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]]> ~FalinMor http://FalinMor.deviantart.com/journal/15281045/ http://FalinMor.deviantart.com/journal/15281045/ Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:15:23 PDT
At the turn of the 22nd century, Earth was united under a single banner; a one-world government. The choice was made by a conclave of nine leaders pulled from the most influential countries in a two fold attempt to combine all efforts to further the species of man and to protect the human race from themselves. In the following decades, humanity's technologies grew in leaps and bounds. Fossil fuels had been exhausted, but a newly discovered form of carbon fission allowed human beings to power their creations from military and civilian aircraft, to powering and heating homes. It is within the "Carbon Age" that they took the biggest leap in the history of man.

Space exploration and transportation quickly became cheap and affordable, and a rush of military, industrial, and commercial, as well as privately owned spacecraft took to the stars. This state of movement was in dire need, as Earth itself was crowded beyond belief. The moon quickly became colonized, as well as Mars and its twin satellites. From these first steps, man found a staggering amount of new resources, and the Great Earthen Conclave stepped in to regulate the chaos.

Generations passed, and soon humanity spawned new and unique races. Those that lived and died on Earth became noticeably different from those that grew from stock raised on the lighter gravity world of Mars. When man stretched his hand further passed the belt and into the gas giants, there seemed no end to the industrial success of humanity. Giant gas-mining complexes hung in high orbit around the planets of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus, similarly spinning its own species from humans growing on their populated moons. It seemed there was no end to the expansion.

But not all was as noble as it seems.

The Great Earthen Conclave had weighed strenuous taxes on licensed vessels that transported GEC goods and services. This accounted for more than 98% of the population, as the only true means of earning a hefty keep was to sail under a GEC contract. These taxes left little money in the hands of the private captain, but it was the lesser of two evils to be chosen. For to NOT sail under the flag of the GEC was illegal, which was an act considered treasonous, and its penalty a lifetime of forced manual labor in the gas-mines or worse. There was no longer "due process" or "innocent until proven guilty". All legal matters were to be overseen by a Planetary or Satellite Magistrate appointed by no one but the GEC itself. The Conclave of Nine were succeeded by those of their own choosing, making much, if not all, of the GEC's dealings purely insider and an Empire ruled.

There were those, however, that resisted.

In the year 2388, all of those that lived on Callisto, one of Jupiter's Galilean moons, made the attempt to throw off the yoke of imperial rule, and stand alone. The colonies on Callisto were comprised of one of the largest groups of refineries that would manufacture the gas harvested from Jupiter to be distributed throughout the Solar System. Imperial Earth would not stand for such a loss, and the GEC set out its entire fleet of warships with one order: take back the moon, or failing that, erase it. For months, the defenders of Callisto held strong, using fight-and-flight tactics and the moon's own surface to full and devastating effect. Finally, at the birth of the year 2389, the Grand Admiral in charge of the military operation gave a full retreat to all his forces on the ground. The people of Callisto rejoiced for the freedom they had won. They were wrong. On January 8th, at 0900 Standard Earth Time, the entire 288 strong warfleet opened fire on the surface of Callisto. Heavy turbolaser batteries razed the cities to the ground, and wave after wave of torpedo bombardment cracked the surface, eventually punching down into the core. After 12 hours of sustained fire, Callisto was erased.

The message was clear: follow under the flag of Imperial Earth rule, or perish. However, humanity is not a single-minded drone, and the need to follow one's own destiny was inescapable. There were those who needed things that the empire could not or flat out refused to give, and an old profession was made new: piracy. Pirates were defined as any privateer who did not sail under an imperial flag, engaging in activities that were contrary to imperial law. It soon became clear that anyone who disobeyed one would surely be found guilty of most imperial laws. This made the life of a pirate a very short one, as anyone caught would be immediately sentenced to death by firing squad. However, power and wealth never seen to a private citizen in many a century could be had, and most privateers agreed that a short 3 year run as a pirate was a better life than decades of imperial servitude.

It is here, on the fringes of the Solar System, do we find them. Som... ]]> ~FalinMor http://FalinMor.deviantart.com/journal/15096806/ http://FalinMor.deviantart.com/journal/15096806/ Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:19:49 PDT
I know everyone fears death because it is the greatest unknown ever, but most people shrug and say, "death doesn't matter to me because i follow this god and he says if i'm good i get to hang out with him for all eternity."

About a month and a half ago, my brain put my Christianity to the test to battle all out against science and logic. I'm sorry to say but science beat religion in my head. This caused me to realize that there is no God and there is no afterlife and when you die, you die. That's it. Sorry Charlie, no light at the end of the tunnel. Since existing is pretty much everything I know, the very idea of NOT existing frightened me so much that I was spurred into inaction as life seemed pointless.

I went to see a recommended therapist after my parents suggested I do, and so far I've had two sessions with him, with somewhat positive results. I'm also on some medication, which include Paxil, and they help as well, but i'm not too fond of the weight gain side effect.

I set a big goal for myself and came up with the idea of this big ass diorama. Check it out, if you haven't already. It'll take me a long time to finish but it will be worth it, as it is a symbol of an accomplishment.

School is doing well so far, but i've been slacking this quarter. I chalk it up to my mindset and will get things back together when I sort out my problems.

questions/comments always welcome

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There is a small consolation, however. It is my hopes that whoever ends up with my ring will be buying with the same intentions that I had, which was to start a life with a beautiful girl and wanting to make a future together. I'm told that things happen for a reason. Its hard to see it all through the veil of depression, but I can see some of the silver lining on the edge of the clouds.

One, is that Bek was honest with her feelings, and that she left me because that was the thing that would make her happy. I care much for her, and seeing her happy, with or without me, is something I would want. The second is that maybe now I will have much more time to work on the things that I need to develop.

Primarily being my weight. I've taken steps to change that. Heard of NutriSystem? Well that's what I am doing, and i'd recomend it to anyone who needs the help. Another plus is that I have so much tome to devote to school. I'll admit I poured alot of time into staying in touch with Bek, which may have contributed to my downfall, but I suppose thats all in the past now. After the breakup, I found that I had such a void in my life, and I had to find things to fill said void.

I found some things. I ran out and grabbed up the lastest video games that I had neglected to play all these months. Games like Twilight Princess and FFXII were my main cusions, but I needed to fill more time. I started devoting more and more time to school, and it was one of those "two birds" things. I knocked out homework and studying, plus I was filling the void.

Lately, I've been playing games like World of Warcraft and Civilization 4, as well as my schoolwork, so i'm trying my best to stay busy and have my head filled with things other than heartbreak. I've started to climb out of my shell again, slow as it may be. For the first couple of weeks I didn't talk to anyone, and whenever someone wanted to talk to me I found myself being very short with them, and not acting like myself.

But I guess what I am getting at is that I think i'm starting to accept the obvious, and with each day it's getting easier and easier. I need to just do what everyone has been trying to tell me for so long, and that is to worry about myself. I need that degree and I need to be physically fit, and I still need to do a bit of growing up.

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1. Cars on the other side of the road (duh)
2. No, toilets dont flush the other way. That was just something on the Simpsons. The toilets here just flush straight down.
3. Year 5 of a drought and still going.
4. They say "Thank you" alot. I bought a soda the other day. I got a thank you for making the purchase, a thank you for handing over the money, and a thank you when I got my change back.
5. The Aussie slang for Americans is "Seppo". Type "define: seppo" into Google to find out what it means. They don't use it very often though. It's just a colorful thing to say.
6. Kangaroo meat is damn tasty.
7. Bushman is to Australia as Cowboy is to American.
8. Australians love thier derelect leaders. One Prime Minister was in the Guinness Book of World Records for some beer consumption record. He was a very successful Australian politician. They loved him. Also, look up "Chopper" Reed. He pretty much personifies this rule.
9. Australian sarcasm has to be as cruel as possible to be said.
10. The air here is so very, very clean.
11. Aussies LOVE a nice "chips & gravy roll" and so do I. You take a subroll, and put french fries or steak fries and then put gravy on it. It's to die for.
12. Alot of people don't wear shoes. I haven't asked anyone what this is about, but just walking down the street, you notice one out of every ten people are shoeless.
13. No central air in residential housing.
14. Pedestrians have so much right-of-way while crossing the street its scarry.
15. You can say and play as many curse-words as you want to on the radio station i'm currently co-hosting and its all good. In fact, my first show was dubbed the "Cunt Show".
16. Wife and Husband are not the perferred term. The perferred term is "Partner".
17. On that same note, marriage is not normally a huge thing. More often than not, people just get together and have a good time, often as informal as possible. Quite often couples will just have lived together for so long that legally they are a married couple.
18. Fellet is pronounced fill-ET, not fill-aye.
19. They thing the Outback Steakhouse is the most fucked up and hilarious thing they've ever seen.

and finally

20. No one drinks Fosters beer. They think it tastes like shit.

]]> ~FalinMor http://FalinMor.deviantart.com/journal/10339337/ http://FalinMor.deviantart.com/journal/10339337/ Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:02:31 PDT
I love Newcastle.

I'm not coming back.

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On Monday, the 2nd of October, at 7:20pm, I will be airborn out of Orlando International Airport and on my way to my final destination of Sydney, Australia.

I might take this Sunday as an opportunity to head to Tampa to pick up some things that I might need, but this is purely based on how I feel tomorrow.

I have also signed up to a photo sharing page on Fotothing.com. Durring my stay, i'll be taking many photos and uploading them onto this site. Here's my page's link:

[link]

I'll probably update it as often as I get a new set of pics, which will probably be quite often.

Well, everyone, it's been a real blast. To everyone who I don't get to see before I leave, i'll get back in touch if/when I get back.

Wish me luck.

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Yesterday, I recieved a plane ticket from my parents as a chirstmas gift/birthday gift/can't ask for another thing in my life gift. lol

I don't think anyone has thanked anyone else more than I did in the history of thanking.

So that means that yours truly will be kicking it old school in Australia from October 2nd to January 2nd. If it was up to me, I don't think i'd be coming back, but I need that BA

Guess thats it. I'll be making heaps of preperations, so i'll be swamped with that and school.

The End. ]]> ~FalinMor http://FalinMor.deviantart.com/journal/9739531/ http://FalinMor.deviantart.com/journal/9739531/ Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:30:23 PDT
Planing some big things in my life. The long distance strain between Rebecca and I is being felt, and it's really starting to take its toll. We got a letter from the USCIS stating that our petition has been approved! However, there are still about 6 months of waiting and things that we need to do.

>_<;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

SO... the plan is for me to finish the last 5 weeks of this school's quarter and then try to snag a plane ticket so i can spend 11 weeks with my becca. I hope it works!

Anyway, something for you people to do. FANART!!!
I'm sure you've read chapter 1 and im sure its filled you with lots of cool hollywood-esqe images. Send me your fanart, if you'd like! I don't mind if its scraps or anything, i'd love to see how you envision my vision I'd love to see it in your own personal style.

PS, Lynwood already wins the award for best Chapter 1 Cover Art, so back off, people. You aint getting that from her. ]]> ~FalinMor