*GRIN* While I will admit I’m more partial to the original, undubbed version of Yu-Gi-Oh I think the line where Joey is dueling Bandit Keith and brings his Red Eyes back is friggin’ hilarious. The tone, the smirk - everything! - is just perfect. LOL For some odd reason, those episodes are among my favorites. They gave up trying to make Joey/Jou comic relief and let him shine for once. I dunno, between Kaiba and him they seem like so much more realistic characters than Yugi. While Yugi is a LOT less naive in the Japanese version, he’s just so good it makes him kind of flat. He’s getting better the further he gets into Battle City, thankfully.

However, I still can’t write him if my life depended on. And chapter 5 of Tempus Temporis is still dragging. X_x We’re playing with the timing in this chapter, starting with Kaiba and Shane talking.

The chapter starts with Shane commenting to Kaiba that the day has been interesting. Then we have the sword’s first appearence followed by Kaiba stating when Shane notes the sword feels kind of slimy that the compound is harmless. Then we jump two days ahead to Yami regaining consciousness after he and Yugi are attacked by the spirits inside the sword. It then jumps backward a whole day and proceeds forward until Yami regains consciousness again in the ER. It then jumps ahead to Yami realizing he and Yugi can’t switch back, since he switched with Yugi to protect him from the spirits. The chapter ends with either Jou or someone else commenting that the day has been interesting.

The problems are: A.) What are Shane and Kaiba talking about? Why would Kaiba even invite Shane up? B.) What was Yugi doing before he went to visit Kaiba?

It’s just not going very well, IMHO. I’m sure Chapter 6 and 7 will go quickly, but it’s getting there we have to worry about. Oh well, we’ll eventually get through this chapter.

And… in other news, I now have everything I need to complete the resurrection of my Dictionary. =) I found a glossary script that doesn’t limit me to a few thousand words, includes a search function, as well as the ability to allow visitors to suggest words for my dictionary without having to e-mail me - I think. It’s a nice, solid PHP script as far as I can tell - I’ll know more once I install it. LOL The actual page I downloaded it from is in English, but the rest of the site is in Russian. It’s a little confusing trying to figure out what is actual features and what’s in the wings for a later release. One thing is clear, though - our MySQL databases are going to get a whole lot of usage, methinks. XD

I’ve decided to do a Dark Warlords layout for the page and incorporate my Oriental Dragons in somehow. I’m using an image of the Dark Warlords walking towards the viewer with the Ronin armors and a white curtain in the background and a torch in the foreground. I’ll have a horizontal list of links under the header to reach the pages… then the A - Z list and search bar below that. Then I’ll have the intro with cliques, TopSites, etc, then Site News and Updates, then the legal crap and disclaimer below that. I’ll have a line of tables down the right side for Recent Additions, edits, etc. Then another for the mailing list, possibly for Dictionary Download, and anything else I need.

I still haven’t decided if I want this to be a light layout or a dark one, though. I know I probably should experiment with color, but I’ll admit I’m a little afraid of color since I don’t want to risk giving my visitors eyestrain. Sally and I do a LOT of dark layouts, but some folks find the white hard on their eyes - like me. =/ I’ll see what happens once I get the script actually installed, I guess.