Comments on: Story #14: The Difference Between A Redwood And A Sequoia http://www.longstraighthighway.com/2009/11/25/story-14-the-difference-between-a-redwood-and-a-sequoia/ amusements for gentlemen and scholars Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: houlios http://www.longstraighthighway.com/2009/11/25/story-14-the-difference-between-a-redwood-and-a-sequoia/comment-page-1/#comment-2462 houlios Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:08:56 +0000 http://www.longstraighthighway.com/?p=1499#comment-2462 This was awesome: "Superninja thought about killing them all. He could do it in nine seconds, kill the cameraman last, leave Lynn alive to witness it, to tell everyone how he tore through them like a man in fast-forward, how he delivered temple-blows so precisely that their corpses fell unmarred, a whole store full of beautiful sleeping people with shit in their pants." Really, really cool. Obviously, I loved the fact that he was a real badass ninja and I loved all the throw-away references to old missions and the "undead legions of Wang-tan" and stuff like that. Very entertaining. Kinda reminded me of a Quentin Tarantino story.<br><br>For some reason him going out with Lynn seemed not very believable. I'm not sure why but that stuck out to me as awkward. This was awesome: “Superninja thought about killing them all. He could do it in nine seconds, kill the cameraman last, leave Lynn alive to witness it, to tell everyone how he tore through them like a man in fast-forward, how he delivered temple-blows so precisely that their corpses fell unmarred, a whole store full of beautiful sleeping people with shit in their pants.” Really, really cool. Obviously, I loved the fact that he was a real badass ninja and I loved all the throw-away references to old missions and the “undead legions of Wang-tan” and stuff like that. Very entertaining. Kinda reminded me of a Quentin Tarantino story.

For some reason him going out with Lynn seemed not very believable. I'm not sure why but that stuck out to me as awkward.

]]> By: houlios http://www.longstraighthighway.com/2009/11/25/story-14-the-difference-between-a-redwood-and-a-sequoia/comment-page-1/#comment-2079 houlios Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:08:56 +0000 http://www.longstraighthighway.com/?p=1499#comment-2079 This was awesome: "Superninja thought about killing them all. He could do it in nine seconds, kill the cameraman last, leave Lynn alive to witness it, to tell everyone how he tore through them like a man in fast-forward, how he delivered temple-blows so precisely that their corpses fell unmarred, a whole store full of beautiful sleeping people with shit in their pants." Really, really cool. Obviously, I loved the fact that he was a real badass ninja and I loved all the throw-away references to old missions and the "undead legions of Wang-tan" and stuff like that. Very entertaining. Kinda reminded me of a Quentin Tarantino story.<br><br>For some reason him going out with Lynn seemed not very believable. I'm not sure why but that stuck out to me as awkward. This was awesome: “Superninja thought about killing them all. He could do it in nine seconds, kill the cameraman last, leave Lynn alive to witness it, to tell everyone how he tore through them like a man in fast-forward, how he delivered temple-blows so precisely that their corpses fell unmarred, a whole store full of beautiful sleeping people with shit in their pants.” Really, really cool. Obviously, I loved the fact that he was a real badass ninja and I loved all the throw-away references to old missions and the “undead legions of Wang-tan” and stuff like that. Very entertaining. Kinda reminded me of a Quentin Tarantino story.

For some reason him going out with Lynn seemed not very believable. I'm not sure why but that stuck out to me as awkward.

]]> By: leafmuncher http://www.longstraighthighway.com/2009/11/25/story-14-the-difference-between-a-redwood-and-a-sequoia/comment-page-1/#comment-2065 leafmuncher Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:06:19 +0000 http://www.longstraighthighway.com/?p=1499#comment-2065 Highly enjoyable, I can see why it's your favorite.<br><br>Liked: I really loved the whole thing, but my favorite aspect was the character and his backstory in Japan, and how ridiculous it is that he's a realtor in LA. I know that's like the whole story, but that's how much I liked it. I also really loved the conversations between the protagonist and his master, these were completely brilliant.<br><br>Disliked: Really hard to say, I didn't circle anything while reading. Maybe the little sidebar about the 2nd place pie-off/autism thing, if I had to pick something as distracting ever so slightly from the flow. Highly enjoyable, I can see why it's your favorite.

Liked: I really loved the whole thing, but my favorite aspect was the character and his backstory in Japan, and how ridiculous it is that he's a realtor in LA. I know that's like the whole story, but that's how much I liked it. I also really loved the conversations between the protagonist and his master, these were completely brilliant.

Disliked: Really hard to say, I didn't circle anything while reading. Maybe the little sidebar about the 2nd place pie-off/autism thing, if I had to pick something as distracting ever so slightly from the flow.

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