The Various Tiring Aspects of Dreaming Too Deep

Hello, all. You can call me ... well, call me Dream Deep, because I'm a terribly important agent for the CIA, and if I told you my real name it would blow my cover, and we can't have that, now can we? Morn Hyland works, Katja Rechenko works, and if you're not actually reading this "Hey you!" works just as well. As for my real name - well, I'll keep you guessing. After all, who is going to get the Imp out of communist China if not the deep dreamer?

Ah... lets see. So, I'm a pianist. And in the moments of time when the Piano Gods are not being benevolent, I am a writer. The current projects are The Chair of Wind & Darkness, The Piano Player, "Silence is Golden" and "Rise, Rise". And when I'm not slaving away over those, I'm working, and when work ceases to be available, I'm hauling my way through capricious college applications that never seem to reach their conclusion.

What else? I listen to music more than is probably healthy - my brother says he worries for my hearing, but I get the impression that his concern stems from the fact that our bedrooms share a wall and he gets tired of hearing my stereo. Rammstein, Zemfira, Maksim Mrvica, Sting, Genesis, Yes, Leningrad, Ruslana, Eisbrecher, Wolfsheim, Laibach... the good stuff.

I've also spent a good deal of time lately researching my geneological line and ancestry: half of it derived from Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine, Poland and the rest of that ever-shifting region of Eastern Europe, the other half firmly in the realm of Germany.

Ahhh... let's see. What else? (The sheer amount of wandering around and wandering what to say should be testament enough to my oh-so-riveting life). Ah yes, and now for the boring details. My brother - that would be the one with a peculiar aversion to my pounding German death metal...though he listens to it as well, for some reason? - is also on the site as 'Ivan Gregoryavich Polenin'. There's something about Mrvica that I'm not going to launch into explanation about, there's something about Plushenko that only the few of you who have read two certain blog entries of mine would get, there's something about a Rammstein concert and running around backstage screaming "Ich liebe dich!" (as Suzanne so eloquently put it), there's semi-consigliere-ness in CCF, there's a war in the Character Answer Game that's really too confusing to recount in its entirety...

... and there's also something about a St. Petersburg Trip, and if it manages to happen as planned, we'll, ah, bring you back some snow.

"I some Kendo"? Is that some sort of underground street slang?
You should work on your english, its absurd and I can point out many mistakes in your bio already.

You can call me Dream Deep because I'm a terribly important agent for the CIA and if I told you my real name it would blow my cover.

Talk about a run on sentence.
You used two (2) conjoining words, "because" and "and".
You can easily do without those.

whatsoever

Is "what so ever" one word or 3?

I have the most wonderful, singularly most brilliant parents in the world and I'm proud to say I love them more than anything. (Except chocolate, of course...). Just kidding.

Parentheses are there for an extra. When you put words between the parentheses it means the reader can do without them.
So what I'm seeing here is "I love them more than anything... just kidding".

I have a magnificent brother. I'm writing a novel called the Tower of Souls - it's about reincarnation - that I've been stuck on for two years.

What a change in subject, and you didnt even start a new paragraph! Doesnt "I have a magnificient brother." belong in the part where you love your parents?

I love the music of Yes, Rick Wakeman, Genesis, Kraftwerk and Men At Work, and as far as I'm concerned the Rach 3 is the best piano piece ever written.

Why is the "Yes" capitalized? More importantly, why is it in there? We aren't going to question your taste of music. You could say you listen to a hybrid of Rap Emo Rock.

I hate english so much. Too much crap to take care of. Like see, using "too" at the start of a sentence.
Anyways... yeah...
Are we suppose to criticise this area?

Well hello then...
Have you ever heard the song "Boss of Me" by "We Might be Giants"?

Ah...Sponson - grammar and such are important, admittedly (yes, this a writer's website).

But these are simply bios, remarks. I've seen bloody worse grammar and typos in others - and I don't believe I've ever seen one critiqued. If you were to critique, wouldn't you also greet the member, etc. as is the intent of the forum? (So no...critiques aren't for this area.)

Yes is a proper noun in that case.


...all right, I'll drop that now.

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Hello Dream Deep. ^_^'' (It's true though - bio would be easier to read broken up and cleaned up. ^_~) I like the intro. Can you get me out of China if I ever disappear while traveling there...? (CIA and all, yes?)

And what is the code of Bushido? Is it specific, a list - or simple as 'love your neighbor as yourself'?

Yes is a band, Sponson...

Welcome to YWS, Dream Deep. Martial Arts are cool.

Don't mind the grammer nazism.

Thanks, MisterWaffles. I will work on my poor and pathetic grammar, Sponson, and it was supposed to be "I know some kendo". I'll fix it if you like. Oh, and the what on earth is Rap Emo Rock supposed to be? Yes - the band Yes - Genesis, and Rick Wakeman are pretty much all Classical Rock.

I have to say, MisterWaffles, I'm surprised you know that Yes is a band. They're so obscure it's hard to believe you've actually heard of them. Unless - of course - you haven't and you're just assuming this. But if you have heard of Yes, did you ever listen to Olias of Sunhillow? It's techinically just Jon Anderson but WOW did he do an amazing job with that.

Impsters - As for Bushido, known as the Way of the Warrior, it is essentially a code of ethics observed by the warrior noblemen or samurai (shi or jokashi) of feudal Japan. Like European chivalry, Bushido is a moral code emphasizing restitude, endurance, frugality, courage, politeness, dignity, veracity and especially loyalty to the shogun or country. Only through these virtues could a samurai maintain his honor - honor being of the highest importance to the samurai, so much so that forfeiting one's honor meant that one was compelled to commit hara-kiri, or suicide by a sword. Though observed since the early 14th century, it only became a written code in the 16th century. When the samurai became obsolete as a result of the modernization of Japan, the active code of Bushido was largely abandoned, but it's influence persisted, mainly amongst the army, which was largely comprised of the descendants of samurai. Even into WWII, the Japanese officers carried swords and were expected to commit hara-kiri, should they fail in a given assignment. I like Bushido so terribly much because of the honor and pride, the idea that honesty and dignity are of great importance, and that honor is a thing to be earned, not freely given - after all, it has no value if you haven't earned it yourself.

And if you ever find yourself in desperate need to get out of China, Imp, of course I'll help. _/)_ I have a great deal of influence in the CIA.

You know, Dream Deep, there are a couple problems with you following bushido:

1. You don't have a samuri sword with which to kill yourself if you were to fail at something (at least I don't think you do...)

2. Samuri were not allowed to be Christian. In fact, the Japanese emperors were afraid of Christianity, so they would execute anyone found to be a Christian. I have a feeling that they must have changed it by now, but I don't know for sure.

I love Yes. And most other classic rock.

And Sponson, emo and rap are both bad genres in my opinion. I assume that Dream Deep agrees, seeing as she is a classic rock (which should be renamed "real rock") lover. Most modern rock is simple as hell - so simple that the "musicians" playing it don't really need to know much about music theory or be very talented at their instruments. Me no likey.

IceCreamMan wrote: You don't have a samuri sword with which to kill yourself if you were to fail at something (at least I don't think you do...)

HAHAHAHA! That's what you think! No, in all seriousness, the extent of my armory is a wooden shinai that I carved. I have no samurai sword, but the bets on with my Dad - I learn kendo properly, I can scrape enough money together to get a real samurai sword.

My point for following Bushido is not to kill myself at the slightest provacation. (It seems sort of pointless doesn't it?) The point is to never put myself into such a position so as to dishonor myself irrevocably. Or such is the plan. I don't think most people today pay half as much attention to honor as they should. There's a fundamental, underlying peacefullness to it, when you can honestly say that you're doing all you can be doing, and you're doing it to the best of your ability. Honorably, that is.

Okay, philisophical rant over. I think it's so cool that you like Yes, Ice.

EDIT: Excuse the double post... o.0

I know Yes too. My dad plays the CD sometimes when we're in the car.

Seeing as I still haven't said a welcome yet, I'll say it now.. WELCOME DREAM DEEP!!

KayJuran wrote:I know Yes too. My dad plays the CD sometimes when we're in the car.

Seeing as I still haven't said a welcome yet, I'll say it now.. WELCOME DREAM DEEP!!

You like Yes, too? Ah, you're all right, Kay. ^_^

DD!

Hi!



I'll think of something else to say later, I'm sure... I just woke up and now my parents tell me that in half an hour we're leaving for the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Coolness! *Does geek dance*

I'll talk to you soon, my sometimes-in-Maryland friend. ^_^

Hrm . . . Samurai, eh.

I think I was a samurai in a past life.

Used to think I was a fish in my past life... Not sure about reincarnation anymore, trying to unravel all of it. ^_~

Hehe, I barely knew you back when..

*hugs*

T'is DD!

*hugs back* Hi Kay!

You're right! Lol, we actually only got to know each other when YWS crashed... maybe a blsesing in disguise? ^_~