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Armistice Day

Wed Nov 11, 2009, 7:49 AM
Happy Armistice Day (US Veteran's Day) to all my Great War historians, and military service members.

:iconoboe-wan:, lovely lady that she is has done an Armistice Day piece that features one of mine. You can go here [link] to see a happy 11-11-18 homecoming. Thank you, J, it's too gorgeous!

I will be traveling to NY to see her later today, and we are planning an Armistice Day party, complete with french cheese, and ANZAC biscuts. On the movie night list:
- Flyboys
- All Quiet
- Passchendaele
- (searching for, but so far unsuccessful in finding...) Regeneration
- (also unsuccessful at finding) The Lost Battalion


Hope everyone else has a valuable Armistice Day, and peace be with us all.

  • Mood: Adoration
  • Listening to: Tracy Chapman - Remember the Tinman
  • Reading: All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Watching: Passchendaele
  • Drinking: coffee

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  • Current Residence: Pittsburgh, PA
  • Interests: Writing, reading, fantasy/sci-fi, graphic novels, boxing, jazz, string bassin'
  • Favourite movie: The Mummy, shut up it is awesome. AWESOME.
  • Favourite band or musician: Elton John, Josh Groban, October Project, Broadway Musicals
  • Favourite genre of music: Jazz to be sure. Or Broadway.
  • Favourite artist: my roommate
  • Favourite poet or writer: At the moment Neil Gaiman owns 3 out of 4 chambers of my heart. And Victor Hugo.
  • Favourite style of art: comic booky or impressionist
  • Operating System: XP because I am a creature of habit
  • MP3 player of choice: My miniSansaClip is the best that ever happened to me for $35.
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  • Favourite game: NWN
  • Tools of the Trade: Photoshop, Arches hotpress watercolor paper, rapidiograph ink & pens, watercolor

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:iconluthienmisery29:
Thanks for the :+fav: on my Phillies ballpark shot! Too bad the Phils lost, but they still did an amazing job. We'll just have to take it back next year!

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:iconharlemstride:
I adored the shot- really great view, and perfect weather! And yeah, we lost, but we gave them a damn good run, eh? And we'll take it back next year, we were just being nice to them.

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:iconab-insula-avalonia:
Thank you for the watch and the fav! I really appreciate it. =)

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:iconharlemstride:
Absolutely. Your art is just beautiful. And thanks for drawing all the things I request!

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"The world indeed is full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." - JRR Tolkien

[link] - The Tempest
:iconab-insula-avalonia:
Thanks for the fav! =)

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"All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle." - Emerson
:icongrimreapette:
You have some really beautiful artwork! I love how you define your character's faces so precisely, so they don't all look alike. Beautiful work, adding you to my watch list because I'm intrigued by your stories.

Did you ever read Regeneration by Pat Barker, by chance?

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:iconharlemstride:
Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoy both the art and the stories! Hope to provide more, and if you ever have any questions about pret 1950's American military, we're your one stop shop?

And, to answer your question, while I have not read Regeneration I have heard of it and I have recently d/led the movie of it. Also, I'm very familiar with most of the poets, so I am hoping the movie does them justice. I'm quite the fan of Sassoon's work.

I take it that you have read it?

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"The world indeed is full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." - JRR Tolkien

[link] - The Tempest
:icongrimreapette:
I've read it, it was required reading for my 12th grade English Honors class. It's actually a very good book. I've never seen the movie, so I don't know how accurate it.

The book more plays with the psychological state of war-veterans/injured. I'm a psyche major in college so it's very interesting. On top of that the characters are historically accurate (I think?). It's a well written book, you might like it. Short too, only 100+ pages or so if I remember correctly.

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|G|R|A|M|M|A|R| ~ My Anti-Drug

Really people, it's not that hard.
:iconharlemstride:
Yes, I've heard it's very well done, and I have a great respect for Dr. Rivers' work, so I'm interested in reading it. I've been persuing the movie, which is actually called Behind Enemy Lines (I think), and from what I've heard it's accurate to the book.

The reason I mentioned Sassoon is, due to him being one of the main focii of Rivers' investigations, I figured you might be interested in him. His poetry is outstanding, but also, the diaries he kept during the war are truly horrifying and simultaneously fascinating. Reading them is an excellent view into the mind of an extreme shell shock victim. I don't know if that's precisely what you're interested in psych or not, but there it is, in case it piques you.

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"The world indeed is full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." - JRR Tolkien

[link] - The Tempest
:icongrimreapette:
Hmm, that's not my focus of study but I'm still very interested. I'll have to go find some of his poems and diaries now...

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|G|R|A|M|M|A|R| ~ My Anti-Drug

Really people, it's not that hard.

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