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Date Posted: 16:37:48 09/22/02 Sun
Author: The Writer
Author Host/IP: dialup-209.246.64.236.Dial1.NewYork1.Level3.net / 209.246.64.236
Subject: Re: Hello!
In reply to: IMP 's message, "Re: Hello!" on 12:08:00 09/21/02 Sat

>Once again, I log on to find another installment. And
>the Bios are up as well. Happy day :)
>
>I have done my fair share of reading in my life, and
>so far, your story is giving me the same "vibe" as
>Orson Scott Cards "Enders Game" series. Not so much
>from the details, as from the writing style. I am an
>electrical engineer (design and support custom
>electronics for oilfield development) by trade, so for
>me details are everything. It may also be the type of
>music I am listening to while reading your strip. I
>find that music can either enhance or distract from a
>good reading session, and I tend to associate many
>tunes with stories I have read while listening to
>them, and visa versa.
>
>Which brings me to my question of the week...
>
>What type of music, if any, do you listen to while you
>work? Does it differ from the music you would prefer
>for relaxing?
>
Hmmm .... I *do* find that music affects me and my writing very much. I was actually thinking of including a "selection of the week" tagline in my news updates, letting you all know (or recommending to you, or whatnot), and I might just do that, since there seems to be interest. ;)

Let's see ... for Folio Three, I was listening to Peter Gabriel. The live album from the US tour, but only the first CD since I seem to have misplaced the second one, which I'm upset about because it has a seriously powerful seven minute rendition of "Digging in the Dirt." Which was what I wanted to use for the "disorientation from hell" scene. But "Come Talk to Me" worked really well, and "Red Rain" is always good from internal drama.
For Folio Two, I was listening to Genesis' self-titled album. "Illegal Alien" works particularly well for Hiram.
For Folio One ... I was listening to David Bowie's _Earthling_. "Little Wonder" is great for jumpstarting just about anything.

>
>For the record, Calgary is "only" about as far north
>as the northern tip of Maine. So my winter doesn't
>get much colder than yours. Also, there is a
>wonderful natural phenomena that occurs here call a
>"Chinook" which allows us to have nice sunny warm days
>in the middle of January or February.

I see ... actually, the furthest north I've ever been is Vermont, and that was COLD. New York's been getting mild-ish winters, but my memory's kinda faulty, climate-wise. To a native Texan like myself, Maine is The Great White North. ;) Does the Chinook come off the Rockies? I remember when I lived in El Paso (part of the tail end of the Rockies splits the city nearly in half), the mountains did truly *funky* things with the weather.
>
>Just didn't want you to be a "typical" American, a
>well read person should be aware of the geography of
>the world, and not just there own country ^_-

I appreciate that!

>Oh, and I ALWAYS drive, I am never going to get stuck
>in the backseat of a car for a long drive again (I am
>not exactly a bean pole). I may be an educated farm
>boy, but I was still born and raised by the school of
>hard nocks, and I look like it :)

Nobody ever said being a farm boy and having an education were mutually exclusive. Same with getting a degree from the school of hard knocks. ;)

>canadIANimp - "I am not blessed with artistic talent,
>but rather the ability to recognize it in others."
>
>P.S. I think I am really going to enjoy Hiram
>Gregarius, keep that shaggy character going :)

I've already gotten great feedback about Hiram ... trust me, he's definitely coming up, soon ....

der Verfasser -- "Why do all of the good-guy superheroes wear their underwear *outside* their pants?"

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