Yay!  I've survived "Escafest '99"!  ^-^
My friends and I watched all 26 episodes of the Vision of Escaflowne in
order, from 8:30pm to 7am!  I lost consciousness somewhere around episode
#18, but i came to around #20 and made it through the rest of the series. 
^-^  Only 2 of us (out of 11) managed to make it to the end!  SO that's my
excuse for getting behind on MO's  ^-^;

And while I'm at it, a ranma-related question:  What's the deal with
driving?  Here in America its a pretty big deal to get your license when you
turn 16.  Why doesn't anyone in Ranma 1/2 drive?  Is the age limit higher? 
And come to think of it, why doesn't anyone drive at all?  You never see any
cars in the manga or anime, and you certainly dont see Soun or Genma or
anyone else for that matter driving.  Whats up with that?

And i think this MR is rather long, so here's everyone i replied to:
Stacy Haynes, Penny, Shadowcat, Czarfire, Shadow, hotnit, Pingamuffin, &
?Mark

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Stacy Haynes-chan-

>How many menbers on the Ranma 1/2 ML are artists.  I myself am A
>studio art major  My goal is to write and illustrate childrens books.

me! me!  <kimmee waves her hand around>
I'm an art & technology (aka computer art) major.  Next year I'm
transferring schools so I can major in animation.  I have no idea what i'm
doing right now!  I don't really have any long-term goals, but this comic
book thing has been following me around for a while now.  I'm in progress of
doing a strip for my University's newspaper.  

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Penny-chan-

>"I won't fear love"
>        --Sarah McLachlan
 
I love sarah!  I'm so happy you wrote that!  I have 8 of her CD's!  ^-^;

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Shadowcat-chan-

>There is also a rumor that Sony is going to finally
>release the anime
>translated in the US, so all the fansubbers and distributers have taken
>them off
>their list.  Don't know whether to cheer or to cry.  Have any of you
>heard the clip off the Sony site? >_<

I already have cried!  -_-;;  I saw the clip, where that annoying american
narrator said "Samurai X must win the heart of his beautiful girlfriend" and
i keeled over and started yakking!  And kenshin sounds so . . so .
.masculine!  And I'm sorry, but Kaoru sounds dumb.  I hate it when things
get bastardized!   :-\

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Czarfire-chan (more on the kenshin thread)-

>Samurai X was the English dub of Kenshin that showed on Philipino TV. It was
>an inaccurate translation with name chsnges. Kaori became Corry.

Those damn filipinos!  They get everything wrong!
Oh!  Did I say that!  Oops!  *-*  
Magkano ang isang kilong baboy?  Okay lang?

Shadow-chan-
>But
>calling Kaori, Corry is just plain old horrible. 

It kinda makes sense for the philipines though . . .the filipino toungue
would say "corry" when trying to pronounce "kaori"

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Hotnit-chan -

>Yes sir, right here in plain
>english that was definately not written on the box with a marker five
>minutes ago!

Ooh!  Is that in hotnit writing?  An autographed box!  What a rarity!!

>So what is a "buckeye" anyway?

a worthless nut!

><sexist pig remark> Skip Ninja Scroll, it might be too bloody
>for a Guuuurl... </sexist pig remark>  <Snip Hotnit's getting punched in
>the eye and crying...>

I've already seen Ninja Scroll several times!  It's one of my favorites!
And don't you know?  I'm not a girl!  I'm a guy dammit!

>Hey, why don't the ladies don't pick Ranma as their #1?!  You'd think
>having top billing would get you all the chicks...

Hey!  I love Ranma!  Actually, I love everyone!  I would allow them all to
date with me!  (except mousse.  no offense.  I think he'd make a great
friend though)

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Pingie-chan-

>Thanks for saying that! But remember, we don't just RP! We... uummm...
>*scratches head* uuhhhh... SPAM? Well, yeah, but... hmmm...

Let's just say we're a friendlier & smaller version of the Ranma ML, that is
spam & RP friendly  ^-~

>*sniffle*sniffle* Why do you always have to tell me how much better you
>have it?!? That's... mean!! WAAAAAAAHH!! *sob*sob*sob*

Becase it WAS better!  The semi-real world SUCKS!  All I have left is to
reminisce to the "good ol' days"!  I don't wanna grow up!  I dont wanna have
a career!  I just wanna play all day!  I will be a teenager forever!  I
scoff at my impending birthday!  

OK, i'm done with my tantrum now.  

>A "driblet" of knowledge? Well, that doesn't sound very important! Why
>would I want a driblet anyway?

A driblet is a highly concentrated amount of knowledge, served in a small
helping.  It's 23659 times the number of knowledge learned in any given
session, but in a fraction of the time.

> ...... Driblet of _what_, again? ^_^;;

|kim|  "what?"
|ping|  "huh?"
|kim|  "I dont know!'

>I know! Instead of making you laugh,
>I can make you angry! Sound good?

It's okay!  I'm not sore anymore!  But i think i dislocated my knee after
wrestling with one of my friends last night.  But then again, that has
nothing to do with laughing muscles.

>(Well, then again, making someone MAD
>can't really sound GOOD... I mean, Mad and Good don't really go together
>and all...)

Ping, you're babbling  ^-~

>Oh yeah?!? Well howcome when I went there yesterday there wasn't any?!?
>There was a small imp, however, who was laying explosives along the
>shore...

Oh yeah?  Well when *I* was there yesterday, there was no one there to share
my snapple with!  When are we all gonna meet on #Eyeland?  When are we gonna
be *SINful*?

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QMark-chan-

>I would suggest you visit our web page, but we don't have one.  Snapple-Girl's
>neat thesis is probably the closest thing.

Oh!  *sob*  I'm so touched!
I actually started making a Ryouga & Ukyo headquarters with a 'net friend of
mine, but we both got so wrapped up with our own respective pages that we
never got anything done . . .



~KIM

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