Kubo Tite, the author of Bleach, has written another excellent manga: Zombie Powder. It is in progress, but I have not found any fanfiction on it yet. I want to challenge you awesome yaoi fanfic authors to read Zombie Powder and give it your best try.

Also, let me know what you thought of the manga. It mimics the action of Bleach, but he tries to get away from the shinogami theme.

For the first time in a long time I can honestly say that I am getting tired of yaoi. I really enjoy the sweet love stories that I used to see on these sites. Now, it seems that all I ever see (especially in mangafox) are these stories that blame women for their sexuallity or stories where these gay males think it is alright to abuse a women in a relationship that they do not want in the first place, and then romanticize their love affair with a man on the side. Not cool. There are two many of these stories lately (even in LJ). What bothers me most is that usually the authors are female. Do women really see gay men as being this tyranical towards women. I should hope that the reality is very different in the gay world, too. I admit that it really pushed my distaste over the line when I read Broke Back Mountain.  That story really disturbed me the more I thought about it: One man married his wife just to prove to himself that he was not gay. The other man married his wife ONLY for her money. If their was any beauty to their relationship, this horrid behavior distroys it. Years later, both women are  left with the realization that they were used by these men they loved. That sucks! Male or Female, it is not right to treat someone that way. Has anyone else noticed the frequency of this in story lines. The picking on women as though they were the route to all evil is cool. Do yuri stories do this? Why do you female writers even bother writing such a thing into your stories?  Don't you feel that it is insulting to you as a women?  I admit that I get into such conversations with girlfriends about men, and  I imagine that men do the same. However, these stories gave me freedom from my thoughts about what annoyed me about males and that is one of the major reasons that I read yaoi. I also respect poetic liscence. Everyone is striving to best express themselves through their writings. I just really want to know the motive behind this recent trend and find out how both readers and authors feel about it.

I hope to see more stories in the future that go back to focussing on a good plot or a real romantic story and not the whole "women suck" theme.  All though I am sure it has good storylines, I honestly cannot bring myself to try a yuri genre.  And my heart really is not in any other genre at the moment.

Is there a way to search the net for old Live Journal stories that did not have a tag. I am looking  for two stories:

1.    In Club Sion, Miyagi High where Asami was the Principle of the school.

2.   I do not know the title, or what site it was in but from Naruto fanfics:  Kakashi sensei offers Kiba some beer, gets him drunk and takes advantage of the boy.  It was a one shot and I might have found it on a site dedicated to either Kakashi or Kiba.

I cried like a baby when Aaliyah and Tupoc died. It is going to take me months to stop crying over this death. Will someone please upload "Ben"  and  "I'll Be There" for me. Thank you.

I really have not had time to deal with her death. She was a super actress and model. She had an amazing career. I greive with her fans, and hope her love ones find comfort.

This has been the ugliest year. I actually took David Carridine's death hard. But, this is Michael Jackson. I don't know what to say. I cannot even express how much I am going to miss him in the world. I am so heart broken.

I can't believe this. I am so sorry. Michael Jackson died about two hours ago at UCLA medical center.

Okay!! I went back and tried to read "Broke Back Mountain" again. The second time was the charm. I had to FORCE myself to sit through the first couple of sections. To tell the truth I barely skimmed through it until I got to the sex. The sexual encounters were barely mentioned and if you didn't read carefully you would miss it entirely. It took me a long time to realize that she was rushing those first few pages just so she could get to the true plot or point of the story. She also made it a point NOT to describe their encounters and intamacy in pornographic or romantic terms. It is stated as a 'matter-of-fact', not romance. She clearly wants it understood that these are two straight guys. They are not homosexual, and this senario could have happened to any ranch hand. She does do an excellent job of pointing out the dangers of the situation. This relationship threatens not only their families, but their lives. I have not finished, but now I can see why it was made into a movie. If you just ignore her poor writing up until the section where their relationship starts, then you will enjoy the value of the story. She fails in her efforts to not romantize the behavior of these two men later in the book. It becomes romantic due to the fact that it is something they can never have no matter how much they want it. If they had moved to California and gotten out of ranching they would have stood a chance together. They would still have to destroy their families to be together and for one of them that was not acceptable. If I could stop taking 'wanna cry' breaks and such, I might actually finish the story tonight.

I think fanfiction has ruined me. I just bought Annie Poulx 's Close Range and tried to read Broke Back Mountain. It was too slow and boring. I have never seen the movie, but this past weekend I watch clips from the movie in a music video. I really looked romantic and sweet. So, I thought that I would read the book before renting the movie. The book is too short, too slow, and not exciting at all. There are several fanficion writers who could have written this story ten times better. I really do not know how this got turned into a major motion picture. It makes me feel out of the loop with the rest of the world on what is and what is not good. The last novel I enjoyed that was not a manga or online was Grisham's "The Broker". I do not like his other works though. I might try Brown's "Digital" next. I like lot's of adventure and excitement (action) and some romance (m/f, or m/m -- no f/f). So, If you have any suggestions, please leave a comment. I will be happy if I can just find one good novel for the summer.

Thanks!

This is a link to an msnbc report on the initial response to President's Obama's speech in Cairo. I hope it works.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31111149#31111149

Impressive. Special thanks to my husband (Yay). 

I  was very much into the original work of Gene Rodenberry (spelling?) in my younger days. Then Fanfiction books started popping up in bookstores. They were awesome. Out of that one of my favorite writers appeared: Diane Duane. She made me love Star Trek in ways I did not know were possible. Her imagination could fill a black hole. This movie is probably the fist one since the  fourth movie that I honestly feel did justice to Gene Rodenberry. They stuck really close to the storyline that he originally designed before deciding to deviate. I enjoyed it.

However, it is just sad that who is ever in charge of these stories now, insist upon destroying traces of the old works and taking it into a new direction. Don't get me wrong... I loved the spin offs like Voyager   and DS9. Those were perfect. But the S/O Enterprise was just like some brutal, plageristic, and destructive mess. 

Up until yesterday I was getting top scores for Anthro, but I kept procrastinating and submitted only half of my module 4 assignment. My allergies have been acting up, but more than anything I really @%$# around when I am stressed out. I really want to get an A out of the class, so I a going to start module 5 today, even though it isn't due until Sunday.

In my research writing  class I have a fifteen page bibliography due tomorrow. I honestly have not started on it in earnest. I looked up a few things online in my school library on Thursday. However, I know that it is not nearly enough. In addition to that, I have promised the professor of my internship class a five page bibliography on the same day.  And I figured that I would be able to complete a 3-5 page bib for my anthropology class. Hey, as long as I was doing one, I might as well do them all. Okay -- that was the original thought.

Now, I am having second thoughts. I am stressed and worried to say the least. The worst part is knowing that I am capable of actually doing these assignments: I need to have my head examined. Something is seriously wrong with anyone who continually puts that kind of pressure on themselves. OOPs! I gave too much information.

I am so excited about this semester, moreso than at the beginning of previous semesters. I really feel like I am doing something big this time. I have all upper division course (plus the husband, aging mom and three kids). My plate is full, but it is a good thing. My sick and twisted obsession is to continue adding responsibilities onto my shoulders without any regard to the fact that I will be a tad psychotic by the end of the eighth week, and postal by the 14th week. I am doing my internship, an anthropology class, and a class on research and writing. Yummy! I have decided to squeeze in leadership training, at least one club that I can participate in, and when there is time I will try to write just one story by the end of summer from start to finish. Already sounds scary. We will see.

President Obama just delivered his first speech as president of the nation. It was truly moving.
"the world is changing and we must change with it." 
"we are willing to lend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist"
"...hope and virtue.."
Certain things glued themselves to my mind from this speech, but it is befitting the history books, that for sure. I want a copy of this speech from beginning to end, enlarged print, framed on my study wall.
I am going to do whatever I must to change myself into someone who is worthy of the hope and virtue that he speaks of, and I am going to make sure that my children note my efforts and my change, so that they, too, will want to be a part of this great nation as President Obama sees it -- a nation built on hard work and support.

HEY PHOENIXDOWN, he made it. I watched all of the supreme court justices walk in, but I wasn't feeling so excited until they anounced the 39th president of the united states, God bless him, Jimmy Carter. I could feel my pulse rate pick up. So, thrilling. And I just witnessed President Obama getting sworn into office. It is safe for me to cry now. I am relieved and thrilled at the same time. What a wonderful blessing and a beautiful occurance -- no pun intended on your story title.

Hey JB, I hope this gives you hope for the future as well. I only wish that I had followed yours and Phoenix's example of activism during this whole thing. It would have been so wonderful to be active and involved in this process even a little.

I'll more later,
bye!!

I am looking for a yaoi manga about a shinto priest who is a yokai exorcist who is a sweet little boy and travels with his best friend who has a black aura but is also a shinto priest. The friend with the dark aura is EXTREMELY possessive of his friend who he claims is his wife, and is willing to literally kill other men who try to get too close or to harm his sweet innocent travelling companion.

Please help me find the title of this manga.

 I don't know if I can go through that again. People I know and love were  outright vicious and cruel to me once they found out that I was voting NO on Prop 8. I do not feel threatened by homosexuality because it has nothing to do with me directly. But people I care for acted as though they had personal vindettas to homosexuals with how harshly they acted to me because I voted differently. My own husband threatened to stop associating with me because I did not think the way he did. First of all, I have been voting since I was 18, he's only been a citizen for how long???? Secondly, I have never once tried to force him to change his views on his vote. I accept his different opinions. Is it really asking too much to expect the same respect.  Third, this proposition is something that we should be able to look back on in ten years and laugh about. Like Y2K!!!!!

When my husband made that threat, I became furious and told him that he should not get *&^* from someone who does not share his views. His response was "don't worry, he can go else where for it" at which point I hung up. After Obama's victory that same night, he actually told me he was expecting to get (*^*^ from me.  That was the same day. No apology or anything. Just like that he expects me to do my WIFELY duties. I waited until bedtime to address it. I simply told him that I wanted an apology. He tried to play dumb. I said that his behavior that morning was mean and cruel. He said, and I quote, "I was only being honest". Needless to say, we did not celebrate Obama's victory together. But I did let him know that men like him are the reason that the sanctity of marriage has already been threatened: They think it is alright to make their wives and families disposable and replaceable when things aren't going their way. 

My mother says that I should have lied to my husband and tell him that I did vote  YES on 8. Why should I have to sacrifice my principals because he is spoiled and immature about not getting things his way. I should have the comfort of confiding in my spouse and being able to relax knowing that I have at least his love, if not his support. Why is that asking for too much. She actually went so far to tell me that I was a fool for letting my marriage go, at which point I burst into tears, utterly confused. He threatens to disassociate from me and to get sex else where, but I get blamed for letting the marriage dissolve. I don't get it.

My best friend was particularly angry in expressing her reasons why she is voting for it. I was honest in stating how hypocritical her reasons sounded. And now it looks like she is not returning my phone calls. We have known each other for over 30 years, and this is only the second falling out she and I have really ever had. Over something that effects neither of us directly.

I honestly hope that no more propositions like that rear their ugly heads. It should not have been on the ballot in the first place when there are so many pressing issues that should have been dealt with.  It was like offering a group of depressed people all the liquor they could drink in hopes that they don't try to figure out what the real problem for their depression is. It was a diversion designed to aim peoples anomosity and anger away from the correct direction. And in the end it will only do more harm than good.

This story is posted in Deviant Art not LJ. So, To post it to my LJ memories I have to first copy it to my LJ journal. It sounds like a good story, so here we go...

Two year ago Bouncy Cat was working on a story called "Incarcerated". It was a Kakairu about Iruka being arrested and imprisoned. It was awesome. Now two years later, she has decided to update. I wanted to leave a comment welcoming her back into the folds, but for some reason FF no longer recognizes my email address, so I cannot log in anymore. TEME!!!

Anyhow, this is a fantastic story worth reading, so give it a try. Here is the link:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3098107/1/Incarcerated


Enjoy!

For my final project this semester in school, I want to do a presentation on gay Asian American Pacific Islander writers (published and non-published; NO fanfiction writings). I have a true interest in the subject and thought it might be a good way to get some writers to speak out about their experiences. I really want to organize an AAPI event on the subject on CSUF campus, but with all the read tape I don't know if I will have time ( or energy) to do so. If anyone would be interested in this, please let me know. I need to find out if any authors in LJ-land would be willing to participate if possible. I will only need about 5 writers and that is probably too many.

Please comment, and thank you all.