Friendly Hostility Story

Friendly Hostility is a comic by Sandra K. Fuhr, who prior to FH she had the comic Boy Meets Boy. I like FH because it’s based in the real world, about real people, but they’re entirely crazy. There’s a very large cast that is balanced in terms of presence in the comic. The many story and character-arcs intertwine almost seamlessly. It’s the real world with the touch of chaos.

While the layout is the standard square of a 2 by 2 panel, and the artwork is mostly black and white, it’s very well drawn. It’s obvious that backgrounds come first and the speech bubbles later, which is really nice to know that the artwork is just as equal with story.

It’s a good comic that despite it’s randomness is very relateable.

Recently there was a Hostile Takeover Contest, where basically fans could create whatever they wanted that was Friendly Hostility related and send it in.

Slob Child from LiveJournal wrote a fanfiction piece. For anyone who reads Friendly Hostility it’s a really well done fanfic. And for those who don’t, it’s a great sampling of who the characters are.

The piece has a strong humorous voice, though the stream of conscious form can be a little hard to follow. If you’re a fan of Douglas Adams it’s definitely a piece to look at.

Muse Chronicles: Sly Polyhymnia

The second part of my poetic series, The Muse Chronicles

Polyhymnia was the Muse of Rhetoric. She was said to have brought fame to those who invoked her to aid their writing.

Sly Polyhymnia consists of two poem, In Sooth and The Act.

In Sooth

Come, come hither
Under the sun, sit with me

Lend thee a curious ear
Well will ye be rewarded

For your time
And for your pen

Sly Polyhymnia

The Act

To a thinking mind, I myself attach,
And organize the thoughts therein.
Trembling hands, a soft word: details to match,
Ignoring her would be a sin.
Such a concept even simple minds catch.

There is little to me,
Give me no countenance.
What I am is nothing you can see,
I am of little substance,
And merely energy.

To the mind I find
I give myself completely.
Leaving my old self behind
Without charging a fee,
Not even expecting to be repaid in kind.

To the mind I inspire
Such great fire
That causeth many a buyer
To flock to the mire
Where I dwell

[Retire]

Hello Kitty

I’m part Asian. I’m a girl. I’m an Asian Girl. As par for the course, I like Hello Kitty. I don’t even know when I first saw Hello Kitty, but I remember my oldest pair of pajamas had an iron on appliqué of HK. When I was younger, no one around me new what HK was. And I didn’t really have all that much HK stuff. My interest in HK flagged a bit as I grew up, I started liking Pochacco and Badtz Maru more, but still I got a Build-A-Bear Hello Kitty from my boyfriend for one Christmas.

Anyway, my older sister on the other hand started liking HK more. And she’s by no means a fanatic, but just more into it than me. In a way, her liking HK made me start to dislike it. My other reason for changing comes from this next memory.

I remember seeing the blue HK, in a blocky 3-D with angel wings. I thought it was blasphemous. I remember saying, this is not HK. I didn’t think the words at the time, but I knew that this was the start of something really bad. And oh how it was. Boston isn’t bad at all in terms of HK, she isn’t as pervasive here as other cities, but still, my sister has H K seat covers, a steering wheel cover, and even wears HK scrubs to work, she’s a nurse. And she isn’t that bad at all, she likes HK in a safely cute way. But, this, this is bad.

I am very sorry.

Muse Chronicles, Urania’s Reflections

The first part of a series of poems, The Muse Chronicles, dedicated to and about the 9 Greek Muses.

Urania was the Muse of astrology and astronomy. And is aligned with philosophy and the heavens.

Urania’s Reflection consists of three poems: Wisdom, Definition Muse, Distractions.

Wisdom:

To sit on a mountaintop
Alone,
But not lonely

The stars
Reflect your ideas
If you let them