My First Few Blog Entries

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My first few blog entries

These are the first few entries placed on my Dharmi blog, http://dharmi.info/blog.Ill probably update my Dharmi blog once a week. I might place a link to my Manjusriblog; havent decided. Too many things are up in the air, especially with that all-

important agent-and-publisher search.

Dharmis Blogstuff

Blogsters Introduction.Welcome to My Blog!

I prefer to call myself a Blogster. Blogger sounds too close to Blog Girl for me.

Blogster also fits the world I created (e.g. the wiretapping Fibsters).

I used to send a few friends my amusing inspirations for fun via email. Now Imblogging them to see what other people think. Everyone is welcome to give mesuggestions tell me what you like what might work for youwould help me developmore as a writer!

-=-=-=About me, Dharmis author and therefore the Original Dharmi

(I actually started the Serious Dharmi blog first, primarily to reflect my thoughts.This is just the opposite.)

Since this is a blog, it is dedicated to propagandizing myself via my collection ofnonstandard snippets and thoughts and fleeting inspirations. These are intendedfor my novels, although theyre in draft form or worse-than-draft form.Undeveloped ideas that still need more work. Yes, anyone reading this can seehow my ideas get formed long before anything gets published.

I do get wordy, dont I? Thats what you get when theres no editor to restrainyou.

I have enjoyed turning things upside down since very young. Even my sisterssoft toy collection was turned on its head.

In my early teens, I dedicated myself to poking fun at everything.

I like almost all kinds of humor, ranging from highly sophisticated satire to wellthe Clerical ones. (You may or may not get the reference.)

I cannot resist the itch to reimagine everything I come across, so Dharmi is thenatural result.
http://dharmi.info/bloghttp://dharmi.info/blog


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Edur and the Soul Sucker.

The fax came inWhere is that damn secretary?Edur gritted his teeth and glared at the fax machine. On a (research expensive furniture)located across that (expensive and famous brand) carpet. The distance of what would itbe? A Rolls-Royce Phantom and a Lamborghini Gallardo lined bumper to bumper, Edurfigured.It was too much trouble to stand up, walk over and retrieve!Edur threw his face into a frown.Why should I get it myself? This is the work for a secretary!Was it worth it?Lets see. I make $2000.00 an hour, base pay. And Goldman Brothers paid me a bonus

of $20,000,000.00 last year. Together with my $XX,XXX clothing allowance, my$YY,YYY clothing allowance, all which I reported to the government as X but is actuallyworth 2XEdurs mighty brain hummed into action. He didnt look it, not with his football playerphysique, but he did know mathematics. Within a few seconds he had computed that hereceived $XX,XXX,XXX (whatever a banker really earns) in pay, allowances, bonusesand benefits, pre tax, every year.[too many words] $25,456,381.44 last year after taxes, including the benefits Iconveniently forgot to report to the authorities since my tax software didnt include areminder. That works out to $X (Ill do the calculation later. This is an authors note, notEdurs self-note) per second of my life. It will take me 9 seconds to stand up, walk overand retrieve the fax. Nah, not worth it.But the fax had to be read. What was Edur going to do?Kung-fu, Edur said and grimaced.If he leapt out of his chair, somersaulted in the air andThats just going to rumple my suit. And it will still take a few seconds, Edur thought.Ah! The Soul Sucker! (xixin dafa) It was more powerful than any vacuum, for it could

extract the lifeblood from any person.

But would it work on paper? Ive only used it on people beforeEdur lifted his hand and made a grasping motion. He employed his powersThe paper moved, rustling like the wind.Ha! Never thought of it! Edur exulted. Next time I can use it on the money in theirpockets as well!

Edur tried harder.With a whoosh, the paper flew out of the fax and shot straight at Edurs hand.Good Edur thought.Pow! Plakplakplak! The paper hit Edurs hand so hard, it shattered into confetti-sizedfragments!(in Chinese: Edur destroyed the paper with the awesome power of his soul-suckinginternal strength neili!)


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Edur glared at the torn paper lying all around him, then brought his enormous fist downon his desk blotter.BLAM!The force of Edurs blow caused some paper to fly up and drift gently down.Grrrr

There were many types of kung-fu that could destroy paper documents. There wasdefinitely no kung-fu on earth that could piece together a shattered document.Edur gritted his teeth, picked up his (describe as some kind of golden phone, antiquehandset, ancient wood, amber and mother-of-pearl inlay) phone and called the ReceptionDesk.Goldman Brothers Speculative Investments Division, came the voice at the end of theline. May I help you?Edur here. Get me a lackey good at jigsaw puzzles.Sir?You heard me! Get someone, anyone, who can put together a puzzle. In my office,now!

[alternative: currently undecided is whether to include a money theme associated withEdur. I.e. everytime he shows up, money is mentioned. E.g. $425,000 Rolls-RoycePhantom, $40,000 suit (find that expensive tailors name again I think it starts with W),$20,000 office chair (whatever brand is most expensive). It could annoy readers, though,as it annoys me already. The only reason for writing things that annoy me is that I figurethey fit Edurs annoying character. E.g. Edur always refers to others as Lesser Beings,Lackeys, Low Income Pipsqueaks, Losers and whatever my brain can invent for themoment. So Ill leave it to people who comment on my blog to say what they prefer.]

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More on the Jocks, a kung-fu clan only skimpily described in KF for Dharmi.

(taken directly from my notes as I havent decided which of my Sportspeople charactersto associate with the Jocks. Most should learn their kung-fu separately. The Collectorsstory arc should start in Dharmi in the Big Cauldron.)

Jocks are found in each Hais School. They are not a monolithic group, but are a classname for fighters dedicated to promoting their School through competition. Jocks havedifferent kinds of kung-fu, and train with their respective masters who may travel to otherschools for the next season.

They have secret initiations like any secret society/ anything found in traditional kung-fuepics. They have weird uniforms with strange insignias that I will describe as ideographs.

In order to train their kung-fu (lian gong), they must consume various kinds of potionsand unguents. Dig up the strangest foods and stick them inside, and also dig up whateverPRC fed its athletes to train them. Exotic mushrooms, caterpillar fungus, parts of oddanimals, whatever. Use Latin names whenever possible.


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They employ a range of weapons, ranging from heavy wooden two-handed clubs toexotic, ultralight carbon fibre weapons with cats gut netting. Their armor ranges fromhelmets with shields to shoulder and knee pads. Some have trained their feet and legsextensively and can deliver powerful, skilled kicks so they wear spikes on their shoes toenhance their damage. (Note: I will eliminate Baseball and merge it with Kendo, so all

the two-handed clubs are held like Bokken.)

Jocks are purely physical attackers, either melee or range (some can do both). Some maycultivate Charismatic Auras or Hate Auras, but they have no magic. They rely on theCheerleaders to cast the right buffing or debuffing spells. Wrestling, football, hockey orrugby players are the most crucial melee/ meat shields, the various kinds of tennis playersare largely ranged. Soccer, chatek are considered Agility fighters.

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History of Cheerleaders.

(some of the strikethroughs and double strikethroughs are to remind myself of what Ioriginally intended.)

Originally started out as fortune tellers, witch doctors, shamans from different realms.When these people migrated to the Real World they wound up learning from each other(possible room for side stories but only a short retelling is planned). They werepredominantly female to begin with.

Tasked with the job of improving their warriors battlefield capabilities and sabotagingthe enemy whenever possible. EG using shaman fans called pom-poms to summon windsand storms to deflect enemy ranged attacks. Using staffs of sacred wood or metal to callon lightning to strike the enemy. Other flashy objects are used to try and direct sun ontothe enemy.

(Cheerleaders also have a high degree of Agility intended for self-defense. I have plannedto give Gian Cetra several fight scenes, but these seem inconsistent with Cheerleadersdesignated spellcaster roles and background. I need to fill in this gap. Or shall I portrayGian as gaining separate powers from a cheerleadersI havent planned her heroine development path fully. She has some quests to take butthey are all spell-enhancing so far.Decided: Cheerleaders will start out as pure spellcasters. Gian Cetras story is that of aunique cheerleader who breaks the mold and gains new skills. Since she is bullied byother women, she vows to be more than just a supporting spellcaster. She learns all kindsof high jumps, lightfoot skills (qing gong), high kicks, etc. Maybe learns some kung-fufrom the Catwoman, a woman who learned KF from watching cats fight? EventuallyGian fights her way up to become top cheerleader, and imparts her kf and organizes othercheerleaders in formational battles, defeating the enemy for good.


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Various shamanic and voodoo dances are now performed by Mascots, who dance aboutand make strange gestures. As per custom (witch doctors wear masks and shamans wearfur cloaks), Mascots wear the skins of animals and cannot be identified. Some mascotswear bear or lion skins, some wear exotic animals like Phoenixes and Griffins.

Present day Cheerleaders wear a merged version of witch doctors grass skirts andshamans gowns. They have since lost their potion-brewing capabilities to modernPharmacists, but retained fortune tellers mind-affecting capabilities.


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-=-=-=copied ad verbatim from my Nine Wonders Lore profile

The below is a fight scene between three of my Nine Wonders heroes: the SouthernGentleman, the Angel of the West and the Southeastern Furnace. (Hes nicknamed

Old Furnace.) I think it reads fairly ok right now, except for a few areas that couldbe polished.

Sharecropper Smack! The Gentleman cried out. He had probably warmed up,and was starting to move more quickly and powerfully.In contrast, Old Furnace did not seem to have a clear idea on how to counter theGentleman.Now Dhrmi was beginning to understand why the Southern Gentleman wasconsidered one of the Nine Wonders of the Real World. His kung-fu was based ona military strength so mighty that the air trembled and the ground shook.Plantation Clearance Move! The Gentleman slashed out with a seemingly wide

stroke directed at nothing in particular. This was a kung-fu originally designed tobring down trees quickly in order to clear land for plantations. So the force wavethat emerged sliced through the trees around and shook them all.Despite the Gentlemans dramatic and formidable gestures, Old Furnace did notseem worried. He kept on puffing on his cigar. Dharmi suspected that theGentleman was only using a fraction of his power, hoping to intimidate otherswithout having to engage in an all-out fight. Dharmi recalled from his kung-fubooks that kung-fu exponents generally avoided displaying all their abilities, so asto prevent other people from developing counters(Although he was only using a fraction of his power, the force waves sent out bythe Gentleman were making Dharmi giddy already. He felt like vomiting. Andnow the nausea was getting worse it seemed to be the air something in it)

A heavy blanket seemed to have settled down over the little group. It wasoppressive, sticky-sweet, almost like the environment before a tropical stormSuddenly, the Gentleman stumbled back, coughing.How do you like that? Old Furnace laughed as he took another puff of his cigar.My sweet secondhand smoke?I hate it! Theresa cried out.Old Furnace laughed. You dont know my great kung-fu? Havent you heard thatI can even make a cigar into a potent weapon?Theresa was bent over, coughing. The Western Angel, as formidable as she wasnormally, was clearly unable to stand up to the Old Furnaces smokingly powerfulkung-fu.Old Furnace gave Theresa a broad smile and a look that winked without actuallymoving his eyelids. My effect on women is irresistible, is it not? Even the mostpowerful women in the Real World cannot stand up to me.Yuck! That was the only response from Theresa. She was pale and ill-lookingand trembling all over. It seemed to Dharmi that she was trying to keep herselffrom falling onto her knees.


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And what about the Gentleman?

The thought flashed through Dharmis mind. Even though he was not experiencedin kung-fu, Dharmi knew it was unwise to ignore ones opponent whenever in afight, even a friendly sparring match. Especially if ones opponent was one of thepowerful Nine Wonders! Old Furnace was taking a big risk by talking to Theresa

de Sanctus.But when Dharmi turned back to the Gentleman, he found that the Gentleman wasmaking no move to attack. Instead the Gentleman was standing stock still. Helooked perfectly calm.To Dharmis inexperienced eye it seemed as though the Gentleman was taking thecigar smoke well. In reality, the Gentlemans stomach was churning badly. TheGentleman maintained his veneer of dignified calm, but he was starting to feel asthough he had just eaten a cocktail of tom yam soup and fish-head curry.Fine! You win this round! The Gentleman cursed as he hurried off. But youwon by guile... and the next time we meet, youre not going to find me so gullible!

Theresa turned to Old Furnace. Well, you did beat him after all, she muttered,trying to suppress a cough.Old Furnace smiled and offered his cigar. This is the secret of my kung-fu. Trysucking on it. It wont hurt.No thank you! Theresa retreated several steps upwind to stay away from thesmoke. Thats disgusting!

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