Today is Anzac day, for you americans, it's the equivalent of Veteran's day, but ours is better. =^_^=

Tis the day of 2-up and Anzac biscuits (not that you can't get them all year round). Today I would like to make a small tribute to my deceased grandfather, Brian Kinsela.

My father's father was Brian Kinsela, he fought in the Vietnam war as an ariel operative. Since age 12 Brian was a smoker and not too long after was an on and off alcoholic, yet through this he met my grandmother Eva and in wedlock had three children; my father and his two sisters.

Brian was not the greatest of family men but he sacraficed for his country and everyone in it, after the impacts of war he returned home still a smoker and quit drinking, after becoming a mechanic his son became a father to me and times were looking good for Brian. Before I had reached the age to even converse with Brian he suffered a stroke, an effect from his smoking, he survived but was never the same. Brian lived on for a while in this brain-impaired state and some few years ago he died in his sleep.

I only met Brian twice and on both occacions could not make out anything he tried to say, but today I can feel that his will and spirit is at peace with the good he tried to make of himself after the war. Today, Anzac Day 2006, Brian Kinsela is remembered by the grandson he never said a word to, but gave his love.

Also, be on the lookout for True-Lynk's Anzac strip.

As an insight to the Mario reference I will be redesigning the cast of Mario into a manga/anime like format. As I finish sets of characters I will post them here in the scraps.

'till next time!

Ciao~