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The Rhinos
Posted Sep 30, 2005
My artical on the rhinos was on the front page yesterday.
I hope you read it.
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Latest reply: Sep 30, 2005
Front Page!
Posted Sep 2, 2005
My artical, Hayao Miyazaki - Filmmaker, is on the front page today.
I implore you to see it, nay, read it!
Sooner or later, my Rhino Party entry will be on the front page.
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Latest reply: Sep 2, 2005
So it begins.
Posted Jul 19, 2005
Today I wrote the first part of what will probably be the largest guide entry I shall ever write: Walt Disney World Resort - A Guide.
I found it kind of surprising that there was no travel information on the world's most popular amusement park in the guide, so I took it upon myself to complete this eight entry project (the eight entries will include all the parks, hotels, attractions, ect.) I imagine that it will be feircly long all put together, and I can't wait to see how it turns out.
The first part is a basic overview of planning, arriving, getting around, and some helpful hints. I hope everyone enjoys the comprehensive tour guides that I'll soon start working on.
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Latest reply: Jul 19, 2005
Howl's Moving Castle
Posted Jul 14, 2005
I can still remember today when Spirited Away came out. I remember watching it win the Oscar in 2003.
At this time, I had never heard about Hayao Miyazaki, and the best exposure I had thus far had to the world of animé was Dragonball Z, which is a rather feeble excuse for quality entertainment.
I remember watching the clips at the Oscars-being awed at the quality of the animation, and at the same time, intriuged.
I remember being in Downtown Disney (Orlando, FL., USA) and seeing the poster at a theater. These kinds of movies never come to my town. I wanted to see it, but I was on a family vacation and the wants of the one to not always satisfy the wants of the many.
I had seen bits and peices of Kiki's Delivery Service on Disney Channel, which remained the best animé I had seen until FLCL started airing on Adult Swim in the states.
Sadly, I never saw this gem on the big screen. I did get the oppertunity to see the DVD, which sparked my intrest in Miyazaki and the wonderful work he was doing.
Shortly after, I saw Castle in the Sky. Another great Miyazaki work, featuring none other than a celebrity from another favorite film, Mark Hamill.
This reminds me, I need to edit in a celebrity voice acting section.
Of course, the reminder of which I speak is for my latest guide entry, which is on none other than Hayao Miyazaki.
I was inspired to write this rather long (by the standards of what I've written so far, at least) entry on a brilliant man after I finally saw my first big screen Miyazaki movie, Howl's Moving Castle.
Yet again, I did not have ready access to it. I had to drive for an hour to get to a cinema showing the film, which was infinatly better than the previous option of going across the lake to the state of Wisconsin to see it.
The hour drive was well worth it. Howl was every bit as genious as his previous films.
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Latest reply: Jul 14, 2005
Edit, edit, edit.
Posted Jul 6, 2005
I was surprised today to find that I had gotten quite a positive responce to my Rhino party entry.
It wasn't so much that the responce was positive as much as the surprise at the ammount of feedback I'd received.
With the helpful comments and suggestions in mind (and a reminder of sub-editing guidelines) I edited the artical, added in some things, nicked some smaller bits. I quite hope this entry makes it into the edited guide, as I'm quite proud of it and rather enjoy the topic, not to mention there were no other entries on it in the guide. Surprising, I know.
So with this ambition in mind, I set about to find exactly how things are done around here. I still find the rules and guidelines here suprisingly technical. I suspect that I shall fully understand with time, but for now, I am occasionally perplexed.
I was reading "What Happens after your Entry has been Recommended?" and I noticed something strange-quite a bit of editing goes into motion for edited guide entries. Of course, the first tip-off should have been that it is called the edited guide, and not the unedited guide.
The reason I found this so surprising, however, was because of Douglas Adam's obvious distaste for editors, which was apparent for anyone whom has ever read "Mostly Harmless".
I sincerly hope you all have.
Speaking of Douglas, I'm in the middle of his final book, The Salmon of Doubt. I must say, quite good. Terrific bits and peices of work that will serve as a lasting memory of his brilliant work. Now that I've read all the books in the Hitchhiker's series, I suppose I might as well move on to Dirk Gently.
I'm particularly interested to read The Meaning of Liff.
Enjoying the summer,
DogNamedTruman
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Latest reply: Jul 6, 2005
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