| The Adventures of Kat and Clara (the inspiration that kept me thinking and writing) Music: Rush, Tool, Tori Amos, Days of the New, Slayer, Dream Theater, Pantera, Liquid Tension Experiment, Faith No More, Sinch, Steve Vai, Course of Empire, 10:40, U2, Live, Geddy Lee, Alice In Chains, Ozzy Osbourne, King's X, Machines of Loving Grace, Marilyn Manson, Therapy?, Yngwie Malmsteen, Soundgarden, Poe, Anthrax, Type O Negative, Man From Fiery Hill, Monster Magnet, Evanescence, Rollins Band. Movies and Anime: The Secret of NIMH; Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers; Kenshin Himura, Wandering Samurai; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Hard Boiled; The Rocky Horror Picture Show; Kodomo No Omocha ("Child's Toy"); Vandread; Excel Saga; Now and Then, Here and There; Ranma 1/2; Great Teacher Onizuka, Those Who Hunt Elves; Akira; Cowboy Bebop (series and movie); Hellsing; Spirited Away; Princess Mononoke; Risky and Safety; Fruits Basket; Love Hina; Key the Metal Idol; The Adventures of Mini-Goddess. Worldly Events: The time that one guy flew around the world in a hot air balloon; the sibling rivalry between Venus and Serena Williams; the time that nice couple at the Dayton-North Golden Corral told me that I looked like NASCAR driver Tony Stewart; the poor portrayal of furry fandom in Vanity Fair magazine; the even worse portrayal of furry fandom on eMpTyV's Sex 2K; the day it was found that Sharon Osbourne had cancer; the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart in Utah; the Columbine High School massacre a few years back; the day I learned that James Traficant wouldn't be allowed to wear his head turf in prison; the war in Iraq. People: Thomas John Stroebl, Aaron Quinn, Isaac Eugene Phelps III, John Richard Groves, Ross Charles Herman, Casey Dominic Sohns, Kraig Holland, Dan Dooghan, Jared Schmidt, Holly Miller, Melissa Nordos, Kyle Lehane, William Van Cleaf, Katie Gordon, Charles Thoreson, Dario Enriquez, Michael Brown, Ryan David Donahe, Erik Richardson, Chris Czerniak, Maya Hopkins, everyone I hang out with from the SCA, everyone I hang out with from Ars Nova Guild, Henry Rollins, Denis Leary, and Stephen Hawking. Stuff That Sucks: Politics (all forms and parties), organized religion (all denominations), the previous two combined at once, John Ashcroft, Rush Limbaugh, "Dr." Laura Schlessinger, the process of modern human courtship, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, the Dallas Cowboys, knowing that the terrorists attacks on 9/11/01 may have be preventable, Crossfire, MTV, Vanity Fair, Wayzata High School, the media, the people who are getting rich off 9/11/01, the NMSU Campus Crusade for Christ, alcoholism, homophobia, racism, oppression, domistic abuse, irresponsible gun owners and gun violence, drugs, political activism turned riotous, and all the other bullshit that makes our world horrible in which to exist. Back to Stories Back to "TAOK&C" Back to Home |