, good and bad. As the story heads toward the final wind-up in chapter 15, I'm curious to see how people react.
www.eclipse.net/~rms/dw2-14.html
It'll go to RAAC, the FFML, the BGC-FFML and wherever the hell else I normally post it tonight some time.
Have fun!


-- Bob
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"Flan on!" -- The battlecry of the Human Dessert

Updates have been made to the site today, including but not limited to adding chapter 14 of DW2, a revised DW main page, and of course, expanding the concordance to include DW2.


-- Bob
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"Flan on!" -- The battlecry of the Human Dessert

I just happened to stumble across an old thread in General/General that was entirely about AMVs and decided to move it here. Nothing else is new at the moment. Except this message.


-- Bob
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"Flan on!" -- The battlecry of the Human Dessert

Just so folks don't go "wha...?" I stumbled across an old AMV thread in the General/General area and moved it over to the AMV forum. It's a dead thread, and predates the forum, but since it was on-topic, I figured, what the hey.



-- Bob
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"Flan on!" -- The battlecry of the Human Dessert

No, really I was just joking! ^_^
Hi! I'm Elsa Bibat and since you've obviously been
talking about me behind my back, I think I actually
have a reputation on the forum. ^_^
I'm a fanfic author, though a bit lapsed, and have
been a reader since the age five when I finished
the Encyclopedia Brittanica in a the space of a year.
I'm also an aspiring professional author though my works
still keep slipping through the cracks. I'm also a
qualified Literary Scholar(TM) and my claims to fame are
my literary dissertations in the realm of popular fiction,
but I'm most proud that one of my more non-serious
works got on the international directory reference for
Lesbian works in Germany. ^_^
I've been a big fan of DW since I read Chapter Five and
I still owe Bob a review of Chapter 13.
So see you on the forum!

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(fade out)
-- Caramba, Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Well, I saved ths review, and sent a copy to my prereaders for them to see. What do you suppose that says about my opinion on it?
Seriously, I appreciate all reviews, good or bad. Thank you for writing one.
[Groovy. Though I don't want you to think it's a bad review, in that I think that your story was bad (or that I did a rotten job of reviewing it, either . . .) cause I quite liked it.]
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Who asks Mr. Bob, "Mr. Bob, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie-Roll Pop?"
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Let's a-find out. A-one, a-two, a-three. Three.
[*sigh*. the world may never know.]
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--no, wait, sorry; what's your policy on DW fanfic? Cause I've written something . . .
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I generally read it, say nice things about it, and then post it on my website for other folks to see. Good enough?
[Cool. So do I post it here or email it to you or post it on the FFML or what? It's kind of longish, and I'm not sure if this Board can handle it or not.]
-murmur
"I hate you and I despise you"-Sgt. Sagara Sousuke to his rugby team

Um, hey again. It's me.
Sure been a long time, huh. Well, no real reason why I've been gone for a while. School, general burnout from life, what have you. But I'm back, and I'm back with a vengeance, as the old saying goes.
First up, a review of DW II:13 I did for the FFML. So read, discuss, hate me or not:
MURMUR: Hello, and welcome to the first BABYLON REVIEW, wherein we review various fanfics that catch our fancy. With me today are CLAUS BARCA and LAVI HEAD. Welcome.
CLAUS: Hi.
LAVI: Hey. So, which fic are we starting with?
MURMUR: Good question, Lavi-chan!
LAVI: Hey!
MURMUR: Well, the first fic up for review is Robert M. Shroeck's DRUNKARD'S WALK II: ROBOT'S RULES OF ORDER, chapter 13. And, Claus, why don't you give us the heads up on this series?
CLAUS: Oh! Um, okay. Well, uh. Hmm. Oh, okay! Our protagonist, Doug Sangnoir, is a "metahuman operative" from a world filled with super-people, who all act like comicbook heroes and villains but don't really call themselves that. Think about the WILD CARD series and you're halfway there. Anyway, Doug, also known as Loony Toons, is travelling through world after world, trying to get home. This is his second Walk, which takes place in the BGC world.
MURMUR: Some of the more salient points in this fic is that the author makes a conscious effort to stay away from the cliches of SI fics. So there's no hope of our hero getting into a romantic relationship with any of the Knight Sabers. Frankly, there's little chance of them actually liking him.
LAVI: I really like how he's really built up the secondary, and even tertiary characters from the series and made them more three-dimensional. Lisa Vanette and Katherine Madigan are two very good examples, really.
MURMUR: Good point. Of course, the wacky scientists that Doug has found himself working with are all orignal characters, but they fit pretty well with the rest of the cast. Anyway, this chapter, we have the aftermath of the lopsided battle between the Knight Sabers and reasonable simulacra of the Warriors (Doug's superhero team). Nene struggles with the moral questions that Doug brought up, as do most of the rest of the Sabers to greater or lesser degrees. And the question comes up: who exactly is Quincy, anyway?
LAVI: Doug realizes that he's been acting like a complete shmuck for the last few chapters, and resolves to make amends as soon as it is convient.
CLAUS: And Priss and Leon's relationship take leap forward.
MURMUR: So, thoughts, comments?
LAVI: Well, like I said, I really like how he's built up Lisa and Katherine, especially their strange relationship with each other. I particularly liked Lisa's thoughts on Katherine. She knows that Katherine does evil things, and she's not blind to it, but she also appreciates that Katherine has more facets to her. It's that kind of sophisticated characterization that makes this such a good series.
CLAUS: On the other hand, Doug is getting to be more and more of a guest-star in his own series. I think the majority of the chapter was devoted to the Knight Sabers and other characters rather than Doug.
LAVI: Which isn't a bad thing, you know. I mean, he hasn't been exactly sympathetic for a while now. He's never once come up against a physical threat that he hasn't rather handily beaten with one mega-powerful super power after the other. The worst thing that's ever happened to him is that he's been scolded! I think that it would be better, dramatically speaking, if the Knight Sabers become the protagonists and Doug becomes the antagonist. Not that that's likely to happen.
MURMUR: Interesting point, Lavi-chan. While Doug may be grating at times, and certainly you're right that within the context of this "Walk" he has yet to face any real difficulties, he is, as is the case of most successful SI fics, a compelling character with a unique voice.
LAVI: Sorry. I'm just finding less and less interest in Doug's "plight." There's just not enough dramatic tension for me there.
MURMUR: Well, that might change as soon as we find out more about Quincy. It was hinted at that . . . whoops, sorry. No spoilers here. So, overall, I thought that it was a good episode. The compelling characters made up for the fact that not much happened.
LAVI: Doug's still a shmuck, but he's getting a bit better. So it was all right.
CLAUS: Um. Yeah. I agree, see.
-murmur the fallen
Who asks Mr. Bob, "Mr. Bob, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie-Roll Pop?"
--no, wait, sorry; what's your policy on DW fanfic? Cause I've written something . . .