Why, it's the artist previously known as benw@cco.caltech.edu!

Everyone say "Hi, Ben."

<Muttering among FFML:  "Who the heck???">

Okay, so I am obscure... name's Ben Williamson, I have written a grand total of 
one fanfic and scrapped ideas for about 30 or so.  I never really posted much, 
but I was on for a few months last spring.  I am stuck in Japan right now, 
rotting my brain at work and reading Grappler Baki manga.  I have time and a 
half to kill, so I resubbed to FFML.  If any of you remember me, I'm happy.  

Current fanfic projects:  Well, I haven't _read_ a fanfic for the last three 
months, so now I have to go hunt down good ones.  Except I don't have web access 
or net news or even ftp.  Bummer, eh?  Feel free to send me any good romantic 
ones.  I don't like darkfics or even really sadfics, but a little heartache and 
thousand natural shocks are fine.  Romantic yaoi/lemon are good too.  As well as 
funny lemons.  Ah, to hell with pretense, send me your lemons... I freely 
acknowledge I am a pervert.  But still, romance is tops ;).  VGAi and KOR are 
probably my favorite fanfic topics.  Oh yes, and if anyone wants martial art 
scenes in their fanfics edited, I volunteer.  Assuming you want a pretense of 
realism that is... 

Other than that I am still sorta juggling ideas for a sequel to Umbrella, but I 
have tossed out about a dozen ideas.  I think I may just let the fanfic stand 
alone, and may Cyan and Hikaru live happily ever after.  I am thinking of 
reediting the fanfic again.  But I don't have a copy of it here in Japan... if 
anyone has a copy of that fic, please send it to me.  This is weird, I am 
requesting a copy of my own fic =).

I am currently playing as Sorata Arisugawa in an X RPG, which has given me a 
certain amount of inspiration to write a fic about him.  People on the RPG say 
they like my portrayal of his character... the more I find out about him the 
more it turns out he's like me anyway. 

Hm, what else.  I guess I should just sit back and let the steady flow of 
fanfics come in to inspire me to write again.  I have this idea for an original 
story that has some anime flavor (it draws somewhat from Escaflowne and Fushigi 
Yuugi, probably).  But I doubt I will ever get around to writing it.  Argh!

Maybe I should write a quickie "Grappler Baki meets Ranma and beats the living 
crud out of him" fic.  Anyone on this list even ever hear of grappler baki?  It 
is sort of obscure... 30 volumes of manga which are published by shonen 
champion.  And if you buy them from a used book store cost about a $1.70 US.  
Cheap! =).

Ah well, it's good to be back...

Ben Williamson 
Lord of Kaos (not just a nick, a real elected position at my college)