Below are the 8 most recent journal entries recorded in skjam's InsaneJournal:

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
11:35 pm	Load Runner #3 July 21-August 3 1983 Back in the early 1980s, I was in England for a while--more on that in another post. The main thing is that I managed to pick up a bunch of British comics, some of which I still have. One of these is Load Runner #3, from July 1983. Among other things, this was the time of the microcomputer boom, affordable home computers that sold like hotcakes. Naturally, the folks at ECC Publications saw a market for a comic of stories all tangentially related to computers in some way. I don't know enough about the British publishing industry to know if this is an orphaned publication, though reprints seem unlikely. So the following scans comply as much as possible with the one-third rule. ( What is this 'Tron' of which you speak? ) ( While you're here, can you look over my Latin homework? ) ( Behold! The computer of the future! ) ( There ain't no rule ) ( Alien bugs in your computer. More likely than you'd think. ) ( Hot tips for computer enthusiasts ) ( Custom model plugs ) ( Video games will rot your mind ) ( Because I am cruel ) Your thoughts? Amusing stories about your first microcomputer? Current Mood: hopeful Current Music: computer hum (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 7th, 2009
12:12 pm	[fanfic] [Ranma 1/2] Neko-Philia In this story, dialogue enclosed by [] is in Chinese. NEKO-PHILIA by Scott K. Jamison (Note: Ranma 1/2 and its characters created by Rumiko Takahashi, no infringement intended.) ( Shampoo ) Current Mood: relaxed Current Music: birdsong (Comment on this)
Saturday, June 6th, 2009
5:03 pm	[fanfic] [Ranma 1/2] Riafyalp A side story to Playfair. You should not need to read that story to understand this one though. RIAFYALP by Scott K. Jamison (Note: Ranma 1/2 and its characters created by Rumiko Takahashi. No infringement intended.) A scream woke Ranma in the early morning dark. Akane's scream! Simultaneously cursing her inconsideration and praying she'd be all right, he sped out of the guest room. When he realized the shrieking was coming from the bathroom, he halted and carefully cracked open the door for a peek inside. Yep, Akane was naked and no one else in sight. "No way I'm walking into that one. Kasumi, you do the honors." The eldest Tendou daughter entered while Ranma studiously looked away, then shut the door and started listening. "Good morning Akane. What seems to be the problem?" "Are you *blind*? Look at me!" "You look fine, dear. Did Ranma tamper with the scale again?" "Dammit, Kasumi, I'm a girl! *SPLASH* And I'm still a girl!" "That's right Akane, and a very pretty one." "But hot water is supposed to change me back!" Whoops, thought Ranma. I smell trouble. He knocked. "Kasumi, help her get decent, I'm coming in." "Who's that? Watch it with the hands, sister!" Kasumi had done wonders with only a few seconds and damp towels. Akane was modestly covered and yet--Ranma forced himself to think, Uncute, uncute. "Who's this jerk?" asked Akane, in a very un-Akane tone of voice. "Don't you remember Ranma Saotome? Your fiancee?" "Duh! Ranma's a girl, and...actually he does look a little like Ranma." Comphrehension began to dawn in her eyes. "Let me guess. You were born a boy, but on a trip to China, you fell into a cursed pool. Ever since you turn into a girl when doused with cold water." "yeah, but--" "Welcome to the club. So this is your first time on a parallel world, huh?" "Pa-ra-re-ru Wa-a-ru-do?" Ranma briefly explained the multiple Earths theory. "Apparently, the more bizarre your life is already, the more likely you are to cross over every so often. I've done it five or six times now, depending whether you count alternate futures." The family grumbled at being late to breakfast, and Akane did not seem at all comfortable in her school uniform. Then she dumped water on Soun! "Whoa, Pops didn't go panda! It's true then!" "Akane dearest, whatever I did, I'm sorry, but please don't do that again!" "No sweat, Pops." Definitely not the normal Akane. On the way to school, Akane leapt up on the fence in front of Ranma, but soon found herself slipping. "It's those shoes, Akane. They don't grip surfaces like these slippers do." Akane quickly removed her shoes and socks, and ran down the fence barefoot. "Darned if I'm going to be grounded." Ranma was so busy keeping up, he failed to notice the Shampoo ambush. She soon had him in an uncomfortably tight clinch. "Nihao! Shampoo love Ranma! Ranma dump Akane, marry Shampoo, yes?" Ranma held his breath, waiting for Akane to clobber him. instead, there was an amused look on her face, one Ranma thought was a bit evil. "That's fine with me. After all, *I'm* not interested in boys." She strode off. "Akane you bastard! You can't do this to me!" "Oh happy day!" exclaimed Shampoo. "Violent pervert girl finally give up! Now Ranma like Shampoo, yes? "Uh, Ranma like Shampoo not so much." The ensuing entanglement cost precious time and Ranma arrived at Furinkan High just in time to see Akane face off against Kunou. Apparently, the swordsman had seen her arrive alone and jumped to the conclusion she was available again. Her stance seemed familiar, though it wasn't one Ranma had seen her use before. Then she smote Kunou with the Tenshin Amaguriken. Of course! This Akane's got my moves. Scary. "And don't call Ranma 'pig-tailed girl' anymore! Only I get to do that!" Kunou wasn't listening too well, being comatose at the moment. Of course they were late, and the pair found themselves on hall bucket duty again. "You're even more violent and unfeminine than the regular Akane." "I should be. I didn't get asked if I wanted a girl's body." "Neither did I." "Hey, that's right! Let's take a look!" *SPLOOSH* Ranma felt the familiar tingling. "Whoa, Ranma, It *is* you. Man, I never thought I'd be so happy to see your uncute face." "Uncute!? I'd dump a bathtub over your head, if I thought it would do any good. Say, do you have the same problem I do with saying 'I l-lu-lh--" "To my Ranma, yeah. Even though we fight all the time, I want to hold her and tell her how I feel inside. But then I can't quite get it out, and I insult her instead, or something interrupts." "Me too. Cover me while I find some hot water." The rest of the day went fairly smoothly, absent Akane riling up Yuka and Sayuri by"cutting" them accidentally. Turned out this Akane didn't know them that well. Ranma met Akane at the final bell. She was wolfing down something from a bag. "Like a croquette? We *munch* made 'em in home ec today." "You cooked these yourself? Ggh. I don't--*mmph*" as Akane tossed one into his mouth. "Hey, that was actually edible! Are you sure this is *your* cooking?" "What do you mean, am I sure--I get it, your Akane's not a good cook, is she?" "Um, no." "Neither is my Ranma." They laughed at the cosmic joke. As they walked home, Ranma heard a faint "bwee." "Hey, look, Akane, it's P-chan." "Yeah, so?" The piglet ran up to his beloved mistress, only to be stomped on. "And take that! And that!" The pig's eyes were filled with tears. What had he done to anger Akane? "Enough already! Geez, I know Ryouga's a jerk, but he was just trying to be friendly." P-chan looked up, confused. She knew his secret? He was a dead man. "But he's been sleeping with my fiancee!" "No, this one sleeps with my fiancee, so if anyone has the right to beat him up, it's me." "Bwee?" "Um, Ryouga, this is going to be a bit hard to believe, but this isn't the Akane you know. Well, she sorta is, but her brain's been switched with an Akane from a world where she's a guy." "Bwee!" "Yeah. me too. Why don't we get back to the dojo, get you changed, and we can discuss this like men, er two men and a woman, uh, never mind. Just for today, I promise I won't hit you." After supper, the three young martial artists sparred a bit. Ryouga was at a severe disadvantage. While he still could not bring himself to strike Akane, she had no such qualms about him. Ranma was challenged too. For the first time he got a real feel for how people felt when facing his female form. Speaking of which--he ducked into the pond. Sure enough, Akane held back just a little more against what looked like her fiancee, making the match equal. Later, they talked. "Yeah, when I got my first period, I hadn't a clue what was going on. I thought I was going to die!" "Me too, but Kasumi figured out what was wrong and helped me through it." "Must be nice to have a big sister to help you. I can't even show myself to my mother--hey! If I've always been a girl in your world, then I don't have to hide from her. What's my mom like?" "I'm sorry, Ranma, but Auntie Saotome died a couple of years ago. The medical bills ate up all the money your family had, which is why you and your father live with us. I was off on that training trip, so I never even got to meet her." "Mom..." Ranma forced back tears. He had to be a man! "I know. Mine died when I was just a little boy, and by the way this Kasumi acts, the same thing happened here. What about your mother, Ryouga? I've never bothered to ask about your family." The wandering kid fell into the pool (or was it a jump?) and his squeals were no real answer. Akane and Ranma laughed. At bedtime, Ranma overheard, "Okay, okay, you can sleep in the room, but no touching, or you're sausage, got it?" "Bwee." Ranma wondered for a bit just why it was Ryouga never even talked about going home, then dismissed it as a topic for another day. The sound of splashes and giggling awoke him. That was Akane's giggling! She was back to normal. Ranma grinned as he got up to greet her. The other Akane had been fun for a day, but he was glad to have his own Akane back. Maybe, just maybe this time he'd be able to say "I love you." THE END Author's Note: This story was written before I saw the chapter revealing details about Ryouga's family. SKJAM! "What if...everyone in the Ranmaverse woke up one morning with common sense?" Current Mood: curious Current Music: "Died In Your Arms"--Cutting Crew (Comment on this)
Saturday, May 16th, 2009
8:51 pm	(fanfic) (Ranma 1/2) Playfair PLAYFAIR by Scott K. Jamison (Ranma 1/2 and its characters created by Rumiko Takahashi, no infringement intended.) ( the reprints continue ) Current Mood: satisfied Current Music: "Red Headed Baby"--Gene Kardos Orch (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
8:12 pm	(fanfic) (Ranma 1/2 / Sliders) Riders The title is a bit down, for "artistic" reasons. ( script format, crossover ) Current Mood: silly Current Music: Sherlock Holmes is a pickpocket (Comment on this)
Monday, April 27th, 2009
6:07 am	(fanfic) (Ranma 1/2 / Megaman) Ranma 'n' Roll Continuing the reprinting of my stories. Yes, it's another pointless crossover story. Please bear with me... RANMA 'N' ROLL by Scott K. Jamison ( Anyone remember this show? ) Current Mood: grumpy Current Music: "Waltzing Matilda"--Peter Russell-Clarke (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 25th, 2009
6:18 am	(fanfic) (Ranma 1/2) Sequence Since I have learned that Geocities is closing, it's time to move my fanfic to other spots. Including right here on InsaneJournal! Sequence was my first Ranma 1/2 story, and it's in script format. Just so you know in advance. ( Ranma makes a very foolish wish. Can he live with the consequences? ) Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Democracy Now (Comment on this)
Sunday, March 1st, 2009
2:40 pm	Intro meme From "Nevermore" Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given, if you want. And these were the categories selected by Nev... 1. Superdickery 2.anime 3.manga 4.marvel 5. blue suit guy 1. The site itself had been around for a while, and I'd been pointed to it a few times, but I didn't much care about making fun of old comic book covers. Then I found out about Casstoons and as a result visited the Superdickery forums. They're now one of my most frequently visited communities, and I've even scripted a few Casstoons. It's not a forum for everyone--there's a lot of snark, and some of the forum members take that way way too far. (I generally get off lightly given my non-confrontational Internet persona.) 2. The first anime I remember watching was "Princess Knight" (Ribon no Kishi). Of course, at the time I was unaware of it being anime--but it was different from other kiddie cartoons of the time in ways I didn't then have the ability to articulate, and may have influenced my interests in subtle fashion. And of course Star Blazers was the best cartoon ever when I got to see that, even if I've never been able to see all the way through the second season due to the channel that owned it locally just dumping it at random times and days. I became an anime fan in the early 80s when an exhibition called "Tokyo: Form and Spirit" came to the Walker Art Museum. Among other forms of art, there were films, including an appearance by Osamu Tezuka to show some of his experimental work...and one of the three theatrical showings of "Warriors of the Wind." I was later to learn just how badly that film had been butchered from "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind", but even in this crippled form, "Wind" was fantastic. I mentioned a desire to see more anime, and someone mentioned that local bookstore Dreamhaven had magazines on the subject. What they didn't mention was that these magazines were in Japanese. But the pictures were intriguing, so I went out and bought some dictionaries to teach myself the language. And from then on, I was hooked. 3. Naturally, manga fandom came along with anime fandom. Translated manga were few and far between back then; Dark Horse's partnership with Viz Media was still a few years away. So I made do with what untranslated volumes I could find. Dreamhaven helped out considerably as back then they could and did order Shounen Jump and Shounen Sunday, so I picked up a lot of those. I've actually backed off a bit in my fanaticism for manga over the years, especially since more has been coming over in decent translations than I could ever afford to actually buy. 4. I've usually been more of a DC fanboy over the years, but I've certainly enjoyed many of Marvel's books over the years. I'm the sort of fan who likes a whole bunch of heroes at once, so my favorite titles have usually been team books. X-Men, Avengers, Defenders, Fantastic Four, those folks. Like DC, I think that Marvel has become too addicted to "changing the status quo", such that there's no status quo left to change, or rather, constant change and turmoil are the status quo. 5. I'm going to presume that Nev is asking about the Mask of Justice, who's appearing in the icon for this post, and who I use as my avatar picture on various Internet communities. He's a character I designed for a Golden Age (WWII-era) Champions campaign. Nick Philips (nee Nikolas Philosophos) is a Greek-American reporter who has apparently been blessed by the Greek goddess of Justice. He can see in the dark, and through objects, and see the true forms of things--but only when his eyes are covered. Thus the eyeless mask emblazoned with the Scales of Justice. Naturally, Nick uses these abilities and his two fists to fight crime and injustice. He's influenced by the Question, Rorschach, and many many pulp reporters. I was lucky enough to get him drawn by a fellow on the Hero Games forum who was taking requests. I was so taken with the result that I use him whenever appropriate. Current Mood: cold Current Music: "L'Italiano in Algeri"--Giochino Rossini (Comment on this)