How can you see into my eyes like open doors
Leading you down into my core
Where I've become so numb without a soul
My spirit's sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back home
(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become
Now that I know what I'm without
You can't just leave me
Breathe into me and make me real
Bring me to life
(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become
Bring me to life
(I've been living a lie there's nothing inside)
Bring me to life
Frozen inside without your touch, without your love
Darling only you are the life among the dead
All of this sight I can't believe I couldn't see
Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
I've got to open my eyes to everything.
Without a thought without a voice without a soul
Don't let me die here there must be something wrong
Bring me to life
(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become
Bring me to life
(I've been living a lie there's nothing inside)
Bring me to life
-- Evanescence, Bring Me To Life
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

I have almost a dozen boon companions, for whom I'd lay down mylife and who would do the same for me. I have a commandingofficer whom I would follow into Hell itself without question orhesitation. I have a woman whom I love with all my heart and allmy soul and all the fabric of my being, and who loves me just asstrongly. I am almost as privileged as a man can be, with allthese wonderful people enriching my life.But since I lost Jack to the machinations of Arcanum and thatabomination of science and magic he called the Servant FactorVirus, I have not had, I have not *dared* again to have, a bestfriend.Not until Lisa.It's odd. We didn't do "buddy" sorts of things, and over the previous few weeks we had seen little of each other. Our friendship was, all told, less than eight months old. But to my surprise I found that I did consider her a best friend. (Well, kind of a cross between a best friend and a little sister. At least, an idealized version of what I imagined a little sister ought to be like -- having been an only child, I had only second-hand experience with the real article.)I'd been almost as close to Delandra, back in Haven -- after two and a half years of almost constant contact, it would have been impossible for me not to be -- but Delandra had lacked the cultural matrix that she needed to really understand me and where I was coming from. MegaTokyo and its version of Earth weren't home by any measure, but they were close enough that Lisa could make that last conceptual leap.I was, therefore, understandably reluctant to part ways with herat the end of lunch. I think she sensed that, because as wecrept back toward the lobby entrance of the Cone she wrapped herarms around me and buried her face into my coat. I tried to gether to tell me something of what she was feeling, but she onlyshook her head, her face still pressed against my chest.We stood like that, silently, on the corner across the street from the tower, for several minutes. Neither of us really wanted to let go of the other, so it was a while before, with an unspoken but mutual agreement, we loosened our grips and moved back from each other about half a step. My hands had slid down to rest on her upper arms, and Lisa's were around my waist still. Looking down at her, I saw a glint of moisture under her eyes. Had she been crying? I wasn't sure; if she had, the dry winter breeze had sucked away the evidence before I could notice it.We gazed at each other, again silently, as smiles broke acrossboth our faces. Then she reached up, pulled my face down to hers,and graced me with a soft, sweet and very brief kiss.After a moment she broke the kiss, laid her cheek against mine,and whispered into my ear, "Take care of yourself, okay?" Thenshe whirled out of my hands and ran back across the plaza,scattering a flock of pigeons which had just come to rest on thewet, cold pavement. By the time they had settled themselves backdown, she was gone.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

I didn't even make back my advances.
If only I'd finished the damned book on time; I might have had bigger sales with the "Summer of Horror" tie in...

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

Over here the question was asked, "What song might give Doug the ability to summon or become a giant robot?:" (well, not on so many words...) and the only suggestion was the full length version of the theme from The Big O. Now, while I have nothing in particular *against* the theme from the big O, it doesn't give me that feeling where if I could just reach out that extra half-inch I could fly, either... hence this thread, for suggestions on the subject.
My own suggestion is either the 'go super robot corps' song (I don't know the actual title) introduced in Gao Gai Gar ep27, or the Moldiver theme - anyone here doubt the ability of a Moldiver to fight in the big leagues?
- CD
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows

...so the rotating title for the DWMain page is not visible. Again.

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

...but don't.
For those of us who don't have the time or the equipment to make 'em, but want to throw ideas to those who do...
My #1 nonexistent AMV:
"A Celebration of Third Impact"--End of Eva to Melt with You by Modern English.
--Sam Ashley
"Ladies and gentlemen, you may wish to shield yourselves with your dessert menus. I might be dangerous!"

My computer at home died yesterday -- apparently the victim of a power surge/outage that the rest of the house handled without a problem (save for the ubiquitous blanked clocks). I'm going to be working as fast as I can to fix it -- I'm taking the opportunity to get the upgrade I've talked about for a while -- but in the mean time this may delay the release of Chapter 14. I'll do my best to see that it isn't delayed, but for the moment I'm expecting that it will be.
My apologies.

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

(You never know when it might be convenient to have a pirate ship show up somewhere unusual...)
The Last Saskatchewan Pirate
The Arrogant Worms
I used to be a farmer, and I made a living fine,
I had a little stretch of land along the CP line
But time went by and though I tried, the money wasn't there
And bankers came and took my land and told me "fair is fair"
I looked for every kind of job, the answer always no
"Hire you now?" they'd always laugh, "we just let twenty go!"
The government, the promised me a measly little sum
But I've got too much pride to end up just another bum.
Then I thought, who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone?
I'm gonna be a PIRATE on the river Saskatchewan!!!
(Arrr! Arrr! Arrr! Arrr! Arrr!!)
Cause it's a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin' down the plains
Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains
It's a ho-hey, hi-hey farmers bar yer doors
When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores
Well, you'd think the local farmers would know that I'm at large
But just the other day I found an unprotected barge
I snuck up right behind them and they were none the wiser,
I rammed their ship and sank it and I stole their fertilizer!
A bridge outside of Moosejaw spans a mighty river
Farmers cross in so much fear their stomachs are a-quiver
Cause they know that TRACTOR JACK is hiding in the bay
I'll jump the bridge and knock them cold and sail off with their hay!
Cause it's a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin' down the plains
Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains
It's a ho-hey, hi-hey farmers bar yer doors
When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores
Well, Mountie Bob he chased me, he was always at my throat
He'd follow on the shoreline cause he didn't own a boat
But cutbacks were a-coming and the Mountie lost his job
And now he's sailing with us, and we call him Salty Bob!
A swingin' sword, a skull and bones and pleasant company
I never pay my income tax and screw the GST (SCREW IT!!)
Prince Albert down to Saskatoon I'm the terror of the seas
If you wanna reach the co-op, boy, you gotta get by me!
Cause it's a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin' down the plains
Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains
It's a ho-hey, hi-hey farmers bar yer doors
When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores
Arrrr, Metis! Get it? Matey? (Hey, that's Riel-ly funny! You know, Louis Riel?)
Well, Pirate life's appealing but you just don't find it here,
I've heard that in Alberta there's a band of buccaneers
They roam the Athabaska and sail to Fort McKay
And you're gonna loose your stetson if you have to pass their way!
Well, winter is a-comin' and a chill is in the breeze
My Pirate days are over once the river starts to freeze
I'll be back in springtime but now I have to go
I hear there's lots of plundering down in New Mexico!
Cause it's a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin' down the plains
Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains
It's a ho-hey, hi-hey farmers bar yer doors
When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores
Cause it's a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin' down the plains
Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains
It's a ho-hey, hi-hey farmers bar yer doors
When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores
When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores...

As Bob suggested moving this speculation here...
*** major Magic Knight Rayearth spoiler, below ***
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The basic premise of MKR is that the maintainer of the world that the Knights have to save has made the really major error of falling in love with her High Priest; definately a case of falling in love with your own creation.
The solution of the series is to get three Japanese teenagers (female, of course), drag them into this world, train them up into magical warriors, and then make them into murderers by tricking them into killing the world maintainer.
This supposed gets her out of the problem that she can't (directly) suicide, and saves the world from destruction by her mis-placed passion, so she can presumably be replaced by someone else who is not allowed love.
Doug might get involved in this before the Knights are summoned (by the wizard?), and try and figure a way that the world maintainer can function while still feeling love. My suggestion in the other thread was that Doug persuade her to Breakpoint the reality, freeze it, then go off to some other world(s) in search of a solution.
I thought this might be fun...
And, allows the possibility of all sorts of cross-over action!
--
"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind

Okay, I've been busy. Added links for the Farm Film Report ("It blowed up real good!") including sound files, and a correction to the Don Pardo entry which includes a link to the obituary of Rod Roddy.

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