Same as it ever was

the final approaches, i have to pretend that i'm not cheering for italy so the Fate Demons won't curse France with a victory.
ITALIA

I know have literary-pretensions to go with my normal ones...try to find me on fictionpress.net

And although i still long for Rome with every fibre of my being (especially with all these hot days. i used to go to Circo Massimo to read and sunbathe. Then i'd meander past the Colosseum on my way to pay homage to Julius Caesar's statue and then wash my feet off in the Vittoriano.) Downtown Toronto is looking pretty cool. for one thing, there are more CRAZY people here. for another, i can find all sorts of weird little shops on Yonge street that sell gadgets and gizmos a-plenty, with a generous helping of whozits and whatzits galore. and lest we forget the twenty thing-a-ma-bobs. but off couorse, the only thing i bought was Angel Sanctuary. now i know why i find manga so distasteful. Angel Sanctuary (and most Drama-Shojo) have NO BACKGROUNDS!!! c'mon, that's why you have pencil-monkeys! i personally abhore drawing backgrounds but i recognize their necessity...and it's mere lack of skill that prevents me drawing out Bubastis, Villanova, The Corona and all my other fantastical cities. In addition to this, manga's favour a downright pretentious level of complexity in their plots, coupled with an inherent dislike of female characters (in favour of truly wretched bishonen...i hate bishonen. they're all a bunch of self-absorbed, uninteresting prats) , and a love of complex and ill-conceived panel-layouts... i will hopefully never suffer the same set-backs as Angel Sanctuary, whom i owe a grudging debt of gratitude.

Juvenal's Satirycon
Fellini's Satirycon
Rough Guide series
Orlando Furioso
Njal's Saga
The Song of Roland
The Odyssey
The Kama Sutra - Sir Someone-or-other's 1970 translation