Sunday, May 23, 2010
NEW CELL NUMBER
I hate to have to resort to using this to announce this kind of thing, however i think this may be a place where at least some of my friends will be able to hear the message. I have gotten a new cellphone, and therefore a new #. I will not post it on here, though if u'd like it, u can either tell me in person, or message me on either facebook, myspace, gmail, or moodle.
Black Jack: Volume One, Chapter Seven
Chapter Seven - "The Painting is Dead!"
A young man, named Go Gan is painting in the woods, kept company by the beautiful flowers, deer, and birds that florish there. But suddenly, a nuclear bomb goes off only miles from their location. The blast destroys most of the woods, killing many. The painter survives, however he has severe radiation poisening. At the hospital, he calls for Dr. BlackJack. Go Gan explains that the bomb was a part of nuclear testing on the remote island he was painting on, however he was never warned. He tells BlackJack that he has witnessed Hell on Earth, and must share his story, warn others of the devastation he has witnessed... he must paint his vision. He begs BlackJack to at least be able to keep him alive for a year, if not, even a half a year so that he may make his masterpiece.BlackJack examines him; severe keloids all over the body, multiple tumors, cancerous... he tells him he has no more than two weeks at most left to live... unless he is willing to do something drastic. For 70million yen, the Go Gan agrees to a surgery in which BlackJack will remove his brain, nerves, and heart, and transplant them in another, healthy body. The surgery goes off without a hitch; Go Gans brain removed, and now inside the body of a man who had just died of heart failure. A few months go by, and Go Gan has completely recovered from the operation, the cancer gone, the new body fully operational, the only things remaining from his previous body being his heart, brain, and nerves. BlackJack goes to see Go Gan, who is almost finished his painting. Go Gan is upset and frustrated however, because the painting is not what he expected; now that he is no longer dying of the radiation poisening, the painting has lost its truth, lost its horror of reality, the painting is dead. He says he gives up and BlackJack asks if he may at least have the painting to sell as his payment for the surgery. One year goes by, and BlackJack gets a phone call that Go Gan has slipped into a coma. He rushes over to see him, and is told that the radiation poisening has resurfaced in Go Gan's brain, with over 10 tumors, and the brain has begun to soften. Just then, Go Gan awakes from his coma to see BlackJack standing over him. He begs the doctor not to try to save him again, but asks if he still has the painting, or had he already sold it. To Go Gan's surprise, BlackJack still had the painting, and Go Gan says that he is finally ready to complete it. He begins work on it, his hands trembling, his body weak and frail. With the final brushstroke, the phantasmagoric nightmare he witnessed is alive forever on the canvass, however Go Gan collapses, dead.
A young man, named Go Gan is painting in the woods, kept company by the beautiful flowers, deer, and birds that florish there. But suddenly, a nuclear bomb goes off only miles from their location. The blast destroys most of the woods, killing many. The painter survives, however he has severe radiation poisening. At the hospital, he calls for Dr. BlackJack. Go Gan explains that the bomb was a part of nuclear testing on the remote island he was painting on, however he was never warned. He tells BlackJack that he has witnessed Hell on Earth, and must share his story, warn others of the devastation he has witnessed... he must paint his vision. He begs BlackJack to at least be able to keep him alive for a year, if not, even a half a year so that he may make his masterpiece.BlackJack examines him; severe keloids all over the body, multiple tumors, cancerous... he tells him he has no more than two weeks at most left to live... unless he is willing to do something drastic. For 70million yen, the Go Gan agrees to a surgery in which BlackJack will remove his brain, nerves, and heart, and transplant them in another, healthy body. The surgery goes off without a hitch; Go Gans brain removed, and now inside the body of a man who had just died of heart failure. A few months go by, and Go Gan has completely recovered from the operation, the cancer gone, the new body fully operational, the only things remaining from his previous body being his heart, brain, and nerves. BlackJack goes to see Go Gan, who is almost finished his painting. Go Gan is upset and frustrated however, because the painting is not what he expected; now that he is no longer dying of the radiation poisening, the painting has lost its truth, lost its horror of reality, the painting is dead. He says he gives up and BlackJack asks if he may at least have the painting to sell as his payment for the surgery. One year goes by, and BlackJack gets a phone call that Go Gan has slipped into a coma. He rushes over to see him, and is told that the radiation poisening has resurfaced in Go Gan's brain, with over 10 tumors, and the brain has begun to soften. Just then, Go Gan awakes from his coma to see BlackJack standing over him. He begs the doctor not to try to save him again, but asks if he still has the painting, or had he already sold it. To Go Gan's surprise, BlackJack still had the painting, and Go Gan says that he is finally ready to complete it. He begins work on it, his hands trembling, his body weak and frail. With the final brushstroke, the phantasmagoric nightmare he witnessed is alive forever on the canvass, however Go Gan collapses, dead.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Black Jack: Volume One, Chapter Six
Chapter Six - "Confluence"
A young man named Kei Kisaragi gets off a cruise ship that just arrived in Yokohama. It is revealed he is the doctor aboard the ship, and while the ship is docked, he is going ashore. Upon arrival, he gets a hotel room and calls Dr. BlackJack. BlackJack answers and is shocked to hear from him. Pinoko, overhearing the conversation, hears BlackJack agree to meet Kei in the park that night. She asks BlackJack who was on the phone, and he tells her it was an old friend of his. He tells Pinoko to go into the study and retrieve a small photo album from the bookshelf. She does so, and looking inside, she sees many pictures of BlackJack and a girl. He tells Pinoko that the girl is the sister of the man who just called, and he plans to give him the photo album to remember her by. Pinoko asks if the girl is dead, and BlackJack replies, "You could say." They drive over to the park to met Kei, and on the way Pinoko concludes that Kei's sister must have been BlackJack's girlfriend. BlackJack confirms this, and they arrive at the park. Kei is there, and upon seeing BlackJack he is overjoyed. BlackJack introduces him to Pinoko, but jealous of their friendship, she storms off to the car. Pinoko watchs the two men stand with eachother, talking, and staring at the city sprawled out before them. Just then, BlackJack returns to the car, but Pinoko is nowhere to be seen. He goes to look for her. While he is gone, Pinoko comes out from hiding to talk to Kei. She mentions his sister, and asks to know more about her relationship with BlackJack. Kei explains that his sister Megumi went to med school with BlackJack. Every night that it would rain, BlackJack would leave a spare umbrella for her to use for her walk home. It was kind, but every morning he always was very abrupt with her. Little did Megumi know that BlackJack followed her home everynight, walking a safe distance behind, to ensure that she had a safe journey - it being so late after all. One night though, as Megumi was walking home, she is attacked by some thugs, and BlackJack springs into action, beating up the thugs, and saving her. Megumi begins to fall madly in love with BlackJack. Before she could tell him however, she was diagnosed with sever uterine cancer. As a result, she needed to have both her uterus and her ovaries would have to be removed. Kei explains that BlackJack began to treat Megumi, and he demanded he perform the operation. BlackJack warned Megumi that once the operation was finished she would no longer be able to produce female hormones and that she would essentially stop being a woman and become very masculine. That day in the operating room, just before he puts Megumi to sleep, he tells her that he loves her, she tells him the same, and they kiss. Then Megumi falls asleep, and BlackJack gets to work. When the surgery was finished, Kei explains, Megumi was no longer a woman. But before Kei could get any further along in his story, BlackJack returns. He retrieves Pinoko, says goodbye to Kei, and they drive away. In the car, Pinoko asks what became of Megumi and BlackJack tells her it's none of her business. The next morning, BlackJack realizes he'd forgot to give Kei the photo album. He rushes to the port, frantic to catch the boat before it leaves. He finds Kei. Kei is surprised to see BlackJack once again. BlackJack then gives Kei the photo album and says its full of "old pictures of you." Kei is Megumi.
A young man named Kei Kisaragi gets off a cruise ship that just arrived in Yokohama. It is revealed he is the doctor aboard the ship, and while the ship is docked, he is going ashore. Upon arrival, he gets a hotel room and calls Dr. BlackJack. BlackJack answers and is shocked to hear from him. Pinoko, overhearing the conversation, hears BlackJack agree to meet Kei in the park that night. She asks BlackJack who was on the phone, and he tells her it was an old friend of his. He tells Pinoko to go into the study and retrieve a small photo album from the bookshelf. She does so, and looking inside, she sees many pictures of BlackJack and a girl. He tells Pinoko that the girl is the sister of the man who just called, and he plans to give him the photo album to remember her by. Pinoko asks if the girl is dead, and BlackJack replies, "You could say." They drive over to the park to met Kei, and on the way Pinoko concludes that Kei's sister must have been BlackJack's girlfriend. BlackJack confirms this, and they arrive at the park. Kei is there, and upon seeing BlackJack he is overjoyed. BlackJack introduces him to Pinoko, but jealous of their friendship, she storms off to the car. Pinoko watchs the two men stand with eachother, talking, and staring at the city sprawled out before them. Just then, BlackJack returns to the car, but Pinoko is nowhere to be seen. He goes to look for her. While he is gone, Pinoko comes out from hiding to talk to Kei. She mentions his sister, and asks to know more about her relationship with BlackJack. Kei explains that his sister Megumi went to med school with BlackJack. Every night that it would rain, BlackJack would leave a spare umbrella for her to use for her walk home. It was kind, but every morning he always was very abrupt with her. Little did Megumi know that BlackJack followed her home everynight, walking a safe distance behind, to ensure that she had a safe journey - it being so late after all. One night though, as Megumi was walking home, she is attacked by some thugs, and BlackJack springs into action, beating up the thugs, and saving her. Megumi begins to fall madly in love with BlackJack. Before she could tell him however, she was diagnosed with sever uterine cancer. As a result, she needed to have both her uterus and her ovaries would have to be removed. Kei explains that BlackJack began to treat Megumi, and he demanded he perform the operation. BlackJack warned Megumi that once the operation was finished she would no longer be able to produce female hormones and that she would essentially stop being a woman and become very masculine. That day in the operating room, just before he puts Megumi to sleep, he tells her that he loves her, she tells him the same, and they kiss. Then Megumi falls asleep, and BlackJack gets to work. When the surgery was finished, Kei explains, Megumi was no longer a woman. But before Kei could get any further along in his story, BlackJack returns. He retrieves Pinoko, says goodbye to Kei, and they drive away. In the car, Pinoko asks what became of Megumi and BlackJack tells her it's none of her business. The next morning, BlackJack realizes he'd forgot to give Kei the photo album. He rushes to the port, frantic to catch the boat before it leaves. He finds Kei. Kei is surprised to see BlackJack once again. BlackJack then gives Kei the photo album and says its full of "old pictures of you." Kei is Megumi.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Black Jack: Volume One, Chapter Five
Chapter Five - "Sometimes Like Pearls"
One day Dr. Black Jack recieves a package in the mail. Wrapped inside the brown paper is a long, thin, soft, rock. The package is adressed from a "J. H." Black Jack examines the rock and cuts it open. Inside, encased in the stone is a scapel. It is then Black Jack knows who the package must be from, J.H., Jotaro Honma, BlackJack's mentor. BlackJack travels to Honma's house, and finds the old man ill, lying down in his house. Honma thanks BlackJack for comming and says he has to confess something. It has to do with his present. It also has to do with the surgery Honma had performed on BlackJack which saved his life. Honma admits he'd made a horrible mistake during the surgery: he'd sewn Black Jack up, but he'd left the scapel inside him. Every night he'd have nightmares of the scapel accidentally stabbing an organ and causing massive internal bleeding, killing Black Jack. Seven whole years went by before he'd had the chance to correct his mistake. He told Black Jack it was for follow-up appointment. When he went to remove the scapel, to his great surprise he'd found that it had been encased in stone; calcium secreted by the body to sheath the blade and prevent it from piercing an organ, just as an oyster encases a tiny fleck of dirt in calcium, eventually turning it into a little pearl. Honma then tells Black Jack that nothing, not even modern medicene can compare to the wonders of life, and "for us humans to crave control over life and death is sheer ignorance." Just then, the weak and bed-ridden Honma collapses. Frantically, BlackJack rushes him to the nearest medical facility, diagnosing him with softening and bleeding of the brain. He begins an emergency surgery on the doctor... but to no avail. The Dr. Honma dies. BlackJack, severly distressed that he could not save his mentor and hero, goes outside to get some air. While sitting on the front porch, the ghost of Dr. Honma sits beside him musing, "for us humans to crave control over life and death is sheer ignorance, don't you think?"
One day Dr. Black Jack recieves a package in the mail. Wrapped inside the brown paper is a long, thin, soft, rock. The package is adressed from a "J. H." Black Jack examines the rock and cuts it open. Inside, encased in the stone is a scapel. It is then Black Jack knows who the package must be from, J.H., Jotaro Honma, BlackJack's mentor. BlackJack travels to Honma's house, and finds the old man ill, lying down in his house. Honma thanks BlackJack for comming and says he has to confess something. It has to do with his present. It also has to do with the surgery Honma had performed on BlackJack which saved his life. Honma admits he'd made a horrible mistake during the surgery: he'd sewn Black Jack up, but he'd left the scapel inside him. Every night he'd have nightmares of the scapel accidentally stabbing an organ and causing massive internal bleeding, killing Black Jack. Seven whole years went by before he'd had the chance to correct his mistake. He told Black Jack it was for follow-up appointment. When he went to remove the scapel, to his great surprise he'd found that it had been encased in stone; calcium secreted by the body to sheath the blade and prevent it from piercing an organ, just as an oyster encases a tiny fleck of dirt in calcium, eventually turning it into a little pearl. Honma then tells Black Jack that nothing, not even modern medicene can compare to the wonders of life, and "for us humans to crave control over life and death is sheer ignorance." Just then, the weak and bed-ridden Honma collapses. Frantically, BlackJack rushes him to the nearest medical facility, diagnosing him with softening and bleeding of the brain. He begins an emergency surgery on the doctor... but to no avail. The Dr. Honma dies. BlackJack, severly distressed that he could not save his mentor and hero, goes outside to get some air. While sitting on the front porch, the ghost of Dr. Honma sits beside him musing, "for us humans to crave control over life and death is sheer ignorance, don't you think?"
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
New Blog Gadgets!
As you can see my blog looks slightly different. The background color is now a lovely light tan. Also, in the top right corner I've added the Cheey Quote App. Enjoy a humorous little tidbit to add spice to your day! also, at the bottom of the page, I've added a search bar for both dictionary.com and wikipedia.com
Monday, May 17, 2010
Black Jack: Volume One, Chapter Four
Chapter Four - "The Face Sore"
A young boy is walking along a marshy path, and he spots a toad. He tosses a heavy rock at the toad, and squashes it, killing it. The boy then grows a huge sore on his stomach that resembles the face of a toad. It grows bigger and bigger, until finally it begins to croak and eat flys that happen to be buzzing by. The pain is excruiating and the boy gets a doctor to cut it off... but it grows back. Finally, the doctor, having tried everything else, mixes pipe tar and oil, and shoves it down the toad sore's throat. Luckily, the toad sore vanished, however the boy could not walk for years, crawling around on the floor, appearing just as the squashed toad he'd killed all those years ago. Such sores, referred to as "face sores" because of their appearance have been known to grow back again and again each time they are removed, often leaving victims with no other choice but suicide. One day, a man comes to see Dr. BlackJack, his face shrouded in bandages. He tells BlackJack that he has a face sore on his face, and he needs it removed; it has begun to talk to him, and make him behave uncharacteristically. BlackJack removes the man's bandages, and after seeing the sheer extent of the man's face sore, he agrees to remove it. He performs surgery and does so, however when he goes to remove the bandages again, the face sore has returned, just as bad as before, mocking BlackJack, that the only way to remove it is to kill the man. BlackJack goes to the other room and returns a moment later with a gun, and shoots the man. He did not intend to kill the man, simply to fool the sore. He immediately performs the surgery on the man once again, treating the gunshot wound, and once again removing the face sore. This time, once the bandages were removed the face sore was gone, revealing the man's true face. BlackJack believes he'd seen the man before but he isn't sure where. The man thanks the doctor and rushes out before paying for his surgery. BlackJack follows after him, remembering where he'd seen the man in the process. He arrives at the man's house. BlackJack tells the man that he knows who he is: a serial killer whose killed 15 victims. BlackJack tells him that if he pays the fee, he'll leave in peace. The man doesnt deny the accusation, even confessing that he has a killing fetish. The fetish however couldnt be quenched under the spell of the face sore; it would not allow him to kill. He thanks BlackJack for removing the face sore and restoring his ability to murder. He tells BlackJack he has killed three more people since, and that he can become number 19. The man muscles away the gun from BlackJack, but just before he could shoot him, teh face sore reemerges on his face. The pain staggers the man backward causing him to fall of the cliff behind him. BlackJack climbs down to the bottom to see the dying man. The face sore tells the doctor not to save the man; that he would only kill again. He thanks the doctor, and as the man dies, the sore vanishes. BlackJack muses that "Perhaps that was the face of this man's conscience."
A young boy is walking along a marshy path, and he spots a toad. He tosses a heavy rock at the toad, and squashes it, killing it. The boy then grows a huge sore on his stomach that resembles the face of a toad. It grows bigger and bigger, until finally it begins to croak and eat flys that happen to be buzzing by. The pain is excruiating and the boy gets a doctor to cut it off... but it grows back. Finally, the doctor, having tried everything else, mixes pipe tar and oil, and shoves it down the toad sore's throat. Luckily, the toad sore vanished, however the boy could not walk for years, crawling around on the floor, appearing just as the squashed toad he'd killed all those years ago. Such sores, referred to as "face sores" because of their appearance have been known to grow back again and again each time they are removed, often leaving victims with no other choice but suicide. One day, a man comes to see Dr. BlackJack, his face shrouded in bandages. He tells BlackJack that he has a face sore on his face, and he needs it removed; it has begun to talk to him, and make him behave uncharacteristically. BlackJack removes the man's bandages, and after seeing the sheer extent of the man's face sore, he agrees to remove it. He performs surgery and does so, however when he goes to remove the bandages again, the face sore has returned, just as bad as before, mocking BlackJack, that the only way to remove it is to kill the man. BlackJack goes to the other room and returns a moment later with a gun, and shoots the man. He did not intend to kill the man, simply to fool the sore. He immediately performs the surgery on the man once again, treating the gunshot wound, and once again removing the face sore. This time, once the bandages were removed the face sore was gone, revealing the man's true face. BlackJack believes he'd seen the man before but he isn't sure where. The man thanks the doctor and rushes out before paying for his surgery. BlackJack follows after him, remembering where he'd seen the man in the process. He arrives at the man's house. BlackJack tells the man that he knows who he is: a serial killer whose killed 15 victims. BlackJack tells him that if he pays the fee, he'll leave in peace. The man doesnt deny the accusation, even confessing that he has a killing fetish. The fetish however couldnt be quenched under the spell of the face sore; it would not allow him to kill. He thanks BlackJack for removing the face sore and restoring his ability to murder. He tells BlackJack he has killed three more people since, and that he can become number 19. The man muscles away the gun from BlackJack, but just before he could shoot him, teh face sore reemerges on his face. The pain staggers the man backward causing him to fall of the cliff behind him. BlackJack climbs down to the bottom to see the dying man. The face sore tells the doctor not to save the man; that he would only kill again. He thanks the doctor, and as the man dies, the sore vanishes. BlackJack muses that "Perhaps that was the face of this man's conscience."
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Black Jack: Volume One, Chapter Three
Chapter Three - "Teratoid Cystoma"
One night Dr. Black Jack gets a call from a Dr. Crab. He says he needs Black Jack's help immediately; a high-profile person who will remain nameless is in critical condition and she needs to be operated on right away. Black Jack rushes over to the cabin where the woman is to be treated discreetly as to avoid a media frenzy. Dr. Crab shows BlackJack the patient, she wearing a kabuki mask to conceal her identity. Dr. Crab explains she has a teratoid cystoma that needs to be removed. A teratoid cystoma occurs when twins are conceived and one twin is absorbed by the other. The absorbed twin continues to grow as a parasitic tumor inside the other twin. Dr. Crab explains that everytime doctors tried to remove the tumor, they couldnt. They'd begin to act funny, and even attack eachother. He believes the tumor is cursed. Black Jack reassures Crab that he can handle it, and prepares for the surgery alone. As he attempts to cut open the tumor, he turns the scapel on himself, and hears a voice in his head saying "DO NOT CUT!" He believes the tumor was talking to him, and assures it that he will extract the organs from within the tumor and keep them alive in a medical culture. The tumor allows him to do so. The operation is finished, and Crab is relieved as well as in awe of BlackJack. That night BlackJack decides to construct a body for the living organs he removed, believing they never had a fair chance at life. He does so. One year later, Dr. Crab returns with the masked patient. BlackJack tells her that he has someone he wants her to meet: her twin sister. A little girl comes out from the other room; the girl BlackJack built out of the organs removed from the woman's teratoid cystoma. The little girl calls the woman a murderer and the woman runs away with Dr. Crab, leaving BlackJack and her twin by blood behind.
One night Dr. Black Jack gets a call from a Dr. Crab. He says he needs Black Jack's help immediately; a high-profile person who will remain nameless is in critical condition and she needs to be operated on right away. Black Jack rushes over to the cabin where the woman is to be treated discreetly as to avoid a media frenzy. Dr. Crab shows BlackJack the patient, she wearing a kabuki mask to conceal her identity. Dr. Crab explains she has a teratoid cystoma that needs to be removed. A teratoid cystoma occurs when twins are conceived and one twin is absorbed by the other. The absorbed twin continues to grow as a parasitic tumor inside the other twin. Dr. Crab explains that everytime doctors tried to remove the tumor, they couldnt. They'd begin to act funny, and even attack eachother. He believes the tumor is cursed. Black Jack reassures Crab that he can handle it, and prepares for the surgery alone. As he attempts to cut open the tumor, he turns the scapel on himself, and hears a voice in his head saying "DO NOT CUT!" He believes the tumor was talking to him, and assures it that he will extract the organs from within the tumor and keep them alive in a medical culture. The tumor allows him to do so. The operation is finished, and Crab is relieved as well as in awe of BlackJack. That night BlackJack decides to construct a body for the living organs he removed, believing they never had a fair chance at life. He does so. One year later, Dr. Crab returns with the masked patient. BlackJack tells her that he has someone he wants her to meet: her twin sister. A little girl comes out from the other room; the girl BlackJack built out of the organs removed from the woman's teratoid cystoma. The little girl calls the woman a murderer and the woman runs away with Dr. Crab, leaving BlackJack and her twin by blood behind.
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