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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Sorry 'bout that...
Posted By <:.:Kayla:.:>
Sorry the link in previous post did not work. And sorry I didn't get around to it until just now. But anyway. The link is corrected now. Or should be anyway.
Posted By Cherise A.
The authoress sits on her bed, staring at her laptop, looking for a scene in her novel that she knows exists, but that she can’t seem to find. One of her friends is waiting to read it, so she tries to hurry, but it is hard to hurry when you feel like you are digging through a graveyard.
Yes, a graveyard. See, this isn’t just ‘her novel’: it’s a novel that she started nearly a year ago with high hopes and great expectations. It grew quickly to a size of 64 thousand words, and it still wasn’t finished.
That was where she had left it. NaNoWriMo 2008 had come upon her like a lightning stroke, and she had dropped anything and flung herself with abandon into this new adventure, with a new novel. The other novel, the precious jewel that she had slaved over for months, was all but forgotten.
NaNoWriMo had ended, and slowly life had returned to normal. She kept writing. But the old novel still sat on the far shelf in her mind, close enough so that she could boast about its existence, but far enough in the corner that it wasn’t in the way. She was afraid of picking it up again, of trying to reconnect with the old characters, so for the past month she had allowed it to collect dust and tried to keep the memory of it from her mind.
The authoress takes a break from staring at the computer screen and reaches over to take a sip of her tea, her eyebrows knitting in consternation as she reflects on the problem of having to come back to her novel in this way, reminded far too vividly of the fact that it was still unfinished. She didn’t intend to touch it again, not until her precious NaNoWriMo 2008 novel was finished, but here she is, letting her eyes drift over the familiar passages once again, reminded of the colorful story she left behind.
Ah ha! There is the scene she is looking for! Hastily, the authoress highlights the section of script, copies it onto another document, and then closes her novel, glad to have her task over with. She races off to email the scene to her friend, and yet there is something in her heart besides the relief she feels. Could it be a hint of... curiosity?
Later in the evening, the authoress sneaks back into her room, closes the door so that no one will see her, and stealthily opens the laptop. Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath, she opens the dreaded word document.... and begins to type.
100 words. That is all that is on the page when the authoress is done, but even those few words feel like a revelation, a new discovery of an old, forgotten thing. At the end of those hundred words, the authoress is inwardly weeping and rejoicing, feeling once again the highs and lows of the character’s souls, entranced with the story once more, like a book that she wishes to read straight through to the end!
The authoress smiles, knowing that it is her job to tell the ending; her job to weave it into words. She closes the document reluctantly, promising herself silently that she will be back tomorrow to explore more of her beloved tale.
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Greetings, dear readers! In case you couldn’t tell, the above authoress was me, and the scenario was something that happened last night. Yes, after months of dreading it, I wrote a little more of POE, and I completely loved it!!! POE is officially alive and running again!!!
I was planning on ending the post with the end of that tale, but there were a few notes that I just wanted to mention:
Please pray for my family, because my dad and sister are sick, and my mom and I are trying hard not to catch the cold from them. I woke up this morning with a sore throat, which went away as soon as I drank some water, but my mom has lost her voice because of the gunk in her throat! My poor sister has been completely run-down since Sunday, and she is just barely beginning to get better – God bless her, whenever you look at her you can see the weariness in her eyes! Please pray that I don’t get it, and that everyone gets well soon!
Well, besides trying to finish this blog post, I have 25 science terms that I need to have memorized for the test tomorrow. It’s awful. Please also pray that I get them memorized in time, and that I do well on the test.
I just spent a wonderful hour talking to Equestrienne21! She promises that she will come back on the blogosphere very soon (just in time to do my tag!), and she says that she might even get a story blog for her trilogy that she started writing a few months ago!!! I am privileged to have read some of it, and it is very, very good!!! Five stars for Laurie!!
*sigh* I am off to try to wade through sticky science definitions....
~Cherise
Copyright 2008 by Cherise A. You must ask me before using any of my stuff, and my name must appear along with the poem or post if you reproduce it.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
"She was a working girl... North of England way... Now she's hit the big time, in the USA....."
Posted By Daydreamer
Oh! I love that song!! Honey Pie...
Well, I thought that I would make a monster tag... but decided not to because I got taged by 2... So I will save my Favorite Monster Tag for later.... MWAHAHAHA!!!!
First, I got tagged by Ing!do!!! Thanks girl!
THE RULES. Answer the following questions, and tag 5 people. Let them know that they've been tagged Leave a link too the person who tagged you, and a link to the people you tagged.
1. WHO are you: I am Kendrics Little Sister!!!! Yay for me!!! I love being Kendrics little sister!!!! WOO HOO!!!
2. WHAT are you doing: Filling this out and chatting with Katie and Christina!
3. WHEN will you be done answering these questions: I don't know.... When does it end??
4. WHERE are you: In the dining room on the laptop. :)
5. WHY are you answering these questions: Because sombody asked me too. :)
Here is one from DreamWalker... Thanks!
What's your favorite tv show? Little House on the Prairie, Bonanaza, Dick Van Dike, and Leave it to Beaver
What's your favorite movie? Help!, A Hard Days Night, Pride & Prejudice, LotR, Prince Caspian, Christy,My Fair Lady, and so many more!!
What's your favorite color? Light Blue, Purple, and white
Do you wear lipgloss? No
What's your favorite book? Pride and Prejudice, and Hemlock.
What's your favorite subject? ALGEBRA II!!! and Litature.
What's your favorite flower? Something Light Blue and white
What's your hobby? Reading, Piano, and being with friends.
What is your favorite food? Ribs, potato salad, and Texas Sheet Cake
What's your favorite animal? Horses and my dog!!
What is your hair color? Brown
What is your favorite candy? Three Muskateers?? I have no idea how to spell it...
What are you wearing? Blue jeans and a Star Wars T-shirt
1. What time is it? 9:30pm
2. What's your full name: Sylvia Elise D*****
3. What are you most afraid of? Reid, Pilian, spiders, Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom, and all the bad people in the world....
4. What is the most recent movie that youve seen in a Theater? It was back in summer I think... Twas Prince Caspian!!!!!
5. Place of birth: IL
6. Favorite food: Ribs, potato Salad, and Texas Sheet Cake... Mmmm!!!
7. What's your natural hair color? Brown
8. Ever been to Alaska? Unfortunatly.... *giggles*
9. Ever been toilet paper rolling? Heck no!!!!
10. Love someone so much it made you cry? Yes
11. Been in a car accident? No Thanks goodness...
12. Croutons or bacon bits? Why can't I have both??
13. Favorite day of the week? Tuesday and Saturday
14. Favorite restaurant? The Silo
15.Favorite Flower? IDK. I guess I would choose a light blue and white one...
16. Favorite sport to watch? football and baseball!
17. Favorite drink? MILK!!!!!!
18. Favorite ice cream? Chocolate
19. Disney or Warner Brothers? Warner Brothers... I really don't like Disney anymore... except for Narnia....
20. Ever been on a ship? YES!!! It was awesome!!!
21. What color is your bedroom carpet? I don't have carpet in my room... infact, we don't have any carpet in our house except in the school room that used to be a garage....
22. How many times did you fail your driver's test? I didn't take it....
23. Before this one, from whom did you get your last email? Christina sent me a note form Skype... I LOVE SKYPE!!! Gmail will do too...
24. What do you do when you are bored? Read on my bed or take a nap... But in this house we are not allowed to be bored....
25. Bedtime? None, really. I usually go to bed between 11:30pm and 2:15pm...
26. Who will do this tag the quickest? IDK... Maybe Maddie?? (TigerLillyHard Bottle)
27. Who is the person you tagged that is least likely to do it? Maybe Katie??? (VintageAuthoress)
28. Who is the person that you are most curious to see their answers? IDK... Maybe Ind!go??
29. Favorite TV show? Little House on the Prairie, Bonanaza, Leave it to Beaver, Dick Van Dike, and when I was little, it was The Big Coumfy Couch! Wow, does that bring me back some memories....
30. Last person you went to dinner with? My dad in Down Town Chicago when we went to see the Buddy Holly Story together!!
31. What are you going to do at age 31 and 32? I really don't know...
32. What are your favorite colors? Pulple, Light Blue, and White
33. How many tattoos do you have? NONE!!! And I never will!!
34. How many pets do you have ? 1 dog, 1 frog (which is Olivia's), and 5 or 6 fish....
35. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The chicken; for how could the egg take care of itself??
36. What do you want to do before you die? Get married, have Children, graudate from colege as a mathamatics teacher, and See the movie HEMLOCK in theaters!!
37. Have you ever been to Hawaii? No, sadily....
38. Have you been to countries outside the U.S.? No
39. How many people are you sending this to? Maybe 4-6... IDK...
40. Time this survey ended? 9:46
Well, thats all folks!!! Have to scoot along..... Oh wait!! I forgot to tag... Well, I tag, Katie, Maddie, Ind!go, dreamwalker, Eni, and mistercool,.
~Sylvia
Well, That's it, and here is the other one... From... *does a drumroll* MariWitcherself!! Thanks sis!
Posted By Cherise A.
I have come to blog to you about something exciting, fun, scary, and mostly exciting! (Wait, I already said that...) I have decided to embark on a new challenge that I stole from Tinuviel, who got it from her friend Purpleclad. The challenge is this: post on your blog every day for one week! Yes, a full seven days with a new post for every day! I have termed this challenge Blogoweek, because I couldn’t think of anything else to call it, and any abbreviations I came up with were too long and hard to remember. Anyone is welcome to do the challenge with me, just comment telling me so!
As my mentor put it: ‘Twill be an adventure, for we shall have fun!
This being the first post of this challenge, I decided to do something novel and creative: a tag I got from VintageAuthoress.
~THE RULES~ POST 6-10 THINGS YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS, LINK TO THE PERSON WHO TAGGED YOU, TAG 5 OTHER PEOPLE, LEAVE A COMMENT ON THE PERSONS BLOG LETTING THEM KNOW YOU POSTED THIS ON YOUR BLOG, YOU MUST TAG AT LEAST ONE PERSON THAT YOU DON'T KNOW!!
Things I do every day, eh? Well here’s what I came up with:
- Wake up (duh)
- Check my blog for comments and other interesting developments.
- Work on my novels
- Feed all 9 of my chinchillas
- Pray
- Read
- Muse about something poetic and fantastic
- Give my chinchilla Joy a scratch on the chin (She loves it SO much! You should see her! As soon as I begin rubbing her she relaxes and closes her eyes, and leans into my hand!)
- Math
- Brush all 3 and half feet of my hair. It takes a while.
I tag: Tinuviel (she might need it if she runs out of blogging inspiration before the week is out), Equestrienne21 (she needs a good reason to post), OutlawedPrincess (a late birthday present: see below post), Pip (unless, of course, she has already been tagged)....
And for the person I don’t know, I think I’ll choose MaidofVangelya. She has been on my friend’s list for forever, and I don’t think I’ve ever left her a comment! *is ashamed *
There is so much more that I want to say, but that’s what tomorrow is for! And the next day, and the next day, and the next day.... *giggles *
Check back tomorrow! I can assure you, there will be another post! Wish me luck!
~Cherry-pie
Copyright 2008 by Cherise A. You must ask me before using any of my stuff, and my name must appear along with the poem or post if you reproduce it.
Posted By Katie
I have been tagged by Svenja:
~THE RULES~ POST 6-10 THING'S YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS, LINK TO THE PERSON WHO TAGGED YOU, TAG 5 OTHER PEOPLE, LEAVE A COMMENT ON THE PERSONS BLOG LETTING THEM KNOW YOU POSTED THIS ON YOUR BLOG, YOU MUST TAG AT LEAST ONE PERSONS BLOG THAT YOU DON'T KNOW!!
1. Listen to music
2. Call Molly
3. Try to write
4. Chat with my friends
5. Check my blog for comments
6. Pet my cat
7. Walk
8. Do school
9. Sleep
10. Feed my pets
I tag: MaidenCapitolaBallot, Mister Cool, Queen Flora, PoeticMaiden, Alizona
Jan. 6, 2009
I just realised I was tagged a while back by Believer.
Posted By Svenja the Squid
Please read the post directly beneath this one.
~THE RULES~ POST 6-10 THING'S YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS, LINK TO THE PERSON WHO TAGGED YOU, TAG 5 OTHER PEOPLE, LEAVE A COMMENT ON THE PERSONS BLOG LETTING THEM KNOW YOU POSTED THIS ON YOUR BLOG, YOU MUST TAG AT LEAST ONE PERSONS BLOG THAT YOU DON'T KNOW!!
1. Brainstorm
2. Listen to music
3. Write, but then get sidetracked brainstorming.
4. Stare off into space.
5. Text/talk to my friends.
6. Breathe.
7. Eat at least a bite of something.
8. Read.
9. Walk outside, mostly being in Photographer Mode.
10. Go to sleep. Eventually.
I tag: Nathaniel, Storyteller, and VintageAuthoress.
♥sven
Jan. 6, 2009
Ashokan Farewell
Posted By Beth
I don't know if any of you have seen the PBS documentary on the Civil War...but if you haven't, you should. Watch it just for the music, if nothing else. "Ashokan Farewell," composed in 1982 and used as the theme song of the television series eight years later, is one of the most incredible fiddle songs ever. Really.
The above media is the song played on solo viola (myself playing). The original version is much better, I assure you. Please excuse the noise in the background--it's actually pretty decent, having been recorded on a built-in computer mic!
Jan. 6, 2009
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGGY!!!!!!
Posted By Cherise A.
Wow! 17!!! I can't believe it!!!
It's your birthday, so I decide to kidnap you and bring you to my house, just for the fun of it! When you arrive, I give you these:

17 boxes full of chocolate!!!! Yummy!!!
As we're eating them, there's a knock on the door, and all these people come in:

Han Solo!!!

Boromir!!!

The Manning brothers! (Yes, I got both of them!)

Thrawn!!! *romantic sigh*
And last but not least....

Domevlo!
You've just finished greeting all your guests when suddenly, they all grab you, blindfold you, and carry you off somewhere. There are interesting sounds around you that you can't quite identify. When they take off the blindfold, you're sitting next to me in....

An airplane! And guess where we're headed?

That's right.... Arkansas!!!!!!
Everyone you know is waiting for you at the airport. They hug you, kiss you, give you presents, offer you food, etc. Anyway, after you guys catch up (which, naturally, takes a while), we decide to take a walk through the woods:

Gorgeous.
Anyways, while we're walking through the woods, two elves run up, panting for breath....

(Who knew there were elves in Arkansas?)
They tell you that a band of orks is roaming through the woods, and that they need our help!
They proceed to give us cool weapons....

....and dress us up in ork-fighting gear (which also happens to look very cool)....

....and then send us off to battle!
We creep silently through the woods, weapons to the ready, when a twig snaps behind us. We whirl around to find this pretty face looking at us:

Not nice.
We are surrounded by a whole company of orks. You fight valiantly, thinking that each stroke will be your last, while I work mostly on trying to keep the pointy end of my sword pointed at the enemy, and not at myself. Suddenly, the battle is over. The elves (who were helping us by hiding in the trees and shooting arrows), come out and applaud you, congratulating you on your bravery. To honor you, they give you this:

It's been a wonderful day, and you're sad that you have to leave Arkansas and return home. As you are about to go, one of your friends runs up and presses something into your hand....
....it's a free airline pass, that says you can travel to Arkansas FOR FREE anytime you want to!!!!!
Leaving isn't so hard after that, but you are still sad that your birthday is drawing to a close.
But hey, did I tell you that there's a dragon waiting for you in your backyard?

Well, there is! You better hurry home to try riding him!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MEGGY!!!! I hope you had a wonderful birthday, and I hope you enjoy being 17!!!!! Love you!!!
Copyright 2008 by Cherise A. You must ask me before using any of my stuff, and my name must appear along with the poem or post if you reproduce it.
Jan. 5, 2009
Happy Birthday to Svenja, Cameras, Twins, and 82k novels.
Posted By Svenja the Squid
Yes, today (January 5) is my birthday. I am 16 now and got my driver's license this morrow.
YAYNESS.
Hopefully I shall be able to go to the coffee shop (Wait, my tiny town's got a COFFEE SHOP?! It's a miracle!! We're all still getting over it.) with one of my friends, who I haven't got an idea, since Sheb isn't replying to my texts and I'm going with Melissa and Emily tomorrow night.
But I get to drive myself to class tomorrow at 9am and youth group on Wednesday nights!
It is going to feel really weird not driving with my parent(s).
On a different note, I have had a couple of people ask what I got for Christmas? A CAMERA. (Breakfast Bar, muaha, Pippy - not Pip on HSB but my real life friend Pippy. Nickname, of course.) I did not want that much anyway but...both my parents said they were only giving money for a camera, and I was planning on paying for one myself!! The weird thing is I had a dream we got a Wii (which we did, but I found out a couple of weeks after the dream and was unable to tell the kids for the sake of surprise), and a camera, which a voice (GWEN. Poo her.) kept telling me I was getting but I refused to believe it.
But aye, we got both.
As I've been posting, my twinnie (Lizzie) came to visit with me and she left yesterday. We spent the night with my grandparents and went this morrow to get my license, since it was in that city anyhow.
Pictures coming soon, if y'all want them?
All right well Cherise, although I already told her, asked how many words I ended up with in HNM. The answer is somewhere in the 82,000s...somewhere in the middle I believe. YAY.
I have a prayer request for one of my really good friends. She's an adult, just so you know. I was talking to Mum after the license test, telling her I passed and all, and she told me that Miss Anne B.'s husband died in a plane crash in LA (Louisiana). Whether it happened today I know not but I cannot imagine the pain she is going through...I love her so much and wish this never happened. But God made it happen for a reason, and all things work together for the good of those who love the Lord. (Bible Verse of the Day: Romans 8:28)
Song of the Day: Let It Out by Hoobastank
Truth to be told, it doesn't even feel like my birthday. Even my dad keeps forgetting today I turn 16! But my only wish is for you to pray for Miss Anne.
Thanks for reading this long post...and post a comment voting WHETHER OR NOT I SHOULD START A PHOTOBLOG.
♥♥sven
Posted By Cherise A.
Yes, I've been writing and writing and writing, and I've gotten here. It's not much of a place, but at least it's farther than where I last was. But boy, it's been hard getting here! Slow, steady, painful - but nevertheless, at certain moments, it has been very exciting. At any moment now, I'll turn the corner, and it'll be all downhill from there.
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Here's some news for you: the wordcount on THOTW went down!!! Yippee!!! So exciting!!! Why? Because I finally got the guts to chop of chapter 5, and now look how I feel: free!!!!!!!!! I can make this story interesting!!! I can let it breathe again!!! Who knows, maybe I'll even come up with a plot to go with it!!! *giggles* Yes, I'm still in the conundrum of what to actually do with the story, but maybe I'll figure it out soon.
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So, from the header, how many could tell that Tennyson was my favorite poet - raise your hand. *nods* Ok, one... two... three.... - ok, you can put your hands back down now. Just curious. Anyway, my other favorite poem besides The Splendour Falls is The Lady of Shallot. Many of you have probably heard about it and read it, and those of you who've ever watched Anne of Green Gables will know what I'm talking about. *laughs at ill-formed sentence* Anyways, one of my Christmas presents was this painting:
So today, my dad hung it on my wall, and it looks so wonderful up there!! Now I can be inspired every time I walk in my room!! *grins*
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Here are two exciting things you must take a look at!!!
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One - I started a blog for a collaboration story! Hooray!! Click here to check it out and see what I mean!
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Two - My dear friend OutlawedPrincess started a blog for characters!! All of you authors, click this link and let your characters express themselves!
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Well, farewell!!! I'm wearing a Tinker Bell watch, and no one can stop me!!!
~Cherise, the.... oh, nevermind, just Cherise
Copyright 2008 by Cherise A. You must ask me before using any of my stuff, and my name must appear along with the poem or post if you reproduce it.
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