well, that was interesting...

 So, around 11:45 the tornado warning goes off.  Since the tower is near here, it was all nice and loud.  Then the lights flickered and I abandoned calixaand lesbiassparrow.  Which was good, as the electricity went out about 2 minutes later.  I then spent about 10 minutes on the stairs, chatting with the neighbors as we watched hail bounce off our cars until there was a lightning  bolt that made it look like daytime that was followed by bigger hail and strong winds, at which point, we all scurried to camp out in our hallways/bathrooms/whatever.  The weather, it scares us.  (Or at least, those of us who literally had our roofs ripped off and pieces of other people's barns in our back yards about 12 years ago...)

It is entirely possible that I dozed off while camped in the hall and ended up with one leg propped on the wall, and the other in my bedroom.  For maybe five minutes or so.

But really, the fun part was when my neighbor almost literally jumped up and back two steps when the lightning struck.

Yes, this and retail therapy were the highlights of the day.  I did nothing constructive whatsoever, and didn't even watch or read anything, unless you count having Stardust on while I did things at all today(well, yesterday now) which is very odd for me.

well, that was interesting...

 So, around 11:45 the tornado warning goes off.  Since the tower is near here, it was all nice and loud.  Then the lights flickered and I abandoned calixaand lesbiassparrow.  Which was good, as the electricity went out about 2 minutes later.  I then spent about 10 minutes on the stairs, chatting with the neighbors as we watched hail bounce off our cars until there was a lightning  bolt that made it look like daytime that was followed by bigger hail and strong winds, at which point, we all scurried to camp out in our hallways/bathrooms/whatever.  The weather, it scares us.  (Or at least, those of us who literally had our roofs ripped off and pieces of other people's barns in our back yards about 12 years ago...)

It is entirely possible that I dozed off while camped in the hall and ended up with one leg propped on the wall, and the other in my bedroom.  For maybe five minutes or so.

But really, the fun part was when my neighbor almost literally jumped up and back two steps when the lightning struck.

Yes, this and retail therapy were the highlights of the day.  I did nothing constructive whatsoever, and didn't even watch or read anything, unless you count having Stardust on while I did things at all today(well, yesterday now) which is very odd for me.

Blue Seed eps 15-20

( we are avoiding the normal annoying parts of these triangles. i approve. )

Blue Seed eps 15-20

( we are avoiding the normal annoying parts of these triangles. i approve. )

anime

Anyone have any opinions on the following:

Banner of the Stars
D.N.Angel
Elfen Lied
Gantz
Serial Experiments Lain The f-list, it disapproves.
Speed Grapher
Vandread

Also, Blue Seed OVA: Yes? Maybe? "Think 'Slayers OVA'?" Etc?

Please put major spoilers under this code: <span style="color: #333333;background-color: #333333">Spoilers here.</span>

anime

Anyone have any opinions on the following:

Banner of the Stars
D.N.Angel
Elfen Lied
Gantz
Serial Experiments Lain The f-list, it disapproves.
Speed Grapher
Vandread

Also, Blue Seed OVA: Yes? Maybe? "Think 'Slayers OVA'?" Etc?

Please put major spoilers under this code: <span style="color: #333333;background-color: #333333">Spoilers here.</span>

Son of Avonar by Carol Berg

Fourteen years ago Serianna, younger sister to the King's Champion, Tomas, was supposed to marry the newly crowned King Evard.  Instead, she married Karon, a humble antiquities dealer.  Except that Karon was secretly a survivor of Avonar, a land whose people were all but exterminated for sorcery.  In Leire, sorcerers are regarded as devils, and were Karon's ability to heal ever discovered, he would, at the least, be executed.  Several years later, Tomas and his lieutenant, Darzid, discover Karon's nature and reveal him to the king, with Tomas using his influence to protect Seri, believing that she had been controlled by Karon.  After months of torture, Karon is executed as a sorcerer, and when Seri gives birth to their son shortly after, he, too, is killed.

With nothing left but her hatred, Seri flees her brother and lives as a peasant, refusing the shelter he offers, returning to the capital only once a year under the eye of Rowan Graeme, the local sheriff, to pay her "penance" to the king.  Ten years later, she encounters a mad, violent, amnesiac young man in the woods near her home.  When she learns that he's being hunted by Darzid, she gives him shelter out of spite, naming him Aeren.  Soon, a man of Karon's people learns of Aeren and tells her that Aeren is actually D'Nathiel, a prince, and one who must travel to the bridge of D'Arnath, a word Karon shouted into her mind as he died.  Seri wants nothing to do with either man, but can't let the connection to Karon slide.

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Son of Avonar by Carol Berg

Fourteen years ago Serianna, younger sister to the King's Champion, Tomas, was supposed to marry the newly crowned King Evard.  Instead, she married Karon, a humble antiquities dealer.  Except that Karon was secretly a survivor of Avonar, a land whose people were all but exterminated for sorcery.  In Leire, sorcerers are regarded as devils, and were Karon's ability to heal ever discovered, he would, at the least, be executed.  Several years later, Tomas and his lieutenant, Darzid, discover Karon's nature and reveal him to the king, with Tomas using his influence to protect Seri, believing that she had been controlled by Karon.  After months of torture, Karon is executed as a sorcerer, and when Seri gives birth to their son shortly after, he, too, is killed.

With nothing left but her hatred, Seri flees her brother and lives as a peasant, refusing the shelter he offers, returning to the capital only once a year under the eye of Rowan Graeme, the local sheriff, to pay her "penance" to the king.  Ten years later, she encounters a mad, violent, amnesiac young man in the woods near her home.  When she learns that he's being hunted by Darzid, she gives him shelter out of spite, naming him Aeren.  Soon, a man of Karon's people learns of Aeren and tells her that Aeren is actually D'Nathiel, a prince, and one who must travel to the bridge of D'Arnath, a word Karon shouted into her mind as he died.  Seri wants nothing to do with either man, but can't let the connection to Karon slide.

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