cmbranford | Time sure has a way of passing by while you are passed out...

I was going to post this the other night, but right after I decided I wanted to, I went to lay down for a few minutes and proceeded to pass out for a few hours. Sorry.

Anyway, afterwards I decided, that since I seemed to be in that habit already, that I was only going to post on days of the week that preceeded the last day of the week that I previously posted on. My first post was on a Tuesday, my second was on a Monday and my third was on a Sunday. That means that today, Saturday, you can get another post. But I don't want anyone thinking that this is going to be a weekly occurance. I reserve the right to skip weeks (so, it'll be six days from my last post, plus any multiple of a week of my choice). If you are now wondering "WTF would you do that for?!" I'll direct your attention to my screenname, bitch!

So, with the idea in mind that you won't see any new posts from me until at least next Friday, please enjoy the following (unless you've enjoyed it already, then please enjoy it again).

The following is copy and pasted from my Sent e-mail folder. I wrote this as an e-mail reply about how I do indeed get bothered at work about my manga habit. It does indeed include the last piece, which I left off the fansite post when I posted it there:

It really cuts into the reading time I have when I have to explain 5 times to five different people every time I make a noise in reaction (which I do a lot when I read, it is something they like to make fun of me for) to something. The kinds of discussions that are born from such incidents, particularly now that I am reading Hellsing, are... interesting...

Me: "Nazi vampires..."
Them: "Why are the vampires Nazis?"
Me: "They were Nazis first, then they became vampires."
Them: "Ok... And why are they attacking England?"
Me: "They want to go to war."
Them: "Why?"
Me: "Well, they were Nazis, then Germany lost the war so they ran to South America and built up their vampire army for 50 years..."
Them: "Ok... And whose side are we supposed to be on?"
Me: "Well, the Protestants, and their vampires."
Them: "The Protestants have vampires?"
Me: "Yeah. Two."
Them: "Why would the vampires serve the humans?"
Me: "It's a little complicated, and hasn't been explained very well yet..."
Them: "And what about the Catholics?"
Me: "They want the Nazis and the Protestants to kill each other, and then they're going to kill the survivors..."
Them: "Ahh..." (funny how this is all they need to know about Catholics to get that point)

And:

Them: "Well, why don't the vampires just leave the ship?" (volume 5)
Me: "Well, there are rules, like vampires can't cross bodies of water like rivers, lakes and oceans."
Them: "But they got on the ship..."
Me: "Yeah, in coffins."
Them: "But they are on the ship moving around and stuff."
Me: "Yeah, but they can't go outside."
Them: "That's wierd, why?"
Me: "I dunno. Go read Brahm Stoker or something."

And my favorite one to date:

Them: "Ok... So... why do they make people into gouls?"
Me: "Well, they can only make virigins of the opposite sex into vampires. Otherwise, they become gouls when they get bitten."
My boss: "Well, how does that work? Does masturbation count? 'Cause, for guys, its physiologically the same as having sex, not like with women and their hymens." (my BOSS SAYS THIS! *sweatdrop*)
Me: "Uh... it's about spiritual purity or something... I dunno..."
Them: "Huh." (And then they went on to try to explain it to each other...)

The original receiver of the e-mail's LJ can be found here: