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                  by Lawrence Wong

               especially for Amy Wong

          Version 1.0 - September 09, 1999

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  -A WORD ON ORIGINALITY-


  When I first released a preview version of "Hello
  Killy" two weeks ago, it was because my girl friend
  Amy lives Hello kitty very much and I was incredibly
  frustrated with my progress; I'd spent a long time
  trying to work through some tough spots within the
  design.  It's only my second skin, and is much more
  complex than my previous one.  I'd hoped that I
  hadn't been kidding myself by continuing work on it.
  I wanted some feedback so I could decide whether
  seeing it through to completion was worthwhile.

  For that reason,  I posted it at skinz.org. 

  Within a day or two, it had already been downloaded
  100 times, and the comments were very positive.  I'd
  worked really hard at what I had, and I now felt
  really good about it.  Immediately, I started
  plugging away at the remainder of the skin.

  I regularly check (read: daily) skinz.org and
  customize.org to see what other folks are
  doing and see what kind of ideas they're working
  with.  Everybody brings something unique to the
  table... it's just not always theirs.

  Not only had this person taken all of my graphics,
  but the sleaze stole my damned name!

  I wrote the administrators of customize.org, but 
  never received a reply.  Today, they posted it to
  the actual Winamp skins section.  Thanks to
  Mr. Burns, on that site people are beginning to find
  out what happened.

  I don't really know what to do about it; I worked
  damned hard on this skin, making every detail exactly
  as I wanted it to be.  Nonetheless, here was a skin
  bearing my name, and featuring my artwork, though not
  quite, and it completely compromised the skin..  Is
  there anything I can do?  Is all my hard work justified
  if, days after a post, some random dope takes it all 
  and calls it his?  I'm just not sure.  

  For me, skinning is a hobby.  I like doing it.  It's also
  a learning thing; I become better with my tools and learn
  what mistakes not to make next time.  I don't want
  sharing my work with all of you to be one of those
  mistakes.  

				-Lawrence Wong
  
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  -CONTACT-

  If you have any sort of feedback (and believe me,
  it's all appreciated), drop me a line.  You can
  reach me at...
             Ahlimosa@home.com

  If you wish, check out my homepage.  Dig it at...
  http://underworld.fortunecity.com/defender/165/

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