Right, here goes.

First off, it has come to my attention that some deranged crack-addict
has gotten access to my e-mail and was actually promising to bring out
the next installment of Illuminations by... today.  I mean, really,
now.

	Don't you hate it when that happens? ;)

Anyway, two weeks hence is a little more like it.  The crack 
addict has
been punished.  (I've got him a job taste-testing for Akane, Urd and
C-Ko.)

	Cruel and unusual, man, cruel and unusual...

Next up, while on my camping trip I took along the printed out copies
of American Vaction by Pat Olsen (1-9) and American Vacation by Brian
Payne (Prologue-3).

	O_o  I've got a Chapter Three?  Waitaminute... <checks Sent Mail
folder> hmm....  Nope, can't find it.  Could ya send me a copy so I don't
have to finish writing the bloody thing? :)
	I should be done w/Chapter Three fairly soon, though... if any of
you fine folks are interested, that is. :)

Excellent works, both, and well-worth the read.

	Thank you very much!

Pat Olsen's continuation of his A Different Viewpoint SI is easily as
good as, if not considerably better than, the first arc of 
the series. 
The crossover with Kung Fu is almost too perfect, and Pat's grasp of
his characters is only strengthening over time.

	I agree.  BTW - Pat, if you're reading this, ya might wanna check
out your website again.  At least one of the later chapters still has
screwups in the HTML. :)

On the Sailor Moon front, the various complications of the Moon Cats
getting Jusenkyo cursed have been... intriguing, to say the least. 
Tasty bit of irony in Usagi and Luna getting caught and 
blamed for what
Minako and Artemis have been up to....

	I don't know enough about SM to say if this was probable or not,
but... <blush>  It was... interesting. :)

Brian Payne's work is a bit different, but still very enjoyable.  I
have especially liked his adherence to the overall mood of the OS--no
one gets seriously hurt, even though the threat sometimes seems VERY
real.  Good stuff.

	Stop it man, I'm gonna cry... <sniff> ;)

Both works have some minor typos, but not outside the realm of
acceptability.  I'm looking forward to future installments of 
each, and
hope to give more detailed commentary on those installments.

	Thankyouthankyouthankyou!  I'm looking forward to it. ;)

--Freemage

	Brian Payne
	sofaspud@ior.com
	brianp@nhspokane.com
	http://www.ior.com/~sofaspud