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NYCitygurl
Title: Railroad Baroness of SFFBC, C&G, and NSWFF
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7/18 5:34am
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RE: Teenage Writers Society
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Yeah - Andropov, Gorbachov, Yeltzin, etc., thuogh I'm sure I misspelled them. Thte fall of communisn in hte USSR was pretty fun.
Oh, goodness, no. Eleven thousand-ish people killed, maybe 6 were Jews. But that's why I personally don't like it 
No, mostly stressed out about getting enough entertainment  I'll be more excited once that's done
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Dev_Binks
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7/18 9:35am
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Pssh forget the fall once Yeltsin was in charge it's great because he put all of this power in the hands of the Oligarchs, the new leaders of the new private industry. And Putin was all sitting in the background letting him do it. But once Yeltsin died they put Putin in charge assuming he wouldn't do anything. But within like five or six years he'd taken down the biggest of the oligarchs and gotten total control of Gasprom the Russian energy corporation. And then he used that to get some former communist country to elect the person he wanted them to by cutting energy. And he's spreading his tendrils into Western Europe through the same means some huge percentage of their energy is supplied by Gasprom. And the Russian people love him because he's bringing them back to their former glory. I mean can you believe the parade they had a few months back? I was wondering where the hammer and sickle were! Putin's very scary, killing operatives, using the NKV(I think that's it) to start a war in Chechnya by blowing up a building. Brutally suppressing the rebels there, the man's very scary. 
You forgot a few zeros Nat.
No, see the US had already sent advisers into Vietnam in the fifties under Eisenhower, just after the French left in order to combat the spread of the communist North, not just in an effort to prevent the spread of communism but to enable the French to take back charge. It wasn't until Johnson in '65(?) that Americans were technically involved, but before that the US was already involved. And what's sad is that the US actually assassinated the South Vietnamese president because he was becoming too undemocratic. But what's really interesting about the whole Vietnamese war was that back after WWII Ho Chi Minh came to the US and said "If you get the French out we'll let you set up military bases here, here, and here in Vietnam." And the US was like "Let me think. No." Of course that was before China was in the hands of Mao.
I've never been one to get too excited about the awards, I guess because I'm never involved with 'em.
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JEDIGUNSHIP
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7/18 12:24pm
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I'll probably never have to worry about the awards . . . not a whole ton of people read my stories anyway.
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Lolly_Tolly
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Ok, Dev. I concede that, but I still say the US had no business in Vietnam and had no business bringing in other countries. And I believe the war started in '62, or that was when the first troops were sent, or something.
Let's talk about the awards... 
I do not understand the point of the awards or how to contribute anything (like nominating). Quite frankly, I don't care either. But I do agree with Yarael Poof.
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JEDIGUNSHIP
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7/18 2:56pm
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Like I said above, I'm still somewhat new to the Fan Fiction boards, so it's odd having this going on right now.
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NYCitygurl
Title: Railroad Baroness of SFFBC, C&G, and NSWFF
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7/18 3:22pm
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The six meant six thousand. My mother complains that I only say parts of my sentences
I am not a big fan of the way the US handled Vietnam. They had no business there, and just letting the Vietnamese take care of their internal problems themselves would have been better. Sure, the NV were Communists, but what was the big deal? The SV leader was suppressing Buddhists (my APUS book had this scary picture of a Buddhist monk who lit himself on fire in protest) and Charlie Company etc. committed horrible atrocities over there.
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JEDIGUNSHIP
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I saw that picture (or one like it) this year. Have to hate the "free-fire zones" idea.
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 My dad told me about that...or something like it. He was about four when the Vietnam War started.
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Lolly_Tolly
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Yeah, we saw that picture when we did the Vietnam War last year.
Weren't we talking about the awards, or something else.
Hey! I got sunburnt in winter. It isn't bad because I did put sunscreen on, but seriously. It's annoying, because it now looks as though I'm constantly blushing. 
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JEDIGUNSHIP
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7/18 3:45pm
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There isn't a whole lot to say about the awards, that's all. Now, when the ceremony is tomorrow, then we have more to discuss.
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NYCitygurl
Title: Railroad Baroness of SFFBC, C&G, and NSWFF
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7/18 4:06pm
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There is one thing to say: if you guys like writing funny skits or song parodies for Beyond and Before, do it and send them to be and I will be eternally grateful 
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JEDIGUNSHIP
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I've never done a songfic before, and that's because I can't really tell the lyrics on most of my music.
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Lolly_Tolly
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I have a song parody, but I never finished it. Why do you ask?
Edit: What do you specifically mean by "skits"?
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NYCitygurl
Title: Railroad Baroness of SFFBC, C&G, and NSWFF
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7/18 7:50pm
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Because I'm in charge of entertainment for the ceremonies, and the more submissions, the better
Basically, something that would be easily performed on a stage if people acted it out. Pretty much all dialogue, written like:
Han: blah blah blah
Luke: Blah blah blah
I can PM you an example if you'd like.
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Lolly_Tolly
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7/18 7:56pm
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Nah. That's ok. I may write one this afternoon... 
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