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Saw Rumble Fish the other night. Definitely a must-see despite all the cliched 80s stuff they threw in to make the movie sell. The entire movie is shot in black and white, and in place of special effects, most of the visuals are given their striking effects by simply heavy contrast between light and dark. Francis Ford Coppola is a genius.

Anyways, thanks to Vampriss-17 who favored two of my latest entries. I got something else interesting coming up. At least now I can work stuff into my schedule lol. The real pinnacle of my problems is a 20 min screenplay...based off of my friend's college experiences. I'm pretty much going to write extra and pick out the best scenes to put together. I'll post them here as I go, let me know what you think. Goodbye for now.

In every heart there is a room
A sanctuary safe and strong
To heal the wounds from lovers past
Until a new one comes along

I spoke to you in cautious tones
You answered me with no pretense
And still I feel I said too much
My silence is my self defense

And every time I’ve held a rose
It seems I only felt the thorns
And so it goes, and so it goes
And so will you soon I suppose

But if my silence made you leave
Then that would be my worst mistake
So I will share this room with you
And you can have this heart to break

And this is why my eyes are closed
It’s just as well for all I’ve seen
And so it goes, and so it goes
And you’re the only one who knows

So I would choose to be with you
That’s if the choice were mine to make
But you can make decisions too
And you can have this heart to break

And so it goes, and so it goes
And you’re the only one who knows
--Billy Joel, 1989 ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/7712765/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/7712765/ Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:15:59 PST
So far I've been keeping my promise. Two new, though short and crappy pieces are up. I'll be looking around at some of your stuff too. I should have a dialogue up by tonight along with it. Sorry if everything takes a while. I'm currently booked on several movie projects. Hopefully the first should be ready within a month. The other great news is I recovered the 16 mm I shot last fall, sure enough still in the projection room at the filmo film festival. Hopefully, I'll have some more fiction up soon. Until next time. Stolen from [link]

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.
He was not hungry. She did not eat much, either.

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can.
Ok

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
Rescue Me reruns...I think

4. Without looking, guess what time it is:
2?

5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?
2:00!

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
A printer going.

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
Walking to the library

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
My latest poem...seeing if anyone had something to say

9. What are you wearing?
blue jeans and a black shirt

10. Did you dream last night?
not that i know of.

11. When did you last laugh?
At my prof who wore a penguins jersey in honor of lemeux's retirement

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
white paint, brick walls, and taped signs

13. Seen anything weird lately?
A Pennsy plate that said CATCH N

14. What do you think of this quiz?
Quizzical.

15. What is the last film you saw?
Apocalypse Now

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
A NYC brownstone, a house on an island, put in a few lincolns

17. Tell me something about you that I don't know:
I like pistachios

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics?
Probably the end of racism

19. Do you like to dance?
Yup, tear up the rug baby!

20. George Bush:
Haven't met him.

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
Michelle

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
Jarrett

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
Maybe Australia

24. What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?
To just nod and say, 'Exactly.'

25. 4 people who must also do this meme in THEIR journal:
KingdomSeeker, the last defence, inspiredreams, GodSeekre...sorry guys, I chose randomly. ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/7031750/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/7031750/ Sat, 12 Nov 2005 23:45:55 PST I'm back after yet another long sabbatical in my 2 yrs of dA. hopefully i'll keep you entertained with some new stuff for a while and i mean it this time. my creative nonfic class leaves me with a lot of easy pieces to put up. three i posted already, so read and review. i'm actually planning on writing a memoir now based on these essays. yea i know, i was given the horrifying revelation that nonfiction is the new literary "in." i'm not too happy and want to do everything to keep it from coming true, as i myself see it as literature written to put you to sleep. luckily my creative writing class next semester might give u a bigger platter of variety...so stay tuned for january. in the meantime, i continue to revise the Ligeia mythology, so a possible screenplay may be in the works.

1) Where did you graduate from and what year?
Wayne Valley High School 03

2)Did you have school pride?
I did Yeah Indians...awesome game when we played the Bishops

3) Was ur Prom a night to remember?
Ooo ya..

4) What was ur fav. song you danced to the night of PROM?
requested Maggie May

5) Do you own all 4 Yearbooks ?
Nope

6) Do you remember the First CD you ever bought?
In Highschool... Hmmm Blind Guardian

7)What was your fav. Movie in Highschool?
The Godfather

8) What was your number 1 choice of College in HS?
Bowdoin...now I hate New England...except Patriots

9) what radio station did you jam out to in highschool?
Z100

10) Were you involved in any organizations or clubs?
Drama, Mock Trial, Lit Mag

11)What was ur fav class in Highschool?
World Lit or Studio Art...bc it was a big joke

12) Who was your big crush in Highschool?
Haley F.

13) Would you say you've changed a lot since highschool?
Hmmm alittle bit yeah

14) What do you miss the Most about it?
the dances probably

15) Your worst memory of HS?
O I duno there were soo many bad things

16) Did you have a car ?
Yeahhh - Silver Mercury Sable

17)What were your school colors ?
blue and white

18) who was your fav. teacher?
Kevin Moore...i guess for the craziness factor

19) Did you own a cell phone in highschool
Yuppers

20) Did you leave campus for lunch?
No...ordered out...yes

21) if so, where was your fav. place to go eat?


22) Were you always late to class?
nope

23) Did you ever have to stay for Sat. School? (or detention) if so for what?
Yep...which time?

24) Did you ever Ditch?
Yup I did...

25) When it comes time for the reunion will you be there?
Ehhhhh i duno....Depends on if certain others go ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/5946289/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/5946289/ Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:48:31 PDT
anyway, stolen from maggie:

(hope you're having fun at Comic Con while I'm laboring for the glory that is Drug Fair)

ANGER
1. With whom did you last get angry?: Rick

2. What is your weapon of choice?: aluminum bat

3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex?: no

4. How about of the same sex?: fighting with brother or dad count?

5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you?: Nikki

6. What is your pet peeve?: Oo there are lots

7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily?: maybe a week...then if someone mentions it again...


SLOTH
1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time?: run/600 crunches a night/swim/yoga...take ur pick

2. What is the latest you've ever woken up?: hm...8 pm...if being sick counts

3. Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't.: Anna

4. What is the last lame excuse you made?: I'm booked that whole day

5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through (one of the long one's)?: Nope

6. When was the last time you got a good workout in?: November 2004...around that time I also got a good workout sitting in my room doing nothing but 2 term papers for a month...prob lost about 10 lbs

7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today?: None


GLUTTONY
1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice?: Fiji Water

2. Meat eaters: white meat or dark meat?: dark

3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event?: hm...record i counted was 14 shots of vodka, 2 shots kahlua rum and 5 beers

4. Have you ever used a professional diet company?: nuh uh

5. Do you have an issue with your weight?: Just my huge thighs

6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods?: salty foods

7. Have you ever looked at a small housepet or child and thought, LUNCH?: Umm no never


LUST
1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)?: 4

2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)?: 2

3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice?: who doesnt?

4. Have you 'done it'?: no

5. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice? Eyes, tho hair can go a long way

6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute?: nope

7. Have you ever had to get tested for an STD or pregnancy?: no


GREED
1. How many credit cards do you own?: one...tho it's really a debit card

2. What's your guilty pleasure store?: the drifters

3. If you had $1 million, what would you do with it?: Pay off college...buy a new Lincoln...buy a house...and i think thatd do it

4. Would you rather be rich, or famous?:rich

5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks?: definitely

6. Have you ever stolen anything?: quite a few books

7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive?: None


PRIDE
1. What one thing have you done that you're most proud of?: Going to college

2. What one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of?: hm...either redoing the brook or hooking up with my ex

3. What thing would you like to accomplish in your life?: find the love of my life n never let them go

4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place?: sometimes if it's to arrogant assholes

5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors?: yea a couple times

6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score?: yep...even battleship

7. What did you do today that you're proud of?: respected Rick's payroll...somewat


ENVY
1. What item (or person) of your friends would you most want to have for your own?: a car
~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/5842704/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/5842704/ Mon, 04 Jul 2005 23:31:55 PDT
...for a while...hopefully broadening the horizons of my writing style. This new take is a hope to reinvent the writing style of the writers of the now obscure pulp magazines...looking for something with the intensity of "Sin City." So I'll leak out this much about my upcoming project. I'll definitely slowly unveil it here in chapters, kind of make it out to be a cross between mystery and sleaze novels with the element of fractured urban legends...so far it's three story concepts I've figured out that somehow intertwine: a prison guard with a foot fetish, a murdered police woman, a smog control project, and a black market of human organs. The first vignette for "Pleasure Dome" will be up this week with a little luck.

]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/3037831/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/3037831/ Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:40:30 PDT Well...thats the title they gave it in the email i found it in...hope this is a new one to spread around dA...many ppl prob wonder where the **** ive been...and the answer is work and going to different urban legends sites...ya, i havent gotten a fraction done that i wanted to this summer...dont ask how my trip to GA was bc it didnt happen...like quite a few other things. my biggest prospect now is going to sleepy hollow: the original town in NY this sunday with some friends from work...should have pics. i thought the movie with johnny depp was shot on location...but, no...the whole movie was shot on a set in the uk. the town doesnt have much more besides crazed rednecks from what i heared...but its still prob worth a shot

later,
jason


WHAT TIME IS IT?: 10:30 PM
Name Given at Birth: Jason Willard
Birth date and Age: Aug 25 1984 i am 19
Nicknames: none repeatable
What you were *ALMOST* named by your parents: i don't wanna know
Birth Place: Pompton Plains, NJ
Current residence: NJ
Height: 5'7
Eyes: blue
Hair Color and Style: brown, straight
Righty or lefty: righty
The age you pretended to be when you were eight: eight
Where do you want to be in 10 years: texas
Do you want kids: yes
Most embarrassing baby picture and/or story: yeah i wouldn't mention it
First thing you do when you get up in the morning: fix my covers
Toothpaste: Crest or Aim
how many times you brush your teeth a day: once every day
Number of fillings: none yet
Deodorant or anti-perspirant (or, *ack*, neither) : deodorant...old spice endurance
Least favorite relative: my great uncle arthur and aunt helen
Reason they're your least favorite: theyre bloodsucking thieves
Most embarrassing family moment: many
Worst clothes ever received as a gift: can't remember
Worst hair style you've ever had:it's never changed
if you could only keep one thing in life what would it be (Not counting friends and family) : dunno...my mattress i guess
Worst song you've ever liked: Macarthur Park
Song you currently like and everyone else hates: anything by Disturbed, System of a Down or Drowning Pool
What is the ugliest place you have ever been: Paterson, NJ
What is the prettiest place you have ever been: Lake Jackson, TX
Grossest restaurant you've been to: Taco Bell, hands down
Best restaurant you've been to: either Red Lobster or The Majestic buffet
Musician you hate for no apparent reason, or the musician you hate for a good reason: its a band, N*Sync
The person you enjoy annoying the most: my siblings
The person that enjoys annoying YOU the most: my siblings
The insect you hate the most and why: horsefly...the last one bit me had teeth like a cougar
Sickest you've ever been (that means illness) : hm..pretty bad food poisoning...dont think u want to hear about it
Ugliest photo ever taken of you and why?: way too many
Ugliest car you've ever ridden in: my great uncle's brown jetta...ya they used to make them like that
Least favorite ice cream: mint
Least favorite vegetable: celery
Scariest thing that's happened to you within the last year: being followed by 3 state troopers on the highway
The contents of your purse or wallet: driver's license, debit card, money, pic of michelle pfeiffer...keep it there whenever i dont have a gf, shop rite club card, school id, voter card, draft card
Most recent meal consisted of: zucchini pancakes
Croutons or Bacon Bits: bacon bits...depending if theyre real
Favorite Salad Dressing: italian
Do you make fun of people: yes
Favorite Color: red
One Pillow or Two: three
How many blankets in the summer: one
Any pets, and their names: two cats: Daisy and Puff
Do you have any Hobbies? reading
Favorite Food: bratwurst
Do you get along with your parents: varies
Favorite Ice Cream: coffee
Favorite Drink: water
What's your bed time: when ever i want
Favorite Subject in School: lit
Least Favorite Subject in School: math and science kinda tie
Most Humiliating Moment: lots
Craziest Person or silliest you know: not really anyone i know
All Time Favorite Movie (you can only list ONE): Pulp Fiction
All of the other Movies that you enjoy:yeah that's a lot
Do you keep in touch with high school friends: ya
Where is your favorite vacation spot: Lake George, NY
Have you ever been overseas: no
Is your kitchen clean right now: yep
Is your bed made: usually
Friend who you do the craziest things with: Joe
Would you ever want to move: yes
Favorite motto/quote: i'll never get out of this world aliv... ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2758266/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2758266/ Mon, 28 Jun 2004 19:28:17 PDT

1) Using band names, spell out your name
Judas Priest (figure i'll use them bc i can't think of any other band with J)
AC/DC
System of a Down
Oasis
Nine Inch Nails

2) Have you ever had a song written about you?
Don't think I'm that infamous yet, but The Game by Disturbed fits my relationship with my ex

3) What song makes you cry?
Sigurd's Funeral by Wagner...doesnt really but just amazed by all the power in the music

4) What song makes you happy?
Sigurd's Funeral

5) What do you like to listen to before bed?
Classical, usually.

a p p e a r a n c e
HEIGHT: 5"7
HAIR COLOR: Brown-ish.
SKIN COLOR: Paler than most here.
EYE COLOR: blue
PIERCINGS: Nothing yet.
TATTOOS: None that I know of.

r i g h t - n o w
WHAT COLOR PANTS ARE YOU WEARING?: Blue, and they're shorts.
WHAT SONG ARE YOU LISTENING TO OR WATCHING?: I'm an Asshole by Denis Leary
WHAT TASTE IS IN YOUR MOUTH?: mint
WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE?: a warm, soft summer evening
HOW ARE YOU? pissed off with life

d o - y o u
GET MOTION SICKNESS?: Nope
HAVE A BAD HABIT?: Drinking
GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS?: One, yes.

f a v o r i t e s
TV SHOW: South Park or Family Guy.
CONDITIONER: White Rain.
MAGAZINE: The Atlantic Monthly
SODA: Coke
THING TO DO ON THE WEEKEND: Read and listen to music, or if it's stormy (really stormy), go on a very long walk.

h a v e - y o u
BROKEN THE LAW: Yep
RAN AWAY FROM HOME: hm...might have...don't remember
SNUCK OUT OF THE HOUSE: nope
EVER GONE SKINNY DIPPING: In the bathtub.
MADE A PRANK PHONE CALL: make that plural
EVER TIPPED OVER A PORTA POTTY: no, but its a good idea
USED YOUR PARENTS' CREDIT CARD BEFORE: nope
SKIPPED SCHOOL BEFORE: Few times.
FELL ASLEEP IN THE SHOWER/BATH: nope
BEEN IN A SCHOOL PLAY: Last time was Oliver!, tenth grade and i was the mortician
LET A FRIEND CRY ON YOUR SHOULDER: Never got to, no one trusts me
EVER HAD A MAJOR REGRET: Sucking in most aspects of my life

l o v e
BOYFRIEND: No, and don't want one
GIRLFRIEND: No, and looking.
CHILDREN: Only want 2.
BEEN IN LOVE?: Ya, 2 bad breakups cure it pretty good
HAD A HARD TIME GETTING OVER SOMEONE: No, she made it pretty easy.
BEEN HURT?: Pretty bad, too.
YOUR GREATEST REGRET? Trusting my @#$!*& ex
GONE OUT WITH A SOMEONE YOU ONLY KNEW FOR 3 DAYS: So exact, wow. Three days? No.

r a n d o m
DO YOU HAVE A JOB: Yep
YOUR CD PLAYER HAS IN IT RIGHT NOW: Sinner by Drowning Pool
IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?: Red
WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?: Smirnoff Ice
WHO MAKES YOU THE HAPPIEST? Michelle Pfeiffer...if she only knew i existed
WHAT'S THE NEXT CD YOU'RE GONNA GET?: Nightfall on Middle Earth by Blind Guardian
WHO DO YOU CONSIDER GOOD FRIENDS?: People who hide you when youre wanted by the law.

w h e n / w h a t - w a s - t h e - l a s t
TIME YOU CRIED?: I'll kill anyone who knows
YOU GOT A REAL LETTER?: hm...May...from my grandparents when they were visiting Ireland...do postcards count as letters?
YOU GOT E-MAIL: 5 minutes ago.
TV PROGRAM YOU WATCHED: Family Guy...no one is allowed to talk to me between 11:30-12:00
MOVIE YOU SAW AT THE THEATER: Passion of the Christ. ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2711890/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2711890/ Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:39:25 PDT Listening to: Sinner by Drowning Pool
Reading: Nibelungenlied by Anonymous
Watching: Pulp Fiction

thanx goes to who was kind enough to let me steal it

[ 1 ] First grade teacher's name: Mrs. Bruce
[ 2 ] Last word you said: i 4get
[ 3 ] Last song you sang: downtown..in the shower
[ 4 ] Last person you hugged: my ex
[ 5 ] Last thing you laughed at:
[ 6 ] Last time you said “I don‘t fucking remember”: I don’t fucking remember-oh there you go.
[ 7 ] Last time you cried: dunno...ill just keep to amy's answer...i wanna gf. lol.
[ 8 ] What's in your CD player: sinner by drowning pool
[ 9 ] What color socks are you wearing: white
[ 10 ] What's under your bed: old magazines mostly, whatever fell underneath
[ 11 ] What time did you wake up today: like 8 30...stayed in bed till about 11 30 tho
[ 12 ] Current taste: the fried egg sandwich i ate for lunch
[ 13 ] Current hair: brown
[ 14 ] Current clothes: t shirt and denim shorts
[ 15 ] Current annoyance: my sister
[ 16 ] Current longing: dunno
[ 17 ] Current desktop picture: the new buick velite
[ 18 ] Current worry: work on weds
[ 19 ] Current hate: being poor
[ 20 ] Current favorite article of clothing: pants
[ 21 ] Favorite physical feature of the opposite sex: eyes
[ 22 ] Last CD that you listened to: Steal This Album!
[ 23 ] Favorite place to be: the shore
[ 24 ] Least favorite place: dmv...id rather be in school than the dmv, even hs. lol.
[ 25 ] Time you wake: 8...damn i hate my job. lol.
[ 26 ] If you could play an instrument, what would it be: glass harmonica
[ 27 ] Favorite color: red or black
[ 28 ] Do you believe in an afterlife: nope
[ 29 ] How tall are you: 5'7
[ 30 ] Current favorite word/saying: "other than that, mrs. kennedy, did u have a good time in dallas?"
[ 31 ] Favorite book: The Hobbit
[ 32 ] Favorite season: summer
[ 33 ] One person from your past you wish you could go back and talk to: hm...dunno
[ 34 ] Favorite day: umm...friday or saturday


[[[ FUTURE ]]]


[ 35 ] Where do you want to go: Greece sounds nice
[ 36 ] What is your career going to be like: hs lit teacher
[ 37 ] How many kids do you want: 2 is enough
[ 38 ] What kind of car will you have: an impala or town car

[[[ HAVE YOU EVER... ]]]


[Gotten in a fight w/your dog/cat/bird/fish, etc: ] no
[ Been to New York?: ] yup
[ Been to Florida?: ] yup
[ San Diego, Cali?: ] yup
[ Hawaii?: ] Not yet
[ Mexico?: ] nope
[ China?: ] Not yet
[ Canada?: ] ya
[ Danced naked?: ] no
[ Dreamed something really crazy and then it happened the next day:] naw, not anything crazy anyway
[ Wanted to be the opposite sex: ] we dont have 0 responsibilites, amy, and no i never wanted to be. lol.


[[[ RANDOM ]]]


[ Do you have a crush on someone?: ] pah leez
[ What book are you reading now?: ] nibelungenlied
[ Worst feeling in the world: ] loneliness
[ What is the first thing you think when you wake in the morning?: ] how am i screwed today?
[ How many rings before you answer?: ] 2
[ Future daughter's name: ] Summer or Michelle
[ Future son's name: ] Jarrett
[ Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?: ] nope
[ If you could have any job you wanted, what would it be? ] a rich person
[ Are you a lefty, righty or ambidextrous?: ] righty
[ College plans: ] theyre not plans anymore...theyre happening
[ Piercings: ] no

[[[ TEH EXTRA STUFF ]]]


[ Do you do drugs?: ] no
[ Do you drink: ] yep
[ Who are your best friends?]: Jess, Brian, Melissa...
[ What are you most scared of?: ] being alone forever...never lettin someone have all i have...amy and i think alike
[ What clothes do you sleep in?: ] my skin most of my viewers dont want to know that
[ Who is the last person that called you?: ] Jess
[ Where do you want to get married?: ] hm...either the shore or an old new england church
[ If you could change anything about yourself what would that be?:] not to be so damn shy
[ Who do you really hate?: ] hm...marisa comes to mind for some reason
[ Favorite number: ] 25
[ Been I... ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2549400/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2549400/ Mon, 31 May 2004 17:43:55 PDT Listening to: Requiem by Blind Guardian
Reading: Wobegon Boy by Garrison Keillor
________________________________________ _____________________
no, i'm not a subscriber. just playing one online. lol.

Well, finally reached 1,000. Actually I never got to see the 1,000th mark...so thanks to all u viewers who made this possible! It's been a great 8 months on dA. Now with school over, some stuff should be turning out. Hopefully, the screenplay should be up sometime this week. As for my 1,000th viewer, you know who you are. Send me a screenshot of ur visit and you'll get a request, as is the dA tradition.

I'd like to give a shout to all my friends and supporters who have helped me out over the months =

in alphabetical order


my fav artist, hope you're having a great time in italy, dollface


a very talented photographer who gives me support as well as much unwanted criticism ...congrats on finally updating ur page


two of the greatest up and coming writers of the new era. both write some incredible, original stuff...who have helped me as far as inspiration with their versatility and well thought up characters



the original admin of the now-extinct LAPPW. oh well, fun while it lasted. either way these guys gave me some great suggestions and criticism, being faithful and devoted viewers of my gallery since the beginning of the year, while being talented photographers and writers as well, in their own right.


a creative experimental photographer and fellow fan of fantasy who has given me some great insights on how to make Ligeia, the realm of both The Chicken Keeper and the Limpet's Stone possible


two talented christian writers and great friends who have given me helpful suggestions and endorsement as to how to revise my written works as well as photography.


a very gifted poet whose talent hasnt been seen since Keats, hope everything is going well :hugs:

http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2528503/ Fri, 28 May 2004 21:05:10 PDT Listening to: "Stupify" by Disturbed
Reading: Wobegon Boy by Garrison Keillor
______________________________________
thought that would make me look like a dA subscriber. lol.

If I were a month I would be: August
If I were a day of the week I would be: Friday or Saturday
If I were a time of day I would be: 7:30 PM, just as the sun starts to go down.
If I were a planet I would be: Mars
If I were a sea animal I would be: probably a tiger shark
If I were a direction I would be: west
If I were a piece of furniture I would be: a couch
If I were a sin I would be: lust! my fav of the seven
If I were a historical figure I would be: hmm....Henry Ford w/o the anti-semitism....how historical is T.S. Eliot?
If I were a liquid I would be: um....smirnoff vodka
If I were a tree I would be: oak or weepin' willow
If I were a flower/plant I would be: a rose of some kind
If I were a kind of weather I would be: a thunderstorm
I were a musical instrument I would be: a glass harmonica
If I were an animal I would be: a timberwolf
If I were a color I would be: red
If I were a vegetable I would be: a potato?
If I were a sound I would be: a cricket song
If I were an element I would be: fire
If I were a car I would be: a 1949 Buick Roadmaster
If I were a song I would be: written by Disturbed or Blind Guardian
If I were a movie I would be directed by: either James L. Brooks or the Coen bros.
If I were a book I would be written by: definitely Garrison Keillor
If I were a food I would be: philly cheesesteak
If I were a place I would be: Lake Jackson, TX
If I were a material I would be: leather
If I were a taste I would be: lemon or pepper
If I were a scent I would be: Jovan Musk for Men or Ralph Lauren Aftershave...hard call
If I were a word I would be: malevolent
If I were an object I would be: an old and worn leather-covered writing book
If I were a body part I would be: eyes
If I were a facial expression I would be: laughter
If I were a cartoon character I would be: Glen Quagmire, alllriiight!
If I were a shape I would be a: sphere
If I were a number I would be: 13 or 25

stolen from ~chainblue's site. i luv filling up my journal with this stuff. anyways, i'm real close to 1,000 views, finally! so I'd like to thank those of you who helped make this possible. my 1,000th viewer, if i get a screenshot, will get a request...following what seems to be the dA tradition. as for site news, i'm looking to upload a screenplay in the next few days, hopefully, based an older story i wrote while bringing in new chapters of cat of mists. want to revise the chicken keeper but i have no idea how.

later,
jason ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2348032/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2348032/ Sun, 02 May 2004 23:43:35 PDT
Can't quite say why i did this..mostly bc i cant sleep right now and my work is finally done for the most part tho i dont have any site news...at least for a while. don't overly anticipate basalqubah...i dont see it coming till june at least. well, think it worked and i wore myself out writing.

later,

jason

LAYER ONE:
Name: Jason Willard.
Birthplace: Somewhere in the far reaches of NJ.
Gender: male
Eye Color: Blue.
Hair Color: Brown.
Height: 5"7 1/2
Righty or Lefty: Right.
Zodiac Sign: Virgo.

LAYER TWO:
Your heritage: British, Irish, Scottish, Ukranian, Italian, Portuguese, Gypsy...a lot to name..i look back too far
The shoes you wore today: Sneakers, something in adidas i think
Your fears: Suicide, getting murdered, being poor...do I have to give all of them?
Your perfect meal: too many to name...I'll just go with chili dogs and fries on this
Goal you'd like to achieve: To get through with this.

LAYER THREE:
Your thoughts first waking up: how am i screwed today?
Your best physical feature: Eyes.
Your bedtime: depends on the day, 1 during the week except for tuesday nights, 2 AM during the weekends.
Your most missed memory: Age 8-12 yrs, Starting fires in the backseat of my parents old Ford Country Squire station wagon during roadtrips...usually would happen on our roadtrips to Lake George for summer vacations which i miss too..

LAYER FOUR:
Pepsi or Coke: Coke.
McDonald's or Burger King: Burger King.
Single or group dates: Single.
Adidas or Nike: Adidas
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton.
Chocolate or vanilla: Coffee.
Cappuccino or coffee: Cappucino, if I'm not buying.

LAYER FIVE:
Smoke: not anymore
Cuss: fuck no
Sing: La-la-la-la-la, lalala-la-la-la-la.
Take a shower: Every night.
Have a crush: a few
Do you think you've been in love: ya.
Want to go to college?: already am.
Liked high school?: no.
Want to get married: yes
Get motion sickness: Once.
Think you're a health freak: No, no. Hypochondriac fits better.
Get along with your parent(s): Parent, yeah. The other doesn't get along with anyone...true here too
Like thunderstorms? yes
Play an instrument: nope

LAYER SIX:
In the past month...
Drank alcohol: Yes
Smoked: No.
Done a drug: No.
Had Sex: no.
Made Out: yes.
Gone on a date: Yes.
Gone to the mall?: Not by consent.
Eaten an entire box of Oreos: No and dont intend to
Eaten sushi: Yep...I love world fairs
Been on stage: Not in 3 yrs.
Been dumped: Not yet.
Made homemade cookies: No.
Gone skinny dipping: too cold
Dyed your hair: No, I like it as is.
Stolen anything: Pleading the fifth.

LAYER NINE:
In a guy/girl...
Best eye color?: Green or blue.
Best hair color?: Brunette, blond or red...I'm not picky
Short or long hair?: Medium, or long.
Height: My height, or shorter.
Best weight: This question's going to get me in trouble...
Best articles of clothing: Makes me wish i knew specific names for articles of women's clothing...I'm gonna go with spring skirts

LAYER TEN:
Number of drugs taken illegally: How illegal would liquor be for me?
Number of piercings: Zero.
Number of tattoos: That include stick-ons?
Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper: 3-5 times.
Number of scars on my body: One
Number of things in my past that I regret: Too many to count.


It's your turn. ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2298325/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2298325/ Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:08:17 PDT
I want everyone who reads this to ask me 3 questions, no more no less.
Ask me anything you want. Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this
allowing your friends (including myself) to ask you anything. It's fun! ^_^ ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2213871/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2213871/ Tue, 13 Apr 2004 09:51:59 PDT
2. If you could eat lunch with one person, who would it be? Michelle Pfeiffer..do i have to say more?

3. Gold or Silver? Silver

4. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Passion of the Christ...also the last film my grandpa saw at the cinema...he hadnt been to a movie since b4 i was born

5. What is/are your favorite TV show(s)? Family Guy and South Park, dont watch too much else

6. What did you have for breakfast? Southern Pecan flavored coffee with just sugar, no milk

7. Who would you hate to be stuck in a room with? Joan Rivers..w/o a question

8. What/who inspires you? liquor..and persian films

9. What is your middle name? Eliot

10. Beach, City or Country? beach

11. Favorite ice cream? coffee...only flavor i like

12. Buttered, plain or salted popcorn? sadly...buttered AND salted..i know, im going to die young..but happy!...me too!

13.Favorite color? black and red, GREAT color combo..cant disagree with that

14. What kind of car do you drive? '90 gold mercury grand marquis with brown vinyl half top

15. Favorite sandwich? turkey and provolone..i'm gonna miss the B&R

16. What characteristic do you despise? either indifference or egotistical*..same here

17. Favorite flower? yellow roses

18. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would it be? Ireland or Italy

19.What color is your bathroom? light green

20. Favorite brand of clothing? hm..dont know

21. What is your favorite shop? Barnes & Noble

22. Favorite day of the week? its a toss between Friday and Saturday

23. What did you do for your last birthday? went out with my gf and she actually paid for dinner

24. Where were you born? Oakridge

25. Favorite sport to watch? to watch...football

26. If you were in a dark room would you turn the light on? if i were in a dark room it would be becuz i WANTED it dark..cant change that

27. How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop? dunno..dont like them

28. What fabric detergent do you use? purex

29. Coke or Pepsi? coke

30. Are you a morning person or a night owl? depends on my mood...i like waking up early...unless i have to get up early..but i like staying up late too...

31. What is your shoe size? 10

32. Do you have any pets? 2 cats

33. What (in ur opinion) is your worst habit? getting distracted...very short attention span here. lol.

34. If you could be any celebrity, who would it be and Why? Denis Leary bc he's my idol with a kickass attitude and funny as hell ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2139838/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2139838/ Sat, 03 Apr 2004 20:48:56 PST
___Denis Leary, No Cure for Cancer

Well I've survived the brunt of my problems though it may take a while for me to actually finish something...or to actually stay to writing one thing...might start by reworking the limpet series...tho I'm also tempted to shape out Basalqubah and Rose Yellow at the same time b4 i lose every last idea of what they should look like...also have a space opera mentally in the works about a futuristic society similar to that of ancient greece...any of my faithful readers looking to give input on the limpet's stone, feel free to read my entries for Mar. 16...may have an upcoming project finished and up this weekend or next...as for my friends envying shelly's poetry & prose cover..bother me if u want one and tell me what u want on it so my creative functioning doesnt die out completely while i sit here and sort out ideas i'll take forever to go thru with.

later,

jason ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2040615/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2040615/ Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:43:52 PST
among stuff to expect once i come back, i have a novel planned about a writer framed for murder staying at a hotel full of strange guests in 1930s New York, and another unfinished serial recounting the adventures of the Persian Prince Basalqubah, sort of a throwback to the Arabian Nights stories. I've had both in my head for years, along with 3 short horror pieces I plan to revise one day.

talk to you (soon I hope),

jason ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2027410/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2027410/ Fri, 16 Apr 2004 23:22:55 PDT
CHAPTER IV
BONDAGE ON THE GREEN RILLS

The bright red letters that dyed the dusty paper dug fear into Gandidan`s eyes. Across it was a bloody red splatter.
GANDIDAN HUGO BUCKTHORN______
YOU HAVE BEEN PLACED ON CHARGE BY HIS CRUELTY
__THE DARK KING SEREGAUR. YOU SHALL SERVE ON CORDONS IN
A GOBLIN DUNGEON PRIOR TO AWAITING TRIAL, IF YOUR GUESTS
HAVE NO USE. WE WILL COME THROUGH THE HILLS__MONDAY EVENING AFTER SOMMERS' SEND. COMFORTING, FRATERNISING WITH AND HOUSING YOUR LORDS' ENEMIES IS THEREBY A CRIME UNDER DARK COUNCIL. WHEN THE INFANTRY COMES,BUCKTHORN, THERE WILL BE NO ESCAPE.
Groke Toadhorn, GENERAL OF THE GOBLIN INFANTRY
Gamalieland his friends watched helplessly as Gandidan`s face turned cold pale and icicles of sweat dripped from his face. "Oh no," he choked, "they`ve finally found me! Now they`ll come and drive me off to prison camp where I`ll slave like an ox and then be starved as if I was nothing more than a pesky marmot!" The dwarves and limpets ignored him, nor had they heard him well
enough to. (Tatharsul had been found by now on the night that the original company had arrived. He was staying with Gandidan for an extended period of time in one of the other rooms.) The old limpet`s hands dried and shook. He simply felt that he wasn`t ready to be tossed off to Gorgroth and sealed into a dark, dirty dungeon where he would never remember what it felt like to be showered in beams of sunlight. Now, he hadn`t much time to live in freedom.
Sommers' Send Eve came and passed. Back in Limpeton, Kale, and Stinkhorn the limpets partied mirthfully. Barrels of syrupy brown birch and cream sasparilla were poured. Firecrackers were lit and burst into glittering rain. Gaffer Iluvekel Buckthorn, the successor to Gandidan and cousin of Gamaliel, sat in the Gold Wyvern Tavern and brought a crowd to drink rich red brew and listen to more tales of swords and werewolves. Fresh salted flounder, crab, oysters, and trout were hawked from town to town. Limpets did nothing at the end of June except go to parties, laugh, and give and receive presents. They forgot about dwarves, and the dwarves in Wicketwood forgot about them. Seregaur was never mentioned in their talks and greetings along the bright summer roads. Ravenkraaf came to the parties in his wagon with colored pigeons, Curdie Barkers, and Elf Howlers and plenty of fireworks that he had made on his own. Sorrel End was no longer what they all talked about from miles away, and they never looked at Comb Hill, where the home laid. The suttle had been charred to the ground, and everything in it. Ulfgloin looked down from Comb Hill with a face hidden in shadows. Behind him was a party of the Goblin scouts, who lined across the brown lawn with the same long faces.
It blows deep through the woodlands,
As a meadow that winds unend.
In the trees, hides the watcher
The rocks and mountains have treasure that on the maps remains unread,
And tomorrow, is yet to be said.

Ebon ravens fly through red shores,
Guiding the traveler on the ground
Its heavy wings flutter through the water and sound
From red thundersheets in the mountains,
Eagles fly overhead
And tomorrow, is yet to be said.

The river churns the fall of waters
To flow through the seas
The hills coil herdgrasses of yellow foliage,
And tomorrow is yet to be said.

Autumn leaves flow through the dark hither
The wind carries them as moths of fire
Trees hoist walls
Made from meadows' thread
And tomorrow is yet to be said.

The hyacinthing grasses breeze through
Seas of tithing red,
The loess sand erodes from Rivergate..
And tomorrow..is yesterday.
The night of Sommers' Send Eve started peacefully. The company could smell dew drops and hear spring beetles from their windows. Gandidan circled the dark house nervously and with the same waning candle, with wax dripping. Several times, the sticky patches of wax hardened on his hands. Then he would curse and continue pacing the traveller`s house. His limpet ears picked up every drip-drop through the haven, which often creaked as it setttled in the night. However, he never could hear the crunching of bone along a trail as evil sounding footsteps approached the Stay. As soon as they could be heard, two glaring red and angry eyes stared into the door screen. It all happened too quickly. The door screen shrieked out in pain with the sound of ripping and the snap of a powerful leather whip. It made a terrible noise, l... ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2027360/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2027360/ Sat, 17 Apr 2004 13:26:28 PDT
CHAPTER III
THE HOUSE OF GANDIDAN

The golden grasses of the Sun Fields were bustling with joy after the inky daunting clouds had passed just
as strangely as they had floated overhead. Limpets leaped around happily as the rowdy celebrations and
merry noise continued. Tom Thistletweed glinted out from a candy striped tent flap and watched the figure
of Gamaliel1 sneak his way through the Square. Gamaliel was draped completely in a brown wool robe and his face was hidden by a star blue hood. Then the eavesdropper threw his head back into the tent and tossed the curtain shut with his webbed limpet hand.
"The Durelein seems very bent lately," he whispered over to Bill Stickers. Bill thoughtfully grasped his coffee cup`s ceramic handle with three fingers closed tight (because limpet-hands are webbed.)
Then he replied irritably: "All rich folk are, Mr.Thistletweed. They can fool about as much as they well likes, without their lords or King Valruin to tell them to hurry and go off to the lake to catch marketstock or go off to the cat tail fields and then bake loaves from what they cut." Tom glared over to the little oak bench-table where Stickers sat, ignorantly sipping his red bean coffee. He had bought a barrel of the beans from Farmer Ragwort, who was another strange limpet that showed up every now and then in Limpeton`s townsquare, especially in the summer. He dealt with the tarmoa2 people. A tarmoa is a short (yet stalwart) creature that looks like a little penguin. They`re seen most often at early dawn break, and when they`re seen, they`re usually polishing mushrooms or collecting water. No one ever dares to attack a tarmoa. If they do, the tarmoa bites them and runs away. They never see the same one again. Sure enough, Ragwort had visited the tarmoas at their burrows and traded with them, often for coffee beans, berries, nuts, and from them he received the vicious, black and white guard rats that he still keeps to defend his property. Limpeton villagers claim that they ate several limpets who snuck on Ragwort`s property to steal kumquats. All limpets like to eat kumquats, especially limpet children. Most just think that this story was told to frighten them. Most animals enjoy the taste of limpets anyway, claiming their meat tastes like mussel.
"It`s the stories I`ve heard that makes it even queerer than Gamaliel`s appearance alone. Gaffer Iluvekel told me quite a tale, something about all these dwarf folk up in Durelein`s hut, and some wolf wizard too."
Bill Stickers almost spit his coffee on the tent-shadowed ground. "Fenlieb? Here in Limpeton?" then his face turned a sickly red, "so that`s why every thing`s went so queer. Always some wizard`ll show and never have enough thought to leave us all well alone."

Gamaliel entered his burlap hut, Sorrel3. The dwarves had been rowdy all night with their long, roaring songs and roasts. Gamaliel could tell from the choking, sugary charcoal smell of roast rock hog. "Let Limpeton keep suspicions," he grumbled, "Kanodraug will take care of anyone who wants to eavesdrop on me." He was right. Kanodraug and his pack surrounded Sorrel End as a defense ring.
Mithdil greeted him in the thatched wheat hall with a twinkle of his green eyes, "Neldornar, the wolf medium has heard that Fenlieb is believed to have come back and brought us word of the Dark King, although he hasn`t." As Mithdil said this, animal claws scraped the door`s wood rungs. A rustle of the roof`s burlap canopy echoed through the center hall. The door thrust open. Two silver timberwolves crashed through the water warped door. Ulfgloin screamed for mercy. The wolves surrounded him shortly, gnashing their bone bleached teeth.
He screamed again. "Never hurt anyone, I didn`t. I wasn`t spying on you Mr. Gamaliel! Tell these beasts to release me!"
"Release him!" Throtro bellowed from behind the salt shaft door. The first wolf locked his jaws around one of his lanky hobgoblin legs and threw him before Gamaliel and Mithdil.
"You slimy little snail," the dwarf stared down and shouted at him in his squeaky midget voice, "and why shouldn`t Kanodraug`s pack crush your bones?"
Ulfgloin got up and brushed dirt off of his cloaks. "Doe... ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2027341/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2027341/ Sat, 17 Apr 2004 13:43:48 PDT
During the Mammoth Wars that are suggested through the work, one of the enemy kings fled his palace by night and hid in a small town nearby, acting as a bartender, though by night he planned strategies of attack and had bodyguards relay the commands to his troops, though many believed him dead. While bartending, he struck a deal with some strange traders from the North who provided him with grubworms to breed into thrulls, beasts similar to those commanded by Ligeia's original despot, Gaiea. After raising them for extended periods of time, they eventually overpowered and murdered the king. His enemies found the tavern in ruins and the king brutally slain, and declared victory without realizing the far greater danger the king released upon the land. Feneeid is the only thrull to survive the war, but anyways =

CHAPTER II
THE AMNESTY OF FENEEID

Deep below in the melancholy, dark caverns of Lithkemen did Lord Seregaur wait. As the clouds loomed between the hour, Ligeia would be plunged into the brink of night and brewing storm. He entertained himself with the hate that caused him to destroy this end of the realm, and turn it to what he believed was his fortress, to mock the rest of the Nerilika wizardry.
"The last of the silgonds reside within my cairn," he laughed. At least he believed they were with him. Only those who fought for evil`s prevalence would settle in such a barren land of brimstone and waste, and never, if they could help it, would venture into his house. As denizens of the dark, they would take orders from him, and many of them they never complained about. The dunes of Cindar, which Seregaur had placed his home upon, crawled with alg toads and dune centipedes and other slimy and disgusting creatures. Deep, tithing pits grew into the desert of ash, and there hid danger inside each one. The war cries of goblins loomed over the seas of cerise sands, awaiting to stake this important day that evil arises. Yet, as all of the nasty things celebrated, the caverns of Lord Seregaur remained dormant with the day's chores.
Ulfgloin, a troublesome hobgoblin servant mingled about the halls. The Dark King didn`t trust him. There were too many hobgoblins who would turn to the sides of their lord`s enemies. They had a weakness for treasure and tools, being easily bribed. He softly sang a goblin poem in a low voice while he hurried away from his quarters and prepared to feed the Great Worm. Wasteful creature! He humbled. He left his master`s loch, and walked into the tide of copper sand. The grains climbed over his boots and the stench of sour bread and grubs lingered.
Kneeling in the desert sands he waited, "Worm of Saurhoth, Seregaur`s beastlord, I humbly summon you." The dormant grounds shook with debris rock flailing. Up rose a gray bulbous head and feelers, and the rest of a segmented body. Ulfgloin laughed at the sight of the sandworm`s rising.
"Eat, Eat, my nonesuch!" he called out, brushing beads of sweat away from his leathery, warted skin and coarse hair. Antennae lowered into the tin bucket of maggots. "Our entity lord shall rule tonight and he will need you to help him crush those dirty little dwarves," the sandworm snorted, each of its body rings inhaling and breathing out air. The pygmy hobgoblin brushed sand away from his tunic, "What do you plan to do to that filth slurping woodcutter Throtro? The one who killed King Gnerax, the one who drove the ogres out of the Sarpadian Kingdoms in viodmar mountains deep?
"The Dark King deserves that city," Saurhoth roared, "I will crush that thieving, murderer of a dwarf!" Gnerax was a terrible ogre king who promoted violence and gluttony. The Great Realm has been much better ever since he was slain in the Battle of the Sarpadian Mountains. After Fenlieb`s brother, Ravenkraaf and his company of dwarves, gnomes, and orcs had thrown ogres out of Ligeia, realm folk walked the land without fear."The silgonds shall soon meet," the sandworm sensed. Sandworms had abilities to predict the near future, and also stronger senses of smell and hearing.
Thunder struck the dune. A flash of pale light cracked before them and a roar of iration followed. Fenlieb`s Curd Barkers (firecrackers) bristled into colorful rings of fire.
"ULFGLOIN!" Seregaur roared. His hands were burnt black from Fenlieb`s replacements of the stones. The hobgoblin cowered as he ran back to his quarters. The Dark Lord's eyes glistened white before his weak servant. "Go to Rivershade, f... ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2027302/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2027302/ Tue, 16 Mar 2004 22:58:20 PST
Here's the first chapter. Hasn't been touched since Nov. 1998, tho that's not exactly a good thing. Again, the quality of writing isn't the greatest, don't even know where to start repairing it. so, "enjoy," lol. Tell me what u think.

Chapter I
Limpeton

Many suns aback, there streams the white frothing River Belegkel, which churns and ripples through emerald spring seas of forest. On those carpeted, mossy grounds of deep summer pine there live the Limpets. They are fairly small river people, and fearful out of their towns. They mostly fish, laugh and eat and tell of the wizards and dragons who have saved and shambled Ligeia in the past, for that was the great realm they settled in with a number of other mythical beings, dwarves, gnomes, goblins, elves, and all those other creatures that you think are make-believe. The country of Limperiador, which they inhabited was quiet and peaceful, the rest of the Great Realm is a vast and dangerous place for these creatures, who by evolution are the lake-elves.
Today casts a blazing summer in Limperiador. The wooded oaks rose in a grey asunder. The red winds beat down on the forest. The rivershore soon brought an ebb tide of limpets. They move around noisily over the dank shore of mud, preparing to cast their fibered nets from the shore and into the gravel bars below.
This day in Ligeia is June 17, the first day of a miscellany of fairs held throughout the Hinterlands. Those days meant feasts, firecrackers, epics and laughing for the realm-dwellers. Just as they move, they are preparing for the festival, whereas there are other limpets who have other things to do before the colorful flags are hung.
"Tatharsul!" A deep shout rang through the village of Limpeton. In the feverish congregation at the shore, it has been left barren and coveting. There is a dead stillness of the sunder dawn. Only that sole voice is heard, belonging to Gamaliel Durelein, a limpet of great opulence, all of it was earned off of his proliferated salt mills. He was however, unlike human masteries in the way that he was generous in both land and money. As other limpets do, he was preparing to leave his limpet-hut and help with the purse nets. Limpets, or lake-elves built mossy huts in the wood shores, not far from River Belegkel. They trapped a hearth of temperate air and meant comfort. Clay brick stoves were often kept open and let off a great deal of swarthy smoke for heat. The limpet-huts were not as barren as their name sounds. Bountiful jewelry amulets hang from the burlap and sutter walls of each dwelling. There were burrows in the holdings that hoarded gold coins and food. Most limpets come to inherit a number of riches because most of them will live for over one hundred years unless they are slain in battle, which of course causes their families to be ages old. Gamaliel`s family of Dureleins had a poor despairing history, although nearly as ancient in yore as the ravens. Only Gamaliel had the power to change Durelein life forever. Tatharsul is a close friend of Gamaliel, however he is poor himself and spent his life from childhood onward as a beggar, however from this epic you will come to know he became the king of beggars. The morning sank into the riveting crocus thickets as Gamaliel scanned the horizon, rolling beyond the Limpeton Wall. He gave a sigh of grief, realizing he was alone.
"Tatharsul!" he repeated as he cupped his mouth, sounding louder than before. An echo rang back to him after penetrating the citadel, "are you by the river already?" Eerie wind howled against the old dirt roads. Gamaliel shuddered in fear of being alone and in disappointment. "I`m not calling again!" he snorted. He walked through the village gardens with hopes to relieve himself. He often felt that paranoid fear of being alone without any reasons. Cold air breezed on him as he walked through the garden's stone studde... ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2007143/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/2007143/ Sat, 13 Mar 2004 21:07:30 PST
On a happier note, I'm back on the net and in action. Finally have "Shores of Tomorrow" out and successfully unlocked what exists of "The Limpet's Stone," a novel using the realm introduced in "The Chicken Keeper" that I wrote between 1998-99. Hopefully by Monday I'll have found my portfolio from hs when i go back up to visit, and will be able to scan everything in, if it's still there.

For those of you who may have wondered how I coped being internet-deprived for 3 days, I went to a Turkish film discussion Wednesday night, successfully finding inspiration, from the Middle Eastern film genre which I never really explored. The film, "Yol" made in the early 1980s during a military coup d'etat of Turkey, tells the story of the oppression and discrimination faced by 5 Kurdish prisoners granted a ten day leave from jail. The film's director and screenwriter essentially directed from prison, where he served bc of his political views. Overall, the movie had a very documentary-like feel to it, being shot on low grade film, while shifting from the landscape to the character's internal thoughts and memories.

later,

Jason ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1989061/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1989061/ Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:38:03 PST
farewell until then,

jason ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1965627/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1965627/ Sun, 07 Mar 2004 00:36:34 PST
as always, ideas and criticism on my stuff is always welcome. i still need a name for the nameless epic, so tell me what you think. Hopefully, I'll be able to unlock sample chapters of "the limpet's stone" for u and have the contents of my old hs portfolio up around the week of the 15th if i can retrieve it.

later,

jason ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1950464/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1950464/ Thu, 04 Mar 2004 10:54:49 PST I'm gonna get myself a 1967 cadillac eldorado convertible: Hot pink with whale skin hubcaps and all leather cow interior and big brown baby seal eyes for headlights and I'm gonna drive around in that baby at 116 mph getting 1 mpg and sucking down McDonald's double cheeseburgers in the old fashioned non biodegradable styrofoam containers and when i'm done sucking down those greaseball burgers i'm gonna wipe my mouth with the american flag and toss those styrofoam containers right out the side and there aint a goddam thing anybody can do about it. u know why? because weve got the bombs thats why. two words = nuclear fuckin weapons. russia, germany, romania, czechoslovakia they can have all the democracy they want they can have a big democracy cakewalk right through the middle of tiannanmen square and it wont make a lick of difference bc we got the bombs, ok? john wayne's not dead, he's frozen and as soon as we find a cure for cancer we're gonna thaw him out and he's gonna be pretty pissed off. u know why? ever taken a cold shower? multiply that by about 15 million times thats how pissed off the duke's gonna be...we're gonna get the duke and robert mitchum and sam peckinpah and a case of whiskey and drive on down to texas state to LBJ's ranch and start a huge bonfire and throw in cats and dogs and old ppl and mickey rourke...i'm an asshole and i'm proud of it

_____Denis Leary, No Cure for Cancer ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1932994/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1932994/ Mon, 01 Mar 2004 12:11:40 PST
As for news on my work, I've reconsidered several plot distractions for the chicken keeper, adding in a werefox midsummer circus, a stay at a strange convent, uncle gandidan from " the limpet's stone" making a cameo, a dragon hunt, a battle with giant hogs, and a returning character from ruthelford's past, though i have little ideas as to what i should do for a skeleton plot that propels Lady Emma, the knights, and Earl Roget to make their quest in the first place. So, again, as my Russian cult and civ prof. says: wave at me, say something to me.

In the mean time, I hope to return to several prose pieces i long abandoned with my hiatus from writing in '01 and should have them up, along with my art portfolio from hs that i left behind. should acquire it again on my visit that i'll make this spring break when not looking for work and scan all that in.

thank you to all who have been visiting and posting comments to my work, even my recycled work during my brief absence. i did stop by occassionally to post comments and favorites when needing a distraction from my work. lol.

later,

jason ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1841045/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1841045/ Fri, 13 Feb 2004 21:24:55 PST
Thanks to everyone whose been following my nameless epic, with extra to coldRaver who added Part IV to his favorites. I'm open to suggestions for names to the entire piece, so wave at me and tell me what you think. Being that my paper was postponed, I'll probably release the final part in a short while. For those of you new to it, the epic is read as follows =

I. Reasons For My Leaving
II.The Moon's Revenge
III.A Dying Tree
IV.City of Echoes
V. Shores of Tomorrow? (currently the title for part V which is still under production)

Have some ideas for expanding "The Chicken Keeper," so I'll probably start once a new skeleton plot forms in my head

later,

Jason ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1824157/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1824157/ Tue, 10 Feb 2004 15:57:49 PST Who's gettin kinda mad
I've had lots of luck
But it's all been bad

No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get outta this world alive

My fishin' pole's broke
the creek is fulla sand
My woman run away with another man

No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get outta this world alive

My distant uncle passed away
And left me quite a batch
And I was livin high until the fatal day
A lawyer proved i wasn't born I was only hatched

Everything's against me and its got me down
If I jumped in the river I would probably drown

No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get outta this world alive

These shabby shoes I'm wearin' all the time
Are fulla holes and nails
And brother, if i stepped on a worn-out dime
I bet a dollar I could tell ya if it was heads or tails

I ain't gonna worry wrinkles in my brow
'Cause nothin's never gonna be alright no how

No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get outta this world alive ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1812449/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1812449/ Sun, 08 Feb 2004 11:08:02 PST
Unfortunately, the pics will probably be the last art that will be on for a while as I am currently busy with school. Dropped and added a class in the third week of the semester, only to find out I have a little over a week in which to write a paper...yahoo! As for news on the nameless epic, "City of Echoes," the fourth part, may be significantly longer than its predecessors, and thus far I have a page of stanzas finished.

Later,

Jason ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1765984/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1765984/ Fri, 30 Jan 2004 06:42:28 PST ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1759065/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1759065/ Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:09:47 PST
Part IV of the yet untitled lyric epic is still under production, probably will be posted sometime next month with the conclusion to follow. Met a little roadblock as I am currently working on a mind numbingly dull response to two chapters for theology...and have a psyc 101 class that calls for a lot of reading assignments. I'll be away with 4-H for next weekend, (my last year) at the setting where my only posted pic was taken...hopefully will offer some fresh photo ops and a fuel of creativity. in the meantime, wave at me and tell me what you think of the stuff so far,

jason ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1759019/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1759019/ Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:02:10 PST ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1758538/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1758538/ Wed, 28 Jan 2004 18:45:41 PST
As for part IV of the untitled epic, its slowly on its way. Some mind numbingly dull chapter responses for Theology class have brought on a type of barrier for me. The weekend of Feb 6-8 i'll be away on a trip with 4-H, (my last year), which will hopefully bring some good photo ops, being the site of my only posted pic, and creative inspiration to continue writing. ]]> ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1726979/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1726979/ Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:21:54 PST ~Greenfeather http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1712560/ http://Greenfeather.deviantart.com/journal/1712560/ Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:04:09 PST
the fourth part of the untitled series is currently under production...should have it up in a little while...the title for part four is "City of Echoes." ]]> ~Greenfeather