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No, no. He is celebrated nonetheless for other reasons. That said, forget all about it. I was pulling your leg.

Thank you so much. I would go through them if I have the time.

I will post my opinions about Norwegian Wood for your contest entry if you don't mind.

Don't worry, I have completed the tsundere parody. Will forward it to you. Just to cheer you up.

Sorry about just now Mibuchiha. I really wanted to get the 300th page thus the silly arguments.

I have explained myself haven't I? His command of the language and his dry humour are what I deem special. Even if you did not find it special, this is an opportunity to read more and learn more surely?

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World isn't it? Science fiction and dystopian fiction are to your tastes, I presume?

Having said that:

GOOD! I HAVE GOT THE 300th PAGE OF THIS VERY THREAD!

I hope you won't mind an argument.

There is a reason why he is celebrated so I will still say that you are missing out. I am merely making a recommendation out of goodwill. This person is saying that this is a good author, this is a good journalist. The person believes that there is something remarkable about his work and he wants to share it.

For the sake of argument:
One isn't in a position to agree or disagree if one doesn't celebrate that festival. The expression to use is most likely 'sympathise' or understand the argument behind it. Now, this paragraph has less goodwill in it and hairs are being split at this stage.

That said, what are your tastes in reading?

Thank you. Will you be reading any contest entry during the first poll?



I can only manage 3700 points the most for Civ 5!

You are missing out. This is a newspaper article and the author is one of the better journalists I have come across.

Do you celebrate the first of January? I don't and so I can't agree or disagree with his opinions. I do find the dry language extremely entertaining though.

I really wonder what is quality to you or what you enjoy.

Meaning that you found it entertaining or do you agree with the author?

Anything can serve as inspiration that is why I accept almost anything in the Writer's Lounge. In this case of course is the expressions the author uses. I find that I have a lot in common with the author's style of writing. The dry and resentful emotions that come this article entertains me greatly.

If you want to pick up a language, I believe this is the way you do it. Seek learning points or inspiration from quality work.

Is it impossible to be in first place in terms of points the harder it gets?

I expect every move to be carefully calculated though the more difficult it gets. Whenever I play the Prince level, all of the other civilisations build wonders faster than me, research technologies faster than me, and get points much faster than me. A time victory I think for the difficult levels is impossible.

Makes me even more interested. Let me post the entire article which I genuinely enjoyed and found entertaining. It comes from some newspaper columnist.



Was wondering if you felt the same way as me after reading this. You are familiar with how I write. That person is most definitely becoming an inspiration to me.

xnine is the expert on this. I should seek your help playing this game someday.

Had the same problem. Cultural victories look easier to achieve. Just get the correct technology and policies. In Civ 4, which I am playing now, the cultural victory is the hardest to achieve.

Yes. I have to ask for permission before I write those parodies. Not all of them are humorous though. I believe parodies are stories that are non-canon.

I am quite interested in your tastes in reading, Mibuchiha. A litmus test for you. Do you find the following whiny?

Last Tuesday night, long after I had gone to bed, total strangers burst into my house yelling †˜Happy New Year!’, and shook me from a deep sleep.

Actually, they didn’t. But they might as well have done. Instead, total strangers near where I live thought it fun to let off fireworks which sounded, in turn, like landmines and an anti-aircraft barrage.

Sleep was impossible from 11.30 till 12.30.

If you want to celebrate the New Year, that’s fine by me, though I can’t for the life of me work out why.

Not much difference I think. The civilisations will produce culture and science more, more likely to expand so on and so for. Each civilisation has their own preference for victory.

I ought not to focus on every victory, just a certain victory. It is important to generate science and money and people to obtain those victories though. Need to select which buildings are important. The science buildings I believe are a must build. As for other buildings like forges and barracks and so on, one can begin to specialise. Buildings nurture great people.

If Gene was ready, he did not show it. After reluctantly shaking hands with Vic, hoping that Vic's hand would suffer an allergic reaction from Gene's dead skin and snarling at him, he gripped his weapon tightly. Ghouls like Gene could stay awake for a few days without effort. He knew that the rest of the team were aware that he saw them as expendable. Vic expressed strong displeasure about it, if displeasure were the proper word to use. Falling asleep and leaving them at their mercy was not exactly high in his list of priorities.

Though Daniel advised him to sleep in his affable voice, Gene pretended to comply and stared blankly at the ceiling of the subway station instead.

He spent the 2 hours that was supposed to be spent sleeping doing a bit of thinking and trying to make sense where they were and what was happening. The team was quite some distance north of Manhattan, their destination. Gene intended to sneak his way into Times Square which was at Manhattan with the rest of the team serving as his bodyguards and meat shields.

The former Soviet embassy was the landmark of that area though it was dwarfed by a very tall tower which they had to climb. It was in that tower where the cache was. Though that was the same place was where Gene lived and he laid a network of traps and devices to deter other ghouls and mutants from entering, who was to say that his corner of Times Square was entirely safe?

What was most important now was to get their bearings straight and follow the tunnels south. Even that presented problems.

Another reason why Gene was willing to abandon Daniel, John Windsor and Vic in order to sneak into the tunnels was because he knew the tunnels were controlled by his kind. He did not want the ghouls to know that he entered the tunnels because he is not exactly on good terms with them. There was bad blood between them, a result of Gene tricking and backstabbing his fellow ghouls many times in the past for some petty gain like caps, ammunition or the very occasional weapon or plot of land.

While the team was fortunate that the mutants did not successfully manage to pursue them into the underground, there was no cause for celebration. Gene imagined that there were ghoul guards sniping at the centaurs drawing them away from their tunnels. Those ghouls would know something is amiss due to all the commotion. They might be even aware of their presence in the tunnels. As to why they did not act for almost a full day, Gene did not know. That aside, it was either the mutants or the ghouls, neither choice pleasant. It must said that ghouls discriminate against healthy human beings and backstabbing ghouls.

As he was lost in his thoughts, two hours passed. Wade broke the silence,
"Do you think they're ready?"

Gene cut in rather rudely,
"Not if you don't know where to go next. Not if you don't know that we are pretty much getting of the frying pan and into the fire,"

He proceeded by telling them about the ghouls in the tunnels and the fact that they aren't really too happy with him.

Met a lady with large mammary glands. She is a bit large though. The above user might like such a woman.

Haven't spoke to that gentleman for quite some time.

Going to work in construction in the future. Perhaps we can share pointers. How many persons were involved building that house?

I hope you won't mind this post. I ought to have made a reply earlier.

Thank you for your kind remarks. If you have anything else (hopefully more cheerful) you would like to share with us, you can try interacting with this community. (I suggest the Random Section) For me, doing anything, preferably productive, to take my mind off unpleasant thoughts is my way of dealing with problems.

I joined the forums due to the sense of community it provided and the fact that people all around the world post here. Would be glad to befriend you as well.