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Amusing problem with Name

Thu Nov 1, 2007, 5:44 PM
  • Mood: Lazy
  • Listening to: Soundtracks
  • Reading: Various American Writers
  • Playing: Riven (still)
  • Eating: Pizza
  • Drinking: Lemonade
Okay, this is a completely pointless Journal Entry, but I haven't done much else on DArt for a while, and it's kinda funny, so I might as well put it down.

See, my screen name, "Afalstein", is supposed to be a character in Ivanhoe, who's a fat, old thane of noble lineage, reaching back to Harold, the Saxon King. He is engaged to marry Rowena, the heroine, but towards the end, he realizes she doesn't love him and rather good-naturedly gives her over to Ivanhoe, the hero. (duh)

All well and good. He's a fun character and he needs more attention. But the guy's name is actually spelled "Athalstane" which actually makes more sense, but sounds like the one I have. This basically means that, by trying to be clever and not checking up on my facts, I have made a complete fool of myself, as this is pretty much the name I use across the internet.

Which is actually kinda funny, when you think about it. Anyway, I think MY version looks cooler, and it's too much work to change it, so it's staying that way. Maybe I'll invent something about it later.

Devious Info

  • Interests: Writing, Drawing, reading, Living
  • Favourite movie: The Lord of the Rings (all three)
  • Favourite band or musician: None in particular, maybe Johnny Cash
  • Favourite genre of music: Again, no particular type
  • Favourite artist: Norman Rockwell, John William Waterhouse, John Howe
  • Favourite poet or writer: Tolkien, H.G. Wells
  • Favourite style of art: Drawing, Painting
  • Favourite game: Myst, Starcraft, The Hobbit
  • Favourite gaming platform: PC, maybe Nintendo
  • Favourite cartoon character: BATMAN!
  • Tools of the Trade: Colored pencils and paper

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Comments


:iconhrwilliams:
[link] About halfway down are some shoes that look very much like Chel's... brace thingies... from Portal. No?

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Do not gloat over me, my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will rise;
Though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.
:iconafalstein:
Kinda, yeah. Though they don't really look comfortable, and I certainly wouldn't want to jump off any cliffs with them

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"I became involved in television because I hated it so much" --Mr. Rogers
:iconhrwilliams:
Haha, welcome to the world of shopping for women's shoes.

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Do not gloat over me, my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will rise;
Though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.
:iconsarutobiscrystalball:
Thanks for the fave=add!!

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Thanks for 600 faves and 20K views on The Future of Konoha 5 !!!!
:iconafalstein:
No problem. That's a really cool picture, I like seeing interpretations of what the Konoha 11 would be as adults.

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"I became involved in television because I hated it so much" --Mr. Rogers
:iconiglikasilverstream:
Thank you so much for reading and commenting my story! That really means a lot to me! That's a real gift for my birthday, thank you so much!!!
I hope to finish and post the last chapter of the story very soon.
Thank you again!!!
:iconmattwilson83:
Thanx for watching :wave:

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Hate me not for the plotlines I weave, but for the cliffhangers that precede me :D
:iconafalstein:
No problem. I've recently become interested in Naruto, and it's fun to find a running comic strip on it.

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"I became involved in television because I hated it so much" --Mr. Rogers
:iconmattwilson83:
:D Do you read or watch it online?

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Hate me not for the plotlines I weave, but for the cliffhangers that precede me :D
:iconafalstein:
Ah. Good question. I started watching online, up till about the Sai and Sasuke arc, and then I heard about 437. So I went forward and saw that, and kept reading from then on.

But I know most of the story between from online summaries.

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"I became involved in television because I hated it so much" --Mr. Rogers

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