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There are lots of word for paper. Though since you’re talking about origami, I’d say ‘kami’ or ‘washi’. ‘Ryuu’ and ‘tatsu’ are the most common words for dragon. I couldn’t tell you if they’d change when combined though (which can happen).
Honestly, if I were to ask a local what to call it as a whole (which I meant to do today at my nail appt!, but forgot), they’d likely say ‘origami dragon’ (not even using a Japanese word for dragon)… or worse, ‘paper dragon’ (peepaa doragon)… which is just not as imaginative as is probably desired in this case. They can be wildly descriptive sometimes, but often they’re really not.
Personally, I think scatterling is cute… though scatterdragon is more self-explanatory for the finders who have no idea what Windstone is…. :shrug: I know, I’m no help…
Greater Basilisk wrote:I want to know how many miles you’ve done on your purple Harley and what winter’s, especially winter roads, are like in Japan. 🙂
That’s me, not Jas. 8) Unless I’ve seriously missed something and someone hasn’t told me I have company on this dinky island.
Hehe, cute pic. My first thought was along the lines of having its tongue stuck too, with the snow on the ground and all (and his positioning, which looks a bit like he’s trying to pull away). Which, I must say, is really an unpleasant experience :shudders:
Never leave a curious preschooler outside alone when you’ve allowed her to watch A Christmas Story with her older brother, who of course thought it funny to tell her that kind of thing wouldn’t ever happen…:oops: Though he was much more careful what kind of lies he told me after that.Congrats! I didn’t look closely enough to see he had orange eyes, but was admiring his pretty coloration. It’s nice someone here got him. 🙂
Chessapeaka wrote:Also, Twilight. What is the deal with it? I don’t understand! Someone I watch on LiveJournal quoted a good deal of the first chapter, and I have to say, the writing is /terrible/ unless I’m very mistaken. People love it, though! Is it worth reading? I mean, President-elect Obama is even reading it with his daughter. But from what I’ve seen… it’s so, so bad. I don’t get it. Does the writing improve after the first chapter??? I couldn’t even bring myself to enjoy the characters because the writing was so bad, and the story… well. It just struck me as whiny and angsty, and there really wasn’t anything there that made me want to keep reading, except perhaps a fascination with how amazingly bad it was.
If there’s something I’m missing, please forgive me for bashing a book I haven’t even read all the way through… Is it just something you have to love from the start, or is it one of those things that grow on you over time?
😀 Bash away, I won’t hold it against you. It does seem to be a love or hate thing, from what I’ve seen; I don’t recall hearing anyone say they read the whole thing and still just thought it was ‘okay’. (Oh, and the criticism for how they look in sunlight! Geez, people forget it’s a story. I like it 😛 It reminds me of the invisible paint Melody uses!) I don’t think the first chapter is enough to judge the entire series though (just being Bella’s intro, really), unless you think you won’t be able to get beyond the writing style (I can’t say I noticed a change in that).
I will agree, though, that the whining is really irritating. I mean, really… I imagine having a main character with [needlessly] low self-esteem connects her to some of the intended readers out there, but it grated on my nerves (oh, to have her kind of misfortune!). But if you can get past some of that, you might enjoy it. Or not. :shrug:
Anne McCaffrey’s The Tower and the Hive series… though the first 3 books are the biggest pulls in that for me (particularly “Damia”). The 4th is okay, but I can easily skip the last book… it just didn’t do it for me. Though it’s been 8 years since I read that one, so I’ll have to give it another shot next time to see if my opinion’s changed.
Piers Anthony’s Incarnations of Immortality series. Minus the 8th book, at the moment. I’m not sure why he was compelled to publish another book 17 years after the series was done; I own it, but it feels completely unnecessary (which is why I haven’t read it yet). Maybe I have so little faith since he did so craptastically well at wrapping up the Mode series after an 8-year hiatus. 😕
Piers Anthony’s Apprentice Adept series. I would never say it’s for everyone, but it makes me happy.
Patricia A. McKillip’s “The Forgotten Beasts of Eld”.
Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Saga. I just zipped through that series this week… I know I’ll be coming back. Repeatedly. And soon. I was actually kinda hoping I wouldn’t get all the hype, but it didn’t end up that way… I feel ridiculously like a rabid teenage fangirl right now :oops:. I’ll have to hold off on the movie for a bit though… it’s too soon for them to mess with the images and story in my head.
My eBay pieces…
Blue Violet Flame Old Warrior (OOAK)
Purple Wolf Male Griffin (#8/10)
Purple Wolf Sitting Griffin Chick (#8/10)
Black & Tan Crouching Griffin Chick (#1)
Green-Eyed Lace Poad
Purple Tiger Poad (#2)dragonmedley wrote:Think I should send in a picture?
You could send me a picture 8)… though I’m not participating, I’m all kinds of anxious to see everybody’s pieces :D.Yay for pictures! My parents saw them a week ago and didn’t send me pictures. It sounds pretty cool… it’s nice y’all were able to go 🙂
I had to look Bruce Coville up… his name was familiar, and for good reason. I still have Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher and the My Teacher series packed up and waiting for me to have kids.
I’d never heard “glory” before, though I can’t argue with that one either. It fits as much as “blessing”, and it’s not uncommon for animal groups to have more than one name. “Blessing” is listed on Wikipedia though… and we all know that’s the definitive source of reputable information 😉 (I kid… it’s often helpful, but not perfect)
“Debt” is good for dragons… I can see “horde” being used too. (Doesn’t quite roll off your tongue the same way, but does stick to the silliness of naming schemes… Crash of Rhinos and all :lol:)
