Naruto manga chapter whatever - sorry for the spamming, flist

LEE!

edit: SAND!

edit 2: ( a chapter 216 thought )

edit 3: chapter 217, page 17. ::sing-song:: Someone's been watching a bit too much Lord of the Riiiiiiings.

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edit 4: chapter 228, page 7. ::hugs chibi!naruto::

Naruto

Chapter 234

::whistles::

Naruto manga again

Oh the LOVE.

( chapter 240 )

I have a question though-- chapters 239 and 240 supposedly take place "about 10 years ago". Well, Naruto is 12--going on 13-- so it must have been at least 13 years ago. Seems like a pretty awful continuity mistake there.

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Wanna know what it's like to be me?

This is the list of Political Science 71: Intro to Law reading I need to complete this weekend before I even start studying directly for the final on Wednesday:



http://eee.uci.edu/04f/67070/reading/appl_control.htm

http://eee.uci.edu/04f/67070/reading/nominee_religion.htm

http://writ.news.findlaw.com/lazarus/20020305.html

http://www.adherents.com/adh_sc.html

http://eee.uci.edu/04f/67070/reading/oconnor_bio.htm

http://eee.uci.edu/04f/67070/reading/bushgore_order.doc

http://eee.uci.edu/04f/67070/reading/ABA_votecase.doc

http://eee.uci.edu/04f/67070/reading/jury_workings.htm

http://eee.uci.edu/04f/67070/reading/blindjustice.htm

http://eee.uci.edu/04f/67070/reading/jury_religion.htm

http://eee.uci.edu/04f/67070/reading/ABA_power12.doc

http://eee.uci.edu/04f/67070/reading/juror_independence.htm

http://eee.uci.edu/04f/67070/reading/judicial_candor.htm

http://eee.uci.edu/04f/67070/reading/scaliapalooza.htm

http://writ.news.findlaw.com/sebok/20011217.html

http://eee.uci.edu/04f/67070/reading/jury_burgers.htm

hey Fantasy fiction readers...

Has anyone read The Last Dragon Lord by Joanne Bertin? What did you think of it?

I'm on page 8 right now, and I'm already bored. The bookjacket summary sounded interesting, but the writing style just... it just seems bad. In eight pages there hasn't been a single sentence or turn of phrase that stood out as interesting or particularly inventive or clever. And some of the sentences are pulled right out of cliche.

Now, I can't help but compare this to the book I just finished yesterday, Blackgod by J. Gregory Keyes (sequel to The Waterborn). Why it sometimes borrowed from common fantasy ideas and had a few traditional stock character types, all the main characters were well-developed and interesting, and it had some interesting original fantasy ideas as well, particularly with the Native American spiritualism influence in the characterization of the Mang people. But, more importantly, it was well-written and interesting to read from the start. Not my favorite book, but one I was definitely invested in early on and by the end completely absorbed in needing to finally find out what was really going on (the reader and the characters are sort in the same boat with this.)

Then think about the book I finished just before Thanksgiving, Illusion by Paula Volsky. This book was basically a retelling of the combined French and Russian revolutions, set in a fanstasy world, from the perspectives of a young noblewoman ingenue, a young idealistic revolutionary, and a power-hungry revolutionary. It was rich and detail and its characters were all compelling and dynamic. In fact, it read almost more like an exciting sort of historical fiction (not my usual reading genre), but it had definite fantasy elements. And despite the fact that I knew what was going to happen in the nation's future one chapter into the book (thank you high school), it was three times as interesting as the book in front of me right now and had me totally wrapped up in it.

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I looked up "atheism" in a search engine to make sure I hade the spelling right (I did), and on a lark I ended up reading this page which basically defines atheism and answers a lot of frequently asked questions about atheism and the logic behind it and in relation to religious beliefs.

It's a fairly long page, but I ended up reading the whole thing out of curiousity. I have to say their definition pretty closely matches my approach to the idea of religion and I would say I'm probably an example that fits their definition of atheist-- the "probably" being left in because I'm not entirely sure I accurately understood all the preconceived definitions of certain theological or philosophical words/terms used. One thing I particularly liked about the article was discussion of charity in relation to religious organizations.