Thank you all for the warm welcomes.
Allen: I couldn't think of a pic to put up for the avatar. Maybe once I get my daughters pic downloaded I can use it, if I can figure out how to transfer it from my files to here.
SwanJun: Yes that would be me, grin! I finally figured how to get out of lurkingdom. I've been enjoying all kinds of fics since you recommended this site. I'm really enjoying reading everything the talented folks have provided and those that are partcipating in the IF. I find myself anxious to see, at the end of each day, where the stories are going. In fact I recently read Madilayn's Bruise of the week and TJ's While you were sleeping stories. Needless to say I couldn't quit reading until I was done, lol, got to sleep around 3 am both nights last weekend.
RI: My daughter (and I) love your avatar, it's so gorgeous. Everyone has so many amazing Avatar's they are all great. I hope to have lots of fun here too. Thank you!
Marie: I'm still trying to figure out how to scan the pic into my computer, worse case scenario I can take it with me when I go home for Thanksgiving and use my Dad's scanner. I probably wouldn't have gotten hooked on B of the P's if I had seen GM first. My kids just don't see what I saw in it of course since they know GM first. My daughter absolutely hates Zark giggle.
Paly: It's fun isn't it corrupting them, grin! I thought mine would like it since they love Avatar the last Airbender. My daughter loves Zuko off there so I can see why she instantly liked Joe. I knew the other one would fall in love with Jinpei too since he loves animals and bugs. Here 2 favorite hobbies.
UW, TJ: All my kids stop what they are doing to watch with me, they tolerate me watching the subs first before we watch the dubs. Very rarely will they let me watch 2 subs in a row, they have to know what's going on in English first, lol. They torture me with quotes off the dubbed version too, groan.
Ame: My other daughter doesn't like Keyop too much either. She likes Jinpei the most.
Boeke: I would love to get back into Bird Scramble, I've thought about it for years but never realized it would still be going strong. Wow, 102 issues that's wonderful. I met a lot of amazing and talented people through Bird Scramble and hated that I had to leave when I did.
Thanks again to everyone for such a warm welcome, I think I'm really going to like it here. Like SJ told me a while back it's very addicting place and a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to hanging out.

Pufles65, thank you! I love my avatar, too, and all credit goes to a brilliant artist here by the name of Thunderbird.

He's done many avatars (including Green's, SJ's, Maddy's, Garnet's and Candi's), all of them wonderful! If you get a chance, go to Artist's section in this forum, and under "Let me draw your birdstyle" (or something like that), you can see more of his wonderful work. Also, he and Springie's work are also at a site called, I believe, Deviant Art.

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RI: Thank you for the suggestions I will definitely check out both artist sites. I'm afraid I don't have much talent in that department, I leave that to my girls. They amaze me how well they can draw. My oldest is getting into a lot of anime art lately, she loves manga.
TJ: Grin, I don't know about vast knowledge but I do know I'd love to get back into Bird Scramble. I love Japanime and the Japanese culture. I was even fortunate enough to be stationed in Korea for a year but still didn't make it to Japan, well except to change planes. I'd love to visit there sometime. Maybe when my kids are young adults we can all go over together. I was also a little surprised that they took to GM so quickly and very happy all 3 love it. Once finances settle down I hope to start collecting up some B of the P's DVD's too. (I still have to get ahold of GM#13 too, sigh) I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they get GM II & III subbed and dubbed. Can't wait to see them.
One of my fav fics I've read since getting back into the fandom and you wrote is Evolution. I've re-read that one at least 4 or 5 times too. I have visited the Gatchfanfic site you recommended too, that's where I learned that Bird Scramble is still around. I even found Wendy Diinzumo's site and that lead me to the info for Bird Scramble. If my real life ever calms down enough I fully plan on getting back to where I started. Thanks for the link to more goodies, I love reading all the delicious fics.
Marie: Yeah watching Zark now I try to remember how we (as kids) explained away all the nonsense he use to drabble on about. My 2 brothers use to watch with me, and with me being the oldest and the babysitter we all played G-Force (which is what we called it way before Ted Turner). My older of the two brothers was always Tiny/Zoltar, the younger was Chief Anderson/Great Spirit/Col Cronus and our little sister was Zark, giggle. I got to be the other 4, wicked grin! In fact my younger brother got so good at playing Anderson he invented a finger loopy thing that not only made the eyeglasses for the Chief but he would hold them upside down so his fingers could go across his nose for the mustache. Giggle, laugh, snort, just thinking about him doing that now as an almost 40 yr old cracks me up. We hated Zark too and the really really bad animation that went with him. Loved the storyline though. Aww, memories.

I can empathize with the time in Korea - although I did manage to get to Tokyo a couple of times... at least long enough to get the visa for Seoul!

I also dropped you a PM on the subject of Bird Scramble - just in case you overlook the notification...

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Pufles, go into your profile and you'll see a section for Private Messages. Notifications come through your email.

My brother is career Air Force, he did two 1 year tours in Korea (brought home some killer custom made Niner jackets). What years were you there. He mostly worked the intelligence office, briefing the pilots and such. One time, while in Korea, Tom Cruise visited and he got stuck taking pictures for everyone else. Though I think it was intentional that he didn't get one, he's 6'5".

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Pufles, if your comment about M/P smut gets us another of TJ's fics then let me be the first to you

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AME: Thanks for the info on the PM. I was in Korea from Aug 06 to Aug 07. Wow that would have been cool to see Tom Cruise. My ex was deployed when he got a similar job following Robin Williams around with his digital camera. I was at work and he sent me a pic email with him and RW. It took me a few minutes to realize who he was standing next to. I was excited to see a pic of him, LOL.
TJ: I love laserdisc, we had a few of them after I first got married, the Ex was the collector so he took them with him when he left. I didn't have any I really wanted to keep anyway, would have loved to had GM though. Ooo that would be wonderful if you get inspired to write more M/P smut. Wicked grin! I agree with Gatchgirl, more fics are a real treat.
CD: Nice to meet you, and thank you for the warm welcome. I hope things are going better for you real soon.
I'm still timid on posting Fic, I can read mine over and over and it just doesn't look right to me. I know something's missing but can't figure out how to make it flow. The ideas are limitless, it's the talent that scares me. I will definitely post here first though to share and get as much constructive criticsm as I can to get better. TJ, SJ, Maddy, Green, Garnet, RI, and the many other talent writers here just make it look so easy.

Pufles, if you're nervous, you can always send your story to someone you trust to beta for you. I find that it always helps to have a fresh perspective read stories and make comments... sometimes people see things in ways you never intended.

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Looking forward to read your ficcies, Pufles! I've hesitated a lot before submitting my few ones, but, with some help and encouragement that's always found here, and with the fortune of having the best, first beta ever, I've managed to get out of the shell!

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